Hi all, I managed to another lunch time at Mundy. I did come across the flock in Pawpaw grove area. They stayed pretty much ± 100 ft radius. This seemed a smaller group still about 25+ birds. I am not sure if yesterday's group left and new arrived or some of them left and others arrived. Group composition was different. Unfortunately I forgot bring my regular binocs so had to use 8x25 old Nikon pairs and birds seemed so tiny. It took some time to get adjusted to sizes of the birds
Mostly consisted of Magnolias (many, once three of them in same binocular view) Chestnut-sided (many) Redstarts (at least three 1 male and two female or juvenile plumage, could have been more too as I kept seeing them all the time) Northern Parula (Seen twice at different locations but could be the same) Ovenbird (jumped up to a tree branch from the ground and was surprise that it has been disturbed!) And other usual birds. The local Red-eyed Vireo is feeding the hungry cowbird, which keeps begging for more food. Today morning when I came to work and was booting up the computer, a Pileated Woodpecker seemed to have gotten lost, flew over USDA building, Vet school and flew around bit in a circle, finally headed back to Mundy. Nice office bird. I am still seeing Chimney Swifts in front of my office window. meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf> -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
