Hi folks, I birded the bog this morning with Mike Furtman and we were able to locate one Northern Hawk Owl on McDavitt (nice spotting, Mike!), but no Great Gray Owls (GGOWs). A photographer from Maryland we ran into on Admiral Road has been looking for the McDavitt GGOWs for days with no luck. He had a different hawk owl from ours this morning, but I didn't get a specific location.
Blue Spruce feeding station has the usual Black-capped Chickadees, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Downy & Hairy Woodpeckers, American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins plus Pine Grosbeaks. Little Whiteface feeding station has the usual. Admiral Road feeding station has the usual plus Common Redpolls, Gray Jays, three Boreal Chickadees, a cooperative female White-winged Crossbill coming down to the seed, and many flocks of White-winged Crossbills in the area. Good owling! Debbie ____________________________ Debbie Waters Education Director Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory P.O. Box 3006 Duluth, MN 55803-3006 218.428.3539 [email protected] www.hawkridge.org Bringing kids and birds together. Over 7,000 times in 2008. Become a MEMBER and support our educational efforts! "I'm an early bird and I'm a night owl, so I'm wise and I have worms." - Michael Scott, The Office -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Loss Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] RFI - Sax-Zim & Pietz's Great Grays? I will be traveling to northern Minnesota to visit family this Thursday and am curious whether Great Gray Owls have been found recently on either McDavitt Rd. (Sax-Zim bog) or Pietz's Rd (320th & Hwy 18, Aitkin County). The most recent sigthings I found were for Jan 6th (McDavitt) and Dec 29th (Pietz's). I'm hoping to make time to stop by one or both of these spots on the way north and any recent info (positive or negative) would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Scott Loss St Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.136/2616 - Release Date: 01/12/10 01:35:00 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
