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Subject: Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks at Burn's Park
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:03am
Karen Holliday reports that David Ray has just found Black-bellied
Whistling-Ducks at Burn's Park. Take the Burn's Park exit off of I-40,
follow the paved road through the park, past soccer fields, through
some woods, and past some more soccer fields. Continue on a gravel
road to a water treatment pond at the end.
Dennis Braddy
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end." - Stephen
Hawking
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Subject: birds in Conway
From: Gail Miller <gail.miller(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:04am
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I heard my first Chuck-Wills-Widow night before last. Also saw an =
Eastern Kingbird at work (CHDC) yesterday. Down in my woods this past =
weekend I saw and photographed a Swainson's Thrush.
Gail in Conway
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Subject: Beaverfork, Cadron, Lollie and Bell (with a storm interlude)
From: Herschel Raney <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:37am
Decided on my day off to bird all day. Not just a few hours or a half a
day but 'ALL' day. Like a David Arbour birding event. (And if you have
not gone down and helped out on a Red Slough survey, I recommend it,
though it is not for the slowmoving).
Went to Beaverfork first where the lake was virtually empty except for
two Loons in midmolt. Blackened and peppered on their way to the full
penguin suits they were diving and actively feeding. I was then looking
at shorebirds on the Cadron flats by 9 am. The creek has receded from
the flooded limits wherein it covered the whole valley, to leave flats
of mud and shallow water in all directions. They were sprinkled with
Golden Plover. Doing the stop and start stare that they do so well.
Otherwise it was all Yellowlegs of both species and about 50 Pectoral
Sandpipers. Odd men out were four Semipalmated Plovers which are rare in
the county and two Semipalmated Sandpipers which are generally not that
common either. The best birds were passed over by me on the east side
flats which appeared empty when I scanned. Until a lone adult Forster's
Tern came over the Cadron ridge and worked its way toward me and then
headed to the right and out over the flats in the scope going and going
until it dropped in the middle of five shorebirds that towered over it
like it was late for a meeting. They were Willet just standing around
and preening. Don't know how I missed them.
At Lollie I wove my way over to the shorebird flats that Art and Martha
had spotted earlier this week. Past the Blue Grosbeaks and the absence
of bobolinks and past the other flats hopping with Blue-winged Teal,
which were everywhere I went today. The big flat was just before the
bridge over the creek that I have forgotten the name of. This flat was
quite a bit more birdy than Cadron with several thousand shorebirds. I
looked at every one of them. And I enjoyed every minute of it. Among the
thousands of Yellowlegs were at least 500 Pectoral Sandpipers and
uncountable Blue-winged Teal. The teal were the only nervous birds.
Everything else ignored me. The hard finds were a single White-rumped
Sandpiper and a stunning adult female Wilson's Phalarope. There was not
a Dowitcher one. Odd. I am still seeing Pectoral Sandpipers when I close
my eyes.
At Bell I walked the scope over to check the flats there but they are
almost dry. Still Teal present and the always Yellowlegs. The storm took
me out for a short period. And it was an odd storm with a heavy cold
downdraft/blast that made fast straight winds that created a
yellow-green fog of pollen across the lower portion of Round Mountain.
We were driving with our headlights in pollen tinted fog at 2 in the
afternoon. Very odd.
The last two birds of the day were a Cooper's Hawk in Bell with a small
bird kill. I was amazed to see the nearby chickadees and gnatcatchers
ignoring the Coop once it had its meal. So much for the neighbors I
guess. And the last was the Chuck-wills-widow calling outside after dark
on Round Mountain at home for bird species number 110 on the all bird day.
Gray Treefrogs have gone nuts. Bullfrogs talking. Toads calling. Turtles
out in numbers. Monarchs still rolling by.
