Hi all, Last night I heard an Eastern Screech Owl trilling and in between trilling he made some kind of squeaky cooing noises. This is the first time I have heard such calls. So I dragged myself out of my bed to fetch the recorder which was still packed away in my bag from my trip to Montana. By the time I got it out the screech owl had moved on or shut up.
Talking about Montana trip, I spent six days in Glacier National Park and had numerous encounters with Dusky and Spruce Grouses and a long interaction with White-tailed Ptarmigans. A very short encounter with a Sharp-tailed grouse. But unfortunately, I had to cut my trip short for about 3 days as the whole of Montana was filled with smoke due to forest fires in the state and mostly from its neighboring states of Washington and Idaho. This is my first experience with large forest fires. My god, they are scary to the wildlife and people who live there. I heard stories about how black bears and mountain lions were roaming around in the Great Falls neighborhood. I could not stand the smoke any more so I had to call the airlines to change my ticket for immediate return. More detailed trip report I will make it later and send a link to those who are interested. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- 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/ --
