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Subject: [birders] injured birds
From: "j fisher" <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 1:50am
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Anyone finding injured owls or raptors would fair well to contact the RIVER
RAISIN RAPTOR CENTER in Manchester. A grass roots organization that can
help and needs your help.....Contact www.RiverRaisinRaptorCenter.org, or
call (734) 428 8455. These are quality people with a quality vision....
Jeff Fisher
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Subject: [birders] Fwd: injured birds
From: "j fisher" <biggrinnell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 2:01am
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Date: Mar 8, 2008 1:50 AM
Subject: injured birds
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Anyone finding injured owls or raptors would fair well to contact the RIVER
RAISIN RAPTOR CENTER in Manchester. A grass roots organization that can
help and needs your help.....Contact
www.RiverRaisinRaptorCenter.org<http://www.riverraisinraptorcenter.org/>,
or call (734) 428 8455. These are quality people with a quality vision....
Jeff Fisher
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Subject: [birders] Re: injured birds
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 9:10am
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Jeff,
I completely agree that the RRRC is a fine organization. However, time =
and distance are also considerations. A 100-mile round-trip drive with =
an injured bird is not necessarily the best option if you're located in =
Redford (Krissi) or Inkster (me), for example.=20
In response to similar inquiries I receive on a regular basis, I forward =
the following link that lists licensed wildlife rehabiliators by county, =
what their specialty is, and their contact information:
http://www.michigandnr.com/dlr/
If there are better sources than this, I'm interested to know about =
them.
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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Subject: [birders] injured birds
Anyone finding injured owls or raptors would fair well to contact the =
RIVER RAISIN RAPTOR CENTER in Manchester. A grass roots organization =
that can help and needs your help.....Contact =
www.RiverRaisinRaptorCenter.org, or call (734) 428 8455. These are =
quality people with a quality vision....
Jeff Fisher
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Subject: [birders] Bird thought extinct rediscovered Seen Near Papua
New Guinea
From: "Daryl & Gail Aspery" <gr8gray(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 9:12am
A bird not seen since 1929 has been rediscovered.
> http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/science/2008/03/07/Britain.Lost.Bird/
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Subject: [birders] Owl Cam at California State University,
Bakersfield
From: Tallred100(AT)aol.com
Date: 8 Mar 2008 10:10am
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Subject: [birders] Local birds, Hamburg Twp.
From: "Mag Tait" <mtait(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 11:41am
There was a Turkey Vulture flying down my street last night when I came
home.
Today, just as I was wondering if the Red Breasted Nuthatches had moved
on,
one stopped by for a bit of suet.
The lone Flicker that has been eating peanut butter came by. While other
large woodpeckers don't seem to bother the feeding birds, they clear out
for the Flicker. Anyone know the reason why?
Mag
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Subject: [birders] sandhills
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 11:10am
We had 16 sandhills cranes in the field next to our house and while we
watched, 4 more landed. If anyone is in the area and would like to see them,
the field is the next one north of 13422 Clinton Rd. on the west side of the
road. This is one mile north of the traffice light in Clinton. If you go
around a curve, you've gone one house too far.
Please do not get out of your car to watch. They are very skittish. They
don't seem to be bothered by passing cars but moving people would dispatch
them from the scene.
They nest in the swamp west of our house, north of the millpond, and have
been gathering and rattling for the past few days.
Sally Scheer
Clinton MI
Bridgewater Township
SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 12:29pm
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Yesterday we were surprised and treated to have a PILEATED WOODPECKER in =
our yard! First time in 29 years living here! There has been a known =
pair hanging around a big mature woods the past year or so about 2 miles =
from here in China Twp. and we've been hoping and waiting for them to =
show up around here! Not sure of course if this was one of them but =
delighted to see it. Hopefully it will stay around and help itself to =
our suet. Could not get a photo of it, maybe soon! Lots of evidence of =
it chipping bark off the dead Ash trees at the edge of our woods.
Quite the sighting for SE MI and just barely 30 miles out from the =
huge Detroit megapolis of endless tract homes, shopping malls etc.!
Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
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Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair
county
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 1:00pm
> Furthermore at 5:56 PM I had the good fortune to watch a Pileated
> Woodpecker in a straight non-bounding flight, undoubtedly roost
> bound. This was just south of 31 Mile Road and to the east of
> Dequindre Road in Washington Township, Macomb County.
>
> Alan Ryff
Russ-
Al Ryff reported one on March 1 in adjoining Macomb County. (See above.)
I don't know how near these two locations are to each other. Maybe
you've both seen one bird of the same pair.
Bruce
From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:29:49 -0500
Send reply to: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
> Yesterday we were surprised and treated to have a PILEATED WOODPECKER in
> our yard! First time in 29 years living here! There has been a known pair
> hanging around a big mature woods the past year or so about 2 miles from
> here in China Twp. and we've been hoping and waiting for them to show up
> around here! Not sure of course if this was one of them but delighted to
> see it. Hopefully it will stay around and help itself to our suet. Could
> not get a photo of it, maybe soon! Lots of evidence of it chipping bark
> off the dead Ash trees at the edge of our woods.
> Quite the sighting for SE MI and just barely 30 miles out from the huge
> Detroit megapolis of endless tract homes, shopping malls etc.!
>
> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
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Subject: [birders] sandhills still there but moved a bit and a
question
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 12:48pm
The 20+ sandhills are still here though they have grazed their way north a
bit and are now sort of hunkered down near a small wood patch in the field.
Should still be visible from the road if anyone is in the area.
Sibley shows a Greater and a Lesser Sandhill. Can one of you experts discuss
the differences and whether we have the Greater or the Lesser in this area?
I suspect from some enlarged pictures I took last fall that we have the
Lesser. Right?
Sally Scheer
Clinton MI
Bridgewater Township
SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] are the Pine Grosbeaks still in Lapeer
From: Pat Burden <tallerpat(AT)aol.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 1:55pm
A friend of mine was thinking of taking a ride over to see the Pine
Grosbeaks on Snow Den La. in northern Lapeer Cty. Does anyone know if
they have been seen recently. I don't believe I have seen a post about
them for a couple weeks.
Thanks,
Pat Burden
Yale, MI
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Subject: [birders] interesting waxwing - not bohemian :(
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig(AT)med.umich.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 2:12pm
Hi all,
I ran across a flock of waxwings on Miller between Wagner and M-14 (NW or Ann
Arbor). I didn't find any bohemians but there was one cedar that had a bright
orange tip to its tail in contrast to the yellow tip on the other birds. Other
markings - yellow on breast, size, and light undertail coverts all looked like
cedar.
Is this a common variant?
Rick
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Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair
county
From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 2:40pm
Bruce and all: Washington & Bruce Twps. are the far NW Twps. in Macomb
county, easily 25 to 30 miles from here. That area of Macomb west of M53 is
very old woods and hills and would be ideal for Pileateds. There has been a
pair about 12 miles west of us in recent years east of Richmond in St. Clair
county along the Belle River which is very desolate, rugged, hilly, and
mature woods area. Interestingly that area (Columbus Twp.) according to the
late Alice H. Kelly "Birds of S.E. MICHIGAN and S. W. ONTARIO 1978", was
one of the last confirmed hangouts of Pileateds back in the late 60s, early
70s in SE MI! There has been at least one Pileated seen and photograhed up
in the Port Huron SGA in the past couple years, (about 30 miles from here).
I've heard rumors of a pair on Harsens Island. There are other Pileateds
reported further up in the thumb more & more and it appears this species is
taking back some of its original range--I say Hooray to that! The pair seen
NE of us the past year is only 2 to 3 miles away and could likely be one of
what we had here. I doubt any of the others I mention here though would be
the same.
Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
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From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
To: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>> Furthermore at 5:56 PM I had the good fortune to watch a Pileated
>> Woodpecker in a straight non-bounding flight, undoubtedly roost
>> bound. This was just south of 31 Mile Road and to the east of
>> Dequindre Road in Washington Township, Macomb County.
>>
>> Alan Ryff
>
> Russ-
>
> Al Ryff reported one on March 1 in adjoining Macomb County. (See above.)
> I don't know how near these two locations are to each other. Maybe
> you've both seen one bird of the same pair.
>
> Bruce
>
> From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
> Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:29:49 -0500
> Send reply to: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
>
>> Yesterday we were surprised and treated to have a PILEATED WOODPECKER in
>> our yard! First time in 29 years living here! There has been a known
>> pair
>> hanging around a big mature woods the past year or so about 2 miles from
>> here in China Twp. and we've been hoping and waiting for them to show up
>> around here! Not sure of course if this was one of them but delighted to
>> see it. Hopefully it will stay around and help itself to our suet. Could
>> not get a photo of it, maybe soon! Lots of evidence of it chipping bark
>> off the dead Ash trees at the edge of our woods.
>> Quite the sighting for SE MI and just barely 30 miles out from the
>> huge
>> Detroit megapolis of endless tract homes, shopping malls etc.!
>>
>> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>>
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Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair
county
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 4:09pm
Russ,
I remember chasing Pileated Woodpeckers near New Baltimore in the 1970s.
Allen T. Chartier
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From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
To: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
> Bruce and all: Washington & Bruce Twps. are the far NW Twps. in Macomb
> county, easily 25 to 30 miles from here. That area of Macomb west of M53
> is very old woods and hills and would be ideal for Pileateds. There has
> been a pair about 12 miles west of us in recent years east of Richmond in
> St. Clair county along the Belle River which is very desolate, rugged,
> hilly, and mature woods area. Interestingly that area (Columbus Twp.)
> according to the late Alice H. Kelly "Birds of S.E. MICHIGAN and S. W.
> ONTARIO 1978", was one of the last confirmed hangouts of Pileateds back in
> the late 60s, early 70s in SE MI! There has been at least one Pileated
> seen and photograhed up in the Port Huron SGA in the past couple years,
> (about 30 miles from here). I've heard rumors of a pair on Harsens Island.
> There are other Pileateds reported further up in the thumb more & more and
> it appears this species is taking back some of its original range--I say
> Hooray to that! The pair seen NE of us the past year is only 2 to 3 miles
> away and could likely be one of what we had here. I doubt any of the
> others I mention here though would be the same.
>
> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
> To: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
> Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>
>
>>> Furthermore at 5:56 PM I had the good fortune to watch a Pileated
>>> Woodpecker in a straight non-bounding flight, undoubtedly roost
>>> bound. This was just south of 31 Mile Road and to the east of
>>> Dequindre Road in Washington Township, Macomb County.
>>>
>>> Alan Ryff
>>
>> Russ-
>>
>> Al Ryff reported one on March 1 in adjoining Macomb County. (See above.)
>> I don't know how near these two locations are to each other. Maybe
>> you've both seen one bird of the same pair.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
>> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> Subject: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>> Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:29:49 -0500
>> Send reply to: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
>>
>>> Yesterday we were surprised and treated to have a PILEATED WOODPECKER in
>>> our yard! First time in 29 years living here! There has been a known
>>> pair
>>> hanging around a big mature woods the past year or so about 2 miles from
>>> here in China Twp. and we've been hoping and waiting for them to show up
>>> around here! Not sure of course if this was one of them but delighted to
>>> see it. Hopefully it will stay around and help itself to our suet. Could
>>> not get a photo of it, maybe soon! Lots of evidence of it chipping bark
>>> off the dead Ash trees at the edge of our woods.
>>> Quite the sighting for SE MI and just barely 30 miles out from the
>>> huge
>>> Detroit megapolis of endless tract homes, shopping malls etc.!
>>>
>>> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>>>
>>> ---
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>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
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>> Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
>> Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan
>> bbowman99(AT)comcast.net
>> http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds
>>
>>
>
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Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair
county
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 4:09pm
Russ,
I remember chasing Pileated Woodpeckers near New Baltimore in the 1970s.
Allen T. Chartier
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From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
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Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
> Bruce and all: Washington & Bruce Twps. are the far NW Twps. in Macomb
> county, easily 25 to 30 miles from here. That area of Macomb west of M53
> is very old woods and hills and would be ideal for Pileateds. There has
> been a pair about 12 miles west of us in recent years east of Richmond in
> St. Clair county along the Belle River which is very desolate, rugged,
> hilly, and mature woods area. Interestingly that area (Columbus Twp.)
> according to the late Alice H. Kelly "Birds of S.E. MICHIGAN and S. W.
