[cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here

2016-03-19 Thread Liisa S. Mobley
At 10:15 am, the bird was sitting in the little tree in the courtyard by the back entrance to the Cornell store, in the sunshine. I seem to find him most often in sunny areas; I don't know if he's just easier to spot, as the yellow feathers glow more brightly, or if he likes to sun himself. -Li

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here

2016-03-18 Thread Alicia Plotkin
Thanks to Liisa, at 10:25 this morning I was able to spot him in the two smallish trees just west of the benches in Wee Stinky Glen. He was eating some of the dessicated fruit in one tree (crab apple?), then went down to the water to get a drink, then flew back up and spent quite awhile in the

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here

2016-03-18 Thread Donna Lee Scott
--Original Message- From: bounce-120282457-15001...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120282457-15001...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Alicia Plotkin Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 8:57 PM To: Liisa S. Mobley ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here Thanks to Li

[cayugabirds-l] Western tanager still here

2016-03-08 Thread Liisa S. Mobley
In it's usual spot, eating berries and seeds near back entrance to Cornell Store. Flew off to trees near wee stinky glen. I didn't have my binoculars, so I didn't get a good look at plumage details, but it didn't appear to have any major changes. -Liisa Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L L