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Subject: amazing swans
From: agfckrowe <agfckrowe(AT)FUTURA.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 7:24am
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In late March, the 3 trumpeter swans at the Mill Pond in Boxley Valley,
left their pond and the valley.
In mid-April, our Madison County wildlife officer confirmed (by reading
collar numbers) that three swans seen on private property on War Eagle
Creek were the swans from the Mill Pond.
On May 14, an observer discovered that the swan flock had grown from 3
to 13 - all wearing green collars. She read and recorded the collars
and I confirmed that 10 of the 13 swans released on Holla Bend Refuge
had flown to NW Arkansas and joined the Mill Pond 3!
Amazing!!
The observer and the landowner both noticed that the Holla Bend 10 and
the Mill Pond 3, while foraging and resting at the same site, were not
"hanging out" together.
The USFWS and AGFC are searching the refuge and surrounding private land
in order to see if the other 3 swans are still in the general area of
the release site.
Karen Rowe
DeWitt, AR 72042
www.rollingrfarm.com
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Subject: AAS Field List Question
From: Ed Laster <elaster523(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:13am
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Tuesday (5/13) my Rose-breasted Grosbeaks departed on the south wind before the
rain. The AAS Bird List shows normal time to be present as 4D-5B.
Since this is technically (according to the calender) the 3rd week of May, have
they extended the normal time of being present or since there was only one day
in the first week of the month should that week not be counted? How do we count
the weeks?
Ed Laster
Little Rock
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Subject: Nightbird surveys in AR. (long, but sure need your help.)
From: Leif E Anderson <leanderson(AT)FS.FED.US>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:24am
Greetings all,
Very few folks in AR have signed up to survey whip-poor-wills /
chuck-will-widows / common nighthawks and that's a shame..
Several of our neighboring states are doing much better.
In every bird census night birds are the least sampled and the least
understood. This survey can change this.
What is it:
A nationwide survey of nightjars.
Each route is only 9 miles long and will take about 1 1/4hrs to complete.
Some are based on Breeding Bird Routes so the data can be compared, but
most will be new user created routes. Would like to have 2 routes per
county.
You run the route 1 time per year after moon-rise and sun-set between
5/12 and 5/28 starting 8pm-2pm ending 2am-6am or 6/10 and 6/26 starting
8:30pm-1am, ending 1am-6am. (I can send the exact times for the
Russellville area.)
You use Google Earth, which is free, to plan your route.
You could easily adopt an existing one and plan another nearby, and run it
in one evening. Or if no existing ones are nearby then you could design 2,
close together and run them in one evening.
I know your busy, everybody is, but 1 evening isn't a great inconvenience.
Of course you could do more... I'm doing 9, and figure it will take me 4
evenings.
We only have to know 3 songs and only 2 of those can be confused.
Go to the website at "www.cc-wm.org/nightjar/ARmain.htm" for more
information.
Please don't be intimidated by the technology because the surveys are very
simple.
Live in a large town or city? No problem. Surveys certainly need
established specifically for C. Nighthawks.
Some of you may have visited the website and found the technology hard to
understand and intimidating .... gps & Google Earth.
A) If you would like to do a new survey, but worry about the technology,
then I can help you out.
Go to the website. review the information. Scout an area that you would
like to survey. Write down as much detail as you can about where the count
starts, how far between each stop, when you made turns, estimated distance
to rds or other landmarks that I might find on an aerial photo; Email me
the information; I'll put it into google earth, make the files and email
them (3K - small size) back to you; then you register and send the files
to the national coordinator.
B) If you would like to adopt an existing route, but worry about Google
Earth:
Look at the list below. I can pull up the route and write down the route
directions, so you don't have to do Google Earth.
Look through this list for an existing route, just waiting to be adopted.
County; established route name; approx start & endpoints and travel
direction:
Ashley; Old Milo; Starts E of hwy 133, heads S, ends W of hwy 133, N of
North Crossett.
Benton; Avoca; Starts NE of Littlefork, heads S, ends NE of Lowell.
Calhoun; Four Lakes; Starts SE of Millville, heads E, ends W of hwy
167.
Calhoun; Locust Bayou; Starts SE of East Camden, heads S, ends S of hwy
278.
Chicot; Eudora; Starts NW of Eudora, heads S, ends SW of Eudora.
Clark; Hollywood; Starts S of hwy 51, heads NE, ends N of Hollywood.
Cleburne; Stark; Starts W of Greers Ferry, heads SW, ends on hwy 92.
Dallas; Princeton; Starts SE of princeton, heads W, ends near co rd
19.
Dallas: Ramsey; Starts SW of hwy 8, heads W, ends near co rd 41.
Franklin; Boston Mt; Starts N of Cass , heads NW, ends S of co rd 79.
Fulton; Fulton; Starts NE of Gepp and heads S, ends S of co rd 155.
