Hi all, I did a 9.5 mile Monkey Run north and south loop hike with some friends.
The highlights were - I heard at least three or four Pine Siskins in the white pines on the North Monkey Run hike about a mile from Rt 13 Bridge end. I also saw and heard several Brown Creepers, a Golden-crowned Kinglet and a beautiful display of a male and female Downy woodpeckers. Their calls were very unusual. I wish I had my recorder with me. Other than that there were some usual birds, plus a pair of Red-tailed hawks were displaying with their swinging flights over the Cornell fields near Freese road . I was talking to Cindy, one of the co hikers. She told me that she has been hearing some digital alarm clock early in the mornings between 4.30 and 5.30 am for last few days and that has been waking her up. She whistled the call to me. So I played her the sound of Sawwhet owl and she said that was it!. She said she has lots of spruces and pines around her house on Hanshaw road. I will give the exact location for those who want to try to listen quietly without playing the playback as I do not want the whole neighborhood to be woken up by lots of people playing calls. E-mail me if you are interested. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- 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/ --
