I have no idea whether this thought applies to Nyger and Sunflower, or for
that matter, mixes with one or more kinds of millet and some safflower
seed, but in my days with a research flock of budgerigars, it may be the
mix that is the best diet. It transpires that canary seed and millet seed
have
A couple of sumac heads “saved” over winter in a dry bouquet are getting lots
of attention from my catbirds and now a male robin. I just hung them at our
feeders.
I knew crows, jays and woodpeckers (hairy, downy) love them, but didn’t
realize that they were quite so broadly popular. Maybe I
Worrying about something more substantial than orange to sustain the orioles, I
put out a mango pit with some attached fruit, The adult male oriole reappears
to appreciate it after hiding on Saturday, a young male came in today, but also
catbirds have been using it. I think I may widen my
I haven’t rechecked today but the swallow species distribution has shifted as
of yesterday, Wed May 6: more Barn Swallows but also 2-3 Cliff Swallows,
looking a different shape, no tail streamers and with distinct light rumps
clearly seen. At least one Rough-winged Swallow was still there,
Singing away in Hile School Rd wetland—estimated at 20+. Will count from
pictures and get into eBird—phone battery limitations.
Also small newish flock of Savannah Sparrows (6) today and last 2 days in
upland field East of the unfinished wetland road. They particularly like the
small sapling
Specifically through”Birdguides” about a mysterious illness affecting at least
Blue Tits in Germany, but from the comments, it must be more widely spread.
https://www.birdguides.com/news/mystery-illness-killing-off-german-blue-tits/
andle nestlings for research
> purposes, always with fear and the most care possible. Nestlings don't stay
> in nests any longer than absolutely necessary because nests are depredated by
> raccoon, cat, weasel, skunk, raptors, etc. Nestlings generally can't leave
> any earlier because t
I wonder if there has been some mis-intepretation either in the article or by
subsequent readers. Cowbird young, like other passerines, leave the nest in
the care of parents (foster or otherwise) and live outside the nest from then
on. (OK individuals may hop outside during the day and return
A pair of flickers just followed one after other up trunk of large ash, on E
side of tree. After one flew, the other has clung to the trunk, with its head
folded back, bill down into its feathers, in “roosting” position, if you can
imagine. A red v located very weirdly at the top off the
AMong the 25+ tree swallows, one Barn Swallow was swirling about over the open
water, and a VA rail was heard tik-tik ing mostly, rather faintly, on the N
side of the road. About 1030 am today.
Counts and observations were abbreviated by the wind-rain coming in as I walked
fast home.
Also
The early F-types I was referring to were very clearly female, being observed
by my grad student who was working on them for his disseration. They had begun
twittering, cattail to cattail by March. Their marsh was all unfrozen. We
were starting to wonder if they would actually build nests in
Not very organized song but trying out the old syringeal muscles after some
down time.
anne
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As someone studying redwing nesting and nestlings in the 89-2000 region, I can
say they were incredibly variable 3 decades ago. They could easily show up in
February when the winter was warm. We had actual females back in a marsh near
Binghamton/Endicott as early as February. Usually females
Not trying to compete, but late last week, had a flock of mostly young males
(up to 19) and today a group of ca 50-60. A smaller subset came to feeders
(25? they swooped in where I couldn’t see all on the ground) with a nice male
Common Grackle.
Again, it is interesting that a majority of
In between rain showers—Toward Ed Hill Rd and SSE of my house on Hile School
Rd.
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Just to say—what all of us really know—we don’t want our children to be the
generation to have no one to come behind them, to care and innovate and compost
for them as they age and become infirm. Demography is a complex thing and, as
we in the west take longer to die on average, we must
Apologies for not putting this out during the day, but there were two Lesser
Black-backed gulls on the mounds at the Stevenson Road Composting Facility
between 1120-130 today.
