No Boreal Owl today

While everyone was preoccupied with trying to find the Boreal Owl I spent a nice (but frigid) morning at the Harlem Meer photographing Buffleheads mating. There was about an inch of snow on the ground and the cold had reduced the amount of open water on the Meer so that the ducks and geese were concentrated in one area close to shore. A male Bufflehead chased a young female around the open water while an older female looked on. The young female Bufflehead was really not interested but the male would not give up. He finally cornered her but I don't know what happened since they both disappeared under water. A Coot was taking this all hanging out with the Mallards. By this time I was frozen so I took the M4 downtown and stopped in the Boathouse for a cup of coffee. After that I went over to the feeders but there wasn't much there so I walked over to Bow bridge and then to Strawberry fields ending up at Hernshead. By then it was about 1:30 pm so I went home. The sky was clear but the wind from the NW made the temperature feel about 5 below.