Hi all, I was doing multiple tasks today and in-between the tasks I did some birding. Most of the walk it was very quiet, but as I was returning to my car, I came across two flocks of chickadees. They brought in some birds. There were several BLUE JAYS chatting with each other, at least 4 may be 5 BALTIMORE ORIOLES chattered around. Among these were two flycatchers, one was definitely a PEEWEE, but other I am not very sure, along with other usual birds that hang around with chickadees. I was rather disappointed that there are no warblers and was heading towards my car, when I saw two birds flying across, one with some flashes of yellow. I am not sure if one (PINE WARBLER) was chasing the other bird (A FLYCATCHER) or actually they both were chasing the same insect and one was faster than the other as I did see an insect ahead of them. In the end both seem to have missed the insect. Also there was a young male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK chinking in the bushes and a signing INDIGO BUNTING.
Also, in the fields along the path there were 20 to 30 BARN SWALLOWS feeding on some insects. I saw a very few DARNERS. I wonder if they (darenrs) cant compete with swallows or they get eaten by swallows. I watched a BROAD-WINGED HAWK circle around over the fields. There were two young deer with their moms or may two baby sitters. They bounced around each other with high energy and ran wild like mad guys, while one of the adult kept an eye on me. Along the creek I saw at least 30 or so AMERICAN RUBYSPOTS! Glad to know their population is doing well! In fact my walk along this path was to look for Rubyspots. While working at the garden plot on Freese Road, I heard BOBOLINKS overhead till about 9.00 am. A Cooper's Hawk circled around. Two EASTERN BLUEBIRDS called to each other. Several you SONG SPARROWS are singing some garbled song, but because they are SONG SPARROWS, it must be a song they were singing. They sounded nothing like anything. This ends my CLB bird sightings. For those who dont mind reading report from afar, just an hour and 22 minutes away read the next paragraph. Yesterday I paddled West Branch of Delaware river from Deposit to Hancock with Winding River Paddlers. It is very beautiful and scenic river. We saw two Adult and three juvenile BALD EAGLES. Later we found out that there was a nest and one of the fledgling was sitting next to the nest. It was awesome to see beautiful adults flying along the river under the cerulean blue sky. There were many Kingfishers, Rough-winged Swallows, and only juvenile TREE SWALLOWS (not a single adult I saw) and CEDAR WAXWINGS picking up the ephemeral lace wings off of water. A few Yellow warblers, one Rose-breasted Grosbeak, one Carolina Wren and an Indigo Bunting. I did not see any SPOTTED SANDPIPERS along this part of the river yesterday. It was a great location. It should be fun to do it in early July for both birds and odonates. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 http://haribal.org/ -- 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
