I decided to take advantage of the mild weather yesterday and do
some birding at the northern end of the lake. The highlight was a huge
numbers of Aythya ducks and swans at the north end of the
lake from Harris Park north, with lots of Common Mergansers mixed
in. The
I had a couple interesting sightings during my morning walk along Mt.
Pleasant Rd. today. First was 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (1 light, 1 dark) that
appeared flying low from the south. They seemed to be together, showed no
inclination to hang around, and disappeared over the trees to the north.
Don’t know if owls and crows really think like this, but it would be a shame if
they didn’t!! Dave, you should write a book.
Jody Enck
From: nutter.d...@me.com
Sent: February 16, 2013 12:21 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Crows mobbing Great Horned Owl on nest
I
Right--and come mid-April, some person might just pick up a partly eaten,
headless, tagged female crow under her nest and think...it was her first
nest--what a short life, only 5 years, her nestlings gone, too! She could have
had 6 more years at least, or more.
Boredom probably doesn't
