During a walk atop Mt. Pleasant this morning, bird activity was sparse. There was a flock of a dozen or so SAVANNAH SPARROWS, a N. HARRIER, one BOBOLINK was heard, a young GOLDFINCH begged for food from an adult, a group of AMER CROWS was discussing whatever on the road, with one of their number playing with a small potato.
Also observed were 2 AMER. KESTRELS soaring about in the stiff breeze. One of these, a male, grasped something about the shape of a bite-sized Snickers bar in its right talon; and several times dropped its head down and took a bite of it while on the wing. I had not observed this feeding behavior before. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- 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/ --
