[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl: Ithaca Tompkins Airport

2024-01-05 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes
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

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2023-01-02 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Reported in field below/west of Long Pt Winery, just off NY Rt 90, south of Aurora. Yesterday 1/1/23. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl for count week

2022-01-04 Thread Colleen Richards
Just noted a report from Area 1 counters (Bryan & Jessie Gorges) that they had a Short-eared Owl just inside the circle at Cobb/Pleasant Valley early Monday evening.It just hadn't appeared on count day. Colleen Richards Choose to be

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl?

2021-11-01 Thread Daniel Graham
Should have reported this earlier but on 10/23 at around 6:30pm I saw a bird consistent with SHORT-EARED OWL on Townsendville Rd. near Fox Rd. in Lodi, an area where they are seen in winter. It was late dusk so I couldn't see coloration but it was the right size, lithe and bulky. I think worth

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl Trip

2017-12-14 Thread Ann Mitchell
Hi everyone, I am leading a Short-eared Owl Trip this Saturday. We will meet at the Lab of Ornithology parking lot at 3:00 pm to carpool and returning somewhere around 6:00pm. Please dress for the weather. See you Saturday! You can reach me at annmitchel...@gmail.com or 607-220-8448 for

[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl

2017-01-29 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Having been unable to attend CBC field trip Sat morn, I was able to drive around N Lansing/S Cay. County looking for larks & buntings etc. late afternoon Sat. Mostly struck out, seeing only a couple RT Hawks, a few CA Geese & 1 MODO! (& a few chickens). At dusk I ended up well east of Aurora

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl CBC Field Trip

2016-12-10 Thread Ann Mitchell
We saw three, maybe four on Lake Road near the Long Point Winery this evening after a snow squall. Ann Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl Trip

2015-12-10 Thread Ann Mitchell
Hi everyone, I am leading a Cayuga Bird Club trip for Short-eared Owls this Saturday, December 12th from 3:00 until dark. We will be meeting at the Lab of Ornithology parking lot to carpool. Dress warmly. You don't have to be a member of the bird club to participate. Hopefully, we will see an owl

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2015-12-06 Thread Geo Kloppel
Yes, that location is in the Cayuga basin. -Geo On Dec 6, 2015, at 7:11 PM, M & K Mannella wrote: > This evening I went searching for SHORT-EARED OWLS in an area where I thought > had potentially good habitat. I did see one at sunset (which was awesome this > evening)

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2015-12-06 Thread M & K Mannella
This evening I went searching for SHORT-EARED OWLS in an area where I thought had potentially good habitat. I did see one at sunset (which was awesome this evening) in the field across from this address: 9554–9558 Townsendville Rd in Interlaken. This is the same area where I frequently saw a

[cayugabirds-l] short-eared owl

2015-03-09 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
The owl: this evening at 5:45, just south of Long Point Orchard, Rt 90, Ledyard. Geese eagerly eating newly exposed grass along the roadside in Aurora. Linda Van Buskirk -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2015-01-05 Thread Susan Fast
One SHORT-EARED OWL seen this afternoon next to the Long Point Winery.  It appeared at 1703, light dim and owl did not appear to be troubled by the wind.  Disappeared in 5 minutes. Steve FastBrooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2014-12-13 Thread Michael Czarnecki
Saw a Short-eared Owl on Wheeler Hill, Avoca, NY this afternoon. First of season. -- *** www.foothillspublishing.com/poetguy www.foothillspublishing.com/Photography www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Czarnecki/1575191103 www.foothillspublishing.com/48states Never Stop

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl

2014-11-01 Thread bmcguire
Walking back from the mailbox this morning, I had a Short-eared Owl fly low across the field in front of me. It landed briefly in a hedgerow until chased back up by crows. The crows proceeded to escort it higher and higher until it finally disappeared into the overhanging clouds to the south.

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl on Bluegrass Lane (northeast Ithaca)

2014-10-29 Thread Tom Schulenberg
Marshall Iliff, Ken Rosenberg, and I had a Short-eared Owl again this evening over the field of tall switchgrass on Bluegrass Lane. This is the first report from Bluegrass (that I know of) since Ken had a SEOW here last Friday, but I don't know how many times it's been looked for since then.

