I also enjoyed Carolina Wren, which has wintered here, singing in a.m. in Liverpool on Shoreview. Also had Brown Creeper at suet.
Onondaga Lake Inner Harbor late afternoon: 7 Iceland Gulls, 1 adult Glaucous with the many Herring, several Ring-billed, a few Great Black-backs. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad > On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Joe DeVito <joeb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I had one here in Syracuse this AM > > Don't forget to look up, > Joe DeVito > >> On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Ellen Haith <elliehait...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've had a Carolina in the yard all winter, singing a lovely variety of >> songs. Last winter there was a pair, so I'm a bit concerned for this little >> fellow's companion. >> >> On a different note, I've had a Pileated Woodpecker at the suet on two >> different occasions this week - that's about 15 feet from the kitchen >> window, closest I've ever been to one. Magnificent! >> >> ellie haith >> >> >>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, John Greenly <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: >>> Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says >>> there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't >>> noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the >>> spring. Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. >>> Anyway, my two must be a pair. >>> >>> --John >>> >>> >>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: >>> >>> > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of >>> > his living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder >>> > that the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two >>> > Carolina Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was >>> > that the males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- >>> > but these two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of >>> > each other. There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is >>> > this just a truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second >>> > bird is a female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never >>> > seen two together in the winter before. >>> > >>> > --John Greenly >>> > Ludlowville >>> > -- >>> > >>> > 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/ >>> >>> -- >> >> -- >> 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: > 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/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/ --
