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Subject: Re: Binoc Suggestions?
From: Jana Whittle <Janafw(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 6:33am
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My preference is a $100 pair that can be purchased at Academy, Best Buy, etc.
They are Nikon 7 x 35. They allow a lot of light to enter and we don't have
to be extremely careful with them. I've birded for about 13 years now and
this brand has served me well. I started off with a $20 pair of Jason's from
a Lake Charles store that was going out of business. Within a year, I
upgraded to a pair of Simmon's from Wal-Mart for $45. The next year, I found
the Nikon's, and have been satisfied since.
Jana Whittle
Nederland, TX
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Subject: Re: Bird Feeding with Cats
From: Roselie Overby <rosebird(AT)BAYOU.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 8:41am
Chuck,
NO!!!! A bird-killing cat will kill a bird a day. Australia had the right
idea. House cats are a foreign invader. Our birds did not evolve with
these killing machines. There are enough native critters to take care of
the weak. Snakes, hawks, raccoons, etc. Throw in house cats, dogs, boys
with pellet guns, diminishing habitat and you see why many songbirds are in
trouble.
Van, sign me up for one of those cat feeders. I've just been using a
havahart trap on them. Roselie
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Crum <Ccrumrn(AT)AOL.COM>
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Date: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Bird Feeding with Cats
>let the cat eat a bird every now and again. Keep the fittest fit and the
>unfit from breeding. Just a thought.
>
>chuck
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Subject: Re: Binoc Suggestions?
From: Roselie Overby <rosebird(AT)BAYOU.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 8:45am
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I used to use those little Nikons--loved them. As you say--great light. =
But I kept wearing them out too quickly. Several friends have Swifts =
in the $300 range and are very happy with them. =
Roselie
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From: Jana Whittle <Janafw(AT)AOL.COM>
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Date: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Binoc Suggestions?
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My preference is a $100 pair that can be purchased at Academy, Best =
Buy, etc.=20
They are Nikon 7 x 35. They allow a lot of light to enter and we =
don't have=20
to be extremely careful with them. I've birded for about 13 years =
now and=20
this brand has served me well. I started off with a $20 pair of =
Jason's from=20
a Lake Charles store that was going out of business. Within a year, =
I=20
upgraded to a pair of Simmon's from Wal-Mart for $45. The next year, =
I found=20
the Nikon's, and have been satisfied since.=20
Jana Whittle=20
Nederland, TX=20
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Subject: Re: Binoc Suggestions?
From: Don Richardson <cdplace(AT)concentric.net>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 9:07am
At 08:50 AM 1/1/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I used to use those little Nikons--loved them. As you say--great
>light. But I kept wearing them out too quickly. Several friends have
>Swifts in the $300 range and are very happy with
>them. Roselie
Just what is it that wore out on your binoculars Roselie?
Thanks
Don Richardson
Pearland, Texas
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Subject: New Year Gift
From: Olga Clifton <humermom(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 11:02am
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Fellow Birders,
On this first day of the new year, we were treated to a female Purple =
Finch in our feeder. What a great way to start the New Year off.
We have lived in this one spot for 42 years and in years gone by we had =
large flocks of Purple Finch. As the years have passed and the changes =
occured to the landscape, we have seen the decline of this lovely =
species visiting our yard in the winter. So now it is an occasion to =
celebrate when we see just one!!!!
I hope all of you have a happy and healthy New Year.
Olga Clifton
Abita Springs,La.
West St. Tammany Parish
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Subject: Re: New Year Gift - Purple Finches
From: "Jay V. Huner" <jjhuner(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 11:31am
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Just Curious About Purple Finches
We added Purple Finch to the Lake Martin Bird List (St. Martin Parish, =
Louisiana) - 189 now, a few weeks ago and I picked up a couple at the =
McElroy Swamp Ag Wetland (Ascension Parish, Louisiana) last Friday. We =
saw one bird at Lake Martin - Mike Musumeche saw one on a Saturday that =
I missed and another (the same one?) popped up at the same place the =
next morning when I was by myself. Anyway, these birds have been =
females. Do the males come this far south in Louisiana?
Jay Huner
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From: Olga Clifton <humermom(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Date: January 1, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: New Year Gift
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Fellow Birders,
On this first day of the new year, we were treated to a female =
Purple Finch in our feeder. What a great way to start the New Year off.
