Cayuga Bird Club field trip tomorrow, Sunday, will be for short-eared owls in Ovid. They have been hard to come by this year, but we'll give it a try. Mary Jean and I did some scouting on Friday and found one roosting in evergreens along Rock River Road near Wycoff Road. On other previous attempts over the last couple of months, we have often come up empty, and saw at most, just one.
And no, the Rufous Hummingbird is no longer coming to our feeder!! Other
birds seen yesterday and today in that general area included horned larks, snow
buntings, red-tailed hawks, and kestrels.
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Leader: Marty Schlabach, Mary Jean Welser, and Michele Mannella.
This trip will start at Marty and Mary Jean's home on Powell Road in Covert and
will carpool to the area around the intersection of Wycoff Road and Rock River
Road in Ovid. The group will look for whatever can be found until it gets dark
enough for Shorteared Owls to appear. Bring a spotting scope, if you have one,
in case the owls are far off the road.
Directions to Marty and Mary Jean's place: From Ithaca, take Route 89 north.
After the Cayuga Creamery (all birders know where that is!), take the first
left onto County Road 141. Then take the next left onto Powell Road. Their
house is the first one on the left, and number 8407 is on the mailbox. Contact
Marty at (315) 521-4315 with any questions.
3:00pm until 6:00pm
8407 Powell Road, Covert, NY
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Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu
8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467
Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315
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