Good morning,
1 Barred Owl responding to a tape, on Hunt Hill Rd (behind our house) at 7:40
this beautiful morning!
Out to count soon
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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As I stood in the driveway at the conclusion of my own New Year's bird count, a
flock of 20 Redpolls bounced into the yard and went to the feeders, where I
could watch them for a few minutes. Great way to start the year! Earlier, I
witnessed singing Tree Sparrows, White-throats and our
One should always start with the smallest and work up in size. The smaller owls
that
would respond become intimidated when a larger owl is calling. All of these lure
calls should be used very sparingly.
Those of us engaged in the Saw-whet banding network have documented many cases
of
I expected the Redpolls would go off as the snow melted this morning,
but now the ground is finally bare and I have about 50 coming to my
West Danby feeders.
-Geo
Geo Kloppel
Bowmaker Restorer
227 Tupper Road
Spencer NY 14883
607 564 7026
g...@cornell.edu
geoklop...@gmail.com
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Took a trip around Cayuga Lake today with Nancy Morgan and Courtney Moore.
First stop was Sheldrake. It was windy with choppy waves and not much seen.
A couple greater black backed gulls, 1 ring-billed gull and several mallards.
The horned
grebe that Nancy had here a few days ago was not seen.
Here's the quick-and-dirty about the Ithaca Christmas Bird Count which happened today, New Year's Day 2011:First, it's not over yet. You still have almost two hours to find within the count circle as I start writing this (well about a half hour, now that I'm finishing it): Long-eared Owl
