My boyfriend and I explored the Snowy Owl hotspot just east of Vermillion from 3:30-5:00pm today. The two Snowy Owls we observed both had adult female/juvenal-type plumage.
Bird #1 was seen twice on the north side of Northfield Blvd (CR-47) about 1/8 and 1/4 miles west of Hogan Avenue at 4:00pm and 5:00pm, respectively. Both times it was perched on an irrigation structure. The second time it was about 100 feet from the road. Bird #2 was observed about 1/4 mile east of Hogan Road and 1/4 mile north of 180th Street. It, too, was perched on an irrigation structure. We estimate that 10+ cars were those of birders. I spoke with a lady earlier in the afternoon, saying that there was at least one owl spotted in the morning, but generally the birds were less detectable today. Good birdin'! Alyssa DeRubeis Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
