Sharon Lind, Lisa Lind, and I spent most of the day owling and found 54 different Great Gray Owls (plus one roadkill) across a wide spanse of southern St. Louis and Lake counties. We saw 20 Great Grays along Forest Highway 11 (CR 16) between CR 44 on the east and Loon Lake Road on the west, including a short stretch with 4 birds visible at once. By 10:45 am we had seen 41 Great Grays.
Here are 23 previously unreported birds we found today: St. Louis CR 44 (2.2 mi N of CR 256) St. Louis CR 44 (0.2 mi S of CR 611 (Hopper Rd)) St. Louis CR 44 (0.3 mi S of Salo Lk Rd) St. Louis CR 44 (0.6 mi N of CR 813) St. Louis CR 44 (0.3 mi S of FH 11) St. Louis CR 44 jct FH 11 (CR 16) St. Louis CR 16 (0.8 mi W of FR 130) St. Louis CR 16 (0.4 mi E of CR 99) St. Louis CR 16 (0.9 mi W of Whiteface campground road) - 2 birds St. Louis CR 110 (1.3 mi N of CR 16) St. Louis CR 110 (0.6 mi S of Shiver Creek) St. Louis CR 110 (3.8 mi N of CR 16) St. Louis CR 110 (4.9 mi N of CR 16) St. Louis CR 355 (Ahola Rd) 1.2 mi S of FH 11/CR 16 St. Louis CR 44 (0.6 mi S of FR 122) St. Louis CR 266 (Fox Farm Rd) 3.1 mi E of CR 44 (Pequaywon Lk Rd) Lake CR 3 (1.2 mi N of CR 106) Lake CR 3 (0.8 mi S of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd)) Lake CR 2 (2.2 mi N of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd)) Lake CR 2 (0.9 mi N of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd)) Lake CR 2 (0.6 mi N of CR 12) Lake CR 122 (0.5 mi N of CR 12) Jim Lind Two Harbors
