I learned of the trapping program last year from Raptor Center staff, but the set-up time required might still give a window of time in which to see an owl, provided we check on a regular basis. Linda
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Terence Brashear <birdn...@yahoo.com>wrote: > The airport has adopted a trapping program for Snowy Owl. I would expect > we won't see them there unless there is a huge influx. > > ------------------------------ > * From: * linda whyte <r...@moumn.org>; > * To: * <mou-...@lists.umn.edu>; > * Subject: * [mou-rba] [mou-net] no Snowy Owl found at MSP airport > * Sent: * Sat, Nov 26, 2011 12:48:58 AM > > A search at the airport, at around 3:30, revealed no Snowy Owl, > despite checking structures of various heights and the ground itself > from all the standard viewing places. The one vantage point not > checked was the northern-most one, the dead-end street accessed from > Hwy 62 eastbound, near Mother Lake. > There was also no time to check the playing fields at Ft. Snelling. > I'll try to include those places on the next search. > It just seems as though the lack of snow-cover has given the birds > wider access to food, and they have dispersed accordingly. > Linda Whyte > > ---- > 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
