We checked three times for the Lark Sparrow found yesterday by Jeanne Skelly and Gary Chapin at Niagara-Orleans Countyline Road at Yates Center Road, with no success. The one house here does have a feeder but there was no seed in it. A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen here three or four times, often on the shoulder of Yates Center Road and also in the swale with cattails along the west side of Countyline Road, with two SONG SPARROWS. We saw the SNOWY OWL on Marshall Road, about ½ to ¾ mile south of Lakeshore Road. This is likely the same female that has been reported in the area for about three weeks.
Other birds today, 32 HORNED GREBES, 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, and 7 RED-THROATED LOONS on Lake Ontario off of the Town of Somerset (Niagara County). The Red-necked Grebe was off of Golden Hill S.P. One light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Yates Center Road, ¼ mile west of Marshall Road. One NORTHERN HARRIER on Lakeshore Road, ¾ mile east of Marshall Road. Also had three AMERICAN KESTRELS and three MOCKINGBIRDS. Betsy had a flock of seven COMMON REDPOLLS just west of Barker Bicentennial Park, which eventually flew east. 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/ --
