[mou] 54 Great Gray Owls - St. Louis and Lake Co.

Jim Lind jslind@frontiernet.net
Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:55:40 -0600


Sharon Lind, Lisa Lind, and I spent most of the day owling and found 
54 different Great Gray Owls (plus one roadkill) across a wide spanse 
of southern St. Louis and Lake counties.  We saw 20 Great Grays along 
Forest Highway 11 (CR 16) between CR 44 on the east and Loon Lake 
Road on the west, including a short stretch with 4 birds visible at 
once.  By 10:45 am we had seen 41 Great Grays.

Here are 23 previously unreported birds we found today:

St. Louis	CR 44 (2.2 mi N of CR 256)
St. Louis	CR 44 (0.2 mi S of CR 611 (Hopper Rd))
St. Louis	CR 44 (0.3 mi S of Salo Lk Rd)
St. Louis	CR 44 (0.6 mi N of CR 813)
St. Louis	CR 44 (0.3 mi S of FH 11)
St. Louis	CR 44 jct FH 11 (CR 16)
St. Louis	CR 16 (0.8 mi W of FR 130)
St. Louis	CR 16 (0.4 mi E of CR 99)
St. Louis	CR 16 (0.9 mi W of Whiteface campground road) - 2 birds
St. Louis	CR 110 (1.3 mi N of CR 16)
St. Louis	CR 110 (0.6 mi S of Shiver Creek)
St. Louis	CR 110 (3.8 mi N of CR 16)
St. Louis	CR 110 (4.9 mi N of CR 16)
St. Louis	CR 355 (Ahola Rd) 1.2 mi S of FH 11/CR 16
St. Louis	CR 44 (0.6 mi S of FR 122)
St. Louis	CR 266 (Fox Farm Rd) 3.1 mi E of CR 44 (Pequaywon Lk Rd)
Lake	CR 3 (1.2 mi N of CR 106)
Lake	CR 3 (0.8 mi S of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd))
Lake	CR 2 (2.2 mi N of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd))
Lake	CR 2 (0.9 mi N of CR 24 (E. Alger Rd))
Lake	CR 2 (0.6 mi N of CR 12)
Lake	CR 122 (0.5 mi N of CR 12)

Jim Lind
Two Harbors