[mou-net] Recent Morrison County .

[Frank Gosiak]

Occasionally , one Snowy Owl is seen near Royalton (by the Royal Farm site). A 
few Snow 
Buntings are flying through and flocks of Tree Sparrows. Things are still quiet 
on a whole. I 
did find a Northern Goshawk just South of Little Falls on the Old Hwy 10 
road(1/4 mile 
South of the hospital).There were a lot of Eagles on Nature Road East of Little 
Rock about 2 
miles, near a chicken barn on the South side of the road. No new Owl sitings 
lately. I will be 
on a CBC in Philbrook (Todd County) on JANUARY 1 st.  Will report ant 
interesting findings.


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[mou-net] Snowy Owl - Dakota Co.

[Steve Weston]

This evening at dusk I found a Snowy Owl NE of Vermilion while
participating in the Hastings CBC.  The almost pure white owl was sitting
on an irrigation truss.Directions to where it was observed:  from 190th
Street, go north on Hogan Avenue past the grain elevators and look east.
 It was on the south most irrigation unit.  It was not refound just a
little while after I left the area.

The owl was a delicious dessert on an absolutely beautiful day for birding.
 In addition I found a Rough-legged Hawk (another was also found),  five
Brown Creepers, and 22 Eurasian Collared Doves (all outside of Vermillion).
 Also reported was a Long-tailed Duck at Prescott, a Greater Scaup, a
Bluebird, and a White-crowned Sparrow.

Steve Weston
On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN
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[mou-net] Savaloja Grants

[Steve Wilson]

The web link in my Dec. 10 post apparently didn't work, so I'm posting the 
notice again, hopefully with a link that works. If not, go to the MOU home 
page and look for the Savaloja Granks link under "Birding in Minnesota."



SAVALOJA SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM



Every year the MOU supports several bird-related projects through the 
Savaloja Grants Program. This year grants ranged from $700 to $1400. 
Projects funded in 2013 included a native plant restoration of T.S Roberts 
Bird Sanctuary, color banding and blood analysis of nestling Peregrine 
Falcons, field guides and binoculars for a Young Naturalist Program, bird 
banding equipment for research banding at Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center, 
and sterilizing equipment to make owl pellets safe for student dissections. 

 

For 2014 MOU has up to $8000 available to fund projects, including $3000 
from a donation to support projects that diversify Minnesota’s birding 
community by recruiting or involving minorities and people of color. These 
groups are currently underrepresented among Minnesota birders, but are 
projected to grow from 9% of Minnesota’s population in 2000 to 16% by 
2030. Encouraging their participation in birding will help keep MOU strong 
and better able to speak for all Minnesotans on bird-related issues. 



Individuals or organizations are encouraged to submit grant applications to 
the MOU for Minnesota projects that increase our understanding of birds, 
promote preservation of birds and their natural habitats, or increase public 
interest in birds, including in populations currently underrepresented in 
Minnesota's birding community.



Application information may be obtained by emailing gra...@moumn.org, 
or going to http://moumn.org/grantinfo_2014.pdf. 

The deadline for receipt of grant applications is January 31, 2014. Grant 
recipients will be notified by April 1, 2014. 


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[mou-net] Snowy Owls in western Minnesota

[Herb Dingmann]

Yesterday Ron Erpelding and I made to trip to western Minnesota to see if we 
could find more Snowy Owls.  We were fairly successful, finding a Snowy Owl 
in each of 4 different counties:

Douglas County:  4 miles north of Osakis on CR3 (there had been a previously 
reported bird 6 miles north of Osakis)
Grant County: CR12, just west of where 320th Ave goes south.  This is near 
the western edge of the county.
Traverse County:  CR64 goes east, south, and back west off of CR15 in the 
southeastern corner of the county.  The Owl was in the field at the 
southeast corner of CR64.
Big Stone County:  690th Ave about 1/2 mile north of 260th St (also called 
CR54 on the streetsign, but is labeled as CR2 on my map).  This is in the 
northeast corner of the county.

