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Subject: ASCA Meeting
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 12:22am
ARBirders,
This Thursday, April 10, is Audubon Society of Central AR's monthly
meeting. This month's speaker is Roger Fryar of the USDA Forest
Service. He will discuss the ecology of prescribed fire, one of the
most important wildlife habitat management tools we have, but also
one that is often misunderstood by the public. Please join us so you
can learn more about fire and use that knowledge to calm the flames
of fear that others might have.
Meetings are held at the Fletcher Library in Little Rock. The
library is on "H" street, two blocks east of University Avenue. All
are welcome.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatches
From: Mary Alice Beer <abeer(AT)ARTELCO.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 7:11am
I've only had 3 for the past week but yesterday, counted 7 so guess
some
of yours are stopping off here for a snack!
Mary Alice Beer
Fairfield Bay.
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From: "Lyndal York" <lrbluejay(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:28 PM
Subject: [ARBIRD-L] Red-breasted Nuthatches
Arbirders:
My three winter resident RBNH have taken off for the North Country.
They
have been ever present all winter carrying off sunflower seeds and
snacking
on suet but, yesterday they were no shows and again today. Wondered
if
anyone else had noticed the absence of their RBNHs ?
Lyndal York
Little Rock
BAR-SF
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Subject: Re: Red-breasted Nuthatches
From: Sherry Stansbery <greatblu(AT)SOUTHSHORE.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:15am
We have had one lone red-breasted nuthatch all winter and it is still
here. It was at the suet feeder repeatedly this morning. We have 7
suet feeders and it only comes to the same one over and over. I'll
be sad to see it move on for the North.
Sherry Stansbery
Boone Co. between Harrison & Yellville
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Subject: Bird Photos Needed
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 10:38am
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Calling all bird photographers,
Thanks to many of you, Audubon's Birds of Arkansas web site
(www.birdsofarkansas.org) is filled with many great photos of 100 of Arkansas'
common bird species. The site still needs a few more photos of particular bird
species, and ideally it'd be great to have nest/egg photos for the birds that
breed in the state. The photos don't have be taken in AR. Since spring has
arrived now's the time to get those nesting photos and help me fill in the gaps.
You may already be rumaging through your collection to help Dennis too. All
photographers are credited with their photos. If you have an online album I'll
provide a link to that too. The list follows. Thank you very much.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
Common Name Photo Need
Mallard nest
Blue-winged Teal nest
Northern Bobwhite nest
Turkey Vulture nest
Cooper's Hawk nest
American Coot nest
Rock Pigeon nest
Eurasian Collard-Dove nest
Yellow-billed Cuckoo nest
Greater Roadrunner nest
Barred Owl nest
Common Nighthawk nest
Chimney Swift adult, nest
Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker adult female
Eastern Phoebe nest
Great Crested Flycatcher nest
Red-eyed Vireo nest
American Crow nest
Fish Crow nest
Horned Lark nest
Tufted Titmouse nest
White-breasted Nuthatch nest
Brown Creeper nest
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher nest
European Starling nest
Cedar Waxwing nest
Pine Warbler nest
Black-and-white Warbler nest
Common Yellowthroat nest
Yellow-breasted Chat nest
Summer Tanager nest
Eastern Towhee nest
Chipping Sparrow nest
Blue Grosbeak nest
Indigo Bunting nest
Painted Bunting nest
Common Grackle nest
Baltimore Oriole nest
House Finch nest
American Goldfinch nest
House Sparrow nest
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Subject: NYTimes.com: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation
From: Jack Stewart <jackstewart_us(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 10:35am
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This page was sent to you by: jackstewart_us(AT)yahoo.com.
Here is a link to a New York Times article. The conflict is one that we have all
been expecting ever since corn based ethanol started being promoted as a
solution to our energy problems. Notice in the quote below the phrase "to think
beyond conservation". How is short term greed broader thinking than
conservation? "They want the government to ease restrictions on the preserved
land, which would encourage many more farmers to think beyond conservation." And
how do you like this sentence-Were in a crisis here. Do we want to eat,
or do we want to worry about the birds? Jack Newton County
BUSINESS | April 9, 2008
The Food Chain: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation
By DAVID STREITFELD
Farmers are taking their fields out of a government conservation program that
pays them not to cultivate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/business/09conserve.html?ex=1208404800&en=35c5204252ef1f5b&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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Subject: Re: First Hummer
From: Jack and Pam <jackstewart_us(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 11:19am
Although we sometimes see RTHU earlier on our walks in
the Ozarks, here at home (Erbie area) we always have
the first hummer appear on April 7, that is also the
usual date when our Honeysuckle (Lonicera
sempervirens--a native honeysuckle) blooms. These
observations are from our records kept for over 10
years.
Jack Stewart
Newton County
--- Mary Alice Beer <abeer(AT)ARTELCO.COM> wrote:
> Based on my personal experience and records, I have
> a feeling more
> could document the Azalea/Hummer coincidence if
> records were kept?
> Of course there are many types of Azaleas - and I
> haven't a clue as to
> which mine is...
>
> Mary Alice Beer
> Fairfield Bay
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sara Caulk
> To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:43 PM
> Subject: [ARBIRD-L] First Hummer
>
>
> We had the first Ruby Throat at our feeder (Mt.
> Sequoyah, Fayetteville) this morning. I might note
> that our rhododendron and a couple small azaleas had
> blossoms openyesterday if there is a correlation
> between the hummer/azalea arrivals.
>
> Horray! Spring is arriving
> Sara, in Fayetteville
>
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Subject: Re: ASCA Meeting
From: Bill Shepherd <stoneax63(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 11:46am
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And the program will begin at 7 p.m.
=20
Bill ShepherdBill Shepherd2805 Linden, Apt. 3 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-5=
964 Stoneax63(AT)hotmail.com (501) 375-3918> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:21:25 -0=
500> From: birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET> Subject: ASCA Meeting> To: ARBIRD-L@LISTSER=
V.UARK.EDU> > ARBirders,> > This Thursday, April 10, is Audubon Society of =
Central AR's monthly > meeting. This month's speaker is Roger Fryar of the =
USDA Forest > Service. He will discuss the ecology of prescribed fire, one =
of the > most important wildlife habitat management tools we have, but also=
> one that is often misunderstood by the public. Please join us so you > c=
an learn more about fire and use that knowledge to calm the flames > of fea=
r that others might have.> > Meetings are held at the Fletcher Library in L=
ittle Rock. The > library is on "H" street, two blocks east of University A=
venue. All > are welcome.> > Dan Scheiman> Little Rock, AR=
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Subject: FoS Prothonotary & Yellow-throated warblers
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?David_Ray?= <cardcards(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 12:36pm
I was able to spot FOS Prothonotary & yellow-throated warblers today during
lunch in the swampy area on Trammel Road in Sherwood.
David Ray
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Subject: First Hummer
From: "Jobe, Kelly" <JOBE(AT)ADEQ.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 12:39pm
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I saw my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the year yesterday
afternoon. It was feeding on a red honeysuckle vine in the backyard.
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Kelly Jobe
North Little Rock
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Subject: Re: Red Slough Bird Survey - April 8, 2008
From: Bill Shepherd <stoneax63(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 4:25pm
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I hope everyone has noticed David Arbour's habit of using boldface type for=
species or numbers of individuals that he considers especially noteworthy.=
This practice enables those of us whose time is limited to scan his lists=
quickly.
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Along with the growth of the number of Arbird-L subscribers and a general i=
ncrease in Arbird-L postings (which is great!) the number of species lists =
posted here has increased greatly in recent weeks, and some of them contain=
little of particular interest to anyone but the birder who created them. =
I want to suggest that other subscribers who want to post their entire dail=
y lists here consider following David Arbour's kind example.
=20
It would be a favor to all of the rest of us.
