[mou] Update from Aitkin County
Warren Nelson
wenelson@mlecmn.net
Sun, 01 May 2005 20:56:44 -0500
Bill Stauffer and I birded around the county this weekend and found a
few good birds even though birding in general was slow. We had a
beautiful PEREGRINE FALCON at the Rice Lake NWR at the far west field, a
GREAT GRAY OWL along C.R.18 about 3 miles east of Highway 169, a GREAT
GRAY OWL and 2 TRUMPETER SWANS at the Moose-Willow WMA south of Hill
City, I found a pair of nesting RAVENS along a hiking trail off of
C.R.1(and they made me feel really unwanted), SHARP-TAILED GROUSE also
along C.R.1, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK in my yard scaring the birds all over
on Saturday and this afternoon, I had Bluejays start screaming
unendingly and when I went to the back porch, I found that a
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was putting the coup de grace on one of my beloved
Starlings ( I am pretty sure I can get over it in time). Warren Nelson