Today Ron was busy with family doings, so I went on my own intending to 
check a few more counties.  I spent most of the day in Pope County without 
finding a Snowy Owl there.  However, I did find one on the Stevens/Pope 
county line (400th Ave) on the Stevens County side of the road.  This 
location is south of Cyrus (Pope County) about 6 miles, midway between 250th 
St. and 260th St.  These two streets are in Stevens County, but correspond 
to what they would be if they continued into Pope County.

Use caution in exploring these areas.  There are many "No Maintenance" roads 
out there.  All of these birds are on maintained roads, but even these roads 
can have some drifts since the last snowplow went through.

Herb Dingmann
St. Cloud


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[mou-net] Cloquet Snowy & Barred Owls

[Jared Del Rosso]

My brother-in-law spotted a snowy owl fly-over and perch on the Queen of
Peace Parish church (4th St and Avenue F.) in Cloquet around dusk today
(Saturday, December 28). I watched it for about 20-30 minutes before it
flew off north toward the downtown / St. Louis River area.

I spotted a barred owl along the trail that leads north out of Spafford
Park. It was about 15-20 minutes beyond the park.

Best,
Jared

-- 
JDR


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[mou-net] Birding Today

[Michael Hendrickson]

Guiding two birders from New Mexico today and tomorrow.

Highlights:

Great Gray Owl (2)  Sax-Zim Bog.  1. At the intersection of Owl Avenue and
Overton Rd.  2. On the Admiral Rd just north of the Admiral Rd feeders.

Hawk Owl:  Owl Avenue about .25 of a mile south of the Arkola Rd (CR 52)

Snowy Owl:  In Duluth on the Riley Rd just off Jean Duluth Rd.  Look for it
on the mounds just west of the baseball fields.

Thayer's Gull: Canal Park in Duluth

Boreal Chickadee and Gray Jays at the Admiral Rd feeders in Sax-Zim Bog.

Northern Shrikes and Snow Buntings along CR 7 south of the Byrne's
Greenhouse.

Mike

-- 

*Mike Hendrickson*

*Mike Hendrickson Guiding *
*Sax-Zim Bog *


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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl in Wright

[Cara Cox]

Snowy owl currently in field on 50th...seems to have just caught dinner. Take 
12 west out of 
howard lake, go north on cty rd 5.  Make 1st left after tracks (50th) bird on 
right just after 
farmstead.


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[mou-net] ABC Bird of the Week -- SNOW

[G Andersson]

 

http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/botw/snowy_owl.html

 



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[mou-net] advice for the extreme cold

[Benji Inniger]

Hi all. I am planning bringing my wife up to Duluth and Sax-Zim tomorrow 
and Monday. I've been up the last several winters, but this would be my 
wife's first trip up to look for owls and other northern specialties. 
(Snowy, Great Grey, and Northern Hawk would all be lifers for her. How 
exciting!) At any rate, I am concerned about the brutal cold that is 
headed our way. For you more experienced up north: does that extreme 
cold greatly reduce our chances of finding things? Unfortunately this is 
our only window to get up there for awhile, but it's difficult to commit 
to the trip if it's going to be too cold to be worthwhile. What have 
been your experiences in similar weather? Thanks in advance for the advice!


Benji Inniger
Mankato, MN


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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl in Wright

[Doug Kieser]

Currently two Snowy Owls perched on utility poles along county 5 north of the 
railroad crossing.  This is north of US 12. Unfortunately no shoulder here.


Doug Kieser
Hennepin Co.

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- Reply message -
From: "Milton Blomberg" 
To: "MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU" 
Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl in Wright
Date: Fri, Dec 27, 2013 7:07 PM

This evening while looking for the Howard Lake individual, one was found at 
CR5/50th near the Smith Lake RR tracks, ~1mi N of Hwy12, 4:30pm.  It was very 
white with few flecking, no real "goggle" white diagnostic about the eyes, very 
little "dust" on crown, perhaps the same individual as CR6/30th.  At deep 
twilight it flew west,  north of Smith Lake.  mjb


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