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Subject: Fun, Science, and SPORT
From: "Kendrick Weeks" <kendrickweeks(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 23 May 2006 9:40am
I have to agree with Helmut. There are two kinds of birding; fun and sport.
Those data collected during fun and sport may be important to science if
done methodically. And, fun and sport may be taken to higher levels by
relying on the results of science.
Kendrick Weeks
Fuquay-Varina
>Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 14:57:46 -0400
>From: Helmut Mueller <hmuelle(AT)earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: Listing question about that Frigatebird, OBX
>
>Since when is "listing" a science?
>
>Helmut Mueller
>Chapel Hill
>
>On May 22, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> Opinion: It's your list, you list what you like.
>>
>> You just won't be able to play with the list nazis.
>>
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Subject: Swallow-Tailed Kites!
From: "philshar(AT)earthlink.net" <philshar@earthlink.net>
Date: 23 May 2006 12:03pm
Hi All,
Had some excitement at the house this AM,just happened to look out the
kitchen window at the right time to see a Kite whiz by the window about 10
ft. off the ground. I could hardly believe what I thought I saw. As quick
as these old bones could move I was out the door to make sure I wasn't
seeing things. I was right on the ID--but there were two of them! They were
maneuvering over my neighbors yards and down the street just 10 to 20ft off
the ground. Hurried back in the house in time to get Sharon some nice looks
before they disappeared over the trees at the end of the street.
We have had Kites over the house several times before,but this was the
closest I've seen them.
We live at Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club just about 4mi. South W. of
Socostee off Hwy.707--about 6mi. from the ocean.
Phil
Sharon & Phil Turner
Myrtle Beach,S C 29588
philshar(AT)earthlink.net
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Subject: RE Buncombe migration count
From: mjwestphal <mjwestphal(AT)unca.edu>
Date: 23 May 2006 1:44pm
A few people have asked me why I thought some of the forest bird numbers were
lower than usual on the Buncombe count. It's really hard to say with any
certainty. The date of the count can be a factor as can the weather and the
skill of the counters. Since the counters are pretty much the same every
year, I don't think that was it. The date was a little later than usual, but
we've done it at that time before, and the weather was not out of the
ordinary, although it has been a pretty cool spring.
However, last year there was a late spring hard freeze that hit the middle
elevations north of Asheville pretty hard, and that may have affected breeding
success. Many of the trees lost all of their leaves and it took a long time
for them to re-leaf. Since it really only affected that middle elevations
that may be why the Canada Warbler numbers were not affected. They arrive
later, start nesting later, and are more in the higher elevations where the
freeze had no affect since the trees hadn't leafed out yet.
On the other hand, maybe it was just an odd day, serendipity, a fluke. It's
mighty hard to say.
Marilyn
Marilyn Westphal
Environmental Quality Institute
University of North Carolina-Asheville
One University Heights
Asheville, NC 28804
828/251-6823
mjwestphal(AT)unca.edu
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Subject: Hilton Pond 05/15/06 (Mountain Lake)
From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org>
Date: 23 May 2006 3:29pm
We were away from Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
this week, participating in the Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Festival
in Giles County VA. Spring comes late to the Appalachian highlands,
and festival attendees got to see a variety of Neotropical migrants
just arriving or at the peak of courtship and nest-building.
Our "This Week at Hilton Pond" photo essay for 15-21 May 2006 is
devoted to great times we've had with birds at Mountain Lake
Biological Station and the adjoining resort and hotel. Depicted this
week are some killer looks of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and a female
hummingbird that took advantage of his hospitality, plus an active
Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest. To visit, please go to
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek060515.html. (The server's been a
little sluggish lately, so if you can't get the page to open right
away, please try again later.)
An account of birds banded during the period at Hilton Pond is
included, along with a few miscellaneous nature notes.
Happy (Mountain) Nature Watching!
BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton(AT)hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to
conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of
the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation,
scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please
visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at
http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation
RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.
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Subject: FW: Sweet Corn Festival
From: "Stephen Harris" <srharris(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 23 May 2006 3:48pm
If anyone is interested in doing this please let me know. I realize that
this is short notice so this may not be practical.
Dana Harris
Headquarters Secretary
Carolina Bird Club, Inc.
srharris(AT)mindspring.com
> [Original Message]
> From: <legarefarms(AT)bellsouth.net>
> To: <hq(AT)carolinabirdclub.org>
> Date: 5/23/2006 2:30:28 PM
> Subject: Sweet Corn Festival
>
> Legare Farms is having their 4th annual Sweet Corn Festival on June
10,2006. If you have any members in the Charleston area that might be
interested in setting up a booth to tell people about your club, we would
love to have them. There is no charge for the booth. We are located on
Johns Island and the festival is 10 until 4. If you have any questions or
are interested in coming please e-mail or call 843-559-0788. Helen
Legare
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Subject: Eurasian collared doves
From: tammy lester <efan3usa(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 23 May 2006 7:58pm
A pair of Eurasian Collared Doves has been hanging out
at my feeders. My SO actually saw them first, he
said, and I quote, "What are those light colored
pigeons out there?" Not a birder, my SO.
Tammy Lester
Atlantic Beach, NC
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Subject: an ugly sight
From: "John Fussell" <jfuss(AT)clis.com>
Date: 23 May 2006 8:53pm
Today I watched as a beautiful Yellow-throated Warbler devoted all its
energies to feeding a young cowbird, which was bigger than the warbler.
In the Croatan National Forest, near a campground.
Later in the day, was pleased to hear a Black-throated Green Warbler at
Millis Swamp. Nearby, in a burned over pineland, I flushed a nighthawk
from its "nest" with 2 eggs.
John Fussell
Morehead City, NC
jfuss(AT)clis.com
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Subject: Conway Sewage Ponds & New Road
From: "Jack" <ppaw(AT)sccoast.net>
Date: 23 May 2006 11:01pm
Hi C'birders,
Today I birded solo at the Conway Sewage Ponds and along New Road in
Conway, Horry County, SC. It was a nice sunny but quite windy day. 29
species
Anhinga-1 flyover
Great Blue Heron-1
Great Egret-1
Little Blue Heron-1 pied plumage
Green Heron-2
Wood Duck-2
Ring-necked Duck-1 male
Turkey Vulture-2
Osprey-1 near a nest on a tall electric transmission tower
Red-shouldered Hawk-1
Killdeer-2
Spotted Sandpiper-1
Great Crested Flycatcher-1 heard only
Barn Swallow-1
Crow sp-1
Carolina Chickadee-1
Tufted Titmouse-2
Carolina Wren-5
N. Mockingbird-1
Brown Thrasher-1
Eur. Starling-2
Red-eyed Vireo-2 heard only
YELLOW WARBLER-1 female
Pine Warbler-1 heard only
Prothonotary Warbler-2 heard singing
N. Cardinal-2
Red-winged Blackbird-8
Common Grackle-4
Brown-headed Cowbird-1 heard only
Jack Peachey
Conway, SC
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