Normally I do not post and add photographs of the same bird two days in a row. However, having a Great Gray Owl establish its territory in your neighborhood is exciting. In the last two days I’ve seen him four times: yesterday at sunrise, midday and sunset … and today sunning in the middle of the afternoon. This bird let me walk within ten yards of him, and never spooked … an amazing experience.

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Just like yesterday, I went back at sunset to visit my Great Gray Owl. It turns out there is a new traffic cop in northern Minnesota, and he means business!

Find the food; find the birds! In the Winter solving this problem makes a HUGE difference if you want to see any of our feathered friends. Long story short, found lots of dead birch and aspen trees in a gully where the birds could hide from the wind while eating at the same time, and suddenly the woods came alive with bird song. In this particular grove I saw over ten Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers.

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