[mou-net] Pope County Snowy

I have received a second-hand but credible report of a second Snowy Owl in Pope County. This owl was seen just off Highway 55, near Lake Ann, roughly half-way between Glenwood and Lowry. Sid Stivland Plymouth, MN (and Pope County) Join or Leave mou-net:

[mou-net] Ramsey Snowy

I saw one of the Snowy Owl’s in Ramsey yesterday. It was sitting atop of an out building at a construction company on Ferret St. and Armstrong Blvd. When my daughter and I arrived, there were several people photographing the owl. I took my requisite photos and left to try and find the other

[mou-net] Snow buntings in Sherburne county

Birding with Richard Hunt we followed up a lead by Betsy Beneke and found about 75 Snow Buntings. These were found near 175th and Glendorado ave. We also saw about 12 more near 17th and 180th ave. Good birding, Curt Rawn Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net

[mou-net] Snowy Owls

I know how cool it has been to have snowy owls hanging around the Twin Cities. I have spent many hours watching the ones down here in Dakota County. Unfortunately I have also seen people going way too close to the owls and have heard of people baiting them with mice.   This is WRONG and

[mou-net] thirsty robins

Eleven American Robins have invaded our heated bird bath and I have never experienced such thirsty birds. They crowd around the bird bath and stay there dipping, sipping and pooping. I counted 20 dips by one bird before it caught movement and flew off. Granted, they do not take in a large

[mou-net] Nicollet County Snowy Refound

I had a couple of students who were unable to make a trip Hey birders, I had a couple of students who were unable to make a trip to the Sax-Zim Bog with me this past weekend.  We saw numerous Snowies up there so today was a field trip to find one for the left-behind students. After much

Re: [mou-net] thirsty robins

I had the same circumstance three years ago with robins at my heated bird bath. At times the entire perimeter of the bird bath was wing to wing robins...mine were feeding on flowering crab apples so I had a red ring around the perimeter of the bird bath -- Bernard P. Friel Motivational Program:

[mou-net] A Pair of Red-Tails

On Thursday 02-06-2014, while walking to my car Ramsey County, St Paul On Thursday 02-06-2014, while walking to my car at 3:40 pm I spotted a pair of Red-Tailed hawks on the completely frozen Mississippi River. One bird was on the ice, under East side of the middle span working on freshly

[mou-net] Red-shouldered Hawk - Chisago County

We had a Red-shouldered Hawk visit our suet feeders today. We live along the St. Croix River below Taylors Falls. This is good habitat for these hawks and they do visit our open suet feeder in the winter from time to time. This one was interested in suet (mostly) and a piece of beef kidney

[mou-net] Live from Freeborn County

A lovely day here, spent in the good company of many Snow Buntings and Horned Larks. A Snowy Owl was spotted north of County Road 31 (300th Street). It was in Section 22 on the north side of the road. This is east of Highway 13. A scope found it for my eyes. A lovely bird situated in the

[mou-net] Atwater Snowy refound

This afternoon I went looking for the Atwater Snowy Owl and succeeeded in finding it almost right away. The owl was on a pole on Kandiyohi Co. Rd. 10 about 1 mile west of Co. Rd. 2 (the same area it is been seen by numerous birders over the last month). The owl flew from the pole a short

[mou-net] More on Snowy Owls in Pope, Swift, Chippewa, Yellow Medicine

Since I had previously looked for (and failed to find) Snowy Owls that Ron Erpelding had reported 3-4 weeks ago, I followed up on Herb Dingmann's recent report (see below) of finding Snowy Owls (two of which were in locations where Ron had found them). In Pope County I found an adult on the