This morning just before dawn I awoke to the sound of an Eastern Screech Owl trilling in a locust tree just 20 feet from my window. I haven't heard one calling in the spring since 2009. It's a bold move, as there is also a pair of Barred Owls nesting in Ortonville's Central Park, barely 200 yards away, one of whom was calling just an hour earlier.
We have 3-4 feet of snow on the ground here now, with a 10-day stretch of temps in the 40s and 2 inches of rain forecast for Wednesday. Low-lying areas around Big Stone Lake and the Refuge are expected to flood. -- Jason M. Frank Ortonville Public Library Founder & Vice President Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) Big Stone County, Minnesota ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
