[mou] owls moving into Wisconsin

[Jim Williams]

Forward by Jim Williams, Wayzata

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From: Andy P <andypaulios@yahoo.com>
Date: January 24, 2005 10:25:40 AM CST
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@lawrence.edu>
Subject: [wisb] Douglas County/Burnett County Owls, etc.

Hi Folks,

A group of us ventured north on Friday to do some
owling. We ended up seeing 16 Great Gray Owls, 3
Northern Hawk Owls, and a bunch of other cool birds.
Here is the breakdown:

Great Gray Locations:
- 1 mile east of HWY 35 and Pioneer Road
- 5 GGOW in on HWY 35 in and around the Chaffey/Belden
Swamp area (seen in a driving snowstorm even)
- 2 GGOW east of HWY 2/53 on HWY 13.  This road is
very productive for GGOW.
- 3 GGOW along HWY 2/53 east of WI Point.
- 3 GGOW at Landfill and WI Point
- 1 GGOW at JCT of W and C near railroad tracks
(missed GGOWs along rest of W/C/105 but probably not
driven at correct time of day)
- 1 GGOW in Burnett County!!! at JCT of U and Lake
Road sitting at the entrace to Fort Folle Avoine!
This is 1/2 mile from my cabin as the crow flies.

Hawk Owl Locations:
- 1 NHOW on Cty Road T west of Cozy Corner approx. 1
mile.
- 1 NHOW west of Ashland on HWY 2 just east of HWY
137.  Sitting atop a tree watching a sheriff pull over
a speeder!
- 1 NHOW at the house just east of the airport on HWY
112/K/Sanborn.

Other "good" birds seen included a Northern Shrike
along HWY 35 in Douglas County. Red-bellied
Woodpecker, Siskins, 40+ Redpolls at the Lookout
Bar/Restaurant.  Sharp-tailed Grouse in a tree on W
just north of JCT with BB in Douglas County.  3
Sharp-tailed Grouse in the Namekagon Barrens along
Town Line Road.  Red Crossbill singing (and recorded)
along Cty Road P just south of Stone Chimney Road
along Brule River.  Lots of Redpolls at feeders and
scattered flocks of Pine Grosbeaks along BB and W.
Pine Grosbeaks seemed to be a little more local than
earlier in the year.  We also had one flyover Northern
Goshawk at a private feeder east of Superior.

A Superior birder had 35 GGOwls in one day on
Thursday, other good roads include Conner's Point in
Duluth, CTY Road E north of Solon Springs, CTY Road A,
etc.  You can't miss em'.  There is also supposed to
be a Hawk Owl on Pioneer Road and on L NW of Solon
Springs.  This same birder also had Bohemian Waxwings
along 28th ST in Superior and there are also Bohemians
in and around Grantsburg.

To see GGOWs stay off of the real dry Jack Pine/Oak
areas and focus on northern Douglas County and Western
Douglas County.  I suspect that more will be pouring
into Burnett County from MN as food supplies dwindle.

Good birdin'

Andy Paulios
Janesville, WI

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