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--=__PartA487D566.0__= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All, =20 Another friend from out of state was stopping through to photograph the = Owls in Aitkin on his way up to Alaska, so I went up for Saturday and = Sunday to help show him around. The owls are definitely still around in = massive numbers. =20 =20 3/19/05 --------- 76 Great Grey Owls (Mostly County Rd 4, County Rd 5, County Rd 1 north of = the diversion channel. A few on Hwy 210, and a few on Kestrel Ave north = of Tamarack, and a few more on Cty Rd 16 south of Tamarack). On the way = home from 5:15pm to 6:45pm 17 were seen along Hwy 65 from Cty Rd 4 to just = north of the Kanabec County Line. 1 Great Grey was seen just inside = Kanabec County around 6:40 or 6:45pm. =20 4 Northern Hawk Owls (Cty Rd 1 just north of diversion channel, 420th, Cty = Rd 5, Kestrel Ave north of Tamarack) =20 Other notables: Horned Larks in the fields, Black-billed Magpie along Cty = Rd 5, 3 Northern Harriers along 420th, dark morph Rough-legged Hawk along = 420th =20 Strangest sight witnessed: Great Grey Owl scavenging on a roadkill deer = carcass on the north side of Cty 4 just a mile or two west of Hwy 65. =20 3/20/05 ---------- 103 Great Grey Owls. Different route this time. 17 on Hwy 65 on my way = up, with the first being seen a few miles north of the Kanabe Cty Line, no = Great Greys in Kanabec today. 6 more along Cty 4 between 7:45am, 10 or = more along Cty 13, 19 along 420th including at least 12 in one small set = of two fields on the north side of the road, another 8 along 185th Pl = south of 420th, 1 along Kestrel Ave going north out of Tamarack, 2 in Rice = Lake NWR, 20+ more in various places as I was travelling from road to = road...I can't remember all of the specifics...several were along Hwy210, = and several more were along Hwy65 from 210 south to Rice Lake NWR. On the = way home between 4:30pm and 5:45pm another 18 were seen along County Rd 2 = from Hwy65 to Malmo. =20 Any Owls seen previously were not double-counted (I went along Cty 4 = several times looking for new Owls, and only counted the 6 Owls I saw = along that road once...Incidentally Cty Rd 4 seemed to have fewer overall = Owls than in weeks past...however this may have just been timing as well = as time spent on the road) =20 2 Northern Hawk Owls - 1 in Rice Lake NWR, 1 along Kestrel Ave north of = Tamarack. =20 Other notables: Ruffed Grouse in a tree along Hwy 65 about 6:50am, more = horned larks calling and flying around the fields, 2 Sharp-tailed Grouse = in the fields on the south side of 420th. =20 =20 =20 Chris Fagyal Senior Software Engineer United Defense, L.P. ASD Fridley, MN=20 (763) 572-5320 [email protected] --=__PartA487D566.0__= Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1492" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt Tahoma; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Another friend from out of state was stopping through = to=20 photograph the Owls in Aitkin on his way up to Alaska, so I went up for = Saturday=20 and Sunday to help show him around. The owls are definitely still = around=20 in massive numbers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3/19/05</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>---------</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>76 Great Grey Owls (Mostly County Rd 4, County Rd 5, = County Rd=20 1 north of the diversion channel. A few on Hwy 210, and a few = on=20 Kestrel Ave north of Tamarack, and a few more on Cty Rd 16 south of=20 Tamarack). On the way home from 5:15pm to 6:45pm 17 were seen along = Hwy 65=20 from Cty Rd 4 to just north of the Kanabec County Line. 1 Great Grey = was=20 seen just inside Kanabec County around 6:40 or 6:45pm.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>4 Northern Hawk Owls (Cty Rd 1 just north of = diversion=20 channel, 420th, Cty Rd 5, Kestrel Ave north of Tamarack)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Other notables: Horned Larks in the fields, = Black-billed=20 Magpie along Cty Rd 5, 3 Northern Harriers along 420th, dark morph=20 Rough-legged Hawk along 420th</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Strangest sight witnessed: Great Grey Owl scavenging = on a=20 roadkill deer carcass on the north side of Cty 4 just a mile or two west = of Hwy=20 65.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>3/20/05</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>----------</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>103 Great Grey Owls. Different route this = time. 17=20 on Hwy 65 on my way up, with the first being seen a few miles north of = the=20 Kanabe Cty Line, no Great Greys in Kanabec today. 6 more along = Cty 4=20 between 7:45am, 10 or more along Cty 13, 19 along 420th = including=20 at least 12 in one small set of two fields on the north side of the = road,=20 another 8 along 185th Pl south of 420th, 1 along Kestrel Ave going = north=20 out of Tamarack, 2 in Rice Lake NWR, 20+ more in various places as I = was=20 travelling from road to road...I can't remember all of the specifics...seve= ral=20 were along Hwy210, and several more were along Hwy65 from 210 south to = Rice Lake=20 NWR. On the way home between 4:30pm and 5:45pm another 18 were seen = along=20 County Rd 2 from Hwy65 to Malmo.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Any Owls seen previously were not double-counted (I = went along=20 Cty 4 several times looking for new Owls, and only counted the 6 Owls I = saw=20 along that road once...Incidentally Cty Rd 4 seemed to have fewer overall = Owls=20 than in weeks past...however this may have just been timing as well as = time=20 spent on the road)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>2 Northern Hawk Owls - 1 in Rice Lake NWR, 1 along = Kestrel Ave=20 north of Tamarack.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Other notables: Ruffed Grouse in a tree along Hwy 65 = about=20 6:50am, more horned larks calling and flying around the fields, 2 = Sharp-tailed=20 Grouse in the fields on the south side of 420th.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Fagyal<BR>Senior Software Engineer<BR>United Defense, L.P.=20 ASD<BR>Fridley, MN <BR>(763) 572-5320<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</A></DIV></BODY= ></HTML> --=__PartA487D566.0__=--
