This afternoon, for the first time since last April, we saw an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL in our box in northeast Ithaca. I feel nearly certain that I've never seen this particular owl before. It has distinctive arcs on the margin of each lower eyelid, toward the bill. They look like the black eyes a person might get with a broken nose.
I've loaded two poor-quality but illustrative snapshots at the end of this album. https://plus.google.com/photos/114049026073343451957/albums/5291963262350115 713 Mark Chao --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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/ --
