Some interesting sightings over the last couple of days-- seems like months since I have been birdwatching!
After some absence, I hear white breasted nuthatches and a baltimore oriole singing in my front yard. I wonder have they been around but silent or have they been on the move and back again? I found a cedar waxwing sitting on a nest in a small maple tree, and both she and her mate have been very vocal. On Wycoff road I flushed from the side ditch a female ring-necked pheasant with at least 4 chicks. Our dozen Barn swallows are still here and feeding their second batch of fledglings. I have seen large gatherings of bank swallows on the telephone wires. Northern mockingbirds also feeding their second round. And thanks to everyone who posted about the Gallinule families at MNWR- I was finally able to add them on my life list. I did not expect them to be so beautiful. Be well and keep moving! Michele Interlaken and Ovid ---------------------------------- www.thehaywardhouse.com www.bodyshopwellness.com ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- -- 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/ --
