The Western Meadowlark was still present on Armitage Road this morning. It was singing from about 8:40 to 9 am. It was heard first in trees near the house nearest to Olmstead Road and on the south side of Armitage Rd., so in Seneca County, then had a visual of a singing bird (but with its back to us, darn!) in the trees near the house closest to Wiley Road and on the north side of Armitage, so in Wayne County. It was last seen and heard flying north. It seemed to be exhibiting territorial behavior, namely singing from treetops and flying in a (partial) circle around us. The song seemed slightly different from the one that Jay McGowan attached to his ebird checklist from last weekend. Jay, if you want to hear my cellphone audio, send me your phone number.
Pat Martin > >stakeout Western Meadowlark, Armitage Rd., Savannah (2018), Wayne, New York, US >Apr 19, 2018 8:26 AM - 9:02 AM >Protocol: Traveling >0.227 mile(s) >10 species > >Ring-billed Gull 20 >Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Drumming >American Crow 1 >American Robin 2 >European Starling 2 >Song Sparrow 2 >Northern Cardinal 1 >Western Meadowlark 1 Visual of singing bird. Audio obtained. Bird was >singing from trees on both sides of the road. Had its back to us and flew >before I could get a picture. >Eastern Meadowlark 0 Did not hear any singing on this cold, >snow-on-the-ground morning. >Red-winged Blackbird 2 >House Sparrow 2 > >View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44717356 > >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/ --