> ONTARIO 1978", was one of the last confirmed hangouts of Pileateds back in
> the late 60s, early 70s in SE MI! There has been at least one Pileated
> seen and photograhed up in the Port Huron SGA in the past couple years,
> (about 30 miles from here). I've heard rumors of a pair on Harsens Island.
> There are other Pileateds reported further up in the thumb more & more and
> it appears this species is taking back some of its original range--I say
> Hooray to that! The pair seen NE of us the past year is only 2 to 3 miles
> away and could likely be one of what we had here. I doubt any of the
> others I mention here though would be the same.
>
> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
> To: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>
>
>>> Furthermore at 5:56 PM I had the good fortune to watch a Pileated
>>> Woodpecker in a straight non-bounding flight, undoubtedly roost
>>> bound. This was just south of 31 Mile Road and to the east of
>>> Dequindre Road in Washington Township, Macomb County.
>>>
>>> Alan Ryff
>>
>> Russ-
>>
>> Al Ryff reported one on March 1 in adjoining Macomb County. (See above.)
>> I don't know how near these two locations are to each other. Maybe
>> you've both seen one bird of the same pair.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
>> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> Subject: [birders] Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair county
>> Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:29:49 -0500
>> Send reply to: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
>>
>>> Yesterday we were surprised and treated to have a PILEATED WOODPECKER in
>>> our yard! First time in 29 years living here! There has been a known
>>> pair
>>> hanging around a big mature woods the past year or so about 2 miles from
>>> here in China Twp. and we've been hoping and waiting for them to show up
>>> around here! Not sure of course if this was one of them but delighted to
>>> see it. Hopefully it will stay around and help itself to our suet. Could
>>> not get a photo of it, maybe soon! Lots of evidence of it chipping bark
>>> off the dead Ash trees at the edge of our woods.
>>> Quite the sighting for SE MI and just barely 30 miles out from the
>>> huge
>>> Detroit megapolis of endless tract homes, shopping malls etc.!
>>>
>>> Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county
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Subject: [birders] Re: interesting waxwing - not bohemian :(
From: Macklin Smith <macklins(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 4:18pm
All,
There's an article on just this phenomenon--and many others--in the 39/5,
Oct 2007 issue of Birding: "Color Abnormalities in Birds: A Proposed
Nomenclature for Birders." The waxwing Rick describes has a condition
called "carotenism"--or at least that's what the author, Jeff N. Davis,
proposes we call it. (The nomenclature is, I think, a little much, I feel,
and verges on pedantry.) Anyhow, this condition is a result of diet.
Another article in the same issue of Birding is called "Tricks Exotic
Shrubs Do: When Baltimore Orioles Stop Being Orange," and in this piece red
orioles, orange-tail-tipped Cedar Waxwings, and White-throated Sparrows
with orange lores are all tied convincingly to Morrow's honeysuckle and
Tartarian honeysuckle, recently popular introduced plantings. The
variations in birds are new and timed to the plants. The particular
chemical ingested is rhodoxanthin, which (I quote) "is structurally similar
to many of the carotenoids deposited in the plumage of birds." So maybe we
should be careful what name we slap on this phenomenon...as it may not
literally be "carotenism" at all.
(No Bohemian Waxwing or indeed any waxwings at County Farm Park today. Two
robins heard, a couple of subdued cardinal chips. Very quiet--maybe the
weather, maybe all those flocks just moved on.)
~Macklin
Macklin Smith
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University of Michigan
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Subject: [birders] Re: Pileated Woodpecker Casco Twp. St. Clair
county
From: "Tony Unwin" <niwnu(AT)aol.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 5:55pm
we have had a pair of Pileateds living here in the swamp behind us and
signs of an abandoned nest(hole in a dead tree) in the backyard - clark rd
and laforge - superior twp
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Subject: [birders] Re: sandhills still there but moved a bit and a
question
From: Diana Dyer <dianagrantdyer(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 3:06pm
Sally,
I'll be interested to see how the experts on this
listserv weigh in on your question, but I would guess
that we have the Greater sandhill cranes here in
Michigan. When I visited the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary
along the Platte River in Nebraska last March to see
(and hear!) the spring migration of hundreds of
thousands if not millions of sandhill cranes, we were
told that they have the lesser sandhill cranes in that
area of the country. I was fortunate to be in the
right place at the right time to see a whole field of
these sandhill cranes with one whooping crane standing
in among them. By comparison, the whooping crane
looked like a white giraffe out in the field standing
next to these sandhill cranes, which when bending over
to eat didn't look much larger than Canadian geese on
a first impression. I have had one previous experience
where I saw two whooping cranes standing with one
sandhill crane (up in the thumb area a few years ago)
and did not have any impression of that extreme size
difference.
