[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Grand Marais, UPDATE

The Boreal Owl which I first reported on Tuesday, January 2, continues to visit the vicinity of my bird feeder and woodshed. It appears at dusk, usually, and often remains for several hours, clearly in hunting mode. It has also appeared several times during the day, when it seems to be dozing. I

[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Grand Marais

A couple of outraged bluejays alerted me to the presence of a Boreal Owl hidden in a fir tree, near my bird feeder. (Four miles west of Grand Marais, Cook County). Bruce Stahly Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Update

After a couple of hours trying to catch up with a boreal owl on the south side of Bog Lake (Lake County, BWCA) Saturday night, it finally stayed in one place long enough for Norma Malinowski and I to watch it singing from a large white spruce. A little while later we found it singing from a

[mou-net] Boreal Owl (dead)-Stearns County

Yesterday afternoon when school was let out, a student found a dead Boreal Owl in the Holdingford Elementary School parking lot, near a row of White Spruce trees. My suspicion is that it roosted there during the recent weather. They brought it to me this morning for ID. I called the

[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl Northern Goshawk in Sax-Zim Bog

Yesterday I led a birding trip to Sax-Zim Bog, and had a great time birding in the beautiful late-winter habitat. Highlights from the morning include a BOREAL OWL and NORTHERN GOSHAWK at the same time! We watched the Boreal Owl rest on a single branch for almost 15 minutes. After about ten minutes

[mou-net] Boreal owl gets a snack (St. Louis County)

We were headed home from a successful weekend of birding Sax-Zim, and we saw a Boreal Owl actively hunting on the side of Arkola Rd (CR 52) right where it crosses the Whiteface River (this is just a mile or two west of Hwy 53) at about 5:30pm. The owl was sitting on top of small saplings about

[mou-net] boreal owl irruption

Two boreal owls found dead have been turned in to Sherburne NWR.  One from the town of Ogilvie and the other from Princeton.  It appears their irruption has occurred fairly far south of their normal range. Betsy Beneke Sherburne NWR Join or Leave mou-net:

Re: [mou-net] boreal owl irruption

Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:26 PM Subject: [mou-net] boreal owl irruption Two boreal owls found dead have been turned in to Sherburne NWR.  One from the town of Ogilvie and the other from Princeton.  It appears their irruption has occurred fairly far south of their normal range. Betsy

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Status

One of yesterday's posts mentioned that the boreal owl is considered a threatened species in MN. While this may be an accuarate informal description of the species' status, it is not on Minnesota's list of Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species. However, it is a proposed species

[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Solway Township North of Cloquet

After all the driving the North Shore/hwy 61 last weekend trying to find a Boreal Owl, we woke up to one sitting in our crab apple tree right out the living room window not far from our bird feeders. Currently just sitting in the sun trying to sleep as Blue Jays, Chickadees, and Redpolls

Re: [mou-net] Boreal Owl - Solway Township North of Cloquet

The owl has now flown. An apology we misidentified the owl, was actually a Saw-whet Owl when looked at the forehead closer. :( Sorry for the confusion. Matthew Moses Moses Images / Moses Photography m...@moses-images.com 218-461-9271 / 952-212-2059 On Feb 24, 2013, at 8:44, Moses Images

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Spruce Grouse gulls etc

Hi all Out this week with John Top from San Diego. This late afternoon we found a Boreal Owl in the Sax-Zim Bog. It was about a 1/2 mile south of Sax Rd on CR7 ...East side About 7:40am we found a male Spruce Grouse along Hwy1 east of Ely at milepost 302.9 WW Crossbills on Stoney River

[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Sax Zim Bog

br/The Sax Zim Bog Festival is turning up big time winter birds!! br/br/Boreal Owl: 1/2 mile north of Admiral Feedersbr/br/Lots of media here and lots of birds! Will update all sightings on what the festival is seeing late Sunday night. br/br/Mike Hendrickson br/br/Sent from Yahoo! Mail for

[mou-net] Boreal Owl

Has anyone seen any Boreal owls in Duluth Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID

[mou-net] Boreal Owl / St. Louis Co.

