Birded up in the bog for a few hours this PM. No great grey owls seen on McDavitt today. I had a second hand report of a great grey seen early this AM on Stone Lake Road. No sightings later in the day.
Nice looks at new and old hawk owls. Probably new hawk owl just south of Stone Lake Road on Highway 7. Hawk owl just north of Powerline cut on Highway 7 seen in deciduous trees on east side of road, probably the North bird reported recently. Didn't see the bird south of the powerline cut. This bird was visible from about 12-2 pm. Hawk owl seen on Hwy 28 just west of Cranberry on south side of road. (probably the bird seen in this area recently). This bird was seen several times during the day, but often perched far off the road on the south side of 28. Hawk owl seen on McDavitt in the area where Great Grey owls seen. This bird is probably the bird seen recently north of the train tracks on McDavitt. This bird was seen far off the road on the East side, but flew to the road edge around 2pm. The hawk owls seen on Hwy 7 near 133 and on NIchols lake road were not seen today. As with past sightings, the birds are not staying visible for long periods of time. The owl on Highway 7 south of Stone Lake Road was only seen after 3pm. I made at least four passes through that area before that time and the bird wasn't evident until late in the day. Snow buntings were seen in several locations on Highway 7. The Admiral road feeders were quite active today. Good birding. David Alexander Duluth, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
