I had a calling Pine Siskin in my backyard, not feeders - yet, this morning. Confirmed by Merlin. Just West of Mecklenberg.
BTW - thanks to everyone who joined me on the CBC field trip Saturday morning. I had a great time. Ken Haas KennethHaasPhotos.com <http://kennethhaasphotos.com/> > On Apr 28, 2025, at 11:42 AM, Marie P. Read <m...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Delights from my walk around the Cornell Botanic Gardens Arboretum this > morning were: > > Two Green Herons - one seen perched in tree next to pond, flushed into flight > by a Great Blue Heron landing, then two Green Herons seen flying together > over and around the pond area. > Singing Baltimore Oriole. > Small flock of Blue Jays flying tightly and noisily together, then landing > and doing their bobbing displays, per Birds of the World "Elaborate Social > Display". > > Later, on Mt Pleasant Road, a flock of around 20 uncharacteristically silent > Blue Jays flying north. > > Ah...Spring! > Marie > > Marie Read Wildlife Photography > 452 Ringwood Road > Freeville NY 13068 USA > > e-mail m...@cornell.edu <mailto:m...@cornell.edu> > Website: http://www.marieread.com <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/ > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
