[mou-net] More Kandiyohi Snowy Owls - Influx of Adult Males
On 1-15-15 I got a report from a student of a Snowy Owl along US Hwy 12 just west of Atwater by the Bushmills ethanol plant. Tonight a coworker texted saying she saw one in the same place. I went out there and observed a pristine white Snowy at 5:15 this evening. The adult male Willmar Snowy is still around. I have observed it for each of the last five days. It can be found anywhere along MN 23 from Co. Rd. 5 to US 71 as well as on 45th Ave from Co. Rd. 5 to US 71. It has also been at Mills Ford, Mills Toyota, Runnings, and the business 71 overpass. It moves frequently. Looking back at my pictures, I am not sure if this is the same bird I reported on 1-12-15 or not. Between Atwater and Willmar there have for sure been three distinct owls, but I'm wondering if it hasn't been more. All have been males. I also saw an eBird report of a Snowy Owl on Co. Rd. 1 near Raymond from a couple days ago. Pictures of today's owls will be posted later at http://www.aboywhocriedheron.com A good non-Snowy Owl sighting I had this morning was a Rough-legged Hawk along the Willmar bypass near Co. Rd. 23. Enjoying the SNOWstorm, Josh Wallestad Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] poem for the day (Jan 17, 2015) by Wm Stafford (from "The Writer's Almanac"-- daily)
Watching Sandhill Cranes by William Stafford Spirits among us have departed-friends, relatives, neighbors: we can't find them. If we search and call, the sky merely waits. Then some day here come the cranes planing in from cloud or mist-sharp, lonely spears, awkwardly graceful. They reach for the land; they stalk the ploughed fields, not letting us near, not quite our own, not quite the world's. People go by and pull over to watch. They peer and point and wonder. It is because these travelers, these far wanderers, plane down and yearn in a reaching flight. They extend our life, piercing through space to reappear quietly, undeniably, where we are. "Watching Sandhill Cranes" by William Stafford, from Even In Quiet Places. C Confluence Press, 1996. Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Eurasian Tree Sparrow
The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is still hanging out at the house south of Hastings. Still with a large flock of House Sparrows and still preferring the blue feeder. No birds when we first arrived but they showed up in a big flock at about 10:30 Thanks for notes encouraging another look and thanks for the original post.. -rick Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
