Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP eBird search

[Michael Koutnik]

Hi Curt,

Thanks. But I have an iPhone. 

Mike Koutnik

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 5, 2021, at 10:11 PM, Curt Rawn  wrote:


Hi Michael,

If you are using Android, you can search for a species in the eBird app. Look 
for the "Explore" icon (magnifying glass) at the bottom of the screen.  Using 
"Explore Nearby" you can set the location, radius, time frame, and enter your 
species. Results on the map in red are in your search parameters, those in blue 
are older entries. If you have set up "Alerts" in eBird, species not seen by 
you will be highlighted.

Happy birding,
Curt Rawn

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 12:23 PM Michael Koutnik  wrote:
> Thanks much Alyssa. It would be really handy if one could search for 
> sightings by species right in the eBird app!
> 
> Mike Koutnik
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Alyssa DeRubeis  wrote:
> 
> This email describes how to use eBird to query recent sightings for a 
> specific site and/or species.
> 
> The quickest way to learn the most up-to-date status of Snowy Owl sightings 
> is to check eBird submissions. The reason is that birders can submit these 
> while they are in the field, as opposed to us waiting for them to reply to 
> this email thread. This is assuming that all birders submitting eBird 
> checklists are also on this list-serve, which is not true. Hence, eBird is 
> much more efficient in learning these kinds of data. The MOU seasonal report 
> database can also be used (https://moumn.org/avian/query.php), but observers 
> are not required to be more specific than the county level. So the precise 
> location and time may remain a mystery. I am also not sure if there is a way 
> for birders to enter data live, like you can on the eBird app.
> 
> There are a couple ways to search for recent reports. You can look at the 
> “most recently seen” at the MSP Aircraft Viewing Area, Cargo Rd hotspot here: 
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L6861720. There are technically three hotspots at 
> the MSP airport, but this one is the most regularly used it would seem. The 
> last sighting was from yesterday.
> 
> Another way is to go to Explore, then click on Explore Species tab: 
> https://ebird.org/map. You can type in Snowy Owl and then zoom in to where 
> they’ve been seen at the airport. An advantage to using this route is that 
> you can see that, for example, 13 birders reported Snowy Owl at the airport 
> yesterday. You can also see sightings outside of Hotspots (although hotspots 
> are always encouraged over personal spots, if a hotspot already exists for 
> this site. In this case, it does.) This winter season, 9 individual locations 
> were plotted with eBird checklists at the airport. (You can narrow it down to 
> season/year(s) using the filter options.) 
> 
> Now you can see all the Snowy Owl data you could have ever possibly wanted! 
> eBird boasts a wealth of information and is accessible to anyone, so please 
> take a gander. Enjoy,
> 
> Alyssa DeRubeis
> Montreal, Canada 
> 
> > On Jan 5, 2021, at 12:17 PM, GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE  
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Please reply all . Thank you
> > 
> >> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein 
> >>  wrote:
> >> 
> >> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
> >> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
> >> the airport?
> >> 
> >> Barry
> >> 
> >>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
> >>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My 
> >>> wife
> >>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
> >>> pm.
> >>> 
> >>> Tom
> >>> 
>  On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
> >>> wrote:
>  
>  Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
> >>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
> >>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
> >>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
> >>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
> >>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
> >>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
> >>> moved on.
>  
>  Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
>  
>  From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
> >>> daahl...@comcast.net>
>  Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
>  To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>  Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
>  
>  Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
> >>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
> >>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
> >>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
>  Dan Ahlman

Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP eBird search

[Curt Rawn]

Hi Michael,

If you are using Android, you can search for a species in the eBird app.
Look for the "Explore" icon (magnifying glass) at the bottom of the
screen.  Using "Explore Nearby" you can set the location, radius, time
frame, and enter your species. Results on the map in red are in your search
parameters, those in blue are older entries. If you have set up "Alerts" in
eBird, species not seen by you will be highlighted.

Happy birding,
Curt Rawn

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 12:23 PM Michael Koutnik 
wrote:

> Thanks much Alyssa. It would be really handy if one could search for
> sightings by species right in the eBird app!
>
> Mike Koutnik
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Alyssa DeRubeis  wrote:
>
> This email describes how to use eBird to query recent sightings for a
> specific site and/or species.
>
> The quickest way to learn the most up-to-date status of Snowy Owl
> sightings is to check eBird submissions. The reason is that birders can
> submit these while they are in the field, as opposed to us waiting for them
> to reply to this email thread. This is assuming that all birders submitting
> eBird checklists are also on this list-serve, which is not true. Hence,
> eBird is much more efficient in learning these kinds of data. The MOU
> seasonal report database can also be used (
> https://moumn.org/avian/query.php), but observers are not required to be
> more specific than the county level. So the precise location and time may
> remain a mystery. I am also not sure if there is a way for birders to enter
> data live, like you can on the eBird app.
>
> There are a couple ways to search for recent reports. You can look at the
> “most recently seen” at the MSP Aircraft Viewing Area, Cargo Rd hotspot
> here: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L6861720. There are technically three
> hotspots at the MSP airport, but this one is the most regularly used it
> would seem. The last sighting was from yesterday.
>
> Another way is to go to Explore, then click on Explore Species tab:
> https://ebird.org/map. You can type in Snowy Owl and then zoom in to
> where they’ve been seen at the airport. An advantage to using this route is
> that you can see that, for example, 13 birders reported Snowy Owl at the
> airport yesterday. You can also see sightings outside of Hotspots (although
> hotspots are always encouraged over personal spots, if a hotspot already
> exists for this site. In this case, it does.) This winter season, 9
> individual locations were plotted with eBird checklists at the airport.
> (You can narrow it down to season/year(s) using the filter options.)
>
> Now you can see all the Snowy Owl data you could have ever possibly
> wanted! eBird boasts a wealth of information and is accessible to anyone,
> so please take a gander. Enjoy,
>
> Alyssa DeRubeis
> Montreal, Canada
>
> > On Jan 5, 2021, at 12:17 PM, GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE 
> wrote:
> >
> > Please reply all . Thank you
> >
> >> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein <
> barryandcarolynsilverst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any
> of
> >> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways
> near
> >> the airport?
> >>
> >> Barry
> >>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the
> runways
> >>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My
> wife
> >>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around
> 4:30
> >>> pm.
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>>
>  On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein <
> theonlydo...@hotmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> 
>  Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
> >>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked
> up
> >>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
> >>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north
> and
> >>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked
> north.  I
> >>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
> >>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
> >>> moved on.
> 
>  Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
>  
>  From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan
> Ahlman <
> >>> daahl...@comcast.net>
>  Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
>  To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>  Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
> 
>  Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
> >>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for
> loading
> >>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
> >>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing
> area.
>  Dan Ahlman
>  New Hope, Mn
> 
>  Sent from my iPhone
>  
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP

[Mary Westra]

Please tell us all. 

Mary Westra
2355 5th Street
White Bear Lake MN 55110
C - 612-868-1509


> On Jan 5, 2021, at 9:07 AM, B Silverstein 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
> the airport?
> 
> Barry
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
>> pm.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>>> On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
>> moved on.
>>> 
>>> Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
>>> 
>>> From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
>> daahl...@comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
>>> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>>> Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
>>> 
>>> Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
>>> Dan Ahlman
>>> New Hope, Mn
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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> -- 
> Barry and Carolyn silverstein
> 
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP

[Tom Gilde]

Barry, I noticed that several people posted a sighting yesterday on eBird - at 
the viewing area.

Tom

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 10:57 AM, B Silverstein 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of 
> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near 
> the airport? 
> 
> Barry
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways 
>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife 
>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30 pm.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> > On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein  
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> > Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see the 
>> > Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up and 
>> > saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and 
>> > watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and 
>> > out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I 
>> > could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset 
>> > hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I 
>> > moved on.
>> > 
>> > Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
>> > 
>> > From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman 
>> > 
>> > Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
>> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>> > Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
>> > 
>> > Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible 
>> > from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading 
>> > cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex 
>> > building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
>> > Dan Ahlman
>> > New Hope, Mn
>> > 
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> > 
>> > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net
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>> > 
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>> > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
>> > 
>> > 
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>> > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP eBird search

[Michael Koutnik]

Thanks much Alyssa. It would be really handy if one could search for sightings 
by species right in the eBird app!

