Early am on 2/5/06, a Great Gray Owl was observed on the south side of Aitkin County Rd 18 approximately 2-4 miles west of the junction of County Rd 5 north of Palisade by Andy Paulios, Monica Fowlds and Christian Artuso. Andy also spotted a female Hoary Redpoll with a flock of Commons at the feeders at Rice Lake NWR, 5 miles south of McGregor. Good birding, Michelle McDowell Wildlife Biologist Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge McGregor, MN 218-768-2402 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html