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Subject: Re: Bell Slough Trail Map
From: Craig Provost <craig-daleprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 7:39am
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Once more, very impressive! Thanks for providing us with all we need (visual
aids) for birding in this state! If you could just give me a better memory!
Craig Provost
little Rock
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List
[mailto:ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Dennis Braddy
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 10:47 PM
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: [ARBIRD-L] Bell Slough Trail Map
With suggestions from Herschel Raney and using his renderings of the North
and Wooded Levee Trails, plus high-resolution satellite-mode maps, Pat's
photo of the North and South Loop trailhead map, and a map-in-hand traversal
of the latter trails for final tweaks, the Bell
<http://www.arkansasbirder.net/Arkansas_Birder/Hotspots/Entries/2008/3/30_Be
ll_Slough_Wildlife_Management_Area.html> Slough WMA hotspot map on Arkansas
Birder is now an interactive, draggable, zoomable, mode-changeable trail
map. Click on the map markers for directions to Bell Slough and for trail
and landmark names. You can view a larger version of the map by clicking on
the link below its left-hand corner. You can also print a copy to carry with
you like I did. Go ahead. Give it a try.
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: cowbird dance
From: Michael Verser <ozarkwildbird(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 9:04am
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I flushed 6-8 Brown-headed Cowbirds from the tray feeder as I rounded the
corner of my house yesterday evening. Three of the males situated themselves in
a small Elm, 20 feet above my head, as I dug a hole for tree planting. They
formed a small triangle facing each other with each bird about 2 feet from the
others.
Then, one bird at a time, with 30 seconds to 1 minute intervals they began a
display that, I swear, reminded me of Oropendulas in Costa Rica's rain forest.
As it uttered its gurgling liquidy phrases with a shudder, it raised its wings
and extended them in front of its head and leaned forward on the perch till its
head was pointed at the ground. Well not straight at the ground but maybe 45
degrees from horizontal. After each dance they continued facing each other as if
to say "top that" and then " that's nothing, watch this". First one bird then
the other, with nobody going out of turn, they continued mesmerizing me for 5
minutes. They sometimes climbed a few feet in between displays, each time
waiting till all three were at the same level before the next took its turn.
I'm guessing this was to impress females somewhere near but I couldn't see them
( fading light, no binocs, ect.).
Bo Verser
Heber Springs
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Subject: Re: cowbird dance
From: Mel White <lrbobwhite(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 10:23am
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This little observation about dickcissels may mean nothing, but I offer it
anyway. When I was helping with the IMBD count in Lonoke County I watched a
dickcissel (one of approximately 2,452,766 in the county) singing from a
telephone wire and doing some body movements/display actions that reminded me of
(as Bo said about his cowbirds) the strange contortions of an oropendola. I've
never seen anything like that before from a dickcissel, but this particular
individual did it a few times while I watched. I know that ornithologists have
debated whether the dickcissel is a blackbird or a cardinal-type bird, and after
seeing this bird I vote for the former. I just scanned the entry for dickcissel
in Birds of North America and I didn't notice any mention of such a display
while the male is singing.
Mel White
Little Rock
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Subject: Shorebirds Still
From: Herschel Raney <herschel.raney(AT)CONWAYCORP.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 11:33am
On Hwy 65 the mix of shorebirds has changed in 2 days. The water is
retreating rapidly, but fortunately retreating toward the viewing point.
400 to 500 birds currently with 75% Pectoral Sandpipers and 15 to 20%
Semipalmated Sandpipers.
The rest:
Least Sandpiper 10-15
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 20
White-rumped Sandpiper 5+
Wilson's Phalarope 1 male
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Killdeer 2
Many Great Egrets
No teal remain.
Herschel Raney
Conway AR
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Subject: Yellow-headed Blackbirds Continue at Lollie
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 20 May 2008 6:59pm
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Karen Holliday reports ~10 Yellow-headed Blackbirds continue near
their previous location adjacent to Lollie Road. (See the marker on
the Arkansas Birder RBA map.) She also had 4 Black Terns and a Painted
Bunting on Sand Gap Road 1/4 mile north of its southern intersection
with Lollie Road.
