Last night, the NYS DEC conducted our first SEOW/winter raptor survey in Seneca and Schuyler counties. Nine of us braved the terrible weather to survey at 7 locations. The rain stopped just in time to see a few SHORT-EARED OWLS and a NORTHERN HARRIER. The harrier was spotted on Dugue Road in Hector. SEOWs were seen as follows: 2 SEOWs in a tall grass field near the western end of Updyke Road in Mecklenburg. 1 SEOWs was seen at the corner of Black Rd and Updyke Rd in Mecklenburg. 1 SEOW was seen on Dean Road in Lodi. 2 SEOW was seen at the corner of Case Rd and Townsend Rd (in NFS pasture). We will be conducting another survey of these areas and more sites on Feb. 27th, meeting at 4:30pm at the Trumansburg Library. We are always looking for more volunteers, as the more surveyors we have, the more sites we can cover. If you're interested, please contact me at: kahoj...@gw.dec.state.ny.us Kaytee
Kaytee Hojnacki Wildlife Technician Region 8 Bureau of Wildlife New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 6274 East Avon-Lima Road Avon, NY 14414-9519 585/226-5464 585/226-6323 fax kahoj...@gw.dec.state.ny.us -- 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/ --
