Do they call at 5 in the morning? That's what my local crows do. I love crows, as most people know, but I'd rather they weren't so vocal so early.
Just a note on the crow breeding season this year. Good number of breeding families after a big hit from West Nile virus in 2012&2013. Earliest ever WNV positive deaths this year, but not much since the first of May. But, now is the traditional time for WNV to hit hard, the hot days of late summer. We know that WNV is here, so the state isn't too interested in testing crows or other birds that you might find dead in your yard (just bury them). But, if it's a dead tagged or banded crow, please, please do let me know. We (the Crow Research Group) are still trying to track death and survival of crows as best we can. We tagged this year's cohort with orange tags with black letters. Some people seem to be seeing the tags as red, so be open for that. Any sightings would be most appreciated. Best, Kevin Best, Kevin ________________________________ From: bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-121694030-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 5:08 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hungry youngsters! Lots of hungry young birds around, but I especially feel for this fledgling Broad-winged Hawk, whose wails are not only piteous (all Broad-wings sound that way to me) but also right in my ears, because the bird favors the trees that shade my workshop. Most years the Broad-wing fledglings take up begging stations several hundred yards away, overlooking secluded Maple Avenue, where their parents hunt, but this year is different for some reason... -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Cayugabirds-L Subscribe, Configuration, and Leave Instructions<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> www.northeastbirding.com Cayugabirds-L – Subscribe, Configuration and Leave . Cayugabirds-L is an email list (the List) focused on the discussion of birds and birding in the Finger Lakes ... ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html cayugabirds-l - The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> www.mail-archive.com cayugabirds-l Thread; Date ; Earlier messages; Messages by Date 2017/07/12 Re: [cayugabirds-l] Two questions Linda Orkin 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/ [http://ebird.org/content/ebird/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/27891421.jpg]<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> ebird.org Everytime we go birding and submit an eBird checklist, we take a tiny snapshot of bird occurrence in space and time. eBird’s grand vision is to piece all these tiny ... -- -- 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/ --
