A strange eBay snafu involving a trident-wielding Santa in swim trunks, a Yugoslav mortar and pestle, a catcher's mitt, and three mutual strangers on two coasts compelled me to the Ithaca post office this afternoon. Having dispatched that business (which is actually much more boring than it might sound) with surprisingly little wait, I had some free time. So I decided to look for birds behind the airport. To my continued mild surprise, I again found no Snowy Owls, but still I felt nicely rewarded with views of a light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at rest and in the air near the Snyder/Mohawk intersection - my first encounter with this species this winter.
I also saw eight EASTERN BLUEBIRDS flying south over suburban northeast Ithaca this morning. Mark Chao --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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/ --