=20
Bill ShepherdBill Shepherd2805 Linden, Apt. 3 Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-5=
964 Stoneax63(AT)hotmail.com (501) 375-3918
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:50:10 -0500From: arbour(AT)WINDSTREAM.NETSubject: Red=
Slough Bird Survey - April 8, 2008To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Ronda Sherrill (MO), Linda Childers (MO), and I surveyed birds today at Red=
Slough and found 92 species. It was cool, overcast, and rainy. The sound=
s from the marshes were almost deafening this morning with American Bittern=
s, 3 species of rails, grebes, moorhens, coots, marsh & sedge wrens, yellow=
throats, geese, teal, etc. calling their heads off. I have never seen so m=
any bitterns! You could not go anywhere down there without hearing a least=
one almost continously calling and usually several calling. The bitterns =
were also chasing each other around and acting very territorial. Pintail a=
nd Lotus Lakes are full for the first time in years. We have never had so =
much water since I have worked there. Birds everywhere! This is going to =
be an amazing year. Here is a complete list of all seen: =20
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Greater White-fronted Goose - 1Canada Goose - 4Wood Duck - 21Gadwall - 11Ma=
llard - 1 maleBlue-winged Teal - 225Northern Shoveler - 40Canvasback - 1Rin=
g-necked Duck - 32Lesser Scaup - 6Bufflehead - 1 (Rare at RS)Common Goldene=
ye - 3 (Rare at RS)Hooded Merganser - 1 female Ruddy Duck - 6Pied-billed Gr=
ebe - 42American White Pelican - 96Double-crested Cormorant - 75Anhinga - 1=
2American Bittern - 28Great Blue Heron - 7Great Egret - 13Snowy Egret - 8Li=
ttle Blue Heron - 27Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1White Ibis - 24Dark Ibis s=
p. - 23Black Vulture - 2Turkey Vulture - 13Bald Eagle - 1 adultNorthern Har=
rier - 1Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1Red-tailed Hawk - 2King Rail - 3Virginia Rail=
- 3Sora - 26Common Moorhen - 10American Coot - 437American Golden-Plover -=
5Killdeer - 2Black-necked Stilt - 1Solitary Sandpiper - 1Greater Yellowleg=
s - 1Upland Sandpiper - 2Eurasian Collared-Dove - 2Mourning Dove - 8Short-e=
ared Owl - 2Belted Kingfisher - 5Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3Downy Woodpecker=
- 1Pileated Woodpecker - 1Eastern Phoebe - 1Eastern Kingbird - 1Scissor-ta=
iled Flycatcher - 1Loggerhead Shrike - 1White-eyed Vireo - 10Yellow-throate=
d Vireo - 1Blue Jay - 7American Crow - 20Fish Crow - 3Tree Swallow - 19Clif=
f Swallow - 1Barn Swallow - 4Carolina Chickadee - 7Tufted Titmouse - 5Carol=
ina Wren - 7Sedge Wren - 3Marsh Wren - 20Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2Blue-gray =
Gnatcatcher - 7Eastern Bluebird - 1Northern Mockingbird - 3Brown Thrasher -=
1Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2Pine Warbler - 1Black-and-white Warbler - 2Proth=
onotary Warbler - 4Common Yellowthroat - 28Eastern Towhee - 1Savannah Sparr=
ow - 10Le Conte's Sparrow - 9Song Sparrow - 1Lincoln's Sparrow - 1Swamp Spa=
rrow - 7White-throated Sparrow - 2White-crowned Sparrow - 31Northern Cardin=
al - 12Red-winged Blackbird - 90Eastern Meadowlark - 3Brewer's Blackbird - =
1Common Grackle - 14Brown-headed Cowbird - 14American Goldfinch - 1
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Odonates (Too cool for much activity):
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Fragile Forktail
Familiar Bluet
Common Green Darner
Blue Dasher
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Saw a Swamp Darner yesterday.
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Herps:
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American Alligator
Southern Painted Turtle
Cajun Chorus Frog
Eastern Gray Treefrog
Bullfrog
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Good birding!
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David ArbourDe Queen, AR
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Visit the Red Slough Website: http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ouachita/natural-re=
sources/redslough/index.shtml
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Personal Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/sloughbirder=
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Subject: Treadway's Minnow Farms
From: Kenny Nichols <kingbird(AT)CENTURYTEL.NET>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 4:47pm
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LaDonna and I saw an adult breeding plumaged Laughing Gull today at
Treadway's. Lotsa shorebird habitat but few birds.
Kenny Nichols
kingbird(AT)centurytel.net
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Subject: Photos of Golden-Plovers and Anhinga
From: "Jeff R. Wilson" <OLCOOT1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 6:46pm
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April 9, 2008
TN/MS/AR
I've posted a few photos of the many taken over the weekend in Mississippi
and Arkansas of the movement of American Golden-Plovers and the surprise male
Anhinga in Haywood Co, TN. Start at the following page:
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/95390996_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/95390996)
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
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Subject: Re: Dan's 600!!!
From: Dale Provost <dprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:24pm
Photos at http://www.pbase.com/daleprovost/austin_apr_2008
Dale
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From: "Craig J. Provost" <craig-daleprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: Dan's 600!!!
> This morning, Dale & I were with Dan Scheiman when he saw his 599 & 600
> birds, the Golden-cheeked Warbler & the Black-capped Vireo. Photos will
> be available when we return to Little Rock. We split our ways as he was
> heading to NW Oklahoma for a Lesser Prairie Chicken, & we are heading to
> Beaumont & High Island for warblers.
>
> Congratulations Dan!!!
> from Craig & Dale in Austin, Texas
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