There were snow flurries in the air while taking my walk around Red House Lake today. I was glad to see many of the common LBJ’s around but there was significantly less waterfowl observed. Highlighted birds include 9 American Tree Sparrows, a Song Sparrow, 17 Cedar Waxwings and a late Woodduck down on the Maintenance Road.
I plan on giving Owl banding a try this evening with north western winds. I will let you know how the evening turns out.
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I am a naturalist, field biologist and nature photographer from the Western New York area. I have started exploring nature writing through this blog and it truly has been fun sharing my numerous adventures with everyone. Thanks to the many other authors that help me with my post and they will be sharing some of their nature explorations.
I have always had a latent interest in birds and photography and have been lucky enough to find time to explore these interests over the last few years. I am very thankful to the Cattaraugus County Bird Club for getting me started, sharing their wealth of knowledge and for their wonderful programs. And many thanks to Tom for letting me share some of my adventures and photos on the Monarch Nature Blog.
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FYI: Didn’t catch any owls tonight! I closed early due to snow flurries and wind picking up!
19 November 2006 at 11:29 pm
I wondered…kindof thought you would be unsuccessful-too bad
20 November 2006 at 1:00 pm
Marg, Go figure that Saturday night I didn’t open nets due to being the first night of shot gun season! It was a big migration night for all other Owl stations. I noticed that it looked good on radar around 10pm wondering if I should open! I didn’t and now regret it! I hope tonight (Monday) could be good with NW winds.
20 November 2006 at 4:35 pm