Hello all, Last few days I have been seeing lots of Am. Robins on Strawberry Hill circle road as there are lots of fruiting crab apples. Today I must have seen more than 100 robins (I counted up to 57 then lost counts) in the location between Strawberry Hill and East Ithaca Recreation way till Maple Wood Road. They seem to be keeping close to fruiting vines or crab apples. They squabble with each others, chase each other, some singing and some chuck-chucking. It seems they are all not local robins but they come from somewhere else and by the time I return in the evening around 5.00+ PM they are gone. So they must be assembling in the morning sometime.
Also there were quite a few White-throated Sparrows singing too. Occasionally I hear a Carolina Wren. Yesterday, I saw a raven chase a hawk. No Fox Sparrows yet! It feels great to walk early in the morning! Meena Dr. Meena Haribal Boyce Thompson Institute Ithaca NY 14850 Ph: 607-3011167 http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ http://haribal.org/ -- 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/ --
