Jill Wood reported a Snowy Owl on 12/11 along the Hwy 55 near the golf course (CR-85). I do not know of anyone refinding it. On Saturday we did a snowy Bloomington CBC. Best birds included: Black Duck with about 300 Mallards in a very small pond at Coldwater Spring (Ft. Snelling), 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches (at feeder by Acacia Cemetery), Cooper's Hawk, and 190 Cedar Waxwings (at 3 locations including 130 at hotel NE of I-494 and Pilot Knob. Flock is there consistanly). Today (Monday): I was watching a Blue Jay flying over frozen Quiggley Lake, when I realized something was amiss. It was moving too fast with much slower wing beats than a Blue Jay. It could only be a Shrike. Driving for close to an hour on Hwy 212 between Norwood/Young America and Eden Prairie, I was struck by how devoid of bird the landscape appeared. The only birds were a few pigeons, a couple of flying Turkeys (always cool), a crow, and one Red-tailed Hawk. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [log in to unmask] ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html