[mou] yellow-billed loon

[Steve and Sherry Watson]

Hello all,

As you probably all know myself along with several others were not able
to re-locate the loon yesterday.  The harlequins were both still their
and we had wonderful views of a roosting boreal owl in the vicinity but
didn't see the loon, even around 2:00 or 3:00 P.M. after Superior calmed
almost glass still we weren't able to locate it.  I suppose since it had
been around since Tuesday that it could very well still be around and it
could have moved a little way's up or down the shore and could have been
way out on the horizon beyond vision.  The boreal owl was roosting on
the far end of the trail.  If you hike the trail over to where you can
view Burlington bay off a little bluff you can see the trail continues
down along the bay towards the town of Two Harbors.  At this spot there
is another trail intersecting this heading back towards the lighthouse,
the boreal owl was roosting about 30 yards from the section of the trail
off the little bluff viewing Burlington Bay.  It was in a cedar tree
just off the trail on the left side on about the only wide open branch
available.  It was fun watching it trying to sleep as it began snowing
as the snow would pile up on top of its head like a hat and every so
often it would have to shake it off.  That was about the only really
exciting part for the day and made driving all the way down to look for
the loon worth it even though we didn't see the loon.  Good birding to
all,

Josh Watson
Grand Marais 

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