Yesterday, on our Bloomington CBC, we had the unexpected pleasure of a Snowy...We've done the same area several years in a row, and it was a first. We'd hiked into Camp Coldwater Springs, and had just turned off the bike trail to go downhill into the off-leash dog park. It flew toward the river, it's total white plumage catching our unbelieving eyes. As we reached the dog park entrance, we noticed the open swath of power line right-of-way. The Snowy re-crossed this area, heading toward the airport. We then spotted our original "target" further uptrail, the Barred Owl. Later, on Minnehaha Creek, crows showed us our 3rd owl, a Great-horned. The creek also offered us a Belted Kingfisher, Bluebirds, and Brown Creepers to go along with all the usual flocks of Robins, Cedar Waxwings, etc. Linda Whyte
On Dec 17, 2016 10:01 PM, "Matthew Johnson" < [email protected]> wrote: Has anyone seen a Snowy Owl at the MSP Airport recently?There are sightings on eBird 11-24 & 11-25.And this report. I drove the outer loop of Fort Snelling Cemetery and out to Cargo Road today at 2:30 pm, found nothing. Matt JohnsonSt Paul From: Jerry Dirks <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 9:30 PM Subject: [mou-net] Snowy Owl Today at 2:30 pm my wife and I were riding the Blue Line commuter rail in Minneapolis out to Mall of America and a Snowy Owl flew over the train. It was flying east to west from the military cemetery toward the Humphrey terminal. We had a very good look at the bird until it flew behind some buildings. Jerry and Carol Dirks ---- 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
