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Subject: [birders] many
From: "j fisher" <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 1:37am
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house sparrow
starling
grackle
redwing blackbird
brownheaded cowbird
piebilled grebe
horned grebe
redbreasted merganser
common merganser
hooded merganser
ringbilled gull
herrring gull
greater black backed gull
lesser black backed gull
bonapartes gull
northern cardinal
american robin
redwinged hawk
coopers hawk
screech owl
great horned owl
long eared owl
saw whet owl
northern shrike
northern mockingbird
song sparrow
american tree sparrow
white throated sparrow
swamp sparrow
great blue heron
mourning dove
trumpeter swan
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Subject: [birders] Re:
From: "j fisher" <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 2:03am
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buffllehead
crow
blue jay
coot
chickadee
some to add tpo previous listigs... probaly some i f0rgot, too.
Love ya birders
JF
On 3/5/08, j fisher <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> lesser scaup
> greater scaup
> american widgeon
> gadwall
> mallard
> graylag goose
> canada goose
> redhead
> canvasback
> common goldeneye
> mute swan
> horned lark
> snow bunting
> american kestrel
> ringneck pheasant
> killdeer
> sandhill crane
> tufted titmouse
> redbellied woodpecker
> downy woodpecker
> hairy woodpecker
> pileated woodpecker
> rough legged hawk
> bald eagle
> northern harrier
> winter wren
> carolina wren
> hermit thrush
> house finch
> common redpoll
> american goldfinch
> eastern bluebird
> brown creeper
> red breasted nuthatch
> white breasted nuthatch
> ruddy duck
> ring necked duck
> cedar waxwing
> american black duck
>
>
> this plus some i forgot to list in Oakland, Wayne and Monroe counties
> (Island lake rec area, belle isle, pt mouilee, rotary park, crosswinds
> marsh, lake erie metropark and all points inbetween.
>
> not bad for winter....
>
> Love jeff
>
>
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Subject: [birders] Canada goose with leg band at Gallup
From: eba(AT)umich.edu
Date: 5 Mar 2008 8:26am
Hi folks,
I observed in pictures I took yesterday at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor that
one Canada goose was wearing a leg band. I don't know if that is of
specific interest to anyone, but I thought it was worth mentioning in case
it is. I've posted a picture to the birdersATumich Grove street site at
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html
Details as to the location are included there.
I also saw a great blue heron in the same general area, flying east along
the canal between the island with the path and the north side of the river,
from just below the boat-launch area. I did not see where it landed.
Eric Arnold
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Subject: [birders] RE: First Red-Winged Blackbird Seen Here
From: "Matthew Valencic" <Matthew.Valencic(AT)AmericanMedicalSystems.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 7:34am
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Last year (2007) we had a pair of Eastern Phoebes arrive in Cleveland a
couple weeks before Easter. These birds had raised three clutches of
young in our horse barn the previous two years and we were looking
forward to another year of the same. Then came a heavy, deep snow that
stayed about 10 days. The birds stopped singing after the first day
then just disappeared. It was really sad. They fed exclusively AWAY
from the feeders so there was no way to help them. No birds replaced
them that year. We hope the location can attract another nesting pair
this year.
=20
Matt Valencic
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
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From: Fred Kaluza [mailto:fkaluza(AT)sbcglobal.net]=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:34 PM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Cc: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] RE: First Red-Winged Blackbird Seen Here
=20
Yes Andreas I remember quite well how it goes. I usually
wind up hosting them for a couple weeks in the fall too. Putting all
the feeders closer to the house seems to discourage them a bit. Going
south in the fall I don't feel so bad for them as they're more likely to
encounter plentiful food on the way down. It's the early arrivers
driven by instinct that wind up biting off more miles than they can chew
in their northbound trek. From what I've read about Purple Martins,
northbound birds won't turn back to look for food even if the weather
gets extremely bad. They just starve to death in their efforts to
secure the BEST nest site they can remember where they were hatched
from.
=20
________________________________
From: Andreas Kanon [mailto:andreas.kanon(AT)gmail.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:35 PM
To: Fred Kaluza
Subject: Re: [birders] RE: First Red-Winged Blackbird Seen Here
=20
I wish I could send you all my grackles Fred :)
I have about 300-400 of them just devouring everything at my feeder for
the last week or so here in Nanuet.....
