Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.

Owl Woods (“Pear Orchard”) Woodcock Courtship Flight Field Trip

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

This is an evening trip for woodcock courtship flight. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, prepare to be amazed: birds call noisily from the ground in grassy fields before spiraling rapidly up high, descending back down in a zig-zagging noisy frenzy only to start the cycle anew.

Beginner Birder Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.

Owl Woods (“Pear Orchard”) Woodcock Courtship Flight Field Trip

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

This is an evening trip for woodcock courtship flight. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, prepare to be amazed: birds call noisily from the ground in grassy fields before spiraling rapidly up high, descending back down in a zig-zagging noisy frenzy only to start the cycle anew.

Beginner Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.

Owl Woods Woodcock Courtship Flight Field Trip

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

An evening trip for woodcock courtship flight. If you’ve never seen this spectacle, prepare to be amazed: birds call noisily from the ground in grassy fields before spiraling rapidly up high, descending back down in a zig-zagging noisy frenzy only to start the cycle anew.

Beginner Trip: Owl Woods & Hawk Watch Site

Owl Woods 349 Manitou Beach Road, Rochester, NY, United States

We’ll look primarily for our smallest visiting owl, the Northern Saw-whet, which returns to this spot on a yearly basis. Long-eared Owl generally put in an appearance, too, although they’re quite shy and great at hiding.

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