[mou] Great gray owls Aitkin & Pine counties

[Ann and Manley Olson]

  Thursday was a bright,sunny but quite windy day.Owls were sitting 
tight.Looked briefly east of Hinckley and found only one Great 
gray,about  3 miles east on Hy 48.
Went west toward Aitkin. via 18,65,4&47.Very few birds including 
owls.Took Hy 1 north from Aitkin.Saw no owls.Return trip on Hy 1  was 
quite different. From  the junction with Hy 3 to Aitkin  saw 16 Great 
gray and 1 Great horned.All seen between 5:55 and 6:15 pm.For the 
afternoon had 23 Great gray and 2 Great horned.No Hawk owls. Snow 
buntings in 3 places near Aitkin and  a single Horned lark.Also 3 
Shrikes,1 Rough leg and  6 Ravens.Saw no Redtails north of Pine City.
Manley Olson