I took a short ride “around the block” on Sunday morning, sticking fairly local to my house just to see what was going on bird-wise.
A trip down Salt Rd in Constantia found the following new arrivals (at least for me): 4 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH 1 OVENBIRD 1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO 7 LEAST FLYCATCHERS 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER Also on Salt Rd, I encountered a COMMON RAVEN feeding on the remains of a small songbird in the middle of the road. Not sure if it was picking road kill or of it killed the bird itself, but he took his prize and flew up into a nearby tree as I approached. On Dutcherville Rd I had my first AMERICAN REDSTART and YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, both in the vicinity of Dutcher Pond. On Kibbie Lake Rd, one of the BALD EAGLES was sitting on the nest at Kibbie Lake. At home, I tried to see what the MERLINS were up to, but I am not having much luck. They are not spending any time near last year’s nest, but instead are hanging around the property which lies to the south and west of my own. There are several White Pine trees in this area and may have chosen one of those to use. Finally, yesterday afternoon while working in the yard, I had my first sightings of EASTERN KINGBIRD and CHIMNEY SWIFT. Mickey Scilingo Constantia Oswego County, NY [email protected] 315-679-6299 -- 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/ --
