I had one here in Syracuse this AM Don't forget to look up, Joe DeVito
On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Ellen Haith <elliehait...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had a Carolina in the yard all winter, singing a lovely variety of > songs. Last winter there was a pair, so I'm a bit concerned for this little > fellow's companion. > > On a different note, I've had a Pileated Woodpecker at the suet on two > different occasions this week - that's about 15 feet from the kitchen window, > closest I've ever been to one. Magnificent! > > ellie haith > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, John Greenly <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says >> there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't >> noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the spring. >> Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. Anyway, my >> two must be a pair. >> >> --John >> >> >> On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: >> >> > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his >> > living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that >> > the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina >> > Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the >> > males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these >> > two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. >> > There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a >> > truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a >> > female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two >> > together in the winter before. >> > >> > --John Greenly >> > Ludlowville >> > -- >> > >> > 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/ >> > >> > -- >> > >> >> >> -- >> >> 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/ >> >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
