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Subject: Re: Osprey Behavior
From: "David Elwonger" <davidelwonger(AT)msn.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:48am
Bob,
I don't know about Ospreys, but I have seen a Cooper's Hawk break off a branch
and carry it off, about the time of the year when the species is building nests.
Dave
David Elwonger, who roosts at 6400' in Cheyenne Canyon in SW Colorado Springs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <atlantex(AT)MIDCOAST.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:59 AM
Subject: Osprey Behavior
> Hello All,
>
> Coming out of lurkdom to ask a question. A couple of weeks ago I was
> standing on Spruce Head Island with a friend when an Osprey swooped
> down over our heads, grabbed a dead branch out of a tree and zoomed
> off. My friend thought the bird was trying to land and had misjudged
> the strength of the branch, but it looked to me like the bird wanted
> that particular branch and broke it off the tree deliberately. He
> didn't slow down or seem to me like he wanted to land.
>
> Do Ospreys break branches off trees like this for for their nests? If
> so, do they typically act like daredevils and swoop in like drunken
> sailors? What if the branch didn't break?
>
> Bob
>
> Bob Bernstein
> Watts Cove
> Midcoast, Maine USA
> www.seabgb.com
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Subject: Birds in the News 129 (link)
From: Devorah Bennu <birdologist(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 11:12am
hey everyone,
this week's edition of Birds in the News is now available. It features a lovely
image by Eva Gerdts, a member of the Tweeters list, of the male mountain
bluebird that visted Bainbridge Island in early April (can you tell that I love
this image since I use it so much? Well, this will be the last time I use it, I
promise!). The link;
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/05/birds_in_the_news_129.php
I would also like to mention that this week's "image of the day" will feature a
string of pictures that none of you have seen, snapped by my avicultural friend,
John del Rio, who also is a talented bird photographer. The image of the day
pops up daily at 3pm ET.
I also have some book reviews upcoming this week about some really excellent
bird books that I will try to let you know about as soon as they are published
on my site.
Happy birding,
GrrlScientist
Devorah
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC
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Subject: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: Bill Saur <bsaur(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 11:21am
Hello:
This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an article
entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to the Demoiselle
Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might consider leaving behind a
comment. The article is posted here:
http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com
Best Regards,
Bill Saur
De Forest, Wisconsin
USA
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Subject: RE: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: "William H. Barnard" <barnard(AT)norwich.edu>
Date: 5 May 2008 11:32am
Pretty amazing stuff, but the cranes do have the option of stopping in
the face of poor weather. Consider the thousands of passerines who
launch themselves during the fall from the northeast coast of North
America and fly southeast out over the Atlantic. On the other side of
Bermuda, the high pressure area with the north west winds dies out and
the birds, without a tailwind continue to fly SE until they begin to be
blown westward by the trade winds. If all goes well these warblers
reach the north shore of S. America. These birds,many of whom have
never made the migration before, are estimated to fly 80 hours non-stop.
All this on a few grams of fat fuel.
Bill Barnard
Northfield, Vermont
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Subject: The Toughest Migration of Them All
Hello:
This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an
article entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to
the Demoiselle Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might
consider leaving behind a comment. The article is posted here:
http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com
Best Regards,
Bill Saur
De Forest, Wisconsin
USA
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: Dave Rintoul <drintoul(AT)ksu.edu>
Date: 5 May 2008 11:38am
Bill Saur wrote:
> Hello:
>
> This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an
article entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to the
Demoiselle Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might consider
leaving behind a comment. The article is posted here:
>
> http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com
>
> Best Regards,
> Bill Saur
I nominate the Bar-tailed Godwit. Nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, on
a flight that takes about a week, for a shorebird, still seems
impossible to me. But somehow that's what they do.
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1742.html
cheers
Dave
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: katahdinss(AT)comcast.net (Gail B. Mackiernan <katahdinss@comcast.net>)
Date: 5 May 2008 12:00pm
Hi --
When we were at the Miranda wetlands center in New Zealand this past March, the
radio-tagged female Bar-tailed Godwit which had made the 7-day nonstop flight
Dave cites was present and apparently in excellent shape!
I agree, it seems impossible but...there she was!
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
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From: Dave Rintoul <drintoul(AT)KSU.EDU>
> I nominate the Bar-tailed Godwit. Nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, on
> a flight that takes about a week, for a shorebird, still seems
> impossible to me. But somehow that's what they do.
>
> http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1742.html
>
> cheers
>
> Dave
>
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Subject: request for help
From: Pat Burden <tallerpat(AT)aol.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 1:29pm
If you are very familiar with Black-headed Grosbeaks, both male and female,
could you please drop me an email asap.
Thank you.
Pat Burden
Yale, MI
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: "James McAllister" <macsnest(AT)mnsi.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 3:09pm
Hi Bill,
It's hard to argue with the toughness of the migration of the bar tailed
godwit but there are a few others (smaller birds) that come to mind: the
long tailed jaeger from the northern tundra to the waters of southern South
America, the Arctic tern from the Arctic to the Antarctic, the ruby throated
hummingbird non stop across the Gulf of Mexico to Costa Rica and the
blackpoll warbler from Nova Scotia nonstop to northern South America in 84
hours.
