To add to Laura and Judith's observation we have been watching Barn Swallows desperately beating the brushy banks of ponds attempting to rise insects and getting no more than a very few cluster flies. Tree Swallows doing much of the same but finding a few Black Flies higher up (and around observers). Yesterday, I had a House Wren follow me around as I was doing chores just hoping I would raise some lunch but insects were few. It is indeed a very rough several days for these insect specialists.
We have had any number of species on peanuts butter and suet cakes and suet. To day we added Baltimore Oriole and Rose-breasted Grosbeak to the PB list. I should add that we are careful to use natural PB and not the brands with all the enhanced sugars. J&S -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 -- 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/ --
