For the first time since February, we saw an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL today in our nest box on Simsbury Drive in northeast Ithaca. Much jubilant leaping and whooping has ensued. Still, I am trying to be guarded in my hopes that we will have a fourth consecutive winter with an owl in the box, as the last owl occupant was ousted prematurely by a couple of squirrels.
Yesterday my son and I saw a new yard bird -- a COMMON RAVEN heard calling and seen soaring in slow circles right above our driveway, close enough for us to plainly confirm the wedge-shaped tail without magnification. Finally, I'll note that I saw 30+ GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS along the East Trail in Sapsucker Woods on Thursday and a FOX SPARROW at the Freese Road gardens on Wednesday. I got only a brief, frustrating look at the latter bird as it flushed from the northwestern corner of the plots and flew north along the tree line and out of sight. Mark -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