Comparisons are always nice to help set images in my
mind. I was so overwhelmed and excited by the
experience of being surrounded by and hearing ALL
these sandhill cranes out in Nebraska that I am not
sure I would have even noticed that those sandhills
were smaller than what I am used to seeing here!
We had to drive through a county with active tornados
to get there that day (I felt like I was truly going
through "Wizard of Oz" territory!) but we made it. If
you go, believe the information when it tells you to
wear all your warm clothes. The day started out over
70 degrees and was under 30 degrees with wicked wind
chill (even in the sturdy wooden blind) by the time we
arrived for the evening viewing. There were many
people there who were woefully unprepared (and
miserable).
We were told that the particular whooping crane we saw
was part of the flock that spends its winter in Texas.
An experience I'll never forget and worth the effort
to get there.
Diana Dyer
Ann Arbor
--- Sally K Scheer <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com> wrote:
> The 20+ sandhills are still here though they have
> grazed their way north a
> bit and are now sort of hunkered down near a small
> wood patch in the field.
> Should still be visible from the road if anyone is
> in the area.
>
> Sibley shows a Greater and a Lesser Sandhill. Can
> one of you experts discuss
> the differences and whether we have the Greater or
> the Lesser in this area?
> I suspect from some enlarged pictures I took last
> fall that we have the
> Lesser. Right?
>
> Sally Scheer
> Clinton MI
> Bridgewater Township
> SW Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Washtenaw waterfowl, 3/09/08
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 6:19pm
Birders,
The Washtenaw Audubon Society field trip for waterfowl goes on!
Meet tomorrow morning at 8:15 am for an 8:30 am departure at the #4
sign near Sears in the Briarwood Mall parking lot. The trip will
probably go until about
12:00 noon.
Two things you will need to know: 1. Dress warmly. The north wind
was stiff today. 2. TURN YOUR CLOCK FORWARD ONE HOUR TONIGHT!
Currently the Washtenaw Audubon Society website is malfunctioning.
We will get the website back up as soon as possible.
Cathy Carroll
Field Trip Coordinator
Washtenaw Audubon Society
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Subject: [birders] Re: sandhills still there but moved a bit and a
question
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 7:37pm
Thanks for the Nebraska information. I'd love to copy your trip but am
unlikely to be able to do that any time soon. I'll participate vicariously
with you.
The sandhills in our corn field stayed all day, grazed slowly on the
leftover corn, starting near our barn and then wandered across 4 ten acre
strips to hunker down near the little wooded area in the next field. Then in
the late afternoon they grazed back toward us and took off for the swamps in
early evening. I love to hear these noisy fellas every day. They nest in
our swamp which borders the Raisin River and Iron Creek and they let us know
where they are all the time.
Wonder what they have in the UP? I've come across them feeding in the
ditches up there and they don't seem to care if cars a whizzing past them. I
was so surprised to see them near Dafter and they waited for me to back up
and confirm I wasn't crazy. I've also found them on the side of the road
near the airport in Rogers City. Now that really surprised and pleased me. I
was afraid when we finally get to live up there that sandhills would be a
thing of the past.
