We were paddling on Messalonskee Lake yesterday and discovered a pair of cranes who were very territorial. We thought they might have a chick and we promptly backed away.
So today our phone rang at 7 a.m. and it was our neighbor calling to tell us that four cranes were standing in his cornfield behind his house. They're not visible from the road--sorry--and I don't know if they're still there. I haven't had a chance to check since this a.m. Our neighbor said they were displaying and calling, but they were just hanging out when we saw them.
We also had 11 black terns on Messalonskee.
And in our yard, our phoebes are just about to fledge--+/- one or two days. I hope they don't fall out of the nest! Two of our three swallow boxes are incubating second clutches of eggs after the first clutches failed. Too much cold, wet weather, I think. The third box is about to fledge and the fourth box has bluebirds who decided not to wait for the swallows to leave this year before setting up house.
At the feeders: a pair of rose breasted grosbeaks, two pairs of purple finches. Woke up this a.m. to blue jay feathers scattered all over the lawn--no idea who took it out.
Julia
Julia
in Sidney
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