Sunday: barred owl dozing in the entrance to its nest cavity; in the bottoms near the mouth of the MN River, about 1/2 m. east of Faribault and Sibley Houses in Mendota Heights (visible from the inner path that runs closer to the rr. tracks)
two red-tail (not ROAD-tail today) hawks hunting productively on the hillsides of Acacia Cemetery in Mendota Heights--fabulous close-up looks at the action and the birds themselves also in Acacia, several red-breasted nuthatches (not bad for a day when family engagements keep birding time short) Linda Whyte
