Wow, that rings a bell in the old noggin! I, too, saw a male Harrier -- last week! This was while I was riding in the car my son was driving, probably on Friday afternoon between 2 and 4:00 pm. We were going north, and were between Hugo and Forest Lake on Hwy 61. I was not aware that they were such early migrants. I have never seen one this early before.
He flew over road in front of us and low over a corn stubble field. With all that snow cover (up to over the weekend when we lost 5" of it) I was wondering if he would survive to snow melt. Thanks, Betsy, for jiggling the brain a bit! Holly Peirson Columbus, Anoka Co. -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Betsy Beneke Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 3:41 PM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Stearns County Harrier I was surprised to see a male northern harrier flying low over some marshland this afternoon, northeast of Avon in Stearns County. Betsy Beneke ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
