On 10/30 I also had a pair of Evening Grosbeaks on the ground under my feeder eating sunflower seeds that had been “thrown out “by a Red-Bellied Woodpecker. Attempted to snap a picture but alas they flew, so far not to be seen again.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, October 31, 2022. > > 1. Evening Grosbeak! > 2. Halloween (Short--eared) Owls > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Evening Grosbeak! > From: "Marie P. Read" <m...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 13:57:30 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > One male Evening Grosbeak at my feeder 8am today...for about 3 seconds! > Come back.....pleeeease. > > Marie > > Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Halloween (Short--eared) Owls > From: Peter Saracino <petersarac...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:40:09 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > Hey all. > Been out on Johnson Road (Town of Phelps) the last few nights in the hopes > of seeing the short-eared owls that commonly winter here. Tonight, at about > 6:30 I was looking at my phone and about to head home when I was suddenly > startled by a very sharp "bark" very nearby. I looked up to see 2 > short-eared owls cross the road very near my car and then head into the > field on the east side of the road! > Just in time for Halloween!! > Pete Sar > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
