Another first for south side. A male indigo bunting at my feeder off and on all afternoon. Four sightings!
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 12:03 AM Upstate NY Birding digest < cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> wrote: > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Monday, May 13, 2019. > > 1. first ever here > 2. Crow relationship .... Union Springs > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: first ever here > From: "Judith W. Jones" <j...@cornell.edu> > Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 12:56:58 +0000 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > 2 male rose breasted grosbeaks at my downtown southside feeder gorging > on sunflower seeds > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Crow relationship .... Union Springs > From: John and Fritzie Blizzard <job121...@verizon.net> > Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 23:14:54 -0400 > X-Message-Number: 2 > > This Mother's Day a.m. I saw a crow in our choke cherry tree & assumed > it was an adult from the nest in the nearby spruce trees. > > Here, let me say that only once in the last mo. have I heard any cawing > from any crows so I presume they are quiet during nesting so as to not > provoke any smaller birds into attacking them. > > Almost immediately, another crow joined the first & they seemed to > really snuggle closely together in the steady rain. I noticed the one > on the right seemed to be doing something to the head of the other. They > both turned so they were sideways to me. The one on the right appeared > to be grooming the feathers on the top of the head of the one on the > left. I could see, with binoculars, that the feathers were definitely > being lifted up & then were smoothed back down as the grooming continued. > > This continued at least 5 min. & was quite interesting to watch. WHAT > was going on??? Anyone have an answer? I have no idea if the birds were > mates or family members since for many yrs. a family of 3 to 7 has > faithfully come to check out what compost I throw on the garden. Seems > too soon for the eggs to have hatched & have a bird the size of an adult > already. > > Just another mystery of Nature. > > Fritzie, > > Union Springs, where it's wet & getting wetter! > > > > > --- > > END OF DIGEST > > -- 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/ --
