> From: Kelly Larson <[email protected]> > Date: January 18, 2013 9:32:09 PM CST > To: MOU-net <[email protected]>, MN Bird <[email protected]> > Cc: Jeanie Joppru <[email protected]> > Subject: N. Hawk Owl Clearwater Cty > > I found a Northern Hawk Owl hunting a pasture 3 miles west of Shevlin in > Clearwater county late this afternoon on Cty 30 (AKA 221st Ave) > > Also in Clearwater County > My yard continue to host a hungry horde. In addition to the regular feeder > visitors... > Pine Grosbeak - over twenty > Redpoll - to many to count! Some days could be close to flocks of 100 > Hoary Redpoll -yes! with numbers like these I can often pick out a few > Red-bellied Woodpecker - one male (this is the fourth year a male has called > the farm his winter home) > N. Cardinal - one female > Dark-eyed Junco - at least one remains of the six that lingered after fall > migration > Magpie - local group of up to seven birds > Ravens - they are getting vocal and frisky! > Goldfinch are starting to show some color change! > > > In Polk County > A morning tour of Glacial Ridge NWR and surrounding WMA's turned up... > 6 Northern Shrike > one flock of 26 Prairie Chicken > one flock of 29 Sharp-tailed Grouse > Magpie, small groups in several locations > 9 male Wild Turkey (grain elevator at US2 and Polk Cty Rd 210 on the way to > Rydell NWR) > 600-700? Snow Buntings...in one flock! at the same grain elevator > 5 or 6 Longspur mixed in with the buntings > > > > Kelly Larson > Northern Flights Farm > Clearwater County > Bagley, Minnesota > > Eschew Obfuscation! > The middle of Nowhere is Somewhere! > > >
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