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 15 feet from the side of the road staring intently towards the exposed grass on the hillside near the road. After a few minutes of us parked and watching, another car whizzed by on the road and right then, the owl dove down and grabbed a mouse or vole. After sitting in a nearby tree for a minute while the mouse squirmed in its talons, the owl then absconded across the road into some conifers to eat its meal. One boreal owl that won't be hungry this evening!
A very cool end to a very cool weekend! Gregg -- Snø! Snø! Snø! Jeg vil gå på ski! Gregg Severson rain...@gmail.com ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html