[nysbirds-l] Purple martins croton point
The "colony" seems to have grown exponentially overnight. I saw 3 birds (none adult M) this morning in my ten minute coffee stop. A friend I saw there believes he may have had a fourth, an adult male, a bit earlier and will check his photos. Two martins appeared to be going in and out of "gourds" to left and right of a tree swallow occupied gourd. Clearly a tiff going on. Nota Bene: on the roosting pole there is a DECOY adult Male martin which I have been told has been reported to E-bird (not sure it "counts"). If successful this would be the first (or at least currently extant) Westchester colony to my knowledge. The gourd "complex" is right by the office as you drive in. Next week is Clearwater Festival so chance to see some great music: Richard Thompson!, Los Lobos, Nick Lowe, Joan Osborne, Dar Williams, Alejandro Escovedo, Lake Street Dive, Blind Boy Paxton, Josh Ritter, etc. in an amazing setting (and purple martins and bobolinks to boot), not to mention Blue Pig Ice Cream. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Purple martins croton point
The "colony" seems to have grown exponentially overnight. I saw 3 birds (none adult M) this morning in my ten minute coffee stop. A friend I saw there believes he may have had a fourth, an adult male, a bit earlier and will check his photos. Two martins appeared to be going in and out of "gourds" to left and right of a tree swallow occupied gourd. Clearly a tiff going on. Nota Bene: on the roosting pole there is a DECOY adult Male martin which I have been told has been reported to E-bird (not sure it "counts"). If successful this would be the first (or at least currently extant) Westchester colony to my knowledge. The gourd "complex" is right by the office as you drive in. Next week is Clearwater Festival so chance to see some great music: Richard Thompson!, Los Lobos, Nick Lowe, Joan Osborne, Dar Williams, Alejandro Escovedo, Lake Street Dive, Blind Boy Paxton, Josh Ritter, etc. in an amazing setting (and purple martins and bobolinks to boot), not to mention Blue Pig Ice Cream. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
