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Subject: [birders] Book: Bringing Nature Home
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig(AT)med.umich.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 6:58am
There's a NY Times article about a relatively new book that my wife Laura has
enjoyed. It is called Bringing Nature Home and is about the role of native
plants. Some of the ideas are pretty interesting - that native insects and
plants co-evolved so most exotics can't be decent food sources for native
insects. The author is an entymologist so he has lots of examples.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/garden/06garden.html
The point in the NY Times article is that feeding the insects is the best way to
feed the birds!
Rick
Rick Neubig RNeubig(AT)umich.edu
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Subject: [birders] Sandhills
From: Denise <denise_b337(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 5:47am
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Cranes back calling this morning in Howell
Denise
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Subject: [birders] OT: Re: Book: Bringing Nature Home
From: Julie Craves <jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 10:05am
Thanks for bringing this book up, Rick. I also read the NYT article and
have put a link to the book and article on the RRBO web site
(http://tinyurl.com/2obwu9).
> There's a NY Times article about a relatively new book that my wife Laura has
> enjoyed. It is called Bringing Nature Home and is about the role of native
> plants. Some of the ideas are pretty interesting - that native insects and
> plants co-evolved so most exotics can't be decent food sources for native
> insects. The author is an entymologist so he has lots of examples.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/garden/06garden.html
>
> The point in the NY Times article is that feeding the insects is the best way
> to feed the birds!
>
> Rick
>
> Rick Neubig RNeubig AT umich.edu
> Department of Pharmacology University of Michigan
> Phone (734) 764-8165
> FAX (734) 763-4450
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Dearborn, MI 48128
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Subject: [birders] Ring-necked Pheasants - Ridge Road, Superior Twp
From: smileysmlc(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 Mar 2008 10:15am
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This morning at 9 a.m., there were about 28 Ring-necked Pheasants in the field
on the east side of Ridge Road, about?3/4 mile north of Geddes.? About 2/3 of
them were female.? This is the largest flock of pheasants I've seen around here
in a long time.
Jack Smiley
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Subject: [birders] Mergansers et al. at Gallup
From: richard.e.chase(AT)comcast.net
Date: 6 Mar 2008 7:11pm
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At noon today there were more than 40 common mergansers at Gallup Park east of
the wooden vehicle bridge, most of them down river of the footbridge loop. I
counted 9 redheads and more than a dozen hooded mergansers in small groups.
There were two mute swans, two juvenile trumpeter swans, a few buffleheads, and
a large number of mallards, Canada geese, and ring-billed gulls. The rag tag
flock led by the Toulouse goose was not in the area I walked or drove past. I
haven't seen it for several days now.
Along the "Dixboro Mile", I saw and heard several bluebirds. Two were checking
out the roofless bird boxes just after the start of the path. Coming back, near
the Dixboro end, I passed three bluebirds singing in successive tree tops along
the edge of the river.
Certainly the signs of spring are more and more frequent. I enjoyed listening
to robins and cardinals singing in our subdivision early yesterday morning as I
shoveled snow.
Dick Chase
Ann Arbor
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Subject: [birders] Bohemian waxwing, yes
From: "Janice E. Olesen" <jeolesen(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 4:35pm
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Today I went to Bruce Twp., Macomb County to look for the Bohemian =
waxwings posted earlier this week by Alan Ryff. I found and had a good =
view of one Bohemian waxwing and about fifty Cedar waxwings. There may =
have been more Bohemians in the center of the tree, but the tree is very =
dense, and the views were obstructed. The one I saw was on the ground =
pecking at the rotted fruit. I have never seen waxwings eat such large =
fruit before. I suspect the supply of small fruit and berries that they =
can easily swallow whole is running out. The tree is still heavy with =
crabapples, so maybe they will stay awhile longer.
One the way home I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring at the intersection of =
Rochester and Buell Rds.
While walking my dog today in my complex I saw about 10 Eastern =
bluebirds.
Jan Olesen
Rochester Hills
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Subject: [birders] Re: OT: Re: Book: Bringing Nature Home
From: songsparrow(AT)wowway.com
Date: 6 Mar 2008 6:07pm
This is at least part of the information I've been looking for before I tear out
my west facing front
yard in urban East Dearborn.
Cathy
On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:05:09 -0500, Julie Craves wrote
> Thanks for bringing this book up, Rick. I also read the NYT article
> and have put a link to the book and article on the RRBO web site
> (http://tinyurl.com/2obwu9).
>
> > There's a NY Times article about a relatively new book that my wife Laura
has
> > enjoyed. It is called Bringing Nature Home and is about the role of native
> > plants. Some of the ideas are pretty interesting - that native insects and
> > plants co-evolved so most exotics can't be decent food sources for native
> > insects. The author is an entymologist so he has lots of examples.
> >
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/garden/06garden.html
> >
> > The point in the NY Times article is that feeding the insects is the best
way
> > to feed the birds!
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Rick Neubig RNeubig AT umich.edu
> > Department of Pharmacology University of Michigan
> > Phone (734) 764-8165
> > FAX (734) 763-4450
>
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> Julie A. Craves
> Rouge River Bird Observatory
> University of Michigan-Dearborn
> Dearborn, MI 48128
>
> http://www.rrbo.org
>
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Subject: [birders] Turkey Vultures, Oakland County
From: "Janice E. Olesen" <jeolesen(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 7:16pm
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Two more Turkey vultures seen at the corner of Rochester Rd. and =
Tienken, Rochester Hills at 5:45pm today flapping their way north.
