That's amazing! We were there from around 1:30 to 3:30 and we did not see one
owl. We saw harriers, a red-tail, lots of crows and the blue Dodge van. We
left while he was still there and were asking other people coming in why he was
doing that. He spent a lot of time at the park, looking out over the
grasslands (almost the entire time we were there) and then left and soon after
we saw his truck traveling along the western edge of the grasslands and then
bumping over the grasses. We left too soon, I guess, to see the owls. We
spent a lot of time there, it was sunny and warm. We should have stayed into
dusk, but didn't have the time.
Claudia Perretti
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From: christine guarino
To: Peter Relson
Cc: nysbirds-l ; mearnsbirdc...@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 6:45 PM
Subject: Re:[nysbirds-l] [MidHudsonBirds] SGNWR - Ulster County
At least 6 Short-eared owls were present at the Shawangunk Grasslands NWR on
Saturday and many N Harriers as well. I haven't seen any Rough-legged Hawks
since January 9th. There were at least 20 birders, all of whom should have
gotten nice looks at the Owls.
I also wondered about the photographer (see Peter Relson's post below)
driving all over the refuge in his blue Dodge Ram 1500 truck with a utility
cap. The gate was locked and I don't know how he got in, unless he somehow was
there with permission of the refuge managers. He was not driving on the
runways and I saw his wheels spinning in the soft ground on a number of
occasions. He drove very close to a group of 3 Short-ears sitting on the same
branch of a deciduous tree.
We'll see how long the Owls hang around after this evening's weather and the
recent photographic encroachment.
Christine Guarino
New Paltz, NY
On Jan 16, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Peter Relson wrote:
It was an almost balmy 40 degrees this afternoon at the ex-"Galeville
airport".
We arrived about 4:15, to find a group of folks observing 3 short-eared
owls in a fairly distant tree. And one photographer in a vehicle driving within
the refuge (not sure how he got in, or out for that matter).
Overall, we saw 4-5 owls, about a dozen harriers, and one dark-morph
rough-legged hawk.
The owls were hunting by 4:45.
Peter Relson & Carol Anderson
Ulster Park
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