In fact, Minnesota is having the northern owl invasion of "a life
time." I managed to get this photo last Friday in Aitkin, MN.

http://www.northern.edu/tallmand/dat/owls/haow5bbcut.jpg

Dan Tallman
Aberdeen, SD


On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 07:34:53 -0800, GENE LYNCH <grlynch at msn.com> wrote:
>
> Chris Charlesworth just posted a sighting of a Northern Hawk Owl and
> suggested that there may be "an invasion in the works". It may be a good
> idea for WA birders to keep a sharp eye peeled for both Hawk Owls and Great
> Grey Owls this winter.
>
> A Mr. Bob Williams from Minnesota indicated in a posting on a Yahoo! Groups
> hotline for Santa Barbara County, CA, that there appears to be an invasion
> of Hawk Owls and Great Grey Owls in Minnesota shaping up.
>
> Could be a great winter for these beauties.
>
> Gene Lynch
> Spokane
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