[cayugabirds-l] Morning songs
In last few days I have heard the Eastern Screech Owl everyday. Sometimes at 1.51 am or 3.55 am and various other times. He seems to have taken residence nearby in my neighborhood. In the last few days I am being woken up or hear song of a cheery and merry Carolina Wren. He changes his songs every few minutes from chorri, chorri to thikahai, thikhai and various other dialects. Also in last three days a pair of Am. Robins seems to be occupying the backyard trees and one of them sings often. I don't know if they are the resident pairs back and claiming their territory or some totally different pair. It is great to hear them at least for a few more days. Yesterday I spent some time Plantations at the same location where I had seen some birds eating fruits last week. This time there were no birds at the fruits, probably they ate up all the Virginia creeper fruits and the shiny blue fruits of the other plant. But I did see lots of Chipping sparrows, two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers one of them was a HY bird, and one Black-throated Green. Plus a flock of Turkey Vultures that were lazily floating in the blue sky! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Owls, falcon, etc.
This morning, at 0330, I was awakened by the singing of a BARRED OWL from the woods way south of the house. In my 13 years here, this is only the second time I've heard this species from the premises. I got up, of course, and once outside picked up the begging calls of my resident juvenile GREAT HORNED OWL, coming from the valley to the north. It's been begging for almost 2 months now. (Two nights ago, a yard SCREECH OWL got me up with its whinnies and 1 trill.) At 0415 the local pack of COYOTES began yelping across the road; they followed with an encore at 0445. I must have uncharacteristically dozed for a few minutes, and upon arising at 0530, the juv. GHO was still clamoring to be fed. Yesterday afternoon, from the Yard, I saw a large, darkish raptor with a bright white throat and upper breast and a characteristic wing shape glide in low from the north. It reached the large hayfield south of the house and found a powerful thermal and began circling and soaring. Up and up. I finally lost it to the unaided eye, but continued following its spirals with binocs until it appeared no larger than a sparrow. I saw no wingbeats (from such a powerful bird) for many minutes, which was awe-inspiring. The PEREGRINE FALCON then straightlined south. Steve Fast Brooktondale -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Schreechie
We were awakened at 12:30 am this morning to the pleasant but intense whinnying and trilling of a screech owl outside our window. It was alternating between the two calls. A lovely serenade surprise for our location. Michele -- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