Mike Koutnik

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Alyssa DeRubeis  wrote:

This email describes how to use eBird to query recent sightings for a specific 
site and/or species.

The quickest way to learn the most up-to-date status of Snowy Owl sightings is 
to check eBird submissions. The reason is that birders can submit these while 
they are in the field, as opposed to us waiting for them to reply to this email 
thread. This is assuming that all birders submitting eBird checklists are also 
on this list-serve, which is not true. Hence, eBird is much more efficient in 
learning these kinds of data. The MOU seasonal report database can also be used 
(https://moumn.org/avian/query.php), but observers are not required to be more 
specific than the county level. So the precise location and time may remain a 
mystery. I am also not sure if there is a way for birders to enter data live, 
like you can on the eBird app.

There are a couple ways to search for recent reports. You can look at the “most 
recently seen” at the MSP Aircraft Viewing Area, Cargo Rd hotspot here: 
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L6861720. There are technically three hotspots at the 
MSP airport, but this one is the most regularly used it would seem. The last 
sighting was from yesterday.

Another way is to go to Explore, then click on Explore Species tab: 
https://ebird.org/map. You can type in Snowy Owl and then zoom in to where 
they’ve been seen at the airport. An advantage to using this route is that you 
can see that, for example, 13 birders reported Snowy Owl at the airport 
yesterday. You can also see sightings outside of Hotspots (although hotspots 
are always encouraged over personal spots, if a hotspot already exists for this 
site. In this case, it does.) This winter season, 9 individual locations were 
plotted with eBird checklists at the airport. (You can narrow it down to 
season/year(s) using the filter options.) 

Now you can see all the Snowy Owl data you could have ever possibly wanted! 
eBird boasts a wealth of information and is accessible to anyone, so please 
take a gander. Enjoy,

Alyssa DeRubeis
Montreal, Canada 

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 12:17 PM, GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE  
> wrote:
> 
> Please reply all . Thank you
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
>> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
>> the airport?
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
>>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
>>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
>>> pm.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
 On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
>>> wrote:
 
 Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
>>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
>>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
>>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
>>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
>>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
>>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
>>> moved on.
 
 Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
 
 From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
>>> daahl...@comcast.net>
 Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
 To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
 Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
 
 Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
>>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
>>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
>>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
 Dan Ahlman
 New Hope, Mn
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP eBird search

[Alyssa DeRubeis]

This email describes how to use eBird to query recent sightings for a specific 
site and/or species.

The quickest way to learn the most up-to-date status of Snowy Owl sightings is 
to check eBird submissions. The reason is that birders can submit these while 
they are in the field, as opposed to us waiting for them to reply to this email 
thread. This is assuming that all birders submitting eBird checklists are also 
on this list-serve, which is not true. Hence, eBird is much more efficient in 
learning these kinds of data. The MOU seasonal report database can also be used 
(https://moumn.org/avian/query.php), but observers are not required to be more 
specific than the county level. So the precise location and time may remain a 
mystery. I am also not sure if there is a way for birders to enter data live, 
like you can on the eBird app.

There are a couple ways to search for recent reports. You can look at the “most 
recently seen” at the MSP Aircraft Viewing Area, Cargo Rd hotspot here: 
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L6861720. There are technically three hotspots at the 
MSP airport, but this one is the most regularly used it would seem. The last 
sighting was from yesterday.

Another way is to go to Explore, then click on Explore Species tab: 
https://ebird.org/map. You can type in Snowy Owl and then zoom in to where 
they’ve been seen at the airport. An advantage to using this route is that you 
can see that, for example, 13 birders reported Snowy Owl at the airport 
yesterday. You can also see sightings outside of Hotspots (although hotspots 
are always encouraged over personal spots, if a hotspot already exists for this 
site. In this case, it does.) This winter season, 9 individual locations were 
plotted with eBird checklists at the airport. (You can narrow it down to 
season/year(s) using the filter options.) 

