Okay, cool owl photos of the day can be found at Michael Furtman’s website. He saw a white owl in his yard and thought at first it was a snowy, but closer inspection revealed it to be a partial albinow barred owl. Can this Minnesota owl winter get any cooler??
About a week ago I started getting emails and calls at the store about people finding dead common redpolls and pine siskins. I called the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Minnesota and they had gotten about ten phone calls regarding the same thing. A few days ago, I got a call from Carrol Henderson from the [ Read More ]
It’s unfortunate, but it still happens. Bald eagles are being slaughtered in British Columbia.
There are some really cool photos of a great gray owl hunting today in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Incoming!! So today started with much promise for getting things done and I did get quite a few errands and writing accomplished, but not as much as I wanted. I’m trying to find a digital recorder that won’t cost an arm and a leg, is Mac compatible, and can pick up ambient bird sounds if [ Read More ]
Here’s the link for those interested in seeing the trumpeter swans in Monticello, MN.
WCCO has a great slide show about the great gray owl irruption on their website.
I talked non-birding Bill into going out to build a snowman tonight. We tried to make it into a snow bunny, but it looks more like Marge Simpson than a bunny or at the very least quite abstract. Anyway, we’re in the trendy Uptown area of Minneapolis so it looks arty and that’s the important [ Read More ]
WCCO is going to air their segment about the great gray owl irruption Sunday night on the 10pm news–whoo hoo!! Well, owls are still being seen in good numbers around Hinkley and I talked to Carrol Henderson from the MN DNR and he (yes he even though the first name is Carrol–it’s a weird Minnesota [ Read More ]
Okay, I’m stealing a blog technique from Neil. Whenever he gets several emails with basically the same question, he answers it in his blog, so I’m going to do that here. Many want to know if they can get a great gray owl carcass mounted or a permanently injured owl for educational purposes. First, in [ Read More ]
