I was able to relocate Snowy Owls in Carver & Meeker Counties. I got to the previously documented owl spot in Carver County about 3:40pm and, as expected, it wasn't perched conveniently on the power pole as mentioned by Herb Dingmann. I pulled ahead down the hill and started scanning with binoculars on the west side of Yale Avenue (N of Hwy7). As I was scanning I suddenly spotted the owl flying in from the west. I watched it fly closer where it eventually flew behind a farmstead (with a very noticeable red barn) but didn't come out on the other side. I searched for it's perch for quite a while but was unable to relocate it. I suspect it was hanging out in or behind the woods to the west or north of the farmhouse, waiting for it to get darker before finding a higher perch to hunt from. I finally gave up trying to relocate it and moved on. I was able to (finally) locate a Snowy Owl in Meeker County in the "usual" place north and west of Grove City. It was on 310th St one half mile from the Kandiyohi/Meeker County border. I spotted the bird about 6pm on a power pole. After a while, it flew east behind some barns and sheds so I didn't find where it ended up. Bob Ekblad Olmsted County in SE Minnesota http://www.Birding-Minnesota.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