Hi all, Walking back from the back of my yard just now, I heard a distant Northern Cardinal singing. Wondering where it was, I went a little further and to my surprise the song immediately changed direction. Listening carefully, I realized that it was not distant at all, but was coming from my Blue Spruce tree just about 8 feet above my head! It was a cardinal singing VERY VERY quietly! Presumably it's the young male (dark beak) that comes to the feeder and he is roosting in that tree.
Also of interest, a Tufted Titmouse has been singing on and off around the yard for a couple of days. The song sounds a little wobbly...also a young bird? And finally, at noon there was a bemused looking Ruffed Grouse standing at the very edge of the woods on Baker Hill Rd at Mt Pleasant Rd. Seemed to be soaking up the sun, and apparently not perturbed when I backed up to watch it for a while. Birds never cease to delight me! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com Now on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marie-Read-Wildlife-Photography/104356136271727 -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
