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The day started out damp/foggy and misty but warm! Around 1:00pm or so = the fog lifted and out came the sun! Raptors seeing this opportunity = were migrating in very good numbers over my house. In one hour I = counted the following raptors: -30 Red-tailed Hawks -5 Rough-legged Hawks -10 Sharp-shinned Hawks -2 Turkey Vultures -35 Bald Eagles Other then raptors I had the following land in my yard when the fog = lifted: -15 White-winged Crossbills -10 Bohemian Waxwings This evening while playing hoops with my kids I heard some commotion = from some Red-breasted Nuthatches and there right in plain view was a = Long-eared Owl roosting in one of our spruce trees. I took several = photos of it and then my Ben & Beccas were able to see it through the = scope as were some neighbors who were wondering what we were looking at. = I also found a fresh pellet that I saved! Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Lake Superior Boat Trips http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C76FDF.205CA0C0 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 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>The day started = out=20 damp/foggy and misty but warm! Around 1:00pm or so the fog lifted = and out=20 came the sun! Raptors seeing this opportunity were migrating in = very good=20 numbers over my house. In one hour I counted the following =20 raptors:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-30 Red-tailed=20 Hawks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-5 Rough-legged = Hawks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-10 = Sharp-shinned=20 Hawks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-2 Turkey=20 Vultures</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-35 Bald = Eagles</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Other then = raptors I had the=20 following land in my yard when the fog lifted:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-15 = White-winged=20 Crossbills</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>-10 Bohemian=20 Waxwings</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 = size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>This evening = while playing=20 hoops with my kids I heard some commotion from some Red-breasted = Nuthatches and=20 there right in plain view was a Long-eared Owl roosting in one of our = spruce=20 trees. I took several photos of it and then my Ben & Beccas were = able to see=20 it through the scope as were some neighbors who were wondering what we = were=20 looking at. I also found a fresh pellet that I saved!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Lucida Sans" color=3D#808000 size=3D4>Michael=20 Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR>Lake Superior Boat Trips<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C76FDF.205CA0C0--