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Subject: [birders] tree swallows, Barton Dam
From: "bob payne" <bobbobpayne(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 3:14am
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Yesterday afternoon about 40 tree swallows flew low back and forth over the
ice above Barton Dam - we didn't see any insects. Also about 40 robins
hanging around on the sunny side and top of the dam embankment
waiting for the worms.
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Subject: [birders] Peregrine Falcons at UM Hospital Again 3/28
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 9:27am
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Two Peregrine Falcons were again hanging around UM Hospital in Ann Arbor Fr=
iday afternoon. I am wondering if they are 'prospecting' the buildings ther=
e as a nesting site.
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3/29/2008=
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Subject: [birders] Merlin in Ann Arbor
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 6:28am
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I have sometimes to resignate myself to do other things than birding, such as
work, laundry, eat, shower, brush my teeth , all of them being to me apparently
totally unecessary (for some reason my girl friend thinks otherwise)
Thinking philophically about this waste of time (if a great horned owl doesnt
care about the smell of the skunks, why would it care about my breath?), I was
packing yesterday my weekly supply of ramen noddles, plus other things, in the
parking lot of Whole Foods in Ann Arbor, keeping an eye open on the gulls in
their favorite (if not natural) habitat, as I saw a merlin crossing fast the
parking lot over my head. Wow. suddenly grocery shopping did not seem to be that
bad.
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Subject: [birders] Fw: Whooper in Michigan
From: "The Farmers" <ajf-jlf(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 10:18am
For those who are keeping up with "Michigan's" Whoopers, this came to me
from my nephew two days ago. This bird is the one that spent last summer in
VanBuren and Cass Counties, and not the one that staged at Haehnle last
fall. He wasn't able to identify it positively as #33-05, but felt that the
location where he saw it made it very likely that it IS that bird.
John Farmer
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From: "Mark W. Farmer" <farmer(AT)umich.edu>
To: <Richard_Urbanek(AT)fws.gov>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:12 AM
Subject: Whooper in Michigan
>
> I saw bird 33-05 again this morning -- first time this spring. She was
> with a dozen or so Sandhills.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>> Please continue sending any updates and information on no. 33-05. With
>> how
>> many sandhills was she seen?
>>
>> Thanks, Richard
>> Senior Project Biologist
>> Eastern Migratory Whooping Crane Reintroduction
>> 608/565-2852
>> cell 612/804-0959
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Subject: [birders] New yard bird!
From: "The Farmers" <ajf-jlf(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 10:20am
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A PILEATED WOODPECKER flew over our yard this morning! Long =
anticipated, its fly-over brought to seven the number of woodpecker =
species we've now seen in the decade we've lived on the bank of the =
Saline River near Milan:
Pileated
Red-headed
Northern Flicker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied
Hairy
Downy
John Farmer
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Subject: [birders] Re: Bird longevity
From: "Pat Turnbull" <pawatson(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 10:58am
Speaking of dingalings... A symptom of trying to work and play at the same
time, I organized my email very poorly without realizing it and I didn't
make clear what I really meant to ask.
Yes, average lifespan and average time of population turnover are not the
same thing. That is not the difference I intended to question (though I'm
grateful for Julie's clarification regarding calculations, anyway.) Google
returns several websites that actually state the average lifespan as 6
years, and THAT is what I was questioning.
I think now that those sites are probably translating "very few robins
survive more than 6 years" into "robins live an average of 6 years."
Julie, get out there and set them straight! (just kidding)
Seriously, though, it's a *little* distressing to see that even NEWTON's
zoology "expert scientist" says the average is 5-6 years.
<http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/zoo00/zoo00235.htm> So, it's easy
to see how the "facts" can get misinterpreted...
Pat
> Julie-
>
> I want you to know that you've set a new record for the most uses of the
> word dingaling in a single post to 'birders'.
>
> Bruce
> > >
> > > This makes me curious about the difference between UM's posted average
> > > lifespan of 2 years and Cornell's noted "population turnover" every 6
> > > years. Both websites reference the 1999 book Birds of North America by
> > > Sallabanks & James, but I noticed that a lot of other
> > > websites/publications cite a couple of longevity studies by DS Farner
> > > (published in the Wilson Bulletin in the late 40's), and state that most
> > > robins don't survive past 6 years (i.e., the EPA's American Robin
> > > species profile). A 4-year difference in what's being stated as the
> > > average lifespan seems like a lot. Any ideas why the discrepancy?
