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Subject: Name The Hawks
From: "Canyon Wren" <canyonwren(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 6:03am
Hi Birders,
Since March 26, I have been monitoring a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks that have
a nest in a tree in the office complex where my office is located; a partially
wooded area. When I first discovered them, the nest was already complete and the
female was incubating although copulation had been observed on that date so egg
laying was most likely not complete then.
I've watched at this pair struggles against wind, heavy rainfall, freezing
temperatures and even snow. I have a much deeper respect for wildlife after
observing what is required of a species to proliferate itself.
Each day when I arrive at work, I check the nest for an occupant. I repeat that
again late in the day before I depart or dark sets in whichever occurs first.
I am keeping a daily log of the activities I observe including photos when
possible.
After referring to this pair as "my hawks" for the past few weeks, I have
decided I want to bestow names upon both of them. I am thinking of names of
well known couples from prior history. Some names that have occurred to me
include Burns and Allen, Romeo and Juliet, Ronnie and Nancy, Lancelot and
Guinevere, Daisy and Donald, and even Franklin and Eleanor. I even did a Google
search of famous couples to see if any appropriate names popped up.
Today, the idea occurred to me to give birders the opportunity to have input
into this naming. There fore, I am requesting those who are interested in doing
so, email me an appropriate name of a well known couple. Please put those
names in the subject line of the email and send the email to me privately.
Please respond by April 14. After that date, I will go through the submissions
and report back to the list my choice along with those names that were submitted
most frequently.
This is only a for fun activity. There is no prize except the possibility that
your names may be chosen.
Enjoy Spring Migration and Good Birding!
Lynea
Lynea Hinchman
Michigan City, Indiana
Heart of the Indiana Dunes
CanyonWrenatComcastdotnet
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material expression be destroyed. A vanished harmony may yet again inspire
the composer, but when the last individual of a race of living beings
breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a
one can be again." William Beebe
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Subject: N Am. migratory birds and pesticides in Latin America
From: JPMyers(AT)aol.com
Date: 4 Apr 2008 5:38am
American songbirds are being wiped out by banned pesticides. The number of
migratory songbirds returning to North America has gone into sharp decline due
to the unregulated use of highly toxic pesticides and other chemicals across
Latin America. London Independent, England. 4 April 2008.
complete story at: http://tinyurl.com/4fh6f7
Pete Myers
White Hall, VA
EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
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Subject: [Fwd: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee-Report Ending April 3,2008]
From: bruce <brucep(AT)mnsi.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 3:24am
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Enjoy and Good Birding
B and B's Bed and Breakfast
216 Erie St South
Wheatley (around the corner from Pt Pelee)
Ontario N0P2P0
800-851-3406
www.mnsi.net/~brucep
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee-Report Ending April 3,2008
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:47:14 -0400
From: Janice.Sarkis(AT)pc.gc.ca
To: ONTBIRDS(AT)hwcn.org
Submitted by Todd Pepper for Friends of Point Pelee.
Friends of Point Pelee is a Not for Profit volunteer organization
supporting Point Pelee National Park of Canada
Weather has continued to affect spring migration at Point Pelee. Another 10
cm of snow fell on the Park on March 28th, however by the weekend there
were some snow free patches on parts of the Tip Trail, Woodland Nature
Trail, Tilden Trail and DeLaurier Trail, and in the under story of the
forest. There is also open water now at Sanctuary Pond, along the Marsh
Boardwalk and at Sturgeon Creek, and all three locations had their first
Great Blue Herons of the season. Warmer temperatures and rain at the
beginning of this week should mean an end to the snow and remaining ice.
There was a new wave of Golden-crowned Kinglets in the Park this week,
having been notably absent since early February. The over-wintering
Yellow-rumped Warbler has been joined by others of its kind as there were
multiple sightings in multiple locations over multiple days in the last
week. Eastern Phoebe, while about a week late, was observed on the main
road south of the Visitor’s Centre on March 28th, and in other locations
throughout the Park on subsequent days, including the usual locations along
the east side of the Woodland Nature Trail, near the south bridge on that
trail, and on the west side of the Tilden Trail.
The place to be continued to be the flooded field outside of Point Pelee at
the intersection of Concession Road D and Road 19. Three new species of
dabbling duck, Gadwall, American Widgeon and American Black Duck joined the
Mallards, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal,
Canvasback, and Redhead that have been favouring this location.
A few Tundra Swans were still in this flooded field, but the larger
concentration of Swans at the north-east corner of Concession B and
Concession Road 19 has mostly moved on.
Common Goldeneye, Greater and Lesser Scaup and Common and Red-breasted
Merganser were common and abundant in the waters of Lake Erie off the Tip.
