Snowy owl there now. Utility pole corner of fall ck rd and Herman
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I only get the digest so don't know if this has been reported today. At
3:45pm The SNOWY OWL was perched on the same post that I saw her(?) on
Right now perched on fence post in field northwest of Ed Hill Rd X 38.
Ken
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Owl is nw of Ed Hill rd and Fall Creek Rd- 366. Same place as yesterday just
north if Freeville. Sorry.
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Owl now on telephone pole along Fall Creek just east of Ed Hill.
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Right now perched on fence post in field northwest of Ed Hill Rd X 38.
Ken
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Thursday @ 9:45 am. One snowy owl was on rt. 89
between the Montezuma Audubon Center and Savannah on the west side of the road
in one of the few patches of snow left around here.
Thursday @ 9:30 am. Two adult bald eagles at the nest on the north side of 31
Muck (that is the are where the snowy
Still present on Indian Field Rd between first-2nd set of barns on west side of
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Gian Dodici has found a SNOWY OWL in Freeville (Thursday, 4 PM), on a post
in a field on the north side of Fall Creek Road, just past its intersection
with Ed Hill Road and Herman Road.
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Yesterday morning, I decided to take a detour from my regular route to
work, and I turned down Halseyville Road hoping to spot the SNOWY OWLt
examining it for injury,
Michele
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Yesterday morning, I decided to take a detour from my regular route to
work, and I turned down Halseyville Road hoping to spot the Enfield SNOWY
OWL that was recently reported. Just as I approached Iradell Road, I found
a snowy owl lying in the
Cortland County Rt 90, Tamarack Estates. 8:00 am Snowy Owl standing in
development lots. Coming from Homer on Rt 90, Tamarack Estates is a few
miles from 281, and on the right. Drive up into the development and the
bird is in the fields to the right. Thanks to tip from Sophia and Natalia,
young
Snowy Owl 2:19 pm south of G-V town line rd, west of Ind. Fld. Rd. ( unplowed,
dirt rd. , tiny sign town line on tele. Pole. )
Owl on big pile of snow behind 1st house south of town line rd.
Pile of snow north of small red garage type bldg.
best viewed from north side of whitish-lite gray house.
SNOWY OWL, Kuneytown Rd, Fayette township.
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Third pole west of the potato building.
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I just had a call from a friend on Indian Field Road. Their snowy owl has
been sitting on a pole just south (I believe) of the intersection of Indian
Field Road and Poplar Ridge Road (Cayuga County; I'm not sure whether that's in
Venice or Genoa; Indian Field is between 34 and 34B).
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I just had a call from a friend on Indian Field Road
, December 31, 2013 8:16 PM
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Karel Sedlacek and I made our way up there at 1:45 pm and found a Snowy (same
one I suppose) north of that location at the intersection of Indian Field Rd
and Townline Rd. It was perched on top of a telephone pole on the east side
Just found a Snowy Owl on a pole along rte 89 less than one mile north of rtes
5/20.
Saw another at Seneca Falls airport.
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4:30 pm Snowy Owl along route 89,
8/10 of a mile north of the intersection with 5 20
Judy Read
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Just found a SNOWY OWL at the Broome County landfill. It
was being mobbed by crows as it sat on a power pole. The bird
eventually alighted on a smaller post and eventually
on the ground. The bird was too distant for decent photos
but clearly seen in scope on 70X. The bird was heavily barred
so
It would be a great help if people would put the names of towns with the street
names when reporting locations of Snowys. Having it in subject line would be
terrific too. Several times I've been stumped by these reports and when I put
the street name(s) into google maps I found all kinds of
One way to find the locations of Snowy Owls is to sign up for eBird's Rare Bird Alerts, which are available on a county-by-county basis and can be sent hourly as rarities are reported to eBird. The reports include a link to the location, which is a pointer on a Google Map. I prefer to give
By the way, the Lott Farm is on the NE corner of NYS-414 and Martin Road. Martin Road is the southern boundary of Seneca Falls township and the northern boundary of Fayette township. The Lott Farm is known in spring and summer as the most reliable location in our area for Upland Sandpipers as well
I found the Snowy on Martin Rd. today. I called the number for the Lott Farm
and got no response. It may be because of the holidays. I also found the
Snowy on Aunst Rd. on top of the gas well and another on 96a , again on a gas
well. They were great for viewing,but too distant for
Seen on the roof of barn west of the potato building on the opposite side of rt
31 at 4 pm
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Not sure what everyone means by potato building.could you give
location?