Notable birds:
Common Loons 2
Green Heron (second I have seen this week)
Snowy Egret (never common at Bell)
Green-winged Teal (may three or four total among thousands of Blue-wings)
Northern Shoveler (30+ should be leaving soon)
Forster's Tern (1 pristine adult in full breeding duds)
Willet (5 likely an unprecedented number for Faulkner county)
Semipalmated Plover (4 birds at Cadron)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2 at Cadron and 1 at Lollie)
Solitary Sandpiper (5 seen, which is a large number for our area)
White-rumped Sandpiper (only the second record for the county)
Wilson's Phalarope (first record for Faulkner county)
Northern Bobwhite (1 on the road in Lollie)
Prairie Warbler (several calling along Round Mountain road in a young
pine plantation)
Tennessee Warblers (now calling everywhere)
Northern Waterthrush (officially temporary vermin again at Bell)
Philadelphia Vireo (Round Mountain)
Brewer's Blackbird (2 pair in full breeding colors)
Baltimore Oriole (appear to be record numbers at Toadsuck)
Blue Grosbeak (several, right on time)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Lollie)
Lark Sparrow (Lollie)
Herschel Raney
Conway AR
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Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - April 22
From: David Arbour <arbour(AT)WINDSTREAM.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:38am
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Floyd Murdoch (MD), Frank Clayton (NC), Bob Holbrook, and I surveyed =
birds today at Red Slough and found 91 species. Berlin Heck and Mark =
Peterson joined us briefly. The weather started out overcast and mild =
but then cleared up and reached the 90's. Highlight of the day was when =
Floyd spotted a male Scarlet Tanager in the willows at Bittern Lake =
which was a new species for Red Slough (# 295). Also, the Painted =
Buntings are back. Here is a complete list of all found:=20
Canada Goose - 3
Wood Duck - 27
Mallard - 1
Blue-winged Teal - 53
Northern Shoveler - 11
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Lesser Scaup - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 25
American White Pelican - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
Anhinga - 6
American Bittern - 11
Least Bittern - 6
Great Blue Heron - 12
Great Egret - 20
Snowy Egret - 5
Little Blue Heron - 8
Cattle Egret - 40
Green Heron - 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1
White Ibis - 1
Dark Ibis sp. - 40
Turkey Vulture - 3
King Rail - 3 (Berlin & Mark only)
Virginia Rail - 3
Sora - 26
Common Moorhen - 27
American Coot - 207
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Dowitcher sp. - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 5
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 4
White-eyed Vireo - 8
Bell's Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 15
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 8
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Wren - 5
Sedge Wren - - 14
Marsh Wren - 21
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 18
Kentucky Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 24
Yellow-breasted Chat - 6
Summer Tanager - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 1 (New species for Red Slough bird list!)
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 2
Lark Sparrow - 2 (Berlin only)
Savannah Sparrow - 21
Le Conte's Sparrow - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 9
Swamp Sparrow - 11
White-throated Sparrow - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 20
Northern Cardinal - 10
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 5
Painted Bunting - 3
Dickcissel - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 53
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 28
Brown-headed Cowbird - 13
Orchard Oriole - 7
Odonates:
Fragile Forktail
Rambur's Forktail
Lilypad Forktail
Citrine Forktail
Orange Bluet
Vesper Bluet
Skimming Bluet
Common Green Darner
Swamp Darner
Clubtail species
Baskettail species
Blue Corporal
Common Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Variegated Meadowhawk
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags
Herps:
American Alligator
Missouri River Cooter
Red-eared Slider
Mississippi Map Turtle
Broad-banded Watersnake
Yellow-bellied Watersnake
Green Treefrog
Eastern Gray Treefrog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Bullfrog
Good birding!
David Arbour
De Queen, AR
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Subject: FOY
From: "J. O. and Sally Jo Gibson" <sjogibson(AT)ALLTEL.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:59am
Rose-Breasted grosbeak & indigo bunting at our feeder this morning.
White-throats, white-crowns,lincolns also here among other regulars.
Sally Jo Gibson
Harrison, AR
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Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Ducks Burns Park-No
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karen_Holliday?= <karenh(AT)ARKLEG.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 9:09am
On my way to work this morning, I checked the area at Burns Park where David
Ray spotted the two BBWDs yesterday evening. No sign of the ducks. I was
even able to drive up on and around the treatment ponds but still no ducks.
Are the ducks a first for Pulaski County?
Karen Holliday
Maumelle, Pulaski Co.
