[mou] Tuesday great gray owls

[Val/Roger]

Hello, fellow bird people:
Today (Jan. 25), Kim Gordon and I, inspired by Gail Wieberdink's post from
last night, set out for Pine County to see owls. Gail had seen 40 great gray
owls within a fairly small area in the southern part of the county on
Monday, and we wanted in.

Set out from St. Paul around 2 p.m., took a right onto CR 48 at Hinckley,
and the owls started to happen:
1 on CR 21 just north of Cloverdale
8 on CR 30 between CR 21 and CR 22
2 on CR 22
7 on CR 32 between CR 22 and CR 21
2 on CR 123 south of Askov
5 on CR 22 south of CR 30
3 on CR 48 between CR 22 and CR 21

For a total of 28 owls in about an hour and a half, between 3:55 and 5:25
p.m. Several of the great grays were actively hunting, and all were actively
watching for prey. 

What spectacular birds! Hope they all make it through the winter,
Val Cunningham
St. Paul, Minn.