Rich-- Great job--it was so tantalizing yet frustrating to 'know' those birds were nesting, but not have proof!
Andy Mason At 11:00 PM 8/20/2010, you wrote: >Not surprising, and after much anticipation, I was able to confirm >the successful nesting of the Mississippi Kites in the Town of Root, >Montgomery County today. I was fortunate to get a video of the >parent bird bringing food to a begging fledgling. I'll post a few of >the photos on my blog in the Albany Times Union: ><http://blog.timesunion.com/birding>http://blog.timesunion.com/birding. > >Interestingly, there are three adult birds tending to the nest. >Apparently, this is a behavior known to the species where an >additional adult or sub-adult will join in the parenting role of the >mated pair. I have posted a photo of all three in a previous blog entry. > >The birds, when not in the air, are frequenting a woodlot on private >property. The landowner reiterates that he does not want anybody >entering the property. He expressed appreciation for those who >honored this request, but noted there were a few exceptions. In one >case, two over zealous visitors had to be escorted off nearby >private property. > >Rich Guthrie >New Baltimore, >The Greene County, >New York ><mailto:gael...@capital.net>gael...@capital.net > > Andrew Mason 1039 Peck St. Jefferson, NY 12093 (607) 652-2162 andyma...@earthling.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
