Today Butch Ukura and I birded around Duluth, Superior, St. Louis County and Aitkin County. At the Superior landfill, we found GLAUCOUS GULLS, THAYER'S GULLS AND an ICELAND GULL. The NORTHERN HAWK OWL was in its spot on county road 4 near the coffee shop. On owl avenue in Sax Zim area we found only GRAY JAYS and PINE GROSBEAKS. This might be because it was so windy. We came home by way of Hedbom Forest Road and found a couple from Ohio looking at a GREAT GRAY OWL. We joined them in watching it. The owl was on a snag on the north side of the road in the area where the woodpecker working is most extensive. The couple from Ohio also mentioned that they had spent about two hours walking through the tamaracks and found a NORTHERN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and 5 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS. Warren Nelson