[cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds - Not now!

2017-06-25 Thread Glenn Wilson
A week or two we had no tree swallows. Now 5 or 6 boxes have Tree Swallows! The Bluebird pair has abandoned their box here on the street but the male came down tonight to get some spring water! We have 2 male and 2 female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks coming often to the feeders. Many grackles, many

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-20 Thread Janet Akin
I did a breeding bird survey at Montezuma today. We had 27 Yellow Warblers on Esker Brook. Just one example but other birds in good numbers including Gray Catbirds, Willow Flycatcher. Goldfinch ,Cedar Waxwings. I have had Black-billed Cuckoo on all three surveys I have done this spring. Janet

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-20 Thread Marc Devokaitis
Throwing my two cents into this vicissitudinous thread...I just wrapped up a correspondence with a woman in Maryland who was distraught several weeks ago because her usual 50-hummingbird station was only getting two birds. Yesterday she wrote to say she now had 40+, but the arrival of the bulk of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-19 Thread Richard Tkachuck
We have 3 nest boxes in my yard with tree swallows. Richard Tkachuck On Jun 18, 2017 9:48 AM, "Glenn Wilson" wrote: In Union Center (Endicott), do not have any Tree Swallows that I know of. BUT the Spring Street feeders are very active with Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks,

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-18 Thread Nancy Cusumano
The other thing that's missing is bats. Haven't seen a one. I also saw some fire flies at a friend's in Enfield, but none here in Jacksonville. Thirdly, there are a lot of cottonwood that are looking awful. Many dead or dying branches. Maybe drought damage from last yearbut the sum total of

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-18 Thread David Nicosia
I have noticed that breeding species seem to be in fairly typical numbers in Broome Co. neotropical species included. Neotropical migration was poor and mostly likely related to a cool and chilly May 1-16 with a 2 day warm period with very strong southwest winds on May 18th and 19th. Many of our

[cayugabirds-l] Lack of birds

2017-06-18 Thread Glenn Wilson
In Union Center (Endicott), do not have any Tree Swallows that I know of. BUT the Spring Street feeders are very active with Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, Cardinals, Juncos with young, White and Red breasted Nuthatches, Mourning Doves, at least two Hummingbirds, one pair of nesting Bluebirds, two