Red-tailed Hawks

By: Pat Coate

Like Tom, I participated in the Audubon Christmas Count last weekend. I tagged along with Tim, Madeline and Bill to cover Section 2. We also had 21 species, if you count the goldfinches that came to my home feeder. Madeline spotted this pair of red-tailed hawks. Our finds:

Blue Jay, Cardinal, House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Crow, Raven,
Wild Turkey, Blue Bird, Red-tailed Hawk, Chickadee, Junco, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Starling, American Goldfinch

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I drive to work each morning in the dark and the return home in the dark. As a result I seem to miss the animals that are around the house.  Sometime i need to rely on animal tracks and signs to figure out what has been around the yard.  Last night an owl caughed up some owl pellets . . . . yep all over my car!! Guess that’s what I get for parking under the pine tree!!! Love seeing the brown fur and small mammal bones scattered on the hood and window.  I so missed the large owl in my pine tree last night!! Barred Owl or Great-horned Owl?? Would love to know for sure!!    Read the rest of this page »

Tonight (Tuesday) at 2:41am EST a full lunar eclipse will occur and co-insides with our winter solstice. This will be our only Lunar Eclipse for 2010 and happens when the sun, Earth and moon are all perfectly aligned with the Earth in the middle. When the moon passes behind the Earth, the sun’s rays are blocked from striking the moon. This can only occur when the moon is full. Then at 6:31pm on Tuesday officially it is our Winter Solstice and is our shortest day of the year. At that point the days will get longer and spring will come closer! BRING SPRING ON MOTHERNATURE!!
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Today returning back to the office . . . what did I see? Was that a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the Cherry Tree? Sure has heck . . . first year Yellow-bellied Sapsucker on the 14th of December! This is an individual that really needs to take a trip south for a few months and not be hanging out in Allegany State Park!! Read the rest of this page »

It’s not even officially winter and I am ready for the Spring!!!

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This picture of Science Lake during the summer really enforces my . . . . . “I miss summer moments”!!!
For those keeping track . . .
Science Lake – froze over on Tuesday December 7th, 2010
Red House Lake – froze over on Wednesday December 8th 2010
Quaker Lake – froze over on Thursday December 9th 2010
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