They were with maybe 700 Ring-billed Gulls and 25 or so Herring Gulls. One was
an adult, white head/neck, with very
a. Starlings are declining in Europe also, apparently due to farming practices
(no grain lying around? hedgerows?). But if you want to look for some “black
bird” related explanations, check out the USDA site to see how many “nuisance”
birds were killed using Avitrol on big feedlots where a
Mushrooms almost immediately attract a range of small insects, some of which
specialize on reproducting in them—tiny beetles, gnats (flies) and I am sure
several other groups. I wonder if they were not picking these easy insects
off, especially given their juvenile (klutzy predator) status?
Seen S of Hile School Rd, central wetland, preening calmly in dead trees—two
probably juvenile Great Blue Herons in tree next door. Found as light was low
at 855 pm tonight—sans binocs, etc. Ran back home to get scope—not trusting my
size estimates in deep dusk. Dark legs, marginally smaller
Depends on how old the embryos were when incubation was interrupted. Far
along, they are probably dead. Very early, there’s a chance, especially since
it is quite warm. Before the start of incubation, an excellent chance. Of
course, it also depends on how many hours ago the nest was hit.
More than attack—the hawk had the flicker in its claws on our backyard lawn
area where the attack apparently had taken place, but was struggling to get
up. With Flicker flapping and “peep-peep-peeep”ing, they were sweeping at
ground level across the lawn toward the “old field’ vegetation and
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
At least the first prospectively assessing the nest boxes on Hile School Rd.
This morning at 7am singing atop the empty feeder.
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Maybe 2-3 K or more and I had no binocs (on a stool, cleaning a nest box) but
they worked their way along the fields of Ed Hill Rd just S of Hile School rd,
then west around the wood lot at the intersection of Ed Hill x Hile School to
cross Hile School Rd going North toward Peruville Rd. They
Just a thought, and an inference based on passerines (Red winged blackbirds):
Late fledged males were also likely to turn up in spring with more juvenile
plumage—orange-y epaulet, small epaulet, lots of light edging to the feathers
or some downright brown. Naturally my sample is small because
At 210 pm today, coming in on driveway from Stevenson Compost mounds, just N of
the gateway to the pheasant pens, a single Common Redpoll sat in the sun as
high as one can get in the small trees there. After giving me good looks and
some distant pics, it flew S toward where a bunch of
At approximately 1430, a rough-legged hawk was hunting the field that makes up
the SW quadrat of Cherry La x Warren Rd. It sat watching from trees on N side
of Cherry la, then (disturbed by my stopping car) it moved a bit W along
Cherry, then East to sit on airport fencing along Warren’s E
Another eager cluster of redwinged blackbirds is eating the ash seeds from the
apparently still healthy ash trees. This has happened several times this
month.
Maybe this is well appreciated, but I had no idea that ash seeds were such a
resource for fall feeding birds.
Anne
Anne B Clark
Several people immediately offered help in retrieving the “raven” reported from
the Enfield area. We were organizing capture, but after I got back from
Binghamton around 630 pm, I called the homeowner, who went out to find that it
was now dead.
This morning Nancy Cusmano very kindly retrieved
I just got a message via Suzanne Broderick that there is a raven down and
acting “dazed” in a yard on Enfield Center Rd West, near Trumansberg. I am
currently finishing my day at Binghamton University and unable to get there in
any reasonable time to try to capture and take to Wildlife Clinic.
There is often one at the East end of Stevenson road, around the house on the
south side of the road, or somewhere roadside along that stretch between Turkey
Hill Rd and the fields just beyond (west of) the south-of-road house.
best,
Anne
Anne B Clark
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And fleeing avoidant parents!
In the last 2 days, have watched tree swallow fledglings, cedar waxwing
fledglings, bluebird fledglings, robin fledglings, redwinged blackbird
fledglings, grackle fledglings, American crow fledglings and am currently
listening to the incessant pleading of red
Sat and watched a white pine and its neighboring small maple, as the sun
disappeared. At least three little phantom shapes were working the trees,
especially the pine. One or more was/were red squirrels and I think one was a
chipmunk but maybe all were red squirrels (young? to be so close
The powerlines from Warren Road to Dankert Park were also brush hogged and
cleared of similarly dense growth—many birds along there. About 10 days ago.