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Seen on the roof of barn west of the potato building on the opposite side
of rt 31 at 4 pm
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There's a snowy owl in the field just after the Cortland County sign on
interstate 81N. Maybe a mile or so south of Tully exit. Right side of read,
maybe 100 yards from highway.
David Diaz
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Seybolt Rd. sighting again...in field, on 'gas well' ~100 yards West of
Seybolt and Reese Rd.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/11440371533/
A banded Kestrel nearby...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/11440374753/
On crown of field on West side of Seybolt Rd. straight West from the
intersection of Williamson.
~1/2 mi North of yesterdays sighting.
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Field on West side of Seybolt Rd. ~100 yards South of Kuneytown Rd..
Saw Owl on Seybolt Rd telephone pole for a second before it flew to field.
Photo of bird in flight gives proximity to farm on North side of field.
Snowy owl sitting on a natural gas well near intersection of SR96 and Woodworth
Rd. Few miles south of Geneva.
David Diaz
Trumansburg
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I think that's probably NYS-96A Woodworth Rd, 4 miles west of the Snowy Owl seen for several days at the intersection of NYS-96 and Aunkst Rd, both in the Town of Fayette, which is another 4 miles west of the Snowy Owl at the Finger Lakes Airport on Martin Rd in the Town of Seneca Falls, just a
Good catch on that, yes I meant 96A. My apologies all!
David Diaz
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I think that's probably NYS-96A Woodworth Rd, 4 miles west of the Snowy Owl
seen for several days at the intersection of NYS-96
SNOWY OWL, Aunkst Rd, 1 pole west of 96. town of Fayette.
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Gary. I disagree with your analysis of this situation. JFK airport has been
there for a long time with many winters of Snowy Owl irruptions. It was
mentioned that in earlier years there was an actual expert there who did trap
and relocate. So what happened?
There should have been a non-lethal
Thanks ! The information was very interesting, especially about the birth
order partly determining the degree of whiteness or barring.
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Found by Perri McGowan, I believe.
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Found by Perri McGowan, I believe…
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On roof. Visible from road. Don't block fire dept driveway in case that isn't
obvious. :-). 120 oakcrest dr.
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After about 15-20 minutes the owl flew off the roof of the Lansing Fire Dept.
towards the woods behind BJ's Whole Sale. About 10 people got to see it. Lifers
for some. Kevin (McGowan) got a good shot of the tail bands and thinks it may
be a young male.
If you lost a pair of black gloves near
I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at
http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.
Note, the good photos at the top of that page are from the Syracuse airport two
weekends ago. The local bird is in the poor photos at the bottom.
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Linda Orkin
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I have posted a few photos of the Target Snowy Owl at
http://picasaweb.google.com/101683745969614096883/Winter20132014.
Note, the
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Cool pictures, both sets. Had the local owl caught something there?
Linda Orkin
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, but is
slipped off backwards down the other side. I got that on video.
Kevin
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Flew off just as we arrived.
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On light post in nw corner of parking lot behind target and across fr BJs.
4:45 pm
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Thank-you, everyone, for compiling the information (making) videos, and helping the Port Authority mend their ways. I was "struck" by one irony in the newscast, however. I'm familiar with the term "bird-strike," and I had always considered it as shorthand for the pilot saying, "We've struck a
The other thing that I was thinking about this is that they said planes were
struck by migrating owls. I couldn't imagine how killing owls that had already
arrived could ever solve that problem.
