Yesterday I stopped at Jennings Pond and right away heard a large raptor calling. Looked up and there was a Bald Eagle soaring over the pond! Watched it fly across the pond and land in pines in the south west corner. It stayed there the whole time I walked around. As soon as I brought my bins down, I noticed another raptor flying east from the pond: an Osprey with a fish in its talons. So I'm not sure who was vocalizing as I got out of the car. I wonder if the two species can peacefully co-exist on such a small pond.
I walked the trails behind the pond and was rewarded with nice looks at: lots Yellow-rumped Warblers, a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Belted Kingfisher. This morning as I took Easter baskets out to hide at 6:15am (not because my kids still believe in the Easter bunny, but because my wife does!), I heard a Brown Thrasher singing from the Cemetery south of our house, along Nelson Rd. We've also had Savannah Sparrow show up this week, and the Tree Swallows and Bluebirds are conducting their annual battle over our bird boxes. I'm curious, a Killdeer was doing it's broken-wing fake out yesterday, would they have eggs to defend already? Or was it just practicing? ;^) Eric -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
