Among other things on this clearly summer day: The Ruby-thoated Hummingbirds found the newly offered feeder and a male was doing U-shaped display flights not far from the feeder area within hours.
An Baltimore Oriole nest is complete in clear view (nice for us, maybe not for the oriole) off a cherry branch. Not sure what stage, but males have been competitive for days. A Black-billed cuckoo has been calling today, first this morning, and now again this evening. Hadn’t heard it before today. A Willow Flycatcher is back exactly where one sang last year. And the Mourning Doves are incubating their third (I think) clutch in our garage, this time right on top of my field equipment. Fortunately most of the equipment in current use is in my car. Oh—and last night I saw fireflies for the first time. Anne (just over the Basin Border) -- 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/ --
