[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens and D-E Juncos
What a flurry of activity in my backyard ( Meadowlark Dr. near Sapsucker woods) the last week. A pair of juncos are building a nest on my deck and a pair of Carolina wrens apparently are building one way back in the yard. Beaks full of grasses, etc. I've never heard so many different songs and calls from the male wren--perched on my deck railing! Therese -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
The pair of Carolina wrens that ate peanut we put out during winter hahe had 4 fledgelings since a few days ago. Today the fledgelings are finding bugs on their own. Dave Streater, Ithaca. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens nesting in hanging baskets
I had my first ever Carolina Wren nest in a hanging basket of tuberous begonias this summer. One person I told said, "Of course you do!" They successfully raised and fledged five chicks. They're nesting all over my property in Newfield. I hear the buzzy "I'm bringing food" sound all day long every day. They now visit a basket of fuschias but I don't think they have a nest there. I thought they would but they just hang out there. They've put a serious dent in the bug population this year. I'll definitely encourage their return. On August 24, 2014, at 5:00PM, Donna Scott wrote: Re CAROLINA WRENS nesting in hanging baskets or the like: a few years ago C. Wrens nested in a plastic bag containing rubber belts for the lawn mower! the bag was hanging on a nail against the house under the floor of my roofed back deck (house is on a hill so there is a walk out basement on the side with the bag - it was above my head), so plenty of shelter, yet easy access to the yard and spiders and insects in garden equipment nearby. I could see the nest thru the transparent bag. 3 Young. I always have them nesting around here somewhere and this year they successfully fledged 3 young from one of those little woven, round-bottomed, pointed-top nest baskets that one hangs up somewhere - mine are under the roof of my front porch. Now one (or more?) of the wrens sleeps at night in another one of those baskets on the other side under the porch roof (I have 3 of those hung up under there). I leave my big, browned "not-so-evergreen" Xmas wreath up on my front door long after winter because I like the way it smells and it is always nicely decorated with natural plants (by me). One year a Carolina Wren built a beautiful nest in the center of the wreath against the door. It lined the whole thing with soft green moss and laid its eggs. As soon as discovered the nest, I stopped using the front door and put ladders in front of the step to the porch to keep people from approaching the door. We all had to use the door from the garage. Sometimes I stood nearby to observe the babies in the nest and take a few photos and later they successfully fledged, I think. Sometimes I put the old wreath on the side wall of my recessed front porch and now and then the wrens build a nest in the center of it over there. This year I heard that monotonous vocalization (that Lindsay described) from the parent around the time the young were about to fledge. For a while one baby stood on top of the nest basket, as the parent chattered away, then baby went back into the nest. A couple days later they were all gone from the nest. I live by Cayuga Lake (so a little warmer here in winter), and I have Carolina Wrens here all winter visiting my many bird feeders, and have had for at least a decade. I think there are as many wrens here as ever and that they survived this last "real winter" OK, perhaps due to bird feeders -- although I think I am one of the only residents on Lansing Station Road that keeps feeders full in winter (& all year round). Donna Scott Lansing - Original Message - From: Lindsay Goodloe<mailto:l...@cornell.edu> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 1:32 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens nesting in fuchsia hanging basket I was interested in Dave Nutter’s recent reports on a pair of Carolina wrens that successfully nested in a hanging planter on his back porch. It was just a few days after his first report (7/18) that we noticed Carolina wrens carrying nesting material to a hanging basket of fuchsia suspended from a beam under the ceiling of our otherwise unenclosed back porch. By the weekend of 7/26-7/27, we suspected that they were incubating their clutch. August 10 was the first day we observed food being brought to the nest, but the eggs may have hatched a day or so earlier. My wife saw an adult bringing food to the nest early in the morning on 8/21, but the nest was empty by the afternoon, and so, to our great disappointment, we totally missed what we assume was the successful fledging of the young. We never peered into the nest (a domed structure with the entrance located on the side facing the backyard) to count babies, either. The nest location was about 10 feet from our back door and five feet from a kitchen window from which we could observe the activity. Since we spend very little time sitting on the porch, the birds took little or no notice of us and flew fairly directly to the nest when delivering food. We once heard them making nervous-sounding vocalizations when a seemingly oblivious chipmunk loitered for awhile on the ground under their nest location until we drove it away. My wife also once saw the wrens drive away a downy woodpecker that landed briefly on a post near the nest. Though we rarely heard the male giving its ful
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens nesting in hanging baskets