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Subject: [birders] (Long) Florida Report, St. Pete's Vicinity
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 11:39am
I was in Florida from March 20-23 to speak at a writers’ workshop, and I
had the chance to go birding in Florida for the first time. I picked up
31 lifers pretty easily, thanks to two members of the St. Petersburg
Audubon Society, who were kind enough to take me to Fort DeSoto on
Friday, March 21. I was also fortunate to be staying in the town of
Gulfport right across the street from the beach, where I saw lots of
birds on my own.
As soon as I got on I-275 after flying into Tampa on Thursday, I started
seeing birds, including Boat-tailed Grackle, Brown Pelican,
Double-crested Cormorants (perched on top of light posts like gulls),
and a Magnificent Frigatebird flyover.
The most conspicuous birds in Gulfport (aurally and visually) were
Laughing Gulls, Eurasian Collared Doves, and Northern Mockingbirds.
Immediately upon pulling into the parking space of the Seabreeze Manor
Bed and Breakfast, I heard and saw three Black-headed Parakeets (aka
Nanday Conures) on top of a headless palm tree. Speaking of palms, when
I had dinner outdoors the first evening, Palm Warblers repeatedly
visited the tree above my table.
At the Gulfport public beach directly across from my B&B (at the
southern end of 58th Street), during my stay I saw these birds: Fish
Crow, Black Skimmer, Royal Tern, Sandwich Tern, Willet, Short-billed
Dowitcher, American Oystercatcher, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-bellied
Plover, Brown Pelican, and Marbled Godwit. I was shocked by how close I
could get to the shorebirds. They were quite tolerant of people on their
feeding grounds, compared to my experiences with migrating shorebirds
glimpsed from my car at Muskegon Wastewater. The public beach was a
fabulous spot that yielded at least one different species each time I
check it in my three-day stay.
At Clam Bayou in Gulfport, I saw my first White Ibis, plus Tri-colored
Heron, Osprey, and Black-headed parakeet. At Ted Phillips Wood Ibis Park
in Gulfport, I saw Wood Stork, Anhinga, Little Blue Heron, Tri-colored
Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, and White Ibis. A signed ordered me to
refrain from feeding or molesting the alligator, but no alligator
appeared to feed on me or otherwise molest me.
I saw lots of birds at Fort DeSoto, due to the generosity of Lee Snyder
and Judi Hopkins of the St. Petersburg Audubon Society. But we started
the morning at Dell Holmes Park in St.Pete’s in hopes of seeing a
Limpkin. We didn’t, but we heard one calling twice. At this park we saw
Tri-colored Heron, Wood Stork, White Ibis, Monk Parakeet (aka Quaker
Parakeet), Mottled Duck, Anhinga, Muscovy Duck, and Cattle Egret.
Just north of Fort DeSoto: Loggerhead Shrike on utility lines, Roseate
Spoonbill flyover.
Fort DeSoto birds of note: Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, American Kestrel,
Ground Dove, Loggerhead Shrike, Hooded Warbler, Parula Warbler, Black
and White Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, Western Kingbird, Great Horned Owl,
White-phase Reddish Egret, Tri-colored Heron, Red-breasted Merganser,
Marbled Godwit, Dunlin, Northern Gannett, Cattle Egret, Royal Tern,
Caspian Tern, Sandwich Tern.
While looking for warblers at Fort DeSoto, we heard a Mangrove Cuckoo
calling twice. Lee and Judi were perplexed, since it was far too early
for the Mangrove Cuckoo. “This would be a significant bird,” Lee
remarked. But it wasn’t. After scouring the area, we ran into a couple
of photographers, and Lee took the opportunity to confirm his guess that
the photographers (one rather ridiculously sporting a pith helmet) had
been using their iPod to try to call a Mangrove Cuckoo, and the iPod was
what we heard. (Are there common courtesy rules for using recordings to
call in birds, and if so, what are they?)
Thanks to everyone on the list who recommended birding spots in the St.
Petersburg area. Had I more time, I would have ventured further afield.
