12/25/10 There is a male harleqiun duck, on an open area of blue lake. This is just north of the water treatment plant and part of the wilkie unit, I will repost with better directions, when I can get to real computer Craig mandel [log in to unmask] Sarah Glesner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Yesterday morning, Katie Brey and I found a Northern Hawk Owl on Stony River >Forest Rd. about 8.3 miles South of Hwy 1. The bird was perched on the >western side of the road and seemed to be actively hunting and remained >perched near the car for about 10 minutes before flying to the other side of >the road and continuing to hunt deeper in the woods. After reading through >previous posts, this is probably one of the birds seen by Dave Alexander. > >Other noteworthy sightings included Boreal Chickadees all along the stretch >of Stony River Forest Rd. North of the Whyte Rd. In total, we saw at least 8 >individuals mixed in with groups of Black-capped Chickadees. I have never >had such tremendous looks at Boreal Chickadees! > >On our travels to Stony River Forest Rd. we also spotted several Ruffed >Grouse while heading North on County Rd. 2 and a group of 11 Pine Grosbeaks >while heading East on Highway 1. >Sadly, we didn't see or hear any other winter finches! > >Happy Holiday Birding! >Sarah Glesner >[log in to unmask] > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >