Thanks for the eye-opener this AM Joe and Diana! I thought you were announcing
a flamingo sighting in the Basin with your post title! (8-)
OK, I'm awake now, so here's a contribution:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/bird-nest-messages/
is a quick overview of a recently published
Chris et al,
In India, at least those Black Kites (Milvus migrans govinda) that nested near
my house or my office in Mumbai, preferred golden materials, especially those
of fire cracker wrappers. And crows (Corvus splendens) preferred metal coat (ok
clothes) hangers to sticks.
I guess where
Thanks to Bob McGuire's email earlier this week, yesterday afternoon we
could get the 4 pheasants on Rafferty/Dixon Rd., pecking around under the
cow's feet like barnyard chickens.
Two Mute Swans were close to shore just before the Lake Rd. bluffs,
courting a bit by nodding their heads and
Taking a quick break and looking at the Lab feeder garden, I saw a female
PURPLE FINCH among the House Finches and Common Redpolls, my first for the year.
Also present was the continuing FIELD SPARROW, pointed out to me by Caroline
Manring.
Kevin
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Cayugabirds-L List Info:
A long cold day of birding with Jim Pawlicki had plenty of highlights.
Shackham Rd at the Onondaga Cortland County border:
18+ Evening Grosbeak (including an adult male)
3 Redpoll
1+ Red-breasted Nuthatch
Onondaga Lake's Inner Harbor in Syracuse had few gulls. Harlequin Duck
In Mumbai, right next to my family's apartment, Black kites were
using mostly-white Tee shirts as well as blue plastic and other found
clothing-scraps. I particularly noticed the Tee shirts when we
visited in 2008, but I couldn't read the T-shirt logos to see what
brand they preferred(!).
Entertaining? I feel very sorry for that hawk.hope it can get out safely.
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
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Freeville NY 13068 USA
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