credit: http://www.utahbirds.org/featarts/NorthernHawkOwlEH.jpgTo see an image of the bird we saw yesterday visit: David Blinder
This morning some friends and I left my home at 3 a.m. for the long trip up to Peru, New York to see the previously reported Northern Hawk Owl.
We had tremendous views of the bird as it perched on trees, telephone poles, and in flight.
Later we went to Hurricane Mountain Road in Elizabethtown, NY and saw a half-dozen Pine Grosbeaks, as well as, a Red Crossbill who was gather grit from the roadside.
The Owl was one of my most wanted birds, and becomes ABA Lifer bird # 579.
