After many missed connections over the past few days across northeastern Minnesota, I found my first Snowy Owl up in Sax-Zim Bog this afternoon. This is the view I had for over 80 minutes, I hoped said bird would mover closer to me when it decided to hunt, but it actually moved almost a mile distant. Oh well … the first is always special.

There have quite a few Snowy Owls seen across Minnesota over the past few days. I think the HUGE winds including 50 mph wind gusts out of the NW blew all the owls down here a bit quicker. I am hoping we might have an irruption year, but it is definitely still to early to predict.