Hi all, I was out of town last week-end and when I got back home on Monday I realized my Catbird has stop singing. So I am hoping he did not become 'Cat'(s) bird. But I have also noticed in the past that when they have fledglings they stop singing and hang around with their kids and sometime move away from the location. I did not see anything of the catbirds till yesterday morning. I was as usual looking at moths on my sheet early morning at 4.50 am, when a catbird came and complained to me. I thought may be the male is lost and the female is still taking care of babies. So I did not scare away most of the moths, hoping this will help her a bit in her chores of feeding babies. Today morning as I was running out to catch a bus, I heard squawking of many catbirds, a quick look in the direction of the sound found two babies begging for food and a parent watched me seeing them, it landed above me and fired a firecracker at me and when I crossed the road, it followed me to the other side of the road with some more firing. So now I am relieved that at least the babies are fledged!
Yesterday, I was walking along Beebe lake when I heard a loud distress call of Great Blue heron. When I looked in the direction of the sound I found a Red-winged Blackbird was chasing the Great Blue heron and the heron was freaking out. It looked very funny. It was something like when humans encounter a spider they start screaming and running around. He stopped only when he reached the safe haven of the lakes fallen log. Cheers Meena Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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/ --
