Date: 4/12/24 12:55 pm From: 'Barbarah Henderson' via Geneseebirds <geneseebirds-l...> Subject: Re: [GeneseeBirds-L] Birds and eclipse
Great post!!The eclipse was well under way by the time I reached the SWern most mound at Tifft Farm (Nature Preserve, Buffalo). This is ~3/4 mile S. of the center line. A kettle of ~20 Vultures & 1 buteo were high & migrating NE. while still light. It was cloudy for totality (impressively dark w/light all around the horizon) w/only brief glimpses of the sun before & after. When it was again ~2/3 light a distant Song Sparrow sang at least once. Looking down on noisy route 5 & the mostly grassy habitat on the mound(s) there wasn't any more noticeable bird reaction but company was good. Barbara didn't notice any unusual activity in Delaware Park ~5 miles N. but saw most of the totality through thin clouds.
Peter, Barbara
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 4:49:47 PM EDT, James Kimball <kimball...> wrote:
i haven’t seen local comments on the eclipse relative to birds and thought I would mention our yard experience. Through our late winter, each day just after sunset we have had 8 cardinals and about the same number of juncos coming to our feeders, the juncos on the ground, the cardinals at feeders and on the ground. We see smaller numbers here and there during the usual day, but never all at once. As it started getting dark on Monday, they all showed up. Our starlings made a small flock atop a neighbor’s tree, as they usually do in the evening and our 30+ House Sparrows all got quiet in our hedges. As expected it got very dark for a short time; our new street lights all came; we walked the dogs and took a nice selfie. As soon as it got light again all the house sparrows were chattering away, about as loud as I’ve heard them! Robins started singing up and down the street. One of them, I wish I could have recorded him, was singing with an extra dose of energy. It was all a neat experience.
