Nature Note #100: Busy Bee
It's my 100th post on here! Woohoo! Apologies for not having posted until the middle of the month, but I have been hard at work getting a summer job, carving owls, and trying to to freeze while being outside. I suppose the best place to start would be to inform you all how I'm doing on my year list. As of today, I have 75 species and have about 33% of the species that I saw last year! Last year I saw about 226 species and am hoping to either meet or exceed that number. I look forward to migration and dread the "warbler neck", but to meet the goal, it must be done! With all the Snowy Owls ( Bubo scandiacus ) puttering around I've managed to get five this year already and am more or less done with them. I wanted to find a Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) that had been reported in Sachuest Point NWR in Rhode Island, but it didn't show. I had hoped for a Short-eared ( Asio flammeus ) or a Long-eared ( A. otus ) at some point, but so far they've evaded me as well. ...