While we have often seen SNOW BUNTINGS from the yard, this morning we had one we could see from the kitchen window near the patio. It stuck around to pick the droppings from under the feeders. This a first of year for us and a new yard bird. Quite a pretty little bird.
Yesterday while looking about for snowy owls in Varick (none seen) on my return home I saw a male RINGNECKED PHEASANT on Center Road in Ovid between Rock River and CR 129. He was walking somewhat cautiously across a flat field of deep snow with his tail feathers blowing in the wind-- a beautiful and regal splash of color in an otherwise black and white environment. Michele Ovid / Interlaken ---------------------------------- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com ---------------------------------- -- 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/ --
