Just outside of the Basin, Hile School Road: Since Thursday 17 March, only two rather than a dozen American Tree Sparrows have visited my feeders. They are here this morning, and one just did “crest-up" at the other, which kept crest feathers flat—I assume two males.
This morning 19 Mar, the White-crowned Sparrow adult, I assume the same one that has been here for weeks, again showed up to confirm his continued presence. Also a definite female Red-winged Blackbird came to the feeder area where about a dozen males in various stages of maturity are feeding. Larger Tree Sparrow flocks (12 or so) were still around in hedgerows on Thursday, however; they just didn’t zero in on my feeders. Tuesday last week (15 Mar) was the first day I confirmed females in a flock of Red-winged Blackbirds along Hile School Road. And the maple tree on the NW side of the house is blooming strongly today. Anne -- 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/ --
