Kathy Strickland & I truly enjoyed the early a.m. breeze today & the delightful singing & views of the Dickcissel on the bare branches of the big oak at Seneca Meadows. This was a lifer for me & special since with hearing aids I was able to clearly hear & enjoy it.
Among various other birds we saw a Savannah Sparrow, a number of Bob-o-Links & Song Sparrows & heard the witchity-witchity of the Common Yellow-throat but weren't able to see it. Didn't see any sign of Bob's skunks :) :) ... but Bob, I had a little one in my live trap yesterday a.m.!!! Flowers were beautiful across the "meadows" but the drought is taking its toll. I truly appreciate the beauty & solitude of that grassland ... the Seneca Meadows Prairie lands! Go see it, folks. It involves a lot of walking but it's really peaceful to the harried soul. One thing it needs is some benches upon to rest. On our way from Union Springs to the meadows we also saw 9 or 10 osprey nests with at least 16 birds. Two adult bald eagles were in a dead tree at Mud Lock. Fritzie Blizzard Union Springs -- 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/ --
