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Subject: [birders] Tawas Point Birds?
From: theduckpen(AT)att.net
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:42pm
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I'm doing a book signing in East Tawas on April 19 and am planning on visiting
Tawas Point. Has anyone been there lately, or does anyone have info about what
birds I might expect to see at this time? Possibly Long-tailed Ducks?
Thanks.
--
Bob Tarte, author of "Fowl Weather"
Coming Spring 2007
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Subject: [birders] Eastern Towhee
From: "Krause, Diane" <cds51(AT)allstate.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 8:58am
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Hi,
A new backyard bird for me Sunday morning. A male Eastern Towhee. He
only stayed about 30 minutes but it was grand.
Diane, Canton, MI
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Subject: [birders] Pine Siskins on the UM campus
From: "McKay, Timothy" <tamckay(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:48am
I have a small feeder outside my West Hall office window on the UM
campus. This morning two Pine Siskins joined the Goldfinches for
breakfast. I still have a regular Red-Breasted Nuthatch as well.
Cheers,
Tim McKay
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Subject: [birders] Lindley Road
From: Jacob Job <zjrj5(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 7:06am
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Today while doing research I came across 4-6 Eastern Towhees on Lindley Rd.
Also present was a Winter wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wild Turkey, Brown
Thrasher, and White-throated Sparrow. This is also the place where we had
Hooded Warblers last year (most likely breeding).
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Subject: [birders] Re: Lindley Road
From: Dave Sing <dsing(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:26am
Jacob, Folks; Lindley road is superb for spring and summer
neotrops. I had a Connecticut warbler there last Spring, among others.
It's isolated and a bit obscure, but well worth the time. DBS Chelsea MI
At 10:06 AM 4/14/2008, Jacob Job wrote:
>Today while doing research I came across 4-6 Eastern Towhees on
>Lindley Rd. Also present was a Winter wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
>Wild Turkey, Brown Thrasher, and White-throated Sparrow. This is
>also the place where we had Hooded Warblers last year (most likely breeding).
>
>Jacob Job
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Subject: [birders] Re: Lindley Road
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:48am
Birders-
Lindley Rd. is in Washtenaw County about three miles north of Chelsea.
From Chelsea take M-52 north to Werkner Rd. to Lindley Rd. It's to the
west off Werkner just before you get to Island Lake Rd., and it's only
about half a mile long.
Bruce
Date sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:26:57 -0400
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
From: Dave Sing <dsing(AT)umich.edu>
Subject: [birders] Re: Lindley Road
Send reply to: Dave Sing <dsing(AT)umich.edu>
> Jacob, Folks; Lindley road is superb for spring and summer
> neotrops. I had a Connecticut warbler there last Spring, among others.
> It's isolated and a bit obscure, but well worth the time. DBS Chelsea
> MI
>
> At 10:06 AM 4/14/2008, Jacob Job wrote:
> >Today while doing research I came across 4-6 Eastern Towhees on
> >Lindley Rd. Also present was a Winter wren, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Wild
> >Turkey, Brown Thrasher, and White-throated Sparrow. This is also the
> >place where we had Hooded Warblers last year (most likely breeding).
> >
> >Jacob Job
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Subject: [birders] Re: gray or black/white wild turkeys
From: "Karen Cleveland" <clevelak(AT)michigan.gov>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:00am
The two posts below may refer to a smokey gray phase wild turkey. A good
description of the origin of the color phase can be found on the Pennsylvania
Game Commission's web site:
Q. A friend of mine saw a white turkey with a flock of wild birds. Is the
white
bird an escaped domestic turkey?
A. The hen you saw is probably a color phase known as the smokey gray phase.
From a distance, these birds appear to be white, but they are not albino.
Instead, they have dark eyes and normal colored legs. Up close you can
actually see all the colors of the normal eastern wild turkey. However, the
colors are muted or ghost-like, making the bird appear white or light gray.
This color phase is a recessive trait and it is likely that the bird's
mother was
a normal colored wild turkey. However, both her mother and her father had
a recessive gene for this color phase. So, it is likely that the offspring
of the
light colored hen would be of normal color. She would have to mate with a
gobbler that had the recessive trait in order to produce white poults and
the
chances of that happening are pretty slim.
