Sorry for the empty earlier message (blame the iPhone :-). Yesterday evening I spent some time at Salt Point watching the ospreys, of which one of the young was enjoying flying in the NW breeze. En route I saw a male orchard oriole with food in its mouth, and later was able to see at least three f/j-types, one looked like the mother who knew what she was doing, the other two popping up whenever she seemed like she'd found something. This was my first real opportunity to get familiar with this challenging-to-ID species.
Late this morning I went to Lansing Center Trail, and along with the expected field sparrows and indigo buntings and such, I was surprised to see at least two, probably more, f/j-type orchard orioles in an apple tree. Still not 100% confident of my ID, I was glad to soon see a chestnut-colored male fly by into a nearby bush. Also, some bobolinks could be heard from the fields, and soon a male (possibly along with a female) was flushed. Suan _____________________ http://suan-yong.com -- 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/ --
