Our daughter, Becky Sewell, again took a friend to Roch. today. She had Lisa call about 40 minutes ago on their way west to say she had seen the SNOWY in the same place but a bit lower in the tree than yesterday. Becky & Lisa plan to get off the Thruway on their return trip to try to get closer to the owl by the log house.
I returned today to try to find the owner of the Frontenac Harbor to ask permission to walk there to look for birds. Didn't find anyone. In my 2.10.12 post I called it Frontenac Marine. Sorry. Senior moment! Today at Frontenac Park was a raft of perhaps 500 redheads. At the outlet stream from Factory St. pond were well over 100 mallards in the shallows. Only once in our 20 winters here have I seen the lake level this low. Normally we would have a lot of snow melt & the mid-winter rains to keep it higher. Factory St. pond has been devoid of feathers for the past wk. with the exception of one gadwall last wk.. No screechie. Buffles & redheads are on Mill pond with an occasional gadwall. Didn't have time to go north to look for the many swans & large rafts of ducks seen last wk.. Canadas & snows are flying in every direction so maybe late goose season has started & that's why so many mallards are here. I just saw about a doz. DE Juncoes under the feeders & in the grass around the garden. Mocker (mocking bird) is defending his territory. We've had the 7 member crow family all winter, checking to see what goodies I throw on the garden. Fritzie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
