Feeling the need to make sure my car battery doesn't drain due to
inactivity, Diana and I drove up to Long Point State Park and back early
this afternoon. It was not very birdy other than a lot of AMERICAN CROWS,
RED-TAILED HAWKS and CANADA GEESE.
Myers: RING-BILLED, GREAT BLACK-BACKED and
To make sure my binoculars weren't too rusty after all the rain in
Florida, I went out for a little birding this afternoon. Highlights:
Myers: COMMON LOON and half a dozen hunters
East Shore Drive: fly-over NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
East Shore Park: 7 HORNED GREBES to the NW, between the park and
To make sure that my brain is not rusting along with my skis ( ;-)) and of
course my car too, now that I don't have to drive it to work, I took a five
mile ski route of South Ithaca recreation way.
Most of the part it was very quiet except as I reached the south edge where
there are houses
My wife and I got a great look at a short-eared owl
from Route 31 near the potato building in the mucklands,
Savannah, NY today (Sunday 1/10).
The bird was perched on a guard rail and remained for
quite some time! Got a nice photo... link is below.
Shannon and I made a few stops late this AM into very early afternoon.
Birds of note were as follows:
Myers Point and surrounding area (11AM-11:45) 7 HORNED GREBES close to the
western side of the lake straight out from the point. (Probably the same
Bob saw later this afternoon), 1 COMMON LOON
It was a digiscoped image using my Swarovski ATM-65 HD spotting scope and just
a simple Kodak digital camera. Not the best camera...but it works. I did use a
camera mount on my scope which helped steady the image and I varied the
lighting from 0.0 to 2.0 taking many shots. The one I posted was
A mid-day stop at Stewart Park on Saturday was brutal and bleak -- I
could only make out the most obvious common birds along the lumpy ice
edge and very choppy lake. I did spot an immature BALD EAGLE (so not
one of the two that's been around), which stooped down to the center
of the lake and