Hi All-- Erika and I made the pilgrimage to the North Shore on Friday and Saturday and took 100 photos of a single Boreal Owl. Five of the best ones, from a slightly novel angle, are posted on my blog this morning. Sparky Stensaas was correct when he advised that searching for birders is the

[mou-net] Boreal Owl video

I thought some of you may enjoy a short clip of one of the Boreal Owls that we saw last weekend. I'd never seen so many Boreal Owls that were actively hunting during the day, and this video shows some of it. To be more accurate, I could say I had NEVER seen a Boreal actively hunting during the

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Northern Hawk Owl from today

While out today along the North Shore of Lake Superior as well as birding in Sax-Zim Bog, a push of mid-winter specialties continues provide great looks. The two birders I was guiding around today were thrilled to see their lifer Boreal Owl! Hoary Redpolls and Pine Grosbeaks continue to be seen

[mou-net] Boreal Owl: Two Harbors lighthouse trail

Birded the southetn northshore yesterday (2/7/13) and thanks to the all the postings, I saw a Boreal Owl on Scenic 61. I wanted to mention an owl that maybe hasn't been mentioned. I snowshoed the Two Harbors lighthouse trail and briefly saw a Boreal Owl around 4:00 pm. On the nothside of

[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Marshall County (Warren) Snowy Owl - Polk County

I got a call today about a small owl that died (last week) in a yard full of bird feeders - two miles east of Warren and one mile north of State Hwy 1 on 310th Ave near the Snake River overpass. I drove over and dug through last night's snow and found it... a Boreal Owl. (a photo is posted on

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Sunday am Duluth

At 7:30 east end of Duluth Hwy 61 near merging of Scenic and Expressway north side of road near Lane Ends Merge Right sign. Dave Benson Duluth 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] Boreal Owl St. Louis County Feb 2 2013

We located a Boreal Owl sitting on the North edge of Scenic Hwy. 61 approximately 100 yards west of 7647 mailbox at 8:00 am. (46.85710N, 91.97352W). This is approximately a mile East of the South end of the Scenic Hwy 61. Scott B. Meyer Hennepin Carl Greiner Filmore Sent from my iPhone

[mou-net] Boreal Owl explorers?

Are there any searching for Boreal Owls this Saturday in Duluth, Two Harbors, and North Shore? I'm looking for a vehicle that will be exploring for these birds that could use one more, me, on the expedition. I'm in Maplewood close to 35E and am flexible about today, tomorrow, and Sunday (provided

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Tuesday Jan 29th Duluth

A belated post regarding a Boreal Owl that was seen last evening (1/29) on the lakewalk between Fitgers Brewery complex and Leif Erikson Park. A co-worker was walking and another person alerted him to the small owl perched out in the open hunting. It was between 4 and 5 PM. He obtained a blurry

[mou-net] Boreal Owl at Gooseberry Falls, Two Harbos

Saw a Boreal Owl while skiing on the river just above the upper falls at Gooseberry. Might be the same one seen at the visitor's center yesterday. Lots of White-winged Crossbills flitting around too. The ski trails are in great shape too, for anyone interested. Good birding Lizzie Join

[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Two Harbors, Lake Co.

After seeing the recent reports of Boreal Owls near Grand Marais and Sax-Zim, I've been prowling my neighborhood in Two Harbors and finally found one. One was hunting at dusk from a telephone wire near 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue. I put a marginal photo on MOU's Recently Seen page. If this

[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Cook County

This morning while walking the dogs around our property, I heard a Chickadee commotion, and found that they were harassing a Boreal Owl, perched nearby in a Balsam Fir tree. Photo here: http://www.boreal.org/~bstahly/BorealOwl1.html Bruce Stahly Grand Marais Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Boreal owl in Cotton (St Louis co)

Joshua and Peter Yokel discovered a Boreal Owl in our yard in cotton late yesterday afternoon. In typical BOOW fashion, it was already gone by the time I raced home (a few minutes after 5pm) Ben Yokel Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave

[mou-net] Boreal Owl - Grand Marais

Today around 1:30 pm, Don Brown and I enjoyed viewing a healthy Boreal Owl at the feeder of Gine Meissner near Grand Marais. The owl was extremely cooperative and has been there daily since Sunday. Gine not only went out of her way to help us see the bird, but she has graciously allowed me to

[mou-net] Boreal Owl, Cook County

I am currently observing a Boreal Owl in a balsam tree in my front yard, near Grand Marais. It is perched on a branch near the trunk of the tree, sleeping, not hunting. Bruce Stahly Grand Marais Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Duluth, St Louis Cty

Hi all... As I type this there is a Boreal Owl 6 feet from my window on my bird feeder. oops The Owl just caught a shrew from under the feeder and bit it and flew into woods for dinner... how cool!! This it my 4th Boreal Owl for my yard list. I will watch for it and post if it returns

[mou-net] Boreal Owl Duluth

Last night a friend called to report an owl in his garage. I went up to have a look and sure enough, perched on the handlebars of his bicycle was a boreal owl! I went back this morning to see if it was still around, but couldn't find it anywhere nearby. For anyone who wants to have a