Geo, do you think they're tent caterpillars? That's what I thought... Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail m...@cornell.edu Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ ________________________________________ From: Geo Kloppel [geoklop...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 9:12 AM To: Marie P. Read Cc: Whitings; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler It looks like there was an egg mass right on the box, and they’ve all just hatched. Be climbing the trees soon. -Geo > On May 17, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi Diana and Cayugabirders, > > Here is what birdsoftheworld.org (formerly Birds of North America online) > says about Prothonotary Warbler nesting: > > <Nest Site > Selection Process > Males establish territories around one or several suitable nest sites, and > place moss inside cavities before females arrive. Male displays at each > cavity. Female selects nest cavity from among those available. Settlement by > female is related partly to quality or number of nest cavities available> > and > <Nest > Construction Process > Male places moss in potential nest sites. Amount of moss varies from several > pieces to foundation 1–8 cm deep, and male may fashion nest cup in moss. > Female alone constructs remainder of nest and lining, with male accompanying > but not assisting. > > and > <Nonbreeding Nests > Males place various amounts of moss (but not complete nests) in all available > cavities within their territory.> > > No mention of larvae. I can't quite tell what kind of larvae they are from > the one photo I can see on your site. But very interesting observation. I > didn't notice anything like this obvious new hatch of larvae on the 3 boxes I > observed there last week at Armitage Rd. I also saw/heard at least 3 > different males along the road. > > Marie > -- 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/ --
