These remind me too that when I was downtown yesterday I heard my first cardinal of the year singing (albeit a rather understated song and for just a few seconds).
And yet, when I was in CT for Christmas (a bit farther south, it's true) the titmice, chickadees, cardinals, WB Nuthatches and Carolina Wrens were singing up a storm). Marie > It's time. I heard a Tufted Titmouse singing this morning. I'm > always amazed at how little change in day length it takes to get > their hormones flowing. > Kevin > > At 09:52 AM 1/7/2010, Robin Cisne wrote: >>Early this morning, walking down Vandermark Road in Brooktondale, I >>heard a Barred Owl hooting very insistently, over and over >>again. Perhaps it was looking for company already, the very >>earliest harbinger of the coming spring? >> >>Robin 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/ --
