Before you read this, please note that I am NOT sharing an exact roosting location. This is to protect the owl. This post is intended for people who would like to try looking for Long-eared Owls but don't know of good places to search.
While looking for owls with Craig Mandel at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve this morning, he found a Long-eared Owl in an Eastern Red Cedar. I was able to get a brief look at it as well. Crow-Hassan Park Reserve is located near Rogers in the northwest region of Hennepin County. Even though we spent three hours looking in hundreds of red cedars, there was still much ground yet to cover. It's a big park with many owl roost-worthy red cedars. Other birds included Northern Shrike (2), Northern Flicker (1), and many Trumpeter Swans. Good birding! Alyssa DeRubeis Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
