Just before noon today, a lone female Purple Finch showed up at our feeders among the many House Finch pairs. No male as yet. At Monkey Run South Gin & I met Chris Wood who told us about a Fox Sparrow on the railroad bed above his house, so we walked there and found four bright Fox Sparrows foraging in the open on the railroad bed about a half-mile from Monkey Run Rd. Then up on Mt. Pleasant Rd at the East end, I came upon a nice flock of about 40 Snow Buntings feeding on the road, a few males in sharp-looking breeding plumage; also among them were several Horned Larks. More H.Larks were creeping about among the corn-stalks. No Longspurs visible. Back home, with the snow flurries swirling around the feeders, there are four Red-wing Blackbirds and two Common Grackles, along with Song Sparrows, 3 Tree Sparrows and all the other regulars.
Nari & Gin Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. -- _______________________ *Nari B. Mistry*, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- 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/ --
