Trying to beat the heat with an early exercise walk, I noted the following on Mt Pleasant Road this morning:
Common Raven heard only Horned Larks - 3 on the road, not a great look but 2 of them had only faint head markings, the other one's were bolder. I surmise an adult with 2 young. Not an easy bird to find this time of year. Northern Harrier male coursing the fields sending up scolding flocks of Red-winged Blackbirds, several of which chased the harrier long distances By the observatory: Eastern Kingbird family - 2 adults, 2 young Numerous Barn Swallows adults and young. I got to 40 overhead at the barns in the "dip" then gave up the count when they all dispersed. A few Tree Swallows Straggling flock of Bobolinks, landing silently in the switchgrass field just east of the observatory, where they promptly disappeared from view. Keep cool everyone. Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 -- 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/ --
