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Subject: White Millet Seed
From: Sheran Herrin <sjherrin(AT)CSWNET.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 6:13am
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It is almost time for Painted and Indigo Buntings to return. Please =
remind me where I can buy some seed. Saw my first hummer on Sunday!! =
Oh how I love Spring! =20
Thanks, Sheran Herrin, just north of Beebe
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Subject: FOS spotted sandpipers
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Ray?= <cardcards(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 7:56am
Yesterday afternoon I rode the bike trails that weren't flooded @ Burns
Park & saw FOS northern rough-wingeds & 2 spotted sandpipers. Lots of
American white pelicans on the Arkansas river @ Murray Lock & Dam (North
Little Rock). Also saw FOS chimney swifts between Sherwood & Jacksonville
earlier in the day.
David Ray
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Subject: ASCA April Field Trip Location Change
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karen_Holliday?= <karenh(AT)ARKLEG.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 8:46am
Due to extreme flooding at Cook’s Lake and the White River NWR, plus a
massive inundation of buffalo gnats at Cook’s Lake, the April ASCA field
trip location has been changed. The date is still April 12. Below are the
details.
April 12, 2008
Woolly Hollow State Park and Camp Robinson Special Use Area
Woolly Hollow State Park is 12 miles north of Conway on Hwy. 65, then 6
miles east of Greenbrier, AR. on Hwy. 285.
We will meet at 7:30 a.m. at the south end of the commuter parking lot at
I-630 and Shackleford Road in Little Rock. We will arrive at Woolly Hollow
State Park around 8:45 a.m. for those who would like to meet us there.
Early spring migrants are our target birds. After birding Woolly Hollow, we
will drive to Mayflower to eat lunch at the Glory B’s café. After lunch, we
will head to the Camp Robinson Special Use Area to look for Bachman’s Sparrows.
All birders are welcome to join us! For more information, contact Karen
Holliday at karenh(AT)arkleg.state.ar.us.
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Subject: Lunch hour at JFK Park
From: Michael Verser <ozarkwildbird(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 9:20am
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Below Greer's Ferry Dam yesterday my fos Black-throated Green warbler was
singing and feeding high in the top of a newly flowering oak. Black and White
warblers and a single Parula were singing.Along a side stream paired rattling
Belted Kingfishers were flying in the vicinity of a likely nesting hole in a
steep bare-dirt bank. La. Waterthush song was bouncing back from the steep
hillside on the other side of the river. Yellow- rumped Warblers with many new
black and yellow feathers chipped from all directions.
I noticed a Pileated assuming an unusual pose high in a pine on a horizontal
limb. My confusion ended seconds later when the male arrived and a brief but
intense flutter of woodpecker sex followed. And so it goes.
Bo Verser
Heber Springs
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Subject: Accipiter Attack, Take 2
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 11:58am
With the IBWO safely back in Skip's toy box, today's attacking
accipiter had to settle for a much smaller, but live, Northern
Mockingbird. For the 2nd day in a row none of us was watching the
birdcam during the attack, so no new addition to that list unless one
of you saw 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: Lunchtime birding in Ouachita County
From: Kelly Chitwood <kchitwood(AT)CABLELYNX.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 1:09pm
I managed to "fly" over to a flooded field to scope for shorebirds on
my lunch break.
Peanut butter crackers and water was on the menu.
Here's a list of birds found in the 35 minutes I had:
Northern Cardinal
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Parula
White-throated Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal - 8 (they're pretty!!!)
Green-winged Teal - 2 (beautiful)
Little Blue Heron - 4
Wilson's Snipe - 2
medium, unidentified shorebird with rust coloration and a fear of
human with spotting scope - 1
Cheers!
Kelly Chitwood
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Subject: Feather ID
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 1:30pm
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Today I found a single feather in the parking lot of my office building in
downtown Little Rock. The color and pattern struck me as something different
from the usual city birds so I picked it up. It is dark brown with burnt-orange
barring that breaks up as it approaches the tip. It appears to be a flight
feather (remige) from a Whip-poor-will. There is no other trace of that bird in
the lot. Maybe it molted while migrating.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: lunching at Centerton Fish Hatchery.
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 1:36pm
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I went over to the Centerton Fish Hatchery today on my lunch.
Sunny and windy day.
Birds I saw were:
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
RW Blackbird 5
Starlings 2
Killdeer at least 8
Least Sandpipers 12 , flying, couldn't really get a scope on them.
Bufflehead 31
Mallard 1 pair
Mourning Dove 1
Shoveler 1 male
Canada Geese 12
White Crowned Sparrow 1 lonesome bird
Kingfisher 1 female
Coots 13
Robins Didn't bother counting, they are everywhere.
GB Heron 1
Mockingbirds 3
Meadowlarks 9
Pied -billed grebe 1
No pretty warbler songs here.
Jacque Brown, Bella Vista.
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Subject: thanks
From: Alan Gregory <agregory(AT)RITTERNET.COM>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 7:51pm
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Hi,
We really do appreciate your taking time from your busy schedule to help =
us figure out what to do with the saddle delima. Thanks.
Alan and Terri
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Subject: Noon Time Birds
From: Dennis Eagle <deagle(AT)TCWORKS.NET>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 9:09pm
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I crossed Hwy 64 close to the house and made a short round on a =
neighbors property at noon today. The area was an open pasture of about =
15 acres bordered by a 10 acre hardwood woodlot on the north and a large =
hardwood creek bottom on the south. I stopped at the SE corner of the =
pasture first and at first saw only locals-white throats; cardinal; =
titmouse-then a black and white warbler. After a fifteen minute wait I =
moved a couple hundred yards (twice) with no birds of note. At the next =
stop-I had worked my way about 3/4 around the edge of the pasture-a =
couple turkeys ran out across the pasture, then I started seeing A LOT =
of yellow rumped warblers, most in splendid breeding plumage. In that =
one spot I saw approximately 35 of them; three white breasted =
nuthatches; several gnat catchers; and a downy woodpecker. I noticed =
several birds feeding in the crown of a large sweetgum, and they turned =
out to be goldfinches-some of them were almost entirely yellow. The =
sweetgum appeared to be blooming and they were really feeding on the =
blooms. Most of the other birds were working the oaks.
I left there and returned towards the truck and while crossing the lower =
corner of the pasture, which has some standing water, I came across a =
beautiful yellow crowned night heron in complete breeding plumage. I =
walked past him at a distence of 40 yards and he never blinked or =
faltered in his hunting. His top knot was outstanding.
My next stop was in the ridges where I saw a variety of the local birds =
along with blooming buckeye plants and a sprinkling of violets in =
places. =20
I wasn't too optimistic about birding at midday and was pleasently =
suprised at the level of feeding activity.
Dennis Eagle, El Paso
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Subject: Bird malady
From: Janine Perlman <jpandjf(AT)SWBELL.NET>
Date: 2 Apr 2008 11:48pm
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Janine Perlman
Alexander Mt.
Saline Co.
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