I'm just wondering if anyone has spotted Some "great grey's" we are due for them to return. PS Saw a pair of bald eagles soaring over the river south of merrill wi today 6:57am awesome On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>wrote: > Hey everyone, > I spent the last week guiding up in the Duluth area, mostly looking for > Boreal Owls, but with the addition of lots of other birds as well. > For WI sightings in the last week: The Hawk-owl in Poplar is still > present. It seems to prefer hanging out in the stand of trees directly > behind the second school west of Wiehie Rd, viewing is best from the school > parking lot. > At the Superior Airport, there are still a few Snowy Owls hanging around, > including one beautiful male. > > Along the north shore of Lake Superior between Duluth and Two Harbors: > There are still a few Boreal Owls hanging around, including one that was > seen today. There is also a single Northern Saw-whet Owl bouncing around in > that area as well. > The adult Black-legged Kittiwake found by Chris Wood earlier this week was > seen on Saturday, and an immature male Kind Eider was found at Scenic 61 > and Lakewood St on Saturday. > In Duluth, a Townsend's Solitaire was found at 47th and Oakley Streets. > > Also, my friend Eric Ripma found a Northern Hawk-owl at I-35 and Fall Rd, > about 25 miles south of Duluth. > > These are just a few of the goodies awaiting whoever is planning on making > a run up there. > > Oh, and just to add to the pile, here's a photo of a Boreal Owl that I > took on Friday: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto/8466703694/in/photostream/lightbox/ > > > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Bird Guide Swallowtail Birding > Tours https://www.facebook.com/Swallowtailbirdingtours?ref=hl > > Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises > http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its > first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again > inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living > things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before > such a one can be again." > > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn > > > -- Ryan P. Priebe B.A., B.S., M.S John Muir Middle School Art Dept. Chair "Planting a seed is great, but don't forget to water it and give it a little sun!", by r.priebe #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn