[mou] Owls, etc

[Kent Nickell]

Saturday, I saw 19 Great Gray Owls,
http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1231, and 2 Northern
Hawk Owls on my way from Duluth to Silver Bay via Sax-Zim.  I'll be
sending the GPS coordinates to the owl survey team but the most
productive areas for me were CR8 between Hwy 53 and Floodwood, CR7
between Kelsey and Fobes and CR16/15(Forest Rd 11) between Forbes and
East Beaver Bay.

I didn't see any owls on the Gunflint Trail but at dawn Sunday a few
miles north of the Gunflint Lodge in 8-10inches of fresh snow saw a
playful Pine Marten,
http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1230.  Also there was
a nice flock of a dozen Pine Grosbeaks,
http://www.greenbackedheron.com/photo.cfm?setid=1232, at the lodge.

Good birding, 

Kent Nickell
Waterloo, Iowa
mountainpath@gmail.com