I wonder if there has been a Phoebe hanging around Cornell all winter? I thought that I saw one in early December at Beebe Lake. I wasn’t 100% sure, however, because it was backlit on a grey day, and all I could get was the tail bobbing as it kept flying farther away from me. And, of course, I didn’t have binoculars with me. A week or so later, I ran into someone who had also seen a Phoebe near the small footbridge (I think) on Beebe Lake. (Hopefully, he’s on the list and can add his experience.)
Karen From: bounce-120118443-25410...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-120118443-25410...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of cedar Mathers-Winn Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 6:22 PM To: Suan Hsi Yong <suan.y...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>; Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Phoebe, Arts Quad Well, it's possible. The singer of the phoebe song was pretty physically distant from the starlings I saw and heard, and wasn't accompanied by any other bird vocalizations. And the song itself was completely convincing to me, for what it's worth. I'll keep my ears open tomorrow and try to track it down if I hear it. ________________________________ From: Suan Hsi Yong <suan.y...@gmail.com<mailto:suan.y...@gmail.com>> To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Eastern Phoebe, Arts Quad Yesterday morning at Sapsucker Woods, the starlings were doing kingbird and wood duck and meadowlark (among others, no doubt). Meanwhile, there was legitimate singing from chickadee, titmouse, cardinal: sounded and felt like spring! Suan On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:37 AM, cedar Mathers-Winn <cloudgre...@yahoo.com<mailto:cloudgre...@yahoo.com>> wrote: At 8:30 this morning in the Arts Quad at Cornell, heard an EASTERN PHOEBE sing one phrase of song. A few minutes later heard KILLDEER calls, but possible that these were from a nearby starling that was calling intermittently. As much as I keep telling myself we may see some winter yet... Cedar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --
