Last night while all arctic hell was breaking loose, a brave mourning dove was cooing outside my window. This irrepressible bird, like the rest of us, must be yearning for Spring or was he mourning our eternal winter?
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> wrote: > At least 14 COMMON GRACKLES and 2 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (one adult male, > one immature male) has just invaded my neighbors' yard, taking over their > feeders and drinking from a seep at the bottom of the hill. Earlier I heard > and saw a NORTHERN FLICKER which looked a bit sad. Maybe it didn't visit > the feeders. > > On Tuesday afternoon at 5pm I saw a flock of ~40 probable COMMON GRACKLES > northbound over NYS-366 by the Vet School, but I wasn't able to pull over > and get the binoculars on them in time to be 100% sure. Later that evening > I went to Snyder Rd behind the airport and at about 7:20pm saw at least > one, possibly 2, SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting. The longest view was of an > initially distant bird which coursed north and south working its way east > over the weedy grounds northeast of the runway, eventually pouncing in the > field just outside the airport fence, not far from my vantage, but I could > barely see its head above the grass. I listened unsuccessfully for American > Woodcock until almost 8pm. > > --Dave Nutter > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <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/ --
