At 7:35 tonight I pulled up to the field just east of the airport on Snyder Rd.
The minute I got out of my car I started to hear the “peents" of at least one
American Woodcock coming from the less snowy areas of the field. During the
twenty minutes I hung around I heard repeated peenting and t
My neighbor was walking her dogs near fields close to upper Treman and heard
woodcocks yesterday.
On Thursday, March 19, 2015 8:47 PM, Suan Yong wrote:
At 7:45 this evening I was surprised to hear several loud "peents" in the
small open area along the trail off of Penny Lane before
I hade two Red-winged Blackbirds, a male and female, at my feeders last week.
In the past, I only saw males. The females came later. Ann
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> On Mar 20, 2015, at 11:56 AM, bob mcguire wrote:
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> I have had a couple of flocks of Red-wings & Grackles around the house and
> bri
20 March 2015
Daughter Becky & I played hooky on Thurs. afternoon after she came from
work. Since Gary K. mentioned an outing to MNWR for Sat., I went to see
if the situation there had changed in the last wk. NOPE!!! All iced over
& snow on top. Visitor'
On Lansing Station Rd.:
Female BROWN HEADED COWBIRD
SONG SPARROW
The big flock of RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS continues alternating front and back
yard feeding areas.
Since the birds are quite close to me, I can see a lot of plumage detail among
the RWBLs.
It has been fun looking at the different c
About 500 mixed flock of Common Grackles and Red-wing Blackbirds just
landed in the trees South of my backyard. Quite a number of them are at
my feeders and my neighbor's feeders.
Quite stunning. Reminds me of the murmurations (sp?) of Starlings on the
Levels in Somerset, England.
--
Stephanie
While searching for the snowy owls at 11:45 in the blowing snow today on Yale
Farm Road (no luck) I was lucky to get really good views of 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS
- a male and a female-- and a ROUGHLEGGED HAWK all hunting the same field east
and south of Mcgrane. Several times they were all within my
I have had only a couple male RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS feeding on the ground in
front yard, until early this morning when a blizzard of blackbirds landed out
back under the feeders there.
The feeders needed filling, so I ran out and scattered new seed on the ground
and filled the hanging feeders.
I have had a couple of flocks of Red-wings & Grackles around the house and
briefly at the feeders the last couple of days. I was surprised this morning to
see a FEMALE Red-Winged Blackbird scratching for spilled seed under a feeder.
My understanding has been that the males arrive first in early
I started out from my house by driving along Lansing Sta. and Bill Geo. Rds.
Mostly gulls and Aythas seen on lake. Saw some perky GOLDENEYE males doing
courtship displays!
On Sweazey Rd. near the Cornell Small Fruits Orchard building by the road, I
found a pair of gorgeous BLUEBIRDS exploring t
On my walk this morning on EIRW it seems that a new flock of migrants has moved
in. When I returned home Larry informed me of seeing a new yard bird--the same
I had spotted on my walk--SONG SPARROWS. (I saw 6 on the bike path--but only 1
showed up in our yard.) The newly arrived ROBINS were a
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