[mou-net] Fwd: Osprey and Snowy Owl

2011-12-04 Thread john c. nelson
I received this message from a fellow Feederwatcher in Saskatoon SK in reply to my posting yesterday relating to Snowy Owls. John Nelson Good Thunder MN Begin forwarded message: Hi John, A friend who is a Field Biologist was recently on a work-related trip from Saskatoon to the Swift

[mou-net] Bird Feeders

2011-12-04 Thread Ben Harste
We are doing the Project FeederWatch with Cornell this winter, and of course as it starts all of the birds seem to just know to disappear. But last night around 11:00 PM we had an amazing, although non-bird, surprise at our feeder. We discovered that a Flying Squirrel has found our feeder and

[mou-net] Long-tailed Duck, Lake Waconia, Carver Co

2011-12-04 Thread Alex Cruz
Long-tailed Duck (1): ad winter female with raft of goldeneyes, mergansers, bufflehead, and ruddy ducks seen on Lake Waconia from pullout on north side of lake on North Shore Rd, just east of intersection with Brekke Blvd. Scope necessary. Also saw several flocks of Lapland Longspurs on road

[mou-net] More Snowy Owls in the Red River Valley

2011-12-04 Thread Heidi Hughes
I placed a story in local newspapers last week asking readers to report sightings of Snowy Owls in the Red River Valley. Here's an update: At 9am today, Van Hapka reported a female Snowy Owl on 190th Street NW in Warren - 2.5 miles west of the Audubon Center. I photographed that bird... and on

Re: [mou-net] [mou-rba] Snowy Owl - North St Louis County

2011-12-04 Thread Seth Spencer
Just heard a 2nd-hand account of a Snowy Owl sighting in Duluth at 4:15pm today (Sunday, Dec. 4th), next to the Decc on one of the I-35 road signs. -Seth Spencer On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:09 AM, DebSteveFalkowski debf...@gmail.comwrote: Steven and I found Snowy Owl at 9:00 AM today, Sunday, Dec

[mou-net] Cass County Snowy Owl

2011-12-04 Thread Andrew Birch
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[mou-net] Cass County Snowy Owl

2011-12-04 Thread Andrew Birch
This evening at 4:27pm a SNOWY OWL flew over Cass County Road 24 2.5 miles east of MN Hwy 64. I watched it fly south through a field then over the tree line where it disappeared. We also continue to host a flock of between 12-24 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS in my Pequot Lakes neighborhood. I have

[mou-net] Snowy Owls in Morrison County.

2011-12-04 Thread Frank Gosiak
This is crazy. I don't see a Snowy Owl in Morrison County for years and now there are several. A new spot and it is an immature. On Minn 27 East of Lastrup between 4 3/4 to 5 miles. Have not relocated but if someone is out there, try to find it. A hunter walked up to it (very close) before it

Re: [mou-net] Bird Feeders

2011-12-04 Thread ANGIE KLIDZEJS
We had a flying squirrel raiding our bird feeders regularly last winter. We have several feeders suspended from the soffit about 18 away from 2nd story windows. The little squirrel used to climb up the canes of a tall and very overgrown bush, and leap a couple of feet to the feeders to gorge

[mou-net] Snowy Owl in Washington County December 4

2011-12-04 Thread hags...@aol.com
A Snowy Owl flew over 100th St. .8 mile West of Neal Av. in southern Washington County at 4:25 this afternoon. It landed in the field South of the road, about 50-75 yards from the road. I was able to observe the bird during the next 15 minutes as it looked around. Of course I have no way of