Hi Shawn,
Thanks for the heads-up. It looks like I missed it again!
We were at the HMANA conference this weekend - great talks, better than
the usual, I think.
So, I will just have to keep going to areas with snow fields and keep
looking.:) We are expecting to get up to Newfoundland this summer. So,
if all the Ptarmigans are not already Snowy Owl muscle, I might just get
to see one in habitat!
On another note, Drew and I did a talk in Jan on our local owls. I have
all but the Saw-whets posted at this point. I just posted the Snowy Owl
portion. You just have to check out the end of that video for the list
of foods that Snowys eat.
Trudy
http://www.birdsongid.com/video/owls/localOwls/
Gertrude R. Battaly
www.battaly.com, www.birdsongid.org
Banding: www.battaly.com/banding
Hook: http://www.battaly.com/hook/
FIRE: http://www.battaly.com/fire/
NEHW: http://www.battaly.com/nehw/
On 4/25/2014 2:24 PM, Shawn Billerman wrote:
Hi all,
I saw this posted to the NNY list serve, and thought that it would be of
interest to many others throughout the state.
Best,
Shawn
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From: *Jeff Bolsinger* <[email protected]
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Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:11 PM
Subject: NNYBirds: WILLOW PTARMIGAN on Pt Peninsula, Jefferson County
To: [email protected]
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Yesterday evening Eugene Nichols found a white bird on Point Peninsula
that he eventually came to believe was a Willow Ptarmigan. This morning
I met him at the place where he found the bird, and we eventually
relocated it. It was immediately obvious that this bird was a winter
plumaged Rock or Willow Ptarmigan, and based on the bill size and shape
I believe it is a Willow (which I also believe is the more likely of the
two). The location is on South Shore Road 3.5 miles south of the
intersection with Pine Woods Road (this road is in Point Peninsula
Village, known locally as Shangri-La). When you reach the location you
will come to a highway sign indicating a sharp curve ahead, with a real
estate sign just beyond, and the curve about 100 yards ahead. We saw the
ptarmigan in the woods on the lake side of the road opposite the highway
sign. During the 90 minutes that we watched it the ptarmigan roosted on
a pile of ice at the lake's edge for about an hour,
and then flew up into a tree and ate buds. A group from the North
Country Bird Club saw the ptarmigan early this afternoon perched in a
tree, but I guess it took them a while to find it. All of the land along
the road here is private, so please respect private property and stay on
the road. Based on the bird's behavior today it seems that if present,
it will eventually show itself if you are patient.
Jeff Bolsinger
Canton, NY
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