We have lived in this one spot for 42 years and in years gone by we =
had large flocks of Purple Finch. As the years have passed and the =
changes occured to the landscape, we have seen the decline of this =
lovely species visiting our yard in the winter. So now it is an occasion =
to celebrate when we see just one!!!!
I hope all of you have a happy and healthy New Year.
Olga Clifton
Abita Springs,La.
West St. Tammany Parish
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Subject: Re: - New Yard Bird
From: "Lisa A. Robichaux" <lisaro(AT)MOBILETEL.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 1:35pm
A single pine siskin today was a new yard bird for me also.
Lisa Robichaux
Raceland, LA
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> From: Gary and Michelle Broussard <chaoui(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
> Subject: - New Yard Bird
> Date: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:36 AM
>
> while scanning goldfinches yesterday, i found a pine siskin and a female
> purple finch.
> pine siskin is new to the yard...number 139.
>
> keep 'em coming!
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bulletin Board for Dissemination of Information on Louisiana Birds
> [mailto:LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu]On Behalf Of Bill Wood
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 9:45 AM
> To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
> Subject: A Post from the Oaks! - New Yard Bird
>
>
> Labirders and all,
>
> While gleaning the feeders covered with American Goldfinches for a hidden
> Pine SIskin or Purple Finch I noticed a different looking duck on the
> pond. It clearly wasn't one of the dozen or so domestic mallards. I
> focused in to find a Ring-necked Duck! What a morning treat and yard
bird
> number 65!
>
>
> As always, Good Birding,
>
> Bill Wood
> Keithville, LA
> 3 miles south of Shreveport
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Subject: Pine Prairie and Cheneyville CBCs
From: Marty Floyd <marty.floyd(AT)LA.USDA.GOV>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 2:39pm
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The Pine Prairie CBC found a total of 131 species. Highlights included =
Inca Dove, 3 White-tailed Kites, Ash-throated Flycatcher and Red-tailed =
"Harlan's" Hawk. The best find was a Green-tailed Towhee found by Steve =
and Donna.
The Cheneyville-Lecompte CBC found a total of 122 (may be 123 - if a =
verification occurs on another bird). Highlights include 2 Coomon Loon, =
342 Sandhill Cranes, a Bald Eagle, and 5 White-winged Doves.
Marty Floyd
marty.floyd(AT)la.usda.gov
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Subject: Vaux's Swifts
From: "R. Martin Guidry" <guidryrm(AT)home.com>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 4:59pm
Today at 12:15 pm Dave Patton Bill Fontenot and I observed three of the
swifts feeding on City Park Lake just south of I-10 - in the same
location that they have been reported previously. We watched the swifts
for about 45 minutes. It appears that the best time to view the swifts
is in late morning (from about 11:30 am or so) until early afternoon
(about 1:00 pm). Yesterday I went by to see them at 3:00 pm and none
were to be found.
For out-of-towners wishing to see the swifts - take I-10 to Baton Rouge
and exit on the Darymple exit. Approximately 20-30 yards south of the
I-10 overpass (that's the LSU side of I-10) on Darymple will be a small
parking area adjacent to City Park Lake. Pull in to the parking area
(which has a small concrete boat dock) and scan the lake. There are
lots of Tree Swallows soaring around, but the swifts tend to stay very
close (within a foot or so) of the water's surface. They appear much
darker than the swallow and are fairly easy to distinguish even with the
unaided eye.
While we were there this afternoon, the swift were flying within a few
feet of us at times and occasionally flew directly over our heads less
than ten feet high. Superb and exciting views of this little bird.
Occasionally the swifts would fly upward higher than the bridge
structure, but would quickly return to the water's surface.
Also on City Park Lake at the southern end near the South Parking Lot
(on the road splitting the two lakes) were four Canvasbacks and five
Ruddy Ducks.
Good birding,
Marty Guidry
Baton Rouge, LA
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Subject: Western Tanager
From: Peggy Siegert <PEGSIEGERT(AT)CS.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 5:35pm
LaBird,
Yesterday, 12/31, I found a female Western Tanager feeding on Chinese Privet
berries in our yard. The double wing bars, top one yellowish, tanager bill,
gray back with lighter nape and head, yellow undertail coverts, deliberate
style of feeding make me sure of this id. Before making a post, I wanted to
find it again today and have others see her too. Richard Hale and Noel
Peyton and her son Jared all got to see the bird today. Pictures were taken
by Jared. This bird feeds heavily on the privet berries and seems quite
content for the time being.
