Re: [cayugabirds-l] Downy or Hairy?

2022-07-12 Thread Judith Thurber
Sibley says some Hairy’s can have spots on outer tail feathers (oh, brother) — so Hairy is fine — and bill is large! Judy Thurber Liverpool Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2022, at 5:44 PM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote: > > Look at these photos from a nest found in Genoa (in a low-coverage > priori

[cayugabirds-l] Downy or Hairy?

2022-07-12 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Look at these photos from a nest found in Genoa (in a low-coverage priority block): https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub/permalink/5287965897907849/ The bill says (to me) Hairy, yet the outer tail feather has spots, and the red at the back of the head is not split. I know the latter two

[cayugabirds-l] Jetty Woods Cormorants (was Re: Frontenac Island in Cayuga Lake)

2022-07-12 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 6:38 PM bob mcguire wrote: > > Come stand sometime under the cormorant colony at Jetty Woods - in the > spring. (Wear a hat with a broad brim!) Listen to the croaks of the adults > and the barks of the young. You might grimace. It makes me smile!! Only the colony isn't t

[cayugabirds-l] Union Springs: Loaded cherry trees, no birds

2022-07-12 Thread job121830
We have several huge cherry trees, volunteers from the academy orchard. loaded with cherries. Also have a mulberry tree with lots of ripe berries. Just realized I've not seen one starling in several wks. & only one blackbird. Usually when the cherries are ripe we have countless nos. of raiders