You certainly have the hot spot and are getting much more than we here in the SW corner of the basin at 15-1700ft. Scarlet Tanager two days back and nothing new since with scarce warblers and then only the most common. We were honored yesterday with watching a Veery behavior and various vocalizations for a good half hour before we suffered thrush arms and warbler neck from holding still! Today we repeated that with a Wood Thrush and then watched a female Wood Duck on of of our ponds as she groomed her mate. We had never seen that before.
Geo, wanted to pursue your toad and crow comment. Have you seen crows eating toads? We have watched Grackles eating recently emerged odonates but the frogs are the exclusive diet of the Green Herons that nest here; they share with great Blur every now and then. I remember learning many moons, from Tom Eisner I think, ago that toads exuded a chemical that protects them from bird predation which made your comment more interesting. Best. John -- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Road Burdett,NY 14818-9626 N 42 26.611' W 76 45.492' Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ "Conserve and Create Habitat" On Sat, May 14, 2016 10:51, Geo Kloppel wrote: > Not many new arrivals this morning around my place, but a (silent) Least > Flycatcher > was feeding warbler-like among the apple blossoms, and right now I have a > (singing!) > Swainson's Thrush down by the brook (Beech Hill area of the L-P Preserve. > Canada > Warbler too. Oooh! Even as I write this, a Mourning Warbler has begun singing! > Hooded Warblers are present in their regular breeding territories. > > A few minutes ago I surprised a Ruffed Grouse that was dust-bathing behind the > sauna. Earlier I had a nice long look at a red fox. > > Here's a female Scarlet Tanager eating some kind of large bug, while the male > is > nearby, calling "chik-boings ... chik-boingg". > > -Geo > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > > -- 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/ --
