Hi Cayugabirders, I know it's early in the season yet but the cardinal, tufted titmouse, and mourning dove singing/calling outside in my yard are reminders that I'd like to ask for your collective help.
I'm embarking on yet another major photography project this year, this time one about the nesting cycles of a selection of familiar and backyard birds. I'm looking to photograph a number of behaviors that will be challenging, but I also need to get images of nests with eggs/hatchlings etc. The first activity may actually start happening soon: the elaborate group displays of Blue Jays. So if anyone starts seeing these on a regular basis somewhere nearby, please let me know. Also, Red-tailed Hawk aerial courtship activities (the pair swoop at each other, locking talons etc). If anyone notices this happening, please let me know. Somewhat easier things I need are nesting WHite-breasted Nuthatch (nestbox or natural; cavity). And the following in nestboxes that are openable (especially from the top) and into which you don't mind me sticking my camera to photograph nests with eggs and young: Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Tufted Titmouse. Thanks very much for any tips. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
