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Subject: Roadside Snack - Plus
From: "Jeff R. Wilson" <OLCOOT1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 6:37am
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April 1, 2008
Not a joke like the flying penguins on the BBC..........
A Cooper's Hawk fed roadside last week, not bothered by traffic but
eventually gave up to a Red-tailed Hawk. A couple of photos and a few other
recent
photos have been added at the following site:
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/94980220_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/94980220)
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens.
**************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL
Home.
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Subject: New Birdcam Bird - Right Now!
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 7:32am
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Check out the new bird at the Arkansas Birder birdcam. We guarantee
you won't believe it!
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's
too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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Subject: Birdcam Bird Attacked, Survives!
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 7:57am
Our new birdcam bird was just attacked by an accipiter! To our
surprise and relief it repelled the attack and was apparently unharmed.
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's
too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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Subject: Re: New Birdcam Bird - Right Now!
From: Ben Meadors <aximdude(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 8:33am
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There's your proof! It really does exist!
Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM> wrote: Check out the new bird at the Arkansas
Birder birdcam. We guarantee you won't believe it!
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to
read." - Groucho Marx
-Ben Meadors,
North Little Rock, Ar.
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Subject: Amazing adaption by penguins
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:12am
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Slightly out of ARBIRD's range but a remarkable discovery for all of us to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qDl1aH9l4
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Fw: Amazing adaption by penguins
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:26am
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Dan, That is soooo amazing, I'll start planning my trip to see them now. Jacque
Brown, Bella Vista.
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From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 9:12:28 AM
Subject: Amazing adaption by penguins
Slightly out of ARBIRD's range but a remarkable discovery for all of us to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qDl1aH9l4
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Heber Springs Tragedy!
From: Larry Jernigan <landj2(AT)PEOPLEPC.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 10:36am
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Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs---
I have been photographing an active Eagles nest here now for three year. =
In 2006 the nest had 3 young Eagles in the nest and I photographed them =
from first sight until the first one left the nest (with an Eastern =
Kingbird in hot pursuit). At the end of summer during a harsh rainstorm =
the huge pine tree that the nest was in was struck by lightening--- =
fortunately the adult birds and young were not in the nest. Then last =
year when I checked the nest about this time of spring I saw the adult =
birds and low and behold there were 3 smaller heads peeking above the =
edge of the nest. I watched them the whole summer from my friends =
backyard, taking photos of these young birds in the dead pine. I didn't =
get to see the first flights of the young birds--- but they made it =
safely and could be seen in the neighborhood from time to time. During =
the winter the two adult birds could be seen doing repair and renovation =
on the nest preparing it for the coming spring. Then during the violent =
windstorm that we had in February one of the limbs was blown off and I =
wondered if the pair of eagles would stay. To my surprise, when I =
checked, the adults were still there. About the end of the first week of =
March I got a call from my friends and heard that there was increased =
activity at the nest indicating that there were young birds that =
required feeding. I checked the next week and could just see the top of =
one baby's head. I checked every other day or so and by the end of that =
week I had seen two young Eagles. I was now ready to settle into a =
summer of enjoyable "watching". Then yesterday I got a phone call late =
in the afternoon from Mary, my friends wife. Her voice was stressed as =
she asked me to come over and help----the Eagles nest had fallen. The =
huge bulk of the nest now totally saturated by the torrential rains that =
we have been having had made the nest so heavy that one of the =
supporting limbs had broken. Half of the nest had fallen to the ground =
along with the two young birds. I drove over to where the nest was and =
got there got there just in time to see a Game and Fish officer placing =
the two babies in the back of his truck---both were dead. The two adults =
circled the tree calling to their young but getting no response.
Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs----
Larry Jernigan
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Subject: Re: Amazing adaption by penguins
From: Jack and Pam <jackstewart_us(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 10:41am
Now wait just a cotton pickin' minute! This is April
Fools Day!
