Also in our yard were all of the regular winter finches: Pine and Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin, Common and Hoary Redpoll, White-winged Crossbill and Purple Finch.
Indigo Bunting in Marathon, Oct. 27, 2012. |
Photo here:
http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl?op=rare.
In Alger Co., Michigan, only a few hundred open water kms south of Terrace Bay, a Vermilion Flycatcher was seen today.
Report here:
http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Mail/Michigan_Listers/1280467?
photo here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/guitarmom/8129162469/
On October 25, a Cave Swallow was photographed at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in MI.
Photo here:
http://www.wpbo.org/node/26807
East of Minneapolis, in Eau Claire, Minnesota, a Bewick's Wren showed up at a feeder today.
Photos here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/ageraghty83/BackyardWrenOctober272012?authkey=Gv1sRgCPeQ1Zz7gqWReA
So...it's that time of year when just about anything can show up in the western Great Lakes. Keep your eyes peeled!
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