[mou] Unusually plumaged Great Horned Owl, Bloomington, Hennepin County

2008-01-28 Thread Doug Kieser
Yesterday morning while birding along the Bluff Trail west of the Old Cedar Avenue bridge I had a short encounter with an almost-white Great Horned Owl. I was on the second long boardwalk (the one with watercress in the stream) sorting through a robin flock when I thought I saw a large white bird

[mou] Unusually plumaged Great Horned Owl, Bloomington, Hennepin County

2008-01-28 Thread sparky stensaas
Horned Owl, Bloomington, Hennepin County Yesterday morning while birding along the Bluff Trail west of the Old Cedar Avenue bridge I had a short encounter with an almost-white Great Horned Owl. I was on the second long boardwalk (the one with watercress in the stream) sorting through a robin

[mou] Unusually plumaged Great Horned Owl, Bloomington, Hennepin County

2008-01-28 Thread Warren Woessner
Subject: Re: [mou] Unusually plumaged Great Horned Owl, Bloomington,Hennepin County I'm jealous! Sounds like a beautiful bird. Dave Benson in his recent Owls of the North book describes these 'Arctic' or 'Taiga' forms of the Great Horned Owl as 'seen mainly well to the North, but some winters