Today evening after I got back from work, I was doing some work in the yard and I heard a familiar "meow" , I was not sure if I really heard it. As I was putting my ladder again the wall, the Catbird flushed from the thickets flew away telling me that he annoyed!
Last few days I have been seeing regularly Am. Robin on the perch where my regular resident Robins spends his evening. He also gave a few bars of song a couple of days ago. So now I am not sure if these (both catbird and robin) are my yard residents, but had just quit to greener pasture after their babies fledged and occasionally come and claim their territory or they are visitors and happen to occupy the same perches because it is one of the best perch. Today morning while walking to work, I saw several hundred crows in groups and they looked like migrants. One group was larger than 100 birds, they kept coming. On my to work, on East Ithaca Recreation way, there is resident mocking bird that hangs around on a hawthorn bush along the path. He or she is so tame when I pass less than four or five feet from her/him, he/she just blinks and looks away. In the evening walk from Pine Tree Rd where bus drops me off, on Honness Lane, everyday, I enjoy watching bunch of Starlings sitting and vocalizing. I have heard them mimic like Meadowlarks, just nobody, cheerful somebody, redwing black birds and common grackles. When I heard grackles for the first time I tried to locate them among the starlings, but then I realized there were none. I think they are most cheerful birds with lots of time to kill on their hand. I dont know when they feed. Most of the time they are sitting on a wire or a tree and gurgling or mimicking. Wonder what they feed on and how often they feed. I would love to have a their life! Weather outside is so balmy. right now. I left the moth light on and I found five species of moths at the light. A beautiful Amphyrinae, Eupithecea, Dart, Swallow and a totricid. Hope I will find a few more as the night progresses. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 webpage: http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf Current Loc: 42o 25' 44.48" N, 76o 28' 16.90" W Elev 816 ft or 248.7 m Formerly: 19o 0' 41,65" N, 72o 51' 13.02" E Elev 33 ft or 10m -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
