[mou] Snowy Owl at MSP Airport

This afternoon, after an unsuccessful attempt to see the Gyrfalcon west of Hastings, we headed for the airport. We made one trip on Cargo Rd in and back from the turnaround, stopping each time at the places which had been mentioned in previous posts - no birds and only two birders, also skunked. W

[mou] Gryfalcon /Dakota Cty

The adult gray phase Gyrfalcon first reported by Jim Mattsson on Dec. 25th was again seen today, Dec. 26 at 11:45 a.m. just west of the town of Hastings, MN Dakota County. The bird was seen near the intersection of Hwy 55 and CR 42. After unsuccessfully cruising the general vicinity, we went North

[mou] Hwy 53 Snowy Owl

--Apple-Mail-2-535401022 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed At 8:45 this morning a snowy owl was seen along hwy 53 approximately halfway between mile markers 46/47. It was on the west side of the southbound lane perched in a

[mou] Sax-Zim

this morning I went for my annual Christmas morning Sax-Zim bog drive. Weather was mild, actually above freezing and overcast. Unpaved roads were very icy. Even though conditions were conducive for finding hunting owls, none were seen! The only raptors were 8 adult Bald Eagles and 7 Rough-le