2008/3/4, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza(AT)sbcglobal.net>:
And now I have a Common Grackle as well!
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From: Fred Kaluza [mailto:fkaluza(AT)sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:50 AM
To: 'birders(AT)umich.edu'
Subject: First Red-Winged Blackbird Seen Here
My first RWBB of the year landed here in Warren this morning.
I'm
fairly sure I heard a Common Grackle early Sunday morning but it never
made
an appearance around here so the RWBB gets credit instead.
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Subject: [birders] Re: Canada goose with leg band at Gallup
From: ddarm(AT)umich.edu
Date: 5 Mar 2008 9:25am
Quite a few years ago in summer, Mi DNR banded many Canada Geese at
Gallup and the nearby golf course as part of a study to see how many
new geese returned to Gallup to breed. It was the beginning of an
effort to reduce the number of Canada Geese using high "human use"
areas in the parks. Leg bands were put on as many geese as possible and
about every 30-50th goose got a numbered green neck band.
If one of the geese became a hunter's bounty, the leg band number would
get reported. Otherwise, the green neck bands that showed up were
reported and the silver banded geese "counted". The green neck bands
are easier to read and usually get reported whenever seen. The color of
the neck band can tell generally which flyway a bird was banded in.
Julie Craves 's website offers some interesting information about bird banding
http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/
And the USGS site does so as well.
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/
Dea
Quoting eba(AT)umich.edu:
> Hi folks,
>
> I observed in pictures I took yesterday at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor
> that one Canada goose was wearing a leg band. I don't know if that
> is of specific interest to anyone, but I thought it was worth
> mentioning in case it is. I've posted a picture to the
> birdersATumich Grove street site at
>
> http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html
>
> Details as to the location are included there.
>
> I also saw a great blue heron in the same general area, flying east
> along the canal between the island with the path and the north side
> of the river, from just below the boat-launch area. I did not see
> where it landed.
>
> Eric Arnold
>
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Deaver D. Armstrong
City Ornithologist
Natural Area Preservation Division City of Ann Arbor Department Park
Operations
1831 Traver Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-996-3266
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Subject: [birders] Macoamb twp. backyard bonaza
From: "Ruth Golm" <rgolm(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 9:50am
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Thanks to the overnight snowstorm and NO schools open, I was able to =
observe my backyard this am. Such wonderful contrast between snow =
covered pines and brilliant sunshine. Saw for first time this year 2 =
rose breasted nuthatches & 2 blue jays. Feeder has been frequented with =
M&F cardinal, junco and many kinds of sparrows. I think spring just =
might be around the corner.
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Subject: [birders] OT: Tracking a birder
From: jeanpanyard(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Mar 2008 10:38am
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Hi - I am looking to find a birder who lived behind me a number of years (10?)
ago who asked me permission (way back when he was in college) if he could net
and band birds on my property.? I would like to reach out to him and get some
feedback.? The only information I have is that he lived in Woodcreek Subdivision
in Farmington Hills.? I think he may have gone to MSU but I am not sure.? If
you are out there, please respond. I live on Glenmuer.
Thanks,
Jean
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Subject: [birders] Sandhills return to Lyndon Twp.
From: Susan Cybulski <susan(AT)inprinters.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 11:20am
Longtime reader, first time poster...
My husband heard the first sandhill cranes of '08 flying over our
place on Island Lake this morning. What a sound for sore (ice cold!)
ears!
We've had a lot of irruptives at our feeders this winter, including at
least 20 redpolls in December, two or more RBN all winter, purple
finches, white throated sparrow, and one cute pine siskin. The siskin,
RBN, tree sparrows and juncos are all still hanging around, but
haven't seen the redpolls for at least a couple of weeks. But the
craziest sighting of all happened last week, when we got our first
ever house sparrows at our feeder. We have lived on Island Lake for 8
years and have never seen them there! I'm hoping against hope that
that doesn't correlate with the fewer numbers of bluebirds we have
seen this winter. In years past, we have frequently had up to 8
bluebirds at a time on our heated birdbath, but this winter we only
saw one bird, just one time.
Susan Cybulski
Chelsea, MI
Lyndon Township
NW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Recent C. Redpoll observations, Chelsea, Washtenaw
Co.
