Our last day up here was going to be our clean up day. Try again for a few misses and see if anything new was around. We went back to Hulbert Bog after we ran into a fellow birder who gave us a tip on crossbills. On our way to the bog five small reddish birds flew from the berm of the road up into the trees. We pulled to the side of the road, scanned the trees and found the Red Crossbills. We watched them feed on the side of the road and perched in trees singing. A life bird for most of us.
From there we slowly drove Basnau rd. Pine grosbeaks were also feeding in the road. In the trees they were joined by an Evening grosbeak for great looks. The bog was hopping with birds unlike the day before. It looked like a birding group had gone through the area because there were piled of seed on the road all in front of us. Crows seemed to be enjoying the free meal as well the chickadees and redpolls, but I noticed 3 intermediate sized birds a little father down the road. There they were: Gray Jays. They scattered as we approached but we parked and waited and sure enough one of them decided we needed very close looks. The bird flew from branch to branch, down to the road for food and back to the trees at eye level for about ten minutes. Good stuff.
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