[mou] Snowy Owls moving down
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:50:30 -0600
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I been monitoring Snowy owl movements and this could be a good year to =
se multiple sightings. So far in Minnesota there has been a sighting in =
Eden Prairie, Rochester and FINALLY in Duluth! There are reports in =
Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Last year many birders had =
to go the airport lounge to view a Snowy Owl or make a quick see & leave =
at the prison camp in Duluth. As deer hunting season ends this weekend =
more local birders will be scouring places in Sax Zim and other places =
to look for owls. Also Whitefish Point have been banding several Boreal =
Owls since late October. So far no major movement of Great Grays or =
Northern Hawk Owls have been noted in the lower 48 or in Canada.
Bird wise this could be a better for more diversity of birds then last =
year. There have been more reporting of sightings on winter finches and =
waxwings. Hopefully this trend will continue thru out the winter =
months. =20
Oh to get off topic -- IF I lived in the Twin Cities I would be checking =
BlackDog lake and other gull roosting spots. If you been web surfing you =
might of seen the amount of Mew Gulls being found in N. Dakota & S. =
Dakota, and Michigan and Ill. IF I lived in SE Minnesota I would be =
checking the Miss. River for swallows and see you can find a first state =
record Cave Swallow. I do not believe they are going to survive the =
temps today in Duluth --high 20's YIKES!
Suppose to snow again tonight! GREAAAT!=20
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>I been monitoring Snowy owl =
movements and=20
this could be a good year to se multiple sightings. So far in =
Minnesota=20
there has been a sighting in Eden Prairie, Rochester and FINALLY in=20
Duluth! There are reports in Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and=20
Saskatchewan. Last year many birders had to go the airport lounge =
to view=20
a Snowy Owl or make a quick see & leave at the prison camp in =
Duluth. =20
As deer hunting season ends this weekend more local birders will be =
scouring=20
places in Sax Zim and other places to look for owls. Also =
Whitefish Point=20
have been banding several Boreal Owls since late October. So far =
no major=20
movement of Great Grays or Northern Hawk Owls have been noted in the=20
lower 48 or in Canada.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Bird wise this could be a =
better for more=20
diversity of birds then last year. There have been more =
reporting of=20
sightings on winter finches and waxwings. Hopefully =
this trend will=20
continue thru out the winter months. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Oh to get off topic -- IF I =
lived in the=20
Twin Cities I would be checking BlackDog lake and other gull roosting =
spots. If=20
you been web surfing you might of seen the amount of Mew Gulls being =
found in N.=20
Dakota & S. Dakota, and Michigan and Ill. IF I lived in =
SE=20
Minnesota I would be checking the Miss. River for swallows and see you =
can find=20
a first state record Cave Swallow. I do not believe they are going to =
survive=20
the temps today in Duluth --high 20's YIKES!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Suppose to snow again =
tonight!=20
GREAAAT!</FONT> </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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