I found the lone Snowy about 3:45 p.m. right where Gary saw it, confirmed
by Kathy Strickland & my daughter, Becky. I saw it first from the first
driveway to the dike next to the muck on the east end. I drove to the potato
bldg. where we still saw it but lighting was poor & it was too far away to
see well. We saw the sandhills, well camo'd unless they flew, as they did
several times. Swans were a delight. Lots of hunters everywhere. Lots of
waterfowl, too, as Gary has mentioned. No snow geese.
At Knox-Marcellus we had a rough-leg hawk hovering right out in front of us.
Never had such a close, clear view with the back-lighting giving us bold
coloring as it faced us.
Brush-hog crew has cut most of the brush & trees along River (?) Rd. between
the curve & Mud Lock. We saw both adult bald eagles in a tree north of the
nest tree. They were still there when we came back through 2 hrs. later.
Much better viewing with the trees gone along the lake side. Saw hooded
mergs at the lock & more down the river swimming alongside a big tree that
was floating northward!
At Kathy's we saw a couple brilliantly colored, male bluebirds & on West
Genesee, west of Half Acre, saw lots of robins.
Fritzie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Kohlenberg" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 9:29 PM
After much scanning I did find one Snowy Owl sitting in the corn at the far
north side of the fields about center. It was partially hidden and hard to
see so it's possible others were still there although I couldn't find
another one. With constant shooting most of the waterfowl were bunched up at
the east and west sides of the fields. I could see nine Sandhill Cranes, but
again they were partially hidden in the grass and tough to see. I didn't
find any unusual Gulls or Geese. The Tundra Swan and Mallard numbers very
were impressive.
Gary
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