Hi all, This evening (Friday) between 6:30 pm and 7:30 pm we had lots of visitors to our bird feeders. We have 3 sunflower seed feeders and one suet feeder, all in the yard. A remarkable 18 species of birds visited during that hour! It was overcast and drizzly and about 51 degrees. I've submitted the following list to eBIRD. While there were mostly singles of each species, we did see 3 male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks chasing each other around the feeders while one female quietly munched on seed. We also see the Oriole frequently eating suet, as he did this evening.
Other birds around the yard include Eastern Phoebes (sitting on a nest above our porch light), Grey Catbirds, Hummingbirds and a Towhee. I hope it warms up soon! Enjoy the weekend. Laura Hunt Hill Rd., Ithaca Laura Stenzler [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 7:34 PM To: Laura Stenzler Subject: eBird Report - Hunt Hill Rd. 147, May 23, 2014 Hunt Hill Rd. 147, Tompkins, US-NY May 23, 2014 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Birds at and around the feeders during this one hour period. Overcast, drizzly, 51F 18 species Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Eating suet Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 8 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18526711 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- 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/ --