Jack Stewart
Newton County
--- Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> Slightly out of ARBIRD's range but a remarkable
> discovery for all of us to see.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23qDl1aH9l4
>
> Dan Scheiman
> Little Rock, AR
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Subject: hybrid duck update
From: Nick Anich <nicka29(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 12:11pm
The expert consensus is that the hybrid duck I saw
last week is a Gadwall x Northern Shoveler.
http://www.pbase.com/nanich/hybrid_duck
Nick Anich
Jonesboro, AR
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Subject: Re: Heber Springs Tragedy!
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 12:37pm
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Larry, I along with a group of friends, had been watching an Aerie in Illinois
for several years before I moved to Arkansas.
They still are. In 2006 we lost "our baby" to a raccoon. A parant was witnessed
trying to save the eaglet but the raccoon had already done it's damage. My
heart goes out to you.
I felt so bad, today, I spent my lunch hour running over to Gravette to check on
the nest there. That nest is cantilvered out so far it looks scary. Both adults
were sitting on a branch under the nest. I haven't seen any fuzzy heads yet but
the two of us that have been keeping an eye on the nest noticed they didn't
start sitting on the nest until around March 8th. Late for Bald Eagles.
I also went past the G H Owl nest west of the Centerton Fish Hatchery. My
digiscoping skills leave a lot to be desired so I asked if I could walk onto the
property to get a closer shot with the Canon 40D and 500 mm lens. I didn't get
as close as I would have liked because I was spooking the cows but I hope with
the sunny skies the pictures I did take turn out because the owlet is getting
very large and was watching me from the front of the nest. It is just too
darned cute. Jacque Brown, Bella Vista.
----- Original Message ----
From: Larry Jernigan <landj2(AT)PEOPLEPC.COM>
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 10:36:10 AM
Subject: Heber Springs Tragedy!
Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs---
I have been photographing an active Eagles nest here now for three year. In 2006
the nest had 3 young Eagles in the nest and I photographed them from first
sight until the first one left the nest (with an Eastern Kingbird in hot
pursuit). At the end of summer during a harsh rainstorm the huge pine tree that
the nest was in was struck by lightening--- fortunately the adult birds and
young were not in the nest. Then last year when I checked the nest about this
time of spring I saw the adult birds and low and behold there were 3 smaller
heads peeking above the edge of the nest. I watched them the whole summer from
my friends backyard, taking photos of these young birds in the dead pine. I
didn't get to see the first flights of the young birds--- but they made it
safely and could be seen in the neighborhood from time to time. During the
winter the two adult birds could be seen doing repair and renovation on the nest
preparing it for the coming spring. Then
during the violent windstorm that we had in February one of the limbs was blown
off and I wondered if the pair of eagles would stay. To my surprise, when I
checked, the adults were still there. About the end of the first week of March I
got a call from my friends and heard that there was increased activity at the
nest indicating that there were young birds that required feeding. I checked the
next week and could just see the top of one baby's head. I checked every other
day or so and by the end of that week I had seen two young Eagles. I was now
ready to settle into a summer of enjoyable "watching". Then yesterday I got a
phone call late in the afternoon from Mary, my friends wife. Her voice was
stressed as she asked me to come over and help----the Eagles nest had fallen.
The huge bulk of the nest now totally saturated by the torrential rains that we
have been having had made the nest so heavy that one of the supporting limbs had
broken. Half of the
nest had fallen to the ground along with the two young birds. I drove over to
where the nest was and got there got there just in time to see a Game and Fish
officer placing the two babies in the back of his truck---both were dead. The
two adults circled the tree calling to their young but getting no response.
Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs----
Larry Jernigan
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Subject: Post deluge
From: Herschel Raney <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 1:14pm
Out of country for a week, out of touch. Out this morning for a short
spell. The lands north of Beaverfork are a whole other country of water.
