There was a flock about 15-20 pine siskins at our feeders and the trees above a
few minutes ago. On sunny slope terrace on turkey hill. First of the year for
me
Jim Gaffney
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In preparation for the Christmas Bird Count next week I’ve been keeping an eye
out for the Common Redpolls on Mt Pleasant Rd. This morning I saw them twice:
about 10:15 and just now about 12:10. They are more difficult to see with no
snow. Two days ago I estimated 50, but today only about 25,
Randy:
Yes 1963 was the earliest (or at least the earliest that was recorded).
All the data from all years can be seen here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19EWVe-v5fKI3s93ciNoNwy2Wpp-GpNg6/view.
There were 61 species observed in 1963. Of those, two have not shown up
on the count since:
Hammond Hill Owls (HHOWLS) had another successful year of banding. We banded
on 16 nights, almost every night with tolerable to good wind conditions and
temperatures above freezing from 1 October until 6 November. This provided 502
net hours and 0.2 birds per net hour. We had 116
25 Evening Grosbeaks at my feeders, in the ash tree, and drinking from the
stream in my backyard starting 9am. Still here over an hour later.
Marie
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Freeville NY 13068 USA
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When was the first Ithaca Christmas Bird Count? It may have been 1/1/63, as
that is the earliest NYIT CBC that I could find in the National Audubon
Society web archive. Perhaps I could find it somewhere in my old files, as
I recall working
with Dorothy McIlroy to establish the first circle,
Well a walk this afternoon up to the redpoll hotspot forces me to revise my
flock size count...there were about 150 Common Redpolls up there around 2:15.
(Last I saw, they were making plans to be in Area III next Tuesday despite what
Bob McGuire says!!!)
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
