Tag Archives: MN North: Forest Hill Cemetery

The Fall Birding Doldrums

October 10, 2021Background, Year 8MN North: Forest Hill Cemetery, MN North: Sax-Zim Bog, WI North: Richard Bong Airportrichardhoeg@gmail.com

Most of our summer birds have departed the Northland
Winter birds from up north have not yet arrived
Eternal thick fog seems to have coated the area

In short, the birding opportunities have been few and far between over the past week. Perhaps the only excitement was fixing the bear damage at the new public bird feeders at French River.

Winter birding is just around the corner. Two prime locations near Duluth are Sax-Zim Bog just north of town, and Superior (just across the bridge from Duluth). I recently created two short birding guides for a friend’s business. Folks may enjoy downloading the free PDF’s.

Finding Snowy Owls in Superior, Wisconsin
Birding Sax-Zim Bog (a quick overview)

The sun did briefly make an appearance yesterday morning, and I caught this Pileated Woodpecker in flight.

Double Crested Cormorant

September 10, 2021Year 8MN North: Forest Hill Cemeteryrichardhoeg@gmail.com

Migration continues to be great birding at my local cemetery. As noted many times, the local ducks attract migrating waterbirds. For the past two days, a Double Crested Cormorant has made the Forest Hill Cemetery ponds its home. While this bird is certainly not rare, it does normally spook very easily. Thus, I have been enjoying the close-up views.

Double Crested Cormorant

The Kingfisher Kids

September 1, 2021Year 8MN North: Forest Hill Cemeteryrichardhoeg@gmail.com

The look on your face when your sibling tries to steal the best fishing branch from you! Sharing was not an option for this very recently fledged kingfisher which was learning how to fish this morning. Normally I see young kingfishers in this particular spot the first week of August, not September 1st. I suspect the first hatch failed for whatever reason.