Spent early morning at Montezuma (auto route), lots of C. Geese, T. Swans, Am
Tree Sparrows, and a pair of Red-winged Blackbirds. Also had a few N. Harriers,
mature Bald Eagle, Ring-necked and Scaup (Lesser?) in/along the Seneca River.
Lots of Mallards & Gadwall flying around. More T. Swans & N.
I finally got some time to work on the images of the Snowy Owl that is
at the Waterloo Outlets. A friend went to look for it today with no
success. Anyone else try? With success? I hope it wasn't hit by a
car while flying low over the thruway.
I have two images in an album called Snowy
>> Hi All
>> At 1:30 today I found a female MERLIN at the pheasant farm along Stevenson
>> Rd. There is also a Kingfisher going up and down the creek on Dodge Rd. Nice
>> count week birds!
>> Laura
>> Laura Stenzler
>> l...@cornell.edu
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Sorry for the late post. Yesterday (Thursday 12/27/11) at about 12:45 PM I
pulled into the TIkkun V'or parking lot on N. Triphammer Rd. and Burdick Hill
Rd. and saw two Common Ravens soaring and rolling over the field just south of
Burdick Hill Road. They descended on a carcass and began to pic