Finches and
lots of RTHawks. At one point as I was watching a low-flying RTHawk,
in the field of view but far away a cloud of white-winged small birds
arose settled. I walked all around for quite a while but could not
find the presumed Buntings again.
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wondered
whether there is any substantial discussion of how birds recognise
their mates, or even gender in general? Is it known what birds look
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birds -- in spite of my efforts to persuade him
away to seed elsewhere, cajole him, threaten him.
In past years a CAWren pair has stayed around all year and even once
nested in a brush pile. Hope they do again.
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Since yesterday the lone Tree Sparrow, alone at our feeders since
January, has found a companion or mate. The new sparrow is smaller
and leaner-- female?
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in.
On the same topic, the squirrels simply leave the safflower
seed alone -- they don't like it. The birds will eat it happily,
unless sunflower is easy to get. Cardinals love the safflower,
particularly.
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This morning, while the sun shone briefly, we were greeted by the loud
song of an E.Towhee, amongst the songs of Wh Thr Sparrow, Goldfinch,
HouseFinch and the rest of the chorus.
Now the sun's hidden and so is the Towhee!
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although at the feeders they never quarrel.
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the south edge.
-- Magnolia male, near the south edge.
-- Blue-winged warbler
-- Willow flycatcher (heard)
-- Two Least flycatchers (heard)
-- etc.
Pleasant morning -- squish, squish...
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is a young bird trying all his songs and trills.
Some mornings his song seems loud enough as if he sitting at our bedroom
window.
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At 8:37 AM -0500 1/21/11, Meena Haribal wrote:
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
in the Inlet by Stewart Park, but this
was at home -- wow!
What an incredible experience. There's hope for wildlife yet!
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the road. This seems a favorite spot which it
explores every year.
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This evening, a Swainson's Thrush made a surprise appearance foraging on
the ground outside our dining room window during dinner.
On Friday a Scarlet Tanager showed up and added its song to that of our
resident B.Orioles (two males) RBGrosbeaks (2 males +2 females)
C.Yellowthroat, H.Wrens,
that were at L.Falls earlier and took off downstream around 10am.
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fluttering
south, one little dot resolved into an awesome Merlin flying south
straight as an arrow with powerful fast wing beats.
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jay immediately flew up, not directly to the stump,
but a few feet away and hopped around a little, picking at random spots
nonchalantly, as if uninterested. But he quickly made his way to the
stump and looked in. At this, the RBWO zoomed up again and scared off
the blue jay.
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Cassiar
Junco). No Pine Siskins or Purple Finches have shown up here.
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and was chased away. The large size and the wedge tail
was immediately recognizable, even w/o the mobbing crows.
For several weeks there has been a deer carcass just outside the SE
corner of our deer-fenced yard, which is why the TV and the Raven are
interested.
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I could report it.
We're hoping for a cloud of Redpolls as we have had occasionally in
years past, for the GBBC.
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A Pileated Woodpecker flew in and made the rounds of our backyard as we
were observing for the GBBC today.
A Carolina Wren also showed up again after weeks, singing all around the
backyard, celebrating the count weekend. A Bluebird has been singing for
several days.
The lone Redpoll has not
OK to call it in closer.
Some may think this restriction is extreme. Comments would be helpful.
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Perhaps I misunderstand the CayugaBirds posts
Two Pine Siskins showed up at our feeders this afternoon, with the usual
flock of Goldfinches. Could they be the same two laggards that have been
reported earlier? (I don't remember where those two were seen.)
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the woods across the road, very low about 10-15 feet off the
ground. I never found it again, but I am sure it was the B.Owl.
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or heard over a
tremendous racket of railroad cleaning equipment:
Wood Thrush
N. Oriole
E. Phoebe
Carolina Wren
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-bellied wdpkr
Hairy Wdpkr
A. Redstart
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don't see the Digest don't realize how many times
it is repeated in the same message.)
