Armed with the e-map provided by Chris Fagyal (Thanks!!!!) binoculars and camera, my wife and I set off this afternoon from Duluth to see if we could find any owls up Sax-Zim way. Got skunked on the northbound leg up US Hwy 53, but hit the jackpot as we traveled southbound down County Road 7, which turned out to be Owl Corridor:
1605 (4:05pm) - Northern Hawk Owl perched on phone line along the east side of CR 7 at DM&IR MP 51, about 2.2 miles north of Sax Road (CR 28) 1610 Northern Hawk Owl 0.5 miles further south on same phone line along east side of CR 7 1625 Northern Hawk Owl 5.5 miles south of first sighting, west side of CR 7 atop a DM&IR utility pole 1625 - Great Gray Owl, 0.1 mile further south, west side of CR 7 perched atop a small conifer 1630 Northern Hawk Owl, 1 mile north of DM&IR South Kelsey switch, west side of CR 7 perched on DM&IR utility pole 1630 Northern Hawk Owl, 0.5 mile south of DM&IR South Kelsey switch, east side of CR 7 perched on telephone line 1632 Great Gray Owl at Meadowlands Township sign, east side of CR 7, perched on low snag 1634 Great Gray Owl 0.5 mile north of CR 232, west side of CR 7, perched on DM&IR utility pole. 1635 Great Gray Owl, 0.6 mile north of CR 232, east side of CR 7, spooked from grass as we drove past and flew southbound 1640 Northern Hawk Owl, CR 7 at CR 232, west side of CR 7 1645 Northern Hawk Owl, 7 miles south of CR 133 Final counts: 7 Northern Hawk Owls and 4 Great Grays Quite exciting as this is our first encounter ever with these owls. Too dark (or too far) for any photos.... Our thanks to all of the listserve members who have been reporting their sightings of these remarkable birds! Tim Stratton Suzanne Wasilczuk Duluth __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
