John, Being that's Danby and you added your numbers to our sector count last year, I not only encourage you to repeat, I will meet you there. I usually go there a bit later, but as they say, no sacrifice is too small.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:40 PM, John Confer <con...@ithaca.edu> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > For a couple decades, I tried a Cayuga Bird Club Christmas Bird Count > owl prowl (That would be CBC CBC OP) in the higher elevations around > Hammond Hill on 1 Jan. The results were usually not very good and sometimes > even dismal and always cold! > > Last year I picked an area that is about 1000 ft lower, and 3-7 > degrees warmer, and with considerable less snow cover, all features that I > guess make it better for owl survival. I tried owling in the area of lower > Buttermilk Falls SP, Stone Quarry and Sandbank Rds, Land Trust Preserve at > Lick Brook, Ithaca Beer Drive, lower Treman S.P. and in the area along Rt > 34 near the soccer fields and lower Buttermilk Falls SP, and along parts of > Rt 13A = Floral Ave. > > I worked up a very productive route: 17 stops for 12 screech and 1 > great horned. That is a hustle since it works out to be about 6 minutes > audio playing per stop and 4 minutes drive between stops starting at 4:00. > > If this is the backyard of anyone who is going to try owling, please > let me know and we can work something out. Don't worry, there are more > potential stops than there is time. > > Otherwise, I would like try the same area again. > > My hearing is not as good as it once was. I'm sure I miss some owls > because I did hear a couple that were just at the very limit of my hearing, > and I know others can hear better than I. > > > > * I would love to have someone with young ears join me at Buttermilk Falls > at the parking lot adjacent to King Rd. at 4:00 AM, Jan 1. Good birding, *John > Confer > 539-6308 > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- asher -- 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/ --
