Surprise of the morning - a Gray Catbird calling persistently at the
east end of the east Ithaca Recreation Way this morning around 10 am.
I started walking briskly west and was startled by an unaccustomed
mewing call from the nearby privet. This time of year, that portion of
the rec way is usually quiet or presided over by the call of some
exotic raptor from the hawk barn. I wondered what the Catbird was
finding to eat. Would it really stoop to privet?
Farther along, several Cardinals were belting out their territorial
song, literally. They were perched at the very tops of bare trees,
sitting bolt upright, their entire bodies shaking with each note. And
down below, somewhere deep in the honeysuckle, a Northern Mockingbird
gave a few raspy alarm calls. A couple of Chickadees were calling as
well as two red squirrels. The only thing missing were the Carolina
Wrens who reside in the vicinity of the fish lab.
And, for those who keep track, the Screech-owl was not in its cavity
at the .75 mile marker.
Bob McGuire
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