Carolina wrens nesting in fuchsia hanging basketRe CAROLINA WRENS nesting in hanging baskets or the like: a few years ago C. Wrens nested in a plastic bag containing rubber belts for the lawn mower! the bag was hanging on a nail against the house under the floor of my roofed back deck (house is on a hill so there is a walk out basement on the side with the bag - it was above my head), so plenty of shelter, yet easy access to the yard and spiders and insects in garden equipment nearby. I could see the nest thru the transparent bag. 3 Young. I always have them nesting around here somewhere and this year they successfully fledged 3 young from one of those little woven, round-bottomed, pointed-top nest baskets that one hangs up somewhere - mine are under the roof of my front porch. Now one (or more?) of the wrens sleeps at night in another one of those baskets on the other side under the porch roof (I have 3 of those hung up under there). I leave my big, browned "not-so-evergreen" Xmas wreath up on my front door long after winter because I like the way it smells and it is always nicely decorated with natural plants (by me). One year a Carolina Wren built a beautiful nest in the center of the wreath against the door. It lined the whole thing with soft green moss and laid its eggs. As soon as discovered the nest, I stopped using the front door and put ladders in front of the step to the porch to keep people from approaching the door. We all had to use the door from the garage. Sometimes I stood nearby to observe the babies in the nest and take a few photos and later they successfully fledged, I think. Sometimes I put the old wreath on the side wall of my recessed front porch and now and then the wrens build a nest in the center of it over there. This year I heard that monotonous vocalization (that Lindsay described) from the parent around the time the young were about to fledge. For a while one baby stood on top of the nest basket, as the parent chattered away, then baby went back into the nest. A couple days later they were all gone from the nest. I live by Cayuga Lake (so a little warmer here in winter), and I have Carolina Wrens here all winter visiting my many bird feeders, and have had for at least a decade. I think there are as many wrens here as ever and that they survived this last "real winter" OK, perhaps due to bird feeders -- although I think I am one of the only residents on Lansing Station Road that keeps feeders full in winter (& all year round). Donna Scott Lansing - Original Message - From: Lindsay Goodloe To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 1:32 PM Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens nesting in fuchsia hanging basket I was interested in Dave Nutter’s recent reports on a pair of Carolina wrens that successfully nested in a hanging planter on his back porch. It was just a few days after his first report (7/18) that we noticed Carolina wrens carrying nesting material to a hanging basket of fuchsia suspended from a beam under the ceiling of our otherwise unenclosed back porch. By the weekend of 7/26-7/27, we suspected that they were incubating their clutch. August 10 was the first day we observed food being brought to the nest, but the eggs may have hatched a day or so earlier. My wife saw an adult bringing food to the nest early in the morning on 8/21, but the nest was empty by the afternoon, and so, to our great disappointment, we totally missed what we assume was the successful fledging of the young. We never peered into the nest (a domed structure with the entrance located on the side facing the backyard) to count babies, either. The nest location was about 10 feet from our back door and five feet from a kitchen window from which we could observe the activity. Since we spend very little time sitting on the porch, the birds took little or no notice of us and flew fairly directly to the nest when delivering food. We once heard them making nervous-sounding vocalizations when a seemingly oblivious chipmunk loitered for awhile on the ground under their nest location until we drove it away. My wife also once saw the wrens drive away a downy woodpecker that landed briefly on a post near the nest. Though we rarely heard the male giving its full song during the nesting period, at least one of the birds (the male?) spent an amazing amount of time (especially in late morning and during the afternoon) repeating monotonously the brief slurred trill call that is one of the wren’s common vocalizations. It gave this call from many locations close to our house, but perhaps its favorite calling perch was the handle of our lawn mower, which was for some days parked on our porch about ten feet from the nest. We believe that the frequency of calling increased as the fledging date approached; if so, it suggests that the vocalizing was directed mostly at the nestlings. Perhaps some l
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens nesting in fuchsia hanging basket
I was interested in Dave Nutter’s recent reports on a pair of Carolina wrens that successfully nested in a hanging planter on his back porch. It was just a few days after his first report (7/18) that we noticed Carolina wrens carrying nesting material to a hanging basket of fuchsia suspended from a beam under the ceiling of our otherwise unenclosed back porch. By the weekend of 7/26-7/27, we suspected that they were incubating their clutch. August 10 was the first day we observed food being brought to the nest, but the eggs may have hatched a day or so earlier. My wife saw an adult bringing food to the nest early in the morning on 8/21, but the nest was empty by the afternoon, and so, to our great disappointment, we totally missed what we assume was the successful fledging of the young. We never peered into the nest (a domed structure with the entrance located on the side facing the backyard) to count babies, either. The nest location was about 10 feet from our back door and five feet from a kitchen window from which we could observe the activity. Since we spend very little time sitting on the porch, the birds took little or no notice of us and flew fairly directly to the nest when delivering food. We once heard them making nervous-sounding vocalizations when a seemingly oblivious chipmunk loitered for awhile on the ground under their nest location until we drove it away. My wife also once saw the wrens drive away a downy woodpecker that landed briefly on a post near the nest. Though we rarely heard the male giving its full song during the nesting period, at least one of the birds (the male?) spent an amazing amount of time (especially in late morning and during the afternoon) repeating monotonously the brief slurred trill call that is one of the wren’s common vocalizations. It gave this call from many locations close to our house, but perhaps its favorite calling perch was the handle of our lawn mower, which was for some days parked on our porch about ten feet from the nest. We believe that the frequency of calling increased as the fledging date approached; if so, it suggests that the vocalizing was directed mostly at the nestlings. Perhaps some learning of the call goes on at this period. We’ve hardly heard this call, or any other, since the young (presumably) fledged. Over the many years that we’ve lived in our South Hill house, we’ve occasionally had house wrens and chickadees nest in the hollow top of a post at the corner of the porch, but having any bird make a nest in a hanging basket was a first for us. The poor fuchsia plant showed signs of getting very thirsty as the nesting period progressed, but it survived (albeit with no blooms at this point). We are wondering how frequently hanging baskets (or other planters) are utilized by Carolina wrens (or any other species) as nest sites. Two instances in Ithaca in the same season might suggest that it’s not a rare occurrence, but I can’t recall any other reports in previous years (which, given my memory, proves nothing). Perhaps this post will spur some recollections of others. In any case, our wrens have made this a fun and memorable summer for birds even though we’ve seldom gotten out in the field. And a couple of other thoughts. For decades, we’ve had house wrens nesting in our backyard in bird houses that we’ve provided. The last wren house fell apart a couple of years ago, and we have not replaced it. So now we have no house wrens, and for the first time (to our knowledge) we‘ve had a pair of Carolina wrens nesting around the house. Is this a coincidence, or do these wrens exhibit interspecific territoriality (I haven’t researched this point in BNA)? Also, last winter was the sort of brutally cold season that is supposed to result in high mortality on Carolina wrens, yet we had a pair around our feeders all winter—perhaps the same pair that nested here this summer. Have others noticed any decrease in the Carolina wren population this year? If not, perhaps feeders are mitigating the losses that this species formerly suffered during harsh winters. Lindsay Goodloe -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens
Hi Laura, yes very common for Carolina Wren. They are very gregarious and tolerant of people. I've had them do that almost every year in my hanging basket right next to my front door, and have babies fledge successfully. I was always very careful to not water so much that the bottom of the nest is wet. The wrens will disperse after the nestling fledge, so no worries about what to do with it after. They only use it for rearing young and then abandon it. I think it is very cool to watch, and a wonderful thing so if you can tolerate a little inconvenience for a few weeks it is well worth it, in my opinion. Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 450 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad > On Jun 23, 2014, at 10:56 AM, "Laura J. Heisey" wrote: > > Hi all, > > There are 2 Carolina Wrens attempting to build nests in hanging baskets on my > porch. Is that normal behavior? Should I discourage them? I’m not sure how > I’ll be able to water the plants without damaging the nests. What will happen > to them over the winter? > > Laura > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens
Hi all, There are 2 Carolina Wrens attempting to build nests in hanging baskets on my porch. Is that normal behavior? Should I discourage them? I'm not sure how I'll be able to water the plants without damaging the nests. What will happen to them over the winter? Laura -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] [cayugabirds-l]Carolina Wrens
I have had one Carolina Wren here all winter, and lately have been seeing two at once, at my feeder railings. I have heard their songs a lot over the months. Tough little cuties. donna scott Lansing - Original Message - From: Linda Orkin To: Mary E. Winston Cc: Tom ; jongl...@gmail.com ; CAYUGABIRDS-L Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Towhee Carolina Wrens can be heard to sing at almost any time and quite amazingly they seem to have survived this brutal winter, at least the ones I know about did. Perhaps the one that has been at the Lab of O feeders is the one that now sings a ringing song on the north side of the building for the past two weekends of bird walks there. He is quite the charmer. Linda On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Mary E. Winston wrote: The Lab of Ornithology has had a Carolina Wren coming to the feeder since Christmas and it did sing all winter long. From: bounce-113937469-12723...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-113937469-12723...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 10:32 AM To: jongl...@gmail.com Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Towhee Carolina wren @ suet in Lansing 2 wks ago. No singing. Is this an early date for Carolina wrens? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:09 AM, Jon Glase wrote: Greetings. This morning in Newfield, we had a male Eastern Towhee at the feeder. Also, singing Carolina Wren nearby. No Joke! Jon & Lynn Glase -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- If you permit this evil, what is the good of the good of your life? -Stanley Kunitz... -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re:[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
Early this morning we finally got two Carolina Wrens together at the suet feeder. All February only one would visit and we wondered what had happened, or whether they were just taking turns. We have had a pair of Carolina Wrens visit our feeders for many years in winter; in spring & summer we 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. Nari Mistry, Ellis Hollow Rd. > Subject: Re: Carolina wrens > From: John Greenly > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:23:21 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 3 > > Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says > there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't > noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the spring. > Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. Anyway, my two > must be a pair. > > --John > Subject: Carolina wrens > From: John Greenly > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 12:58:20 -0500 > X-Message-Number: 1 > > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his > living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that > the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina Wrens > coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the males > defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these two are > not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. There are > other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a truce at the > feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a female? Do they > stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two together in the winter > before. > > --John Greenly > Ludlowville -- ___ *Nari B. Mistry*, Ithaca, NY To see my paintings, visit http://www.ArtbyNari.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
I also enjoyed Carolina Wren, which has wintered here, singing in a.m. in Liverpool on Shoreview. Also had Brown Creeper at suet. Onondaga Lake Inner Harbor late afternoon: 7 Iceland Gulls, 1 adult Glaucous with the many Herring, several Ring-billed, a few Great Black-backs. Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPad > On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Joe DeVito wrote: > > I had one here in Syracuse this AM > > Don't forget to look up, > Joe DeVito > >> On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Ellen Haith wrote: >> >> I've had a Carolina in the yard all winter, singing a lovely variety of >> songs. Last winter there was a pair, so I'm a bit concerned for this little >> fellow's companion. >> >> On a different note, I've had a Pileated Woodpecker at the suet on two >> different occasions this week - that's about 15 feet from the kitchen >> window, closest I've ever been to one. Magnificent! >> >> ellie haith >> >> >>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, John Greenly wrote: >>> Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says >>> there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't >>> noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the >>> spring. Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. >>> Anyway, my two must be a pair. >>> >>> --John >>> >>> >>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: >>> >>> > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of >>> > his living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder >>> > that the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two >>> > Carolina Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was >>> > that the males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- >>> > but these two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of >>> > each other. There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is >>> > this just a truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second >>> > bird is a female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never >>> > seen two together in the winter before. >>> > >>> > --John Greenly >>> > Ludlowville >>> > -- >>> > >>> > Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> > >>> > ARCHIVES: >>> > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >>> > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> > >>> > Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >>> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >>> >>> ARCHIVES: >>> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >>> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >>> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >>> >>> Please submit your observations to eBird: >>> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >>> >>> -- >> >> -- >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> BirdingOnThe.Net >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
I had one here in Syracuse this AM Don't forget to look up, Joe DeVito On Mar 1, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Ellen Haith wrote: > I've had a Carolina in the yard all winter, singing a lovely variety of > songs. Last winter there was a pair, so I'm a bit concerned for this little > fellow's companion. > > On a different note, I've had a Pileated Woodpecker at the suet on two > different occasions this week - that's about 15 feet from the kitchen window, > closest I've ever been to one. Magnificent! > > ellie haith > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, John Greenly wrote: >> Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says >> there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't >> noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the spring. >> Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. Anyway, my >> two must be a pair. >> >> --John >> >> >> On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: >> >> > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his >> > living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that >> > the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina >> > Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the >> > males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these >> > two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. >> > There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a >> > truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a >> > female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two >> > together in the winter before. >> > >> > --John Greenly >> > Ludlowville >> > -- >> > >> > Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> > >> > ARCHIVES: >> > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> > >> > Please submit your observations to eBird: >> > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> > >> > -- >> > >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
