About 10:40 am I flushed a Short-eared Owl from the tiny cattail marsh in the southeast corner of 40th Avenue West in Duluth. Two minutes later I scared up a second Short-eared Owl that was almost immediately stooped on by a male Northern Harrier. From my low vantage point I could not see where the owls landed but they did fly over the impoundment and not over the bay. They may be hunting 40th Avenue West at dusk tonight.
Directions: Exit 35W at 40th Avenue West, go towards the harbor and park at the yellow gate, walk in the dirt road, cross the railroad tracks and go left and down the perimeter road. The owls were flushed from the cattail marsh in the impoundment at the far end where the road turns right. Park Point: Several 1st winter Snow Buntings in with a flock of several hundred Longspurs along the airport runways. (Had a flock of 8 Snow Buntings yesterday near Oliver Wisconsin) Also at 40th... 1 Nashville Warbler in breeding plumage 6-plus Harris's Sparrows (all 1st winter birds) (5-plus in the southwest corner and 1 along the road near the entrance gate) (Plus another Harris's at Park Point behind the airplane hangars) 2 Lincoln's Sparrows 20-plus White-crowned Sparrows 30-plus Savannah Sparrows 80-plus Juncos 1 White-throated Sparrow 3 Song Sparrows 2 Fox Sparrows 1 Swamp Sparrow 100-plus American Tree Sparrows 150-plus Lapland Longspurs 2 American Pipits 1 Gadwall 2 Northern Pintails 20-plus Green-winged Teal Sparky Stensaas _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es
