At the corner of Hammond Hill and Irish Settlement, after spending the
early part of the morning birding Star Stanton and Hammond Hill Rds, I
stopped the at the corner after hearing what I thought could have been
an Evening Grosbeak. Got out of the car in time to hear it clearly
as it flew
On Lick St. (Summerhill) by the triangular gas pipe on the East side in
the spruce trees. Flock of about 20-30. 10:30 AM
Also if someone finds a Nikon point and shoot camera in that area let me
know, Meg lost her's.
Carl Steckler
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For those who fought for it,
Freedom has a flavor the
Checked out the hole at Sweazey Road at 2pm, no screech owl, but when I first
approached I thought I saw the corner of some being peek out the hole then
disappear back into the depths. I waited around for a few minutes but it did
not reemerge. So, to the question of where else the owl may be
Just before 5 we had a flyover flock of nearly 300 robins here in Etna.
Our local backyard sharp-shinned hawk seemed to be following them just above
the treetops in our yard and continuing across the field south of us (he
usually just skulks about and nabs our neighbor's homing pigeons).
No Screech Owl in sight at Sweazey Rd at 3:30 PM either. Still in basement?!
At 4:20 PM or so, ~six cars of owlers showed up at the intersection of Wycoff
and Rock River Rds. in Ovid and drove up and down looking for the Snowy and the
Short Eared Owls.
It was darkly cloudy and blustery and as
