I Saw an E. phoebe diving into the lake, off a fallen willow snag in the water near my beach. It actually dove quickly under the water & out again, & flew up to the over-hanging branch. There it fluffed its feathers & preened, then repeated its dives a few times.
My brother has a house on one of the barrier islands in North East Florida south of St. Augustine. (By Atlantic Ocean). They have a typical concrete birdbath. Last spring I noticed that whenever it had not rained - which provides puddles for drinking fresh water in that sandy, well-drained area - many different species of birds competed to drink from the bird bath. Robins, mourning doves, Cedar waxwings, cowbirds, yellow rumped, warblers - They would crowd the bowl and many times one was standing on top of another in their effort to drink some water from the birdbath. 8-10 at a time! We had to rinse & refill it many times a day! When it rained, there were only a few birds there, I assume because they found lots of freshwater puddles from which to drink. Donna Sent from my iPhone Donna Scott On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:07 AM, Sara Jane Hymes <s...@cornell.edu> wrote: > With the heat we've had lately, I am not surprised to see birds frequently > cooling off in our (normal/basic-sized) bird bath. However the other day, I > was surprised to see 3 different species all trying to cool off at the same > time!! ROBIN, BLUE JAY and MOURNING DOVE. One flew away before I could get > a photo. > > -- > > > Sara Jane Hymes > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
