[mou] Sharp-tailed Grouse dancing in Aitkin County

[Warren Nelson]

This morning I went north of Aitkin on C.R.1 to check out the owls and
found 5 SHARP-TAILED GROUSE dancing on their lek about 1 and 1/4 miles
north of the diversion channel.  What's interesting about this is that
there were 29 GGOs around the field.  Three of the owls were within
about a hundred feet of the dancing grouse and not paying any attention
to them at all and the grouse were doing their thing and weren't
bothered by the owl's presence -- kind of a mutual disinterest.  Also
seen today: NORTHERN HARRIER, 9 BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES, SNOW BUNTINGS, 7
NORTHERN HAWK OWLS, 1 GREAT HORNED OWL and 104 GREAT GRAY OWLS.   Warren
Nelson