I continue to hear WOOD THRUSHES singing in the woods up and down the road. WHITE THROATED SPARROW heard in trees yesterday (Monday). Warblers are mainly YELLOW, YELLOW RUMPED, & AMERICAN REDSTART. RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS are here at feeder while the GRAY CATBIRDS & BLUE JAYS, along with the B. ORIOLES, continue to eat grape jelly. ORIOLES still on oranges and suet is disappearing rapidly; there seems to be a lot of B. ORIOLES along this road in the tall trees. Some of the non-birders mention hearing them sing, so they are good ambassadors for birds. Two neighbors have oranges and suet out, too.
Have seen N. FLICKERS, & DOWNY & HAIRY WOODPECKERS. Heard the E. PHOEBE that is nesting at the barn south of here, as well as a SCARLET TANAGER singing nearby. A calling KINGFISHER zoomed over the lake. Have not heard the C. Loons for a couple of days, but may have missed them calling while I was inside. CAROLINA WRENS call outside and tend their nest under the porch roof. Sunday's afternoon treat was running across a nesting WILD TURKEY way up in the woods; she ran off as we approached and luckily my old, 13 yr. dog did not see her. I studied the nest and its 11 buff-colored, light-brown spotted eggs. (Dog was nearby doing her favorite woods thing: eating deer poop, but she loves eggs, so I kept her well away). Nest is just a big depression in packed-down dead oak leaves at the top edge of a 5-foot embankment, in the crotch of a downed tree. I sent phone pix of the nest and eggs to Robyn Bailey at the Lab of O. Donna Scott 535 Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY -- 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/ --