Linda Orkin
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I to applaud the quick activism, but I want to point out that the Port
Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt anyone
losing a loved one in a plane crash would be comforted knowing it was caused by
a cute Snowy Owl instead of the more common Canada Goose. Boston
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Authority's responsibility is safety for planes and passengers. I doubt
Whitney and Tractor saw the owl at 8:40 this evening at the Target and YMCA.
The bird was last seen heading towards BJs.
Hopefully it'll still be in the area tomorrow morning,
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3:15 Snowy Owl 50 yards East of runway Finger Lakes (Seneca Falls) Airport
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This sounds like it may be a Short-eared Owl. Snowy Owls do not have beige or
brown on the wings. The markings are black. This seems to be a great year for
Short-eared Owl and the habitat around King Road looks good for Short-eared.
That would be my best guess.
Chris Wood
On Mar 1, 2013, at
Second hand sighting: Wife Elizabeth said a very large owl, very white with
beige markings evenly spread on wings and back, flew right in front of her
at headlight level last night on E.King Rd. in Ithaca.
She didn't get a good look at the head.
this was well after dark.
Toby
15 Feb. 2012 Wednesday
Our daughter, Becky, saw the SNOWY OWL at the Waterloo Outlet Mall at 4:25 this
afternoon. She was on the Thruway coming home from Rochester, (eastward)ever
watchful!!
Spotted
The Chiropractic College Snowy was gone yesterday. Probably didn't appreciate so
many visitors. Later in the afternoon we were returning on Rte 414 through
Seneca
Falls and spotted a Snowy flying overhead. ran a few side streets trying to
keep up
and eventually lost the youngster over the
Well, she was there about 9:00 am yesterday. She was sitting on the blue
bleachers out near the hedgerow. She was very hard to see from the maintenance
building . She seemed to be nestled inside the bleachers, like where you put
your feet rather than sit.
Carol Keeler
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Shannon and I went with our friend Ellen up to Ovid this AM after getting
the RBA report. As of 10:30 the Snowy Owl was still clearly visible to the
SW of the intersection of Wycoff and Rock River Rds.
Bill
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Mary Jean and I drove along Hall Rd and Wycoff Rd this evening about 4:30pm
hoping to get another look at the short-eared owls that she saw yesterday. We
were disappointed that we did not see them, though we may have been a bit
early. We were, though, treated to a SNOWY OWL on Wycoff Rd, near
No Snowy Owl seen at 10:30 or 2:30 today. Ann
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I am the one who said it has been seen for a week.
The ONLY time I saw it was yesterday 12/31/11.
I said that because I’ve been watching reports posted on this list for “about a
week”.
So please don’t use my “week” as gospel!
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Hi Dave, I put the snowy on ebird Tuesday the day after I took photos. I will
send them to you Chuck Gibson.
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Glad to hear
Snowy Owl at outlet mall at 2PM Jan 1. Seen at the second red roof
structure to the east of the open field that can be seen on the north side
of the mall facing the freeway. If you have trouble, try finding the
security drive in one of the trucks who pointed it out to me.
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The snowy owl is still at the outlet mall. At 9:42 it was perched on the tower
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Glad to hear it's still there!Has anyone input this Snowy Owl into eBird? It hasn't shown up on the map yet.--Dave NutterOn Dec 31, 2011, at 09:42 AM, Val Stevens valstev...@yahoo.com wrote:The snowy owl is still at the outlet mall. At 9:42 it was perched on the tower by J Crew.
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I put the Waterloo Outlet Mall Snowy Owl in E-Bird just now.
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Glad to hear it's still there!
Has anyone input
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Glad to hear
I finally got some time to work on the images of the Snowy Owl that is
at the Waterloo Outlets. A friend went to look for it today with no
success. Anyone else try? With success? I hope it wasn't hit by a
car while flying low over the thruway.
I have two images in an album called Snowy
I spent about 2.5 hours watching the Snowy Owl at the Waterloo Outlets Mall
this afternoon, from around 2:30 to 5 PM when it got dark. These are my
observations, including what the owl was eating!
