[cayugabirds-l] Lapland Longspurs in Seneca Co
Early this afternoon (1 Mar) I had 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS on Hoster Rd just south of Cayuga Rd. These birds were by the side of the road loosely associated with small flocks of Horned Larks. They flushed as cars passed 3 times and returned. Viewed in bins and in spotting scope, viewing conditions excellent although at distance. Immediately apparent as distinct from the larks and also from any sparrow due to long wings and foraging habits close to ground. All 3 showed buffy tones and auriculars bounded by dark brown. One that appeared as a male had an obvious rufous nape and more distinctive contrast in its plumage. All showed white wing bars and streaky flanks and mantle, and some level of a dark breastband. Also heard distinctive rattle call amidst the Horned Larks while in flight. I was not able to get any useful photographs. Just north of Cayuga Rd (Co Rd 121) I had a small flock of American Tree Sparrows and a few juncos, but did not see the reported Field Sparrow. Another sparrow I did not get enough of a look to be sure, but I think it was a Savannah. I also visited several lakeside spots along the west of Cayuga Lake, with moderate numbers of the expected species. There were 9 TUNDRA SWANS just south of Wyers Point. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Red-headed Woodpecker, Acadian Flycatcher
Yesterday the 11th I saw a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER from my deck visit our suet feeder, and then forage for a few minutes in a very large Silver Maple tree before flying off. I had previously seen one from my yard on May 16th. This time I had enough time to grab my camera, and was able to get a couple of serviceable photos while it was in the maple. This was in the northern area of Trumansburg. View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57316417 <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57316417> Last Friday the 7th on Cayuta Creek south of Cayuta Lake in Schuyler County I had 3 ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS, all vocalizing, 2 seen well. Photos and a short audio clip were taken. An excellent site for WINTER WREN singing as well. View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57277097 <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S57277097> Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Palm Warblers and Broad-winged Hawks
Out here in Trumansburg, it’s been a great spring morning. Over 45 minutes I had 5 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS overhead, all heading in a SW to NE direction which has been the dominant wind direction today. Also, I had both western and eastern PALM WARBLERS foraging in two Northern White-cedars in my back yard. Full list with pictures of warblers at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55131325 <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55131325> Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Blue-headed Vireo in Trumansburg
Hello, around 15:40 up about a half mile on the nature trail that leads off of Salo Dr. in Trumansburg, there was a FOY BLUE-HEADED VIREO passing through the pines. There was a small mixed warbler flock as well, but I could only make out a male Myrtle Warbler before they headed on. Otherwise relatively quiet. Being new in town, I appreciate Marc Devokaitis for giving me the trail tip. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Trumansburg FOS birds
Coming out on my porch in the village of Trumansburg at dawn this morning the 3rd I was greeted by the wheep call of the GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. Further down Bradley there was a GRAY CATBIRD song coming out of the forsythia. Down off of Salo Dr there was the first BALTIMORE ORIOLE male calling. Overall on the dawn walk there were 4 Catbirds, a small flock of PURPLE FINCH, with some singing, and two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS singing in the same vicinity off of Salo. Could not come up with a single warbler. Jared Dawson T’burg ps, there have been several people posting results from their homes; I imagine most of the regulars recognize the birders’ names and know the whereabouts of these posts, but I’m still fairly new to the area and would appreciate if people posting would at the minimum put their town or village name in as part of their signature. Thanks! -- 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] Red-headed Woodpecker family, photos of juveniles
I finally got photos of juvenile(s), and verified 2 adults and 2 juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS; generally mid-morning this family tends to move from trees and suet feeders at 35 Bradley (Trumansburg) over to my yard, favoring 3 old sugar maples, two that border Bradley and one just east of Bradley on Strowbridge. Clearly saw the 4 birds in flight and on perches. It’s a little tricky with the juvenile photos, but it looks to me like one is lighter in plumage than the one shown on the suet feeder. Not as much vocalization as previously heard, some short calls and rattles. Next challenge is to get some good vocalizations recorded. One of the juveniles was zig-zagging from tree to tree, apparently hawking insects, which I have not seen the adults doing. View this checklist online and the photos at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58938199 <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58938199> Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] bay-breasted vs blackpoll
