[wisb] Re: Solstice Challenge
- From: Lennie Lichter <lennieandmaria@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisbird <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:44:09 -0800 (PST)
Hi folks.
Monday 12/21/09 report.
Again today, the temperature was about 25 degrees, the sky was overcast and
though I could hear a slight breeze up in the hilltop trees it was pretty calm
where I was. The following birds were heard quietly celebrating the shortest
day of the year:
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
I say quietly celebrating since the only singing that took place was by one of
the Tufted Titmice, while a couple of the White-breasted Nuthatches were also
heard giving voice to both their slow and faster songs. I've always considered
the slower song to be more of a contact call than a territorial song. The
percussion section was limited to a brief disjointed drumming by a Downy
Woodpecker that sounded more impromptu than territorial and then a little later
a Pileated Woodpecker gave its definitive drum roll from a little ways up a
nearby valley.
Winter Solstice occurs this morning at 11:47, so maybe they just haven't
realized yet that the tomorrow will be "longer" than today.
Lennie Lichter
Monroe County
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