Only one monarch all summer now, within an hr., I've seen 6 They appear
to be darker in color than I recall so does that mean they are this summer's
hatch? All in a S-SW flight. Beautiful, thrilling, rewarding sight!
Need to go to Seneca Meadows!
Coming down from the garden a few minutes
Yesterday, while on my exercise walk along the swale next to the Cornell
Plantations parking lot, I flushed a small flock of CHIPPING SPARROWS.
This surprised me for two reasons. One, I haven't had this species at
my feeders nor seen it elsewhere for the last few weeks. The biggest
Hi all,
I had fairly good number of birds in Mundy for the first time. I came across a
small flock , but the flock was very much dispersed among several trees.
4 or 5 of Magnolia One of them chased a small moth for quite some distance and
nabbed it finally. But I could not identify the moth as
Larue St. Clair and Jackie Bakker report seven HUDSONIAN GODWITS, as well
as two Red-necked Phalaropes, a Sanderling, and 20 Pluvialis plovers at
Knox-Marsellus this morning.
-Jay
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Jay McGowan
Macaulay Library
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
jw...@cornell.edu
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Sat. or Sun. I had two hummingbirds flying together, checking out flowers in
pots on my front walk. also had at least one at my newly filled h.bird feeder,
yesterday (Mon.).
Donna Scott
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From: John and Fritzie Blizzard
To: CayugaBirds-L@Cornell.e ;
this AM there were 4 female / immature types visible at once from my kitchen
window - one sitting and shivering on each of my 3 feeders and one perched next
to a pineapple sage plant (which was covered with a sheet because of the
frost). I have been seeing 1-2 at a time almost every day the
We continue to have 2 hummers at our feeders in Interlaken.
--Marty
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8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467
Interlaken, NY 14847 cell315-521-4315
I still have one hardy soul who still feeds daily at my feeder.
Deb
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[bounce-107962231-46471...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Marie P. Read
[m...@cornell.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 5:49 PM
Cc:
I hadn't seen any in weeks, then a couple showed up. Again, I haven't seen any
in days, but I'm keeping my feeders up for those flying south and need a place
to stop.
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I thought mine had gone this morning, but then I saw two zipping around so I
refilled the feeder again!
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY 13068 USA
Phone 607-539-6608
e-mail m...@cornell.edu
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Hummingbirds, at least one, still here today. Don't think they are migrants.
Sally Eller
Blue Heron Point, north of Elm Beach
West shore, Cayuga Lake
Ovid
On Sep 17, 2013 4:33 PM, Donna Scott d...@cornell.edu wrote:
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Sat. or Sun. I had two hummingbirds flying together, checking out flowers
Well I am going to report a very neat hummingbird sighting from Saturday. I
don't go h bird feeders as I worry that I won't maintain them well. So I just
hope that my garden's flowers help them out a little. But all this summer we
have been entertained by both adult and juvenile Yellow-bellied
Color of monarchs triggered memory of a paper I just saw:
1.
Title: Forewing pigmentation predicts migration distance in wild-caught
migratory monarch butterflies
Author(s): Hanley, Daniel; Miller, Nathan G.; Flockhart, D. T. Tyler; et al.
Source: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY Volume: 24 Issue: 5
Thank you to all who sent news about hummer sightings. Last yr., I think it
was, someone reported a very late hummer in early Oct.. With such a crazy
summer it seems that some birds left early. I haven't seen a swallow for
several wks. NONE before that, lined up by the hundreds on power lines
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