Jan Olesen
Rochester Hills
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Subject: [birders] Washtenaw Waterfowl field trip, 03/09/08
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 7:16pm
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Washtenaw Waterfowl
Mar 09 2008
8:30 AM
Note: Daylight Savings Time begins March 9, 2008!
Leaders: Dea Armstrong and Cathy Carroll. Meet at the #4 sign near
Sears in Briarwood Mall parking lot at 8:15 am DST to arrange for an
8:30 am DST departure (That's correct - you will lose an hour of
sleep secondary to this being the first day of daylight savings time
- spring forward, fall back.) March is waterfowl month in Michigan
and one certain stop on this trip will be Ford Lake. Spotting scopes
are always helpful when viewing waterfowl. If you don't have one,
don't worry, bring binoculars and others will share their scopes.
Dress for uncertain weather conditions. It is typically very cold
this early in March.
***Special note as of 03/06/08, 7:00pm: Currently heavy snow is
predicted for Saturday, starting at 4:00 am and going through 7:00pm,
and continuing into Sunday. Prediction: 8 inches - 12 inches. At
this time, the trip goes on because who knows how much snow will
actually fall. But, for last minute changes and possible cancellation
of this trip, please log on to birders(AT)umich.edu for this
information. I will post starting on Saturday, 03/08. We scout on
Saturday and even our scouting trip may be cancelled.***
Birders,
Please note in the above posting the special update that I just added
to the Washtenaw Audubon Society website, www.washtenawaudubon.org.
Currently, Dea and I will still scout on Saturday for this trip.
But, if we wake up Saturday morning and cannot get out of our
driveways, it is most likely that we will, reluctantly and
unfortunately, cancel our waterfowl field trip on Sunday. AT THIS
TIME, DO NOT LET THE WEATHER DETER YOU - if you were planning to
come, continue with your optimistic spirit. Spring does need to
arrive sometime, after all. Please check the birders@umich list
serve and the Washtenaw Audubon Society website for any changes or
cancellations to the field trip.
Thanks for your understanding,
Cathy Carroll
Field Trip Coordinator
Washtenaw Audubon Society
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Subject: [birders] bliss plus
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 7:35pm
Just had a super experience here. My husband has been wanting to see turkeys
within sight of the house and he just got his wish! There were about 16
turkeys on the first hill just to the north of the barn. Two males were
displaying and strutting and two more were fighting. Looked like one had the
other by the neck and they were "belly bumping" each other back and forth.
Another pair joined the party with their own belly bumping. Some I took to
be females unconcernedly grazed the leftover corn in the field and some
others that were obviously male (red heads) were sort of nervously watching
the activites and sometimes partially raising their tails. What a sight. I
knew they were out there in the woods (have had them fly over me while I was
walking back there) but we've not caught them in the field before the last
couple days.
Add this to the one turkey I spotted out there in the same place in the past
couple days.
Sally Scheer
Clinton MI
Bridgewater Township
SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Spring Migrants at LEMP 3/5
From: theowlranch(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 Mar 2008 8:22pm
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Howdy folks,
I took a walk with my Mom at Lake Erie MetroPark yesterday afternoon in some=
windy but=C2=A0beautiful=C2=A0spring weather. I was pretty happy with all t=
he early migrants we had as well as the building numbers of staging waterfow=
l.=C2=A0
We mostly worked the Marshland trail.=C2=A0
Birds of note included a flock of 6 Common Redpolls, 2 Northern Flickers, a=20=
flock of 8 Horned Larks flew off the lake, Golden-crowned Kinglets, small fl=
ocks=C2=A0of=C2=A0Grackles & Red-winged Blackbirds (some displaying) and lot=
s of Song Sparrows with several singing. Several Bald Eagles were moving alo=
ng the shoreline, some acting like migrants, others like locals, probably 7-=
10 birds total.=C2=A0
The headquarters unit of Pt. Mouillee had lots of offshore waterbirds includ=
ing 250+ Tundra Swans, hundreds of Canvasbacks & Redheads with smaller numbe=
rs of Scaup (both flavors), & Goldeneye. Rather snazzy were the 5-6 Northern=
Pintails in with the Mallards & Black Ducks. A single Great Black-backed Gu=
ll was the only non-Herring/Ringbill gull.
Finally the most interesting sighting for me was the flock of 4 Sandhill Cra=
nes flying over Southfield Road in Lincoln Park near I-75. I don't think I h=
ave ever seen this species in Wayne County before, though I'm not sure if th=
is is too terribly rare or not. Perhaps Julie or Allen (or any Wayne Co. bir=
der) could set me straight on Crane status in Wayne.
Good birding,
~Skye Haas
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Subject: [birders] BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, ARMADA TWP, MACOMB COUNTY
From: <szpak-buteo(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 Mar 2008 7:55pm
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6 March 2008
Eleven Bohemian Waxwings and 15 Cedar Waxwings were feeding on the red fruit
of two small ornamental trees that appear to be crab apples. The trees are
growing on the front lawn of 15755 Reid Road in Section 7 of Armada Township,
Macomb County. This address belongs to the second house just to the west of
McFadden Road. The waxwings as a mixed flock also spent their time perched in
the crown of a large white oak across the road from this address, as well as in
an ash in the neighbor's yard. This location is 21 miles north of Utica via
State Road 53, 34 Mile Road and McFadden Road.
As of today, Bohemian Waxwings were till feeding on crab apple fruit at 2200
Taft Road in section 30 of Bruce Township, Macomb County.
Alan Ryff
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