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I located an adult Northern Harrier along county road 7 just a mile = north of Arkola Road. This is a sure sign that spring is arriving. Other birds: -Black-backed Woodpeckers were still in the traditional spot along = McDavitt Rd. Bryan S. from Illinois found at least 5 Blk-backed = Woodpeckers just a little north of the walking trail. My little group = refound at least 3 of them. -Boreal Chickadees were singing up a storm at the same location as the = woodpeckers. We also saw some Gray Jays. -The Sharp-tail Grouse were kicking up a storm on top of the snow doing = their displaying at the Co. Rd. 29 lek. To get this spot drive Co. Rd = 133 west off Hwy 53 and drive west till you come to Co. Rd 229 and take = a right here and head north. You will be on 229 for a 1/2 mile and the = road changes to Co. Rd 29. Drive till you see a grey house on your right = with a large demolished trailer home next to it. Go about a tenth of a = mile north of the house and look east and the grouse are in the field on = top of the now displaying. You'll need a scope to see all the ID marks = of the grouse, but you can hear them from the road. the best times to be = there is from 7am to 9am. We saw 6 grouse there this morning. Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C52289.40CF5280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I located an adult Northern = Harrier along=20 county road 7 just a mile north of Arkola Road. This is a sure = sign that=20 spring is arriving.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Other birds:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Black-backed Woodpeckers = were still in=20 the traditional spot along McDavitt Rd. Bryan S. from Illinois = found at=20 least 5 Blk-backed Woodpeckers just a little north of the walking trail. = My=20 little group refound at least 3 of them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-Boreal Chickadees were = singing up a=20 storm at the same location as the woodpeckers. We also saw some Gray=20 Jays.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>-The Sharp-tail Grouse were = kicking up a=20 storm on top of the snow doing their displaying at the Co. Rd. 29 lek. = To get=20 this spot drive Co. Rd 133 west off Hwy 53 and drive west till you come = to Co.=20 Rd 229 and take a right here and head north. You will be on 229 for = a 1/2=20 mile and the road changes to Co. Rd 29. Drive till you see a grey house = on your=20 right with a large demolished trailer home next to it. Go about a = tenth of=20 a mile north of the house and look east and the grouse are in the field = on top=20 of the now displaying. You'll need a scope to see all the ID marks = of the=20 grouse, but you can hear them from the road. the best times to be there = is from=20 7am to 9am. We saw 6 grouse there this morning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael = Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20 Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C52289.40CF5280--