Shortly after noon today (Saturday) as I was driving south on I-494 in Eden Prairie, I spotted a pure white bird flying over a marsh on the west side of the road. As it flared its tail to land in a tree by the road it flashed its pale rosy tail and confirmed my ID of a Red-tailed Hawk. I wonder if this is the same awesome white hawk that has frequented this area in the last couple of winters.
The hawk reminded me to check out the nests on the west side of the highway for a Great Horned Owl that I had glimpsed on previous occasions over the last month on a small nest along the road, south of the larger Bald Eagle nest perhaps a couple of hundred yards to the north. I got a clear look at this owl sitting on the nest. Interestingly, while I can easily find the nest driving southbound, I can not located it when driving northbound. I saw the owl on this nest last year. For the photographers: this nest is not viewable except from the highway. And, not safely viewable at less than the speed limit. Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