Garland; Blakely; Starts W of Jessieville, heads S, ends SW of Mt.
Valley.
Grant; Poyen; Starts W of Poyen, heads SE, ends SE of Prattsville.
Hempstead; Hope; Starts N of Interstate 30, heads W, ends near hwy 195.
Izard; Zion; Starts near Zion, heads SW, ends S of Sage.
Johnson; Coal Hill; Starts S of Coal Hill, heads E, ends N of Hwy 64.
Lafayette; Stamps; Starts NE of Stamps, heads S, ends NE of McKamie.
Lawrence & Independence; Saffell; Starts on co rd 319, heads SE, ends S
of Dowdy.
Lincoln & Desha; South Bend; Starts NE of Gould, heads SE, ends W of
hwy 165.
Little River; Ashdown; Starts N of Ashdown, heads NW, ends S of hwy 108/
234.
Newton; Compton; Starts NE of Compton, heads SW, ends N of Ponca.
Perry; Dry Fork; Starts S of co rd 351, heads SE, ends on NF land.
Poinsett & Craighead; Harrisburg; Starts W of Stewart, heads N, ends NW
of Harrisburg.
Prairie; Ulm: Starts SE of Carlisle, heads E, ends W of hwy 63.
Randolph; Maynard; Starts NW of Maynard, heads E, ends E of hwy 328.
Saline; Nance; Starts on Old Johnson hwy, heads S, ends N of hwy 5.
Saline; Crows; Starts N of hwy 5, heads SE, ends SE of Nance.
Scott; Waldron; Starts E Waldron, heads E, ends S of co rd 93.
Sebastian & Crawford; Massard; Starts N of hwy 22, heads NW, ends on
hwy 64. A good route for the very under sampled Nighthawk?
St. Francis & Lee; Hughs; Starts NE of Shanondale, heads S, ends at the
MS river.
Van Buren; Rupert; Starts W of Rupert, heads SE, ends N of Scotland.
Woodruff; Augusta; Starts N of Augusta, heads NE, ends NE of hwy 33.
Yell & Logan; Magazine mt; Starts N of Spring lake, heads W, ends NE of
hwy 309.
If you don't see a county listed here than it probably needs 2 routes
established.
You can contact me at Leanderson(AT)fs.fed.us work # 479-284-3150 ext 3151.
Call any time, leave a message, and I'll call you back when it's convenient
for you.
I hope you can find the time to donate a night or 2 towards citizen
science. Cheers, Leif @ Hector
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Subject: Re: Arbirds website
From: "FENNELL, Ellen" <EFENNELL(AT)AUDUBON.ORG>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:11am
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Thanks, Lyndal for my word of the day!
ellen
Stochastic, from the Greek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language> "=
=D3=F4=FC=F7=EF=F2" which means "aim, guess", means of, relating to, or cha=
racterized by conjecture<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjecture> and rando=
mness<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness>.
A stochastic process<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_process> is on=
e whose behavior is non-deterministic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determin=
istic> in that a state does not fully determine its next state. Stochastic =
crafts are complex systems whose practitioners, even if complete experts, c=
annot guarantee success. Classical examples of this are medicine<http://en.=
wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine>: a doctor can administer the same treatment to=
multiple patients suffering from the same symptoms, however, the patients =
may not all react to the treatment the same way. This makes medicine a stoc=
hastic process.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic#cite_note-0#cite=
_note-0> Additional examples are warfare<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfa=
re> and rhetoric<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric>, where the successe=
s and failures cannot be certainly predicted.
Ellen M. Fennell
Director of Development
Audubon Arkansas
201 East Markham Street, Suite 450
Little Rock, AR 72201
Tel: 501.244.2229
Fax: 501.244.2231
www.ar.audubon.org<http://www.ar.audubon.org>
DONATE ONLINE to protect the Little River Bottoms
https://loon.audubon.org/payment/donate/ARLRBDF.html
When one tugs at a single thing in nature; he finds it attached to the rest=
of the world.
-- John Muir
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List [mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Lyndal York
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:57 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Arbirds website
Dear Arbirders,
The masthead on the Arbird website (official site of the Arkansas Audubon S=
ociety), www.arbirds.org<http://www.arbirds.org/> , has been updated thanks=
to the efforts of David Luneau. The bird image in the upper left now chang=
es each time you log on to the site ... well, it is a stochastic process so=
you may actually get the same picture. If you wish a little slide show, yo=
u can repeatedly click the reload button on your browser. The smaller thum=
bnails have also been changed and will be refreshed after an interval.
We think this will work with any browser. Let me know if you have a browser=
that will not rotate the images in the upper left corner of the masthead.=
Mac users .... any problems?
I plan to put a small slide show in the area now occupied by the Anna's Hum=
mingbird providing people sent me their photos.
