Speaking of Brown Thrashers, last year, I only had a migrating visitor. This year, we have had a thrasher in the yard regularly since May 10. I assume it is a female because I never hear any thrasher singing (last year, I found the individual singing). Presumably I just have one and not a nesting pair. Maybe next year, though, if I'm lucky.
I grew up with an abundance of thrashers in the south, and it's so nice to be able to see them (plus the mockingbird) with increasing frequency in Lansing. Robyn Bailey -----Original Message----- From: bounce-116364735-15067...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-116364735-15067...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 3:26 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Black rat snake Several people have inquired off-list whether I intervened on behalf of the Catbirds. The answer is "no", and the seemingly hard-hearted explanation is that Catbirds are pretty expendable, being very common breeders here. In fact they bear the burden of predation so well that I can claim to have witnessed the same predatory scenario in the very same clump of bushes a number of times in recent years, with no apparent diminution in the local prevalence of Catbirds. Now, if it had been a Brown Thrasher's nest, I might possibly have been tempted to wave my arms... -Geo On Jun 17, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Catbird parents were making quite a fuss just now in a multiflora rose > thicket, on account of the big black rat snake raiding their nest! > > -Geo Kloppel -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
