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Subject: Thanks to Field trip leaders
From: Sandy Berger <fsbirdlady(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 2 May 2008 6:56am
Thank you Joe, Bill, Lyndal, and Barry for leading field trips at the AAS state
meeting. Many wonderful birds were seen. I wonder how many people got life
birds at the meeting. I know Swainson's Warbler and LeConte's Sparrow made the
list for some of my group.
I hope every one has another wonderful bird weekend. We are having our Big Day
here in Fort Smith tomorrow.
Sandy B.
FS, AR
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Subject: Birding at Mount Magazine
From: Dottie Boyles <ctboyles(AT)aristotle.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 10:07am
Thought I would pass this information along to anyone who might be interested.
Dottie Boyles
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
1 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-7602
www.arkansas.com
Birding Big Day
On Saturday May 10th many locations around the country will be conducting bird
related activities as part of the International Migratory Bird Day. Here at
Mount Magazine, we are calling it Birding Big Day. Our activities are designed
to interest beginning and experienced birders. The main attraction will be a
demonstration of live birds of prey in the care of wildlife rehabilitator Lynn
Sciumbato.
Our birding activities will spill over into Sunday with an early morning guided
walk to listen to a morning chorus of avian songsters. Your sense of hearing
will enable you to identify birds without seeing them. The scene will play out
like a dramatic opera as our solar center appears over the natural amphitheater
that is Bear Hollow.
9:00 am Spring Migrants: Songs of woodland birds will fill the forest. Learn the
voices of warblers, thrushes, tanagers, and buntings on this guided stroll.
Meet at the Benefield Picnic Area. 2 hour
11:00 am A-maze-ing Migration: Migration is not as easy as it looks! Children
will role play migratory birds and discover the many challenges birds encounter
during their seasonal flights. Meet at the Greenfield Picnic Area to play this
unique game. 30 minutes
1:00 pm Bird Blitz: Birds are an important part of the wildlife at Mount
Magazine State Park. Families are invited to come to the pavilion for
make-and-take crafts and play bird games. 45 minutes - 1 hour
2:00 pm Raptors: Falcons, hawks, and owls are all fascinating raptors. Wildlife
rehabilitator Lynn Sciumbato will present a program with LIVE birds of prey from
her rehabilitation center near Bentonville. Meet in the Visitor Center for this
special program! 45 minutes-1 hour
3:00 pm Cough It Up: Now that you have learned about owls’ diet, see it for
yourself by dissecting an owl pellet and identify the bones with the help of
Park Interpreters! Meet in the pavilion. 30 minutes
Sunday, May 11
6:00 am Sunrise Birding: Listen to a whip-poor-will before it settles in for the
day and many songbirds greeting the rising sun on this early guided walk to the
rim of Bear Hollow. Meet at the Benefield Picnic Area. 1½ mile, 2 hours
DRS
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Subject: Devil's Den State Park
From: Dottie Boyles <ctboyles(AT)aristotle.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 11:15am
Yesterday, I was back at Devil’s Den State Park and had a chance to do some
birding before my meeting started. I thought with less people in the park than
last Saturday the birding would be better. To my surprise however, the number
of birds singing was much lower than during the AAS field trip. However, I
can’t complain about the quality.
Just outside my cabin Wed. evening, a two tone Summer Tanager sang and played in
the trees. Thurs. morning I watched a Northern Parula searching for worms for
10 minutes at very close range. Best view I have ever had!
Taking the road towards the campground I ran into two ladies, one from Oklahoma
and the other from Dallas, TX. (We thought it was funny all of our first names
started with ‘D’. We joked about birding in 3D.) Between the three of us, we
found a pair of Yellow-throated Vireos, Baltimore Orioles, one Orchard Oriole
and a beautiful American Redstart. At one point the sun came out and shown on
the Redstart as if to spot light him. Chimney Swifts were darting about over
head.
During our lunch break I heard my FOS Nashville Warbler. A Ruby-throated
Hummingbird tried to join our meeting that afternoon. It flew in the door about
2 feet from me, looked around the room and decided to leave. Smart bird.
Dottie Boyles
Little Rock
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Subject: Re: Lollie Bottoms
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?David_Ray?= <cardcards(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 2 May 2008 11:39am
Hey Herschel,
Thanks for the directions to Lollie Bottoms. I was assisting my son moving
out of UCA in Conway this morning, & decided to head to LB. I got there
around 9:00 (before the deluge). The dickcissels (FoS) had their heads
cocked backed & were really belting it out. Lots of redwings. I had to meet
my son @ 9:30, so I was disappointed to leave w/o seeing a bobolink. As I
was looking for a place to turn around, there sat one on the fence row. Life
bird! Son home from college & a life bird to boot! Not a bad day!
David Ray
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Subject: BKNWR status?
From: Tim Lindblom <tlindblom(AT)LYON.EDU>
Date: 2 May 2008 1:58pm
Has anyone been to Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge in the last few
days? I'm curious if its worth the trip down this afternoon in terms
of flooded roads.
thanks
tim
Tim Lindblom
Associate Professor of Biology
Lyon College
Batesville, AR
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Subject: 76 Photographers
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 2 May 2008 5:09pm
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76 of you have generously contributed a combined 1000+ photos for use
on the Arkansas Birder website. I have listed all your names on the
Gallery page under the heading "Contributing Photographers." If you
wish to have your name be a link to a website or pbase gallery or to
your email address, please send it along. If I have inadvertently
omitted your name from the list, please let me know. If I have
misidentified, fouled up beyond all recognition (fubar), or failed to
include an attribution for any of your photos, please tell me about
it. Thanks.
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: Whip-poor-will
From: Gail Miller <gail.miller(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 2 May 2008 8:16pm
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A friend of mine from work's house burned today in the tornado activity =
north of Greenbrier. Several folks went up this afternoon to help her =
get some things out and while standing in her yard we heard a =
Whip-poor-will. Several of us commented about it and I immediately =
asked what county we were in. Van Buren Co. and about 1/2 mile down =
Nica road off Hwy 65.
Gail in Conway
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