[mou] Boreal Owl
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:01:43 -0600
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I found a Boreal Owl along the south bound lanes of Highway 61 =
expressway. The owl was sitting on a white pine tree about 4 feet from =
the ground on the right side of the trunk.
As you leave Duluth and enter 61, drive past Berquist Rd, look out for a =
Blue Adopted Highway sign by LHB Engineers, park car on shoulder and =
look across the southbound lanes and on the edge of the white pines you =
should see the owl as it sits quite open. Up ahead look for a road that =
you can access to the south bound lanes and come down and you will pass =
Hendrickson Rd and keep driving a little ways and stop about 200 yards =
before MP 14 sign, the owl is on your right.
I spotted the bird at 1:45pm by myself. It felt good to just bird on my =
own. I took a ton pictures of it in excellent light conditions. This may =
wel lbe the same owl that Sharon Lind found just down the road from here =
at the intersection of Berquist Rd and Hwy. 61. about 1 1/2 weeks ago. =
The temp was in the low teens and again I feel the temps have a lot to =
do when Boreals go into stress mode and turn up along roadsides. My last =
sighting in Sax Zim the remps were in the low teens as well. The snow =
has a icy cover and this owl was awake and looking alot in a bare area =
underneath the pines as it might of heard some rodents scurring near the =
area.
Just a good day to relax!
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I found a Boreal Owl along =
the south=20
bound lanes of Highway 61 expressway. The owl was sitting on a =
white pine=20
tree about 4 feet from the ground on the right side of the =
trunk.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>As you leave Duluth and enter =
61, drive=20
past Berquist Rd, look out for a Blue Adopted Highway sign by LHB=20
Engineers, park car on shoulder and look across the southbound lanes and =
on the=20
edge of the white pines you should see the owl as it sits quite open. Up =
ahead=20
look for a road that you can access to the south bound lanes and come =
down and=20
you will pass Hendrickson Rd and keep driving a little ways and stop =
about 200=20
yards before MP 14 sign, the owl is on your right.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>I spotted the bird at 1:45pm =
by myself.=20
It felt good to just bird on my own. I took a ton pictures of it in =
excellent=20
light conditions. This may wel lbe the same owl that Sharon Lind found =
just down=20
the road from here at the intersection of Berquist Rd and Hwy. 61. about =
1 1/2=20
weeks ago. The temp was in the low teens and again I feel the =
temps have a=20
lot to do when Boreals go into stress mode and turn up along roadsides. =
My last=20
sighting in Sax Zim the remps were in the low teens as well. The =
snow has a=20
icy cover and this owl was awake and looking alot in a bare area =
underneath the=20
pines as it might of heard some rodents scurring near the =
area.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Just a good day to =
relax!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Mike Hendrickson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Duluth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20
Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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