This is a little late but last weekend while I was out and about I made the following observations:
The single great horned owl chick at the Lakeville nest has fledged. Parents and chicks have still been hanging out in the neighboring woods. The great horned nest in Roseville is still several weeks behind Lakeville. There is at least one chick, possibly more. The female was still in the nest part of the time helping to keep the chick(s) warm. They are still only covered in white down. The eagles nest on Grey Cloud Island has two down covered chicks. The eaglets are very young and the female is still fully on the nest. There is also an active eagles nest in Crosby but it is still very wet and muddy. The best view is from the boardwalk of the Wetland Trail. I did not have my scope with me so I could not see any details on chicks. The Acacia merlins appear to have nested. It's been over a week since I have seen the female. I believe that the nest is in a different location from last year and it is even more difficult to see. The red-tailed hawk that was nesting by Hastings has mysteriously disappeared from the nest. I photographed it on 4/16 but it was not there on Easter. I have learned from my contacts that she was at the nest until at least 4/22. If anyone has any info on what might have happened at this nest please contact me. I have photos of most of these birds but have not yet processed them. Thanks, Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.blogspot.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
