Another thing to add to this question-does anybody think it will be?
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From: "Les,Angie & Tucker Lutter" <lutter@NETINS.NET>
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> Has anyone been up to the Stony River Road in the past few days? We are
> going to be up there birding and I want to know if it is passable.
>
> Tucker Lutter
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> From: "Michael Hendrickson" <mlhendrickson@YAHOO.COM>
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> Subject: [mou-net] Lake County / Duluth Birding
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>> Guided a group of birders from Nebraska today and day 2 with Ted from
>> Virginia.
>>
>> Highlights:
>>
>> Spruce Grouse: Female on the Whyte Rd about mile east of Stoney River Rd
>> and a male about a mile and half east of the Stoney River Rd. We saw
>> another female Spruce Grouse on the Stoney River Rd about a 1/4 mile
>> north of the Whyte Rd.
>>
>> ** I saw 3 lifer mammals on the Stoney River Rd!! We were waiting in my
>> Yukon on the Stoney River Road for the Nebraska birders to meet us after
>> they were done viewing the male Spruce Grouse on the Whyte Rd. When all
>> of a sudden I noticed some shapes walking about a 1/4 mile from us. I
>> put my binoculars on the shapes and originally told my passengers they
>> were Timber Wolves but as the shapes got closer to us I noticed they were
>> not Timber Wolves but LYNXES!!! One of the Lynxes sat on the road and
>> faced us and the other ( smaller ) Lynx was moving along the side of the
>> road. We wonder if they spotted the female Spruce Grouse on the road
>> since the grouse was holding very still. Then the grouse errupted and
>> flew into the woods and the two Lynxes walked into the woods on the east
>> side of the road. Then the third jumped into the road and followed the
>> other two Lynxes. We knew one was smaller than the other one but the
>> third that jumped out in the road
>> after the other two left, we could not determine if it was smaller or not
>> since we had no size comparision. Then as we sat in my Yukon giving high
>> fives a Snow Shoe Hare ran across the road as if the cats scared it as
>> they were walking into the woods. I always wanted to view these mammals
>> and my wish came true today! Even though they were pretty far from us
>> for photos it was a really cool sighting for all of us!
>>
>> Two Harbors:
>>
>> Bohemian Waxwings along the road that leads to the Light House and South
>> Avenue. There at least 10 Bohemian Waxwings among a good size flock of
>> Cedar Waxwings. Jim Lind told me these waxwings were in this area last
>> week. Thanks Jim!
>>
>> Duluth:
>>
>> Canal Park Gulls: 5 species
>>
>> 1. Great Black-backed Gulls ( 3 = 2nd cycles 1= first cycle and
>> 1=adult )
>> 2. Glaucous Gull ( 3 first cycles and 1 2nd cycle )
>> 3. Thayer's Gull ( 1 adult )
>> 4. Iceland Gull ( 1 first cycle )
>>
>> * We had a unid large owl fly across the Stoney River Rd north of the
>> Whyte Rd.
>>
>> * Whyte Rd & Stoney River Rd continues to be a great spot for Spruce
>> Grouse. I got excellent photos of a female Spruce Grouse to go along with
>> my male Spruce Grouse I took yesterday. With the warm weather we saw
>> very little as far as finches in northern Lake County.
>>
>> Good Birding
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Hendrickson
>> Duluth, Minnesota
>> Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
>> Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
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