Having read the guides, males in a flock of American Tree Sparrows at the Stevenson Road Compost Facility are singing--- "in late winter before the spring migration" (All About Birds) . An unfamiliar song for me, but very sweet. The flock was hanging in the low shrubbery at the two-track that goes north where the road into the mounds makes an abrupt right/east turn. I have encountered a flock of 10+ along the drive several times this winter.
Not a glorious mass of goose and swan, but extremely spring-y! Anne -- 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/ --