I added more reported?sightings to the owl map and you check out there map here
http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/
Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/
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Park Pt?sightings:
- 300+ Common Goldeneyes and I was not able to relocate the Barrow's Goldeneye.
The last sighting was on Nov. 8th by Peder Svingen and Chris Edwardson on
33rd?St. on the bayside of Park Pt.
-2 Surf Scoters near the entrance to Park Pt.
-2 White-winged Scoters?out from the
I decided to create a google map displaying so far all the reported Snowy Owls
and Northern Hawks Owls in Minnesota for the 2008-09 season.?
Here is the link?you need to see the map.?
http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/?
?Mike Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Website:
It was an interesting Saturday when I went out to the GHO nest to take
some photographs.
The one adult that appeared to be around flew off just as I got to the
top of the hill. I set up and waited about 40 minutes and finally did
spy him far off in a tree. All though too far for a good shot,
htmldiv style='background-color:'PAs Mike Hendrickson had warned, Owl
Avenue has been logged. Essentially ruined for birding. A 100 foot swath of
mature black spruce has been clearcut on the west side of the road and in some
places, on both sides of the road. This will certainly NOT be the
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As Sparky noted, the foresters' attitude from the start was one of You can
tell us the value of this area but we are going to log where
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It would seem obvious that if we are to work together our Conservation
Committee should take the lead. However, they cannot lead if local birders
(those in
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Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Lake Superior Boat Trips
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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From: sparky stensaas
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:34 AM
Subject: [mou] Owl Avenue: R.I.P.
As Mike
At 09:48 AM 3/9/2007, Laura Erickson wrote:
The Minnesota birding community needs to start working together on
critical issues like this, ..
One way to get involved is to volunteer to serve on one of the Forest
Landscape Committees. I serve on the one for SE Minnesota and my
voice for
Lake Superior Boat Trips
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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The Western Great Lakes Owl Monitoring Project is still looking for
volunteers to survey assigned routes in March and April of 2007!
Volunteers are asked to drive a 9 mile
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Calling all owl callers!
People needed to give a hoot at the Festival of Owls
If you can say who cooks for you, who=92s awake,
Hello All,
I went up to Duluth over the past weekend for the Owl Symposium and had
a great time.
I want to congratulate everyone who helped with the Owl Symposium. I
learned more about northern owls and the irruption than I needed to
know but I enjoyed every minute of it. I have a new
The MRVAC Owl Prowl today had ten participants plus myself in each of the
two parts. Starting at 4:30pm we headed down to Goodhue Co. where we found
the Snowy Owl just south of CR9 and CR1 on a pole by the road. The bird
flew out into a field where it sat allowing everyone a great view.
Short-eared Owl photographer in Prius -- would appreciate a chance to
visit.
Jim Williams
Wayzata
A retired hunter who still buys duck stamps.
Duck stamps fund habitat for non-game birds, too.
The 2006-07 stamp will be available at your post office on June 30.
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As top predators in the food chain, owls are considered good
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Owls on the Move: When, Where, Why?
A Symposium on Northern Owls
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Greetings from Minnesota!
As a result of the large numbers of northern owls that moved into =
Minnesota last
There will be a Northern Owl symposium held in Duluth on March 16-18,
2006. Speakers are being lined up from around the world, to participate
in this symposium titled Owls on the move - When, Where and Why: A
Symposium on Northern Owls. The event will be hosted by the Hawk Ridge
Bird Observatory
I'll post this on my blog. Last night I received from a Chicago Audubon
member a story from the Chicago Sun-Times about the owl invasion,
interviewing Dave Willard. I had a chance to meet and spend some time
with Dave Willard, who is doing the stomach content analyses of the owls
for the Field
; lleb4...@aol.com; Erica
Sitz; grant-c...@umn.edu; jebonko...@aol.com; Jim Mattson;
jgs6...@skypoint.com; Kim Risen; mthomasa...@gmail.com; psvo...@comcast.net;
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There will be a Northern Owl symposium
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1) When are the owls
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In spite of the cold temperatures and recent snow, it seems that the Great
Grays are starting to head north again; we have found 3 within 0.5 miles of our
house (just N of
1. Peter Neubeck pointed out that in both instances we saw and
heard the Great Gray Owl vocalizing, the individual seen vocalizing was
turned away from what appeared to us to be the closest Owls, and not
focused on calling directly to any one Owl in close proximity. With
their hearing, it is
Hi Everyone,
I've done a few owl surveys now and have really enjoyed it. I just finished
putting up some pictures from yesterday's survey. You can see them at
http://www.elijahparker.com/saxzim/ . I have yet to put January's there,
but you can find December's by clicking on the link on the
We made a big push for volunteers at the beginning of this and felt we
had gotten most of the people who were interested. I am not certain,
though, so I thought I would ask one more time. As for where counts are
needed, according to Peder Svingen's data, the approximate center of the
Great Gray
I would like to thank Mark Alt Jim Williams for sharing considering the
owls first, and Peder Svingen for originally penning the suggestions. Many
excellent thoughts there.
However, I would like to further explore (through questions) one thought
expressed about not posting Boreal Owls due to
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We've been honored (as many have this year) to have a GGOwl in the yard since
Friday the 26th. Its been visiting every eve. and morn. hunting very near
the house. Finally one for
I took a break from my hummingbird watch to go out to the bog this
afternoon. I made just a cursory run through, but still found 9 Northern
Hawk Owls and one grouse (which I didn't see long enough to be sure, but it
was probably a Ruffed). I ran into more birders than owls, though. It's
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To the helpful MOU members,
The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to =
wherever
Excellent! Anyone got a longer chimney list?!
Quoting Donald Starkweather donst...@charter.net:
To the helpful MOU members,
The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to
wherever he/she should be. Plastic sheeting and duct tape got him to fly to
an open window,
I'm afraid my chimney list only includes mutliple starlings, one house
sparrow, and one squirrel.
Sue morton,
Cottonwood
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From: mette...@d.umn.edu
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [mou] Owl
Excellent! Anyone got
: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:45 AM
To: mette...@d.umn.edu; mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
Subject: Re: [mou] Owl
I'm afraid my chimney list only includes mutliple starlings, one house
sparrow, and one squirrel.
Sue morton,
Cottonwood
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From: mette...@d.umn.edu
To: mou
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:20 AM
To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu
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Excellent! Anyone got a longer chimney list?!
Quoting Donald Starkweather donst...@charter.net:
To the helpful MOU members,
The owl in my son's fireplace is out of the house and probably back to
wherever
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Quick!!! Help!!!
My son lives in Burnsville behind Buck Hill and a screech owl has come =
down the flue
Sunday 3/16
Scouting in the afternoon for the owl trip that evening, I found the following
new arrivals of note:
Pintail duck in flooded farm field
Am. Robins in several locations foraging on the ground
Eastern Bluebird
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer: 8 total inc. 5 flying by
Red-winged Blackbird
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Hi:
Hey if you want to visit a neat owl site and read what owls are being =
heard in northern Minnesota visit
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