From: sparksjackson(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Mar 2008 1:31pm
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Common Redpolls have been
appearing in small numbers at my thistle feeder since February 26th,
following better than a month=E2=80=99s absence.=C2=A0
Interestingly, on each given day, the birds appear to be different
individuals based on plumage.=C2=A0 One day I
had four drab, streak-breasted individuals, several days later a pair of bir=
ds
with a pink blush to their chests, the next day a single individual with a d=
eep
rosy bib, and finally today another pair -- this time with nearly clear
breasts.=C2=A0 I think the possibly confusing
variable of lighting differences due to weather is probably offset by the cl=
ose
proximity of the feeder to my observation window.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m therefor=
e inferring that these must be redpolls-on-the-move.=C2=A0 I=E2=80=99m guess=
ing that the sizeable flock of
American Goldfinches that frequents my feeders serves as a draw for them,
alerting the migrants to the feeder.=C2=A0
I=E2=80=99m wondering if anyone else has noted a similar recent fluctuation=20=
in
the Redpoll individuals at their feeders?=C2=A0
Or perhaps I just have too much time on my hands=E2=80=A6
=C2=A0
Dan S-J
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Subject: [birders] Cooper's Hawk
From: lisalk(AT)umich.edu
Date: 5 Mar 2008 2:21pm
An adult has perched in an elm in the backyard since this
morning. First saw it about 10 a.m. when it was eating.
Will investigate after it decides to leave.
Lisa
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Subject: [birders] Cackling Goose at Dexter Mill Pond
From: Bob Arthurs <bob.arthurs(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 11:31am
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I ran into Tom Shehan at Little Lake today and he mentioned he had seen a
Cackling Goose at the Dexter Mill Pond so, of course, I went over there. Most
of my experience with Cackling Geese is with the Aleutian subspecie in
California which is pretty easy to tell from Canada Geese. Having said that I
found what I also believe to be a Cackling Goose today. It is significantly
smaller than any of the Canada Geese and has a shorter bill.
The bird can be seen from the Forest Lawn Cemetery. I went in the first
entrance off of Grand Street coming from Baker Road. Drive to the river and
turn left, go through the large puddles of water to a dirt pile and scan the
geese along the river. When I left the goose was sitting by itself with it's
back visible but it had been active earlier.
To get to Baker Road take I-94 west from Ann Arbor to the Baker Road exit -
number 167 I believe. After exiting head north on Baker Road towards the village
of Dexter turning left on Grand Street.
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Subject: [birders] Cackling Goose
From: "Tom Shehan" <shehant(AT)chartermi.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 2:00pm
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Birders,
At about 12:30 today from the cemetery next to the Dexter Millpond, I
observed a Cackling Goose with a group of Canada Geese. It was seen on the
far side of the creek from the western most drive near the two outbuildings.
I also went to Little Lake Drive off of Jackson Ave. and ran into Bob
Arthurs, we observed the Horned Grebe that has been there with the other
usual waterfowl. On returning home through Dexter, I stopped again at the
millpond but could not relocate the Cackling Goose; though there were many
geese asleep on the banks of the creek at that time.
Tom Shehan
Hamburg Twp., Livingston Co.
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Subject: [birders] bliss
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 3:18pm
Bliss is a Cooper's Hawk in the plum tree, 7 sandhill cranes (FOS) in the
cornfield and a big male turkey beside the barn.
Sally Scheer
Clinton MI
Bridgewater Township
SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Turkey Vultures - Spring is official
From: "Tony Unwin" <niwnu(AT)aol.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 4:08pm
11 Turkey Vultures @ Clark Rd and Prospect Rd - 3:55pm - the sure sign of
spring in Michigan
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Subject: [birders] Am. wigeon in Scio Twp.
From: Dan Ezekiel <ezekiel(AT)aaps.k12.mi.us>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 5:31pm
At Little Lake, early and midafternoon, one male American Wigeon.
Didn't see the Red-breasted Merganser. Lots of Redheads,
Canvasbacks, Canada Geese, as well as a few Scaup, Coots, Black
Ducks, Mute Swans, Pintail, and I saw the (winter plumage) Horned
Grebe. There was also one of those in the Huron River on Huron River
Dr., a bit downstream from Wagner Rd., yesterday.
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Subject: [birders] Re: Am. wigeon in Scio Twp.
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 5:26pm
At 4:15 I did NOT find a Cackling Goose at the cemetery in Dexter (Dexter
Mill Pond). Lots of Canadas. From there I went to Little Lake. There
were three Horned Grebes and at least three American Wigeon.
