Warblers R' Us! 18 species Sax-Zim Bog: Early June Northern Minnesota: Virtually Live 28 S3 E3

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2 жыл бұрын

Warblers, warblers and more warblers! 18 species June 1-2 in Sax-Zim Bog. Ten species videoed (is that a word) and another 8 species heard/seen. We also enjoy a cooperative LeConte's Sparrow, find a drumming (!) female Black-backed Woodpecker, and watch in awe as a Great Gray Owl hunts voles close to the road.

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@g57462 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sparky, wonderful video, excellent 🐦 birding, and story telling, the trash clean up was fun,thank for the excellent video

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@l15t47 10 ай бұрын

Wow dude, your, I believe they call it "content" is off the charts, thanks so much for your work and all the education. It's so great.

@SparkyStensaas 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate that @l15t47 !! Many more videos coming!

@tracyreaume6451 Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, I need to visit this place one day - so many beautiful warblers!

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Last week in May through end of June is best. You need to use vocalizations to call the warblers out of the dense forests though.

@randywendel4671 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going with "free beer"! Ha

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

“Free Beer,” it is!

@wildasl1774 Жыл бұрын

Ravens are one of my favorites. When I was a kid, they were pretty scarce here in Western New York, with a few found in the Southern Tier on the Pennsylvania border. They have become increasingly common, and now are among the breeding birds here in City of Buffalo.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

I agree with you on ravens! And I have heard that they are reclaiming or expanding into areas that they’ve never been before. I guess it’s even happening here in Minnesota as they’ve always been in the northern half but are now sometimes seen in the south and western prairies.

@shaunferguson8782 Жыл бұрын

Well done on your litter picking .... an endless task here in the UK too.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Shaun! Labor of love

@RoseGrace100 Жыл бұрын

Great video of the ravens.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Rose!

@jayn.6875 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, Sparky! Excellent videography!

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Jay!

@ivan11cast 2 жыл бұрын

Wow , great video

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ivan! More coming!

@ronboe6325 2 жыл бұрын

Might have to look you and the Bog up this summer.

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Let me know when you’re going to be up here Ron!

@kaleworman3864 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! I get super excited every time I see a new one of your videos! Keep up the great work!

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words Kale!

@deb7599 Жыл бұрын

Awesome birding & that you& Greg met up ! I really enjoyed your SE Arizona series. I hope to make it birding in SE Arizona this spring & I'd surely like to make it to your neck of the woods in your Sax-Zim Borg bog.

@SparkyStensaas Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Deb! Yes, it is those connections that I make across the country that make this really fun and rewarding. Soon to come out with a series on birding south Texas. Take care!

@cucurucutacio 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sparky! Greg

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you make it back to the Bog in winter Greg!

@dixxebell 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing chorus of warblers! Totally would love to see a Golden Wing on the Plate. Ive been wanted to get a LeConte's for such a long time...Hopefully one day!

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Best to hire a guide Sondra. They are all listed on our website. For those species it would be best from late May through mid June.

@piccadillypie 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video, Sparky. Awesome warbler footage. Hilarious garbage pickup. Love the license plate change! Thanks for all the work you put into these. Much appreciated!

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin! They are fun to make. ..But not as much fun as picking up garbage!

@Johnny-mu3vc 2 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed thank you

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@naturewithgabe 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I didn’t realize the bog was so epic this time of year. Which is better winter or summer??? 🤔🤷‍♂️

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Gabe, We still get probably 80 to 90% of our visitors in the winter from mid December to mid March. That is when you’ll have the best chance for owls and winter finches and other boreal birds. Plus all the feeders are up and going strong. The summer season is from mid May to end of June and that is mainly for warblers (20 species nest here), great gray owls in the early morning, and other specialties like LeConte’s Sparrow, Black-billed Cuckoo, Sharp-tailed Grouse etc.

@alanclark4951 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, love your floating hide videos, yet to buy one.Anyways,What is the microphone blackbox tool thingy you are using? Cheers Sparky,Happy Birding!

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan, Thanks for your comments! I record with the big microphone to a Tascam portable recorder. I also have a zoom H5 recorder.

@anitacoogan4822 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'm crazy about Warblers, they are my favorites as so colorful and small. A friend & I rescue songbirds, most perish on impact with window of the fall to cement. A recent youtube video shows us in Newark NJ, the video is named ' Volunteers give migrating birds injured in N.J’s biggest city a second chance ' Also TRT made a older video when we first started named ' Window Strikes in the Business District ' of us picking up Warblers. We bring the injured to TRT (The Raptor Trust)for a 2nd chance, they nurse them back to health. Liked the phonetics when you said Free Beer, I do not like beer but friends that do so I'm going to share that phrase. I had no idea Minnesota: was so good for birding, makes sense with those wide open spaces of trees, pines, fields..... so much better then the city of Newark where they have to pass thru on the Atlantic Flyway to get to Canada.

@SparkyStensaas 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool Anita! I will look up your video. You are doing good work!

@1coolkitty 2 ай бұрын

Do you give guided tours of the bog?

@SparkyStensaas 2 ай бұрын

Hi 1coolkitty, I am the executive Director so I don’t guide anymore. But on our website, there are six or seven guides listed. Most of them only guide in the winter when 90% of our visitors come, but some might guide in the spring/summer as well. We also have field trips during the month of May. Our website is www.saxzim.org.

@1coolkitty 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the info!