Two additional snowy owls were found in eastern Kandiyohi county on Jan 5th., though neither bird was relocated on the 6th. One bird was found by Roger Schroeder, who was serendipitously passing through, 1 mile west of Atwater on hwy 12. The bird flew up to, then landed on, one of the smaller buildings of the Bushmills Ethanol Plant. Second bird, found by Craig Radel (actually owl searching) was several miles NE of New London near the intersection of 240th ave. and 115th st NE. This second location does not look like typical snowy habitat, but the bird was seen flying towards active turkey barns, so perhaps turkey noise or carion were attractants.
Caution to anyone traveling to or through Kandiyohi county and surrounding locals. This past Thursday night we received freezing rain and it has not sublimed yet....1/8 inch of glare ice covers most paved secondary roads. Travel is slow and conditions treacherous with little improvement expected until Thursday. Randy Frederickson Willmar Middle School ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
