I’ve been packing a simple camera and a spotting scope rather than my regular setup these last two weeks.  I bothered an old knee injury in the snow and need to lighten the weight of my pack.  So, I’ve been continuing my goal to stay in the top 10 of the Top 100 New York County 2013 list on eBird.org, rather than just follow hawks this year.

Over the last week, this has meant adding a first winter Iceland Gull to my list for the year.  In addition, to the gull this week’s fun birds included a Northern Saw-whet Owl.