--
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Author of "Fowl Weather" & "Enslaved by Ducks"
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Subject: [birders] Wilson Snipe, superior township
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 9:37am
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Not sure how cool it is, but there was a wilson snipe on Gofriedson Road, in the
ditch between Geddes and Vreeland.
Also seen today was a great variety of waterfowl on Barton Pond, including 3
(possibly 4) common loons (one was actually calling, very cool), 1 gadwall, 6
am widgeons, 2 Horned grebe, plus other usual ducks.
Have a great week end
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Subject: [birders] Osprey @ Pt. Mouillee - 29 Mar 2007
From: "Jerry Jourdan" <jourdaj(AT)mail2world.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 11:33am
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This morning I birded the dikes, starting from Roberts Road parking lot.
Ducks were heavy in the Lead Unit, and as is customary this time of
year, extremely spooky! Apologies to everyone for single-handedly
pushing the migrating flocks northward...
Bufflehead
Gadwall
Lesser Scaup
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-billed Duck
Hooded Mergansers
American Wigeon
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
American Coot
Muskrat were out in force!
An OSPREY was roosting on the nest platform in the middle of the Lead
Unit. For Jim Kortge, the bird did not appear to have any bands on its
legs, but I could've missed one.
On six different occasions I flushed a Northern Harrier from the ditches
ahead of me but couldn't get a decent flight shot to save my life. I
did have a nice Bald Eagle flyover as a consolation prize. Six Bald
Eagles were seen during my jaunt.
A MARSH WREN was singing in the phragmites along the Middle Causeway
where the Vermet Unit opens up into view. An EASTERN PHOEBE was also
seen along the dikes, which were frozen early this morning, but thawed
enough to make biking difficult by 10 am.
Cell 3 appears to be filling up with Garbage - bottles, cans, plastic.
It appears our shorebird habitat is going to be an eyesore this year. I
don't know if the garbage is part of the dredge spoils being dumped, or
whether its from inconsiderate bastards, but its sad to look at. And
cleaning it up will be next to impossible since the ground is so soft
already that walking out there will be hazardous.
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Subject: [birders] Rusty Blackbirds at Hudson Mills
From: <Bob.Arthurs(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 3:04pm
There were several (at least a dozen) Rusty Blackbirds mixed in with Common
Grackles along the river section of the nature trail at Hudson Mills today.
Bob Arthurs
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Subject: [birders] Pointe Mouillee State Game Area - 3/29
From: "Paul Cypher" <paulcypher(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 3:20pm
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Good afternoon,=20
Don Sherwood and I just returned from birding Pointe Mouillee State Game =
Area. We started at Sigler Road, then went south between the Bloody Run =
and Long Pond units. The Middle Causeway brought us to the Banana where =
we went north to the North Causeway and then back to Sigler Road. 6 =
miles total. It was sloppy in spots, but not as bad as expected.
We did not cross Jerry Jourdan's path, but we did see much of the same =
stuff. 22 species of waterfowl (all the expected stuff) were located. =
We saw the Osprey on the platform, but we missed the Phoebe and Marsh =
Wren. We did, however, have a Tree Swallow and a few Double-crested =
Cormorants. In addition, a Great Horned Owl was roosting on the Banana. =
At one point, we had 8 Bald Eagles together.
A spectacular day to be out and about.
Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, MI
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Subject: [birders] tree swallows, Barton Dam
From: "Maynard Sumner" <m-r-sumner(AT)juno.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 7:27pm
Some times you can not see the insects in the air but the Tree Swallows can see
better them we can. You can find insects in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Maynard Sumner
Flint, MI
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Yesterday afternoon about 40 tree swallows flew low back and forth over the ice
above
Barton Dam -
we didn't see any insects. Also about 40 robins hanging around on the sunny
side and top
of the dam embankment
waiting for the worms.
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Subject: [birders] Eastern Kent County Ducks
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 4:49pm
I've had fun looking for ducks in my neck of the woods the last two days
here in Eastern Kent County a few miles east of Grand Rapids.
