This morning, I saw a BROWN THRASHER singing in our yard in suburban northeast Ithaca. I think it was the first thrasher I’ve ever found on our street.
Not far away in the yard, a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS has started to build a nest in the same box where a pair successfully raised four young last year. Last weekend, the male was cleaning out pieces of last year’s nest. On Wednesday and Thursday, the female made several trips to the nest with new material. She seemed to waste a lot of energy trying to jam very long stiff twigs crosswise through the box opening. But a few did bend enough to get through. Mark Chao -- 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/ --