Sally
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From: "Diana Dyer" <dianagrantdyer(AT)yahoo.com>
To: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com>; <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [birders] sandhills still there but moved a bit and a question
> Sally,
>
> I'll be interested to see how the experts on this
> listserv weigh in on your question, but I would guess
> that we have the Greater sandhill cranes here in
> Michigan. When I visited the Rowe Audubon Sanctuary
> along the Platte River in Nebraska last March to see
> (and hear!) the spring migration of hundreds of
> thousands if not millions of sandhill cranes, we were
> told that they have the lesser sandhill cranes in that
> area of the country. I was fortunate to be in the
> right place at the right time to see a whole field of
> these sandhill cranes with one whooping crane standing
> in among them. By comparison, the whooping crane
> looked like a white giraffe out in the field standing
> next to these sandhill cranes, which when bending over
> to eat didn't look much larger than Canadian geese on
> a first impression. I have had one previous experience
> where I saw two whooping cranes standing with one
> sandhill crane (up in the thumb area a few years ago)
> and did not have any impression of that extreme size
> difference.
>
> Comparisons are always nice to help set images in my
> mind. I was so overwhelmed and excited by the
> experience of being surrounded by and hearing ALL
> these sandhill cranes out in Nebraska that I am not
> sure I would have even noticed that those sandhills
> were smaller than what I am used to seeing here!
>
> We had to drive through a county with active tornados
> to get there that day (I felt like I was truly going
> through "Wizard of Oz" territory!) but we made it. If
> you go, believe the information when it tells you to
> wear all your warm clothes. The day started out over
> 70 degrees and was under 30 degrees with wicked wind
> chill (even in the sturdy wooden blind) by the time we
> arrived for the evening viewing. There were many
> people there who were woefully unprepared (and
> miserable).
>
> We were told that the particular whooping crane we saw
> was part of the flock that spends its winter in Texas.
> An experience I'll never forget and worth the effort
> to get there.
>
> Diana Dyer
> Ann Arbor
>
>
> --- Sally K Scheer <winerat(AT)villagecorner.com> wrote:
>
>> The 20+ sandhills are still here though they have
>> grazed their way north a
>> bit and are now sort of hunkered down near a small
>> wood patch in the field.
>> Should still be visible from the road if anyone is
>> in the area.
>>
>> Sibley shows a Greater and a Lesser Sandhill. Can
>> one of you experts discuss
>> the differences and whether we have the Greater or
>> the Lesser in this area?
>> I suspect from some enlarged pictures I took last
>> fall that we have the
>> Lesser. Right?
>>
>> Sally Scheer
>> Clinton MI
>> Bridgewater Township
>> SW Washtenaw County
>>
>>
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Subject: [birders] Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
From: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 7:51pm
Birders,
This afternoon an HORNED GREBE was on the 'big' Portage lake side of
Dexter-Pinckney Road where the road crosses over the water. This is three
miles south of Pinckney for those unfamiliar. It was the only bird on that
side. On the 'little' Portage lake side were small numbers of each of the
following: Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked
Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, and Bufflehead.
Later, at the little park (name?) on the Huron River between Ford and
Belleville Lakes (east side of Rawsonville Road between Grove and Textile),
there were Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Gadwall, Canvasback, Redhead,
Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, many, many Common Mergansers (males &
females) and a single adult Bald Eagle.
Ste-Marie Family
Manchester
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Subject: [birders] injured owl
From: Sherri Smith <grackle(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 8:36pm
Krissi,
I know about your owl. I had to go up to an emergency vet in Novi
last night to pick one up. It came from Redford. It had a broken
back, I had to have it euthanized. Poor little thing. I'm going to
give you some contact numbers: me, Sherri Smith 734 994-6287, Bird
Center of Washtenaw County 734 761-9640, River Raisin Raptor Center
734-395-4081 or 734 428-8455. Write down the numbers. When you find
a bird in trouble, use the phone, not e-mail. It has been a bad week
for owls. Friday i had to go pick up an injured owl, which turned
out to be a Long-Eared Owl, in a residential area. It had a
completely ruined wing, too bad to even try to place it. Your
screech owl was kind of an unusual color, more brownish than usual.
Both dead owls now at the U of M Museum of Ornithology. I'm part of
the Bird Center, but often pick up raptors for River Raisin Raptor
Center.
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Subject: [birders] Re: Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 9:09pm
Ray-
Your park IS or is near (just west?) Van Buren Park. Find Van Buren Park
at
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/locations/index.html#se_mich
and click on "map". (Thanks to Andreas Kanon for this map.)
