That's so exciting Jared!
Incredibly/incredulously I have only had one local sighting this summer,
despite the fact that our yards are separated by no more than 500 feet, and
we keep filled suet feeders. It has not, to my knowledge, visited our yard.
I encountered it around the corner from you to
Finally today 6 August I was able to confirm local breeding in the NW area of
Trumansburg. From my house at 30 Bradley I first saw an adult back in the large
mostly dead sugar maple where I first saw this species on 16 May. Then I heard
the “chatter call” given by two birds, and saw two birds
