A nice beginning for a New Year's Day.... We caught a fleeting glimpse of a Northern Shrike about 8:00 a.m. today; it perched for a minute or so outside our bedroom window! Just as we got enough of a look to determine it was not one of our usual feeder birds, it flew... all other avian activity was shut down for a few minutes, just as when the local Cooper's Hawk pays attention to our yard for the next meal. By the time I got my glasses on and my binoculars in hand, it was gone.
We have been hosting at least 2, possibly 3 flickers so far the winter; I got a good look at two, on separate feeders at once this a.m., and both were male. Over the last few weeks we have also seen a female. I've been careful to make sure to keep the suet feeders full, but having trouble finding "real" suet at the grocery stores. Holly Peirson Columbus, SE Anoka Co. Sandy Aubol <[email protected]> wrote: >I observed 3 Snowy Owls in western Polk County this morning. One was on 380th >Ave SW, roughly 1.25-1.5 miles south of Polk County 21 (48.0003, -96.8694), a >second, also reported yesterday by Heidi Hughes, on Polk County 20, roughly >1.25-1.5 miles south of Polk County 21 (47.9892, -96.7840), and a third, an >adult male, on Polk County 19 just east of 370th Ave SW (47.9494, -96.8399). >All were sitting on top of telephone poles. > >Sandy Aubol >Polk County >East Grand Forks, MN > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >
