Dean:
The Great Grey Owl invasion has also occurred in the Ottawa region (E.
Ontario, Canada) this winter. They tend to "hop" from one tree top to
another on the hunt for their favourite prey - voles. So far, I have
only seen one, at dusk. However, those who live to the west of Ottawa
(I'm on the other side) have had a great time watching them. They do
not usually come even this far south (may be further south than N.
Minnesota) unless there is a food shortage where they normally live.
They have made the newspapers here too, with some impressive photos to
boot.
Martin.
Dean C. Hansen wrote:
>All you listees with your 300mm (or longer) lenses should consider a
>quick trip to northern Minnesota to photograph a highly unusual influx
>of normally Canadian birds, the Great Grey Owl. There are so many of
>them north of Duluth that the story has made the Minneapolis Star
>Tribune newspaper twice (www.startribune.com/outdoors) . More
>information is available at www.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/ or at
>www.duluthaudubon.org.
> Snowy owls regularly enter the state in harsh winters. This year,
>however, has been described as a "once-in-a-lifetime event" as far as
>the great greys are concerned. I'm hoping to go up in a week or two
>with my daughter (I got her a 500mm tele for her OM2N a few years ago).
>Hopefully we can do even a tenth as well as one group of birders who
>sighted about 200 owls in a day. The birds have obligingly now moved
>even closer to the Twin Cities (there's a concentration 25 miles NNE of
>Sandstone); the chances of them reaching sub-tropical central Iowa,
>however, where they'd be in range for a silver-nosed tele, are nil.
>Sorry, AG.
> With a wingspread of 6', and a height of nearly 3' when perched on a
>fence post, these are impressive birds. I'll be leaving my favorite
>38/2.8 lens home for this trip.
>Dean
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