Hey Sarah, Leo, et al.

The PA Short-eared Owl extravaganza was Feb 2005. 
At the bottom of this message after the current 
thread, I posted a 2005 message thread, with the 
original location reported by the late Gary Smyle.

Hope this helps ...

Phil (never delete emails) Davis


At 00:01 12/10/2011, Sarah Anderson wrote:
>Yes, I remember it very clearly. It was just 
>barely over the state line near Gettysburg PA, 
>in 2003, I think. It appears the MDOSPREY online 
>archives don't go back that far any longer. The 
>location was northwest of the first exit from 
>route 15 in PA, about 10-15 minutes from there. 
>It's not that far from Taneytown so perhaps this 
>will be a good year for viewing short-eared owls 
>in this area. Is it too much to hope for a few snowy owls too?  :-)
>
>Sarah Anderson
>Cabin John, Maryland
>  .
>On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Leo Weigant <> wrote:
>
> >    Jim, thanks for your welcome sighting and your clear indication of
> >    the location.   My favorite short-eared own site has always been
> >    Shorter's Wharf on Maple Dam road, east, then south of Blackwater
> >    NWR.
> >
> >    But you stirred a dim memory from several years ago when
> >    there was a very high number of short-ears, seen about this
> >    time of year, very near the PA border.    I wonder if anyone
> >    else recalls that, . . . in more detail than I can access tonight?
> >    And I wonder if, perhaps, it was near where you describe?
> >
> >    Leo Weigant
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2011, at 11:08 PM, Jim Wilkinson wrote:
> >
> >> Around 5 PM today (12/9) there were 3 
> Short-eared Owls and a female/immature Northern 
> Harrier hunting over a large field on the east 
> side of Bullfrog Road, around 1/4 mile north of 
> Baumgardner Road. This is west of Taneytown in Carroll County.
> >>
> >> Jim Wilkinson
> >> Columbia, MD



>Date:         Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:12:55 -0500
>From:         Celia Adams <>
>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls, 
>leucistic Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
>To:           
>
>Saw over a dozen short-eared owls today at 
>12:15pm.  Also the leucistic rtha, and a pair of 
>rough-legged hawks.  Just north of Bigham Road 
>along Pumping Sta Rd there is a farm on the left 
>with a pond beside it.  In the pond were 2 pairs 
>of hooded mergansers and a pair of common mergansers.
>A sharpie flew over Steinwahr Rd just before 
>Gettysburg.  Unfortunately my lunch hour was 
>over....  If anyone is in the area, there has 
>been consistently a pair of red-headed 
>woodpeckers along Confederate Avenue bet PA116 
>and Pumping Sta Rd.  If anyone would like info 
>on a pair of nesting ravens, let me know.
>
>Celia Adams
>Fairfield, PA
>
>
>
>>From: Lou Carpenter <>
>>Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>>To: 
>>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls, 
>>leucistic Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
>>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:52:50 -0500
>>
>>The day I was there (2/2/2005), I saw 20+ SEOWs, 2 Rough-legs, 4 Harriers,
>>the lucistic RTHA, too many other RTHAs to count, Savannah Sparrows ... all
>>of these from the one spot near the farmhouse near the intersection of
>>Bigham and Pumping Station Rds within an hour of each other.
>>
>>Continuing north on Pumping Station Road for 1.6 miles to the intersection
>>of Roberta Way and Pumping Station Rd, I also saw an immature Red-shouldered
>>Hawk which I was lucky enough to photograph and get a recording of its call.
>>
>>If you would like to see the pics and listen to the field recording of the
>>RSHA giving a call, they are at:
>>
>>http://home.att.net/~loulcar/PAB_RSHA_JPG2_and_WAV.HTM
>>
>>Lou Carpenter
>>York, PA
>>
>>
>>PS: the metronome-like noise you hear in the recording is my car flashers,
>>which I absentmindedly didn't think to turn off as I was recording.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gary Smyle" <>
>>To: <>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:19 PM
>>Subject: [MDOSPREY] Short-eared Owls, leucistic 
>>Red-tailed Location in PA {6 miles from MD border}
>>
>>
>>Directions: Rt. 15 North to  Steinwehr Avenue {only a couple of miles into
>>PA} exit, go west toward  Gettysburg, about 250 yards, turn left on to
>>Bullfrog Rd, from  Bullfrog turn right on to 
>>Pumping Station Rd, turn left on to
>>Bigham  Rd,  first field on left – 
>>Large  bails and roost site @ woodpile & trees
>>near 1st farm house on  left
>>Also, Rough-legged Hawks in  area
>>Gary  Smyle
>> (mailto:[log in to unmask])


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