On the way home from the Cayuga Bird Club meeting this evening, we saw a saw-whet owl. It was standing in the middle of Rt. 89, about mid-way between the Pines Restaurant and Cayuga Nature Center, near 1283 Rt. 89. I avoided hitting it, swerving around it, and then turned around and drove back to find it still in the middle of the road. As I pulled up next to it, it stayed there, until I opened the door, when it flew off. I again turned the car around and found it perched in a tree beside the road, where we watched it for about 10 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas why the owl would be in the middle of the road?
What a wonderful chance sighting. Marty ====================================== Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 ====================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
