On the 13th of July I saw a female American Goldfinch in my yard gathering stems from the seedheads of a large ornamental grass, evidently gathering structural material for a nest. This evening in my yard I saw a female American Goldfinch apparently gathering spiderwebs around the windows of our shed and the nearby fence. I knew they were late nesters, but I assumed they'd be a bit farther along by the midde of July.
This week we discovered that a domed nest had appeared in a hanging planter on our back porch. It was in good shape but empty. Yesterday I approached it and my intent to see what was inside was clearer than my vision: I flushed a Carolina Wren. We both made somewhat startled and upset noises. Today the wren is back using the nest. On another subject, this afternoon I saw what I think is only the second Honeybee of the season for me. It was on Birdsfoot Trefoil on a strip of lawn near Six-mile Creek and South Meadow Street in Ithaca. --Dave Nutter -- 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/ --
