Steve - Not sure I'm qualified (if any of us are) to answer those questions. My aim was to let everyone know it was more consistently available than other owls I've seen or posted. Sax-Zim has consistent owls, maybe other places, Cook County typically does not..... Anyway, it seems like some birds have time-shift or dimensional hopping capabilities, it still is amazing the lengths some birds migrate just for breeding. They can make the trip to summer breeding grounds, breed, and return to wintering grounds in one whole year. You must wonder..... Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: Steve Weston [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:41 AM To: Jeremy Ridlbauer Cc: mnbird; Mou-net Subject: Re: [mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County Hi Jeremy, the concept of a "somewhat consistent owl" just got me thinking: -Does the owl know it is consistent? -If not, what is it, when is not consistent? -What would an inconsistent owl be? -Perhaps, if it is inconsistent, it would not "be" at times, and would flicker in and out of reality. I believe that I have found birds like that, which seem to vanish into a bare tree or into bare ground. I know that I have seen a whole flock of Lapland Longspurs vanish into the bare ground of a plowed field. And Brown Creepers that could call across a dimensional wrinkle in a tree that filtered out their visibility. I watched a Buffed Breasted Sandpiper that was invisible with the exception of its eye. You could watch it through the scope, but not locate it with your bare eye. It was right in front of us at a distance of fifty feet with nothing obscuring it. Through the scope you could see it blink, but could barely make out its outline. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Ridlbauer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:17 PM Subject: [mou-net] Northern Hawk Owl, Grand Marais, Cook County Hi - A Northern Hawk Owl has been seen at the intersection of the Fall River and Hwy 61, just west of Grand Marais, more than once by a couple of bird and non-bird folks, so it is somewhat of a consistent owl. Jeremy Jeremy Ridlbauer Sundew Technical Services 47° 44' 59" -90° 20' 17" PO Box 1057 117 4th Ave W Grand Marais, MN 55604 USA Cell: 218-370-0733 http://www.sundewtech.net [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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html