While you can find parliaments of Long-eared and Short-eared owls and probably Saw-whets during migration or perhaps on wintering grounds, other Minnesota owls don't congregate. That said, my biggest concentration of Great-horned Owls was north of Taylor's Falls along the St. Croix was 18 pairs plus one on territory. I was able to count them all from one spot. When I joined the chorus, a pair flew in and I was immediately challenged.
Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN swesto...@gmail.com On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 8:32 AM Stephen Greenfield <tapacul...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Yes, that’s a term, like “a murder of crows”.) > Question: How many Great Horned Owls do you ever see in one place? > I ask because I got a second-hand report of people seeing lots of them > recently, in Woodbury. Neighbors saying “there’s an owl… there’s an owl… > there’s another owl…” And hawks, too! > As a kid, I knew a place in New York City where a dozen or so Long-eared > Owls spent the winter (no longer, sadly), but those are highly migratory. > Any observations or thoughts? > > Stephen Greenfield > Minneapolis > tapacul...@gmail.com > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
