On Friday had 56 Sharp-tailed Grouse in Aitkin County, including 36 (in flight) along 480th Street, south of Palisade (others were in the typical locations north and south of Tamarack). Nathan & I (separately) had: Townsend's Solitaire, Long-Eared Owl (calling at dusk), numerous Ravens, Black-backed Woodpecker and White-winged Crossbills at Ann Lake and Sherburne NWR/Blue Hill Trail late last week. Nathan also had a unique looking female Goldeneye (for example, totally yellow bill) at Monticello on Friday afternoon. We were shut down Saturday from our Sax-Zim trip by weather reports (that turned out to be off by a frustrating 5-8 hours). Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html