Too deep for shorebirds but the ducks were in heaven. The divers out too
far to discern other than Canvasback and Lesser Scaup. Scattered Coot
and Pied-billed Grebe. Down by the Cadron itself, dabblers with Mallard
and Gadwall and Shoveler along with heavy flocks of both Teal, mostly
Blue-winged. Duck duck goose in the mid distance with some Canada's
lording a small island accompanied by a single Cackling Goose, looking
like a repainted Mallard.
The lake itself was brimming over. Wires lined with Purple Martins
chortling with urgency or pleasure, hard to tell. Tree Swallows coursing
the air just above the waves, flashing greens and whites. Coots aground,
running here and there from human activities. Nothing is goofier than a
grounded Coot in a hurry.
At Bell north, the spillway was torrential. Fishing humans looking
daunted. Fishing Egrets, not-so-much. An Osprey pointing a fish towards
an eating perch. Lingering Bufflehead. Scissortails on wires. Kingbirds
on fences.
At Bell south the road was a few inches from submersion. Everything
pools and puddles, burgeoning spillways and runoffs and overflows. The
fields peppered with Blue-winged Teal awaddle. A solitary Solitary
Sandpiper, living his namesake. Overhead calling Red-shouldered Hawks.
The woods were flitting with birds. Gnatcatchers abounding. Every
Kinglet seemed to be singing. And flashing the ruby message to everyone
that would watch. The red-topped diminutive things chattering on and on,
the middle phrases sounding for all the world like cheeseburger,
cheeseburger cheeseburger. I laughed.
First Yellowthroats singing and looking paired up already in one case.
Kingfisher rattle. Parulas and Yellow-rumps singing. The woods all
buckeye and Senecio, Thalictrum and buttercup. Mayapples already
breaking buds and showing white flowers. Patches of Verbena purpling up
beneath a perfect Lincoln's Sparrow and the stay stay stay seeps of
White-throated Sparrows. The occasional 'oh Canada Canada' song sounding
more mournful now, less rote and spurious.
And up the mountain towards home a Broad-winged Hawk on a powerline,
shaking itself into pufflumery and tail wag. Looking like these
self-powered flights from Argentina just aren't what they used to be,
over pampas and Amazon, through storms over the Yucatan and past the
flats of Mexico here to this wire and the oak woodlands of my home where
it will stay and whistle at me for a few months. Nature doing the
expected unexpected again, keeping its histories, waking up the marrow,
sometimes with something simple, sometimes with something beautifully
absurd.
Herschel Raney
Conway AR
www.hr-rna.com/RNA
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Subject: Re: April bird list
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Ray?= <cardcards(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 1:29pm
For those of you using the list I sent you for April, I left off Canada
goose. Dennis Braddy has scoured the list & there will be some changes on
the May list. It is a work in progress.
David Ray
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Subject: Re: Heber Springs Tragedy!
From: "Curry, Neil" <ncurry(AT)AGFC.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 3:38pm
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The eagle nest in Perry county near Hill Loop Rd. came down out of the
cypress tree after high winds several months ago. The pair have since
rebuilt another nest. The fallen nest landed almost intact on the
ground. It contained over 20 aquatic turtle shells (most were map
turtles in the ten inch shell length range. An opossum skeleton was
also in the nest. Amazing what they feed to their young. Neil Curry,
Little Rock
________________________________
From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Jacque Brown
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:37 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Heber Springs Tragedy!
Larry, I along with a group of friends, had been watching an Aerie in
Illinois for several years before I moved to Arkansas.=20
They still are. In 2006 we lost "our baby" to a raccoon. A parant was
witnessed trying to save the eaglet but the raccoon had already done
it's damage. My heart goes out to you.
I felt so bad, today, I spent my lunch hour running over to Gravette to
check on the nest there. That nest is cantilvered out so far it looks
scary. Both adults were sitting on a branch under the nest. I haven't
seen any fuzzy heads yet but the two of us that have been keeping an eye
on the nest noticed they didn't start sitting on the nest until around
March 8th. Late for Bald Eagles.
I also went past the G H Owl nest west of the Centerton Fish Hatchery.
My digiscoping skills leave a lot to be desired so I asked if I could
walk onto the property to get a closer shot with the Canon 40D and 500
mm lens. I didn't get as close as I would have liked because I was
spooking the cows but I hope with the sunny skies the pictures I did
take turn out because the owlet is getting very large and was watching
me from the front of the nest. It is just too darned cute. Jacque
Brown, Bella Vista.
----- Original Message ----
From: Larry Jernigan <landj2(AT)PEOPLEPC.COM>
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 10:36:10 AM
Subject: Heber Springs Tragedy!
Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs---
I have been photographing an active Eagles nest here now for three year.
In 2006 the nest had 3 young Eagles in the nest and I photographed them
from first sight until the first one left the nest (with an Eastern
Kingbird in hot pursuit). At the end of summer during a harsh rainstorm
the huge pine tree that the nest was in was struck by lightening---
fortunately the adult birds and young were not in the nest. Then last
year when I checked the nest about this time of spring I saw the adult
birds and low and behold there were 3 smaller heads peeking above the
edge of the nest. I watched them the whole summer from my friends
backyard, taking photos of these young birds in the dead pine. I didn't
get to see the first flights of the young birds--- but they made it
safely and could be seen in the neighborhood from time to time. During
the winter the two adult birds could be seen doing repair and renovation
on the nest preparing it for the coming spring. Then during the violent
windstorm that we had in February one of the limbs was blown off and I
wondered if the pair of eagles would stay. To my surprise, when I
checked, the adults were still there. About the end of the first week of
March I got a call from my friends and heard that there was increased
activity at the nest indicating that there were young birds that
required feeding. I checked the next week and could just see the top of
one baby's head. I checked every other day or so and by the end of that
week I had seen two young Eagles. I was now ready to settle into a
summer of enjoyable "watching". Then yesterday I got a phone call late
in the afternoon from Mary, my friends wife. Her voice was stressed as
she asked me to come over and help----the Eagles nest had fallen. The
huge bulk of the nest now totally saturated by the torrential rains that
we have been having had made the nest so heavy that one of the
supporting limbs had broken. Half of the nest had fallen to the ground
along with the two young birds. I drove over to where the nest was and
got there got there just in time to see a Game and Fish officer placing
the two babies in the back of his truck---both were dead. The two adults
circled the tree calling to their young but getting no response.
Yesterday was a tragic day in Heber Springs----
=20
Larry Jernigan
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Subject: Moffett Bottoms - truly a wonderful place
From: Sandy Berger <fsbirdlady(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:02pm
Boy, you just never know what you'll see in the
bottoms. I've never seen a mixed flock of Brewer's
Blackbirds, Upland Sandpipers(3), and Golden Plover.
But there they were. Also present were the Lesser and
Greater Yellowlegs, Pects, and Least Sandpipers.
For the AR people. This spot is one place to visit
during the AAS state meeting. It is officially in
Oklahoma though.
Sandy B.
FS, AR
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Subject: Did I send Dan's forward back to Arbird?
From: Sandy Berger <fsbirdlady(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:14pm
Somebody tell me please.
SB
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Subject: Re: New Birdcam Bird - Right Now!
From: Roselie Overby <birdergirl_2000(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:42pm
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For those of us (maybe it's just me) who cannot access Arkansas Birder, what was
it?
Roselie Overby
Oak Grove, LA
Ben Meadors <aximdude(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
There's your proof! It really does exist!
Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM> wrote: Check out the new bird at the Arkansas
Birder birdcam. We guarantee you won't believe it!
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and
Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark
to read." - Groucho Marx
-Ben Meadors,
North Little Rock, Ar.
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Subject: Re: New Birdcam Bird - Right Now!
