[cayugabirds-l] Piebald Cardinal
This poor guy was in the yard perhaps after black caps. Did a double take cause he was really red with a bright red beak. But no feathers on his head, no crest! apparently his skin is very dark because he presented basically a black head and red everything else. I'm curious what might cause this. T. Dean -- 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] Swallows mobbing a raptor
So I go outside to get some parsley out of the garden and am suddenly met with the "squeaky" calls of birds and look up to see close to 20 tree swallows mobbing a sharp shin hawk! The hawk flushes and the swallows give chase and the raptor lands in another tree. The swallows are going crazy and the raptor finally leaves. The swallows continue to fly/soar about and finally vanish to who knows where. A very cool experience! Pete Sar -- 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] Swallows mobbing raptor
So I go outside to get some parsley out of the garden and am suddenly met with the "squeaky" calls of birds and look up to see close to 20 tree swallows mobbing a sharp shin hawk! The hawk flushes and the swallows give chase and the raptor lands in another tree. The swallows are going crazy and the raptor finally leaves. The swallows continue to fly/soar about and finally vanish to who knows where. Sar -- 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/ --
