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Subject: Re: Has the finch exodus begun? & Woodies looking for a
nest.
From: Bill Fontenot <bbboy(AT)NATURESTATION.ORG>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 8:39am
99.9% of my feeder amgoldfinches suddenly departed on 15 february. this was
the exact same day that many of our local trees began either leafing out
(rough-leaf dogwood, arrowwood viburnum, rusty blackhaw viburnum, red
mulberry, to mention a few) or flower-budding out (sweet gum, black
cherry...). since about 01 feb. i've been watching AmGos and white-throated
sparrows feeding like crazy on american elm blooms and samaras.
house finches and a few n. cardinals have decimated the blooms on the
'Okame' hybrid oriental cherry tree at our back deck. they tear off the
ovum (which has a redbud-like sweet/tart taste [to humans, anyway]) & toss
the corolla/petals to the ground.
bill fontenot
n. lafayette parish
At 01:25 PM 2/16/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Bill Wood wrote:
>
>>
>> Only Two. After months of having 50 to 100 American Goldfinches every
>> day, I had a grand total of two this morning. No Pine Siskins in three
>> days and the last Purple Finch was seen briefly Tuesday. I'm sure the warm
>> weather played a part in the exodus.
>
>Bill/LABIRD: likewise, a major drop in AmGo numbers here over the last few
>days, from several hundred to as few as 45 yesterday, maybe 12 today. This
>is typical for AmGo in mid-February -- major disappearing act
>corresponding to microburst of flowering, leafing-out, and budding in the
>trees, which they feed on heavily. The warm weather, I suspect, is only a
>secondary thing -- it promotes the budding of the trees but not
>necessarily the "departure" of the goldfinches. If it's a typical spring,
>then watch for a second influx in late March/April (when it's even hotter)
>once trees fully leafed out.
>
>#################################
>
>Van Remsen,
> LSU Museum of Natural Science,
> najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
>
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Subject: flower eating, spring owl notes
From: Paul Dickson <Paul(AT)MORRISDICKSON.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 9:06am
Labird: following up on Bill's flower eating comment, I found a camellia
totally shredded today. Due to the location I suspect house finch. Bill,
what about compiling a list of flowers eaten by birds as you did fruit?
What would that be called, "floragivory"?
One Spring observation: I was in the Davy Crockett National Forest in East
Texas this weekend camping with my sons' Boy Scout troop and heard Barred
and Screech Owls calling (singing) incessantly all night. The Screech Owl
was only giving the monotone trill, not one tremolo, and did so with out
pause all night. I don't know when he took time to eat.
The Barred Owls were doing their wild caterwauling duets. I know that there
are many owls in the tropics and certainly don't know their vocal prowess
but our Barred Owl must have one of the most elaborate vocal arrays of all
owls. Certainly no Northern Hemisphere species touches them. This
pre-breeding period is the best time to hear them giving these screeches,
growls, explosive hoots and mostly what I can only describe as caterwauling.
Some of their sessions are just indescribable.
Paul Dickson
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Subject: Ivory-bill search (fwd)
From: Van Remsen <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 10:26am
FYI from Steve Shively:
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Van Remsen,
LSU Museum of Natural Science,
najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:35:48 -0600
From: "Shively, Steve" <Shively_SH(AT)wlf.state.la.us>
To: "'Remsen, Van'" <najames(AT)unix1.sncc.lsu.edu>
Subject: ivory-bill search
Dr. Remsen,
Could you please post the following on LABIRD?
Weather permitting, I would like to have another big ivory-billed
woodpecker search of the Pearl River WMA, similar to last year's, on
Saturday, March 3, 2001. I will meet participants between 6 and 7 a.m. at
the check station on old hwy 11 in the northern part of the area (Honey
Island Swamp exit 5B, off I-59) to provide area maps and direct traffic.
RSVP if you plan to come would be appreciated.
You will need a Wild Louisiana Stamp, fishing or hunting license, compass,
wettable footwear and whatever you need to document whatever you might see
or hear.
Steve Shively
Zoologist
LA Natural Heritage Program
LA Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, LA 70898-9000
225-765-2820
225-765-2818 fax
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Subject: Observations...
From: Peggy Siegert <PEGSIEGERT(AT)CS.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 10:59am
LAbird:
The female Western Tanager has surely departed, either by her own desire or
driven away by the huge, unprecedented flock of female red-winged blackbirds
that have been monopolizing the yard and feeders. A female Cooper's and a
sharpie make raids frequently also, but she is/was a wary bird ... at least I
hope so. She was last seen a week ago today.
An imm. male Summer Tanager remains, his molt has slowed down considerably
and seems to have been at a standstill the past month. He's most regular at
the peanut butter suet feeders. I'm thinking of stringing grapes together
with needle and thread and offering those, an idea I picked up from someone
who says it works ... She drapes them on branches for wintering orioles.
Number of goldfinches still seems higher than any part of last year, no
siskens or purples. More robins, cowbirds, rc kinglets and orange crowned
warblers this year also ... the last two species thanks to the peanut butter
suet ?? Fewer wt sparrows and yr warblers...no chipping sparrows.
