A take away from Tom Gavin’s fascinating presentation in Danby this past
Tuesday is that if one can hold off on local hay cutting until after July 4,
most Bobolinks will have fledged by then. Mid-July even better.
While March was -4 F degrees off average and April –6.5, May was nearly 5
Both singing behind Warren Hall around 8:15 this morning. The clay-colored
sparrow was by the parking lot, the scarlet tanager east a bit further, in the
woods.
Ray
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There is a bluebird box right in the middle of the small dog park that is often
occupied, so I suspect they'll get used to you. I have wondered at what an
ideal location that box might have. The canine presence likely keeps other
predators at bay.
Rhea