In anticipation of participating in the DEC raptor survey this season again,
Mary Jean, Phil and I scouted a couple of locations for raptors yesterday
afternoon. We spent a bit of time at Neal Rd (Lodi) and didn't see anything.
It was early in the afternoon and still too bright when we arrived to expect to
see short ears. But we didn't even see a northern harrier.
We then drove to Dean Rd, also Lodi. We arrived about 4:25 and immediately saw
two Harriers, a female and a male. They were mainly flying over the fields on
the south side of the road. Soon we saw a second male. The numbers gradually
increased and then there were 7 harassing a large bird in a tree at the south
edge of the field to the south of the road. And they were vocalizing. Without
a scope we couldn't confirm what bird they were harassing, but we think it was
a great horned owl. We did not see any short eared owls.
None of us had seen that many harriers at once before.
Best,
Marty
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Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu
8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467
Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315
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