Nobody goes to Duluth, especially in Winter, states my wife as she playfully teases me as I prepare for my 2nd winter trip (4th over all) out to Duluth, Minnesota. So why would I want to go back again in winter, and possibly to brave temperatures/wind chills as low as 40 below zero? The answer is simple: a chance to see birds that consider Duluth the South! Especially 3 owl species (Great Gray, Northern Hawk & Boreal) that I missed on my first winter trip, and then there are Snowy Owl, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Shrike, Gray Jay, Black-backed & Three-toed Woodpeckers, Boreal Chickadee, and all of the winter finches to name a few of the species that can be found in the area around Duluth during the winter. Duluth in winter may be cold, but the birding is hot! Well worth the trip
Snowy Owl
Three-toed Woodpecker
