[birdky] Schochoh, Logan Co., weekend list
- From: Stephen Tyson <kytysons9152@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: BirdKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:34:04 -0600
I addressed this incorrectly, when I tried to send it last evening…
We counted 47 species in our “backyard” during this GBBC weekend. Friday’s
weather was not good for birding; yesterday started a bit rough but smoothed
out for a cold-but-lovely afternoon and today was cold but really lovely, too.
We counted 52 species on the GBBC weekend in 2021 (best ever), 47 in 2022, and
50 last year so, this weekend’s count is within the range of what we’d expect.
I was hoping a Rough-legged Hawk would make an appearance for a GBBC list but
that wasn’t to be, so, we missed anything extraordinary for the weekend.
Actually, we’ve probably never had more Yellow-rumped Warblers around in
February than this year and we continue to get looks at them nearly every day,
often more than one individual (photos in eBird lists linked below).
We’ve had a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk hanging around recently and Debby got photos
of him (yes, it’s relatively small) making dinner of a Cowbird, on Friday,
which I added to Friday’s eBird list.
On Tuesday evening, on my way home from work, I saw a Short-eared Owl, again,
over the wintering grain field about a mile west of the house. The grain there
seemed to be too short to be good Harrier and Short-eared Owl roost cover, but
that’s the second sighting there (since the deep freeze killed their radish
roost) so, we decided we should investigate. Debby and I drove out last evening
and, a few minutes before sunset and as soon as we got there, we spotted a
Short-eared lazily harassing a Red-tail that was hanging out on a pole, just
north of the field. It then flew across the road in from of us and made a show
of hunting the roost field, where at least eleven Harriers gathered while we
watched. There may have been more Short-eareds but we couldn’t be certain. So,
apparently that field is serving their roosting needs, at least for some, in
spite of not being very shaggy.
We got home about thirty minutes after sunset, in time to scope to the south
and I spotted another single Short-eared Owl over the Trimble Road location.
They appear to be making do with what the freeze left them.
Hopefully we get a glimpse of owlets, in the nest cavity, next weekend or very
soon after.
https://ebird.org/tripreport/204160
Stephen (Steve) Tyson, Schochoh, Logan Co., KY
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