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Subject: Warbling Vireo
From: Ted <ted(AT)MUSIKHAUS.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 2008 7:56am
I just got my FOY Warbling Vireo (year bird 124).
Ted S
Russellville, AR
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Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
From: Roselie Overby <birdergirl_2000(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 2008 9:27am
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I also saw an osprey Saturday at the top of a dead tree adjacent to our
property. That's a first for me here since we have no permanent water bodies on
the property. I also flushed two wood ducks from a pecan at the edge of the
yard. Made me wonder just how high the Mississippi River is since it is about
15 miles away from me!
Roselie Overby
Oak Grove, LA
Don & Judy <waterfall(AT)HBEARK.COM> wrote:
Working at my desk, I just watched a huge hawk circle above the creek
in front of the falls & land in an oak overlooking the Piney. It was so much
larger than the usual Red-tailed & Red-shouldered Hawks I frequently see here.
Striking bird, very large, all bright white & black. The head was mostly white
with a strong black eyestripe & a smudge of tawny color. After I got a good
look at the still bird with binoculars, he swooped down into the creek, picked
up something & flew off downstream on long wings.
This was a thrill!
I have seen Osprey at this time of year over the White River between Beaver
Dam & Beavertown, but never over this tributary to the Kings River. Of course
all is at flood stage now in those larger waterbodies so as the water recedes in
our stream we have discovered a variety of dead animals along the banks & in
debris piles. Does anyone out there know if Osprey also eat carrion?
Our BV's & TV's are very happy this spring with plenty to feed their
nestlings.
Judith
Ninestone, Carroll County
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Subject: Re: Osprey & floodwaters
From: Sara Caulk <sara_caulk(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 2008 10:35am
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My brother had osprey nesting in his backyard in Oregon (no significant water
nearby) and the preferred catch-of-the-day was bird-feeder raiding squirrels....
much to his delight.
Roselie Overby <birdergirl_2000(AT)YAHOO.COM> wrote:
I also saw an osprey Saturday at the top of a dead tree adjacent to our
property. That's a first for me here since we have no permanent water bodies on
the property. I also flushed two wood ducks from a pecan at the edge of the
yard. Made me wonder just how high the Mississippi River is since it is about
15 miles away from me!
Roselie Overby
Oak Grove, LA
Don & Judy <waterfall(AT)HBEARK.COM> wrote:
Working at my desk, I just watched a huge hawk circle above the creek
in front of the falls & land in an oak overlooking the Piney. It was so much
larger than the usual Red-tailed & Red-shouldered Hawks I frequently see here.
Striking bird, very large, all bright white & black. The head was mostly white
with a strong black eyestripe & a smudge of tawny color. After I got a good
look at the still bird with binoculars, he swooped down into the creek, picked
up something & flew off downstream on long wings.
This was a thrill!
I have seen Osprey at this time of year over the White River between Beaver
Dam & Beavertown, but never over this tributary to the Kings River. Of course
all is at flood stage now in those larger waterbodies so as the water recedes in
our stream we have discovered a variety of dead animals along the banks & in
debris piles. Does anyone out there know if Osprey also eat carrion?
Our BV's & TV's are very happy this spring with plenty to feed their
nestlings.
Judith
Ninestone, Carroll County
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Subject: Black-bellied whistling ducks
From: Don Simons <Don.Simons(AT)ARKANSAS.GOV>
Date: 13 Apr 2008 12:53pm
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Yesterday I was at Fort Smith National historic site helping with living
history programs and managed to notice a few birds of interest.
Warbling vireos were singing from recently defoliated trees (due to
hail). A scissor-tailed flycatcher flew by. An adult bald eagle passed
overhead. =20
=20
On my way home that afternoon I saw a pair of black-bellied
whistling-ducks flying low over the western edge of a little town called
Caulksville, which is on highway 22 in western Logan County.
=20
Don R. Simons, CHI
Park Interpreter
Mount Magazine State Park
16878 HWY 309 South
Paris, AR 72855
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(479) 963-8502
(479) 963-1031 (FAX)
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Subject: Camp Robinson Special Use Area and Bell Slough North
From: Jim Dixon <jamesdixonlr(AT)ATT.NET>
Date: 13 Apr 2008 7:28pm
I went back to Camp Robinson SPU Sunday morning for a second attempt at
the Bachman's Sparrow and am glad to say i found him this time. I
spotted 30 species there today in about 90 minutes (which is about 25
more than I saw there yesterday with the ASCA field trip).
I went to Bell Slough North and thought people would be interested to
know that there is some land above water there despite how the rest of
Bell Slough looks from the highway. I crossed over the spillway into
Bell Slough and walked the gravel road/levee. It is walkable up to the
flow-control gates. I was not overwhelmed with birds there today but
did see my FOY Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
--
Jim Dixon
Little Rock, AR
www.jamesdixon.us
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