[mou] Weekend birding update from Aitkin County

[Warren Nelson]

This weekend Bill Stauffer and I birded around the county and found a
few good birds.  The best were 4 NORTHERN HAWK OWLS.  Three are along
Aitkin County Road 18.  They were moving around a little but the
approximate mileages  from the junction with highway 169 are east 1/2
mile, 8/10 mile and 1 &7/10 mile.  The fourth Hawk Owl was found by
Josephine and Steve Blanich along Aitkin County Road 1 at approximately
5 miles north of the diversion channel.  Other birds of the weekend:  11
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE about 2 &2/10 miles north of Palisade on C.R. 10, 18
BALD EAGLES, 39 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 MERLIN, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 3
RED-TAILED HAWKS, 5 NORTHERN SHRIKES, 4 GRAY JAYS, several SNOW
BUNTINGS, several TUNDRA SWANS.    Warren Nelson