[cayugabirds-l] Possible Snowy Owls?

2015-02-16 Thread Donna Lee Scott 
Friends who live on the north end of Scofield Rd., Lansing, where we have all 
seen the Short Eared Owls, are fairly sure that Rick saw 2 SNOWY OWLS flying 
over the fields on Saturday before the storm. It was late afternoon. I asked 
them to compare Snowy Owls with Short Eared Owls.

Their description:
We looked up short eared owls and Rick is 99% sure he saw a snowy.  Really 
white, with a big wing span.  Big freakin owl hunting in the day says Rick.  
It was the size of a great horned owl.

Marlaine has taken SFO  and says that Rick frequently consults their bird 
guides when he sees birds he is not sure about. They are very outdoorsy people 
and regularly see a Great Horned Owl in their back yard woods.

Donna Scott
Lansing, NY

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[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

2015-02-16 Thread Joseph Brin 
RBA *  New York*  Syracuse* February 16, 2015*  NYSY  02. 16. 15 Hotline: 
Syracuse Rare bird AlertDates(s):February 09, 2015 - February 16, 2015to report 
by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.comcovering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, 
Montezuma National Wildlife Refugeand Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just 
outside Cayuga County),Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer,  
Madison  Cortlandcompiled: February 16 AT 4:00 p.m. (EST)compiler: Joseph 
BrinOnondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org  #430 Monday February 
16, 2015 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of 
February 09, 2014 Highlights:---
RED-NECKED GREBETRUMPETER SWANBARROW’S GOLDENEYENORTHERN HARRIERGOLDEN EAGLE 
ICELAND GULLGLAUCOUS GULLSNOWY OWLLONG-EARED OWLSHORT-EARED OWLNORTHERN 
SHRIKEHERMIT THRUSHEVENING GROSBEAKEASTERN TOWHEECHIPPING SPARROWHOARY REDPOLL





Montezuma National Wildlife Complex (MNWC) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex 
(MWC)
     2/11: A NORTHERN HARRIER was spotted at East Road.

Onondaga county
     2/10: A SNOWY OWL was seen at Hancock Airport. A LONG-EARED OWL was found 
on the Creekwalk north of Hiawatha Boulevard.     2/12: 2 TRUMPETER SWANS 
remain in the Seneca River in Baldwinsville in the open water downriver of the 
bridge.     2/13: A SNOWY OWL was again seen at Hancock Airport.     2/14: 
ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS in all ages were seen near the falls on the Seneca 
River in Baldwinsville. A HERMIT THRUSH continues at Carpenter’s Brook Fish 
Hatchery near Elbridge.     2/15: A CHIPPING SPARROW continues at a feeder in 
Skaneateles.

Madison County
     2/10: A SNOWY OWL was found near the Fenner Wind Farm.     2/15: EVENING 
GROSBEAKS continue at a feedr on Carpenter Road near Sheds.

Oswego County
     2/11: The female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE in the Oswego River down river of the 
bridge in Phoenix.     2/14: A female EASTERN TOWHEE was again seen at a feeder 
on Marsden Drive near Mexico Point. A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen in Oneida Lake 
at Brewerton. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on Peter Scott Road north of Phoenix

Oneida County
     2/12: A GOLDEN EAGLE was spotted in Waterville.

Herkimer County
     2/13: 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at a feeder near Rt. 28 where the 
Moose River crosses.

Jefferson County
     2/9: An EASTERN TOWHEE was seen on Maxon Lane north of Adams.     2/11: A 
HOARY REDPOLL was seen at Fort Drum.     2/13: A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen at 
the Point Peninsula Bird Conservation Area.     2/15: 4 SNOWY OWLS were seen in 
the Town of Lyme north of Rt. 12E.
        
       
     
     --  end report


Joseph BrinRegion 5Baldwinsville, N.Y.  13027  U.S.A.  

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[cayugabirds-l] Grebe fallout?

2015-02-16 Thread Bill Evans 
Ice cover on Lake Erie was at 93% yesterday. With a cold week and lower wind 
speeds in the forecast, perhaps some waterfowl be forced aloft in search of 
open water.  

http://www.cleveland.com/weather/blog/index.ssf/2015/02/ice_cover_on_lake_erie_expands.html

Bill E
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