[mou] gyrfalcon
Steve and Sherry Watson
watsup@boreal.org
Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:57:35 -0800
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Today (Sunday 22nd) my dad and I decided to take a trip to
county road 2 looking for spruce grouse then head down to Duluth and Sax
Zim. On the way out to our truck before we left I heard both a barred
and a great horned owl hooting on the back of our land. I heard one
other owl but was not sure what it was. After we left and were heading
down the road from our house we saw two small owls fly across the road
in two different locations. We think they were saw-whets but we =
didn=92t
see them well enough. Once we made it to county road 2 from Grand
Marais we struck out on spruce grouse but we found the Iceland gull in
two harbors hanging with some herrings out on a chunk of floating ice.
We were able to get great views of it with my scope. We then headed
down to Duluth and tried for the Gyrfalcon. After about an hour or so
of searching only seeing a red-tailed hawk at Peavey elevators we
finally were able to sight it as the bird coasted by high coming out of
Minnesota. We saw it pretty good but lost it as it flew by a clump of
trees. After that we went and saw the snowy owl at the bong airport and
found it without troubles. We were able to see it through my scope
easily as it perched on a clump of plowed snow. The tag isn=92t so bad =
so
I don=92t know why everyone was whining about it, it sure didn=92t =
bother
me; it=92s still a snowy owl! We didn=92t go up to Sax Zim because it
started to snow hard and it was beginning to get late.=20
=20
Josh Watson
Grand Marais =20
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style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>  =
; </span>Today
(Sunday 22<sup>nd</sup>) my dad and I decided to take a trip to county =
road 2
looking for spruce grouse then head down to =
</span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Duluth</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=3D4
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> and Sax Zim.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span>On the
way out to our truck before we left I heard both a barred and a great =
horned
owl hooting on the back of our land.<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I heard one other owl but was not sure what it was.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>After we left and were heading =
down the
road from our house we saw two small owls fly across the road in two =
different
locations.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We think they =
were
saw-whets but we didn=92t see them well enough.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Once we made it to county road =
2 from
Grand Marais we struck out on spruce grouse but we found the =
</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
=
color:black'>Iceland</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> gull in two harbors hanging with some herrings out on a =
chunk of
floating ice.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We were able =
to get
great views of it with my scope.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> =
</span>We
then headed down to </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3D4
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Duluth</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=3D4
color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> and tried for the Gyrfalcon.<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>After about an hour or so of searching only seeing a red-tailed =
hawk at
Peavey elevators we finally were able to sight it as the bird coasted by =
high
coming out of </span></font><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3D4 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Minnesota</span>=
</font></st1:place></st1:State><font
size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We saw it =
pretty
good but lost it as it flew by a clump of trees.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>After that we went and saw the =
snowy owl
at the bong airport and found it without troubles.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We were able to see it through =
my scope
easily as it perched on a clump of plowed snow.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The tag isn=92t so bad so I =
don=92t
know why everyone was whining about it, it sure didn=92t bother me; =
it=92s
still a snowy owl! <span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>We =
didn=92t
go up to Sax Zim because it started to snow hard and it was beginning to =
get
late. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Josh =
Watson<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D4 color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
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14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Grand Marais <span
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