I'm curious as to how some of you handle House Sparrows at Bluebird
and Tree Swallow nesting boxes. I don't get many HS where I live, but
I have on occasion seen Bluebirds and Tree Swallows killed in the
boxes (not a pretty sight). The few times I've dealt with this problem
in the past, I
And by the Podell Boardwalk in SSW.
Also had drumming YB Sapsucker and Belted Kingfisher there this morning.
Many singing Song Sparrows also.
Linda
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Ryan Douglas r...@cornell.edu wrote:
On my bike ride into lab late this morning I heard EASTERN PHOEBES along
In the morning to keep of the smell of Jointer compound (or whatever it is
called, but stinks), I opened the windows and I also heard a very insistent
Eastern Phoebe of my neighborhood vocalizing.
Last a couple of times when I have walked to Pine Tree road, I have got fooled
by a mockingbird.
Hi, All,
You may already know about this nest but a pair of red-tailed hawks has
built a nest on a ledge on the north-east side (facing the lake) of the Peggy
R. Williams Center, the building that looms over Rte. 96B at Ithaca College.
The nest is actually visible while driving up south
Last night after sunset we enjoyed the Woodcock display up at the airport,
on Warren Drive before it bends left onto Snyder Rd. Coming from the
marshy area at the curve, we heard a call that I have to admit I couldn't i.d.
It was a fairly quick, low whu whu whu sound, almost owl-like. We
I saw a hawk this afternoon that has me puzzled. Perhaps someone more
familiar with hawks than I am can help me sort through the possibilities.
I'd say it was definitely a buteo---it struck me as about the right size
and shape for being a Red-tailed Hawk. But the colouring was certainly
Hi,
I had a Phoebe for the last two days in my area in Skaneateles. I
never really have them stick around, but it was singing above the
creek today.
Diana Whiting
On Apr 1, 2010, at 6:16 PM, jpack...@clarityconnect.com wrote:
Heard my first PHOEBE this morning, as I went out to get the
Phoebes have been singing around my place for the last four or five
days. Today a pair was investigating their traditional nest site
under the eaves at my shop, and another was at my house. A few Fox
Sparrows were singing from under the bushes. I checked the bat house
this evening. No one
This morning (1 apr) I took a brief walk around Sapsucker Woods before
going inside the Lab to put away the last of the specimens we had out to
show to the SFO class last night. Afterward I drove around the airport, then
I went up to Mount Pleasant for about 1 3/4 hours. I wish I'd gotten
