Well sort of … a Snow Bunting is really an Arctic Tundra bird. The buntings are busy migrating back through northern Minnesota to reach their breeding grounds up in the Arctic. They will arrive up north before the snow completely melts. (all the links in this post are to the Cornell School of Ornithology)

The rest of the birds in this post are true Boreal Forest Birds. Brown Creepers will never visit your feeders, but often relate to nuthatches and chickadees. While nuthatches go downhill on your trees, brown creepers go uphill!

Everyone knows the Black-Capped Chickadee. These little birds bring joy through the deep dark days of winter, but how many of you have ever met Minnesota’s other chickadee … the Boreal Chickadee?! These chickadees will never visit your feeders UNLESS you bribe them with peanut butter (or suet). They do no eat sunflower seeds. Seen while hiking Gray Jay Way up in Sax-Zim Bog yesterday afternoon.