No sign of the owl on the ice so far this morning. On Jan 18, 2014 8:26 PM, "Kenneth V. Rosenberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had gone down to Stewart Park initially to look through the afternoon > concentration of gulls, but when I arrived about 4:25 there was a > parasailer and his dog on the ice at the east end, and I could see that > there wasn't a single bird on the ice shelf. I almost didn't even get out > of the car, but when I did I could hear exited wails from a group of GREAT > BLACK-BACKED GULLS that were mobbing something at the edge of the ice. At > first I thought it was a Bald Eagle, with white head and mottled body, but > soon realized it was a SNOWY OWL! > > I don't know if the owl was keeping all the other birds from the ice or > if it was previous disturbance from the sailor and his dog -- I could see a > large raft of gulls very far out in the lake, and could only make out the > Great Black-backs in that raft. > > The OWL was awesome though -- surprisingly the first that I know of at > Stewart Park, and long overdue. As Jay describes in the next post, we > watched the owl fly across the lake to just north of East Shore Park, and > when we zipped up there to tick it on our East Shore Park Hotspot list, we > watched it fly back, low over the lake, to its original spot on the ice > edge. > > I hope it sticks around for more to see tomorrow. > > KEN > > > Ken Rosenberg > Conservation Science Program > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 607-254-2412 > 607-342-4594 (cell) > [email protected] > > On Jan 18, 2014, at 8:03 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The SNOWY OWL was still present between 5:00 and 5:06pm when I scoped it > from north of Treman Marina, but it was gone by 5:35pm when I returned from > checking the lake. It was a dark, heavily barred bird, a conspicuous lump > on the ice (and a prize Luddite List bird for me - Thanks, Ken!). Maybe the > late hour was a factor, but I thought it was telling that I saw no other > birds on the entire ice shelf. Maybe they recognized this rarity as a > predator. I looked around in the dusk from 5:35 to 5:40pm but all I saw was > a fox out on the ice floes which blocked the Inlet between Jetty Woods and > the marina. The Inlet was free of ice elsewhere both upstream (south to at > least the Octopus) and down (along the white lighthouse jetty), and the red > lighthouse breakwater was an island, making it safe (from foxes, anyway) > for the 2 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS which sat preening near the north end. > > --Dave Nutter > > > On Jan 18, 2014, at 04:47 PM, Jay McGowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > A SNOWY OWL is currently on the ice off mid Stewart Park, found by Ken > Rosenberg. > > Jay > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --
