[cayugabirds-l] Kingbirds flocking

2016-08-17 Thread Robin Cisne
Until this morning, I had only seen Kingbirds alone, but today there was a whole big flock assembling in the scrubby field (bushes, thistles, and teasels, etc.) at the corner of Route 79/Slaterville Road and Landon Road. *Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through o

[cayugabirds-l] Kingbirds

2012-08-05 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
On a casual evening dog walk up (little) Gully Road north of Aurora, I saw the usual clusters of robins and bluebirds, and a cluster of kingbirds - probably 5 to 7 or more - chipping sparrows aplenty, a house finch or two, a flicker, drumming and calling. The birds were concentrated about a mil