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Subject: Field Guides for Birding Class
From: "Ed Stonick" <edstonick(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 2:56am
Greetings!
I am teaching a "Birdology" class for elementary school students. In the
past there was someone on Birdchat who was able to send me copies of Ken
Kaufmann's field guide, but I lost the name of the contact person. If it's
still possible to obtain copies (about 20) for a reasonable price, please
let me know.
Regards,
Ed
Ed Stonick
Pasadena, CA
edstonick(AT)earthlink.net
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Subject: St. Lucia and St. Kitts bird guides
From: Richjack115(AT)aol.com
Date: 11 Jul 2009 6:04am
I am planning on taking a cruise to St. Kitts and St. Lucia in the Fall. I
was wondering if anyone knows of reliable bird guides on both these islands
whom I can contact?
Replies can be sent directly to my E-mail address at _richjack115(AT)aol.com_
(mailto:richjack115(AT)aol.com) .
Thank you.
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Subject: BirdNote, last week, and the week of July 12, 2009
From: Ellen Blackstone <ellen(AT)123imagine.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 7:38am
Hello, BirdChatters!
Last week, BirdNote aired (shows varied by station):
* Swooping with Swifts
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=796
* Sounds of the Boreal Forest
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=782
* Birds Need Water in Summer
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=791
* Barn Owls Let You Know
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=865
* Birds as Pollinators
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=786
* Puffins - Clowns of the Sea
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=1639
* Bullock's Oriole - Blaze of Orange
http://www.birdnote.org/birdnote.cfm?id=789
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Check out the photos accompanying next week's shows:
http://tinyurl.com/lbm65g
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BirdNote is a two-minute audio program, airing on several public radio
stations and available by podcast: http://tinyurl.com/y24e8n. You can
listen to the mp3 and read the transcript on the website. All episodes
are in the archives. Shows may vary by station.
We'd like to know what you think of BirdNote. Let us know!
mailto:ellen(AT)123imagine.net
Ellen Blackstone
http://www.birdnote.org
Seattle, Washington
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Subject: Arizona: it's time!
From: Rick Wright <birdaz(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 10:17am
The list of notable species from the top of this week's southeast Arizona
rba is pretty impressive:
BERYLLINE HUMMINGBIRD
WHITE-EARED HUMMINGBIRD
LUCIFER HUMMINGBIRD
SINALOA WREN (1st U.S. record present since Aug 2008)
BLACK-CAPPED GNATCATCHER
HOODED WARBLER
RUFOUS-CAPPED WARBLER
FLAME-COLORED TANAGER
FIVE-STRIPED SPARROW (Florida Canyon - very rare outside the Pajaritos)
With the monsoon rains arriving in Tucson middle of this last week, and
hordes of young birds out of the nest and southbound migrants already
appearing in good numbers, this is the perfect time to visit. Jon Dunn and
Jake Mohlmann have a WINGS group out for the next ten days, and I'll update
you as word comes back to me from their adventures.
rick
tucson
--
Rick Wright
Managing Director, WINGS
http://wingsbirds.com
http://birdaz.com, http://birdaz.com/blog
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Subject: RE: Desperate Crossbills
From: "David M. Gascoigne" <bateleur27(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 10:42am
Unique and unusual behaviour indeed!
On April 9, 2007 at Dochu La, Bhutan we observed Red Crossbills feeding on the
ground on a clay deposit. We assume that they were consuming the clay to obtain
the mineral content. These birds were feeding right at our feet and showed not
the slightest inclination to leave.
David M. Gascoigne
606 Osprey Drive
Waterloo, ON
Canada N2V 2A5
519 725-0866
Fax: 519 725-1176
blog: travelswithbirds.blogspot.com
> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:22:36 +0200
> From: jules(AT)NATURALBORNBIRDER.COM
> Subject: [BIRDCHAT] Desperate Crossbills
> To: BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>
> During a recent trip offshore in the Norwegian sector I experienced a movement
of Common Crossbills. This was part of a wider movement that brought birds to
the Shetland Islands and to the U.K. Nothing too unusual about that one might
say.
>
> However, I witnessed, and photographed, some behaviour I hadn't seen before -
exhausted and presumably starving birds eating welding slag, an adult female
feeding an adult male and Crossbills trying to find food in rigging and
ropework. Some more details and pictures can be viewed here:
> http://www.naturalbornbirder.com/articles/desparate_crossbills.html
>
> Some did actually do normal stuff like eat crumbs thrown to them by the
crew....
>
> I have read about this species eating all kinds of things that weren't pine
cones but welding slag certainly hasn't featured in anything I have read and
neither has adults feeding adults in such circumstances.
>
> Have a great summer.
>
> Julian Bell
> SW Norway
>
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Subject: Re: Desperate Crossbills
From: Jean Iron <jeaniron(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 12:39pm
Ron Tozer (1994) in the journal Ontario Birds wrote that Red
Crossbills have been observed feeding at a wide variety of seemingly
unusual mineral sources including coal ashes on which salt had been
thrown, soapy dishwater, snow discoloured by dog urine, material from
cattle salt blocks, salt spilled around ice cream freezers, and
material left in salt pork barrels thrown outside lumber camps. Tozer
reported Red Crossbills appearing to eat mud containing road salt in
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. He also reported that Red
Crossbills are frequently seen feeding on exposed areas of "mud"
consisting of rotting aquatic plants and their roots at lakes and
ponds in Algonquin Park. Tozer suspected that these crossbills were
attracted to the sodium released from the rotting aquatic vegetation
because aquatic plants have up to 500 times more sodium than the
leaves of woody plants. Moose consume large quantities of aquatic
plants during the summer apparently because of a specific need for
sodium. Birds also require calcium (and other minerals). Wood ash is
rich in calcium. Tozer reported numerous observations of Red
Crossbills eating wood ash at campfire sites in Algonquin Park. Red
Crossbills have often been seen eating mortar and putty on chimneys
(and other sources) apparently attracted to their calcium carbonate
content. The attraction to sodium and calcium is perhaps related to
dietary deficiencies. Tozer could not find reports of White-winged
Crossbills eating the above materials, apart from feeding on salted
road sand. He ended his paper by asking, "Could these apparent
behavioural differences reflect dietary differences between these two
crossbill species?"
Literature Cited: Tozer, R. 1994. Red Crossbills Feeding at Mineral
Sources. Ontario Birds 12(3):102-108
Ron Pittaway
Minden, Ontario
At 05:22 PM 7/10/2009, Julian Bell wrote:
>During a recent trip offshore in the Norwegian sector I experienced
>a movement of Common Crossbills. This was part of a wider movement
>that brought birds to the Shetland Islands and to the U.K. Nothing
>too unusual about that one might say.
>
>However, I witnessed, and photographed, some behaviour I hadn't seen
>before - exhausted and presumably starving birds eating welding
>slag, an adult female feeding an adult male and Crossbills trying to
>find food in rigging and ropework. Some more details and pictures
>can be viewed here:
>http://www.naturalbornbirder.com/articles/desparate_crossbills.html
>
>Some did actually do normal stuff like eat crumbs thrown to them by
>the crew....
>
>I have read about this species eating all kinds of things that
>weren't pine cones but welding slag certainly hasn't featured in
>anything I have read and neither has adults feeding adults in such
>circumstances.
>
>Have a great summer.
>
>Julian Bell
>SW Norway
>Website: http://www.naturalbornbirder.com/
>Latest News: http://oeygardenbirds.blogspot.com/
>
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