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl ballet

2014-01-10 Thread Caro
Went to see the SE Owl show at Long Point Winery this evening. There were at least six birds active. One had a run-in with a female Northern Harrier in the air--perhaps a vole ownership dispute. This was my second time seeing this particular show in my life and I recommend it highly. The birds

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2013-11-28 Thread M K Mannella
We were surprised to see the shirt-eared owl hunting again but this time even earlier--at 2:00 in the afternoon. Beautifully underlit from the snow against the bright blue sky. Nice thanksgiving treat! Michele Interlaken :Ovid Sent from miPhone @ The Hayward House BB www.thehaywardhouse.com and

[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl-ovid

2013-11-24 Thread M K Mannella
At 3:25 this afternoon while sitting at the kitchen table, a movement outside caught my eye. It was a SHORT EARED OWL hunting in the pasture next to my house (hall road) on the south side. We got great views of it hunting (tho a little blurry thru my husbands bins since mine are on their way

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl

2013-04-04 Thread bob mcguire
Much to my surprise, there was a Short-eared Owl perched on a fence post along my driveway as I headed out this noon. It sat there calmly while I took pictures from about 30m away. Eventually it dropped to the ground and remained there until I flushed it several hours later when going to

[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl

2013-03-15 Thread Donna Scott
1 SHORT EARED OWL well after sunset on Carncross Rd., near the berm and the new bridge to Howland Island. After viewing the 100s of thousands of SNOW GEESE at Cayuga Lake State Park, after my sister left to return to Fairport, I drove north to Carncross Rd. to see if I could find a Short Eared

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl @ Morgan road

2013-03-08 Thread Gian Dodici
Based on intelligence I received from Mark Chao, I stopped by the DEC facility on Morgan Road, just north of Savannah, yesterday in hopes of seeing short-eared owls. Unfortunately, I did not make it up there until 6:20 (Mark reported them being active up to an hour before sunset) but was

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl

2013-01-26 Thread Christopher Wood
Flying around north end of Schofield rd. (Lansing). Came out at 5:38pm. Chris Wood -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl, Ithaca Airport

2013-01-26 Thread Jay McGowan
Just had a SHORT-EARED OWL foraging around over the fields at the Ithaca Airport viewed from halfway down Snyder Road. I first spotted it perched on a small pole in the field. It changed poles twice, soared around a bit, then headed off across the road into the woods. This was at about

[cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl freese road

2012-04-15 Thread daven1024
Saw for 5 to 10 minutes flying low around freese road. Awesome views for SFO group. Bird then eventually took off and flew north. No vesper sparrow today here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl freese road

2012-04-15 Thread daven1024
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Short eared owl freese road Saw for 5 to 10 minutes flying low around freese road. Awesome views for SFO group. Bird then eventually took off and flew north. No vesper sparrow today here. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl in Ovid, different location

2012-02-28 Thread Marty Schlabach
This evening about 6pm I saw one short-eared owl on co rd 139, just west of rt 96, also known as Happy Landing. I had just turned onto co rd 139 heading west and saw a large bird fly over the road ahead of me. I pulled over and had good views over the fields on the south side of the road for

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl Trip

2011-12-10 Thread Ann Mitchell
On a very cold, blustery day seventeen brave people, six being members of the Cornell Student Bird Club, joined me in search of Short-eared Owls. Because we started at 3:00 P.M. we had at least two hours before sunset. We carpooled to Myers Point. It was extremely windy with high waves to see

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owl, Myers Pt.

2011-11-10 Thread Tim Lenz
Jeff Gerbracht and I had a Short-eared Owl at Myers this afternoon. When we left it was sitting halfway up a tall spruce tree at the north end of the Marina. Although the tree itself is on private property, the bird was visible from the Marina.

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2011-03-31 Thread RICHARD JILL WOOD
shopping in Salt Lake City. Good birding, Richard From: geoklop...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:29:37 -0400 To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu That's right, the yard list is the exception. For most geographical entities, whether abstract

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2011-03-30 Thread M K Mannella
Last night just before dark we had a SHORT-EARED OWL make a couple of circles around the house. (does that count as a yard bird or does it have to actually land to be counted?) Michele Interlaken/Ovid Sent from miPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2011-03-30 Thread Dave Nutter
A yard bird is anything you identify by hearing or seeing it while you are on your property. The bird can be as far as you can see or hear. Congratulations.--Dave NutterOn Mar 30, 2011, at 04:03 AM, M K Mannella mkmanne...@gmail.com wrote:Last night just before dark we had a SHORT-EARED OWL make

[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared owl

2010-12-09 Thread Marty Schlabach
Mary Jean, Phil and I saw one short-eared owl along center road near co. rd. 129 in the town of Ovid, yesterday, December 8, about 5pm. We drove several roads in the general area and saw several northern harriers, but no additional owls. Best, Marty ==