<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P><BR><BR>This evening near sundown as I was hiking the paved trail in Elm Creek that travels north from the parking area on the north side of Hayden Lake Rd. W. just where the road takes a sharp turn to the S. As I hiked north on the trail it crosses Elm Creek and then breaks out of the woods and takes a turn to the left. At that point a very large owl flew out of a small tree just on the north side of the trail and flew about 50 yards or so and landed into a grove of medium sized trees about 10 to 12 feet off the ground. As I didn't have my binoculars with me I could not verify it was a GGO, but it was large, grayish in color, no noticeable ear tufts. I had seen bunch of them in Aitkin Co. a few weeks ago, and this one seemed to have the same characteristics. But again, no verification.</P> <P> </P> <P>Heath Renner</P></DIV></div></html>
