So It Begins

PRAIRIE MERLIN

Here we are one week into the new year and this is my first post. Not a very good start is it? I have been birding only once since the first of the year and that was last Friday afternoon, scouting for today's Owl Prowl. There was very little activity at Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area (BGFWA) and surrounding surface mine sites. I did run into a group of Northern Harriers that were harrassing a Prairie Merlin on Wasson Rd. Harrier numbers seem to be about normal but Merlin and Short-eared Owl numbers are way down! Here's hoping that this afternoon's Owl Prowl has some activity. I plan on getting some much needed birding therapy this week with some days off finally. Check back to see if anything interesting shows up.