Anne
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> On Jun 8, 2018, at 9:28 AM, Karen Edelstein
This morning, a lovely pair of Purple Finches and a pair of Red Bellied
Woodpeckers were using our feeders along with Chipping Sparrows (and red
squirrels), when suddenly a White-crowned Sparrow appeared on the ground below.
No Tree Sparrows today. One at least was still here on Sunday.
A male has been frequenting my feeders for two days, with my first Chipping
Sparrow. The warbler is focused on the suet, strongly! No trouble with that
little pointy bill.
Anne
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> On Apr 15, 2018, at
Very pretty and good views, although I’d guess they are unlikely to stay long.
A regular parade of Hooded Mergansers, Bufflehead, Wood Ducks and of course
Mallards have been there on various days over last week. Two Belted Kingfishers
continue also.
I have seen no Tree Swallows out here, but
Phoebe being incessant, Sandra Place dead end, today at 1530h.
American crow nest nearby—I received severe reprimands for even thinking of
going near it---the sort of harsh crow scolds reserved for cats and lesser
vermin. Pretty insulting.
But the phoebe just flipped around over the little
Hi everyone
It has now gotten to that time of year when crows have already been making some
tentative moves with or without sticks and a few non-snowy days will probably
be enough to spark nesting activity.
We crow-people would love to hear about any crows in Ithaca that are breaking
sticks
There are certainly more knowledgeable ornithologists to answer but this
touches on some questions we are trying to answer with crows over 30 years.
(Over that time, no directional change in average winter-spring temps, in part
because 1990 is a VERY warm year.)
Gonadal development is
At 1320h, my grad student Connor reported that all four cold Black Vultures
were sitting in edge trees/hedges just SW of the leachate ponds at the
Stevenson Road Cornell Composting Facility.
I am afraid all he had to offer was peanuts.
Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
I too went back through Bluewing as well as CBL, and repeat sightings of 2 BLVU
in Broome followed the 7, as were sightings of 2 in Cayuga Basin, several times
through March and early April. Then I can find no sightings (although I didn’t
check ebird) until late summer, when they started being
We frequently have bald eagles out here between 38 and Ed Hill Road on Hile
School Rd. I haven’t been home enough to note whether they are settling down
in the woods next door as they did last year and year before. During 2015 we
had at least 3…2 adults or near adults and a juvenile. But one
The first I have seen this year. One female (no obvious yellow anywhere) and
did not stay long.
Earlier today, A small flock of small birds went overhead, near Ed Hill x Hile
School Rd, that I couldn’t identify at the time, as fast moving silhouettes.
Now I am thinking that they might have
Checking out the nest boxes used by wrens and tree swallows last year. I think
the holes are too small…but they seem quite intrigued.
anne
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Among a lot of feisty House Finches, I think it is just one American Tree
Sparrow—the first I have seen this fall. But the flock is flitting in and out,
so maybe more.
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feeder-aware birds still prefer to use them. Superior nutrition and
nutritional diversity, I am sure.
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> On Oct 25, 2017, at
Both Cayuglists are noting the painted lady explosion.
And interestingly, if you type "painted lady butterfly" into a search engine
right now, you will find that there are “wow—all the painted ladies” reports
from Minnesota, Jamestown, and many more places. What kind of synchrony is
this?
HI Everyone,
I hope this isn’t overuse of the List to ask for help:our banded crow
population in and around Ithaca is suffering from the WNV plague—again, and
strongly. We are losing tagged and untagged-but-known family members. Since
birds also travel to forage at this time of year, we
I watched an interesting sequence around 7 am and got some of it in some really
bad pictures. For Basin lovers, all birds in question also use the part of Ed
Hill Road that is within the Basin. Indeed the Kestrel may be one of the young
ones raised in house eaves on Ed Hill Road, and if not,
Virginia rails (2) that have been recently foraging in the Hile School Rd
wetlands are very vocal and fairly fearless and picture ready this past week.
I have found them along the S edge of unpaved road, on the east side of the
wetlands, in mixed willow and grasses.
