[cayugabirds-l] orchard oriole

I thought I saw a male yesterday and confirmed a sighting today. Sheffield Road, Ithaca. Also just watched several swallows chasing and bombing a red-winged blackbird male. He perched in a tree and they swooped around him a few times and then left. Deb -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Arnot Forest Brewsters Warbler

While birding Irish Hill Rd near the NW gate of the Arnot Forest this morning, Rachel Lodder, Jared Dawson and I stopped for what we thought was a blue-winged warbler (Merlin agreed). Rachel spotted the bird's movements; I got a good view of it and was surprised to see a bright yellow crown and

[cayugabirds-l] Rail trail/botanic garden birds, bird strikes, and Evening Grosbeak

A jaunt from East Hill along the rail trail to Monkey Run and back through the Botanic Gardens produced a number of warblers and other birds this morning including: Chesnut sided, blue-winged, yellow, common yellowthroat, overbird, hooded (calling on the north side of Fall Creek near the

[cayugabirds-l] Black-billed Cuckoo

I heard, an early for my location, Black-billed Cuckoo calling from the trees/ brush at the upper part of my property on South Rd in Caroline this morning. Also FOY Ruby-throated Hummingbird, again early for my yard. Bill Baker Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Bluebirds have fledged the nest.

Big news in Newfield ... five little eastern bluebird fledgelings emerged from the blue bird nest box outside our window this morning! We have been supplementing their diet with live mealworm larvae since mid April. It seems to have helped. Adults had attempted, unsuccessfully, to fledge a brood

[cayugabirds-l] Psychology study

Jim Tanaka, a psychology researcher in Canada, asked if our members could help with some cognitive research he's doing. Some of you may remember an earlier research he asked us to do back in 2021. From that first experiment he learned more about flaws of the survey design (too complex and time