Yesterday during the St. Cloud-Collegeville CBC, a Hoary Redpoll was reported among a large flock of Common Redpolls just west of the intersection of CR2 and 270th St. This is mid-way between St. Joseph and Cold Spring just inside the count circle. Today around 12:30 I located a Hoary Redpoll along CR2 just north of this intersection, but in a smaller flock of 60 or so Common Redpolls.
Later in the afternoon I came across a Short-eared Owl hunting along 385th Ave between 350th and 360th St. This location is southwest of Melrose. This was a somewhat odd location - mostly bare fields - but there is WMA at the intersection of 385th Ave. and 360th St. that it may be roosting at. I did not get the impression that it was migrating because it drifted off to the northeast. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html