The wind is blowing in off Lake Superior this morning, and the ever present drizzle is back. However for a few days the wind blew lightly out of the south and the migrating bug eaters returned to the Northland. This is one of the latest northern migrations in my recent memory. For the past two days walking the ponds at the Lester Park Golf Course (closed at present) has yielded bluebirds!!! I am enjoying their song even more this Spring. Last year the number of bluebirds up north was down dramatically after a severe freeze in the south where the birds winter killed significant numbers of these songbirds. If you decide to walk the ponds, listen first to a recording a bluebird’s song. While walking follow your ear!

Eastern Bluebird (video link for a bluebird singing for email subscribers)

What with a post be without an owl update. Yesterday afternoon the poor owlets, which are lousy fliers / perches (i.e. they do not have the ability yet to land and bury themselves within a white pine or cedar tree), found themselves under constant crow attack from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Now that the flow on Amity Creek has calmed down a bit, I can hear the crows from my house. At one point I did hike over to owl land. Mom was not pleased with what was going on, and had this perch in the tallest white pine, but the crows were very careful to avoid her.