tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878513974955445011.post6859057842605165137..comments2024-03-26T04:12:50.474-05:00Comments on Ecobirder: Three-toed woodpeckers at the Sax Zim BogEcobirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02162282777887777041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878513974955445011.post-4553606691693537752008-03-10T21:03:00.000-05:002008-03-10T21:03:00.000-05:00Thanks for the compliment Mel. I figured that the ...Thanks for the compliment Mel. <BR/><BR/>I figured that the owl was further back, since many people had reported seeing far off the road, but I did not spend the that much time on it. I knew that even if I found it that I would not get very good pics at that distance. It was cool that you spotted a wolf but very unfortunate that it was hurt. I noticed that there were quite a few people who I thought were driving to fast.Ecobirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162282777887777041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878513974955445011.post-70701534071128364102008-03-10T20:43:00.000-05:002008-03-10T20:43:00.000-05:00Our group of 4 were up there the same day you were...Our group of 4 were up there the same day you were. We did finally find the Hawk Owl after scoping the area as far as we could see. The owl was way off to the north. Across that huge field to the north of the farm is a tree line with one tree that stands taller than the rest. While three of us were looking closer to the farm, the fourth person, a non-birder, but a hunter with good "hunting eyes" spotted, through binoculars, a "dark, bird-like splotch" at the top of that big tree. By the time we got a scope on it, it had dropped down a few branches and was not visible with binocs. We were able to ID it through the scope. If our hunter hadn't spotted it, we never would have found it.<BR/><BR/>Our biggest excitement of the day, though, was just after we left that spot for Stone Lake Road. Off to our right, just before the SLR intersection, was a large dark wolf. We immediately pulled off the road to watch it and could tell that there was something wrong with it, it wasn't holding it's tail up properly. It soon became evident that it was limping, favoring it's left rear leg. It was in a relatively open field with many clumps of shrubs, so we got excellent views of him for 5-10 minutes. I wonder if it had been hit by a car.<BR/><BR/>Except for our sadness about the wolf, it was a wonderful day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6878513974955445011.post-9407815367092886042008-03-10T17:05:00.000-05:002008-03-10T17:05:00.000-05:00Wonderful pictures :)Wonderful pictures :)Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550692601943778577noreply@blogger.com