Very cool. I have a brood of chickadees who will be fledging soon. An adult has been feverishly bringing caterpillars for days. They decided to nest in a old decorative log on my porch that has a woodpecker hole in it. They are wonderful company. Pete Sar
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 12:38 PM Linda Orkin <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m sitting on my front porch on Muriel street listening to a young > chickadee practicing and mimicking adult parent’s song. His song has a more > slurry less crisp whistle to it and he’s mostly just doing the first note > of “hey sweetie”. The adult is up on a higher branch and singing his > complete hey sweetie clear whistled song around every fifth time the young > one tries. And then the the young one holds the whistled tone more > clearly and is more likely to be able to complete the phrase. He also tries > to accompany simultaneously. Very neat. > > Linda Orkin > Ithaca, NY > -- > > 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/ --
