This a.m. a single TREE SWALLOW (FOY yard) resting atop a nest box in
the back yard.
A single C. Waxwing looking for the last crab apple in the tree. A robin
close by ready for a fast grab-and-run in the event an apple is discovered.
Bill McAneny TBurg
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Hi All,
My perception of spring migration is about the same as Chris' description.
Migration of neotropical migrants almost never happened. Because of
helping out with the Sapsucker Woods Acoustic Monitoring Project (SWAMP)
this spring, I have spent a lot of time in Sapsucker Woods this spring.
B
I have always felt that birders, from casual to die-hard, number in the
millions and comprise a group of potentially influential activists.
I would love to see an organization, or even discussion thread dedicated to
furthering the convergence of birding and environmental activism. While I kno
We are kayaker, and there are plenty of birds along the rivers. Yellow
warblers, Baltimore orioles and especially cedar waxwings.
Around our house, same as others are reporting.
Nancy Cusumano
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Exactly, Terry. The issue is that the birds are in the prime habitat (such as
at your campsite) but they are not as prevalent in the sub-prime habitat or
traditional backyard habitat…
Thanks for trying… :-)
Sincerely,
Chris
On Jun 17, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Terry P. Mingle
mailto:tmin...@twcny.
lightning bugs are are still creating a fairyland at night.
Carol S.
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Subject: Re: No birds - Re: [cayugabirds-l] Tree swallow
Oh, yeah. I forgot about Ruby
We have a TON of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at camp (Forest Lake Campground, in
Truxton). Not so many in Cortland (where we live).
Also I've seen almost all the usual suspects in Cortland this year (sans the
hummingbirds).
At camp, plenty of assorted swallows (Tree and Barn) Rose-breasted Gros
Oh, yeah. I forgot about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I remember when we used to
have them in the Northeast. They used to be a really common and cheerful
species of the summer. People used to put out these feeders filled with
sugar-water to attract them to their house for viewing pleasure. They w
Thank you for sending this - it is exactly my experience & my concern.
I don't worry quite so much about migration, which can skip over us
easily due to weather patterns. In fact there was an odd weather
pattern in late April that seemed to sling a lot of 'my' warblers up to
the coast of Main
we usually have at least 2 nesting pairs of tree swallows in boxes furthest
from house. I haven't seen any in our boxes this year. barn swallows made
it however.
On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM wrote:
> We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one
> with chickadees and
Chris et al,
I appreciate your comments and fully agree. We are blessed that after 31
years the restoration work to the sanctuary here has really come to
fruition. The creation of multiple water features and habitat niches has
proven very successful as has design/placement of nest boxes. The
elim
Everyone,
Just pointing out the obvious here, but bird numbers in my immediate area of
Upstate NY are way down this year. I mean, WAY down. John, if you have full
capacity of nesting Tree Swallows, it may be that the sites you host are prime
and being filled to capacity because they are the bes
We have 17 boxes active, one with bluebirds, two with House Wren, a one
with chickadees and the remainder with Tree Swallows. Probably another
good year after a 100% occupancy/success rate last year. We believe this
is due to effective placement and predator guards that function well.
john
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We usually have a dozen or so flying and nesting until mid summer. I haven't
seen a single one since early swallow migration.
Glenn Wilson
Endicott, NY
www.WilsonsWarbler.com
On Jun 17, 2017, at 8:34 AM, John and Fritzie Blizzard
wrote:
We've had one nesting pr. with 5 young expected to fled
We've had one nesting pr. with 5 young expected to fledge in 11 days.
Usually have at least 3 pr. with many others flying about. Not so this
yr.. Same with barn swallows. For the last 2 yrs. we've not had more
than a doz. of either lining up on our power line in late summer before
migration. Us
Has anyone else noticed a lack of tree swallows? I usually have them lined up
on my power line and nesting in boxes in the yard, but this year I've seen just
one or 2 at a time.
Any explanation?
Thanks,
Michele Brown
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This past Mon., 6th, John realized the male tree swallow hadn't been
"standing guard" on the weather vane on our clothesline post. Since the
neighbor's long, strong, male Siamese type cat had gotten the first
male, I have to feel the cat also got the 2nd male which had been very
chatty with me
At noon today the first Tree Swallow of the season was perched, sunning and
twittering on a branch near our nest boxes.
Nancy Dickinson
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David Gooding mentioned seeing a tree swallow yesterday. That confirms what I
thought I saw but figured it was too early. Just seems to me there is no
confusion about that flight pattern or the bird shape but I didn't want to
admit the real possibility. I should go check down by the lake or Mill
There was a single Tree Swallow flying over the (mostly frozen) Main Pool at
Montezuma yesterday (Sunday) afternoon about 2:00. Just one, not a flock.
By Sunday afternoon, many of the Snow Geese seemed to have moved to the
Mucklands (around 3:00). I estimated 100,000, but who knows when the numbe
This morning, our first-of-yearTree Swallow was inspecting one of our bluebird
boxes. Unfortunately, it is the same box that the bluebirds have chosen for
their nest. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are over
a dozen boxes to choose from, and Tree Swallows have chosen o
Shawn Billerman and I had a single TREE SWALLOW foraging out over the
lake from Stewart Park. Not too much else of note. An EASTERN
MEADOWLARK was in the top of one of the tall trees along the shore,
three PIED-BILLED GREBES were along the east shore, and a distant
RED-THROATED LOON was still hangi
Saw our first Tree Swallow fly-by this morning.a sure sign of Spring!
Julie & Kurt
Broken Road Farms
Dundee, NY 14837
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