I took a quick trip to Van Dyne Spoor Rd near sunset last evening in search of Short-eared Owls, with no luck. But I did see a few raptors:
1 Red-tailed Hawk patrolling the forest edge 1 Northern Harrier hunting out over the fields between Rt 31 and VDS Rd a single Rough-legged Hawk making a beeline northward just before 6 PM, no doubt headed to its night roost 2 adult Bald Eagles sitting on the nest along the western forest edge visible from both the potato building and VDS Rd (at least for now) and 1 honorary raptor - I missed the action, but I turned around just in time to watch a Northern Shrike flying away with what I assume was one of theTree Sparrows that were feeding in the shrubs. Mickey Mickey Scilingo North Syracuse Onondaga County, NY mickey.scili...@gte.net 315-679-6299 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
