Today Butch Ukura and I birded around the Aitkin County and had a pretty wonderful day. It started of when a timber wolf crossed the road ahead of us just off of C.R.1. Later in the day, we had a coyote cross a field just south of Palisade. Birdlife included 42 species. Some of the notables: SNOWY OWL, GREAT HORNED OWL, BARRED OWL, SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, RUFFED GROUSE, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE, GRAY JAY, NORTHERN SHRIKE, COMMON REDPOLL, EASTERN BLUEBIRD, WOOD DUCK, COMMON GOLDENEYE, HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER and 60 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. Warren Nelson
