Fellow Bird Lovers,
Many of you are aware that the DEC Region 8 has been studying short-eared owls
over the past several years. We have spent numerous hours out in the field,
surveying and tracking owls, to better understand how these birds are using our
area, with the hope that we can provide
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>>> Katlyn Hojnacki 1/13/2014 10:57 AM >>>
Fellow Bird Lovers,
Many of you are aware that the DEC Region 8 has been studying short-eared owls
over the past several years. We have spent numerous hours out in the field,
surveying and tracki
All,
Myself and our biologist Jenny Landry have finally sorted out the details for
the NYS DEC short-eared owl/winter raptor surveys in Seneca and Schuyler
counties. We have survey locations from Ovid to Mecklenburg. Our plan is to
meet at the Ulysses Philomathic Library, located at 74 East Ma
Last night, the NYS DEC conducted our first SEOW/winter raptor survey in Seneca
and Schuyler counties. Nine of us braved the terrible weather to survey at 7
locations. The rain stopped just in time to see a few SHORT-EARED OWLS and a
NORTHERN HARRIER. The harrier was spotted on Dugue Road in Hec
Last night while conducting a SEOW survey on Leach Rd in Penn Yan, I was
approached by a fellow birder who informed me that he had spotted TWO
SHORT-EARED OWLS on Leach Rd by the railroad tracks and EIGHT SHORT-EARED OWLS
on City Hill Rd, near where Henderson Rd ends (the eastern end). I did not
Last night I recorded SEVEN SHORT-EARED OWLS, two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, and one
RED-TAILED HAWK on Veteran Hill Rd in Veteran (Chemung county). The owls were
out by 5:30 and were seen flying over hay fields and a shrubby area, about a
1.5 miles north of Danns Blvd (right by where Google Maps place
