This evening about 5:45pm I saw an estimated 150 scattered TREE SWALLOWS southbound over Cayuga Inlet near Floral Avenue. They quit passing by before the north wind kicked in, but that may have been due to time of day. I don't know why they were headed south.
--Dave Nutter On Apr 06, 2015, at 03:55 PM, Susan Fast <[email protected]> wrote: > Late this morning atop Mt. Pleasant, I watched a pair of TREE SWALLOWS, at > one of the nest boxes along the road to the towers, starting territory and > courtship behaviors. The female (presumably) hung on the front, looking in > the hole, while the male (presumably) did "flutter flight" over her and sang > the tree swallow song. Then both would fly rapidly about the box, describing > mostly eccentric circles. Sometimes one or the other would fly very high in > the air doing smaller circles. Initially there was only the pair, but when I > left 1.5 hrs. later there were 3 pairs each interested in a different box. > > Steve Fast > Brooktondale > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > > Rules and Information > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > > Archives: > The Mail Archive > > Surfbirds > > BirdingOnThe.Net > > Please submit your observations to 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/[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/ --
