That's odd Fritzie as we are currently experiencing both local young of the year and dispersing birds, young and adult migrants. A casual estimate here is a dozen or more right now. We do have lots of pollinator friendly blooms right now as well. John
--- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 On 2018-09-03 17:25, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: > On 26 Aug. 2018 I saw the last male hummingbird. 28 Aug. I saw the last > female at my feeders. As I stood watching the goldfinches & nuthatch in the > crab apple tree outside my window, I realized that for more than a wk., I > hadn't see ANY of the 25-30 (English), predominately male, house sparrows > that have been here since before last winter. Not one. May they not return! > They killed too many tree swallows & bluebirds. The chipping sparrow(s), not > unexpectedly, are also gone. > > I am pleased to see many different butterflies & many, many more monarchs > than I have seen in years. Must be my imagination but the monarchs seem > larger than in the last few yrs.. They visit my cosmos more than any other > flowers in my flower bed. > > We're still seeing occasional young ospreys as we're out along Rte. 90. A > few T. vultures that roost down in the village are still here. > > My thrill was being outside early last wk. to see 6 chimney swifts go down > into the tall chimney of the girl's dorm at the US Academy. I hadn't been > able to be outside in the evening to see them & indeed, thought repairs to > the chimney last fall may have included covering the chimney with screen. > > Fritzie B. > > Union Springs > > -- > CAYUGABIRDS-L LIST INFO: > Welcome and Basics [1] > Rules and Information [2] > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave [3] > ARCHIVES: > The Mail Archive [4] > Surfbirds [5] > BirdingOnThe.Net [6] > PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR OBSERVATIONS TO EBIRD [7]! > -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME [2] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES [3] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm [4] http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [5] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [6] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html [7] 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/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
