This afternoon, shortly before 3 PM, the Northfield Snowy Owl was seen perched on a telephone pole on the south side of hwy 19, just west of the intersection with CR 59. It is the same farm area in which the bird was reported yesterday. While we were watching the owl, it dropped to the roadside, seized what looked like a mouse, and brought it to the top of telephone pole. As it appeared to take a bite, something resembling a tail fell to the ground. My birding partner says that a large clump was then dropped to the ground, and thought perhaps the bird had mistakenly grabbed plant material, and the "tail" was a stem. I did not see the clump fall, but I did see the owl drop suddenly back to the ground, looking around. It resumed its pole-perch, until, disturbed by our car creeping past, it flew to the next pole. Eventually it flew off into the field, but it must have returned quickly to the road, because shortly thereafter, I received a call from Laura Coble saying she and her daughter had just seen the owl. Bonus: this was a life bird for birding partner Jed, and the Snowy hunt-attempt was a first for me.Thanks again to those who posted. Linda Whyte ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html