The young green herons,
If I may chime in:
because our crow families do have known territories, and families include
unbanded birds, it would be great to have anyone finding an UNbanded dead crow
in the Cornell Campus-Cayuga Heights-Sapsucker Woods-Airport areas text or
email Kevin or me before disposing of it
Could be molt, and it might be exacerbated by a fight with another male. Seems
late in the year for this, but I have watched fights between males (typically
in late April or early May) that resulted in chunks of feather pulled out and
bald or partly bald males.
> On Jul 19, 2017, at 6:33
Hi John et al,
this is well-known gallinule “parental” behavior. As many will know, birds
often lay more eggs and hatch more young than they can rear. The theoretical
explanation is that in a good year, when the healthiest as well as most young
can be raised, parents benefit by being ready
That is so cool!
I recall hearing that during WWII, cattail pollen was explored as a protein
source, a way to fortify breads, etc. We have used it in bread, although it
wasn’t something that led me to spend time collecting it in quantity. So the
gallinules might be making a very good choice!
Julian has been working with Ralph Garruto on studies of ticks, lyme and other
diseases around the campus of Binghamton University, and monitoring tick
abundance patterns, infection patterns, etc. Not quite as abundant as in the
scrubby areas of Ithaca, and notably, least infected in the
Four white-crowned sparrows are dining at our feeders this morning. It appears
to be two males and two females, going purely on brightness and a bit of
behavior (mild aggression between two brightest).
Also a female purple finch, song sparrows, chipping sparrow(s), downy and hairy
May 6th evening—David saw our first E. Kingbird insect foraging on edges of the
Hile School Rd Wetland/Marshes, along with Tree Swallows, at least.
May 2—I had a Spotted Sandpiper skipping about on high points, near the road as
it crosses. Water very high. Beavers keep rebuilding after
I am not sure what specific berries we lacked during winter that would
contribute, but of course, purple finches and house finches could have been
influenced by diets south of here.
On the other hand, it appears that carotenoids that end up purple-red are the
result of conversion of yellower
Dear Cayuga-birders,
WEST NILE VIRUS already diagnosed in our crows!!! :-((
We who follow the crows want to report that Vet Pathology has just
diagnosed West Nile Virus as cause of death of a crow in Cayuga Heights, in
late April. Another diagnosis is pending , but to be honest,
1045 am--First I’ve seen for 2017 and the most adults at one time ever—four
Little Green Herons were croaking, hunting and flapping around together over
the marsh, and among the Salix sp., etc quite near the road. I have never had
closer looks. Not a great day for photos, but if they continue
At about 630 am, “the” house wren sang near our house for the first time in
2017. He was answered and it appears that there are now at least 2, possibly 3
territories encircling the yard.
“The” wren has resumed his singing position atop a spruce near the outdoor lamp
(a street lamp style
Sharp looking female American Robin took long streamers of grasses and tried
for log-sized goldenrod stalks to a nice solid crotch in an small ash this
morning. I have seen more action in the nest site this evening.
A Phoebe tried to fly into our garage, which I take as a nest site seeking
Phoebes apparently arrived en masse. The first one I had was right across from
the Frog Barn on Sapsucker Woods Rd, on Thursday 30 March, 12 noon. Sounded a
bit out of practice.
Then another was singing in my yard (oob) on HIle School Rd later that
afternoon.
Anne B Clark
147 Hile School
478 Thomas Road, second house on “W” side from Ellis Hollow Rd. Seen sitting
fluffed in low rose bush not far from the feeders, with three similarly fluffed
American robins, although they were more actively scoping all the rose bushes
for hips. First time I have ever seen a robin hovering
is eating seed this morning with other current consumers: chickadees,
titmouse, downy and hairy woodpeckers, red-bellied woodpeckers, nuthatch, flock
of house finches, goldfinches, white-throated sparrows, tree sparrows, juncos,
cardinals, bluejays. No sign of red-winged blackbirds and
I had over 1000 robins fly over Hanshaw Rd S of intersection with W Dryden Rd
on 15 Jan. There were flocks of about 200 or more in my field that same day,
about the same time. Since then I have been routinely seeing 100-200 moving
near dusk, in Freeville area…last weekend on Palmear Rd.
