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The Grand Forks-East Grand Forks count covers a 15-mile circle whose center is 1 mile east of Grand Forks International Airport on U.S. Highway 2. The count circle includes nearly all of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. Reports from people who maintain home bird feeding stations are especially desired.
Since coming to UND in 2019, the birdwatcher and aspiring wildlife photographer has taken his passion to a new level, exploring Grand Forks and the surrounding area with keen ears, keen eyes and a Nikon camera with a very large lens, to observe and photograph birds.
Short-eared owls are prey-dependent. If the populations of small rodents drop, the birds look elsewhere for sustenance. In years of high rodent populations, short-eared owl numbers may explode locally. This happened two years ago in Grand Forks County.
Snow buntings are a regular occurrence in the Red River Valley, although their numbers vary from year to year. The buntings nest in the high Arctic, farther north than any other land bird.
Just why evening grosbeaks should appear again is a matter for speculation.