The ground is still mostly snow-covered here in the wooded hills above West Danby, but I just heard a Ruffed Grouse drumming down in the ravine below my house.
The day before yesterday, while at work in my shop, I heard scrabbling noises under the eaves, lighter than squirrels, and differently patterned than a rummaging titmouse or a Carolina Wren. I looked out the glass in time to see a small weasel (short-tailed female ermine?) come around the corner and up the handrail, to within three feet of me. Tradition says "bad luck", but I was thrilled to see this ferociously cute little predator out on the prowl! -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ --
