Hi all, As I turned onto Mt Pleasant Road from Mineah around 3pm Sunday, I was delighted to hear the deep resonant drumming of a Pileated Woodpecker coming from the woods to the east.
At the top of the hill a flock of maybe 50 Snow Buntings took flight, and I tried to keep them in my binoculars on them as they circled around higher and higher into the sky. Soon they were barely visible, and for a micro-second I lost my concentration…and they were gone…apparently to the north. Heading out? On the way back I saw a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk circling over the fields near the farm. A couple of days ago I watched it (presume same bird) catch a rodent on the far side of a field. There also has been a lighter morph bird up there occasionally. But Rough-legged Hawks have been rare up there this winter overall. This morning at the feeders, two elegant male Purple Finches…first I've seen since fall. 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 ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
