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Tonight around 5:30pm the female/imm Snowy Owl was seen on the west = fence line. There were two groups viewing this owl from the shoulders. = A total of at least 4 cars on the east bound lane and 3 cars on the west = bound lane of Air Port Approach Road. *** The Airport Security truck drove by all of us at least 4 times and = did not ask us to leave or even stop to chat with us to see what we were = doing. That is a good sign from what I read from 1-2 other encounters = from other birders that came here to find the Snowy Owl. The place to stay away from is any road that exits off Airport Approach = Rd. These roads are private roads and especially stay away from the air = traffic control tower parking lot. So if you were traveling north of = Duluth on Hwy.53 you will come to the Stebner Rd. stoplights. Take a = right here and Stebner Rd. crosses Swan Lake Rd and changes its name to = Airport Approach Rd. This road has shoulders on each side of the road. = The Snowy Owl is mostly found along the fencelines on the south side of = Airport Approach Road. On week days there is a shift change around 4-5:30pm at the Cirrus = Design . The traffic is busy and if you try to look for the owl on a = week day make sure you keep your car way off the road and with the = flashers on. The best times to look for the snowy owl is around = 4:30-5:30pm and if you venture this way, park on the shoulder with your = flashers on. Keep off the road and stay near your car. I waved at the security officer as a friendly gesture and he waved back. Mike Hendrickson Duluth Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Minnesota Birding Treks http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C50BB7.53B097D0 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 6.00.2900.2523" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Tonight around 5:30pm the = female/imm=20 Snowy Owl was seen on the west fence line. There were two groups = viewing=20 this owl from the shoulders. A total of at least 4 cars on the east = bound=20 lane and 3 cars on the west bound lane of Air Port Approach = Road.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>*** The Airport Security = truck drove by=20 all of us at least 4 times and did not ask us to leave or even stop to = chat with=20 us to see what we were doing. That is a good sign from what I read from = 1-2=20 other encounters from other birders that came here to find the Snowy=20 Owl.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>The place to stay away from = is any road=20 that exits off Airport Approach Rd. These roads are private roads and = especially=20 stay away from the air traffic control tower parking lot. So if = you were=20 traveling north of Duluth on Hwy.53 you will come to the Stebner Rd. = stoplights.=20 Take a right here and Stebner Rd. crosses Swan Lake Rd and changes its = name to=20 Airport Approach Rd. This road has shoulders on each side of the road. = The Snowy=20 Owl is mostly found along the fencelines on the south side of Airport = Approach=20 Road.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>On week days there is a shift = change=20 around 4-5:30pm at the Cirrus Design . The traffic is busy and if you = try to=20 look for the owl on a week day make sure you keep your car way off the = road and=20 with the flashers on. The best times to look for the snowy owl is = around=20 4:30-5:30pm and if you venture this way, park on the shoulder with your = flashers=20 on. Keep off the road and stay near your car.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I waved at the security = officer as a=20 friendly gesture and he waved back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Mike Hendrickson</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Duluth</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </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_001C_01C50BB7.53B097D0--