MD Osprey:

Below is a cross-post from Birdchat (see the third paragraph).

 From our Maryland perspective, we'd probably rather see such an invasion 
in Ontario rather than Minnesota, but still this is a significant owl 
incursion. Keep alert a vagrant Great-Gray Owl, Northern Hawk-Owl, or 
Boreal Owl to drop in to Maryland, perhaps in the western part of the state 
... especially we start to see any reports from Pennsylvania. With all of 
the state and county listing competitive birders out there covering the 
state this year, our chances for finding one of these northern owls is 
probably even greater than usual ...

Be vigilant!

Phil


>Date:         Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:29:52 -0600
>From: Jim Williams <>
>Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Visiting Minnesota for owls?
>To: 
>
>Mark Martell, director of Audubon Minnesota, would like to create a
>list of states from which birders come to see owls in Minnesota this
>winter. If you have made or are to make such a trip, please send a note
>to Mark. His email address is 
>
>I am posting this at his request. Please respond to Mark, not to me.
>
>If you want information on the owl invasion, I can help with that. To
>date, over 1,300 Great Gray Owls, plus several hundred Northern
>Hawk-Owls and Boreal Owls have been counted. Initially concentrated in
>areas north and west of Duluth and along the Lake Superior shoreline
>toward Canada, the birds are now beginning to spread to the south.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Jim Williams
>Wayzata, Minnesota

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