Betsy and I took a late afternoon drive to look for the Snowy Owl reported east of Marshall Road a few days ago. No luck with the owl but while looking for that, we had a LAPLAND LONGSPUR with about a dozen HORNED LARKS and a NORTHERN HARRIER about a half-mile east of Marshall Road. Then a little further east down Lakeshore Road, we came upon a large flock of juncos feeding along the road edge. Among them was what appeared to be a male OREGON JUNCO. While attempting to digiscope the junco (essentially unsuccessful), I heard a COMMON REDPOLL. I looked up into the tree by the road and there were four COMMON REDPOLLS. The junco and Redpolls were at 11213 Lakeshore Road. I did not see any feeders in the area but the juncos are likely to come back to the road edge tomorrow.
We ended the day at Wruck Road in Hartland, ½ mile south of Rt. 104, enjoying three SHORT-EARED OWLS with Corey Callaghan, who already had them when we pulled up. Good birding! Willie ------------------ Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com <http://www.betsypottersart.com/> -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
