Hello everyone,
I spent some quality time with the DICKISSELs at Seneca Meadows yesterday,
mostly watching the nest-building pair near the large oak tree, and only
occasionally hearing the second male that Jay McGowan wrote about yesterday. I
finally saw a second male to the southwest of
I have a poor photo of our only Dickcissel sighting from Sunday at
https://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Summer2012Birds#5760644233315645458.
Perhaps I was expecting more black, but this seemed like a small amount to
me. It never did face us straight on to see if it was a V or just a
That photo from last Sunday looks like it’s of a bird with the same amount of
black on its front as the two males that I saw yesterday. Oh well, so much for
hopeful speculation about a third male in different plumage…
Oh, and I should add that the thought of additional Dickcissels hiding
Based on the distance apart we heard males singing we were guessing there were probably 3 males. However for eBird I only entered in 2 just in case the male at the big oak happened to have moved to Main Loop at the point we were hearing 2 birds singing. As you can see from Kevin's photo the bird
I had originally intended to send this message to the whole list serve, but instead it just went to Wes (who said he had covered a large area and not heard any more Dickcissels nor any Henslow's Sparrows).In Dave Nicosia's photo
Good evening!
Although this is a pet bird, the owners are seeking area birders to help locate
this Gray Parrot. The bird is reported to have been sighted in the Branchport,
NY area. If interested, please read below or visit their link for more
information. Thank you for the tolerance of this
My wife and I observed 2 males between the trail intersection and the Oak
tree. One male flew south toward the observation platform shortly after we
arrived and the other stayed close to the female as she appeared to be
gathering materials to build a nest. The photo below is the male that was
