Miyoko Chu and I walked through Sapsucker Woods together on Friday morning (7:55-8:50 AM). Migrants were widely and rather sparsely scattered. We found BLACK-THROATED GREEN , BLACK-THROATED BLUE, YELLOW, YELLOW-RUMPED, and NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, OVENBIRDS, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, plus a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, two BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and others. Most of the warblers were on the Dryden side near the long pool with the shelter. The Yellow-throated Vireo was near the intersection of the Wilson and West Trails.
Around noon, I saw a untagged but banded crow (pink over aluminum, left leg) fly into our yard, carrying what appeared to be two pizza crusts. The crow dropped them into a birdbath, let them soak for a couple of seconds, then removed them and turned them on the grass for a few moments. It repeated this dipping and draining procedure, cawed twice (somehow as if quite pleased), and then flew off to serve or consume its meal. Q: How does a corvid warm up cold pizza? A: In the mi-crow-ave. Mark Chao -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