Thornapple River, Camelback Bridge, Ada/Cascade - a couple of dozen
Common Mergansers, less than 20 Buffleheads
Flat River, from Lowell to about a mile north - 15 male Hooded
Mergansers, fewer females, 20 or so Common Mergansers, a dozen or so
Buffleheads
Flat River, Boy Scout camp, north of Lowell - 9 Wood Ducks
Backwater of Flat River in back of the dam, Burroughs Street, north of
Lowell - mixed flock of at least 100 ducks, mostly Common Mergansers,
but also Buffleheads
At Wegge Nature Center across from Lowell High School, we saw our first
Eastern Phoebe of the season plus a pair of Horned Larks between the
parking lot and Vergennes Street.
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Subject: [birders] Re: Bird longevity
From: "J. Michael Nolan" <mnolan(AT)rainforestandreef.org>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 4:44pm
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Firest, wanted to thank Julie Craves for these links.=20
I am curious about longevity in a single bird, while population turnover =
is probably a more important issue?
Without telling you the whole story....I took over the Biology teaching =
postion for Bob Budge in Greenville, MI. He is still, after his death, =
well known in Greenville. He was there for 37 years, and that to me is =
amazing all by itself. He became my Mentor, and I will always hold him =
at the top of my list. This guy taught 3 generations in Greenville and =
became my best resource after a bad day.
Well to my point.....Bob had several Red-tailed Hawks that were injured =
and non-releasable in a very nice pen in his back yard. Bob had one of =
his Hawks die one day. He took it to U of M and was told that it was the =
longest lived Red-tail according to their records. I believe it was 27 =
years old.=20
For people at U of M.....do you have records of this? I am sure Bob =
Budge was giving me the straight story. Thanks.
Mike Nolan
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Subject: [birders] Common Loon - I Think
From: <David.Blank(AT)lyondellbasell.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 5:13pm
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I didn't have my binoculars each of the last two days, but I think it
was a solitary Common Loon on Barton Pond along Barton Shore Drive, just
south of where it becomes Spring Valley Road. Today, the sighting
occurred around 3:45 pm. =20
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Subject: [birders] First frog!
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 6:09pm
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Herpers,
When I got home this afternoon, a single Western Chorus Frog was =
croaking drowsily (half-frozen?) from the floodplain of the branch of =
the Rouge River that runs in front of my house in Inkster, Wayne Co.
Release the salamanders!
Let spring begin!
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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Subject: [birders] re: Tree Swallows
From: "Janice E. Olesen" <jeolesen(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 7:56pm
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I didn't see any Tree swallows today at Lloyd Stage Nature Center, in =
Troy Oakland County, but there were small black insects flying around. =
Tree swallows nest here, also Bluebirds, of which I saw a few. They =
were finding insects or worms on the ground. Also seen and heard were =
at least two Song sparrows. Wednesday I saw my first groundhog of the =
year at Stony Creek Park.
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Subject: [birders] Kensington waterfowl
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 29 Mar 2008 8:02pm
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Kensington Metropark is currently hosting a very nice variety of waterfowl
on Kent Lake. Although I was unable to relocate the Long-tailed Duck either
near/under the bridge or with the rest of the waterfowl, I enjoyed myself
scoping out the throngs of ducks on Kent Lake. The light was perfect this
afternoon from my vantage point, which was from Martindale Beach. Walk a little
bit
north from the parking lot to where you can see the ducks.
Species seen were:
Mute Swan
Common Loon (1)
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser (1 male)
Darlene Friedman
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Subject: [birders] Re: Common Loon - I Think
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig(AT)med.umich.edu>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 9:13pm
Hello David,
You are probably correct!
At 1 PM this afternoon at the first turnoff by Barton Pond (just west of the
main parking lot for Barton Park), I had 2 common loons - one off by itself to
the left and one straight out across the lake with the multitude of ducks.
Other water birds present were:
long-tailed duck - female - still there!
horned grebe
goldeneye
bufflehead
scaup (probably lesser)
ring-necked
canvasback
redhead
mallard
wigeon
common merg
hooded merg
canada goose
mute swan
Rick
P.S. Cindy - contrats on your lifer loon!
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>>> <David.Blank(AT)lyondellbasell.com> 3/29/2008 5:13 PM >>>
I didn't have my binoculars each of the last two days, but I think it
was a solitary Common Loon on Barton Pond along Barton Shore Drive, just
south of where it becomes Spring Valley Road. Today, the sighting
occurred around 3:45 pm.
David Blank
Barton Hills
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