A week or two we had no tree swallows. Now 5 or 6 boxes have Tree Swallows! The Bluebird pair has abandoned their box here on the street but the male came down tonight to get some spring water! We have 2 male and 2 female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks coming often to the feeders. Many grackles, many blue Jays, MANY woodpeckers - Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied are coming. Downy and Hairy have young. Two pairs of Towhees and at least one Ovenbird. Oh!- chickadees are rare. I suspect they will show up soon with their young. There is a Robin nesting in one barn and a Phoebe often feeding from a Lilac Bush. There are NO Ring-billed gulls at Barns & Nobel. I suspect they too are attending to eggs or young.
In short, birds are back to normal here at Spring Street in Endicott. I would go as far as saying more than normal. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com -- 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/ --
