We had an interesting experience last night. John Confer led an “owing trip” for the CBC. Our first stop was Wood Road north where it is broken by a stream crossing. John tried unsuccessfully for saw-whet, screech, and then great horned owls - we have had some of them at that location in past years. As is got dark, Suan pulled out his infared camera and began scanning the woods for “warm bodies”. What he picked up was amazing! A RUFFED GROUSE perched high in a tree (probably poplar - probably feeding on the new buds or the catkins). We then listened to several woodcocks penning and then follow one of them (on the camera screen) as it took of, flew its loops, then settled to the ground again. What an asset that camera is for night-time birding!
The only owl we were able to find was a saw-whet that gave a short response call to playback at the bottom of Star Stanton Road. Bob McGuire -- 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/ --
