A group of us (Laura Kammermeier, Mike Powers, Tina Phillips, Lang Elliott and me) headed down to Stewart Park to watch, and mostly photograph, birds this morning. After focussing much of our attention on the Common Mergansers, we headed into the woods to try to see the Great Horned Owl nest. Eventually, we did glimpse the owl in the nest hole, but suddenly a loud Kerfuffle of Krows approaching alerted us that another owl was about to arrive. Indeed, one flew in with its corvid entourage in hot pursuit. The owl landed near the nest tree but the corvid chorus harrassed it so much that it flew to several other perches before finally settling down. We were able to watch for a good 15 minutes, during which it was interesting to see the owl snapping at the crows as they mobbed it. (Yes, I took many photos, none of which are good enough to ever emerge from my trash file!)
Finally the crows lost interest and gradually all left leaving the owl in peace. And so did we..... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
