I also looked for the Townsend's Solitaire on the West River Rd side of the dam and did not see it anywhere.  Thanks for the additional info Caleb!I did see a nice male Kingfisher on Ferry St. in Anoka behind the transformation house!
For the Love of Birds!!
Holly AntonAndover, MN

> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 14:24:33 -0600
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> Subject: [mou-net] No T. Solitaire or Snowy Owl (Hennepin Co.)
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> Curt Rawn and I tried re-finding the Townsend's Solitaire at the Coon
> Rapids Dam Regional Park and the Snowy Owl at the Arbor Lakes gravel pits
> as reported by Caleb Ashling on December 21 and Gerard Haines on December
> 19, respectively. (The latter was actually reported at the Hwy 494/694/94
> interchange, and we looked there as well while we drove by at 70 mph.) We
> found neither bird while we were birding between 10:15am and 1:30pm today.
> 
> I thought I would share since I have heard of no updates after their
> original posts.
> 
> Good birdin'!
> 
> Alyssa DeRubeis
> Golden Valley, Hennepin Co.
> 
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