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I'll check on Sat for sure and possibly tomorrow if I go that way.


--Chris

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Dan Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Today, while scouting for the bus trip that I will help to lead on Sunday
> for the Houston Nature Center Festival of Owls (Houston, MN), I found a
> juvenile male Snowy Owl on the north side of County Road 3 a few miles west
> of Brownsville, MN. When I first spotted it, it was on the bank of a stock
> pond. After I stopped, the bird got nervous and moved a little farther
> away. It was at that point, that I realized that it had something fairly
> large in its talons. The prey item turned out to be a Muskrat. It was
> large enough that the bird couldn't fly very well and it only moved about
> 30 yards from the road.
>
> The bird was located along County Road 3 about a mile west of the
> intersection of County Rd 24 and east of the intersection with Cork Hollow
> Drive. I talked to a passing motorist who lives right there and she
> indicated that her father-in-law had seen a Snowy in that area earlier this
> winter. Hopefully, that means that this bird will stick around at least
> until the field trip on Sunday.
>
> If anyone sees this owl in the next couple of days, please keep me posted
> with its location. It would be nice to share this bird with field trip
> attendees.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Dan Jackson
> Chaseburg, WI (Near La Crosse)
> www.pbase.com/dejackson
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