[cayugabirds-l] Cuckoo Migration

Last night was my highest Black-billed Cuckoo count since starting regular recording in late May of this year. A total of 21 vocalizations were heard from at least 18 different individuals passing over my house in Etna, NY. I've uploaded a couple of images of the cuckoo chart for all of 2012

[cayugabirds-l] bird habitats real estate

This morning the Wood Thrush in our yard started singing before dawn, starting the chorus that we listen to through the window as we wake, and continuing past 8:00. We've never had a Wood Thrush stay beyond migration before, but this one has been singing in the same place since May 21. I take

[cayugabirds-l] Clay-colored Sparrow at L-P Preserve

The Clay-colored Sparrow continues at theLindsay-Parsons Preserve in Danby. It sang continuously from the trees hedgerow at the NE corner of the first field, blue trail. I watched it for nearly two hours this morning. Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info:

[cayugabirds-l] Flying the coop

I witnessed a hairy woodpecker leave the nest for the first time last Thursday. It was at the nest that Meena discovered on the Cornell campus. In any case, it just popped out rather unceremoniously at 11:22 and fell out of sight never to be seen again. The parents continued to feed other young at

[cayugabirds-l] Song variations

Yesterday at 445 hours I recorded my Catbird singing. His song was slow paced, clear and confident. He continued to sing next three hours almost non-stop, except when he went to try some moths at my moth sheet, which were scarce. By 700 hours I realized his song's tempo has changed. His notes

[cayugabirds-l] Syracuse RBA

RBA   *  New York *  Syracuse * June 17, 2013 *  NYSY  06. 17. 13   Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): June 10, 2013 - June 17, 2013 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC)