Forward by Jim Williams, Wayzata Begin forwarded message:
From: Andy P <[email protected]> Date: January 24, 2005 10:25:40 AM CST To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <[email protected]> Subject: [wisb] Douglas County/Burnett County Owls, etc. Hi Folks, A group of us ventured north on Friday to do some owling. We ended up seeing 16 Great Gray Owls, 3 Northern Hawk Owls, and a bunch of other cool birds. Here is the breakdown: Great Gray Locations: - 1 mile east of HWY 35 and Pioneer Road - 5 GGOW in on HWY 35 in and around the Chaffey/Belden Swamp area (seen in a driving snowstorm even) - 2 GGOW east of HWY 2/53 on HWY 13. This road is very productive for GGOW. - 3 GGOW along HWY 2/53 east of WI Point. - 3 GGOW at Landfill and WI Point - 1 GGOW at JCT of W and C near railroad tracks (missed GGOWs along rest of W/C/105 but probably not driven at correct time of day) - 1 GGOW in Burnett County!!! at JCT of U and Lake Road sitting at the entrace to Fort Folle Avoine! This is 1/2 mile from my cabin as the crow flies. Hawk Owl Locations: - 1 NHOW on Cty Road T west of Cozy Corner approx. 1 mile. - 1 NHOW west of Ashland on HWY 2 just east of HWY 137. Sitting atop a tree watching a sheriff pull over a speeder! - 1 NHOW at the house just east of the airport on HWY 112/K/Sanborn. Other "good" birds seen included a Northern Shrike along HWY 35 in Douglas County. Red-bellied Woodpecker, Siskins, 40+ Redpolls at the Lookout Bar/Restaurant. Sharp-tailed Grouse in a tree on W just north of JCT with BB in Douglas County. 3 Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Namekagon Barrens along Town Line Road. Red Crossbill singing (and recorded) along Cty Road P just south of Stone Chimney Road along Brule River. Lots of Redpolls at feeders and scattered flocks of Pine Grosbeaks along BB and W. Pine Grosbeaks seemed to be a little more local than earlier in the year. We also had one flyover Northern Goshawk at a private feeder east of Superior. A Superior birder had 35 GGOwls in one day on Thursday, other good roads include Conner's Point in Duluth, CTY Road E north of Solon Springs, CTY Road A, etc. You can't miss em'. There is also supposed to be a Hawk Owl on Pioneer Road and on L NW of Solon Springs. This same birder also had Bohemian Waxwings along 28th ST in Superior and there are also Bohemians in and around Grantsburg. To see GGOWs stay off of the real dry Jack Pine/Oak areas and focus on northern Douglas County and Western Douglas County. I suspect that more will be pouring into Burnett County from MN as food supplies dwindle. Good birdin' Andy Paulios Janesville, WI __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ############################## This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To UNSUBSCRIBE, E-mail to <[email protected]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[email protected]> Send administrative QUERIES, E-mail to <[email protected]>
