This was yesterday evening between 5:15-5:30pm, from the front porch of our apartment. We were observing the birds across our street, in the backyards of houses bordered by Hudson, Pleasant, and Prospect St.
We heard a very fast,high pitched "Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-ki-" (thought woodpecker at first). Scanned to see the two birds in an oak tree for one attempt. The female flew off into a near by spruce about 30-40 yards away immediately after. After about 5 more minutes, we saw the male fly in the direction of the female with very fast, fluttering wing beats, calling, and hooking up with the female for a second time, then he returned to the oak tree, at which point the observation window had to close. Marc Devokaitis -- 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/ --
