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Birder's Checklist

A guest of ours, Steve Volkening, is a serious birdwatcher. He sent us a list of the birds he saw during his recent trip to the Canoe Country. Here's Steve's list; you may want to print it out and use it for your next visit. (Note: this list was updated in October, 2004.)

• Bald Eagle
• Common Loon
• Ruffed Grouse
• Boreal Chickadee
• Black-Capped Chickadee
• Herring Gull
• Red Breasted Merganser
• Mallard
• Cedar Waxwing
• Veery
• Common Grackle
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Northern Three-Toed Woodpecker
• Black-Backed Three-Toed Woodpecker
• Common Flicker
• Dark-Eyed Junco
• Pine Siskin
• Mourning Warbler
• Magnolia Warbler
• Yellow-Rumped Warbler
• Alder Flycatcher
• Goshawk
• Great Horned Owl
• Double-Crested Cormorant
• Western Grebe
• Downy Woodpecker
• Common Redpoll
• Broad-Winged Hawk
• Blue-Winged Teal
• Pied-billed Grebe

• Sharp-Shinned Hawk
• Red-Tailed Hawk
• Americal Kestrel
• Common Nighthawk
• Belted Kingfisher
• Gray (Canadian) Jay
• Blue Jay
• Evening Grosbeak
• Pine Grosbeak
• Eastern Kingbird
• White Throated Sparrow
• Song Sparrow
• Chipping Sparrow
• Robin
• Turkey Vulture
• Red Breasted Nuthatch
• White Breasted Nuthatch
• Golden Crowned Kinglet
• Spotted Sandpiper
• American Woodcock
• Winter Wren
• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Sedge Wren
• Swamp Sparrow
• Red Eyed Vireo
• Lapland Longspur
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Canada Goose
• Bufflehead
• Horned Lark·

A note of interest: Steve reports that he saw the sharp-shinned hawk nesting right next to our cabin on Saganaga Lake!

Steve would be happy to speak with other birders about what he has seen in the area. He can be reached at the University of St. Francis at 800-726-2600.

Seagull Canoe Outfitters
Debbie Mark & Staff
12208 Gunflint Trail
Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604

For a free brochure or to make a reservation:
Phone: 218-388-2216
Fax: 218-388-9431
E-mail:seagull@seagulloutfitters.com