I looked out our front windows a bit ago and saw 4 large, dark birds milling
close together in the driveway of the Brooktondale firehall. It was raining
pretty hard, and I thought at first they were the local crow family. Two of
them wandered off across the lawn picking at probably snails or b
I was visiting friends in the Bay Area this past week and had the good
sense to carry my camera with me. I managed to see (and photograph) several
life birds, including White-tailed Kites, Acorn Woodpeckers, Lazuli
Buntings and Marbled Godwits. For those who are interested, here's a link
to the gal
Yes Meena, thanks so much for posting. It was a lovely evening made special
by the people in attendance, the beautiful birds and great food. Perfect
weather with a breeze and a pink sunset on sparkling water. We were so
excited to have a successful Orchard Oriole quest. Much gratitude to all
for
oops forgot to mention location...
This was all at Myers Point!
Meena
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] CBC dish to pass and e
Hi all,
We had great CBC dish to pass dinner with great turnout and tasty food! After
the dinner, we went for a walk in search of Orchard Orioles. We were rewarded
by wonderful sights of the orioles, especially those who had patience to wait
longer got to see them up fairly close for long time.
The bird on the ground in the third photo is an adult female Baltimore Oriole.
Females can get very dark hoods and be hard to distinguish from males, although
they're never the brilliant reddish orange that males achieve.
Kevin
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I thought some might be interested in my anecdote about an injured bird and its
companion, as I remembered the discussion a few weeks ago about behavior of
birds when one is injured and the other is pecking at it. I observed a similar
scenario.
I was driving along Ellis Hollow Rd on Sunday whe