Hi, I had three warblers at the same time this morning in yew and white cedar trees, from a distance all appearing yellowish with obvious white wing bars. One I could see was dipping its tail a bit. I ran and got my camera and was able to photograph two of them. I’m a western birder so have only a few experiences of eastern fall birding. The two birds both look good for Bay-breasted, especially the feet and legs appearing dark gray, but on one the undertail coverts are quite white (the other, lighter bird, had light buffy coverts, not shown well in photos). Is this a variable character? I’ve uploaded several photos to eBird, see below. Any comments are welcome. Jared Dawson, Trumansburg ps, I have not detected the summering family of Red-headed Woodpeckers since the 4th of September, despite being in my yard a lot of time since that date... 30 Bradley St, Trumansburg, Tompkins, New York, US Sep 8, 2019 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: noticed more than one yellowish warbler in my yew and northern white cedar trees from the deck, went and got some photos 8 species (+1 other taxa) Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1 Blue Jay 3 Black-capped Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 2 see photos; one very light yellow with faint streaks on crown and back, the other darker yellow-green; the former bird had buffy undertail coverts, but the second are bright white, a mark for Blackpoll, but I can detect no yellow on legs or feet on either bird; there was a third bird that also appeared good for Bay-breasted, but I could not see it well nor photograph it, and it was dipping its tail which is a mark for Blackpoll Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 1 see remarks for the Bay-breasted Warblers View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59610131 <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59610131> -- 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] confirmation of RED-HEADED WOODPECKER breeding
Finally today 6 August I was able to confirm local breeding in the NW area of Trumansburg. From my house at 30 Bradley I first saw an adult back in the large mostly dead sugar maple where I first saw this species on 16 May. Then I heard the “chatter call” given by two birds, and saw two birds fly out of the maple to other nearby mature maples. Finally I got decent looks at a juvenile bird, with a dark gray head, and limited spots of white on the wing. In these trees there were at least three birds giving the chatter calls, and possibly four. I will try and get photos in the next few days if I can. The juvenile was on a suet feeder across Bradley to the west of my yard. I’ve only seen adult (s) at my suet feeder. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in cavity
This afternoon the 13th I was able to track a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER to a possible nest site, a cavity in a snag of a tree, the species of which I have not yet figured out but will. This bird has been seen or heard since 4 May, and a pair successfully nested in the same vicinity last year. The bird entered the cavity and repeatedly ejected wood chips, as documented in some photos at https://ebird.org/checklist/S68995280 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S68995280> doing a lot of calling before entering the cavity. I enjoyed Jay McGowan’s description of this call as ‘desperate,’ there is something to that. It is distinctly higher-pitched than the more commonly heard Red-bellied. (Kweeah versus Kwirr, respectively, per Pieplow, if that helps). The site is on a restricted access on neighboring private property, but with patience and luck you will be able to hear it, and maybe see it, somewhere around the intersection of Bradley and Strowbridge. It does occasionally come to our suet feeder, where I live at 30 Bradley. I’m of course hoping to see or hear two birds which has not occurred as of yet. Cheers, Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Rough-legged in Schuyler County
I too had a Rough-legged Hawk perched on a mound and then coursing over the large field at the south end of Black Rd just north of hwy 79, just west of Mecklenburg. This was mid-afternoon on the 19th of January. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Trumansburg notes
I took some pictures of 3 nestling Cooper Hawks today, around 3 weeks old. The female was busy eating a freshly-killed Gray Squirrel nearby and then brought the leftovers back to the nest. A couple of them can be seen at https://ebird.org/checklist/S90337636 The pair of Merlins I continue to see regularly, centered on the area behind the new tasting room at the corner of Washington and Old Main Sts. I have not been able to find a nest yet. There have been no new reports of the Red-headed Woodpecker that had been seen at least twice along Washington St in May. There is a pair of Osprey that are apparently nest building on a utility pole at the corner of Kingtown and Seneca Rd, but they seem also to be attending to other nest(s). This is my third spring here, and there is more vireo song this year, at least in the upper village where I hang out, Red-eyed and Warbling. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Black billed cuckoo
