[mou-net] Aitkin Great Gray Owl +

Spent yesterday morning in Aitkin County, covering Kestrel Avenue, Palisade, CR 5, CR 18 and CR 1. * 8 Sharp-tailed Grouse on Kestrel Avenue, three one mile south of Tamarack, five about three miles north (farmer's field, west side of road). * 5 Pine Grosbeaks feeding on grit on Kestrel Avenu

[mou-net] Aitkin County on Saturday afternoon

I traveled around the county yesterday afternoon and found a few things. I had three NORTHERN HAWK OWLS: one was on hwy 169 about 3/4 mile south on the junction with C.R.18, the second was 6/10 mile west of Pietz's Road along C.R. 18 and the third was on C.R. 18 about 7/10 mile west of C.R.5. A

[mou-net] Sherburne Cty -BBWO NOT refound

Hello Birders, Diane and I made the trip up to Sherburne NWR in hopes of finding Diana Doyle's find of yesterday (with Linda Sparling) Her directions were excellent and we found the trail and the spot where yesterday's sighting took place with no trouble at all. I got pics of the bark scaled fro

[mou-net] Weekend Sax/Zim

Went out for a few hours yesterday PM and this AM. Very beautiful up in the bog with bright sunshine. Few birds to be found. The number of white-winged crossbills seems to be down lately. There were a few redpolls scattered about. Gray jays were easy to find on McDavitt and Admiral roads. No G

[mou-net] N hawk owl. Hwy 200, 10 mi. east of Hill City

My wife and I saw a N. Hawk owl on the north side of State Hwy 200 approximately 1/4 to 1/2 mile east of mile marker 184 approximately 10 miles east of Hill City (Hwy 169 intersection) on 1-29-10 at approximately 2:00 pm. _

[mou-net] Varied Thrush in Sherburne County refound 1/31

Today, January 31, I refound the Varied Thrush at house on the SW side of Elk Lake, north of Zimmerman. He did not come to the feeders, but after some searching I found him resting, then preening in a conifer behind the front yard feeders. I returned to 253rd for crossbills, saw-whet and soli

[mou-net] Whitney Eastman Archives open house, Feb. 13

(This is a repeat of a previous post.) Eastman Nature Center will hold an open house at 1:00 on Saturday, February 13, to introduce the public to the Whitney H. Eastman Archives. Whitney Eastman (1888-1979) was a local businessman, philanthropist, and conservationist. He was also an amateur

[mou-net] Owl Map/Owls/Gulls/Sax-Zim Bog

As of today there has been 65 reported Northern Hawk Owls in northern Minnesota. The numbers maybe closer to 70 as I did not add some reports with no mileage or detail information as to where the observer actually saw the owl. Dave Alexander is right on when he stated a week or so ago that the