Mary Jean called me 3 times today, all in the neighborhood of 5pm. First she and Emma, our 3 year old granddaughter, saw 3 short-eared owls on Wycoff Rd just west of Rock River Rd. Then minutes later 2 owls on Wycoff Rd just east of Rock River Rd, followed by 1 near the intersection of Wycoff Rd and Hall Rd.
These are essentially the first sightings of the season in that area where we've been regularly seeing them in recent years. We and several others have checked the area numerous times over the last couple of months without any sightings. Could there be a correlation between the arrival of winter and the arrival of the short-ears? Marty ====================================== Marty Schlabach [email protected] 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 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/ --