At the Ft. Smith meeting the AAS Board approved a photo gallery of bird pic=
tures taken by AAS members.
So, please send me your good bird pictures as they can be used in numerous =
places on the the website.
Lyndal York
AAS Webmaster
Little Rock
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Subject: Re: Bell map
From: "Rideout, Catherine W." <cwrideout(AT)AGFC.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:13am
Hi All, I checked with the maps folks at our agency, and there does not
appear to be a detailed map trail. They have offered to work with me on
developing one, so I'll be sure to let everyone know when we have a more
detailed version of the one Herschel provided.
Thanks for the good idea.
Catherine Rideout
Partners in Flight Biologist
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
2 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
501-978-7329
cwrideout(AT)agfc.state.ar.us
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Leslie Keith Koller
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:32 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Bell map
A detailed map with the walking trail on it would be great! Just how
far is
it to the photo blind? I always get tired and quit walking before I
find it
(bad knee)...
Leslie
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From: "Herschel Raney" <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:15 PM
Subject: Bell map
> http://www.agfc.com/pdfs/wma_lake_maps/BellSlough.pdf
>
> I wouldn't call it detailed but it is the only one available online.
>
> Herschel Raney
> Conway AR
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Subject: Mourning Warbler
From: "Rideout, Catherine W." <cwrideout(AT)AGFC.STATE.AR.US>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:18am
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I visited Allsopp Park this morning and was able to get great looks at
the Mourning Warbler with Lynn Christie, Leslie Peacock, and Becky
Wheeler.=20
If you park near the restrooms and where the MS Kites are nest-building,
you'll see a gated trail/road. The bird has been hanging out in some
thick vegetation adjacent to the gate. The bird was singing
enthusiastically yesterday afternoon and for a few hours this morning.
We had trouble viewing the bird from the road, but if you walk beyond
the gate there is a small trail above and we had terrific views from
there.=20
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Good luck!
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Catherine Rideout
Partners in Flight Biologist
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
2 Natural Resources Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas 72205
501-978-7329
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Subject: Another new yard bird
From: Mel White <lrbobwhite(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:28am
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Thursday mid-morning, a female Blackpoll Warbler in the back yard. I saw it
through the window, ran out on the deck, and watched it for three or four
minutes as it fed in my pine and the neighbor's water oak.
The other day when I was running my route just a few blocks away I looked up
and saw three Black Vultures flying over. If only I'd been standing in my front
yard I think I could have seen them. They've been showing up more and more
around LR; I never used to see them near the city.
Mel White
Little Rock
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Subject: Wind Bird Photos / W. Phalarope-H. Godwit-Avocet / Memphis
From: "Jeff R. Wilson" <OLCOOT1(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:29pm
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May 15, 2008
Shelby Co. TN
Here are a few shorebirds that have allowed photos in the last few days. If
interested start this photo:
_http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/97108457_
(http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/image/97108457)
You can view them at various sizes by clicking on selection below each photo.
Good Birding !!!
Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA
6300 Memphis-Arlington Road
Bartlett, TN 38135
http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/
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Subject: Martha Milburn
From: "J. O. and Sally Jo Gibson" <sjogibson(AT)ALLTEL.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 3:13pm
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To: ARBirdlistserve, DOBC members and birding friends
From: Sally Jo Gibson
Re: Martha Milburn
Many of you know that Martha Milburn, long-time birder , member of AAS, DOBC
and other conservation organizations, had a stroke this past Saturday. She
was out counting birds for the IMBD with two friends when this happened.
She was taken to our local hospital. Since the weather was so bad - tornado
warnings, rain, etc., she couldn't be airlifted to Springfield. When the
weather settled she was taken by ambulance to Cox South in Springfield, MO.
According to her niece-in-law, Dicksie Milburn, "Aunt Martha will be
dismissed tomorrow (Friday) from Cox. She will be brought by ambulance to
Hilltop Nursing Home where she will stay for rehab. After she finishes with
the rehab, she'll stay at Harrison Retirement Center for a while."
Many of you have asked how to send Aunt Martha a card.
Starting tomorrow (Friday) her address will be:
Martha Milburn
Golden Living Center-Hilltop
202 Tims Avenue
Harrison, AR 72601
Sally Jo Gibson
512 Yorkshire Cove
Harrison, AR 72601
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
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Subject: Re: AAS Field List Question
From: Janine Perlman <jpandjf(AT)SWBELL.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 5:24pm
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I've always assumed that the weeks are 7-day units, irrespective of the =
calendar. That kinda makes sense chronogeophysicobioclimatologically, I =
think. :) =20
Regards,
Janine Perlman
Alexander Mt., Saline Co.
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From: Ed Laster=20
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU=20
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:13 AM
Subject: AAS Field List Question
Tuesday (5/13) my Rose-breasted Grosbeaks departed on the south wind =
before the rain. The AAS Bird List shows normal time to be present as =
4D-5B.
