[mou] Re: [mnbird] Great Grey- Aitkin & Pine Counties

[eckma001]

GGOs seem to be on the move in Pine County.  The numbers of GGOs in the
Cloverdale-Markville-Duxbury area has dropped significantly.  We are now
seeing only 3-4 a day, down from 30+ per day, and some days we now see none
at all.  

We did have a sleeping owl at the entrance to our driveway (CR 137) for at
least six hours on Sunday.  It's eyes were closed, but would turn its head
slowly as though it was listening.  Every few minutes it would open one eye
half-way for a few seconds.
Karlyn Eckman


On 15 Mar 2005, Kenneth LaFond wrote:
> >From 4:30 to 6:30 PM on the 15th we found 70 Great Greys in southern =
> Aitkin and western Pine as follows:
> 11 on highway 65 from the Kanabeck line north to  the Rice lake refuge. =
> 3 in the refuge, 16 on County 4 between 65 and highway 47, 3 on 47 =
> southward to Malmo and 17 along Aitkin County 2 from Malmo eastward to =
> the Pine County line.  In Pine County 10 from the county line eastward =
> to Willow River and 10 more on old highway 61 from Willow River to =
> Hinckley.
> 
> Three Hawk Owls, one in the Rice Lake refuge at the bridge and two =
> together on Aitkin County 2 3.3 miles east of Malmo
> 
> Ken LaFond
> Blaine, Anoka County