As of March 20th, the gray-morph GYRFALCON was still in Dakota County along State Highway 55. It was most recently reported between County Road 42 and Jacob Avenue. And on the 21st, Deb Buria-Falkowski saw a Gyrfalcon near Spirit Lake in downtown Virginia, in St. Louis County.

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

Mary Stefanski saw a SNOWY OWL in Aitkin County on March 23rd, along Portage Lake Road.

A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen by Jim Mattsson on March 21st. The goose was standing on the ice with 20 Canada Geese at the “Frog Pond” on Ravenna Trail in Hastings, in Dakota County. This is a backwater area accessed about one-half mile east of U.S. Highway 61 on 10th Street.

On March 19th, Randell Rogers heard as many as three BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and saw one THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in the Sax-Zim Bog, in St. Louis County, along McDavitt Road, two and a half miles north of Sax Road.

A TURKEY VULTURE was seen soaring over Duluth with an adult GOLDEN EAGLE on March 22nd.

On March 21st, Ken and Molly Hoffman saw three HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a larger flock of LONG-TAILED DUCKS off Artist’s Point in Grand Marais, in Cook County. And Jim Lind reported a flock of roughly 80 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in the town of Askov, in Pine County, on March 17th.