It is with great alarm to report & dismay to have seen that hundreds of
cormorants have taken up residence on the ground & in the trees of
Frontenac Island, Cayuga Lake, Union Springs, NY.
The island is owned by the village of Union Springs & I seriously doubt
the village fathers have any
Another first for south side. A male indigo bunting at my feeder off and on
all afternoon. Four sightings!
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 12:03 AM Upstate NY Birding digest <
cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote:
> CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, May 13, 2019.
>
> 1. first ever here
> 2. Crow
RBA
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- May 06, 2019
- NYSY 05. 06. 19
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HI all
I just want to note that
a) I have had more males than usual but that means 3, plus several females- in
a rural area- and
b) Bluewing bird listers in Broome have sent out 3 or 4 messages about
unusual/rare/first time visits from RB grosbeaks at their in-town feeders.
Hearing both
Although I don't live downtown, I live about 5 minutes from Cornell. I have had
a male at my feeder for over a week now. I think I have seen one maybe three
times in the past 15 years and then it was usually only for a day. I have
never had one stay for so long. A real treat.
I had one male on Saturday morning at my fall creek home. He wasn’t eating the
seeds and just seemed to be resting. This is the second time I’ve seen a
rose-breasted grosbeak at my house in the last 5 years – so, they are
definitely rare in downtown areas.
--
muhammad arif
Re allopreening: strangely I have only ever observed this among some
critically endangered Bali Myna at the Hong Kong Aviary:
http://suan-yong.com/hong-kong.php?s=Aviary=21442
What I found more fascinating than the allopreening was that the bird on
the left had the muscular dexterity to lift
It's called "allopreening," and it's common among crow family members. I have
some photos and a little video of it at
https://get.google.com/albumarchive/101683745969614096883/album/AF1QipOTOn8uYT5okqlVFuupJF3oZ9GirfXeONgUKOYY
All members of the genus Corvus allopreen, so far as I know. Oddly,
