Sorry for the late post, but Mt Pleasant yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon hosted several Horned Larks as well as a largish flock of American Pipits (great views of them foraging on the ground in the field opposite the observatory). Also a Common Raven was heard calling.
And this morning I was in the Cornell Arboretum photographing fall color when I noticed that many Blue Jays were doing their acorn caching thing! I watched them flying to and fro from the several very large oak trees by the pond, carrying acorns in their bills. On the ground, they would push the acorn into soil or into the grass, then pick up a leaf (sometimes more than one) and cover the hidden acorn with it. I also watched Blue Jays doing this with sunflower seeds from a friend's feeder over the weekend. A veritable frenzy of food storage activity, and very entertaining to watch! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com http://www.agpix.com/mari -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