The
> This was just sent around on the Broome Bluewing list and it seems
> appropriate to alert Cayuga Bird list as well. Hope some of you get to see it!
Anne
>
> Nature's Best Is Almost Here!
>
> We cannot overstate how incredibly excited we are for our newest exhibition,
> Nature's Best
On 31 Dec, I had two or three notes of a white-throated sparrow, and on 3rd
Jan, an aborted beginning of a mourning dove “song”. Days are getting longer
and sun makes them SEEM longer still.
> On Jan 6, 2017, at 10:22 AM, Laurie Roe wrote:
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> Just heard a Cardinal
In our various patches of acres on Hile School Rd, mixed with juncos,
white-throated sparrows, robins, etc.
These are the first I have seen this fall. They are looking very bright and
beautiful.
Anne
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I checked out the Snowy Owl report and found the bird after getting conflicting
directions from Thompson Veg farm workers. It is actually a strkingly
beautiful Red-Tail Hawk, with markings that make no genetic sense to me. It
has a brilliant adult-red tail, lots of dark streaking in head, a
That would be just E of Ed Hill Rd, on Fall Creek rd. Heading out there now.
Don’t be fooled by the wooden sculptured owl that is on the right, leaving
Freeville, going E.
Anne
> On Oct 26, 2016, at 9:33 AM, W. Larry Hymes wrote:
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> Just got a call from the manager of
Adult with only very small amount of head flecking (i.e. close to breeding
plumage).
Today, 18 Sept, around 1030 am, on the mounds amidst a plethora of Ring-billed
Gulls and maybe 7-8 Greater Black-backed Gulls, ca 120 crows (about 1/3 Fish
Crows), plus pigeons, starlings and Turkey
Not only have the several hummingbirds visiting my feeders been displacing each
other frequently, but I just watched a hummingbird in a long, high chase of a
goldfinch nowhere near a feeder. Not sure what the precipitating event or
state was…but of course, staying in good condition must be
As some will recall, there was a sick young Great Horned Owl on Hile School Rd,
at the marshy headwaters of the Owasco Lake, where some were finding rails,
gallinules, marsh wren etc. As I promised at the time, I am passing along the
news that I received from the Wildlife Clinic: sadly the owl
Just now, 12 Aug, in the marshland at Hile School Road and Rt 38, where the
Common Gallinule, rails etc were earlier in the summer.
My neighbor called me down and I got there in time to see them slow-flapping to
the N visible end of the marshland where they disappeared downward. He also
And the dangers are real: I saw Red-winged Blackbirds lose their nests to
large bumbling goose families that, heads in the air, simply walked the nests
over and into the swamp. It doesn’t require a predator to do damage!
Anne
> On Jul 18, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Asher Hockett
Hile School Road-Freeville
One of several Baltimore Oriole nestlings became a fledgling this morning, and
is now giving new meaning to the adjective “incessant”. Its sibling(s) are
still being fed in the nest and I am seeing relatively little parental
attention going to it. But the parents
I heard a merlin twittering on Christopher Circle/Christopher Lane yesterday
evening, although hadn’t seen activity on it. I have not scoped it recently.
> On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:26 PM, John Confer wrote:
>
> Not good news, overall, for Merlin nests.
>
> The Titus Ave.
Hi Suan and All Merlin Watchers,
The Merlins on Christopher Circle have either gone completely silent or fledged
(too soon?) or they have moved. I saw no birds around or visible on the nest
by late last week. IS this related to the Highland Avenue pair? I have no
idea how far they might
Today, as the June mowing of the last few days was smelling good, but causing
confusion among the previously nesting Red-winged Blackbirds and Bobolinks, a
group of Ravens parked themselves on fields next to my house.
I suspect this is the same group as flew through earlier in the week—there
At around 730 am this morning, a flight of whoop-calling ravens flew SW to NE
across land just S of us on Hile School Rd. First two birds, flying together,
followed closely by a calling third, and then shortly after that, a strongly
calling group of 3. All kept heading across Ed Hill Rd
Among other things on this clearly summer day:
The Ruby-thoated Hummingbirds found the newly offered feeder and a male was
doing U-shaped display flights not far from the feeder area within hours.