Wild turkeys may also sometimes be seen in one of three other rare color
phases:
albino (white), melanistic (black), and erythritic (red). You can see some
photos of
smokey gray birds online here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/news.php?News_ID=175
Karen
--------------------------------------------------------------
Karen T. Cleveland
All-Bird Biologist
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
PO Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
clevelak(AT)michigan.gov
517-241-4250
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Steve Malson <steve(AT)masoncommunitychurch.net> 04/12/2008 2:49 PM >>>
This morning a nice sized tom was displaying for a group of hen
turkeys including one that was probably semi-domestic stock She was
a mixed white/brown that make her look grayish. It was on Meridian
Road, a couple miles north of Territorial. I don't know if it would
be Leslie or Pleasant Lake there.
Over the next few weeks, it should be an easy sight throughout rural
Michigan.
Steve
>>> <David.Blank(AT)lyondellbasell.com> 04/13/2008 5:47 PM >>>
Spotted two wild turkeys just now roaming the back yard. It's also
possible that an immature one is nestled under a low pine bush in the
front yard. Would an immature have a grayish "buzz cut" type head and
what looks like a black and white checkered back?
David Blank
Barton Hills
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Subject: [birders] Re: Tawas Point Birds?
From: pavlik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 14 Apr 2008 4:15pm
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Bob,
Besides any feedback you may get here, you will want to keep an eye on the
Saginaw Bay Birding Site.
http://www.saginawbaybirding.org/
Click on the Spring Migration Update button. I did a quick look and no recent
reports from Tawas.
Tom Pavlik
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From: theduckpen(AT)att.net
I'm doing a book signing in East Tawas on April 19 and am planning on visiting
Tawas Point. Has anyone been there lately, or does anyone have info about what
birds I might expect to see at this time? Possibly Long-tailed Ducks?
Thanks.
--
Bob Tarte, author of "Fowl Weather"
Coming Spring 2007
Info and photos at: www.bobtarte.com
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Subject: [birders] Dearborn gnatcatcher
From: Julie Craves <jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:35pm
Mike O'Leary found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on campus on 12 April, which
is a new early spring arrival date for Dearborn; I saw one on my survey
this morning as well. Numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers, both kinglets,
Brown Creepers, Chipping Sparrows, Fox Sparrows, and Hermit Thrushes
have slowly increased the last few days. This week should bring a hearty
push of migrants.
--
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Rouge River Bird Observatory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
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Subject: [birders] Re: gray or black/white wild turkeys
From: "Lathe Claflin" <lathe.claflin(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:56pm
Greetings,
Just to add a footnote to Karen's response. The Wild Turkeys that
were introduced in the Waterloo Recreation Area, specifically near the
Wildlife Office on Seymour Rd. in Jackson Co., carried the smokey gray
color phase gene. About 10 percent of the birds in our area exhibit
the recessive trait. It is almost exclusively expressed in females
suggesting a sex-limited or similar expression. I have seen gray hens
with young. I have seen one partial smokey gray male and he looked
more like a mosaic than a true smokey gray bird. In other words the
plumage was part wild type and part smokey gray. A weird looking
bird, but neat.
Lathe
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Karen Cleveland <clevelak(AT)michigan.gov>
wrote:
>
> The two posts below may refer to a smokey gray phase wild turkey. A good
> description of the origin of the color phase can be found on the Pennsylvania
> Game Commission's web site:
>
> Q. A friend of mine saw a white turkey with a flock of wild birds. Is the
white
> bird an escaped domestic turkey?
> A. The hen you saw is probably a color phase known as the smokey gray
phase.
> From a distance, these birds appear to be white, but they are not albino.
> Instead, they have dark eyes and normal colored legs. Up close you can
> actually see all the colors of the normal eastern wild turkey. However,
the
> colors are muted or ghost-like, making the bird appear white or light
gray.
> This color phase is a recessive trait and it is likely that the bird's
mother was
> a normal colored wild turkey. However, both her mother and her father had
> a recessive gene for this color phase. So, it is likely that the offspring
of the
> light colored hen would be of normal color. She would have to mate with a
> gobbler that had the recessive trait in order to produce white poults and
the
> chances of that happening are pretty slim.
