[mou-net] Snowy Owl still present in Stearns Co

2012-02-11 Thread Betsy Beneke
The snowy owl on 390th Street, SW of Sauk Center in Stearns County was present in the same location today between 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.  It was sitting on the ground straight north of the WPA parking lot, quite a distance from the road.  I found it with my binocs, but really needed my spottin

[mou-net] Dodge Cty: Snowy Owls refound

2012-02-11 Thread Jim Ryan
About 5:15pm today, a gracious birder/photographer named Karen refound one Snowy on 120th Ave. about 1/3 mile N. of 700th St. Thanks much to Ken & Rebecca Vail for continuing to update reports of these birds! Karen reported her finding to Diane & myself. I informed the family searching nearby (Cu

[mou-net] Hastings area: Varied Thrush, Northern Shrike, Long-tailed Duck

2012-02-11 Thread Paul Budde
The male Varied Thrush was present and pretty active this cold morning between 11 and Noon at 17774 Blackbird Trail, off of Ravenna Trail, SE of Hastings. A Northern Shrike was at Lock and Dam #2 just upriver from Hastings. And the Long-tailed Duck continues at Pt. Douglas, across from Prescott, W

[mou-net] Common Raven in Clay County

2012-02-11 Thread MARK OTNES
At about 10:00 this morning there was a Common Raven flying low and parallel to Highway 10 about 2 miles west of the intersection of Highway 10 and Minnesota Highway 9. There wasn't much at Buffalo River State Park. The best bird there was a Red-bellied Woodpecker hanging around the feeders at the

Re: [mou-net] Eastern Screech Owl Wright Co.

2012-02-11 Thread Tony Lau
The screech owl is no longer here. I didn't see it yesterday so I wanted to make sure it was here for the people that were planning on coming to see it. I took a picture inside the box and it's gone. On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 08:26:28 -0600, Tony Lau wrote: >I have received a couple requests to come

[mou-net] Dodge Co.: 3 Snowy Owls

2012-02-11 Thread Ken or Rebecca Vail
Snowy Owl hat trick this morning. At 7:45 the first owl was seen on 690th St 1/2 mile west of CR 3, 200 yards to the south in a bean stubble field. The second Snowy was alongside 690th just 2/10th mile to the west on the north side in a cornstalk field. The third owl was the 700th St. Snowy

[mou-net] Olmsted snowy owl report

2012-02-11 Thread Diane Anderson
Chuck Krulas called and said the only owl he could find in the vicinity of Hy Vee North this morning was a decoy great horned. We will keep an eye on that location and repost if it is seen again. Sadly enough besides being one of the only counties with no natural lakes, we in Olmsted have had but