I was surprised (and delighted) to hear a single Wood Thrush singing this
morning in the woods behind our house. This is about a week earlier than usual.
Lisa Wood
Culver Rd.
Town of Ithaca
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A raven was soaring all around commonland this morning (a bird which I
would've seen if I'd walked back to my yard -- does that count? ;-D).
In the thickets a FOY catbird was foraging and meowing, and in the
woods a black-throated-green was singing. A towhee which I'd been
hearing call for at
Solitary Sandpiper conviently in east end of new pond closest to parking lot.
Pair of Spotted Sandpiper in west end of new pond to the north of parking area.
I'm still trying to figure out if there is just one or maybe two singing
meadowlarks (You would think that would be easy, buy they/it
A newly-arrived Northern Parula was singing away in the aspens and elms off
our patio this morning. It was very odd to hear that song while also
watching two lingering Common Redpolls at our feeders: I can't imagine
those species cross paths very often.
-Scott
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This morning brought us many, many White-throated Sparrows, sharing the feeders
with Purple Finches, Goldfinches, 6-8 Pine Siskins and a number of continuing
Redpolls (5 or 6). They are going through sunflower seeds at a most a alarming
rate! No warblers other than one cold Yello-rumped.
Laura
Today as I look out of my study window, I see a female ring-neck moving
about the yard. She has been here for about 5 hours taking some seed from
under a feeder, but mostly by my car. She has picked some smashed insects
off of the grill and has mostly done a whole lot of nothing. We noticed her
a
Four WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS (3M, 1F) at our feeder this a.m. in the company
of one Song Sparrow and 2 Juncos. Looks like fallout all over this area
based on reports from others this morning. Yesterday there was a male
PURPLE FINCH at the feeder (FOY).
Bill and Shirley McAneny, TBurg
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FYI, white-throated sparrows are not sexually dimorphic -- meaning a
normal human can't tell male from female in the field. But they do
have two morphs -- bright-striped and tan-striped -- with an
interesting cross-preference relationship (see
I've had both color morphs at my feeders this week.
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On Apr 29, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Suan Hsi Yong suan.y...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI, white-throated sparrows are not sexually dimorphic -- meaning a
normal human can't tell male from female in the field. But they do
have two
This sounds like the behavior of a recently released bird. If you ask around
the neighborhood, you might eventually discover a pheasant fancier (usually a
hunter) who raises them from chicks and then releases them in the surrounding
countryside, hoping they will become established.
Or the
Thanks for pointing out the color distinctions. As a normal human being, I
am willing to change my ID to three brights and one tan. And I think a
little research is on my agenda.
Bill McAneny
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Out of school today because of grading of state tests, Tilden joined me for
a walk on the pink-blazed trail at Monkey Run South on Monday morning. He
found a silent WINTER WREN - a life bird for him, and first sighting of the
year for me - up where the trail runs along the lip of the ravine. We
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