Thank you, and I’m pretty sure it was a male, although I was driving and couldn’t look too long!
Deb From: Marc Devokaitis <mdevokai...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 12:54 PM To: Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu> Cc: Barbara Bauer Sadovnic <bsadov...@htva.net>; Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu>; Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Early migrants Replying to Deb -- As I understand it, the less-colorful males tend to winter further north - basically anywhere they can find productive open water. I often see males along the west side of the lake in Jan and Feb. Marc On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 11:51 AM Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: Do kingfisher’s stay for the winter? I saw one on a wire over 79 at the Inlet in Ithaca maybe on Wednesday. Deb From: Barbara Bauer Sadovnic <bsadov...@htva.net<mailto:bsadov...@htva.net>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 11:43 AM To: Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> Cc: Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>>; Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>>; CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Early migrants We very often have bluebirds here in winter—Halseyville Rd in Enfield—but today one was checking out a bluebird box. Yesterday had a couple dozen red winged blackbirds under a feeder, and Saturday a single grackle. On Feb 13, 2023, at 10:39 AM, Deb Grantham <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: I have been seeing bluebirds around my property (Sheffield Road, Ithaca/Enfield town line) and on Bundy Road (town of Ithaca) for the last week. Not every day and only one or two at a time. Deb From: bounce-127144182-83565...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-127144182-83565...@list.cornell.edu> <bounce-127144182-83565...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:bounce-127144182-83565...@list.cornell.edu>> On Behalf Of Donna Lee Scott Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 10:34 AM To: Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu<mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Early migrants A bright male Bluebird was spotted checking a nest box yesterday & I once again saw a gray Screech Owl sleeping in a “perfect “ hole in a tree, here at Kendal. Owl must have other roosts, since I don’t see it there every day. Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Feb 13, 2023, at 10:27 AM, Geo Kloppel <geoklop...@gmail.com<mailto:geoklop...@gmail.com>> wrote: A small flock of 10-12 Grackles went over my house at dawn, headed north. 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