Curious to know if any Acadian Flycatchers were still nesting in Hendershot
Gulf, I parked my car along Swan Hill Road at 7:30 this morning, stepped into
my muckmasters, waded across the creek and entered the upper end of the narrow
gorge. I slowly worked my way down through, encountering
We recently bought a nicely made bamboo nest box from Agway, and it has a
screen at the bottom, presumably to help prevent blow fly larva from getting
to the nestlings. If this actually works, I'd like to add screens to my
other nest boxes.
Does anyone know how effective this really would be
Nice Geo...good to know Acadians are still in there. The Cayuta and
Hendershot Gulfs offer unique wonderful local habitat rarely visited by
local birders -- the trail alongside the former is especially nice.
Bill E
-Original Message-
From: Geo Kloppel
Sent: Wednesday, June 18,
Several people have inquired off-list whether I intervened on behalf of the
Catbirds. The answer is no, and the seemingly hard-hearted explanation is
that Catbirds are pretty expendable, being very common breeders here. In fact
they bear the burden of predation so well that I can claim to have
Speaking of Brown Thrashers, last year, I only had a migrating visitor. This
year, we have had a thrasher in the yard regularly since May 10. I assume it is
a female because I never hear any thrasher singing (last year, I found the
individual singing). Presumably I just have one and not a
This morning as I biked up Lois Lane in Commonland, the southern corner of Lois
and Penny hosted a cacophony of bird noises, mostly goldfinchy, but in their
midst I'm pretty sure I heard one spaceship taking off (prairie warbler).
Sorry for the late report; the should've been pleasant bike ride
