As of March 9th, the gray-morph GYRFALCON was still in Dakota County. The bird was seen perched on top of a stand of evergreens, roughly one-half mile south of 150th Street and one-half mile west of Goodwin Avenue. Also check near the junction of Dakota County Road 42 and State Highway 55. On March 5th, Karen Sussman found a Gyrfalcon on St. Louis County Road 85, three-quarters of a mile west of State Highway 73.

GREAT GRAY OWLS and NORTHERN HAWK OWLS are still easy to find across northern Minnesota, especially in Aitkin and Pine Counties. Many observers report finding multiple Great Gray Owls along Aitkin County Roads 4, 5, 22 and 73, as well as along State Highway 65.

An AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER and at least two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS can still be found along McDavitt Road in the Sax-Zim Bog area of St. Louis County, two and one-half miles north of Sax Road.

At least one HOARY REDPOLL has been reported from a feeder on Lake County Road 9, just north of the Highway 61 Expressway west of Two Harbors.

An increase in NORTHERN SHRIKE reports has been noted recently, especially in the Twin Cities area. And spring migrants now being reported include GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, GREAT BLUE HERON, NORTHERN HARRIER, SANDHILL CRANE, KILLDEER, RING-BILLED GULL, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.