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Subject: Swainson's Hawk, not Harrier
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cheryl_Ness?= <cherylness(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 9:25am
Thank you so much Kenny and Sandy for helping me identify the Swainson's
Hawk! I checked my field guide and looked at some pictures online of
Swainson's Hawks in similar conditions and you're absolutely right. Perhaps
it was the lighting, but it didn't appear brown to me; every other field
mark was there however. I really appreciate the help and patience for a
naive newcomer like me!
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Subject: For AAS Trust - meeting room
From: Sandy Berger <fsbirdlady(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 9:33am
Can the trust reception be held in the reserved meeting room?
Sandy B.
--- On Wed, 4/23/08, Leone, Erin L. <elleone(AT)agfc.state.ar.us> wrote:
> From: Leone, Erin L. <elleone(AT)agfc.state.ar.us>
> Subject: RE: state meeting
> To: fsbirdlady(AT)yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 9:06 AM
> Sandy,
> We have the big room reserved for you guys all day
> Saturday. If you
> don't need it from 3-4 we might do lasershot, but only
> if you don't need
> it. It is all yours! See you Friday.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Berger [mailto:fsbirdlady(AT)yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:29 PM
> To: Leone, Erin L.
> Subject: state meeting
>
> Erin,
>
> What time can AAS have the big room on Saturday. The AAS
> Trust needs
> space from 4 to 6 to have a reception. Or can a smaller
> classroom be
> used?
>
> Is the big room reserved for us Friday evening and all day
> Saturday or
> will there be other things going on too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sandy
>
>
>
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Subject: another indigo
From: Kk Hart <Hartwnkkk(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 9:52am
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Indigo bunting at feeder on Shamrock Street in Little Rock Karen Hart
hartwnkkk(AT)aol.com
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Subject: Fw: another indigo
From: Jacque Brown <jacque.brown1102(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:01am
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Dang, The only thing I am getting at my feeders are squirrels, I'm not even
seeing goldfinches anymore. Jacque Brown, Bella Vista.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:51:47 AM
Subject: another indigo
Indigo bunting at feeder on Shamrock Street in Little Rock Karen Hart
hartwnkkk(AT)aol.com
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Subject: ASCA Field Trips June-Sept.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Karen_Holliday?= <karenh(AT)ARKLEG.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:47am
Mark your calendars! Below are the upcoming field trips the Audubon Society
of Central Arkansas (ASCA) has planned. Additional details will follow as we
get closer to the dates. All birders are welcome. Hope you can join us!
June 14
7:00 a.m. Meet at the Mayflower commuter lot off I-40.
Bona Dea Trail in Russellville, plus possible side trip to Holla Bend or
Lake Dardanelle.
July 19
7:00 a.m. Meet at Emerald Park in North Little Rock.
Emerald Park, plus the Arkansas River Trail below Fort Roots.
August 23
7:00 a.m. Meet at the Other Center parking lot in North Little Rock.
Bald Knob NWR
Sept. 20
7:30 a.m. Meet at the Protho Junction commuter lot off I-40.
Village Creek State Park.
If you have questions, please contact Karen Holliday at
karenh(AT)arkleg.state.ar.us.
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Subject: First yard bird
From: "J. O. and Sally Jo Gibson" <sjogibson(AT)ALLTEL.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:53am
A male blue grosbeak just showed up at our miller feeder.
SJ Gibson
Harrison, AR
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Subject: Woolsey Wet Prairie
From: brandon schmidt <brandonschmidt2(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 12:18pm
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Does any one know the status of Woolsey Wet Prairie? Ive birded there in the
past but when I went out there last night the city has put up no trespassing
signs. Are these signs temporary? I wondered if the city was going to
remove the signs after the sewer plant was complete.
thank you
Brandon Schmidt
Fayetteville AR
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Subject: Windpower and Bird Resources
From: "FERGUS, Rob" <rfergus(AT)AUDUBON.ORG>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 1:38pm
For folks interested in the impacts of windpower development on birds and other
wildlife, the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative (NWCC) has a lot of
online resources that might be of interest.
NWCC is a U.S. consensus-based collaborative of agency, nonprofit, and business
interests formed in 1994 to identify issues affecting the use of wind power,
establish dialogue among key stakeholders, and catalyze appropriate activities
to support the development of environmentally, economically, and politically
sustainable commercial markets for wind power. Over the past 14 years, the NWCC
has developed a wealth of resources addressing the impacts of windpower on
birds and other wildlife, most of which are available on the NWCC website
(www.nationalwind.org).
Links to most of the NWCC wind and wildlife resources are here:
http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/wildlife/
These include the following recent publications:
* Assessing Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Nocturnally Active Birds and
Bats: A Guidance Document (the Journal of Wildlife Studies Paper November 2007)
* Critical Literature Review: Impact of Wind Energy and Related Human
Activities on Grassland and Shrub-Steppe Birds (October 2007)
* Songbird Protocol (Updated June 2007)
* NWCC Mitigation Toolbox (May 2007 - 962KB PDF)
The toolbox describes various mitigation measures or tools that can be used in
the decision-making process. To help guide future decision making, this toolbox
provides information about existing mitigation policies and guidelines, as well
as on whether strategies are based on sound scientific research. It indicates
the effectiveness of various methods of avoiding, minimizing, or compensating
for direct and indirect impacts on wildlife caused by wind power facilities. The
toolbox is a living document and is updating twice annually.
There are also minutes and reports from meetings, and powerpoint presentations
on a lot of issues, including a recent presentation on Lesser Prairie-Chicken
impacts in Texas
(http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/wildlife/LPCsandHabitatinTX-NWCCwebcast.pdf).
There's an embarrassment of riches here, one could easily spend a week just
reading all the great material here.
So bookmark the NWCC wind and wildlife resources page and make it a point to
check there as a starting point when looking for good information on wind and
wildlife issues.
NWCC puts out a brief bi-monthly email update, so if you want to keep up with
the latest NWCC happenings including events and resources under development, you
can subscribe by sending an email to Taylor Kennedy (tkennedy AT resolv.org).
Rob Fergus
Senior Scientist | Urban Bird Conservation
National Audubon Society
Warminster, PA
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Subject: Faulkner Birds
From: Herschel Raney <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 3:17pm
This morning, as I closed the door on my truck to go into the office, I
heard a Blackpoll Warbler calling from the direction of my office. Turns
out he was in the tall tree behind it. This is a few days early for this
true transient. One of the highest pitched calls in the North American
repertoire. If you have high pitched hearing loss you will not be able
to hear it at all.
Checked the Lollie flats at lunch. The Wilson's Phalarope was still
present. And a new visitor was an adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird.
Striking thing. And another county record. Bald Eagle flew over while I
was there and caused temporary panic. A female Harrier was also cruising
nearby.
Herschel Raney
Conway AR
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Subject: Easier Piping Semi-Plovers
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 4:21pm
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Ron Howard sent 3 excellent photos he took recently at Dauphin Island
showing both Piping and Semipalmated Plovers in the same shot. They
are at the beginning of the Guest Photos album. The plovers preferred
to be segregated by species, so Ron had to herd them together for the
shots.
For a quick peak (they will load quickly) at each of Ron's 3 photos:
Piping and Semi 1
Piping and Semi 2
Piping and Semi 3
Dennis
"Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end." - Stephen
Hawking
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Subject: Bird ID - Grackle?
From: Kathie Riedel <kwriedel(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 4:30pm
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Have been a little overwhelmed with e-mails lately and have not read everything
from this list serve. I seem to remember some subjects relating to grackles.
If this has been answered my apology.
Today at my black oil sunflower feeder a bird the size of a small crow
appeared. His shape was that of a male grackle. The tail that of a common
grackle but overall he seemed larger that those common grackles that I remember.
The eye was black. The coloration was divided as that shown in Sibley for an
adult interior male except that where Sibley shows brown he was black and where
Sibley show purple was brown..almost a rusty brown.
I saw this bird last fall at Lake Ouachita and almost ran my car in a ditch
trying to get a good look at it.
Any suggestions?
Kathie
Hot Springs Village
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Subject: Re: Faulkner Birds
From: Herschel Raney <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 4:42pm
For both Dennis and list, the Lollie road comes off the highway that
leads to Toadsuck (park and bridge) which is the Dave Ward drive that
you are on after you take the first exit in Conway (from LR). Just at
the last turn before the bridge (and Hwy 60 intersection) a road drops
off to the left and winds through the Lollie valley. The road goes
through several turns and there are several wet areas on the way. Also
many fields which will be host to Bobolink flocks in the next few weeks.
There are many side roads but all are private until you get to the turn
to the bridge. The wet flats are just off this main road where this
secondary road goes to the right before crossing a creek to the White
Horse stable and Lollie farms. This road is dry now but can be very
muddy when it rains. It comes all the way back to the main road. You
will note the teal and yellowlegs flocks on the left. The blackbird was
at the north end of the wet flats. The phalarope is middle far side of
the first stretch of water.
Herschel Raney
Conway AR
Dennis Braddy wrote:
> Herschel,
>
> If you can give me a precise location for the Yellow-headed Blackbird
> (perhaps a link to a Google map with a marker?), I'd like to put it on
> the RBA page of Arkansas Birder. Thanks.
>
> I barely hear anything on my recording of Blackpoll Warbler; nothing
> in the field. :-(
>
> Dennis
>
> "Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end." - Stephen
> Hawking
>
> On Apr 23, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Herschel Raney wrote:
>
>> This morning, as I closed the door on my truck to go into the office,
>> I heard a Blackpoll Warbler calling from the direction of my office.
>> Turns out he was in the tall tree behind it. This is a few days early
>> for this true transient. One of the highest pitched calls in the
>> North American repertoire. If you have high pitched hearing loss you
>> will not be able to hear it at all.
>>
>> Checked the Lollie flats at lunch. The Wilson's Phalarope was still
>> present. And a new visitor was an adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird.
>> Striking thing. And another county record. Bald Eagle flew over while
>> I was there and caused temporary panic. A female Harrier was also
>> cruising nearby.
>>
>> Herschel Raney
>> Conway AR
>
>
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Subject: First Indigo
From: Susan & Henry Matinchek <hsmatinchek(AT)SUDDENLINK.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 8:05pm
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Had my first of year Indigo Bunting at my feeders today along with the Rose
Breasted Grosbeaks!
Susan Matinchek
Batesville, AR
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Subject: FOS Summer Tanagers
From: "George R. Hoelzeman" <uiogd(AT)ARKANSAS.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 9:34pm
Didn't see them (seldom do) but definitely heard at least one, possibly two,
stakeing claims in the woods just below the house. They've been nesting in that
area
for at least the last 7 years, probably longer.
Several other pairs (at least three) have traditionally nested in the woods
along Waldhof Lane (the road leading to our place). Since those woodlands are
now
"gone with the wind" (literally) it will be interesting to see how the returning
migrants will adapt.
Plus, a Ruby Throat Hummingbird was checking out the place this afternoon. . .
no sign (yet) of our Painted Buntings, but the Cowbirds have returned.
George (n. Conway Co. where the dawn chorus now includes chainsaws and drill
rigs)
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Subject: FOS Common Nighthawk
From: Craig Provost <craig-daleprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:24pm
Dale and I heard our FOS Common Nighthawk this evening at our church, Our
Lady of Good Counsel on 12th street between Van Buren and Jackson, in Little
Rock. We usually have a pair nesting there in the summer. Dale said she
even heard the courtship display dives.
We did not see the Black bellied Whistling ducks at Burns Park either. We
went last evening and David Ray even met us there (we interrupted his bike
workout), but we were not able to drive around the ponds!
Craig
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Subject: Knoop Park Little Rock
From: CK Franklin <meshoppen(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:45pm
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Bill and I walked through Knoop Park this evening. All of the action was o=
n the path overlooking Cantrell Road.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Indigo Bunting 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
All of the resident birds were there: Mourning doves, chimney swifts, barn=
swallows, white throated sparrows, cardinals, chicadees, titmice, wrens, w=
oodpeckers, gnatcatchers, waxwings, goldfinches, mockingbirds, and so forth=
. This is the third time in the last week or so that I've seen a brown thr=
asher perched high and serenading the park. =20
I was there Sunday and spotted the oriole and an Eastern Kingbird and lots =
of yellow rumps but no other warblers. The black and whites were everywher=
e tonight. Did not repeat on the kingbird. It seems there are more blue j=
ays and crows this year than we've had in a few years. =20
Cindy Franklin
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