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 6:03pm
It was all Skip's idea. He insisted we put his stuffed Ivory-billed
Woodpecker toy on the birdcam feeder for April 1. (Okay, the IBWO
soundtrack was my idea - db.) The accipiter attack was real.
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's
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Subject: Re: Did I send Dan's forward back to Arbird?
From: Sandy Berger <fsbirdlady(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 6:03pm
K. Thanks. I didn't mean to if I had.
SB
--- Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)mac.com> wrote:
> Not yet.
>
> Dennis
>
> "Eternity is a very long time, especially towards
> the end." - Stephen
> Hawking
>
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
> > Somebody tell me please.
> >
> > SB
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Subject: FOY Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
From: Gail Miller <gail.miller(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 6:52pm
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I saw my first Scissor-tailed Flycatcher today by the new Hilton hotel =
on the service road along I-40 behind Kohl's, Belk, etc. shopping =
center. That area is always a consistent, frequent area to spot the =
Flycatchers each year.
Gail (Faulkner Co. - Conway, AR)
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Subject: Northern Parula
From: Ted <ted(AT)MUSIKHAUS.COM>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:14pm
I found a Northern Parula (year bird 106) at Bona Dea. The YCNH
continue with their breeding behavior.
Ted S
Russellville, AR
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Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - April 1 (Good day!!!)
From: David Arbour <arbour(AT)WINDSTREAM.NET>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:27pm
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Bob Holbrook, Sjoerd Radstaak (Netherlands), and I surveyed birds today =
at Red Slough and found 99 species. It was overcast, cool, and a bit =
windy. We found a lot of returning migrants. Wader numbers are =
increasing. Prothonotary Warblers are back. American Bitterns were =
everywhere we went. The marshes were alive this morning with the calls =
of rails, bitterns, grebes, and Marsh Wrens. A very vocal Black-bellied =
Whistling Duck approached us from the south while we were on the unit 30 =
(east) observation platform and circled fairly close over our heads and =
headed back south. It a magic time to be at the slough! Here is a =
complete list of all species found today: =20
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - 1 (unit 30)
Greater White-fronted Goose - 3
Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 17
Gadwall - 21
American Wigeon - 13
Mallard - 3
Blue-winged Teal - 170
Northern Shoveler - 35
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 12
Canvasback - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 3
Lesser Scaup - 10
Hooded Merganser - 9
Ruddy Duck - 14
Pied-billed Grebe - 33
American White Pelican - 104
Double-crested Cormorant - 110
Anhinga - 6
American Bittern - 25
Great Blue Heron - 14
Great Egret - 23
Snowy Egret - 1
Little Blue Heron - 24
Cattle Egret - 74
White Ibis - 60 (unit 30)
White-faced Ibis - 2 (unit 30)
Dark Ibis sp. - 15 (unit 30)
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 15
Northern Harrier - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 9
King Rail - 4 (1 seen, 3 heard; units 27B & 30)
Virginia Rail - 2 (1 seen, 1 heard)
Sora - 10 (2 seen, 8 heard)
Common Moorhen - 4
American Coot - 247
American Golden-Plover - 14
Killdeer - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 3
Mourning Dove - 5
Barred Owl - 1
Short-eared Owl - 4
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Loggerhead Shrike - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 6
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 7
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 4
Tree Swallow - 95
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 6
Cliff Swallow - 400
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 1
Sedge Wren - 3
Marsh Wren - 26
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 8
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11
Pine Warbler - 2
Prothonotary Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 9
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 6
Le Conte's Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 40
White-throated Sparrow - 12
White-crowned Sparrow - 68
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 14
Red-winged Blackbird - 300
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 1 male (Appleberry Lane south of Blackland =
Road)
Brewer's Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 15
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6
Odonates (To cool for Odes):
Common Green Darner
Good birding!
David Arbour
De Queen, AR
Visit the Red Slough Website: =
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ouachita/natural-resources/redslough/index.shtml
Personal Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/sloughbirder
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