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Subject: Possible Prairie Merlin in Chicago
From: Robert Hughes <rhughes.enteract(AT)RCN.COM>
Date: 25 Apr 2005 6:33am
I saw and photographed a pale male Merlin in Chicago on April 25, 2005.
This bird shows several characteristics of richardsoni, including a
pale blue back, narrow streaking on the underparts, and wide white tail
bands. A mustache mark is present but it's faint. I posted a photo of
this bird on my Web site, URL below. Have a look.
http://theorniphile.info/rare_birds/merlin.html
Robert Hughes
Chicago, Illinois
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Subject: Ivory-billed Woodpecker rediscovered in Arkansas
From: Graham Etherington <britishbirder(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 29 Apr 2005 1:35am
Hi,
Just in case you hadn't heard, Ivory-billed Woodpecker has been
rediscovered in the 'Big Woods' region of eastern Arkansas
Full text pdf about the find available from Science at:
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1114103
CNN news article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/28/woodpecker.found.reut/index.html
BBC news article at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4493825.stm
Reuters:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N281435.htm
All the best,
Dr. Graham Etherington
Norwich, UK
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Subject: Paul R Wood/UK/TLS/PwC is out of the office.
From: Paul Wood <paul.r.wood(AT)uk.pwc.com>
Date: 29 Apr 2005 10:31am
I will be out of the office from 29/04/2005 until 03/05/2005.
I am away from the office on Monday 2 May 2005 as it is a public holiday in
the UK, returning on Tuesday 3 May 2005. I will not have access to my
e-mail during this time and will respond to your message when I return to
the office.
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Subject: RFI: curlew records
From: Matt Kenne <mkenne(AT)NETAMUMAIL.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 2005 10:50am
Hi All,
While not totally off-topic as far as identification goes, this is
certainly on the edge. The news of the continued existence of
Ivory-billed Woodpecker is an encouraging reminder of my perennial
watchful eye at this time for migrating Eskimo Curlews. I'm wondering
what, if any, recent reports there are for this species? The 1986
monograph by Gollop, Barry, and Iversen (Eskimo Curlew, A Vanishing
Species?) compiled a list of the confirmed and probable sightings from
1945-1985. Have there been many similar but unconfirmed reports in the
last 20 years? Has anyone privately compiled
intriguing/suggestive/semi-plausible Eskimo Curlew reports since
Nebraska in 1987, and is willing to share?
Daydreaming,
Matthew Kenne
Algona, Iowa
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Subject: Re: RFI: curlew records
From: rscalf(AT)jps.net
Date: 29 Apr 2005 1:01pm
Perhaps you have seen this Canadian Wildlife Services paper of 2001? Estimates
of Shorebird Populations in North America.
Eskimo Curlew is mentioned
http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/papers/104/index_e.cfm
Rusty Scalf
Berkeley, CA
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From: Matt Kenne <mkenne(AT)NETAMUMAIL.COM>
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Subject: [BIRDWG01] RFI: curlew records
Hi All,
While not totally off-topic as far as identification goes, this is
certainly on the edge. The news of the continued existence of
Ivory-billed Woodpecker is an encouraging reminder of my perennial
watchful eye at this time for migrating Eskimo Curlews. I'm wondering
what, if any, recent reports there are for this species? The 1986
monograph by Gollop, Barry, and Iversen (Eskimo Curlew, A Vanishing
Species?) compiled a list of the confirmed and probable sightings from
1945-1985. Have there been many similar but unconfirmed reports in the
last 20 years? Has anyone privately compiled
intriguing/suggestive/semi-plausible Eskimo Curlew reports since
Nebraska in 1987, and is willing to share?
Daydreaming,
Matthew Kenne
Algona, Iowa
mkenne(AT)netamumail.com
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Subject: Gray/light morph in Long-eared Owl?
From: Cliff and Lisa Weisse <october(AT)IDA.NET>
Date: 30 Apr 2005 8:12am
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A few years ago I saw a gray Long-eared Owl with white facial disks. No =
one I asked had ever heard of a light morph in LEOW and I never found =
any mention of it in field guides. Last week I saw another similar bird =
in the same location. Don't know if it's the same one but a friend got =
a photo of it. http://www.octoberweb.com/birds/leow It's not very good =
but you can see the facial disks. In flight it was noticeably =
colder/grayer than the other LEOW it was with and lacked the typical =
warm cinnamon tones throughout the plumage. It also looked smaller in =
direct comparison (they were perched about four feet apart) so I'm =
guessing it's a male. Has anyone ever heard of a light or gray morph in =
LEOW? Thanks in advance. =20
Cliff
Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, ID
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Subject: Re: Gray/light morph in Long-eared Owl?
From: TUFTEDS(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 30 Apr 2005 8:26am
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In a message dated 4/30/05 10:13:32 AM, october(AT)IDA.NET writes:
> Has anyone ever heard of a light or gray morph in LEOW?=A0
>=20
Hi, Cliff Weisse et al--
Fifteen or more years ago I saw a long-eared owl with a gray face plate, not=
=20
unlike the one in your photo. Everyone I mentioned it to gave me a very=20
blank look! It was just outside the northwest fringe of Austin in a hill=
y=20
semi-open juniper mix habitat. =20
I carry a camera now.
Barbara Ribble
Austin, Texas
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