BIRDCHAT for Sunday, April 20, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   BirdNote , last week and next--the week of April 21   Ellen Blackstone    8:42am   European birds needed from Hessen, Germany   REWaldrop(AT)aol.com   7:18pm   RE: European birds needed from Hessen, Germany   Eddie Chapman   9:16pm

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Subject: BirdNote , last week and next--the week of April 21
From: Ellen Blackstone <ellen(AT)123imagine.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:42am

Hello, BirdChat!

Coming up on BirdNote next week:
We consider nocturnal migration, Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring;"
the comfort sounds of the Common Raven; the nest of the Belted
Kingfisher; and the Western Tanager.
Pix: http://tinyurl.com/5nw5he

Last week, we talked about:
* Willow Ptarmigan
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=109
* bird songs of April
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1462
* the Wood Duck and Frank Bellrose
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=676
* a snipe hunt
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=674
* the battering robin syndrome
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=98

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Ellen Blackstone
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Seattle Washington

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Subject: European birds needed from Hessen, Germany
From: REWaldrop(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:18pm

Good evening, all.
 
I will be at Marburg University, just north of Frankfurt,  Germany, from May 
1-8, and will have some time to get away for some  birdwatching into 
surrounding areas.
 
Here are some of the more-or-less common birds I will be looking  for.  If 
you have any tips, ideas or specific locations (parks or national  forests) as 
to where I should look I would be most appreciative.
 
TARGET LIST:
Great Bittern
Little Bittern
C. Quail
Water Rail
Spotted Crake
Corn Crake
Jack Snipe
E. Woodcock
E. Scops Owl
E. Eagle Owl
E. Pygmy Owl
E. Wryneck
Tawny Pipit
C. Grasshopper Warbler
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Sedge Warbler
E. Reed Warbler
Garden Warbler
Pied Flycatcher
Bearded Reedling
Wallcreeper
Short-toed Treecreeper
Spotted Nutcracker
Citril Finch
C. Rosefinch
 
Rick Waldrop
Cleveland, Tennessee, USA
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Subject: RE: European birds needed from Hessen, Germany
From: "Eddie Chapman" <echapman(AT)online.no>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 9:16pm

Rick, 
You might find something of interest here.
http://www.fatbirder.com/links_geo/europe/germany_hesse.html

Good Luck,
Eddie Chapman, Voss, Norway.
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