We also enjoy the posts, don't use ebird so depend on our daily digest of goodies from you all. Thank you!
One request and then a waxwing story. When we receive the digest, it becomes very unwieldy and hard to read when posters forget to delete the long tail of previous posts. Please help. Sue and I study the emergence of two species of dragonfly. One, Celethemis elisa (Calico Pennant) emerges in pretty good numbers. When we do our daily transect of our study pond, the tenerals (newly emerged) take flight from their natal perches and head for cover in the grass. We try our best to count them. That's when we noticed that we had helpers -or maybe we were the helpers. Cedar Waxwings hunt these delectable morsels and use us as beaters, often coming close to landing on our shoulders! We've also witnessed cooperative hunting among the waxwings where one or two will do the beating while others in the flock dine. Pretty cool experience to walk among the waxwings as they treat us as useful, but temporary, members of their flock. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" -- 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/ --
