Since other people have mentioned getting Song Sparrows, I've been on the watch for one at my feeders. Tonight, one showed up. FOS for me. Yesterday I had another FOS- a Turkey Vulture on rt 41A.
Yesterday was serendipitous for me. I was backing into the garage and glanced up and there was a Sharpshin Hawk on top of the Weeping Cherry. Luckily, I had brought my camera with a 80-400 mm lens with me when I went to Homer. I stopped the car about halfway into the garage. Got out the camera, lowered the window some, and fired away. The bird stayed for many shots. It left its perch to chase a Cardinal, without success, and returned to the tree. I moved the car out of the garage and again the Sharpie stayed put. A great day for Sharpie photos. Today, I was out on the sunporch finishing lunch, looked up and the Sharpie was putting on the brakes so it didn't hit the sliding door. Those tails make great brakes. Looks like this guy will be around quite a bit. It can have all the House Sparrows it wants, but not my Cardinals. I've had four pairs of Cardinals this winter. The most I've ever had. In case you are interested, here's a link to the Sharpie images. http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/image/159513362 -- 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/ --
