Besides the Sharp Shinned Hawk that took a hapless Goldfinch, my feeder birds were also terrified by the resident Cooper's Hawk that missed the bird he was after.
The female Pileated Woodpecker was here for a while on suet cakes, then rested on the trunk of a Hickory tree. Also sighted, besides the White Breasted Nuthatch, A. Crows, Carolina Wrens, Cardinals, Juncos, Blue Jays, Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, House Sparrows, House Finches, Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, and C. Redpolls, were Downy, Hairy, and Red Bellied Woodpeckers. Now the rumbling coal train scared away everyone. Yep, the power plant is still generating electricity. Yesterday midday, there was a sizeable raft of Redhead and Ringneck Ducks, with a few Gadwalls and Mallards and CA geese, offshore around 271 Lansing Station Rd., near the bottom of the long hill down to the lake. Donna Scott Lansing -- 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/ --
