Hi All-- On Tuesday afternoon, Gene Bauer called to report a Snowy Owl in Rice Co. near the intersection of MN 19 and Dakota Co. 59, just within Rice Co. I took some interesting photos and posted them on my bog http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com As a postscript on the gull photo I recently posted on the blog, at this time I think a good argument can be made that the bird is a Vega Gull, the Asian race of the Herring. There are photos on the web that are nearly identical. See for example http://10000birds.com/vega-gulls-japan.htm Good Birding! dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [log in to unmask] ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html