I was just wondering about the BB Cuckoos this morning. On Thursday I heard one, possibly two, at the Blueberry Patch Campground in the Finger Lakes NF. Friday, a good look at one in a tree at Lindsay-Parsons, and this morning heard one briefly on Waterburg Rd south of Trumansburg where I live. In other news, the two Merlins are still in evidence around the upper village, but I have not yet found their nesting location, if there is one. I was just giving up on the Red-headed WP which has bred successfully close to my house for two years running, but Mark Devokaitis kindly informed me that he had one not far away in the vicinity of Congress and Seneca Sts a couple of evenings ago. Gotta find it (or better, them). Cheers, Jared Dawson Trumansburg On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 1:01 PM John Gregoire wrote: > We have had both cuckoos singing ( if you can call a rain crow a > songster)for over a week. Alder and Willow flycatchers yesterday and today > and Eastern Wood Pewee three days back. Oddly, our usually dependent Green > Heron nesters are absent for the first time in years as are House Wrens. > > On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 10:29 AM Suan Yong wrote: > >> Black billed cuckoo also heard singing at lower Treman state park, heard >> distant singing approx from direction of the campgrounds. >> >> Seems like a banner spring for BBCU? >> >> Suan >> -- >> >> 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 List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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] first Merlin of season in T'burg
I heard and saw in flight my FOS Merlin along Bradley St in Trumansburg, in the general vicinity of nesting during the past two years that I have been here. I think a male by the higher-pitched calls and apparent smaller size. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Snow Buntings
I just got in from Seneca County and had several flocks of Horned Larks, 2 of which also had Snow Buntings. I saw no large flocks of buntings, but was happy to have excellent scope views of several of them along with the larks when they settled in the roadway. The mixed flocks were, first, on Thorpe Rd immediately west of the Finger Lakes airport, and later near dusk on Kings Corners Rd just north of McCulloch. In one field the larks were leaping up and snagging seeds from the head of plants, presumably assisted by the height of the snow cover. Jared Dawson Trumansburg On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 1:05 PM John Gregoire wrote: > Anyone near the SW corner of the CLB may want to check around the > intersection of Newtown and Fitzgerald Rds as we had a large mixed flock of > buntings, larks and tree sparrows there before noon. These fields are > immediately west and NW of our sanctuary on Fitzgerald. > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- 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] crazy amazing migration redux
I second Dave Nutter's description of migration. I was settling down yesterday afternoon just past 4 for some lunch on my deck (in Trumansburg village) when I noticed a warbler flying into some of our goldenrod. I grabbed my bins, and about 45 minutes later, had, more or less in order: Orange-crowned Warbler, along with its congeners Nashville and Tennessee Cape May Warbler 2 Bald Eagles high overhead flying from the NW in a S Easterly direction, followed quickly by 47 Broad-winged Hawks, 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, several Monarch butterflies (quite high), a low-flying Merlin, 2 Ravens, 16 Turkey Vultures, 2 accipiters, and a Northern Harrier. All of these species were following this same bearing. Sometime in this melee a female Scarlet Tanager flew into a nearby tree. There was almost no wind at ground level, but it must have been a pretty steady wind aloft, almost all of the raptors were soaring. A few of the Broad-wingeds did some gyring but most flew directly through at varying altitudes. The two times I've driven to a hawk watch spot specifically for this species, I've had 6 and 8 of these small buteos, so you really never know! For details on my day's sightings, the ebird list is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94759958 Good birding, Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Loon watch
This morning Nov 10 at Taughannock Park I did a 2 hour loon count from 6:36 to 8:36. There was a steady 8-10 mph wind out of the NW. I had a total of 137 loons, mostly high and over the east side of the lake. The bulk of the sightings took place between 6:45 and 7:30. Scott Sutcliffe joined me for the first hour which was a great help. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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] Merlins in Trumansburg
A Merlin pair has been noticeable around the upper village during April (single bird first noted on March 16), but it appears that they have not yet begun to nest. For the last several days, they have been doing a lot of vocalizing in the immediate vicinity of my house, on the block bounded by Bradley and Strowbridge Sts, and the county line division East Seneca Rd. Today I got extended scope views of the female grooming itself on its favorite perching tree of late, a black locust along the easterly side of Bradley north of #36. It was doing the majority of the "whinnying", with the male responding with sharp and short "kip" calls per Pieplow, which he names as a courtship or pair contact call. Twice I have seen the male fly right at the female on its perch, but immediately the female has flown out without apparent contact. One of the norway spruce trees that was being favored today had been recently visited by a crow pair with nesting material, but there was no sign of them today. Jared Dawson Trumansburg -- 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/ --
