Around 4:00 I spotted a SNOWY OWL perched atop a telephone pole on Rt 96 between Powell Rd and Kellys Corners Road in Interlaken. By the time I drove to pick up a friend to see it and returned it was gone.
These owls are sure making winter driving exciting and hazardous--You just never know where they will turn up! Along the way we had one beautiful MALE HARRIER hunting on Tunison road, one KESTREL, about a dozen HORNED LARKS. My drive ended with a very close encounter with a COOPERS HAWK in my backyard. He shot out in front of the truck, did a few aerial moves, circled back into the car port (flushing the sparrows in the dead bushy vines that I swear I could hear scream "watch out he's coming back") and then he was gone. This guy has been hanging around for a couple of days and it was fun to see him stirring things up a bit. Quite an exciting 1/2 hour on a cold winter day. Be well and keep moving! Michele Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House B&B www.thehaywardhouse.com and @ The Body Shop www.bodyshopwellness.com -- 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/ --
