As I left my office which is two doors from Dewitt Park I heard a Blue-headed Vireo singing in the large deciduous tree (I think it's a Honey Locust, but I am not strong with tree ID). Returning a half hour later it was absent. Not something I expected to hear downtown this time of year.
At home in South Danby we have a few of them in the woods, of course, as well as lately a whole twelve pack of Purple Finches which are decimating our Black Oil Sunflower feeders, with many A. Goldfinches, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Dark-eyed Juncos, Downy, Hairy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, as well as the other usual suspects including both nuthatches, Chipping and Song Sparrows. We put the feeders up in the morning and take them down at night to discourage bears and raccoons, and often the chickadees and female Purple Finches don't bother flying away when I am hanging or removing the feeders. -- asher -- 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/ --
