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The wildlife is thriving

5/26/20 – As we venture through spring, we’ve seen lots of critters up here at Sawbill. The birds and spring peepers (Chorus frog) fill our days with song. We were lucky enough to photograph a pine marten and a chestnut-sided warbler.

Crew member Matthew captured a video of a pine marten, available on Facebook shortly. Pine martens, belonging to the weasel family, were common in northern Minnesota before the late 1800’s, although due to deforestation the species lost most of their habitat. By 1920 pine martens had almost completely disappeared from Minnesota. The species had a full recovery by 1990 due to the successful actions of the DNR.

This is a chestnut-sided warbler perched on our deck, unfortunately after being stunned by flying into our window. There are many different species of warblers, but this one in specific is located in south Canada, north east United States, and spend their winters in Central America. They sing “see see see” and like to live in bushy pastures.

-Jaid