I've had a Carolina in the yard all winter, singing a lovely variety of songs. Last winter there was a pair, so I'm a bit concerned for this little fellow's companion. On a different note, I've had a Pileated Woodpecker at the suet on two different occasions this week - that's about 15 feet from the kitchen window, closest I've ever been to one. Magnificent! ellie haith On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, John Greenly wrote: > Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says > there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't > noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the > spring. Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. > Anyway, my two must be a pair. > > --John > > > On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: > > > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of > his living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder > that the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina > Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the > males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these > two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. > There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a > truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a > female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two > together in the winter before. > > > > --John Greenly > > Ludlowville > > -- > > > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > > > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > > > ARCHIVES: > > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > > > -- > > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
Ah, I should have looked at the Lab's page on Carolina Wrens first: says there they don't migrate at all and stay paired all year. Funny I haven't noticed in the winter the countersinging they do all the time in the spring. Alicia Plotkin tells me that hers do that in the winter too. Anyway, my two must be a pair. --John On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his > living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that > the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina Wrens > coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the males > defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these two are > not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. There are > other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a truce at the > feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a female? Do they > stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two together in the winter > before. > > --John Greenly > Ludlowville > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
Hi John and all, Perhaps the answer may be that it's no longer winter for them. The earliest New York State egg date for Carolina Wren is something like April first. -Geo On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:58 PM, John Greenly wrote: > I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his > living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that > the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina Wrens > coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the males > defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these two are > not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. There are > other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a truce at the > feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a female? Do they > stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two together in the winter > before. > > --John Greenly > Ludlowville > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina wrens
I always have a Carolina Wren singing all winter, and he makes part of his living by cleaning up the bits of suet on the ground under the feeder that the woodpeckers waste. But for the last week I have had two Carolina Wrens coming together on suet cleanup duty. My impression was that the males defend territories in the winter- hence all the singing- but these two are not at all aggressive, often foraging within a foot of each other. There are other males singing elsewhere in Ludlowville- is this just a truce at the feeding spot? Or is it possible that the second bird is a female? Do they stay around in the winter too? I've never seen two together in the winter before. --John Greenly Ludlowville -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens
I know it's a little far west for this listserv but I saw/heard 2 CAROLINA WRENS on the west side of Canandaigua Lake, about 2 miles down West Lake road. I also had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK fly over. It was an exciting morning! -Andrea -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Carolina Wrens
I went outside this bright sunny morning to get some firewood and was surprised to hear two Carolina Wrens singing from different parts of the yard. I had assumed I'd been seeing only one over the past month, but perhaps both are showing up at my feeders Bill Baker Caroline Center - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
