Today My daughter and I went "in search of" the Snowy that has been spotted in Maple Grove. At about 2:00pm we saw it sitting on a light post right off Hemlock Lane just north of Elm Creek Blvd., about a block away from Benihana. It then flew over across the highway from Costco. Then it flew across the gravel pits. We drove up to Weaver Lake Road and around the new development where one had been spotted earlier. Nothing. So we went back down by the gravel pits. We went East on 85th Ave (130) and pulled into the "driveway" (Valley Forge Lane) outside of Barton Gravel. We did not go past any gate, no trespassing signs all over. We spotted the owl on top of the high building (sorry i don't know what that building is). We watched it for about 15 minutes, until it flew back across toward Elm Creek Blvd. Again. We drove over there and saw it flying back toward that high building. When we got back to the other side, we lost it. Ran into another couple looking, but they couldn't find it either. We must've followed it around from afar for 90 minutes
This individual bird was heavily barred. I didn't get any good shots, I don't have the "heavy" camera equipment like others do. When I got home and cropped in my shots, I can definitely see it was indeed, a Snowy, either female or juvenile. I didn't realize they were such large birds! No shots, but nonetheless, a lifer for my daughter and I, and we are very excited! Sheila ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
