5/8/14 Long Lake (home, and Sabattis Circle Road) and Bloomingdale (many locations)
I found 7 first-of-the-year species today (and a total of 11 warbler species - things are picking up!): *Least Flycatcher *Cliff Swallow *Barn Swallow *Nashville Warbler *Northern Parula *Blackburnian Warbler *Black-throated Blue Warbler There is a Dark-eyed Junco on Sabattis Circle Road holding a territory singing a "song" that sounds like a Red Crossbill calling! It is always in the same spot and sings a buzz note followed by what sounds like Red Crossbill call notes. I have several recordings that I'll send to Matt Young. I've heard Dark-eyed Juncos give a lot of "different" vocalizations over the years, but this one is completely bizarre! A Barred Owl was my wake-up call again this morning. I found a number of nest sites today, and I took a close-up video of 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches at their nest hole - adorable! They were excavating this hole (20 to 25 feet off the ground in a dead snag) and then tossing the wood shavings out the hole - by shaking their heads back and forth. They also flew the shavings away from the nest hole. In the Bloomingdale area, I found 5 Black-backed Woodpeckers (3 males observed - and two birds calling near 2 of the males), 3 Gray Jays (all adults), and at least 6 Boreal Chickadees. I also found an Amer. Bittern and several Ruffed Grouse. I encountered 5 Snowshoe Hares today and photographed one. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
