[cayugabirds-l] tree swallow

This a.m. a single TREE SWALLOW (FOY yard) resting atop a nest box in the back yard. A single C. Waxwing looking for the last crab apple in the tree. A robin close by ready for a fast grab-and-run in the event an apple is discovered. Bill McAneny  TBurg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

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Hi All, My perception of spring migration is about the same as Chris' description. Migration of neotropical migrants almost never happened. Because of helping out with the Sapsucker Woods Acoustic Monitoring Project (SWAMP) this spring, I have spent a lot of time in Sapsucker Woods this spring.

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I have always felt that birders, from casual to die-hard, number in the millions and comprise a group of potentially influential activists. I would love to see an organization, or even discussion thread dedicated to furthering the convergence of birding and environmental activism. While I

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We are kayaker, and there are plenty of birds along the rivers. Yellow warblers, Baltimore orioles and especially cedar waxwings. Around our house, same as others are reporting. Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 525! dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent

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Exactly, Terry. The issue is that the birds are in the prime habitat (such as at your campsite) but they are not as prevalent in the sub-prime habitat or traditional backyard habitat… Thanks for trying… :-) Sincerely, Chris On Jun 17, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Terry P. Mingle

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Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow Oh, yeah. I forgot about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I remember when we used to have them in the Northeast. They used to be a really common and cheerful species of the summer. People used to put out these feeders filled with sugar-wat

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We have a TON of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at camp (Forest Lake Campground, in Truxton). Not so many in Cortland (where we live). Also I've seen almost all the usual suspects in Cortland this year (sans the hummingbirds). At camp, plenty of assorted swallows (Tree and Barn) Rose-breasted

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Oh, yeah. I forgot about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I remember when we used to have them in the Northeast. They used to be a really common and cheerful species of the summer. People used to put out these feeders filled with sugar-water to attract them to their house for viewing pleasure. They

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Thank you for sending this - it is exactly my experience & my concern. I don't worry quite so much about migration, which can skip over us easily due to weather patterns. In fact there was an odd weather pattern in late April that seemed to sling a lot of 'my' warblers up to the coast of

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we usually have at least 2 nesting pairs of tree swallows in boxes furthest from house. I haven't seen any in our boxes this year. barn swallows made it however. On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM wrote: > We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one >

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Chris et al, I appreciate your comments and fully agree. We are blessed that after 31 years the restoration work to the sanctuary here has really come to fruition. The creation of multiple water features and habitat niches has proven very successful as has design/placement of nest boxes. The

No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Everyone, Just pointing out the obvious here, but bird numbers in my immediate area of Upstate NY are way down this year. I mean, WAY down. John, if you have full capacity of nesting Tree Swallows, it may be that the sites you host are prime and being filled to capacity because they are the

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We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one with chickadees and the remainder with Tree Swallows. Probably another good year after a 100% occupancy/success rate last year. We believe this is due to effective placement and predator guards that function well. john ---

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We usually have a dozen or so flying and nesting until mid summer. I haven't seen a single one since early swallow migration. Glenn Wilson Endicott, NY www.WilsonsWarbler.com On Jun 17, 2017, at 8:34 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: We've had one nesting pr. with

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We've had one nesting pr. with 5 young expected to fledge in 11 days. Usually have at least 3 pr. with many others flying about. Not so this yr.. Same with barn swallows. For the last 2 yrs. we've not had more than a doz. of either lining up on our power line in late summer before migration.

[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow

Has anyone else noticed a lack of tree swallows? I usually have them lined up on my power line and nesting in boxes in the yard, but this year I've seen just one or 2 at a time. Any explanation? Thanks, Michele Brown -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow male replaced

This past Mon., 6th, John realized the male tree swallow hadn't been "standing guard" on the weather vane on our clothesline post. Since the neighbor's long, strong, male Siamese type cat had gotten the first male, I have to feel the cat also got the 2nd male which had been very chatty with

[cayugabirds-l] tree swallow

At noon today the first Tree Swallow of the season was perched, sunning and twittering on a branch near our nest boxes. Nancy Dickinson Mecklenburg Make a little birdhouse in your soul. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

[cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallow

There was a single Tree Swallow flying over the (mostly frozen) Main Pool at Montezuma yesterday (Sunday) afternoon about 2:00. Just one, not a flock. By Sunday afternoon, many of the Snow Geese seemed to have moved to the Mucklands (around 3:00). I estimated 100,000, but who knows when the

[cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow 1,000s of geese on Sun.

David Gooding mentioned seeing a tree swallow yesterday. That confirms what I thought I saw but figured it was too early. Just seems to me there is no confusion about that flight pattern or the bird shape but I didn't want to admit the real possibility. I should go check down by the lake or

[cayugabirds-l] tree swallow

This morning, our first-of-yearTree Swallow was inspecting one of our bluebird boxes. Unfortunately, it is the same box that the bluebirds have chosen for their nest. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are over a dozen boxes to choose from, and Tree Swallows have chosen

[cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallow, Stewart Park

Shawn Billerman and I had a single TREE SWALLOW foraging out over the lake from Stewart Park. Not too much else of note. An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was in the top of one of the tall trees along the shore, three PIED-BILLED GREBES were along the east shore, and a distant RED-THROATED LOON was still

[cayugabirds-l] Tree Swallow

Saw our first Tree Swallow fly-by this morning.a sure sign of Spring! Julie Kurt Broken Road Farms Dundee, NY 14837 Email: k...@brokenroadfarms.com www.BrokenRoadFarms.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME