I was encouraged to send this out to everyone. I'm an amateur birder and a Fisheries Biologist for MNDNR.
I observed a Great Gray Owl sitting on a fence post in Winona Co. on County Rd. 33 approximately 4-5 miles south of Utica...several miles south of I-90. This was on March 14th. Yellow eyes, no ears, and was completely oblivious to our state truck 20' away. The bird was small...no bigger than your average Great Horned Owl. A co-worker says he has seen several sitting on fence posts on his way home this past month. He lives a little further south on County Rd. 33. Vaughn Snook
