Hi all, I spent a couple of hours at Myers Point yesterday afternoon. It was delightful to watch many fledglings, young and adults interactions. There was family of Eastern Kingbirds which were being fed by the adults and young were so eager to be fed, always ready to open their mounts at the approach of the parent. It was neat to see the bright pink gape of young. Then there were families of Barn Swallows, Cedar Waxwings and Ospreys. All at different stages of development. It was almost more than an hour and half since the male Osprey brought any fish to the female and young. At the end of that hour they became so restless and each and everyone is was looking hopefully for the father to come. And female kept persistently calling. When we were watching through the scope one of the young directly was watching us. It would shake its head to get in a snaky fashion and peer at us intently.
An OT request- Has anyone been to Pantanal, Brazil area on their own, not with a bird guide or tour but in adventurous mode? If so and you don't mind sharing some information please directly contact me at m...@cornell.edu because I want to know what locations would you recommend and thanks in advance. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- 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/ --