[cayugabirds-l] Mourning Doves
We were surprised at the comments about Mourning Doves fighting. We have lots of Mourning Doves and have never seen this behavior. Maybe because we have so many feeders? Year round we have 13 sunflower seed feeders and three suet feeders (each holding three cakes). Now we also have a hummingbird feeder (no hummers yet tho), a Baltimore Oriole feeder, and a grape jelly feeder. Some years we have four hummingbird feeders. The Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers like the hummingbird feeder too. Actually, the Oriole prefers it to the Oriole feeder. Bill & Judy Cuyle -- 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] Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, etc.
Here on upper Bruce Hill Road in Danby we have three males and at least one female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. We usually have them in the summer. We had a male Indigo Bunting stop at the feeders once this year, and that seems to be an annual occurrence. We see it just the once. We have two or three male Baltimore Orioles and, we think, one female. It's lighter than a male but darker than a female. The Orioles won't use the Oriole feeder; they use the Hummingbird feeder and work on fresh oranges. We've only seen one pair of Hummingbirds so far this year. Some years we have so many we have four feeders for them. Watching the various birds and other wild animals certainly keeps us entertained! Judy -- 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] Rose-breasted Grosbeaks on upper Bruce Hill Road, Danby
Are male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks not territorial? We have three of them hanging around our sunflower feeders and suet feeders and they seem to be okay with each other. We put up two extra suet feeders this morning because they seem to like the suet and our regular suet feeders are bottom-feed only. We've only seen one female so far. We do have at least one Ruby-throated Hummingbird. No Baltimore Orioles yet this year. Judy -- 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] Turkey Buzzards
Late yesterday morning my husband and I saw a kettle of Turkey Buzzards soaring near the ponds near Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie Clinic. It was a first for us to see so many together. There must have been around 100 of them. We live near the top of Bruce Hill Road in Danby and watch Turkey Buzzards soaring over the valley all summer, but only a few at a time. Judy -- 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/ --
