I think skunks would not hesitate to eat eggs or young they found in a nest on the ground.--Dave NutterOn Jul 05, 2012, at 11:06 PM, M&W wrote:My wife and I observed 2 males between the trail intersection and the Oak tree. One male flew south toward the observation platform shortly after we arrive
My wife and I observed 2 males between the trail intersection and the Oak
tree. One male flew south toward the observation platform shortly after we
arrived and the other stayed close to the female as she appeared to be
gathering materials to build a nest. The photo below is the male that was
close
e that Jay and Livia witnessed with the
female.
I believe Jay mentioned that he got photos and videos too.
From: "nutter.d...@me.com"
To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Dickcissels seen
I had originally intended to send this message to the whole list serve, but instead it just went to Wes (who said he had covered a large area and not heard any more Dickcissels nor any Henslow's Sparrows).In Dave Nicosia's photo series http://www.flickr.com/photos/davenicosia/7503141742/in/set-7215
Based on the distance apart we heard males singing we were guessing there were probably 3 males. However for eBird I only entered in 2 just in case the male at the big oak happened to have moved to Main Loop at the point we were hearing 2 birds singing. As you can see from Kevin's photo the bird
