[mou] Two Snowy Owls
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:02:22 -0600
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Thanks to John Arthur photos of last weekend Snowy Owls it was =
determined by myself and another birder that there are two snowy Owls in =
the vicinity of the Duluth Int'l Airport and the corner of Stebber Rd =
and Hwy 53 intersection. =20
While guiding my Minnesota Birding Treks group last Sunday we refound =
the reported snowy owl at the Duluth Int'l airport runway. This owl then =
flew over to us and landed o a building. John was able to take a photo =
of this owl as it flew right over us.
As we left the the old airport terminal buildings off Stebner road we =
drove out to Highway 53 and I found what I thought was the same owl on =
the telephone pole over highway 53. John took more photos of this owl =
and while John was taking photos birders were telling me this owl is =
different because it looked much whiter vs. the heavy spotted owl of =
what we observed on the runway and over by the prison buildings.
John just sent me the photos and I forwarded them to Peder Svingen as he =
is tabulating all owl sightings during this eruption year. The photos =
clearly shows that these are two different birds. The airport runway owl =
looks to be a imm female snowy owl and the owl on Stebner and Hwy 53 =
looks like a imm. male snowy owl.
Thanks to John Arthur for the photos and Peder Svingen for observing =
these photos and helping to back up the claims that these are two =
different owls. So far to the best of my knowledge that the imm male =
owl has not been seen since last Sunday. There was a report of a snowy =
owl a few weeks ago seen along Piedmont Ave. and this could be the same =
owl.
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Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
Minnesota Birding Treks
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Thanks to John Arthur photos =
of last=20
weekend Snowy Owls it was determined by myself and another birder that =
there are=20
two snowy Owls in the vicinity of the Duluth Int'l Airport and the =
corner of=20
Stebber Rd and Hwy 53 intersection. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>While guiding my =
Minnesota Birding=20
Treks group last Sunday we refound the reported snowy owl at the Duluth =
Int'l=20
airport runway. This owl then flew over to us and landed o a building. =
John=20
was able to take a photo of this owl as it flew right over =
us.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>As we left the the old =
airport=20
terminal buildings off Stebner road we drove out to Highway 53 and =
I=20
found what I thought was the same owl on the telephone pole over =
highway=20
53. John took more photos of this owl and while John was =
taking=20
photos birders were telling me this owl is different because it looked =
much=20
whiter vs. the heavy spotted owl of what we observed on the =
runway and=20
over by the prison buildings.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>John just sent me the =
photos and I=20
forwarded them to Peder Svingen as he is tabulating all owl =
sightings=20
during this eruption year. The photos clearly shows that =
these are=20
two different birds. The airport runway owl looks to be a imm =
female snowy=20
owl and the owl on Stebner and Hwy 53 looks like a imm. male =
snowy=20
owl.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Thanks to John =
Arthur for the photos=20
and Peder Svingen for observing these photos and helping to back up =
the=20
claims that these are two different owls. So far to the best =
of my=20
knowledge that the imm male owl has not been seen since last =
Sunday. There=20
was a report of a snowy owl a few weeks ago seen=20
along Piedmont Ave. and this could be the =
same owl.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Michael =
Hendrickson<BR>Duluth,=20
Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Birding Treks<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart=
er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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