Regards,
Jim McAllister
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Rintoul" <drintoul(AT)KSU.EDU>
To: <BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] The Toughest Migration of Them All
> Bill Saur wrote:
>> Hello:
>>
>> This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an
>> article entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to
>> the Demoiselle Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might
>> consider leaving behind a comment. The article is posted here:
>>
>> http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Bill Saur
> I nominate the Bar-tailed Godwit. Nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, on a
> flight that takes about a week, for a shorebird, still seems impossible to
> me. But somehow that's what they do.
>
> http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF17/1742.html
>
> cheers
>
> Dave
>
> --
>
> Dr. David A. Rintoul, Associate Director <drintoul at ksu dot edu>
> Biology Division - KSU ICBM: 39.19N, 96.58W
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: "James McAllister" <macsnest(AT)mnsi.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 3:17pm
Hi again Bill,
Talking of cranes, I forgot the Siberian crane which flies from northern
Siberia over the Himalayas and winters at Bharatpur in central India.
Jim
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From: "Bill Saur" <bsaur(AT)earthlink.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 2:21 PM
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] The Toughest Migration of Them All
> Hello:
>
> This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an
> article entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to the
> Demoiselle Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might consider
> leaving behind a comment. The article is posted here:
>
> http://thepassionatebirder.blogspot.com
>
> Best Regards,
> Bill Saur
>
> De Forest, Wisconsin
> USA
>
> mailto:bsaur(AT)earthlink.net
>
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Subject: from Birdlife International
From: "Carol Anderson" <mayancarol(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:41pm
I'm sure many of you subscribe to this newsletter. I'm posting it because I
thought it was one of the more egregious environmental violations impacting
birds.
ps. I was glad to see someone mention the Rubythroat Hummingbird as having
an hellacious migration. On Oct.11, 2007, I had 25+ Rubythroats arrive on my
8 feeders in Guatemala and sit there exhausted for hours, sipping and
relaxing. It was really something to witness and I'm glad to say I'll be
here next October, with my 8 feeders that all have 4 perches, anxiously
awaiting their arrival. The Azure-crowned hummingbird whom I've named Stalin
because he thinks he owns the feeders was so perplexed he disappeared for
almost 2 months - I imagine he went nesting.
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San Pedro La Laguna
Guatemala
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Subject: forgot the link
From: "Carol Anderson" <mayancarol(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:42pm
Tana biofuel plans could break the law
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/05/tana_delta_report.html
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Subject: Tufted Flycatcher in Arizona
From: "Rick Wright" <birdaz(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 5:53pm
A major day in the history of Arizona birding. An American Swallow-tailed
Kite passed over Tucson this morning (Jerry Bock), and a Yellow Grosbeak was
discovered near Douglas (Richard Webster). And a TUFTED FLYCATCHER--a third
ABA-area record or so--was in the high Chiricahuas (P.D. Hulce). Me? I was
inside....
--
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Subject: Most frequently downloaded BIRDING articles
From: Ted Floyd <tedfloyd57(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:57pm
Hello, BirdChatters.
I recently received from ABA webmaster David Hartley the download stats for
online content for Birding magazine, and I thought I'd share them with y'all.
Here are the top 10 downloads for the 9-month period 7/16/07-4/16/08:
10. http://www.aba.org/birding/v38n3p40.pdf
2,463 downloads
Article by Michael O'Brien on identifying Willet subspecies
9. http://www.aba.org/birding/v38n6p20.pdf
2,573 downloads
2006 ABA Checklist Report by Bill Pranty and coauthors
8. http://www.aba.org/birding/v38n5p34.pdf
2,901 downloads
Article by Cin-Ty Lee and Andrew Birch on dowitcher identification
7. http://www.aba.org/birding/v39n6p24.pdf
3,298 downloads
2007 ABA Checklist Report by Bill Pranty and coauthors
6. http://www.aba.org/birding/v39n5p74w1.pdf
3,583 downloads
Analyses of Special Photo Quiz, "Are They Ivorybills?"
5. http://www.aba.org/birding/v40n1p36.pdf
4,369 downloads
Commentary by Paul Lehman on birding and the internet
4. http://www.aba.org/birding/v39n4p96.pdf
4,431 downloads
Special Photo Quiz, "Are They Ivorybills?"
3. http://www.aba.org/birding/v39n5p62.pdf
6,291 downloads
Article by Tom Flinn and colleagues on aberrant Baltimore Orioles
2. http://www.aba.org/birding/v39n5p48.pdf
7,847 downloads
Article by Carolyn Van Hemert on beak deformites in Alaska
1. http://www.aba.org/birding/v36n5p450.pdf
27,779 downloads
Yeah, the Ivorybill is popular, but it can't hold a candle to...dogs? Go
figure!
Ted Floyd
tedfloyd57(AT)hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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