I went to Myers at about 8:45 this morning in the hope of seeing some loons fly by. The first thing I noticed however was a hooting coming from across the creek in Salt Point. It sounded just like a classic Northern Saw-whet Owl except that the hoots were a fair bit longer. It only lasted about 30 seconds or so and I didn't go over to investigate further.
I ran into Kevin Packard there and we did see about 7-8 Common Loons, only one of which was in flight, and that one was going north and landed. We had two Bald Eagles too. The best treat though was two Snow Buntings that flew in close to us. >From there I went to Sapsucker Woods and was delighted to find a Fox Sparrow >in the feeder garden along with a generous helping of the usual suspects: >Goldfinch, Chickadees, W-b Nuthatches, House Finches, Mourning Doves, >Cardinals, Blue Jays, Titmice, and Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. >Also one White-throated Sparrow. In the tall pine tree close to where the Wilson Trail meets the Severinghaus Trail, I found a Great-horned Owl glaring at me menacingly from about 40 feet up. I have some photos that I'll post to the FB group later. -Paul -- Paul Anderson, VP of Engineering, GrammaTech, Inc. 531 Esty St., Ithaca, NY 14850 Tel: +1 607 273-7340 x118; https://www.grammatech.com ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments from GrammaTech, Inc may contain confidential and/or proprietary information, and is intended only for the named recipient to whom it was originally addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, distribution, or copying of this e-mail or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and permanently delete the e-mail and any attachments. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
