Yesterday I saw at my feeder an immature cardinal , still mostly brown, with red starting in wing feathers, & no tuft on head yet. So maybe it was from a second nesting? We have a lot of cardinals around Kendal.
Later, early afternoon, I heard several times, a yellow-billed cuckoo call in the woods/west section of Wilson trail. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2026, at 8:51 AM, Peter Saracino <[email protected]> wrote: From my porch this morning I consistently hear cardinals singing. When I asked Google why, this is the interesting response it gave: "Cardinals sing in mid-August because they are still finishing up their extended breeding season, defending late-summer territory boundaries, and communicating with their long-term mates. While many other backyard birds stop singing by August to molt or migrate, non-migratory cardinals maintain active pair bonds and can raise broods as late as August or September." Sar "Attention is the beginning of devotion." - Mary Oliver -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Archives: The Mail Archive: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<https:<a%20href=>/maillist.html" class="hft-urls">https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<mailto://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]>/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org. --
