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!

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