About 5:15pm today, a gracious birder/photographer named Karen refound one Snowy on 120th Ave. about 1/3 mile N. of 700th St. Thanks much to Ken & Rebecca Vail for continuing to update reports of these birds!
Karen reported her finding to Diane & myself. I informed the family searching nearby (Curt, wife & 2 kids). I also reported it to John & Chris Hockema, and another couple, Steve & Mary, who all had been in the area this afternoon searching for the boreal visitors. All returned to see it. This owl was fairly well barred and sitting about 200 yards East of 120th on a rise. While we all scoped it out as it scanned for a meal, John or Chris spotted a 2nd owl flying South & West along the sunset horizon. We followed it along 700th St. and found it about 40 yards from the road. All got good looks at a 2nd snowy owl in 10 minutes! Also found today were lots of Horned Larks in Dodge & Steele Counties, well over 30 birds. -- Sincerely, Jim Ryan Saint Paul's Westside ---- One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. -* Leo Tolstoy* A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. - *Lucius Annaeus Seneca* ---- ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html