Bruce
From: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie(AT)sbcglobal.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:51:06 -0500
Send reply to: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie(AT)sbcglobal.net>
> Birders,
>
> This afternoon an HORNED GREBE was on the 'big' Portage lake side of
> Dexter-Pinckney Road where the road crosses over the water. This is three
> miles south of Pinckney for those unfamiliar. It was the only bird on
> that side. On the 'little' Portage lake side were small numbers of each
> of the following: Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Canvasback, Redhead,
> Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, and Bufflehead.
>
> Later, at the little park (name?) on the Huron River between Ford and
> Belleville Lakes (east side of Rawsonville Road between Grove and
> Textile), there were Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Gadwall, Canvasback,
> Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, many, many Common Mergansers
> (males & females) and a single adult Bald Eagle.
>
> Ste-Marie Family
> Manchester
>
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Subject: [birders] Horned grebe in and Sanchill crane near Ann Arbor
From: eba(AT)umich.edu
Date: 8 Mar 2008 10:13pm
Late afternoon Friday I went to Gallup Park where I found a horned grebe
which had been reported there by several others. I got photos, one of
which I've posted to the birders' Grove Street site.
This afternoon I went to Little Lake off of Parkland Drive (?) west of Ann
Arbor, and I parked in the parking lot behind the Home Builders'
Association building, from which I could get a pretty good view of Little
Lake from the car with the window rolled down, without spooking the birds
too much. I was scanning the well-populated lake when the head & neck of a
sandhill crane popped into my view! Talk about right place & right time...
I've posted a picture of that, too, to the abovementioned site, which may
be reached at:
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The crane left soon after, and appeared to fly south-east; I heard it again
a minute or two later, and saw it to the south, presumably over the field
south of the developed area around Little Lake. (There's a small pond over
there, but I would be surprised if it has thawed yet).
Eric Arnold
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Subject: [birders] Re: Horned grebe in and Sanchill crane near Ann
Arbor
From: eba(AT)umich.edu
Date: 8 Mar 2008 10:22pm
Oops, that should be "sandhill" rather than "sanchill" in the subject
line... no new species here as far as I know!
Sorry!
Eric
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Subject: [birders] Re: Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 11:01pm
Whoops...Vince. Sorry.
Van Buren Park is underbirded. It is apparently good, but it's seldom
mentioned in posts. Before he moved away Andreas Kanon found it to be a
gem. Curt Powell has found Lark Sparrow and Kirtland's Warbler there.
Bruce
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Date sent: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:09:34 -0500
Subject: [birders] Re: Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
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> Ray-
>
> Your park IS or is near (just west?) Van Buren Park. Find Van Buren Park
> at
> http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/locations/index.html#se_mich
> and click on "map". (Thanks to Andreas Kanon for this map.)
>
> Bruce
>
> From: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie(AT)sbcglobal.net>
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Horned Grebe, others - Portage Lake
> Date sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 19:51:06 -0500
> Send reply to: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie(AT)sbcglobal.net>
>
> > Birders,
> >
> > This afternoon an HORNED GREBE was on the 'big' Portage lake side of
> > Dexter-Pinckney Road where the road crosses over the water. This is
> > three miles south of Pinckney for those unfamiliar. It was the only
> > bird on that side. On the 'little' Portage lake side were small numbers
> > of each of the following: Mute Swan, Mallard, Gadwall, Canvasback,
> > Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, and
> > Bufflehead.
> >
> > Later, at the little park (name?) on the Huron River between Ford and
> > Belleville Lakes (east side of Rawsonville Road between Grove and
> > Textile), there were Mute Swan, Canada Geese, Gadwall, Canvasback,
> > Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, many, many Common Mergansers
> > (males & females) and a single adult Bald Eagle.
> >
> > Ste-Marie Family
> > Manchester
> >
> >
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Subject: [birders] OAS Meeting
From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2008 11:51pm
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Everyone is invited to help the Oakland Audubon Society celebrate its =
50th Anniversary this coming Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm. The program =
will be an update on the restoration of the Peregrine Falcon in S.E. =
Michigan. Refreshments and door prizes will be part of the evening. =
Meetings are free and open to the public. 1st United Methodist Church, =
1589 W. Maple Rd, Birmingham, MI 48009, Fellowship Hall, Room 152. =
Hope to see you there.
Sue Wright, President
Oakland Audubon Society
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