>
> Wild turkeys may also sometimes be seen in one of three other rare color
phases:
> albino (white), melanistic (black), and erythritic (red). You can see some
photos of
> smokey gray birds online here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/news.php?News_ID=175
>
> Karen
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Karen T. Cleveland
> All-Bird Biologist
> Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
> PO Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909
> http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
> clevelak(AT)michigan.gov
> 517-241-4250
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >>> Steve Malson <steve(AT)masoncommunitychurch.net> 04/12/2008 2:49 PM >>>
> This morning a nice sized tom was displaying for a group of hen
> turkeys including one that was probably semi-domestic stock She was
> a mixed white/brown that make her look grayish. It was on Meridian
> Road, a couple miles north of Territorial. I don't know if it would
> be Leslie or Pleasant Lake there.
>
> Over the next few weeks, it should be an easy sight throughout rural
> Michigan.
>
> Steve
>
>
> >>> <David.Blank(AT)lyondellbasell.com> 04/13/2008 5:47 PM >>>
> Spotted two wild turkeys just now roaming the back yard. It's also
> possible that an immature one is nestled under a low pine bush in the
> front yard. Would an immature have a grayish "buzz cut" type head and
> what looks like a black and white checkered back?
>
>
>
> David Blank
>
> Barton Hills
>
>
>
>
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Subject: [birders] Re: gray or black/white wild turkeys
From: w8liftr40(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:05pm
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Greetings Birders,
There are?several of these color morphs in the Manchester area of Washtenaw,
County as well at various places on Bethel Church Road and some on various
places on Sharon Hollow Road.
Jeff Schultz
www.wildtangentphotography.com
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From: Karen Cleveland <clevelak(AT)michigan.gov>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:00 am
Subject: [birders] Re: gray or black/white wild turkeys
The two posts below may refer to a smokey gray phase wild turkey. A good
description of the origin of the color phase can be found on the Pennsylvania
Game Commission's web site:
Q. A friend of mine saw a white turkey with a flock of wild birds. Is the
white
bird an escaped domestic turkey?
A. The hen you saw is probably a color phase known as the smokey gray phase.
From a distance, these birds appear to be white, but they are not albino.
Instead, they have dark eyes and normal colored legs. Up close you can
actually see all the colors of the normal eastern wild turkey. However, the
colors are muted or ghost-like, making the bird appear white or light gray.
This color phase is a recessive trait and it is likely that the bird's
mother was
a normal colored wild turkey. However, both her mother and her father had
a recessive gene for this color phase. So, it is likely that the offspring
of the
light colored hen would be of normal color. She would have to mate with a
gobbler that had the recessive trait in order to produce white poults and
the
chances of that happening are pretty slim.
Wild turkeys may also sometimes be seen in one of three other rare color
phases:
albino (white), melanistic (black), and erythritic (red). You can see some
photos of
smokey gray birds online here: http://www.ohiobirds.org/news.php?News_ID=175
Karen
--------------------------------------------------------------
Karen T. Cleveland
All-Bird Biologist
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
PO Box 30444, Lansing, MI 48909
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr
clevelak(AT)michigan.gov
517-241-4250
--------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Steve Malson <steve(AT)masoncommunitychurch.net> 04/12/2008 2:49 PM >>>
This morning a nice sized tom was displaying for a group of hen
turkeys including one that was probably semi-domestic stock She was
a mixed white/brown that make her look grayish. It was on Meridian
Road, a couple miles north of Territorial. I don't know if it would
be Leslie or Pleasant Lake there.
Over the next few weeks, it should be an easy sight throughout rural
Michigan.
Steve
>>> <David.Blank(AT)lyondellbasell.com> 04/13/2008 5:47 PM >>>
Spotted two wild turkeys just now roaming the back yard. It's also
possible that an immature one is nestled under a low pine bush in the
front yard. Would an immature have a grayish "buzz cut" type head and
what looks like a black and white checkered back?