Before we found the tanager today, there was a sharp-shinned hawk perched in
a water oak not more than 20' away from where it was feeding.
Today also happens to be the first of my two days of Project FeederWatch
reporting for this week. Nice additiong to the otherwise usual list of
observations from this yard.
Peggy Siegert
Slidell, LA
zone 8b
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Subject: St. Tammany Parish CBC
From: Christopher Brantley <brantley(AT)GS.VERIO.NET>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 7:15pm
The 18th consecutive CBC in western St. Tammany Parish was held on Saturday,
30 Dec 2000. Weather was clear and cold (low temp = 22 F), but
participation high. Our unofficial species total stands at 144 - the Ross'
Goose staked out by Harvey Patten was absent from the count circle on
Saturday and will go down as a count week bird. Other noteworthy birds
include:
Eared Grebe at Madisonville Boat Launch
American Bittern - 2nd count record
15 Black-necked Stilts at Mandeville Wastewater Plant
Vermilion Flycatcher at Tchefuncte Country Club Sewage Pond
2 Yellow-throated Warblers at Fontainebleau St. Park
1 male Prothonotary Warbler at Fontainebleau
1 male Baltimore Oriole at Fontainebleau
2 Summer Tanagers at home feeders between Mandeville & Madisonville
75 Lapland Longspurs near Covington Airport + 1 along Port Louis Rd W of
Madisonville
2 Buff-bellied Hummingbirds
3 Ruby-throated
4 Black-chinned
1 Calliope
at least 20 Rufous + 11 Rufous/Allens or Selasphorus sp.
The 42+ hummingbirds (some feeder watcher lists still unaccounted for) broke
the count record of 34 from Dec 95
Other high counts include:
659 D-C Cormorants
744 Snowy Egrets
4 Wilson's Warblers
794 Chipping Sparrows
Unofficial Finch Numbers:
Purple Finch - 5
House Finch - 64
Pine Siskin - 15
Am Goldfinch - 1114
Chris Brantley
Mandeville, LA
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Subject: Re: Bird Feeding with Cats
From: Paul Conover <conover(AT)TALSTAR.COM>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 10:34pm
sure. and let a man with a .22 sheridan pellet gun pumped 10 times shoot
a
few cats every now and then. if they're so fit, they can run 675 + 1 feet
per second and get away from that big heavy chunk of lead.
let's turn the question of fitness instead to people. people who let
their
cats go outside aren't fit to own pets.
paul conover
tallahassee, fl
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> From: Chuck Crum <Ccrumrn(AT)AOL.COM>
> To: LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu
> Subject: Re: Bird Feeding with Cats
> Date: Sunday, December 31, 2000 4:35 PM
>
> let the cat eat a bird every now and again. Keep the fittest fit and the
> unfit from breeding. Just a thought.
>
> chuck
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Subject: Re: Binoc Suggestions?
From: Jerry Simpson <jsimps0n(AT)GTE.NET>
Date: 1 Jan 2001 11:41pm
Betty Brody,
If you are willing to go up to around $400, you can get a real nice
pair of Pentax 8x42 DCF WP binoculars. I need to wear glasses while
birding and find these to be very comfortable with glasses. They are
waterproof, phase coated roof prism binoculars and can compete quite
well with much higher priced binoculars. They weigh only 26.5 oz. and
provide a close focus at 8.2 feet which allows for great detail
viewing at feeders and they pick up a lot of light for viewing birds
in the shadows.
For a good review of these binoculars, read the information on the
following link.
http://www.birdwatching.com/optics/pentax_wp.html
Good luck on your search.
Janice Simpson
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From: "Betty Brody" <Travels717(AT)AOL.COM>
To: <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 12:06 PM
Subject: Binoc Suggestions?
> Which binoculars (brand & model number) would be best for:
>
> 1. A mediocre birder, in the $300 range
>
> 2. The public viewing a feeder, in the $50 range?
>
> Thanks, and best wishes to all for the New Year!
>
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