I birded a bit on Saturday and Sunday. Overall, sightings of hawks and owls were down, perhaps due to the cold conditions and lack of snow.
In Aitkin county on Saturday, I saw the two Great Grey owls mentioned by Dave Benson and Warren Nelson on Hwy 18. They were both out hunting at 9:30am, with the sun shining bright. No hawk owls on Hwy 18 or Hwy5, but I did refind the owl on Hwy 1 0.5 miles North of the end of the blacktop. The bird was only out near the road for a few minutes, then flew off into the woods. Did find a new hawk owl on Lind Road off Hwy 73 North of Chisolm. The bird was about 1.5 miles west of Hwy 73. I will note that I've been through that area about 5 times previously this winter and no owls previously. The bird was visible yesterday about 3:30pm. A few redpolls were seen up North, but the numbers at feeders so far here in Duluth are very low. Good luck birding! David Alexander Duluth ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