An Baltimore Oriole nest is complete in clear view (nice for us, maybe not for
the oriole) off a
I thought that this Conservation Mag article would be of interest to those on
Cayuga and Bluewing lists, since it relates both to the nocturnal migrant calls
people hear and raises some questions about why. Despite the url, I am not
sure we can conclude they are disoriented by them.
“MY” white-crowned sparrow turned back up this morning, after I neglected to
fill feeders Fri and Saturday, but refilled them midday Sunday. I have had one
since late winter, got up to four recently (and thought I could tell the one
apart by crown and also confident way it moved around the
147 Hile School Rd: First (in my irregular birding around the paths) bobolink
singing hopefully over a patch of golden rod stalks that the red-winged
blackbirds call their own. And first blue-winged warbler (or maybe 2) in the
breaking tree buds, foraging and singing, and a first catbird,
Male--over my feeders this am. Yes, just a bit outside the basin, but the bird
flew toward the boundary and Fall Creek…and of course, there were reports
starting 25th April. :)
Anne
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That explains the flyover osprey when I was on Winthrop Dr. a couple of days
ago. And on Tuesday also, a bald eagle and a raven (chased off by two resident
crow families) over Muriel. The bald eagle was remarkably low! The raven
looked distinctly young, brownish and broken primaries.
Anne
I encountered a Common Raven alighting and foraging in the wettest spot in the
NE corner of the field at Freese x Hanshaw (a spot just SW of the corner
signs). The nearest pair of crows was quite upset at this, diving at it, but it
didn’t even look at them while landing.
It captured
This is an out of county observation this morning at 815 am. (in Cortland
county, south along 38 from Harford, and about a mile N of Morton Road, based
on map. I thought it said Morey road. ). It was just so unusual to see,
thought it worth sharing.
Wild turkeys coming out of a roost along
While checking on and looking for crow nests around Ithaca, mostly to NE side
and Cayuga Heights, I am encountering numerous vultures swooping low through
neighborhoods, just sailing around looking for your backyard carrion, I
suppose. But my impression is that there are more than in years
Yesterday, 26 March, I reported watching a raven sitting beside a yard at
junction of Neimi Road and Hanshaw Road. (I also spelled Neimi incorrectly).
Actually it was on the S side of intersection of ETNA and Hanshaw, where there
are actually houses.
Today, 27 March, at about 11 am, just
As I was coming back to Freeville via Hanshaw Road (13 to West Dryden Road),
there was a Raven just sitting in a tree along the road, basically in the front
yard of the house or two on the W side of Hanshaw, just before getting to Niemi
Road. Two crows came out from W of the house to call at
Just outside of the Basin, Hile School Road:
Since Thursday 17 March, only two rather than a dozen American Tree Sparrows
have visited my feeders. They are here this morning, and one just did
“crest-up" at the other, which kept crest feathers flat—I assume two males.
This morning 19 Mar, the
6 more—I just got two tickets.
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A young male Redwinged Blackbird, still in all stripy plumage with no visible
red on wing, sat outside the house at 730 AM running through bits and pieces of
Redwinged Blackbird songs and calls. I recorded a short bit. Regular very
breathy “kr” of the conkereee-- identifiably male
Feb 20 2016 1045 Freeville: Two adult Bald Eagles soared over 38 just S of
the intersection with Hile School Road, one of which soared E up Hile School Rd
and across Ed Hill RD (in and out and into the basin).. They stayed very high;
an adult Red-tailed Hawk soared with them over Rt 38 and I
>From just outside the Basin:
Feb 11 2016. For the second time since yesterday am, a White-crowned Sparrow
was investigating and feeding a little at my feeder on Hile School Road, ~0.2
mi W of Ed Hill Road. As yesterday, it didn’t stay long. Today, I have watched
off and on all day, and it
ABout 10 am, today 2 FEb 16, a brown-headed cowbird male was at my feeder and I
thought I saw a small flock of them moving SE into the brushy areas around our
house on Hile School Road…just out of the basin. But these are birds, with
wings. At 330 pm today, several (or many) cowbird males
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