While looking and finding the Snowy Owl in Dodge County this morning I found White-winged Crossbills roughly a third of a mile north from the intersection of 150th Avenue and 690th Street. While travelling to the site, look for a small wind turbine which is located on the east side of 150th. I estimate there were 50 Crossbills moving back and forth between the grove north of the wind turbine and a farm site containing two houses located on the west side of 150th. I just finished Doug Keiser's post on the same subjects. His estimate is much higher. I am horrible in estimating numbers of birds - I will go along with Doug, there were a lot of Crossbills. I was glad to hear of his success on finding the Mower County Snowy Owl. I spent about 45 minutes at mid-day today without success. John Morrison Austin - Mower County ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html