Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great-horned Owl chorus

2016-12-11 Thread Geo Kloppel 
Nice, Melanie! For Great Horned Owls in our area the 6 week season of courtship 
is near (late December through January), so you may be in for more of the same.

Here's an enjoyable historic piece on the subject, full of Tompkins County 
experiences (it's from Frederick Baumgartner's doctoral thesis):

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v050n04/p0274-p0285.pdf

-Geo Kloppel

> On Dec 11, 2016, at 3:01 AM, Melanie Uhlir  wrote:
> 
> I was very lucky last evening to catch a Great Horned Owl call from a 
> westerly direction while about to enter my house on Wood Road at about 10:30 
> pm (12/10/2016). I put my musical equipment away and noticed that the moon 
> was very bright on the freshly fallen snow. I went out to enjoy this seasonal 
> beauty and heard some more owl calls. My partner and I then relaxed with some 
> Netflix for an hour or so and afterward I decided to go out and listen for 
> some more owl calls. I was more than rewarded by not only hearing more owl 
> vocalizations from nearby, but also with seeing two separate dark, silent 
> figures fly over the house, backlit by the moon -- and more than that! --  
> the further thrill of hearing a seemingly convergent group of owls coming 
> closer and singing in seeming harmony, closing in from the south and west.
> 
> I'm sorry if this is something I should have researched on my own, but do 
> owls hunt in family groups? I had never before been in the right place at the 
> right time to have heard so many owl vocalizations in such close proximity! I 
> feel very fortunate!!
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl

2015-06-22 Thread Donna Scott 
That is so cool you can see the outline of the owl in the top of the Spruce 
Tree in your image!

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donna Scott

 On Jun 22, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu 
 wrote:
 PS: Yesterday around 5.00 am there was a Great Horned Owl calling from 
 Strawberry Hills woods.
 
 On Friday night when I got home at 10:30pm, a Great Horned Owl was hooting 
 away atop a spruce tree right outside my house in Commonland. I got some 
 video with my infrared camera (including two bouts of hooting in the audio):
 
   https://www.flickr.com/photos/50094151@N03/18867923880/
 
 Remarkably, even though it was pretty cool then (felt around 60, airport 
 reading 55), the bird did not register warmer than the spruce tree! ... 
 except for the facial disc and undertail area.
 
 It was dark and I could not see it visually, despite its proximity. The owl 
 seemed confident in its invisibility and paid me no heed, that is until I 
 started making squeaky noises to get it to look down at me. It finally took 
 off when I sneezed.
 
 Suan
 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course

2015-03-24 Thread Barbara Bauer 
I think the nest and owl can be seen from Cass Park too - from the backstop 
labelled B2, on the field between the skating rink and the inlet, look directly 
east. There's a group of three or four conifers, and then one conifer alone 
just to the right of the group. Behind that conifer is a reddish tree, and 
behind THAT tree is a taller tree.  The nest is high and a little to the right. 
 There's a white house on the hillside above it a little to the left.  

This is based on a binocular view, though, so salt is indicated.


 On Mar 24, 2015, at 2:47 PM, Donna Scott dls...@me.com wrote:
 
 Newman -Ithaca City golf cs. 
 Good way to see nest w/o getting in way of traffic or driving on grass: turn 
 off Willow, right onto Pier. Take immediate left onto dirt rd. 
 Drive behind BROWN utility bldg and park facing small assortment of carts  
 lawn grader, etc. 
 look over long handle of orange rusty thing, up into trees to NW. 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 Donna Scott
 
 On Mar 24, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote:
 
 Which Golf Course?
  
 From: bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Steckler
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course
  
 great views of Owl high up in tree
 Grounds keeper asks that you not park on grass
 Carl
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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course

2015-03-24 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal 
Which Golf Course?

From: bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Steckler
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course

great views of Owl high up in tree
Grounds keeper asks that you not park on grass
Carl
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course

2015-03-24 Thread Donna Scott 
Newman -Ithaca City golf cs. 
Good way to see nest w/o getting in way of traffic or driving on grass: turn 
off Willow, right onto Pier. Take immediate left onto dirt rd. 
Drive behind BROWN utility bldg and park facing small assortment of carts  
lawn grader, etc. 
look over long handle of orange rusty thing, up into trees to NW. 

Sent from my iPhone
Donna Scott

On Mar 24, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Meena Madhav Haribal m...@cornell.edu wrote:

 Which Golf Course?
  
 From: bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
 [mailto:bounce-118975208-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Steckler
 Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:30 PM
 To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
 Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course
  
 great views of Owl high up in tree
 Grounds keeper asks that you not park on grass
 Carl
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Re:[cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl Golf Course

2015-03-24 Thread CFSchmitt 
Donna,
Thanks for very exacting directions.   That's always a big help.
   Lovely owl soaking up the sunshine in an old Red-tail nest, easy to see 
through the group of bare trees, northwest from the parking lot.
Carol S.


Newman -Ithaca City golf cs. 

Good way to see nest w/o getting in way of traffic or driving on grass: 
turn off Willow, right onto Pier. Take immediate left onto dirt rd. 

Drive behind BROWN utility bldg and park facing small assortment of carts  
lawn grader, etc. 

look over long handle of orange rusty thing, up into trees to NW. 

Sent from my iPhone
Donna Scott

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Great Horned Owl, Palmer Woods

2014-04-28 Thread Ann Mitchell 
Linda Clougherty and I heard 2 spontaneously singing at Park Preserve. Really 
cool!

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 On Apr 28, 2014, at 3:59 PM, David Weber weberbird...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Hi all,
 
 The GHOW has returned to its roost at Palmer/Jessup Woods on north campus.  
 He is currently in a small pine behind the row of tamaracks, which is up the 
 hill from A-lot and to the right.
 
 Although it looks like it is fenced off, the wooden fence is still part of 
 Palmer Woods.
 
 Just follow the crows!
 
 Good birding,
 David Weber
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