Since this is technically (according to the calender) the 3rd week of =
May, have they extended the normal time of being present or since there =
was only one day in the first week of the month should that week not be =
counted? How do we count the weeks?
Ed Laster
Little Rock
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Subject: Tick-a-tie?
From: Jim Dixon <jamesdixonlr(AT)ATT.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 6:52pm
I heard a bird walking from the office to my car today. Before I listen
to many dozen calls, I thought I would ask first. It repeated it simple
tick-a-tie call three times as I walked about 50 feet. Each call last
about a second. Does it ring any bells?
thanks
--
Jim Dixon
Little Rock, AR
www.jamesdixon.us
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Subject: Re: Tick-a-tie?
From: hawkcenter <hawkcenter(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 8:15pm
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Summer tanager?
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Summer_Tanager_dtl.html
#fig1
Lynne Slater, Executive Director
HAWK Center (Helping Arkansas Wild "Kritters")
PO Box 1922, Russellville, Arkansas 72811-1922
www.hawkcenter.org <http://www.hawkcenter.org/>
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Jim Dixon
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:52 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Tick-a-tie?
I heard a bird walking from the office to my car today. Before I listen
to many dozen calls, I thought I would ask first. It repeated it simple
tick-a-tie call three times as I walked about 50 feet. Each call last
about a second. Does it ring any bells?
thanks
--
Jim Dixon
Little Rock, AR
www.jamesdixon.us
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Subject: Another strange dove
From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Donna_M._Haynes?=" <dmhaynes(AT)ARISTOTLE.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:43pm
I too have a strange Mourning Dove. Not as strange as the one mentioned in
earlier posts, but still unique. In all aspects, it is Mourning Dove,
except for an all white tail, not just the edges that you see as it flys.
It is hanging around with a group of about a dozen at my feeding station,
one of which seems to be it's mate. I noticed it first about a few weeks
ago.
In other news, I am being taken over by fledgling House Finches.
Donna Haynes
West Pulaski Co
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Subject: Red Crossbills on Buffalo Road
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:49pm
Joe Neal reports 16 Red Crossbills 4.0 miles west along Buffalo Creek
Road from the intersection of AR-71 and AR-28 (7 miles south of
Waldron, Arkansas). Red Crossbills were seen in this same general area
on April 18 and 19.
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: Swainson's Warbler
From: Dale Provost <dprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:40pm
In reviewing my photos of May 3, (in Allsopp Park, LR) I found a bird that
looked like a Swainson's Warbler, which I sent to Dan Scheiman, who
confirmed it. Craig and I have been chasing that bird for the past two
weeks, not knowing that we had it after all. We had thought that we had
seen it, but were glad to get confirmation.
Photo at: http://www.pbase.com/daleprovost/image/97125949
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Subject: Those Darn Phoebes
From: Gail Miller <gail.miller(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:50pm
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For several years Eastern Phoebes have nested on nest shelves on my =
front porch. Last year, I believe they nested at the neighbor's. I =
stopped by to leave a message at that neighbor's a few weeks back and I =
noticed that he now has rocks on the ledges of his porch posts, so =
Phoebe came back to my house this year. Presenting problem, I am =
currently having the exposed wood area on my house 'wrapped' with vinyl =
and aluminum siding so it won't have to be painted again. I made Ken, =
my builder, wait until the Phoebe babies flew before he could work on =
the South end of the front porch where the Phoebe nested this year. He =
was very understanding. When he took the Phoebe nest down, after the =
babies left, I was a bit surprised that the Phoebe (like Chickadees and =
Titmice) had used quiet a bit of my Bernese Mountain Dogs' hair in her =
nest. Last night the Phoebe slept in the 2006 nest left on the North =
shelf. I called and left Ken a message last night: "The Phoebe is =
upset, can you put a new shelf up on the South corner of the porch" (he =
had asked me if I wanted him to add new shelves). I told him to go ahead =
and take that North nest down to discourage her from laying eggs in it, =
since he still needs to work on that corner. When I got home this =
afternoon, there is a lovely new aluminum shelf where the old rough =
South wood shelf was and Ken had set Phoebe's 2008 nest on the shelf. =
He left me a note and said that she had shown up once after the North =
nest was gone and she seemed confused. Late this afternoon I saw her =
near the North end of the porch, where the 2006 nest is now down. =
Tonight she is on the new aluminum shelf, in her 2008 nest that Ken =
transferred there and she has straightening up and added to her nest. =
Tomorrow he should have the new North shelf up. Nothing like keeping a =
good working relationship with the guy who built your house 30 years ago =
and puts up with a silly single woman who cares about the Phoebe on the =
porch! I'm sure he and his wife have a good laugh each night!
Gail in Conway (Faulkner Co.) AR
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