No sign of Willet at Myrrs or Salt Pt. This morning. Semipalmated Plover and
Sandpiper plus Least on spit at 0740. Just one Spotted there now.
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I had a long walk up down Salt Road this morning. As was to be expected at
this time of year, it was rather quiet bird-wise. Along with the usual
chickadees, nuthatches, and Common Yellowthroats I did have a few unexpected
and pleasant surprises. Not the goshawk I had hoped for, but a
At 1145, I heard a different bird song from the large maple over the house.
Robin-like series of phrases, each phrase of three parts. I listened to it
sing for about 10 minutes before it flew out into view--about robin sized;
large, thick bill; splotched yellow-orange. Most probably a female
Emphasis on possible, since I couldn't get much of a look. Seemed to have
good white eyering and long undertail coverts. It was at the the edge of
the woods at the south end of the straight stretch on bluegrass - from the
south end of the red barn, walk west 100+ yards. Bird was just past the
I was interested in Dave Nutter’s recent reports on a pair of Carolina wrens
that successfully nested in a hanging planter on his back porch. It was just a
few days after his first report (7/18) that we noticed Carolina wrens carrying
nesting material to a hanging basket of fuchsia suspended
Around 10 this morning (Sunday) I was walking past the field just east of the
observatory, where the recently mowed grass was being turned by a tractor.
Overhead 3 Common Ravens were wheeling, giving lots of calls, checking out the
newly mowed areas for dead (or soon to be dead) things exposed
Carolina wrens nesting in fuchsia hanging basketRe CAROLINA WRENS nesting in
hanging baskets or the like: a few years ago C. Wrens nested in a plastic bag
containing rubber belts for the lawn mower! the bag was hanging on a nail
against the house under the floor of my roofed back deck (house is
I had my first ever Carolina Wren nest in a hanging basket of tuberous begonias
this summer. One person I told said, Of course you do! They successfully
raised and fledged five chicks. They're nesting all over my property in
Newfield. I hear the buzzy I'm bringing food sound all day long every
This evening I was strolling the Fall Creek neighborhood of Ithaca with my son.
My goal was to see Common Nighthawks. His goal was to pleasantly kill time
while his laundry dried. The playground at the Fall Creek Elementary School
seemed a good spot, with plenty of sky, plus equipment sturdy
