As planned on last night, when we only heard the bird, I returned to the Avalon Woods East Farms Preserve this morning to try to see the bird, which I did on 4 separate occasions, twice while the bird was singing ! It was fun to see him throw his head back, mandibles opening, and hear the bird's song, simultaneously !
I arrived at the Preserve at ~ 0710, and was on station by 0720, hearing the Kentucky before arriving at "ground zero". His songs this AM were much louder than last night, and from 0720 to 0805, continued to sing every 10 to 15 seconds. After that, the intervals between songs lengthened. I also did a little experiment re: it's singing, by taking my hearing aids out, and found the lower volume to still be a bit higher, than the loudest calls of last night! Could this mean the Kentucky has more energy at the start of the day, singing, if you will, with more "gusto" ? Sue Krause and Luci Betti-Nash (President and Vice President respectively) of the host, Four Harbors Audubon Chapter, also saw and heard this neat bird ! Also seen while at the Avalon "Complex" were a Chimney Swift, my FOY Purple Martin, as well as, hearing at least 1, but possibly 3, Yellow-billed Cuckoos. Arriving home in Riverhead, I noticed 3 Turkey Vultures flying over our Condo property. Cheers, Bob -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
