I escaped to Mundy for a short time. Right at the entrance there were chickadees giving continuous alarm calls and looking down at some particular spot. I think probably there was a snake basking. Three Red-eyed Vireos, one Scarlet Tanager also came and checked out the spot nervously. Then a Kingfisher rattled for some time. I cautiously looked to see if I could see a snake, but I did not want to disturb the snake either. This is the time of the year when they are basking and absorbing all the energy from the sun possible. Then I came across another flock of chickadees in the center of Mundy, which were accompanied by three or more Scarlet Tanagers, one Chestnut-sided that still had chestnut on his sides, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, which were actually hanging upside down and feeding of insects in an ash. Lots both young and adult Robins feeding on dogwood fruits.
Lots of Monarchs were passing by whole day, one Green darner, couple of Black Saddlebags also passed my windows. I think Blue Jays were also migrating, I saw several of them passing my window. I also saw two Wandering Gliders! Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Phone 607-254-1258 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf> -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
