HI all, Reasoning that my car would be warmer than my house, I headed out for a drive this afternoon to search for owls.
On Indian Field Rd (north of Genoa) I found a Snowy Owl somewhat far out in a field (well out of photo range)…it was a lot easier to spot than if there had been snow on the ground! It was on the west side of Indian Field Rd, 0.6 miles south of the intersection with Ledyard Rd. This is farther south than where folks found a Snowy Owl over the weekend, but it was likely the same individual, because I saw no owls at/near the intersection of Indian Field and Poplar Ridge. At 3:30 or so I headed over to the Long Point Winery to wait for the Short-eared Owl show to begin. Until they appeared I was entertained by a handsome male Northern Harrier, which flew low and slow, hampered by the wind, over the vegetation and provided lots of fun photo ops. Then around 4:30, 4 (possibly more) Short-eared Owls took to the sky, foraged around the field for a while then headed farther away as the light dropped. Photographing from the car, I kept the heater going, only turning off the engine as the birds drew near, to avoid vibrations and fuzzy shots. Cold but fun. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
