Hi, It is in Baldwinsville. The trail is not too far, but want you to know it can be ice covered so you might want those ice trackers for your boots. Hate to have someone fall. I haven't been this year, but I know from other times. Good luck!
Diana Whiting Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Chris R. Pelkie <chris.pel...@cornell.edu> > wrote: > > Ann asked about this site: (Onondaga Parks system, so $4 entry fee, I think > per car) > > Beaver Lake Nature Center > Beaver Lake County Park > 8477 East Mud Lake Road > Baldwinsville, NY 13027 >> On Dec 23, 2014, at 07:20 , Ann Mitchell <annmitchel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Where is baldwisville nature ctr? Thanks. Ann >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:47 PM, "Chris R. Pelkie" <chris.pel...@cornell.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> I think we (Ann’s group) were pleasantly surprised the SEOWs were so active >>> in mid-afternoon on Sat. However, it was a leaden sky so maybe they thought >>> dusk had arrived earlier. At Long Pt (which we skipped that day), they seem >>> to wait until pre-dusk before magically appearing; there is still half an >>> hour or so of light to see and photograph them in. I assume other observers >>> will chime in with their anecdotes. >>> >>> I trekked up to Baldwinsville Nature Ctr today and batted out on the LEOW >>> as did the 30 or so other birders who were there in the morning. Maybe it >>> will reappear today at dusk as apparently it did yesterday. I chatted with >>> one of the folks who got photos of it yesterday in dim light, sitting high >>> on a tree. I was not expecting to see it in that position this AM (and >>> didn’t) and intense scanning of the dense evergreens/hemlocks did not make >>> it appear on its day roost either. Sigh. He said this was the first ever >>> LEOW at that site, so it was big news in the area. >>> >>> However, the same photog (Everett) told me the Saw-whet was a regular and >>> liked to hang out at the beginning of Bog Trail Loop, so I waited for a >>> good half hour there hoping for a stray movement from the Long-ear. Just as >>> my feet were getting cold, 2 then 3 titmice starting freaking out, then >>> joined by 2 chickadees, 2 WB nuthatches and a Downy, all shrieking in a >>> single small tree. Classic owl mob, so I trundled down the path and after >>> some searching found the NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL with a mouseful (sic) of >>> Deer Mouse. He didn’t give a hoot (ick) about me standing 15’ away and >>> shooting madly but also did not give me a real good full-body look, >>> occluded by one branch or another no matter how I contorted myself. I >>> couldn’t get closer because the icy trail is on a raised walk over a >>> semi-frozen bog. But I’m happy my little birdy friends ran him down cause >>> he would have been invisible otherwise. >>> >>> Batted out completely on Bob’s Salt Rd Snowy and any others that might have >>> been on Indian Fields Rd as I took that on the way back. >>> >>> ChrisP >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 22, 2014, at 11:25 , Glenn Wilson <wil...@stny.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are these seen basically during dawn and dusk or are they also seen during >>>> the day? Thanks all. >>>> >>>> Glenn Wilson >>>> Endicott, NY >>>> www.WilsonsWarbler.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>>> Welcome and Basics >>>> Rules and Information >>>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>>> Archives: >>>> The Mail Archive >>>> Surfbirds >>>> BirdingOnThe.Net >>>> Please submit your observations to eBird! >>>> -- >>> >>> -- >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> Welcome and Basics >>> Rules and Information >>> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >>> Archives: >>> The Mail Archive >>> Surfbirds >>> BirdingOnThe.Net >>> Please submit your observations to eBird! >>> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
