Hi all, This morning is the first time my Robin has been singing since dawn. He knew it is spring! He has been hanging around and often chukchuking last few days.
Yesterday I was at Sapsucker Woods. There were three robins - two males and one female. One male was in attendance with the female followed her where ever she went. I also think she was building a nest as I her beak was very muddy. That is she was in mud patching stage of nest building. The other male sat in a shadow of a branch at mid height as if hiding but was singing a mostly high pitched vocalizations. He was brighter male with very dark reddish breast and beautiful. I think he was trying to get the attention of the female who was already engaged to the other male. I watched them for sometime. The second sneaky male was really trying to get the female's attention by flying in awkward places and signing. May be he was a young male still unattached, while the other male was her older partner of some years. But it was fun watching the second male's behavior. On Thursday I watched a Mourning Dove carry nesting materials of large dry leaves into cedars near flat rock. Cheers Meena Meena Haribal Ithaca NY 14850 42.429007,-76.47111 http://www.haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: https://plus.google.com/118047473426099383469/posts Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/dragonflies/samplebook.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/ --
