I trekked to campus this afternoon, along with Rueben Stoltzfus and his family, to see the Western Tanager. We found it (life bird for Reuben) in the same location, moving from behind the yews to the alcove at the store entrance eating where someone had placed a handful of sunflower seeds on the ground near a wall of ivy.
It is quite tolerant of people, and stayed in one location for a good five minutes or so, and provides excellent close views. At one point we were no more than a few feet away looking over the wall into the yews. We were able to make out some orange showing around the eyes, on the forehead, and around the beak. Michele Mannella ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- -- 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/ --