Since I am not a shopper and have never been to this mall, it took me a few
drives around the
Wow! Thanks for all those great observations. I was worried that it might be
hunting the median . I'm glad to hear that it's successfully hunting. I, too,
wish it would move away from the mall to a safer place. Thanks for sharing.
Carol Keeler
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On Dec 29, 2011, at 7:42
Carl Steckler just phoned the Lab of Ornithology to report that he is watching
the Snowy Owl at the outlet mall--perched on the Sunoco sign. 1:10 Thursday.
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of the mall, starting with post #33 of her report.
Marty
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Mary Jean and I also paid a visit to the outlet mall this afternoon, with
three things on our list: a radio/cd player, storage bins and a snowy owl. We
were able to check all of them off our list. When we
Good morning,
Regardless of whether a Snowy Owl is in or out of the drainage system for
the Cayuga Lake Basin, or elsewhere in the immediately surrounding Finger
Lakes Region, there are many subscribers on Cayugabirds-L, as well as
readers online who are not active subscribers of this eList, who
I reported the snowy owl as soon as I saw it, knowing many people would be
interested. I could not tell if the bird landed on the roof and is staying at
the mall or flew off over the thruway or to one of the many nearby fields. I
tried to relocate it, but could not.
Carol Keeler
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I saw on Facebook that the snowy owl has been hanging out all week at the
outlet mall. I live nearby, so I just went over to see if I could see
him. I did! He was on the ground, eating something, in the open space by
the thruway between the Rockport and Timberland stores. After a while he
flew
Glad to know he's staying there so people can look for him.
Carol Keeler
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I saw on Facebook that the snowy owl has been hanging out all week at the
outlet mall. I live nearby, so I just went over to see
.
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I agree with Chris T-H in welcoming
I agree with Chris T-H in welcoming reports from beyond the Cayuga Lake Basin, especially big, rare, easy-to-ID-from-a-respectful-distance birds like Snowy Owls, but also anything wild-bird-related which is unusual or interesting to you the writer/observer.I just want to set the record straight
I spoke with Steven Robinson the person who found
the Snowy Owl at the Greater Binghamton Airport
on December 23rd. He took a photo of it with his
cell phone and it is legit. See attached.
Unfortunately, he is out there often and has not seen the
bird since. I asked the airport operations
A snowy owl swooped down to ground level near the food court at the Waterloo
outlet while I was shopping. Looked mostly white. No one else even looked as I
yelled Snowy owl. Could it be the same one seen around Montezuma? It flew over
the building and I couldn't relocate it. How cool!
Carol
Ann Mitchell, Gary Kohlenberg, and I spent the morning driving roads
in Seneca County, centered on Kings Corners Rd, in a fruitless search
for a reported Snowy Owl.
On a similar note, my reading of the Wiegand Eames map, which we use
to delineate the Cayuga Lake Basin, says that the
Although we had no Snowy Owl, we did see two KESTRELS, two N. HARRIERS ,one of
them a dapper male, a small, (~20), flock of REDPOLLS and thousands of SNOW
GEESE, CANADAS and more than a few hunters around Kings Corners Road. It was
pretty birdie.
I still haven't seen any R.L. Hawks this
I looked for the Snowy Owl at Tschache Pool at first light this
morning and then in the Mucklands and the Main Pool, all without
success. The Montezuma CBC is happening today, so maybe someone will
happen across it while counting for that. If anyone does see it or
hear any reports, please post as
This afternoon I took a relaxed trip up the west side of Cayuga Lake to the mucklands along NYS-31 west of the Village of Montezuma. I did not fortify myself with scrapple per Steve Fast's recommendation, but perhaps my overly-spicy Italian sausages from yesterday had some lingering effects,
Attached is a photo of the SNOWY OWL that has been seen at Charlotte Beach in
Rochester. (Charlotte is pronounced sha LOT in Rochester!)
My sister, Lynn Scott, who took the photo, walked out on the main pier to see
the Snowy Owl on the adjacent pier by the Coast Guard station.
Donna L. Scott
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