Hi Folks,
For a couple decades, I tried a Cayuga Bird Club Christmas Bird
Count owl prowl (That would be CBC CBC OP) in the higher elevations
around Hammond Hill on 1 Jan. The results were usually not very good and
sometimes even dismal and always cold!
Last year I picked an area that is about 1000 ft lower, and 3-7
degrees warmer, and with considerable less snow cover, all features that
I guess make it better for owl survival. I tried owling in the area of
lower Buttermilk Falls SP, Stone Quarry and Sandbank Rds, Land Trust
Preserve at Lick Brook, Ithaca Beer Drive, lower Treman S.P. and in the
area along Rt 34 near the soccer fields and lower Buttermilk Falls SP,
and along parts of Rt 13A = Floral Ave.
I worked up a very productive route: 17 stops for 12 screech and 1
great horned. That is a hustle since it works out to be about 6 minutes
audio playing per stop and 4 minutes drive between stops starting at 4:00.
If this is the backyard of anyone who is going to try owling, please let
me know and we can work something out. Don't worry, there are more
potential stops than there is time.
Otherwise, I would like try the same area again.
My hearing is not as good as it once was. I'm sure I miss some owls
because I did hear a couple that were just at the very limit of my
hearing, and I know others can hear better than I.*I would love to have
someone with young ears join me at Buttermilk Falls at the parking lot
adjacent to King Rd. at 4:00 AM, Jan 1.
Good birding,
*John Confer
539-6308
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