Hey birders, Trent Robbins, a friend from church and non-birder (so far), dropped me an email this morning about what he thought was a Northern Hawk-Owl sitting in his spruce. After calling him and talking to him, I could not dissuade him from his identification--he had viewed it with 10x binoculars from about 60 feet. I checked it out around 1pm and the bird was beautifully perched in one of his neighbor's trees.
The bird was there again this afternoon at 2:30pm. Bob Dunlap's directions are excellent. The bird has not been perching on treetops but rather below the crown. I will try to post pictures soon. Happy birding! Chad Heins Mankato, MN P.S. This bird means that I've seen Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll, White-winged Crossbill, and Northern Hawk-Owl within 10 miles of my house since Sunday! ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html