'My' Calliope has shed her second pink mark. Both paint jobs lasted less
than 2 weeks!
The n. cardinal nest discovered near completion on 1/31 is finished but so
far still vacant. I don't see/hear the male proclaiming his rights either.
The nest is all ready to go whenever their juices begin to flow.
On recent fast trip to Illinois, we saw thousands of snow geese and ring
billed gulls feeding in fields in the southern parts of that state. Their
migration is well underway. Unfortunately, we had no time to visit East
Alton and see the Smew. Darn! Has anyone from La. made that jaunt? I
understand the Smew is still being seen as of yesterday.
Peggy Siegert
Slidell, LA
zone 8b
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Subject: Fwd: Visiting Louisana
From: Bill Wood <labirder(AT)SHREVE.NET>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 11:39am
Labirders and all,
I am forwarding this for some folks that are going to in the New Orleans
area. Could someone possibly give them some info or help. I have e-mailed
them quite a few links to SE & SW Louisiana and the LOS web site.
Thanks,
Bill Wood
>Marlin Blizinsky <musial7(AT)home.com> wrote:
>From: "Marlin Blizinsky" <musial7(AT)home.com>
>To: <labirder(AT)yahoo.com>
>Subject: Visiting Louisana
>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:52:17 -0800
>
>Dear Mr. Wood,
>
>We saw your name in the ABA Resourse Guide. My wife and I are coming to
>Louisana from Seattle on March 1 for a week to look for birds and good
>food. We are new birders, and any suggestions or help you could give
>would be appreciated.
>
> We will land in New Orleans on the first, then pick-up a car on the
> morning of the 2nd and head out. We have no set route at this point and
> would appreciate help in picking places we should go and in finding
> guides, when possible. Any ideas you have are appreciated.
>Thank you.
>
>Marlin Blizinsky
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Subject: Amazon Tour
From: Charlotte Seidenberg <charlotte.seidenberg(AT)WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 12:21pm
Because I know many humnetters & LABirders are interested in plants
and general nature, too, I'm sharing information about the following
tour. I've traveled with the New York Botanical Garden twice in the
past--the last trip was also co-led by Mario Cohn-Haft of LSU
Ornithology. The trips are well-run and tons of fun. This one has
the added attraction of having Merlin Tuttle of Bat Conservation
International along as a co-leader. So it's a Birds, Bats, and Botany
trip. I can e-mail attachments with additional information and
forms for application to anyone who is interested. The trip is
filling fast so anyone interested should get a deposit in
promptly.
A JOINT NATURAL HISTORY TOUR OFFERED BY THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL
GARDEN
& BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL
SEPTEMBER 3-13, 2001
LEADERS: SCOTT MORI, CAROL GRACIE, & JOHN MITCHELL (NYBG);
MERLIN TUTTLE & STEVE WALKER (BCI); MARIO COHN-HAFT,
ORNITHOLOGIST; & WILSON UIEDA, BRAZILIAN MAMMALOGIST
Anyone who wants forms, please e-mail me privately.
Charlotte Seidenberg
charlotte.seidenberg(AT)worldnet.att.net
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Subject: Cheniere Lake Inca Doves
From: Bob Beason <bibeason(AT)ULM.EDU>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 1:47pm
I just viewed a video of a group of 3 Inca Doves that are hanging out on
the north shore of Cheniere Lake. Unlike most documentary videos, the
pictures are very clear and show the birds walking around on the ground.
The scaly markings on the wings and back are clear and a Northern Cardinal
in the picture gives a scale. They are the same length overall. The birds
have been around for a few days. I'm not at liberty to give out the
exact location at this time buy may be able to do so in a few days.
Bob Beason
UL-Monroe
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Subject: Bobby Santiny
From: "Beth H. Maniscalco" <cone-bhm(AT)NICH-NSUNET.NICH.EDU>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 2:07pm
Labirders:
Thought some of you might be interested in knowing that Bobby had
triple by-pass surgery last week. He is/was in Terrebonne General
Hospital and, I understand, recuperating well.
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(approx. 60 miles SW of New Orleans)
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Subject: horned larks
From: "Dr. Fred Groves" <EdGroves(AT)ulm.edu>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 2:36pm
Sunday, 2 horned larks were seen at the Black Bayou Lake NWR (Ouachita
Parish), in the field west of the lake. Since the former cotton fields
are now fallow and are reverting to bottomland hardwood, we hope that
more locally uncommon species will begin to show up.
Other species sighted: (partial list)
RT Hawk
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Winter Wren
Red Wing BB
Pied-billed Grebe
Cedar Waxwing
Swamp Sparrow
Wh.-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow
DC Cormorant
Great Egret
L. Shrike
N. Mockingbird
N. Cardinal
Carolina Wren
Mallard
N. Flicker
Piliated WoodPecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
T. Vulture
YB Sapsucker
Fred Groves, UL-Monroe
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Subject: Dogwood Trees
From: "Maurice Duvic Sr." <jsb8(AT)WEBTV.NET>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 3:07pm
If you live in or plan on being in Jackson and would like a potted
native dogwood tree that is about two years old drop me an e-mail and
I'll put your name on one of the dozen until you arrive.
