Awakened about 5 am by the insistent rapid cu-cu' ing of first of year at my yard BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, four mi north of Sapsucker Woods. Finally! Been wondering where the 'rain crows' were during all the rain.
Also a BLACKPOLL WARBLER is still hiding in the neighbor's tall pine tree where I can't spot it, but singing loud and often. I got some decent pics of the female on Saturday in my woods but haven't seen the male there (saw several at SSW last week). Tried to track down what sounded like a begging nestling crow last evening, then heard the same moaning again this AM at 645. Not sure where it is but not easily accessible: appears to be across the creek and possibly Asbury Rd, maybe in the cemetery trees at Asbury/Triphammer intersection. It's almost male cat-like (not a Sapsucker: I have them and know their cat-like whine, and definitely not a Catbird: I have them too!). Coming consistently from the same place which appears to be at some height off the ground but in thick foliage I can't see through. What's odd is that I don't see the Crow family hanging around this year. Any other ideas of what would moan sort of like a cat (maybe the cat is stuck up a tree....)? ______________________ Chris Pelkie Research Analyst Bioacoustics Research Program Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 -- 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/ --
