Hello, After mapping out Bruce Fall's Snowy Owl locations in Dakota County along with Steve Weston's, Drew Smith's and Blaine Seelinger locations there are no fewer than 10 Snowy Owls in Dakota County. I suspect there will be more owls moving into Dakota County. Birders should consider checking these areas for Snowy Owls: Farmington area, Northfield area, Canon Falls area, Goodhue area and Vermillion area. I suspect there are some owls to be found in these areas. I am also seeing an increase of reports in NW Minnesota and either these owls have been here for some time or they just moved down from Manitoba recently and it will be interesting how many more Snowy Owls will show up in this part of the state. The concentration of Snowy Owls in the Litchfield, Grove City area will be causing me decision issues if these owls begin to move west into Kandyohi County. Do not want to count the same owl twice. I would like to thank everyone for their accurate locations they been sharing on the MOU listserve - keep it up, it makes my job of mapping them out so much easier. So thank you!! Mike -- *Mike Hendrickson* *Mike Hendrickson Guiding <http://mikehendricksonguiding.com>* *Sax-Zim Bog <http://www.sax-zimbog.com>* ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html