Now you can see all the Snowy Owl data you could have ever possibly wanted! 
eBird boasts a wealth of information and is accessible to anyone, so please 
take a gander. Enjoy,

Alyssa DeRubeis
Montreal, Canada 

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 12:17 PM, GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE  
> wrote:
> 
> Please reply all . Thank you
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
>> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
>> the airport?
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
>>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
>>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
>>> pm.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
 On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
>>> wrote:
 
 Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
>>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
>>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
>>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
>>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
>>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
>>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
>>> moved on.
 
 Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
 
 From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
>>> daahl...@comcast.net>
 Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
 To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
 Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
 
 Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
>>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
>>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
>>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
 Dan Ahlman
 New Hope, Mn
 
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP Confession!

[Charles Greenman]

I was at the airport late  on NewYears Day to look for the owls. I did get to 
see one very well on the Fed Ex building.
Unfortunately I learned a harsh lesson about myself and a large group of other 
birders. When I first got into the are there were a few cars and people out 
looking at what was then a speck of a Snowy Owl at quite a distance. In my 
haste to find out if and where the bird was being seen , I kept out of the car 
without my mask into a group of other birders, also mask-less. After talking  
in close proximity to several people and looking briefly  I went back to the 
car. My wife noted “you don’t have your mask on”. I was embarrassed and really 
disappointed since it was such an obvious place to wear a mask and be socially 
distant- as every of these e mails from MOU reminds us. The collection of 
people in this area began to grow to at least 20 or so and I counted only 2 
masks. I know I have to be better at wearing my mask in future similar 
situations! I hope others will as well. Charlie Greenman

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> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:17 AM, GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE  
> wrote:
> 
> Please reply all . Thank you
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
>> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
>> the airport?
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
 On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
>>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
>>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
>>> pm.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
 On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
>>> wrote:
 
 Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
>>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
>>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
>>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
>>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
>>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
>>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
>>> moved on.
 
 Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
 
 From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
>>> daahl...@comcast.net>
 Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
 To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
 Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
 
 Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
>>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
>>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
>>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
 Dan Ahlman
 New Hope, Mn
 
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP

[GREG ELIZABETH CLOSMORE]

Please reply all . Thank you

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 11:07 AM, B Silverstein 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
> you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
> the airport?
> 
> Barry
> 
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
>> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
>> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
>> pm.
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>>> On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
>> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
>> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
>> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
>> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
>> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
>> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
>> moved on.
>>> 
>>> Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
>>> 
>>> From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
>> daahl...@comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
>>> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
>>> Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
>>> 
>>> Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
>> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
>> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
>> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
>>> Dan Ahlman
>>> New Hope, Mn
>>> 
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>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
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Re: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP

[B Silverstein]

Thank you Tom, Dan and Doris for this post about the Snowy Owl.  Do any of
you know if the owls are still hanging around the Cargo Rd. orrunways near
the airport?

Barry

On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:09 PM Tom Gilde  wrote:

> Thanks, in turn to you, Doris.  There two Snowys hunting along the runways
> and visible from the aircraft viewing area with parking available.  My wife
> and I saw watched them in the company of a handful of birders around 4:30
> pm.
>
> Tom
>
> > On Dec 25, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Doris Rubenstein 
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Dan Ahlman, for motivating me to get out of the house to see
> the Snowy Owl.  No sooner had I turned onto "Cargo Road" that I looked up
> and saw the Snowy soaring fairly low over the road!!  I pulled over and
> watched it with my binocs for 2-3 minutes until it flew to the north and
> out of sight.  I drove over to the FedEx parking lot and looked north.  I
> could see it far across the field sitting on top of a yellow quonset
> hut-like shed.  I watched for 10 minutes or so, but it didn't move so I
> moved on.
> >
> > Doris Rubenstein, Richfield
> > 
> > From: Minnesota Birds  on behalf of Dan Ahlman <
> daahl...@comcast.net>
> > Sent: Friday, December 25, 2020 1:13 PM
> > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU 
> > Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl MSP
> >
> > Just returned from the viewing area by fedex. Snowy was easily visible
> from the area. It was sitting on top of one of the bins used for loading
> cargo onto a plane. Right near the viewing area and close to the fedex
> building. Look to your right as you approach the parking and viewing area.
> > Dan Ahlman
> > New Hope, Mn
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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