[cayugabirds-l] Red eyed vireo
FOY red eyed vireo on otherwise quiet Hunt Hill Rd. Also, a fantastic trip to Shindagin Hollow this morning. I will post my eBird list in a while. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Red eyed vireo
This morning's new yard birds are red-eyed vireo, scarlet tanager and common yellowthroat (so far). 6:25 am, Hunt Hill Rd, Ithaca. Laura Laura Stenzler l...@cornell.edu -- 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] Red-Eyed Vireo Cowbird(s)
So a few weeks ago I found a low red-eyed vireo nest at the Mullholland Wildflower Preserve, and have been monitoring it off and on. Last week I saw the parents feeding at least two sizeable chicks - and collecting fecal sacs - and yesterday morning the nest was empty, but I did find a fledgling on a branch being fed (and heard a second one nearby unseen), and got some nice photos. On my various visits the parents seemed a little curious at my proximity but did not seem to mind in the end (by going back about their business at the nest, which I assume they wouldn't do so readily if I'd been a bother). On yesterday's visit, I was greeted by some angry-sounding yelps from nearby robins, and when I set myself up to photograph the fledgling, I was pelted by a spray of masticated mulberry. I didn't look up in time to be certain, but I'm pretty sure it was one of the robins, and I'm pretty sure it was a deliberate sign of displeasure at my presence. But why? Was it looking out for the vireo fledgling, or was there coincidentally a robin nest or fledgling nearby I hadn't noticed? This is all speculation, but I think it might be the former -- especially given Marie's observation that the fledgling was no vireo, but a cowbird! Could the cowbird's begging be reminding the robin of a child it'd raised in the past? Or do birds engage in inter-species communal care, which past episodes have suggested might be happening? Anyhow, here are some photos: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207178837127247set=pcb.10207178856287726 Suan -- 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] Red-eyed Vireo
Took a walk this afternoon around the Fisher Old Growth Forest, which I figured would offer some shelter from the gusty northwest wind. Down at the bottom it was sunny and warm, and some migrants were actively foraging in the trees along the marsh edge. Among the Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets was one Red-eyed Vireo. Many multiflora roses there are infected. -Geo -- 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] Red-eyed Vireo
More good things at home: BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER and two RED-EYED VIREOS. I don't recall the latter having been reported yet. Sydney Penner 43 N. Landon Rd. Ithaca, NY 14850 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
