[mou] MOU Trip Summary
Michael Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Sun, 15 Feb 2004 22:27:58 -0600
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I wanted to give more details about the trip and add some humor but this =
listserve can only handle so many words and I was forced to shorten it =
down to 1-2 paragraphs!
My co-leaders were Kim Risen and John Hockema. I thank them so much for =
everything w/o them this trip would of failed! Thank You!!
45 people attended the trip and I had another 15 or so on the waiting =
list! We will have two winter trips next year!! We broke into 2 teams =
and most everyone saw lifers or just plain had a good time! We laughed a =
lot and snacked a lot.
We saw 41 species of birds and here are the highlights:
1. Long-tail Ducks =3D 11 2 at Agate Bay and 9 out front of the =
lighthouse in Two Harbors.
2. Northern Goshawk =3D flew over us in Lake Co.
3. Merlin =3D flew by us in Two Harbors
4. Gyrfalcon =3D Peavy Elevators in Superior, WI
5. Spruce Grouse =3D 4 seen 1 mile north of the Sand River in Lake Co.
6. Sharp-tail Grouse =3D 9 seen dancing on a lek on Co. Rd 29 in Sax Zim
7. Snowy Owl =3D seen at the Bong Airport in Superior, WI
8. Great Gray Owl =3D One along highway 61 express way between Berquist =
Rd and Homestead Rd. Another seen in Sax Zim 4 miles south of Stone Lake =
Rd. on Hwy 7.
9. Black-backed Woodpecker =3D One male seen along Co. Rd. 213 in Sax =
Zim and one heard in Lake Co. at the intersection of Lake Co. Rd 2 and =
Hwy. 1
10. Boreal Chickadees =3D Lake Co and Sax Zim
11. Bohemian Waxwings =3D Palisade
12. Snow Buntings =3D Along Co. Rd 29 in Sax Zim
13. White-wing Crossbills =3D Sax Zim, Lake Co. and 54th Ave East and =
Superior St.
14. Red Crossbills =3D Lake Co. along Hwy. 1 at mile post 300.
Seen many of the regulars such as Evening Grosbeaks, Rough Grouse, Pine =
Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and Northern Shrike at a few places.
We ate at a banquet room Saturday night at the Duluth Athletic Club =
where I had buffet set up for the birders. We took a lot of pictures and =
will show them soon at the MOU web site. Nice pics of birds and people =
including Spruce Grouse pics!
Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip guy
Duluth
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I wanted to give more details about the =
trip and=20
add some humor but this listserve can only handle so many words and I =
was forced=20
to shorten it down to 1-2 paragraphs!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My co-leaders were Kim Risen and John =
Hockema. I=20
thank them so much for everything w/o them this trip would of failed! =
Thank=20
You!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>45 people attended the trip and I had =
another 15 or=20
so on the waiting list! We will have two winter trips next year!! We =
broke into=20
2 teams and most everyone saw lifers or just plain had a good time! We =
laughed a=20
lot and snacked a lot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We saw 41 species of birds and here are =
the=20
highlights:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Long-tail Ducks =3D 11 2 at Agate =
Bay and 9 out=20
front of the lighthouse in Two Harbors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Northern Goshawk =3D flew over us in =
Lake=20
Co.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Merlin =3D flew by us in Two =
Harbors</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. Gyrfalcon =3D Peavy Elevators in =
Superior,=20
WI</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5. Spruce Grouse =3D 4 seen 1 mile =
north of the Sand=20
River in Lake Co.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6. Sharp-tail Grouse =3D 9 seen dancing =
on a lek on=20
Co. Rd 29 in Sax Zim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>7. Snowy Owl =3D seen at the Bong =
Airport in=20
Superior, WI</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>8. Great Gray Owl =3D One along highway =
61 express=20
way between Berquist Rd and Homestead Rd. Another seen in Sax Zim 4 =
miles south=20
of Stone Lake Rd. on Hwy 7.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>9. Black-backed Woodpecker =3D One male =
seen along=20
Co. Rd. 213 in Sax Zim and one heard in Lake Co. at the intersection of =
Lake Co.=20
Rd 2 and Hwy. 1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10. Boreal Chickadees =3D Lake Co and =
Sax=20
Zim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>11. Bohemian Waxwings =3D =
Palisade</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>12. Snow Buntings =3D Along Co. Rd 29 =
in Sax=20
Zim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>13. White-wing Crossbills =3D Sax Zim, =
Lake Co. and=20
54th Ave East and Superior St.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>14. Red Crossbills =3D Lake Co. along =
Hwy. 1 at mile=20
post 300.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Seen many of the regulars such as =
Evening=20
Grosbeaks, Rough Grouse, Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and =
Northern=20
Shrike at a few places.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We ate at a banquet room Saturday =
night at the=20
Duluth Athletic Club where I had buffet set up for the =
birders. We=20
took a lot of pictures and will show them soon at the MOU web site. Nice =
pics of=20
birds and people including Spruce Grouse pics!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Hendrickson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>MOU Field Trip guy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Duluth</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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