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: Black Terns
From: Ed Laster <elaster523(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 7:24pm
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Black terns were seen at the west end of Lake Maumelle today, close to the Hwy.
10 bridge and park area.
Ed Laster
Little Rock
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Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 20
From: David Arbour <arbour(AT)WINDSTREAM.NET>
Date: 20 May 2008 7:57pm
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Eric Beck, Berlin Heck, and I surveyed birds today at Red Slough and =
found 90 species. It was mostly sunny and hot, with only a slight wind. =
Most of the shorebirds and odd ducks seen today were in unit 15 where =
the mudflats are being exposed again. The best place to see the =
secretive marsh birds is the Bittern Lake loop. Here is a complete list =
of all found: =20
Wood Duck - 18
American Wigeon - 2 (pair; male going into eclipse plumage.)
Mallard - 5
MOTTLED DUCK - 1 male (unit 15)
Blue-winged Teal - 12
Northern Shoveler - 3
Northern Pintail - 1 male
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male
Hooded Merganser - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 19
American White Pelican - 1
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT - 1 (Otter Lake; west end.)
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Anhinga - 13
American Bittern - 4 (Bittern Lake)
Least Bittern - 8 (Bittern Lake area.)
Great Blue Heron - 21
Great Egret - 39
Snowy Egret - 4
Little Blue Heron - 21
Cattle Egret - 75
Green Heron - 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1
White Ibis - 600 (units 15 & 16W)
WHITE-FACED IBIS - 4 (unit 15; a fifth bird present appeared to be a =
hybrid.)
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture - 9
Mississippi Kite - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Sora - 5 (Terry flushed while mowing levees.)
PURPLE GALLINULE - 2 (One sitting on nest; Bittern Lake.)
COMMON MOORHEN - 16 (One on nest in Lotus Lake.)
American Coot - 27
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 9
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
Hudsonian Godwit - 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
White-rumped Sandpiper - 59
Pectoral Sandpiper - 39
Dunlin - 1
Long-billed Dowitcher - 5
Wilson's Phalarope - 8
Franklin's Gull - 35
Least Tern - 7 (Otter & Lotus Lakes & unit 15)
Black Tern - 400 (Lotus Lake)
Small Sterna Tern sp. - 2
Mourning Dove - 23
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 (Bittern Lake)
Alder Flycatcher - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 10
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 10
White-eyed Vireo - 3
Bell's Vireo - 6
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 45
Yellow Warbler - 6
Prothonotary Warbler - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 18
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 5
Summer Tanager - 2
Northern Cardinal - 17
Blue Grosbeak - 5
Indigo Bunting - 10
Painted Bunting - 7
Dickcissel - 30
Red-winged Blackbird - 35
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
Common Grackle - 24
Brown-headed Cowbird - 16
Orchard Oriole - 5
Baltimore Oriole - 1
Odonates:
Fragile Forktail
Rambur's Forktail
Familiar Bluet
Blue-fronted Dancer
Common Green Darner
Prince Baskettail
Common Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Eastern Amberwing
Common Whitetail
Spot-winged Glider
Black Saddlebags
Herps:
American Alligator - 2
Common Snapping Turtle
Red-eared Slider
Pallid Spiny Softshell
Mississippi Mud Turtle
Diamond-backed Watersnake
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Green Treefrog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bronze Frog
Bullfrog
Good birding!
David Arbour
De Queen, AR
Visit the Red Slough Website: =
http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ouachita/natural-resources/redslough/index.shtml
Personal Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/sloughbirder
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Subject: Rookery Continues in Ouachita County
From: Kelly Chitwood <kchitwood(AT)CABLELYNX.COM>
Date: 20 May 2008 8:32pm
Squawks and tufts of down fill the air this evening as we observed
the birds coming in to roost.
It's difficult to see through the dense pines, maybe an acre of
birds? It smells like an acre of birds.
The honeysuckle is winding down, which makes the odor from the birds
more noticeable.
Several hundred Cattle Egrets, Little Blue Herons, Great Blue Herons,
two Snowy Egrets
and one White Ibis continue to make up this rookery. American Crows
guard the parameters,
waiting for opportunities.
Kelly Chitwood
Camden, AR
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