In addition to Jeff's caution below about care for the Snowys, listserve moderators sometimes get posts from members with concerns, asking us to pass them along. As an example, we received the following this morning:
"Around 2pm, I observed a photographer on Hogan Ave walking a considerable distance into a farmer's field and flushing a Snowy Owl who had been sleeping. Later in the afternoon, as I watched another owl along the same road, the landowner drove by and I talked with him for awhile. He was very nice and excited about the owls but expressed concern that people were walking into his fields and potentially damaging his drainage tiles." Let's try to avoid behavior that may impair others' ability to enjoy these birds. Though those fields look like frozen tundra, they are still private property. Thanks for reading, and please keep finding and reporting more birds! For the MOU listserve, Paul Paul Budde Minneapolis [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jeff fischer Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] Dakota County Was out and about in Dakota County today. I came across 4 snowy owls from 170th -190th between 52 and Hogan. I was able to photograph all 4 but one was far away and into the sun so the picture was just for documentation. The highlight was around 4:00 when the bird on Hogan, that Steve Weston Located during the Hasting's Christmas Bird Count, perched on the telephone poles on the side of the road. This made for great pictures in the light of the setting sun. Please try not to get too close to the snowies. If you get close enough to make the bird flush then you are too close. Every time a bird flushes it burns up energy it needs to survive. I also was able to photograph the long-tailed duck under the railroad bridge at Prescott. Thanks, Jeff Fischer http://ecobirder.blogspot.com/ ---- 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
