I may have traveled the same route as Jay this morning. Got to watch Cayuga Vista Shrike as it repeatedly dove at a small bird which was successfully eluding it through low shrubs behind the Excelsior Systems building. Missed the Pipits at Myers, but watched a Herring Gull fly through the park away from the spit with a 7-8" fish - leisurely eating it amongst a group of mallards down by the lighthouse. Heading east along 34B we turned south on Collins Rd where a male Northern Harrier swept back and forth over the field. He appeared to have only one leg and spent about a minute on the ground each time he dove towards movement in patches of snow/grass. He finally flew off as activity started at the back edge of the field where 8 Turkey Vultures left their roost and a red-tailed hawk was flushed out of some pines. Stewart Park was quiet by the time we arrived at noon. Repeated attempts to find the N. Shrike on Cherry Rd were fruitless (morning and afternoon).
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