Cardinals are the only ones I've seen eating the seeds on my eight
(adult) trees and they're gone by the time the waxwings arrive en
masse.
Vic
Jackson, MS 392ll
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Subject: Re: Amazon Tour
From: Royce Pendergast <royce(AT)PNX.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 4:16pm
Please send further information concerning the Amazon tour.
Thanks
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Subject: Re: LA and the Great Backyard Bird Count
From: Carol Foil <lcfoil(AT)ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 6:04pm
Hi all,
at the totals for Louisiana today it seems weird to note that htere are
more reports of buff-bellied hummers than of eastern towhees. Is that
weird?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison Wells" <amw25(AT)CORNELL.EDU>
To: <LABIRD-L(AT)listserv.lsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:59 PM
Subject: LA and the Great Backyard Bird Count
> Greetings, LA birders-
>
> I just spent some time looking around at the most recent Great Backyard
> Bird Count results <www.birdsource.org> and couldn't help but notice that
> LA was not currently in the Top Ten list for highest number of reports (as
> of 4:50pm). Given the number of you who (like many of us here at the
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology) keep meticulous yard lists (and who are active
> beyond the yard as well), we're really rooting for you. In fact, I'm
hoping
> this just means that you're all out birding still and will report your
> sightings this evening while enjoying a nice cup of java...
>
> Meanwhile, some current LA stats that you might enjoy:
>
> Highest reporting LA locations (I'm bummed that Ouachita's not on here,
> given my superb phonetic spelling of it recently!)
>
> Baton Rouge 63
> New Orleans 49
> Lafayette 30
> Slidell 30
> Deridder 27
> Chauvin 26
> Shreveport 24
> Arabi 22
> Monroe 18
> Leesville 17
>
> LA is #10 in species diversity - 104 of 388 so far.
> Species appearing on highest number of checklists:
> N Cardinal (63)
> Blue Jay (54)
> Mo Dove (53)
> N Mockingbird (41)
> House Sparrow (39)
>
> You can see results specific to LA and anywhere else on the continent, by
> map or list, at the web site as the reports roll in (reports are uploaded
> every 15 minutes or so.) If you haven't been entering your bird sightings,
> please do (you can back-enter your reports from yesterday, and the count
> runs through Feb 19).
>
> Thanks to all of you who are putting your birds on the map!
>
>
> Allison Wells
> Communications and Outreach Director
> Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> (607) 254-2475
> http://birds.cornell.edu
> amw25(AT)cornell.edu
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Subject: andy green seminar feb 23
From: Tommy Michot <tommy_michot(AT)USGS.GOV>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 6:09pm
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USGS NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER
SEMINAR
Friday
23 February 2001
2 pm, NWRC Conference Room
Dr. Andy Green
Dept of Conservation Biology, Do=F1ana Biological Station, Sevilla, S=
pain
Conservation Biology in Mediterranean Wetlands and Waterbirds
for more information contact Tommy Michot
(spread the word)
Background:
Current research interests include the role of waterfowl in long
distance dispersal of plants and crustaceans, flamingoes as
ecosystem engineers, ecology of threatened waterbird species,
lead poisoning, genetics of hybridisation of white-headed ducks with
ruddy ducks and more.
Born in Manchester, England I completed a D.Phil. in sexual
selection in amphibians at Oxford University in 1989.
Then I worked at The Wildfowl & WEtlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK
where I was Senior Research Officer, coordinating various
conservation projects for globally threatened Anatidae, and doing
fieldwork on these species in countries such as Turkey, Thailand,
Madagascar.
A major part of my activity there was to set up the IUCN Threatened
Waterfowl Specialist Group, a network of over 600 members
interested in the 50 threatened taxa worldwide. I was chair of this
group until 1999, and remain regional chair for Africa, Europe and
the Middle East.
Since 1993 I have been based at Do=F1ana Biological STation,
Seville, Spain (initially as a postdoc), doing research in the
conservation biology of Mediterranean wetlands and waterbirds,
especially the globally threatened Marbled Teal and White-headed
Duck.
Since March 2000, I am a Research Fellow at this governmental
research institute (permanent position, I guess something
equivalent to having one at something like USGS), currently heading
a team of 6 wetland scientists.
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Subject: Owling in Bossier Par.
From: Terry Davis <Trystla(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 2001 9:48pm
Hi all,
Barney, Lily, and Jason Poole joined me for fun a trip to s. Bossier
par. in search of owls yest. evening. Here's what we found:
Barn Owl- 2 near lock and dam #5
Short-eared Owl- 3 on Atkins-Clark rd.- watched 19 N. Harriers go to roost as
well
Great Horned Owl -1 squeaked-in on Smith rd.
Strangely enough, we did not locate any Barred or Screech Owls even though we
were in proven areas. I wholeheartedly agree with Paul D.'s raves about
Barred Owl calls- definitely one of my favorites!
I spent the afternoon of Tuesday Feb. 14th systematically searching clumps of
Live Oaks along backroads of rural n. Bossier par. for signs of Long-eared
Owl but came up empty-handed. I tried.
good birding,
Terry Davis
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