[mou] Snowy Owl/Renville Co.
Brian Smith
brsmith@sleepyeyetel.net
Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:25:58 -0600
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Sorry this post is late (I was on my way join Kim Eckert's MBW group at =
the time and I didn't get back home until today) but on Saturday, 3-27 =
at 10:45 am I found a Snowy Owl in southern Renville county. I was =
traveling south on Hwy. 4 when I saw it flying north on the west side of =
the highway. I turned around as quickly as I could and fortunately it =
landed in a stubble field a few hundred feet from the highway on the =
east side of Hwy. 4. I was returning from a New Ulm Birders field trip =
near Fairfax at the time and after a few minutes some of the other =
members of the group came by and I was able to flag them down and they =
got good looks at the bird, too.
The Snowy Owl was an adult as it was almost pure white. The approximate =
location where it was seen was between Renville Co. Rd 77 and 39 (I =
think it was 39 - whatever the next co. road is north of 77, they =
weren't far apart), just a mile or so north of Fort Ridgely State Park.
Brian Smith
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way join Kim=20
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Saturday, 3-27 at 10:45 am I found a Snowy Owl in southern Renville=20
county. I was traveling south on Hwy. 4 when I saw it flying north =
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west side of the highway. I turned around as quickly as I could =
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fortunately it landed in a stubble field a few hundred feet from =
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highway on the east side of Hwy. 4. I was returning from a New Ulm =
Birders=20
field trip near Fairfax at the time and after a few minutes some of the =
other=20
members of the group came by and I was able to flag them down and they =
got good=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Snowy Owl was an adult as it was =
almost pure=20
white. The approximate location where it was seen was between =
Renville Co.=20
Rd 77 and 39 (I think it was 39 - whatever the next co. road is north of =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Brian Smith</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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