The great owl irruption of 2014

We have been hunting down owls this past week. With binoculars and a scope, that is. Apparently this winter is one for the record books, in terms of the number of snowy owls coming south: the largest irruption in 40 or 50 years, by one estimate! We tracked down two different snowy owls in the past week around the Twin Cities, as well as a Northern Hawk Owl out near Hutchinson, MN.