I heard a Great Horned Owl hoot briefly this morning at 0530 h. It was probably in the vicinity of the gate at the end of Juniper where it meets the South Hill rail trail. I have observed much concerted crowing of crows down there over the past 10 days and have wondered if there was a big owl about. There was this morning.
I was at Myers and Salt Pt. shortly after 6, saw gulls, mallards, mergansers, spotties, Killdeer, etc., a well-dispersed case of Keystone Light MTs (the devil's brew). Absolutely no connection attributed to the latter but just as a heads-up to the birding community I also observed much concerted deployment of Canada Goose decoys off the points and heard some gunfire from the west shore. A September goose hunting window opened today until until 9/25 (http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/28496.html). Best...Stuart -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
