[mou] Snowy Owl/Isabella feeder directions
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:42:42 -0600
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Mark Alt has requested that I post directions to the Snowy Owl location =
at the Duluth International airport and to the Moose Ridge Cafe in =
Isabella, Mn. Mark mentioned that he is swamped with requests for =
directions to these locations. If you are a birder that is planning on =
visiting Duluth and the surrounding areas, please feel free to email me =
for directions to the above locations and other places mentioned in NE =
Minnesota. Mark Alt is not that familiar with NE Minnesota and I can =
probably help you out in planning your trip up to northern Minnesota.
Snowy Owl:
>From I-35 coming from Minneapolis-
* Drive I-35 to Duluth
* Get off on 21st ave West/Hwy 53 exit
* Drive Hwy 53 to the "T" stoplights. There is a Perkins Restaurant on =
your left and a Hardees in front of you.
* Take a left at the stoplights
* Follow Hwy 53 to Stebner Rd. stoplights. There is a dome/Skyline =
Bowling Lanes on your left and Gordy's Farm Market on your right.
* Take a right and go pass Gordy's Farm Market.
* You'll come to stop sign and now you are on Airport Approach Rd (?)=20
* Watch for Snowy Owls on the fence line to your right and look on top =
of telephone poles
* You can also drive down and go pass the Federal Express store and =
drive into the parking area at the flight tower. Scan across the runways =
and look on top of the orangish red/white strip utility building and =
other structures along the run way.
* Drive along the east side of the prison and look on top of the =
buildings and ect. This road will come to the NRRI building and back to =
Hwy 53.
- Best time to look for the owls are either at dawn or early am hours =
and 4:30 pm to dark
Moose Ridge Cafe feeders:
Drive along I-35 all the way to 26th Ave East. Get on the right lane and =
onto London Rd. Follow London Rd. thru lakeside neighborhood of Duluth =
and cross over the Lester River. =20
London Rd ends and drive on the 4-laner Highway 61 to Two Harbors. Drive =
thru the town of Two Harbors and stay on highway 61. Stay on 61 past =
Beaver Bay, East Beaver Bay and Silver Bay. As you drive past Silver =
Bay watch for highway signs for Hwy 1. Take a left onto Highway 1.
Stay on Highway 1 past the towns of Finland and Murphy City. When you =
come to Isabella the very first cafe on your left is Moose Ridge Cafe. =
there is a Mobil sign located here. Across from the Cafe our the =
feeders. Donate $$ to the patrons of the cafe for the feed they supply =
to this feeder. (your option to do so).
IF you were to go to look for Spruce Grouse first then the feeders =
second, then from Two Harbors take a left at the last set of stop lights =
on the east side of Two Harbors. There is a Holiday gas Station on the =
NE corner. You are on Lake Co. Rd 2. Drive 40-45 miles along Lake Co. =
Rd 2. There is a pull out for the Sand River on your right. Slow down =
and drive the remaining 3-4 miles and look for grouse on the road. You =
have to be early before traffic picks up! Also no doubt there will be =
other birders there as well. Share your sightings. When you come to the =
end of Lake Co. Rd 2 you come to a "t" and highway 1. You go right to =
Isabella for 14-15 miles and if you take a left drive to mile marker 305 =
and drive slow to mile marker 300. ( good for grouse) There are no =
shoulders or places to pull off to look at the grouse! There are many =
quick turns and valleys and cars coming behind may not see you! So be =
careful and use common sense or you could get slammed into by a car =
along this stretch of road!!
Any more directions please email
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>Mark Alt has requested that I =
post=20
directions to the Snowy Owl location at the Duluth International airport =
and to=20
the Moose Ridge Cafe in Isabella, Mn. Mark mentioned that he is =
swamped=20
with requests for directions to these locations. If you are a =
birder that=20
is planning on visiting Duluth and the surrounding areas, please feel =
free to=20
email me for directions to the above locations and other places =
mentioned in NE=20
Minnesota. Mark Alt is not that familiar with NE Minnesota and I can =
probably=20
help you out in planning your trip up to northern =
Minnesota.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Snowy Owl:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>From I-35 coming from=20
Minneapolis-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Drive I-35 to =
Duluth</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Get off on 21st ave =
West/Hwy 53=20
exit</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Drive Hwy 53 to the "T"=20
stoplights. There is a Perkins Restaurant on your left and a =
Hardees in=20
front of you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Take a left at the=20
stoplights</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Follow Hwy 53 to Stebner =
Rd.=20
stoplights. There is a dome/Skyline Bowling Lanes on your left and =
Gordy's Farm=20
Market on your right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Take a right and go pass =
Gordy's Farm=20
Market.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* You'll come to stop sign =
and now you=20
are on Airport Approach Rd (?) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Watch for Snowy Owls on the =
fence line=20
to your right and look on top of telephone poles</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* You can also drive down and =
go pass the=20
Federal Express store and drive into the parking area at the flight =
tower. Scan=20
across the runways and look on top of the orangish red/white strip =
utility=20
building and other structures along the run way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>* Drive along the east side =
of the prison=20
and look on top of the buildings and ect. This road will come to the =
NRRI=20
building and back to Hwy 53.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>- Best time to look for the =
owls are=20
either at dawn or early am hours and 4:30 pm to dark</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Moose Ridge Cafe =
feeders:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Drive along I-35 all the way =
to 26th Ave=20
East. Get on the right lane and onto London Rd. Follow London Rd. thru =
lakeside=20
neighborhood of Duluth and cross over the Lester River. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>London Rd ends and drive on =
the 4-laner=20
Highway 61 to Two Harbors. Drive thru the town of Two Harbors and stay =
on=20
highway 61. Stay on 61 past Beaver Bay, East Beaver Bay and Silver =
Bay. As=20
you drive past Silver Bay watch for highway signs for Hwy 1. Take =
a left=20
onto Highway 1.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Stay on Highway 1 past the =
towns of=20
Finland and Murphy City. When you come to Isabella the very first =
cafe on=20
your left is Moose Ridge Cafe. there is a Mobil sign located here. =
Across=20
from the Cafe our the feeders. Donate $$ to the patrons of =
the cafe=20
for the feed they supply to this feeder. (your option to do=20
so).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>IF you were to go to look for =
Spruce=20
Grouse first then the feeders second, then from Two Harbors take a left =
at the=20
last set of stop lights on the east side of Two Harbors. There is =
a=20
Holiday gas Station on the NE corner. You are on Lake Co. Rd 2. =
Drive=20
40-45 miles along Lake Co. Rd 2. There is a pull out for the Sand River =
on your=20
right. Slow down and drive the remaining 3-4 miles and look for grouse =
on the=20
road. You have to be early before traffic picks up! Also no =
doubt=20
there will be other birders there as well. Share your sightings. =
When you=20
come to the end of Lake Co. Rd 2 you come to a "t" and highway 1. You go =
right=20
to Isabella for 14-15 miles and if you take a left drive to mile marker =
305 and=20
drive slow to mile marker 300. ( good for grouse) There are no =
shoulders=20
or places to pull off to look at the grouse! There are many quick =
turns=20
and valleys and cars coming behind may not see you! So be careful and =
use common=20
sense or you could get slammed into by a car along this stretch of=20
road!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Any more directions please=20
email</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></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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