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Library audio list, but not in any other
examples that I checked some years ago. Our wren trills very often,
signaling its presence long before any loud song.
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session right there. (More dogs than birds were seen!)
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flocks that take off and return to the same spot every
few moments.
Does someone have a video of such behaviour to demonstrate whether this
interpretation is correct?
(However, this does not explain why flocks disappear from feeders for
hours or days before returning.)
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Nuthatches are zipping in and out to the feeders all day. I have never
been able to decide whether the pair we have throughout every winter
stay and nest here or whether it is another pair that moves in later in
the spring and spends the summer here.
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There was a trio of beautiful Hooded Mergansers on Fall Creek near the
suspension bridge at Flat Rock, when we crossed at about 12:45pm after a long
walk. Two males were escorting an elegant female, flashing their hoods in the
sunlight and displaying non-competitively.
Beavers have been cutting
eggs!) ?
I searched all around for a Fox Sparrow, but no luck.
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and sipping the
drips from these popsicles. I should have been smart enough to photograph this
a few days ago, now the nights are too warm.
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This morning on a walk along the Schug trail by Dryden Lake, we heard but did
not see a Swamp Sparrow in the swamp near the east end.
Waterfowl seen: Pied-billed Grebes, Hooded Merganser, Common Mergansers (seven
females flew in with a lone male), Ring-necked Ducks, Buffleheads, 3 pairs of
N.
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Ann Mitchell's post reminded me to write that we saw three adult Osprey at
Stewart Park over the Swan Pen pond, at around 1pm. One (female?) perched on a
tree and kept calling while the other two circled overhead. Then they all flew
off toward Hog Hole.
There were also two Yellow-Rumped
We still have Common Redpolls coming to our feeders today.
There are also two male Purple Finches sitting next to a male House Finch in a
seed tray, allowing a good comparison of the differences. Nice look at the
curved vs. straight culmen of the beak.
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, which is supposed to start in mid-February?
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The chickadees around our yard love to hover sip the maple-sap icicles that
form on a red maple when the sap has started running. It's quite sweet, I have
tasted it! Hydration and energy all in one.
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. They
kept going round and round, never got in.
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hear the trilling and singing and see them
skulking around our brush piles. We assumed they were a pair -- glad to know
that is confirmed on the Lab of O page.
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Just before noon today, a lone female Purple Finch showed up at our
feeders among the many House Finch pairs. No male as yet.
At Monkey Run South Gin I met Chris Wood who told us about a Fox
Sparrow on the railroad bed above his house, so we walked there and
found four bright Fox Sparrows
This morning a Fox Sparrow showed up under our feeders -- an unusual but
very welcome visitor during Fall migration. (We get several in the
Spring.) It seems to be staying around all day.
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As we were rounding off our CBCount at our feeders after counting at E
Hill Rec Way and Dodge Rd., an adult Cooper's Hawk swooped up to a perch
in the box-elder, directly above our line of feeders and fiercely eyed
the feeders below, sweeping her head rapidly back and forth many times.
We were
side of a road may hop over to
the South in the next few minutes. I don't think it would lead to any
inconsistencies in the count numbers.
(My apologies if this starts a whole new round of discussion.)
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Last Sunday morning (April 19), Gin and I took a walk around the FLLT
Park Preserve S.(Baldwin Tract) on a beautiful morning. On the Blue
trail in the first field we heard two Field Sparrows singing, one from
each side. Other notable birds: both Kinglets, a male YB Sapsucker in
really bright
off again when juncos landed on the feeder.
I realize this is early for the average arrival date (I looked it up,
it's May 3), but I am reasonably sure of the identification. I will
report if it comes again.
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Phoebe singing in our yard.
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if any others have missed their regular RB
Nuthatches this winter.
I know there were several RB Nuthatches counted during the CBC on Jan.1,
but not in our yard or in my Dodge Rd. count area.
