I was wondering what is that people are talking about frisking! I was wondering if birds are being frisked when they move territories or cross boundaries :-) I have learnt two new words (and uses) today "frisky and trundling"
Bradfield is visible from my building, but has not yet seen the peregrine. May be I should take a walk, but dont have binoculars with me today! Meena At 02:14 PM 1/7/2010, Marie P Read wrote: >These remind me too that when I was downtown yesterday I heard my first >cardinal of the year singing (albeit a rather understated song and for >just a few seconds). > >And yet, when I was in CT for Christmas (a bit farther south, it's true) >the titmice, chickadees, cardinals, WB Nuthatches and Carolina Wrens were >singing up a storm). > >Marie > > > It's time. I heard a Tufted Titmouse singing this morning. I'm > > always amazed at how little change in day length it takes to get > > their hormones flowing. > > > Kevin > > > > At 09:52 AM 1/7/2010, Robin Cisne wrote: > >>Early this morning, walking down Vandermark Road in Brooktondale, I > >>heard a Barred Owl hooting very insistently, over and over > >>again. Perhaps it was looking for company already, the very > >>earliest harbinger of the coming spring? > >> > >>Robin > >Marie Read Wildlife Photography >452 Ringwood Road >Freeville NY 13068 USA > >Phone 607-539-6608 >e-mail m...@cornell.edu > >http://www.marieread.com >http://www.agpix.com/mari > > >-- > >Cayugabirds-L List Info: >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > >Archives: >1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > >Please submit your observations to eBird: >http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > >-- Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 phone 607 2541258 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
