Perhaps I should have named this post … Bluebirds for Breakfast! After yesterday’s SD card disaster I walked over again to Lester Park Golf Course at sunrise. This course is just inland from Lake Superior, and given it was closed this year by the City of Duluth due to budget constraints, it has become a great wildlife / birding refuge. I know from others who walk the course in the late evening that Hoot enjoys a periodic hunt at the links!

I easily saw over 200 migrating Bluebirds this morning, mostly in flocks of 3 to 8 birds. This Merlin also saw lots of Bluebirds this morning, and benefited from the experience.

Winds were calm this morning, and the Bluebirds tended to stay much higher in the trees (yesterday’s strong winds forced the birds down towards the ground for easier flying).

Upon getting home from my morning jaunt with the Bluebirds, I found my first Fox Sparrow on the season under my own feeders. This is one of my favorite sparrows, and I am lucky if I see a few each fall migration. It is working its way south from the Canadian tundra.

In addition, the number of Slate-Colored Juncos hanging around my house is amazing. HUGE numbers.