On Saturday, Dec. 17, the Spirit Lake Christmas Bird Count was held in the Iowa Great Lakes area. Seven intrepid birders showed up at the Iowa Lakeside Lab on the west side of West Okoboji at 7:30 a.m to be assigned all or part of the four quadrants in the count circle. A couple of people tried owl calls before sun up but neither screech owls nor great horned owls responded to start the list.

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