Bruce
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From: Dan Ezekiel <ezekiel(AT)aaps.k12.mi.us>
Subject: [birders] Am. wigeon in Scio Twp.
Date sent: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:31:38 -0500
Send reply to: Dan Ezekiel <ezekiel(AT)aaps.k12.mi.us>
> At Little Lake, early and midafternoon, one male American Wigeon.
> Didn't see the Red-breasted Merganser. Lots of Redheads, Canvasbacks,
> Canada Geese, as well as a few Scaup, Coots, Black Ducks, Mute Swans,
> Pintail, and I saw the (winter plumage) Horned Grebe. There was also one
> of those in the Huron River on Huron River Dr., a bit downstream from
> Wagner Rd., yesterday.
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Subject: [birders] Sandhill Cranes in Unidilla Twp.
From: PATRICK BAIZE <pkbaize(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 2:38pm
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Saw a pair of Sandhill Cranes at the corner of Doyle and Unidilla Rd. today Pat
B.
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Subject: [birders] Re: bliss
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 5:38pm
I have turkeys at the cottage in the Rogers City area much of the year. I
spread corn right under my kitchen/office window. They often come to feed
while I'm working there and if I'm really lucky, I see them before they see
me. I very very slooooowwwwly reach for the camera I keep beside me always
and have been lucky enough to get some really close-up shots. Beards vary
from very short to 12 inches or more. It's particularly fun to watch their
heads change color and see them spread their tails and strut.
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From: "Matthew Valencic" <Matthew.Valencic(AT)AmericanMedicalSystems.com>
To: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:47 PM
Subject: RE: [birders] bliss
You are a lucky lady!
Yesterday I drove by 12 turkeys RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD and no camera in
the car!!! All of them had beards about 8 - 12 inches long! I have
never seen so many so close.
I called my son and offered $5 for gas if he would drive to the spot and
get some pictures. By the time he got there the birds were moving into
the woods and he received a great lesson in camouflage. The Kodak
Moment was gone!
Matt Valencic
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From: Sally K Scheer [mailto:winerat(AT)villagecorner.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:19 PM
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Subject: [birders] bliss
Bliss is a Cooper's Hawk in the plum tree, 7 sandhill cranes (FOS) in
the
cornfield and a big male turkey beside the barn.
Sally Scheer
Clinton MI
Bridgewater Township
SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] RE: Cackling Goose
From: "Tom Shehan" <shehant(AT)chartermi.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 4:56pm
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Birders,
Bob Arthurs saw the Cackling Goose in Dexter further upstream than I did so
if you try for it, check the whole stretch of creek.
Tom Shehan
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:00 PM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Cackling Goose
Birders,
At about 12:30 today from the cemetery next to the Dexter Millpond, I
observed a Cackling Goose with a group of Canada Geese. It was seen on the
far side of the creek from the western most drive near the two outbuildings.
I also went to Little Lake Drive off of Jackson Ave. and ran into Bob
Arthurs, we observed the Horned Grebe that has been there with the other
usual waterfowl. On returning home through Dexter, I stopped again at the
millpond but could not relocate the Cackling Goose; though there were many
geese asleep on the banks of the creek at that time.
Tom Shehan
Hamburg Twp., Livingston Co.
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Subject: [birders] Fwd.--Action needed NOW on Red Knots
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Mar 2008 7:48pm
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Everyone,
Please get involved right now to help save Red Knots. Read both the E-mails
below to get contact information.
Darlene Friedman
Novi
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:OHIO-BIRDS(AT)LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom
Bain
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:35 AM
To: OHIO-BIRDS(AT)LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Your Red Knot action needed today
You can help the Red Knot immediately.
Your simple action by this weekend, at the latest, will make a difference.
This is the hot topic in the New Jersey Legislature, now. The legislative
cycle is at a critical moment right now.
My suggestions follow:
Send an Email today.
Your Emails, personal letters (by FAX or Email), and phone calls during the
next two days will most effectively wield favorable influence in the
decision-making process now underway in the New Jersey Legislature,
Environment Committee. They are deciding whether or not to send a Bill to
the floor extending the moratorium on horseshoe crab harvest.
