[mou] Additional GGOs in Carlton Cty

[Heidi Ferguson]

All,

=09On=20Saturday=20I=20visited=20Rice=20Lake=20NWR=20and=20the=20now=20fam=
ous=20"Owl=20Field".
In=20addition=20to=20the=2021=20GGO=20I=20saw=20along=20Cty=20Road=204=20I=
=20wanted=20to=20report=20a=20few
others=20birds=20that=20haven't=20previously=20been=20mentioned.=20=20Just=
=20north=20of=20Cty=20Road
4=20along=20busy=20Hwy=2065=20I=20saw=20a=20northern=20Shrike.=20=20Within=
=20the=20refuge=20itself=20I=20was
lucky=20enough=20to=20see=20a=20NHO=20make=20a=20kill.=20According=20to=20=
a=20local=20birder=20they=20have
seen=20this=20NHO=20almost=20daily=20in=20the=20area.=20=20=20
=09After=20leaving=20owl=20field=20at=20about=205:30=20I=20headed=20east=20=
along=20Hwy=2027
between=20Hwy=2065=20and=20Moose=20lake.=20=20Along=20this=20stretch=20I=20=
saw=208=20GGOs.=20=20Five=20of
which=20were=20in=20Carlton=20Cty.=20=20I=20was=20sure=20there=20were=20mo=
re=20down=20some=20of=20the=20side
roads=20but=20I=20didn't=20have=20the=20daylight=20left=20to=20wander=20ar=
ound.=20=20My=20favorite=20owl
was=20one=20sitting=20on=20a=20small=20pine=20tree=20within=20a=20well=20m=
anicured=20lawn.=20=20It=20was
quite=20the=20yard=20ornament.=20=20I=20didn't=20see=20any=20owls=20after=20=
passing=20over=20the
Kettle=20River.=20

=09P.S.=20I=20talked=20to=20a=20birder=20who=20had=20meet=20birding=20grou=
ps=20from=205
different=20states=20that=20included=20Kansas,=20New=20Jersey,=20and=20Flo=
rida.=20=20=20

Heidi=20Ferguson=20
St.=20Paul=20


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