Saturday, I saw 19 Great Gray Owls, http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1231, and 2 Northern Hawk Owls on my way from Duluth to Silver Bay via Sax-Zim. I'll be sending the GPS coordinates to the owl survey team but the most productive areas for me were CR8 between Hwy 53 and Floodwood, CR7 between Kelsey and Fobes and CR16/15(Forest Rd 11) between Forbes and East Beaver Bay.
I didn't see any owls on the Gunflint Trail but at dawn Sunday a few miles north of the Gunflint Lodge in 8-10inches of fresh snow saw a playful Pine Marten, http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1230. Also there was a nice flock of a dozen Pine Grosbeaks, http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1232, at the lodge. Good birding, Kent Nickell Waterloo, Iowa [email protected]
