Regarding Meena's lack of Fox Sparrows - I spent the morning trolling Connecticut Hill WMA for anything interesting to record. There were three Fox Sparrows (red) calling as they foraged around the beaver pond. Lots & lots of Robins. Many Juncoes. And three Purple Finches.
Bob On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Meena Madhav Haribal wrote: > Hello all, > Last few days I have been seeing lots of Am. Robins on Strawberry Hill circle > road as there are lots of fruiting crab apples. Today I must have seen more > than 100 robins (I counted up to 57 then lost counts) in the location between > Strawberry Hill and East Ithaca Recreation way till Maple Wood Road. They > seem to be keeping close to fruiting vines or crab apples. They squabble > with each others, chase each other, some singing and some chuck-chucking. It > seems they are all not local robins but they come from somewhere else and by > the time I return in the evening around 5.00+ PM they are gone. So they must > be assembling in the morning sometime. > > > Also there were quite a few White-throated Sparrows singing too. Occasionally > I hear a Carolina Wren. Yesterday, I saw a raven chase a hawk. No Fox > Sparrows yet! > > It feels great to walk early in the morning! > > Meena > > Dr. Meena Haribal > Boyce Thompson Institute > Ithaca NY 14850 > Ph: 607-3011167 > http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ > http://haribal.org/ > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to 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/[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/ --