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The Western Tanager was flitting around eating fruits from all the trees
around the small Glen near Day Hall and the Campus store. We were there
from ~10am to 10:30am. During that time many more birders came around
and the friendly bird seemed to want to visit every group in turn right
up
Gin & I were walking around the Wilson trail at SSW yesterday around 1
pm, when from the boardwalk we too heard loud cries of the
Red-shouldered hawk. We did not see it anywhere near us.
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. Luckily I had my binoculars with me as I sat swinging in a
hammock -- pretty hard to grab and focus on these birds at all while
swinging!
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rd in 2004
that stayed from Dec to June and possibly was breeding in our yard (see
emails copied below.)
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For several years we have had a pair of RedBreasted Nuthatches at our feeders
throughout the year and sometimes a broo
returned, until two days ago when the second
showed up. Both have been feeding since then.
Also, since Oct.30 we have had two male Purple Finches and one female. A
female P Finch always shows up before any males every year. Is this a
normal pattern seen by others?
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in the winter.
Time to go off for the Bird Count down Dodge Rd. Happy New Year!
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There is urgent need for lovers of birds and wildlife along Dodge Rd. to
be aware of imminent developments along Dodge Rd.
The massive industrial scale solar farm proposed in all the Cornell
owned fields along Dodge Rd and Stevenson Rd (as well as Turkey Hill
Rd.) is planning to start
and this morning he was back again at 7:30am. When we are
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but the Merlin
sat around some more and finally flew off North. Its behavior made me
suspect it was a young bird.
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Gin & I got to see the RH Woodpecker at Palmer Woods around noon today,
courtesy of Wes Blauvelt who kindly showed us where he had just seen it
. We had been walking in the woods looking in all the wrong places
around the top of the rise, but enjoying the balmy weather anyway when
Wes came
Yesterday we decided to tally the feeder seed preferences of our bird
visitors. Since we fill five feeders during the winter, all equally
accessible in a row hanging from a wire within a span of ten feet, we
thought it would be a fair test. At one end we have cedar and spruce for
shelter, at
hawk finally flew off and away.
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This morning we have two Pine Siskins and two male Purple Finches at our
feeders, among a hungry horde of birds in this challenging weather.
One P.Finch was at the feeders yesterday. And when I was outside
yesterday I heard a Pine Siskin clearly but was unable to find it.
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This beautiful sunny afternoon at around 3:45pm Gin and I stopped at the
Stevenson/Dodge Rd. junction to see if any Black Vultures would show up.
Within a few minutes in the distance we saw four vulture types in close
formation flying north towards us over Snyder Hill, flying straight and
Curious readers may be interested in this evolutionary feature in Birds
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= Extracted from PhysicsWorld (UK)=
Male
two males show up and compete showing off on adjacent
trees. One has been occasionally coming to our suet feeder this winter.
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A large flock of 30-40 Pine Siskins are at and below our feeders today.
In the past few weeks we have had between a couple and 12 Siskins, but
today they descended /en masse/. Alas, no Evening Grosbeaks
("Rose-peaks", according to today's Ith. Journal!) No Redpolls. But we
have one to two
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d Flickers come
around but not to the feeders.
Hope it is seen again somewhere in Ellis Hollow.
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off shaking their heads, not quite understanding what
I was saying .
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hoping my CBC count along Dodge Rd will not be meager because of the
disturbance and loss of habitat!
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A Chipping Sparrow is still hanging around our feeders. I had noticed it in
passing all this week, but simply ignored it as a Tree Sparrow. Yesterday I
looked closely and realized it had a black eye-line all the way to the lores
and no spot on the breast.
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must have perished. At the feeders daily I
could see it was shivering gently the whole time. We think it spent its
nights just outside our back door under the roof. No A.Tree Sparrows
have appeared this winter.
Waiting for Spring!
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rved by Nari & Gin Mistry.
(Definitely NOT a Red-Bellied Wdpkr. which we have every day.)
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