[mou-net] Aitkin County update

[Warren]

Butch Ukura and I birded around Aitkin County this afternoon and found 
several interesting things. We found 3 GREAT GRAY OWLS along Aitkin 
County Road 18. The first was 4/10 of a mile east of highway 169, the 
second was at 3 and 3/10 miles east of highway 169 and the third was 3 
and 8/10 miles east of highway 169 ( or 2/10 of a mile west of Pietz's 
Road). We found a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on Pietz's Road about 1 mile 
north of C.R. 18 (the bird flew from the east and landed on a dead snag 
in front of us on the west side of the road). We found a classic, very 
white HOARY REDPOLL in a small flock of COMMON REDPOLLS about a half 
mile south of the town of Swatara on C.R.29. We also found a 
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE near Gun Lake south of Palisade, a GRAY JAY, 2 
NORTHERN SHRIKES, several small flocks of SNOW BUNTINGS, several PINE 
GROSBEAKS, COMMON REDPOLLS and a RUFFED GROUSE. Warren Nelson

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