It's been a very interesting morning watching the bird feeder area while I ate my breakfast. The newspaper isn't nearly as entertaining as the birds. The female oriole has been coming in to get nesting materials from a grapevine growing up the back of the shed. She seems to be breaking off the dried ends of the grapevine. I noticed her in another area out back yesterday gathering dried grasses. (Much of my two acres is left wild for the wildlife ). The male has come by as well, but perhaps to check on her.
I had two new birds under my feeders- a pair of Mallards. I had watched them waddle up my neighbors lawn from the creek. They ate, than bathed under some bushes in a poorly drained area. My White Crowned Sparrows may have left. I haven't seen them today, but they were here yesterday. I'm just seeing Chipping and Song Sparrows. Every time I think the WH CR have left, they show up. I've got a female Robin who's got it in for a Blue Jay, probably with good reason. Every time the Jay shows up, she's hot on its tail, which she's connected with, with a flurry of white tail feathers. There's a squadron of four male House Finches that zooms about the yard going everywhere together. I'm not sure if there's a female in the mix which would explain all the frantic chasing. If I sit in the window and watch, I won't get anything done, but I do enjoy it so. Sent from my iPad -- 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/ --
