Right around the same time as Marie's sighting, someone was in the vicinity of the Wilson Trail South repeatedly hooting a Barred Owl imitation for about two minutes. Perhaps, instead of the desired effect of bringing the owl closer, the imitation scared the owl across the road (and into Marie's line of sight).
What is presumably the same owl, or possibly one of the pair that has nested in that area over the past few years, has been seen pretty regularly along Sapsucker Woods Rd. for the last week or two. It's probably not necessary to go out there hooting for the owl in the middle of the morning: with a little patience (and some luck), it can usually be found in one of its roost trees near the road, and where it might stay for other birders to enjoy instead of flushing. -Scott H On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > As I was driving down Sapsucker Woods Road around 10:45 this morning, a > Barred Owl flew across the road and headed into the woods on the east side > of SSWoods. > WOW! > > 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 > > Author of Sierra Wings: Birds of the Mono Lake Basin Available here: > > > http://marieread.photoshelter.com/gallery/Sierra-Wings-Birds-of-the-Mono-Lake-Basin/G0000NlCxX37uTzE/C0000BPFGij6nLfE > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- 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/ --
