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In the spirit of the Martin's posting tonight here is what my wife and I f= ound or did not find over the last 2 days: Pine County on Monday: We were not able to relocate any of the specialty b= irds mentioned in Mark Alt's summary of the Pine County CBC posted on Dec. = 28th. We were there at mid morning. Carlton County on Monday: 2 Red Crssbills at Jay Cooke State Park in mid a= fternoon Carlton County on Tuesday: 3 Gray-crowned Rosy Finches at the usual spot a= rriving at 7:40am Aitkin County: Arrived at Hedbom Road just before 10am and drove 2.2 miles= from the east gate. I immediately heard tapping and went into the woods to find a very cooperat= ive male Three-toed Woodpecker. =20 I went to get my wife and we went back in to witness the bird being chased = off the tree by a male Black-backed Woodpecker. In the mean time Kim Risen= had arrived from the west with 2 Nebraska birders and had located another = male Black-backed Woodpecker just a little further east. This bird was eas= ily visible from the road. Kim told us where the Great Gray Owl had been s= een on the way in and we later saw it(about 3 miles east of where we first = stopped) as well as a 2nd one a half mile further east. Redpolls, and both= species of crossbill were also seen and/or heard. Kim later reported seei= ng a Hoary Redpoll. =20 Kanabec County: 44 Wild Turkeys and an American Kestrel seen from Hwy 65 n= orth of Co. Rd. 77. Anoka County: We almost gave up waiting for the Short-eared Owls at Carlos= Avery. Others did, but at almost 4:30 they appeared and put on a nice sho= w. There were no Rough-legged Hawks to chase off, but I counted at least 7= birds including one perched with prey. It was a great finish to a great 2= day start to 2007. Bob Williams, Bloomington =20 --_3F3B6673-568B-4A66-8188-7622442390B9_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML dir=3Dltr><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> In the spirit of the= Martin's posting tonight here is what my wife and I found or did not find = over the last 2 days:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Pine County on Monday: We were not a= ble to relocate any of the specialty birds mentioned in Mark Alt's summary = of the Pine County CBC posted on Dec. 28th. We were there at mid morn= ing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carlton County on Monday: 2 Red Crss= bills at Jay Cooke State Park in mid afternoon</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carlton County on Tuesday: 3 Gr= ay-crowned Rosy Finches at the usual spot arriving at 7:40am</FONT></D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Aitkin County: Arrived at Hedbom Roa= d just before 10am and drove 2.2 miles from the east gate.</FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I immediately heard tapping and went into = the woods to find a very cooperative male Three-toed Woodpecker.  = ;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I went to get my wife and we went back in = to witness the bird being chased off the tree by a male Black-backed Woodpe= cker. In the mean time Kim Risen had arrived from the west with 2 Neb= raska birders and had located another male Black-backed Woodpecker jus= t a little further east. This bird was easily visible from the r= oad. Kim told us where the Great Gray Owl had been seen on the way in= and we later saw it(about 3 miles east of where we first stopped) as = well as a 2nd one a half mile further east. Redpolls, and both specie= s of crossbill were also seen and/or heard. Kim later reported seeing= a Hoary Redpoll. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kanabec County: 44 Wild Turkeys = ;and an American Kestrel seen from Hwy 65 north of Co. Rd. 77.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anoka County: We almost gave up wait= ing for the Short-eared Owls at Carlos Avery. Others did, but at almo= st 4:30 they appeared and put on a nice show. There were no Rough-leg= ged Hawks to chase off, but I counted at least 7 birds including one&n= bsp;perched with prey. It was a great finish to a great 2 day start t= o 2007.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Bob Williams, Bloomington  = ; </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --_3F3B6673-568B-4A66-8188-7622442390B9_--
