Happy New Year everyone!
It's worthwhile noting that Short-eared Owls seem rather abundant this year and
it may be beneficial scouting large fallow fields during evening Civil
Twilight—when the birds begin to forage.
January 1st, shortly after 5pm, there was a single foraging SHORT-EARED OWL
Hello All and Happy New Year!
On the early morning walk today I saw 100's of Snow Geese flying northwest over
the Lake and Lansing. I posted a photo and video on my Instagram page
(@patlmcd) if you would like to see them; I have never seen this many flying
overhead.
Have a great day and get
Hi Paul (& All),
My review of Tompkins County eBird reports shows these additional Count Week
species:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on January 2, seen from Stewart Park by Kevin Packard, Tom
Auer, and Lukas Levine.
HORNED LARK on January 3 on Mt Pleasant, observed by Tom Auer.
SNOW BUNTING on
This would be a count week bird, as that was recorded 1/3.
I'd been hearing it every few days, but have not been keeping track of
which days.
Suan
On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM Kenneth V. Rosenberg wrote:
>
> Wow sure sounds like Long-eared Owl to me.
>
> Ken
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On
Wow sure sounds like Long-eared Owl to me.
Ken
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 5, 2024, at 5:37 PM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote:
>
> I have been hearing some mystery hoots from the woods of Six-mile
> Creek off of Commonland. Can anyone identify the source? Dare I wonder
> if it might be a Long-eared
I have been hearing some mystery hoots from the woods of Six-mile
Creek off of Commonland. Can anyone identify the source? Dare I wonder
if it might be a Long-eared Owl?
https://youtu.be/0byLaJ5eks0
These occurred as single hoots, with gaps of 12-20 seconds between them.
The recordings were