STEP ONE: Go to the Ohio Birds Forum and review the talking-points offered
by New Jersey Audubon in Casey Tucker's post under CONSERVATION. Find
senator contacts there. Use these talking-points to develop a brief
statement of your own, in your words, asking the environment committee to
move the Bill, S1331, to the floor for a full vote. Keep it simple.
STEP TWO: Go to Ohio Birds Forum to see my letter posted under CONSERVATION.
I offer additional talking-points emphasizing sensitivity to all
stake-holders in the debate. A dispassionate broad view sensitive to all
interests may offer the opposition wording for ideas and positions they
agree with and can use to justify supporting the moratorium. REMEMBER: Just
about everyone wants to save the Red Knot. Opposition is gravitating toward
polemic positions to protect their relationships with business, watermen
associations, and other consumptive interests.
STEP THREE: Send an email to each committee member within the next hour.
The SUBJECT line should ask them to send S1331 to the floor for full vote.
The body should simply ask them to move S1331 to the floor for a full vote
to extend the horseshoe crab moratorium. Identify yourself as an Ohio
birder. Tell them if you have traveled to New Jersey and watched birds, or
if you plan to do so, and when.
STEP FOUR: If you have more to say, compose a personal letter to express
your view more fully and send it by Email as an attachment. Your letter
should be shorter than this long Email. Fit the letter to one page.
STEP FIVE: Call each senator on the committee. A staffer will answer.
Prepare facts in advance. Identify yourself as an Ohio birder and
immediately express support for S1331. Ask to speak to the senator (good
luck). Be nice. Offer facts. Tell them you have, or plan, to travel to New
Jersey to watch birds, if this is true.
I have called all the senators and some staffers were interested in
talking-points. I have sent to each a shorter version of the sample letter I
posted to Ohio Birds Forum.
Tom Bain
Chair, Conservation Committee
Ohio Ornithological Society
Red Knot help links:
Here is the link to Ohio Birds Forum:
http://www.ohiobirds.org/forum/
Go to the Conservation Forum. Open the forum to see the Red Knot threads.
Click on "Tom Bain" to see the sample letter I posted. Click on "Casey
Tucker" to see the NJ Audubon request. A direct link is found below.
New Jersey Audubon offers legislature contacts here:
_http://www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/HSCrabAlert.html#updates_
(http://www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/HSCrabAlert.html#updates)
Tom Bain
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Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at
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Subject: [birders] coopers hawks
From: "j fisher" <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 9:16pm
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Across from where I live, there is a mature stand of American Beech where
many creatures reside, especially for suburbia... For the last two or three
years, several Coopers Hawks have stayed all year, probably because of my
birdfeeder smorgasbord... and maybe cuz of the nice habitat, though limited
in size. Great Horns and Screechs live there too, along with lots
of Redbellied Woodpeckers, to name just a few of my favorites.
Last year I watched a pair breed, of which two viable offspring survived.
The adults are gone, but one of the juveniles patrols my yard and calls
loudly each morning as the sun rises. Is this calling an attempt to find a
mate? Are they homebodies? Will this generation perhaps use the nest?
Can someone give a synopsis of the species preferences, behaviours,
cycles....
Thanks alot.
Love, Jeff
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Subject: [birders] Red Knot--important contact info
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Mar 2008 9:24pm
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Here's another link that gives the phone numbers and E-mail addresses of the
Senate Environment Committee, members of which will be voting on whether to
continue the moratorium on harvesting of Horseshoe Crabs.
Darlene Friedman
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Subject: [birders] Red Knot link
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Mar 2008 9:52pm
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Sorry--I forgot the link in my last E-mail. Here it is:
_http://www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/HSCrabAlert.html#updates_
(http://www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/HSCrabAlert.html#updates)
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Subject: [birders] Oakland County Birds
From: Ed Lewandowski <scotchman12year(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2008 10:18pm
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Hello Birders,
Note Worthy...
Auburn Hills- Still no Oriole
Franklin Village- 3 Turkey Vultures
Heritage Park- 1 Female E. Towhee, at the bottom of the hill from the estate
on the Estate Trail
Robert H. Long Park- 18 Hooded Mergansers, 1 Pied-Billed Grebe
Beaudette Park- Canvasbacks, RN Ducks, Redheads, L. Scaups, C. Goldeneyes,
Black Ducks, Wood Ducks, C. Mergansers, H. Mergansers. The variety continues to
increase.
Happy Birding
Ed Lewandowski
Auburn Hills
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