[mou-net] Duluth-area owl updates

2013-02-09 Thread Kim R Eckert
Some brief information from yesterday on a few owls that I don't think has been posted on mou-net…. - The continuing N Hawk Owl on Martin Rd in Duluth was relocated, ranging in the open area between 0.8 and 1.1 mile W of Jean Duluth Rd. This owl's location is sometimes given as only a quarter

[mou-net] Duluth - Townsend's Solitaire

2013-02-09 Thread Tony Mitchell
Just spotted a Townsend's Solitaire a half a block west of 47th Oakley. It was there as of 3:45 PM Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html

[mou-net] Great Grey Owl/others in St. Louis County

2013-02-09 Thread John P. Ellis
Saw a Great Grey Owl hunting about 3-3:30 PM this afternoon on Lismore Road just west of Ryan. He was sitting on a 12 foot snag just off the shoulder of the road working an open field. Saw him go down in the nearly foot deep snow and nail a mouse or vole with his claws while looked around the

[mou-net] King Eider, St. Louis Co.

2013-02-09 Thread Bruce Fall
This afternoon (Sat. Feb. 9) from 3:15-3:45 p.m. Susan Fall and I watched an immature male King Eider in Lake Superior about 1/2 mile NE of the Lakewood Pumping Station, Duluth (Lakewood Rd. and Scenic 61). It was diving frequently, and was associating closely with 3 Common Goldeneyes and 1

[mou-net] Northshore Owls

2013-02-09 Thread Frank Gosiak
I took my 14 year old daughter birding today and she got two lifers. A Boreal Owl just South of the North entrance to Stoney Point road on scenic 61 and a Great Grey Owl on Homestead Road about a mile North of regular Hwy 61, on the left side of the road. We also ran into a large flock of

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Northern Hawk Owl from today

2013-02-09 Thread Erik Bruhnke
While out today along the North Shore of Lake Superior as well as birding in Sax-Zim Bog, a push of mid-winter specialties continues provide great looks. The two birders I was guiding around today were thrilled to see their lifer Boreal Owl! Hoary Redpolls and Pine Grosbeaks continue to be seen