Well, I’m back from my first trip of the year, to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
Total bird species: 145
Total miles driven: 2532
Total miles hiked: 35 (approximately)
Favorite Place: Rice Lake NWR, MN
Best bird: Kirtland’s Warbler
Most unexpected bird: Snowy Owl
Hardest bird to get: Connecticut Warbler
Biggest miss: Greater Prairie-Chicken
Coolest non-birds: Moose, 13-lined ground-squirrels, black squirrels of Michigan (tie)
Funkiest restaurant (in a good way): Bear’s Den Pizza in Grayling, MI and the Outdoor Trail Center on the Gunflint Trail, MN
Funkiest restaurant (in a less good way): That Coca Cola cafe in a place that shall remain nameless
