On Mon. 4 Feb. 2019:
Kathy Strickland & I were thrilled to see & hear several hundred
long-tailed ducks on the Oswego River. For the first time ever, thanks
to my hearing aid, I heard them to me they sounded like loud peep
frogs or tree toads. For a long time I didn't know what the sound
Next Monday, February 11, will be the next monthly meeting of the Cayuga Bird
Club.
Ian Davies, eBird Project Coordinator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will
be giving his presentation, "NY Breeding Bird Atlas III". In 2020, birders
across New York will embark on the state's third breeding
Gray, mid-afternoon: 5 Feb. 2019 ...
Daughter, Becky & I counted 4 adult bald eagles & 8 immatures. One adult
was on the nest at the mouth of the Seneca R./canal & others were in
trees near Mud Lock. Immatures, except for 3 in trees, were either
flying or sitting on the ice with swans &
Acc. To Chris whom I saw inside CLO just now. No report on where it went.
Donna Scott
Lansing
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Barred Owl still in same pine tree, dozing but looking down at me now & then.
Wish I had brought hiking stick for slippery path! Other "oldsters" may want to
bring one!
Donna Scott
Lansing
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On Feb 5, 2019, at 10:30 AM, Chris R. Pelkie
mailto:chris.pel...@cornell.edu>> wrote:
At about 10:10am today, the BARRED OWL reported by Mark and Bob is still
sitting in the lone pine by the Sapsucker Woods Wilson Trail shelter.
Easily spotted approaching from the East as it is on the 2nd big needled branch
up from ground on South side of tree, 2’ from trunk.
Harder to see
Some more information if you are interested - this article appeared in Life
in the Finger Lakes magazine and talks about that was believed to be the last
known pair of Bald Eagles (before the recovery program) in New York in 1965. It
was discovered by Tom Rauber, a Rochester Telephone
Author Darryl McGrath wrote an interesting book a few years ago about the
successful efforts to reintroduce Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons in New York
State. Here's a link:
https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Paths-Heartbreak-Miracles-Excelsior/dp/1438459262
Flight Paths: A Field Journal of Hope,
