Two snowy owls on Nielsen Road (1/2 mile off Rt 96A, in Fayette. One was very close to a gas well and us. We didn't even see it until it flapped it's wings a couple of time. Startled us good! The second was out towards the middle of the field.
The closest appeared to be a female (lots of dark feathers), the second one could have been either sex. Tons and tons of horned larks were around with a smattering of snow buntings. Great day!! David Diaz Tburg, NY Dropped Pin near Fayette, NY http://goo.gl/maps/05kQl Sent from David's iPhone -- 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/ --