For those interested, the owl currently being seen at the airport is not the same one that was seen earlier. Apparently, a couple of weeks ago the party hired by the airport to trap the snowy succeeded in doing so. That bird, a very white male, was examined at The Raptor Center, found to be in good health, banded, and then taken for release (where is unknown) by the party that captured it. Raptor Center personnel recommended against removal, because the owl hadn't been in trouble, and due to their territorial nature, it was likely another one would take its place as soon as it was gone. It appears that has happened, as this one has the black widow's peak and lots of barring. Has anyone seen evidence of a band on it? Linda Whyte
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Linda Sparling <[email protected]> wrote: > The Snowy Owl seen by many was present near the glycol plant, just beyond the > 1st tunnel on Cargo Road. We made a quick pass on > > our way to our part of the Bloomington Count Circle and saw the owl on a lamp > post. The time was about 8:15 a.m. 12/20. > > Linda Sparling > > > > > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
