Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird nest que.

Carolina Wrens have put moss in nests they build in my old Christmas wreaths that I keep hung up for them on my front porch. Donna Scott - Original Message - From: Betsy Darlington To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:02 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] B

[cayugabirds-l] Nelson's Sparrow

On Tuesday morning there was still at least one Nelson's Sparrow at Marten's Tract in the Northern Montezuma complex. Bill Purcell wpurc...@twcny.rr.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Bird nest que.

Hi Betsy, My bet is on chickadees. Check out . John Confer On 10/18/2011 3:02 PM, Betsy Darlington wrote: > What cavity-nesting bird(s) use a lot of moss in their nests? We were > cleaning out our boxes yesterday (we have 14),

[cayugabirds-l] Bird nest que.

What cavity-nesting bird(s) use a lot of moss in their nests? We were cleaning out our boxes yesterday (we have 14), and two of them were made up mainly of moss. In 38 years of tending these boxes, I've never seen that before. Bluebirds and Tree Swallows are our main nest box occupiers, with an o

[cayugabirds-l] CayugaRBA HUDSONIAN GODWIT, Montezuma NWR

CayugaRBA HUDSONIAN GODWIT, Montezuma NWR Visitor Center --Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://w

[cayugabirds-l] Hog Hole Clay-colored Sparrow, Nelson's Sparrow, Marsh Wren

Ken Rosenberg, Arvind Panjabi and I saw several nice birds at Hog Hole this AM. It was as good as I have seen it with lots of sparrows (e.g. 120 Song; 75 Swamp). The Clay-colored Sparrow was near the easternmost bluebird box that has a little shrub growing next to it. The Marsh Wren was in the fie

[cayugabirds-l] Interesting bird interaction

Yesterday afternoon I watched an interesting little interaction between a male Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Blue Jay in our yard. The RBWO flew into our box-elder with loud chirrups, waited just a few seconds, then flew to a silver birch in the corner. In a few seconds he chirruped back and sta