I hope that you are enjoying these reports produced for the Friends of
Point Pelee and the birding community.
Visitors to Point Pelee National Park should note that the bridge over the
Sturgeon Creek from the Bevel Line Road to Point Pelee Drive is closed for
repair until April 18, 2008. To access the Park go east on Seacliff Drive
East from Erie Street South in Leamington. Continue east on Seacliff Drive
past the Bevel Line turn-off to Concession Road 12. Turn Right on
Concession 12 and join up with Point Pelee Drive at Paula's Restaurant.
4th Annual Fundraising Dinner
Friday May 9th, 2008 @5:30 PM
Pelee Days Inn- $60 per person ($25 tax receipt)
Reservations can be made at www.friendsofpointpelee.com
To help our environmental impact...this is a ticketless event!
Presentation: "Coming Home: Return of Western Lake Erie's & Detroit River's
Charismatic Megafauna"
by Dr. John Hartig - Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Janice Rogers, General Manager
Friends of Point Pelee
519-326-6173
info(AT)friendsofpointpelee.com
www.friendsofpointpelee.com
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Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Border_Fence_and_Sabal_Palm_Sanctuary?=
From: "=?windows-1252?Q?Richard_H._Payne_(rhp_AT_shsu.edu)?=" <rhp(AT)SHSU.EDU>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 8:41am
The following story is on the Austin American-Statesman web page this
morning.
Dick Payne
Colorado Springs, CO
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Border fence could cede last sabal palm forest to Mexico
Friday, April 04, 2008
BROWNSVILLE
Fence could cede forest to Mexico
The announcement this week that the federal government would waive a
number of environmental protection laws for the border fence is expected
to lead to the closure of two nature preserves that support a growing
ecotourism business in a struggling region.
The Sabal Palm Audubon Center and Sanctuary and most of The Nature
Conservancy's Lennox Foundation Southmost Preserve would end up in the no-
man's land between the fence and Mexico.
Between the Audubon and The Nature Conservancy's sites, as well as some
neighboring National Wildlife Refuge land, the last native groves of a
sabal palm forest that once blanketed thousands of acres along the banks
of the Rio Grande will be ceded to the Mexican side of the fence.
Fence planners have suggested they could add an access gate for its
property, but Audubon Texas has dismissed that as unworkable once the
preserve is behind a steel fence.
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Subject: Review of Kenn Kaufman's New Book
From: Patrick Belardo <pbelardo(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 8:53am
I recently posted a review of Kenn Kaufman's new book "Flights Against the
Sunset" to my
blog. If you're a fan of Kenn's, you'll certainly enjoy his new book.
Link to book review:
http://www.hawkowlsnest.com/2008/03/review-kaufmans-flights-against-sunset.html
Patrick Belardo
pbelardo-at-yahoo
Piscataway, NJ
http://www.hawkowlsnest.com
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Subject: field guides
From: Liz Day <fraternobombus(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 12:39am
I would recommend only the Peterson for beginners.
Peterson and Sibley are the only two authors who have
been able to make their artwork consistent enough
across species that it is useful for ID. As a
non-beginner, I use Sibley to study the more difficult
birds, or points of ID, and Peterson (either the 1947
or the new one) for brushing up on more familiar
birds, because RTP shows the most birds per page.
That's important when they're zipping around.
I am mystified by people's use of National Geographic.
I have this book and never use it. What do people
like about it??
Liz Day
Indianapolis
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Subject: Pale Male?
From: Kathy Andrich <chukarbird(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 11:48am
Hi Birdchat,
Did NYC Red-tailed Hawk, Pale Male disappear? I
visited the website and did not see any current
information. The current photo's of the Fordham nest
male are amazing and were worth the look.
Kathy
Roosting in Kent, WA
chukarbird at yahoo dot com
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Subject: Re: Pale Male?
From: "Steve Moore" <steve(AT)birdwatchradio.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 11:57am
Based on the latest postings on Marie Winn's blog...it looks like all is OK
with Pale Male and hatchlings immanent.
http://www.mariewinn.com/marieblog/index.htm
Steve(AT)BirdwatchRadio.com
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From: "Kathy Andrich" <chukarbird(AT)YAHOO.COM>
To: <BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Pale Male?
> Hi Birdchat,
>
> Did NYC Red-tailed Hawk, Pale Male disappear? I
> visited the website and did not see any current
> information. The current photo's of the Fordham nest
> male are amazing and were worth the look.
>
> Kathy
> Roosting in Kent, WA
> chukarbird at yahoo dot com
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: field guides
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy(AT)casacolibri.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 1:59pm
Liz,
At 01:39 AM 4/4/2008, Liz Day wrote:
>I would recommend only the Peterson for beginners.
