I mis-spoke as this is an advanced Second year bird showing adult plumes but a youngster's eye. My guess he was born in 2017. Now that he is a third year the eye should go red come spring. John
--- John and Sue Gregoire Field Ornithologists Kestrel Haven Migration Observatory 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818 42.443508000, -76.758202000 "Create and Conserve Habitat" On 2019-02-01 13:51, Carol Keeler wrote: > I'm wondering why my birds have suddenly found an Alaskan Cedar so > interesting. I noticed several birds, Cardinals, Tree Sparrows, Chickadees > all sitting at the tips of a birch tree which is close to the Cedar. They'd > fly over to the Cedar and go in. More and more of my regular birds came and > seemed to check out the tree. At one time there was a Blue Jay, a couple of > male Cardinals, two Titmice, a Chickadee, Tree Sparrows, and House Sparrows > all sitting in the birch waiting to go in the Cedar. What's going on? I > know the Cedar has little seed cones. I've never seen any birds in the Cedar > before. It was fascinating to watch. I usually see the birds in the Norway > spruces which are nearby, not the Cedar. There are no feeders on that side > of the house. Any ideas of what's going on? > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --