Thanks for these tips, Mike.
For those driving around the Canoga Springs area today, the second SNOWY OWL
mentioned below is sitting in a vast snow field just to the west of
intersection of Yellow Tavern Rd and 96A.
Ken
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On Feb 27, 2015, at 8:58 PM, Michael Tetlow
After visiting the Kime/Yellow Tavern snowy, I drove by Yale Farm Road where I
saw another snowy just east of McGrane, on a water tank on the south side of
the road.
Also scared off a rough legged from a power post on Yale Farm.
Suan
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Snowy Owl Present Exactly As Ken Described. No Gyr.
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From:Kenneth V. Rosenberg k...@cornell.edu
Date:Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:28 am
Subject:Re: [cayugabirds-l] No Gyrfalcon, Yes Snowy Owls and Rough-legged Hawk
Thanks for these tips, Mike.
For those driving
We are about a mile north of the Ithaca Yacht Club and awoke this morning to
find Cayuga Lake frozen all the way across the lake. There were five white
bumps on the ice in front of our house that turned out to be tundra swans.
They did not move one bit until about noon. Two have left but
With High Pressure overhead today I knew the wind would be light so despite the
cold I decided to bird all day beginning in sub-zero air. My car thermometer
dropped to minus 21F between Berkshire and Richford on Rte 38 on the way up.
Most of Rte 38 to Dryden was close to minus 20!! First stop
It was indeed a beautiful winter day to be out birding. I spent from about 8:30
till 3 pm driving around the Canoga Springs area, scanning from many spots and
running into lots of other birders, who as far as I know all came up Gyr-less.
Besides the aforementioned SNOWY OWL and SHRIKE, I had a
