As of 7:55AM Snowy Owl, presumably the same one David Diaz spotted yesterday, is back near the same spot. Just now it was silhouetted against the ridgeline quite far from the road, but beautifully illuminated by the sun. Incidentally, I saw what I again presume was the same bird back on Dec. 3 in this area--it appeared to have substantial dark coloration then, but it was too far away to tell with my small binoculars today. I have heard through the grapevine that a Snowy was seen in this area in past years as well, so perhaps this is the bird's vacation spot, so to speak.
Daniel Graham Tburg Subject: Snowy owl- OOB From: David Diaz <dmdiaz73 AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:27:18 -0500 Snowy owl on rt96A and Larsen Road, south of Geneva. About 250' from rt96A. Google maps pin attached... Dropped Pin near 3631-3799 New York 96A, Geneva, NY 14456 http://goo.gl/maps/HvkLj David Diaz Tburg, NY Sent from David's iPhone -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
