John Turner and another co-worker informed me today of a colony of Breeding
Bank Swallows in - of all places - Farmingville. Located at the top of
Lidge Dr. (N. of Horseblock Rd) a subdivision is being put in and the
construction has resulted in steep slopes and piles of soil that have been
Sue and I spent Tuesday morning conducting a breeding bird survey at Caumsett
State Park. It was a warm day and bird song was light after 9:00AM.
Nevertheless, we recorded 62 species for the morning. Highlights included an
Eastern Meadowlark on territory in the western fields; two tardy
Today around 4:00, Betsy spotted a White-crowned Sparrow in the yard. It
fed in the grass and when it returned a few hours later, it fed under a
spruce tree where we throw seed most of the year (but not now!). I was able
to digiscope a few shots. This is the latest spring migrant we have ever
Hi Benjamin and all,
I posted a couple of videos the Kentucky at Rockefeller that is your Bird
B, and a spectrogram of its song, recorded by Drew. The song is really
neat and the spectrogram shows the differences between the first 5 notes
and the last 3. We have it on a page along with the
Hi Benjamin and all,
I posted a couple of videos the Kentucky at Rockefeller that is your Bird
B, and a spectrogram of its song, recorded by Drew. The song is really
neat and the spectrogram shows the differences between the first 5 notes
and the last 3. We have it on a page along with the
Today around 4:00, Betsy spotted a White-crowned Sparrow in the yard. It
fed in the grass and when it returned a few hours later, it fed under a
spruce tree where we throw seed most of the year (but not now!). I was able
to digiscope a few shots. This is the latest spring migrant we have ever
Sue and I spent Tuesday morning conducting a breeding bird survey at Caumsett
State Park. It was a warm day and bird song was light after 9:00AM.
Nevertheless, we recorded 62 species for the morning. Highlights included an
Eastern Meadowlark on territory in the western fields; two tardy
