Itasca County and Chippewa National Forest Birding
County Road 446 area actually refers to a cluster of gravel roads off of CR 10 between Trout Lake and Warba. There are a lot of roads here, but the best ones are 446, 434 (south of CR 10), 453, & 445. They cut primarily through pastures, spruce/tamarack bog, and river bottoms. CR 446 has locations for LeConte’s Sparrows and Sharp-tailed Grouse described in the “Species specific locations” page on this site. This is also a good road for winter finches, gray jays, Great Gray & Northern Hawk Owl, raptors, and open field birds.
During the spring it is also worth checking the fields on CR 10 about 1 mile north of CR 21. These fields routinely flood to provide a shorebird habitat that is almost nonexistent in this area. Coordinates to the best viewing area are N 47* 14.369 W 93* 22.213.