Winter birding begins!

A few of today's sightings:

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Harris's Sparrow in Marathon.

Black-backed Woodpecker in Pic River.

Pine Siskin in Pic River.

Here's today's tally - 20 species. I'm guessing we'll see about 40 species along the north shore between Dec. 1 and Feb. 29. The cumulative total can be seen in the sidebar.

• Bald Eagle
• Herring Gull
• Mourning Dove
• Downy Woodpecker
• Black-backed Woodpecker
• Gray Jay
• American Crow
• Common Raven
• Black-capped Chickadee
• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• European Starling
• Harris's Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco
• Northern Cardinal
• Pine Grosbeak
• White-winged Crossbill
• Purple Finch
• Common Redpoll
• Pine Siskin
• Evening Grosbeak