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Short-eared Owls are present but declining in Minnesota. They are occasionally spotted at flood control impoundments in...
12/30/2025

Short-eared Owls are present but declining in Minnesota. They are occasionally spotted at flood control impoundments in the Middle Snake Tamarac Rivers Watershed District. Today was one of those memorable occasions. A group of 4 spent the afternoon loafing, hunting, preening and just soaking up the sun despite sub-zero temperatures. Photo © HVHughes

According to Birds in Minnesota (Janssen, 2019), Snowy Owls are regular migrants and irruptive winter visitors in Minnes...
12/24/2025

According to Birds in Minnesota (Janssen, 2019), Snowy Owls are regular migrants and irruptive winter visitors in Minnesota.

"Uncommon" to "unusual" - they are best represented in Kittson, Marshall and Roseau Counties.

This season, they've been reported in the "usual" places in NW Polk, west Marshall, Kittson and Red Lake Counties. Look for them perched on power poles fences and buildings, in fields and pastures, near airports and golf courses and ... atop trees.

Send us an email with details of your sightings (date, time, location and photo). Thank you

file photo ©HvHughes

Otter tracks in a ditch in NW Minnesota on Sunday. Look for tracks in snow-covered drainage ditches along rural roads a...
12/22/2025

Otter tracks in a ditch in NW Minnesota on Sunday. Look for tracks in snow-covered drainage ditches along rural roads and along edges of lakes, ponds and rivers.

This species was introduced in southern Minnesota in the late 1920s. According to Janssen (2019), Gray Partridge spread...
12/19/2025

This species was introduced in southern Minnesota in the late 1920s. According to Janssen (2019), Gray Partridge spread into NW Minnesota from introductions in North Dakota and Canada. They are uncommon to occasional permanent residents in western and southern MN. Look for them along roadsides at flood control impoundments, pastures and CRP grasslands. photo © HvHughes

Look for these winter visitors in snow covered farm fields, grasslands and roadsides where they feed on w**d seeds. If ...
12/17/2025

Look for these winter visitors in snow covered farm fields, grasslands and roadsides where they feed on w**d seeds. If you're driving - give them a chance to fly to safety. Slow down and toot your horn at Snow Buntings! photo © HvHughes

Look for these large white hares with huge ears hunkered down in the snow during the day. This one was spotted at dusk ...
12/14/2025

Look for these large white hares with huge ears hunkered down in the snow during the day. This one was spotted at dusk near a cattle pen - where it found protection from the wind. photo ©CCPJ

Eastern Fox Squirrels are the largest of the three tree squirrels in NW Minnesota. Active year-round, they over-winter ...
12/13/2025

Eastern Fox Squirrels are the largest of the three tree squirrels in NW Minnesota. Active year-round, they over-winter in tree cavities in small woodlots where they feed on stored foods. Lorelei Polley spotted this one near her birdfeeders - in rural Warren on Friday afternoon. photo ©LPolley

NW Minnesota is a great destination for birds and people who want to see them. Vince and Ramya Winstead traveled from N...
12/05/2025

NW Minnesota is a great destination for birds and people who want to see them. Vince and Ramya Winstead traveled from NYC to spend Thanksgiving with Bob and Sheila Winstead in rural Roseau - where they enjoyed good company and good looks at several avian visitors from the boreal forests - including Pine Grosbeaks - and a pair of resident Pileated Woodpeckers. photos ©VWinstead

More reports of Snowy Owls in NW Minnesota recently: Karen Gubbels spotted one north of Hallock last Friday; Jim Heinze...
12/04/2025

More reports of Snowy Owls in NW Minnesota recently: Karen Gubbels spotted one north of Hallock last Friday; Jim Heinzen spotted one in rural Oslo north of MN-1 on Tuesday morning; and Jacob Cater spotted this one on his way to school in Red Lake County Wednesday morning. Photo ©JCater.

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