Hi Folks,
Hearing an owl respond to an audio lure is great fun for me. But, I
would like to try a new owl route using audio lures for the Cayuga Bird
Club Christmas Bird Count. In the past 15 years I have adapted my route
to acvcomodate people who have moved into areas where I previously tried
the audio lure, which is entirely appropriate! Some of my stops are well
known for owls and may even have been "taped" to the point that they
produced tape fatigue so that staked out owls no longer respond on Jan
1. Consequently, what is left of my route is a very miserable area for
owling with the highest elevations in the count area, deepest snow, the
lowest temperatures, and maybe the lowest density of owls.
I'd like to try a new area at 400' elevation instead of 1400-2000"
with far less snow providing owls with easier access to mice, and warmer
temperatures, which may support more owls.
Anyone who has been using an area for pre-dawn audio lure owl surveys
certainly has the unquestioned priority to continue to use that area. If
the following doesn't impose on others, I'd like to try around the area
that includes Floral Ave., Coy Glen Rd., lower Buttermilk Falls St. Pk.,
Inlet Creek along Rt. 13, including Larch Meadows, the area behind Home
Depot.
Asher Hockett compiles this area and did not know of anyone doing
pre-dawn owl surveys in this area. *Has any one been using audio lures
for owls in this area?* Please let me know and I will rethink.
I guess comments about where someone does pre-dawn owling are fine
for the listserve. *If some other fool would like to join me at 4:00 AM
at lower Buttermilk Falls St. Pk. please respond to con...@ithaca.edu or
539-6308*
Hoot,
John Confer
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