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Subject: Brookville, vulture roost
From: Bill Buskirk <billb(AT)EARLHAM.EDU>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 6:16am
On Saturday, 5 Jan., Jim Cope and I conducted a mini-CBC (only two
observers) in eastern Franklin County (centered near Possum Hollow,
including Brookville, New Trenton, southern Brookville Lake). We
tallied 55 species.
Noteworthy:
Common Loon - 1 (Brookville Lake)
Black Vulture - 130
Turkey Vulture - 85
Sharp-shinned (1), Cooper's (1), Red-shouldered (1), Red-tailed (13) Hawks
American Kestrel - 9
Wild Turkey - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 220
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 (high number)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 40
Pileated Woodpecker - 12
Carolina Wren - 31
Eastern Bluebird - 24 (low compared to mean)
Hermit Thrush - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13
Fox Sparrow - 2
Purple Finch - 7
Pine Siskin - 2
The vultures are roosting in the usual (early winter and later?),
easily accessible location:
Junction of SR 1 and US 52, between Brookville and Cedar Grove. The
roost is in sycamores on the west side of the Whitewater River just
south of the SR 1 bridge. Details: From Brookville, go south on US
52/SR 1 about 4.5 mi., turn right onto SR 1 as it diverges from US
52, cross the bridge (about 0.2 mi), turn left (south) on River Road.
The roost is in the trees to your left (at the outskirts of a trailer
camp). The vultures were beginning to leave the roost at 7 am, but
most were still present at 8 am. They were circling on updrafts off
of nearby valley walls late in the afternoon (3pm) -- nearly 200 at
once, impressive sight. Interestingly, we saw only a few birds
during our travels in the area the rest of the day.
Bill Buskirk
Professor of Biology
Assoc. Director, Joseph Moore Museum
Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374
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Subject: Sandhills
From: Ellie Baker <EBaker1931(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 10:40am
I just received this message from a friend who lives south of Battle Creek,
Michigan. Perhaps you birders in northern Indiana would be interested to
know this.
Ellie Baker
Indianapolis
Ellie: Just a note to tell you some sandhill cranes are still here, I saw 6
to 10 on Saturday, flying with some geese out of a neighbor's corn field.
Never saw them winter over before, how rare is that? Sandy
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Subject: Lake Monroe
From: whitehea(AT)INDIANA.EDU
Date: 7 Jan 2002 11:11am
Made my first trip to Cutright and Paynetown on Lake Monroe since
Betsy and I returned from ten days in SE Arizona (160 species,
including a Nutting's Flycatcher!). Good viewing conditions on the
lake this morning - water W of the causeway entirely open, E of the
causeway about 60% frozen. Not much happening. Present were:
Canada Goose - 26
Mallard - 30
Gadwall - 1
Co. Goldeneye - 2
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 9
Ring-billed Gull - 30
Bald Eagle - 3 (2 adult, 1 imm)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
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Subject: Houston
From: Carl Henschen <cdhensch(AT)geetel.net>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 11:22am
Carl and I are flying to Houston, TX in early April. Any ideas of where to
go for good birding in that area?
Thanks,
Mary Henschen
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Subject: Re: Houston
From: Alicia Craig <craiga(AT)WBU.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 12:11pm
Check these links
For answers to questions about Texas listserve, visit
the Texbirds Reference Page at http://www.moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds
For up to date Texas Birding Links, visit
the Texas Birding Links Page at =
http://www.moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds/links.html
Alicia Craig
Senior Manager, Nature Education
Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc.
11711 N. College Ave. #146
Carmel, IN 46032
317.571.7100
mailto:craiga(AT)wbu.com
http://www.wbu.com
Be a Citizen Scientist, visit http://birds.cornell.edu/citsci/
Watch BirdWatch on PBS, visit http://www.pbs.org/birdwatch
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Henschen [mailto:cdhensch(AT)GEETEL.NET]
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:24 AM
To: IN-BIRD(AT)LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
Subject: [IN-BIRD] Houston
Carl and I are flying to Houston, TX in early April. Any ideas of =
where to
go for good birding in that area?
Thanks,
Mary Henschen
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Subject: Sandhills & Snow Geese
From: Ed Hopkins <ed_hopkins(AT)COMPUSERVE.COM>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 4:38pm
Jasper-Pulaski F&WA, Saturday evening:
The field west of the crane observation tower was totally full of
thousands of Sandhill Cranes. They started to go to roost just after
sunset. It was just like in the fall without anyother observers. A Fox
Sparrow was seen in the brush north of the tower. =
Wabash River Valley in Tippecanoe Co. between N. 9th St. & Americus
bridges, Sunday:
2000+, Canada Goose; 2, Snow Goose at Vulcan Battleground Plant grav=
el
pit on Swisher Rd. just west of N. 9th Street.
I was looking for Bald Eagles, but, only, saw 3, kingfisher; 4, G B
Heron; lots of crows, etc. There was misty rain and light fog.
Ed Hopkins
W Lafayette
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Subject: Sycamore Audubon Society Meeting
From: Diane Packett <dlpackett(AT)PEX.NET>
Date: 7 Jan 2002 5:47pm
The Sycamore Audubon Society will hold its monthly members meeting
this Thursday January 10th at 7:15 PM in the West Lafayette Public
Library. Our speaker will be David Krohne, professor and Chair of
Biology at Wabash College. His topic will be Americas Prairie
Heritage, and he will discuss general aspects of remnant prairies and
ways to assess the risk of extinction.
All are welcome! Free parking, refreshments, and child care are available.
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