[cayugabirds-l] female RWBB
Female RED WINGED BLACKBIRD in with about 10 males in my yard. Donna L. Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
Ann Raffetto's Red-winged Blackbird in East Varick on 15 Feb was the first in the basin this year of which I was aware. I think I saw it in eBird because of the Great Backyard Bird Count. I don't know if Project Feederwatch records are searchable for this purpose. Now that I know the bird was there a week earlier, I'll have to revise. That may have been a bird which overwintered in the area and found her feeding station then. My personal first of the species was on 9 March, which probably represents an influx. Generally males Red-winged Blackbirds arrive first to establish ownership of territories, and the females arrive a couple weeks later to choose a territory (and thus a male). We see warbler females migrating a bit after males as well, but the more pronounced separate migration as well as different size coloration add to the impression of female Red-winged Blackbirds being a different species. It may be that lower places, which melt sooner, and marshy habitats are taken first, which may explain why your upland place in Ulysses was late to see them. The basin first arrivals list, which I'm a few days behind updating, is here: http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/Resources/cayuga-lake-basin-first-records --Dave Nutter On May 05, 2014, at 08:57 PM, Ann Raffetto rass...@rochester.rr.com wrote: We participate in Project FeederWatch and we had a female RWBL on our 2/8 and 2/15 counts in East Varick, about 20 miles north of T-burg. Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html'http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
I don't recall any reports of female REDWINGED BLACK BIRDs this spring. Maybe it is just a memory problem on my part. Or maybe nobody finds them worth reporting. The reason for my interest at this time is that we just had one at our feeders. There have been one or more males around the yard. But this is the first female this year. It is like finding a new species because they are so different from the males. Perhaps a couple of you could enlighten me on what you have seen so far. Dave N, do you have a record of the FOY this year? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
I have seen them here and there for at least two weeks if not longer, although there definitely seem to be more around this week than before. Below-species distinctions like that do often get lost, both on the listservs and in eBird, but are, in my opinion and as you suggest, worth keeping track of, so thanks for the reminder. Finally, for the sake of consistency I will note that the banding code abbreviation is RWBL, blackbird being a single word. Cheers, Jay On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Bill Mcaneny bmcane...@fltg.net wrote: I don’t recall any reports of female REDWINGED BLACK BIRDs this spring. Maybe it is just a memory problem on my part. Or maybe nobody finds them worth reporting. The reason for my interest at this time is that we just had one at our feeders. There have been one or more males around the yard. But this is the first female this year. It is like finding a new species because they are so different from the males. Perhaps a couple of you could enlighten me on what you have seen so far. Dave N, do you have a record of the FOY this year? Bill McAneny, TBurg -- *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Subscribe, Configuration and Leavehttp://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm *Archives:* The Mail Archivehttp://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds BirdingOnThe.Net http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html *Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/!* -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
We participate in Project FeederWatch and we had a female RWBL on our 2/8 and 2/15 counts in East Varick, about 20 miles north of T-burg. Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
I have a couple *female* RWBB at my feeders as well as about 10 WT Sparrows who have been hanging around the past week. I am in the hills above Candor. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Female RWBB
I saw my first female RWBB yesterday at Boland Pond near Binghamton. Stephen R Hill Johnson CIty, NY -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