>
>Peterson and Sibley are the only two authors who have
>been able to make their artwork consistent enough
>across species that it is useful for ID. As a
>non-beginner, I use Sibley to study the more difficult
>birds, or points of ID, and Peterson (either the 1947
>or the new one) for brushing up on more familiar
>birds, because RTP shows the most birds per page.
>That's important when they're zipping around.
>
>I am mystified by people's use of National Geographic.
>I have this book and never use it. What do people
>like about it??
When I got my first few field guides in the late
1960s, the 'Golden Guide' by Chandler Robbins was
my first choice. The Peterson guide had plates
in one place, species accounts in another, and
maps in the back. The 'Golden Guide' had
everything in one place in the book. RTP's
guides being divided into eastern and western was
also a problem for us in the Deep South, where
many western [and tropical] vagrants appear each fall and winter.
The 'Golden Guide' had its problems, not the
least of which was the poor production
quality. A copy seldom lasted a year under field
use conditions. When the National Geographic
came out in the early 1980s [I think], it became
the natural successor to the 'Golden Guide'.
I know that the format of the Peterson guide has
been changed to make it more user-friendly, but
old habits die hard. My autographed copies sit
on the shelf while I keep a Sibley guide and a
National Geographic [2nd or 3rd edition] in the
car. I don't even possess the later editions as
the artwork is really inferior [or at least
that's the way it seemed when I saw a newer one some years ago].
None of my comments should be thought to be
criticisms of RTP. He was a trailblazer, who
opened the door to birding to many generations of
North Americans. He was also a kind and
thoughtful person, who wrote the foreword to my
second book and who gave me a lot of personal encouragement.
NLN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
nancy(AT)casacolibri.net
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Subject: RE: field guides
From: Robert McNab <wahooking(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 2:49pm
I agree with Nancy in saying that I preferred "the Golden Guide" to RTP when I
was a beginning birder in the early 70s. But perhaps this is only because it was
the only field guide I knew about as a child. I also prefer the National Geo
(5th Edition) to Sibleys Guide. Perhaps it is that he Golden Guide and National
Geographic are laid out in similar fashion, and to some extent, both RTP and
Sibley are laid out similarly.
I've always loved Nat Geo and only use Sibley as an at-home reference. The
National Geo fifth edition with its inside cover index all but makes Sibley
unusable for me in the field. But like one gentleman already wrote: field guides
are subject to the idiosyncrasies of the birder, as is their choice in
binoculars. Whatever works best for you...
Robert McNab
Laguna Niguel, CA
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:59:56 -0600> From: nancy(AT)CASACOLIBRI.NET> Subject:
Re: [BIRDCHAT] field guides> To: BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> > Liz,> > At
01:39 AM 4/4/2008, Liz Day wrote:> > >I would recommend only the Peterson for
beginners.> >> >Peterson and Sibley are the only two authors who have> >been
able to make their artwork consistent enough> >across species that it is useful
for ID. As a> >non-beginner, I use Sibley to study the more difficult> >birds,
or points of ID, and Peterson (either the 1947> >or the new one) for brushing up
on more familiar> >birds, because RTP shows the most birds per page.> >That's
important when they're zipping around.> >> >I am mystified by people's use of
National Geographic.> >I have this book and never use it. What do people> >like
about it??> > When I got my first few field guides in the late > 1960s, the
'Golden Guide' by Chandler Robbins was > my first choice. The Peterson guide had
plates > in one place, species accounts in another, and > maps in the back. The
'Golden Guide' had > everything in one place in the book. RTP's > guides being
divided into eastern and western was > also a problem for us in the Deep South,
where > many western [and tropical] vagrants appear each fall and winter.> > The
'Golden Guide' had its problems, not the > least of which was the poor
production > quality. A copy seldom lasted a year under field > use conditions.
When the National Geographic > came out in the early 1980s [I think], it became
> the natural successor to the 'Golden Guide'.> > I know that the format of the
Peterson guide has > been changed to make it more user-friendly, but > old
habits die hard. My autographed copies sit > on the shelf while I keep a Sibley
guide and a > National Geographic [2nd or 3rd edition] in the > car. I don't
even possess the later editions as > the artwork is really inferior [or at least
> that's the way it seemed when I saw a newer one some years ago].> > None of
my comments should be thought to be > criticisms of RTP. He was a trailblazer,
who > opened the door to birding to many generations of > North Americans. He
was also a kind and > thoughtful person, who wrote the foreword to my > second
book and who gave me a lot of personal encouragement.> > NLN> >
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