David Blank
Barton Hills
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Subject: [birders] Hermit thrush
From: Baba007(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:31pm
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We had our annual Hermit thrush feeding under the bushes in the back yard
yesterday. I am always thrilled when I see one! What a song those birds
have!! Incredible!
Barb J
Farmington Hills
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Subject: [birders] Scott's Bird Seed Recall
From: BRapai(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:51pm
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Friends:
I got the e-mail below a few minutes ago from Michigan Audubon. Since many o=
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you actively feed the birds, I thought this was important enough to post to=20
the list.
Best wishes,
Bill Rapai
Grosse Pointe
Scott's Bird Seed Voluntary Recall
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Thistle Seed products are not effected.
Here is an official statement from Scott's:
Dear Fellow Bird Lover,
You might find that your favorite Scotts, Morning Song or Country Pride wild=
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bird or wild animal food isn't available where you normally buy it.
We are in the process of replacing these products because we determined that=
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The insect controls that we had used are EPA-approved for use on some stored=
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insect controls are not EPA-approved for wild bird food or wild animal food.
We believe that the wild bird food and wild animal food did not constitute a=
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We have discontinued use of the unapproved insect controls.
We expect that our products will be back on the shelves in time for a=20
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Subject: [birders] Re: Scott's Bird Seed Recall
From: w8liftr40(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008 2:01pm
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Hey All,
I used to get all my seed at Tractor Supply. I use the Wildwings brand. I
stopped a while ago, because?I heard of this recall.
Back in February and early March, I was noticing an ocassional dead AM. Tree
Sparrow, Pine Siskin or Mourning Dove?in the feeding station. I keep a really
clean feeding staion and feeders...I am pretty hardcore about it.
I heard of the recall and quit feeding that brand. Now, I am not saying that the
recalled seed had anything to do with their deaths, but ...
I switched brands and no dead birds in the station.
Jeff Schultz
www.wildtangentphotography.com
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Subject: [birders] Scott's Bird Seed Recall
Friends:
I got the e-mail below a few minutes ago from Michigan Audubon. Since many of
you actively feed the birds, I thought this was important enough to post to the
list.
Best wishes,
Bill Rapai
Grosse Pointe
Scott's Bird Seed Voluntary Recall
Scott's Bird Seed Voluntary Recall
Major manufacturer of wild bird seed and animal food products, The Scotts
Company LLC announced a voluntary recall of certain varieties of Morning Song,
Scotts, Country Pride and various private label branded wild bird (Royal Wing
from Tractor?Supply)?and animal food products due to the use of unapproved
pesticides.? The store?recall is for?seed and suet products packaged on or
before March 12, 2008.??The Scotts Company replacement of the products at
distributors is currently underway.? The company has received fewer than 10
calls in the last two years regarding?a possible connection between these
products and bird mortalities at feeders.? There is no evidence,
however,?demonstrating any?harm caused?to humans, pets, wild birds or other
wildlife. The company's Niger Thistle Seed products are not effected.
Here is an official statement from Scott's:
Dear Fellow Bird Lover,
You might find that your favorite Scotts, Morning Song or Country Pride wild
bird or wild animal food isn't available where you normally buy it.
We are in the process of replacing these products because we determined that we
needed to stop applying certain insect controls. These controls were used to
make sure that our bird and animal food wasn't infested with moths and other
problem-causing insects.
The insect controls that we had used are EPA-approved for use on some stored
grains, including grains that may be turned into human food. However, the insect
controls are not EPA-approved for wild bird food or wild animal food.
We believe that the wild bird food and wild animal food did not constitute a
significant health risk to wild birds, small animals or humans who handle the
food.
We have discontinued use of the unapproved insect controls.
We expect that our products will be back on the shelves in time for a colorful,
song-filled spring.
Please call our toll-free help line at 1-888-270-2714 if you have any
questions.
Mario Olmos
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The Scotts Company
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Subject: [birders] kamikaze bird..help!
From: "Heather Slayton" <heatherslayton(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 4:33pm
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I am forwarding this for a friend who has a definate bird issue. Can anyone
give me any ideas for this gal?
Heather in Warren
Hi Heather
I have a crazy bird problem...maybe you have some advice, being my link to
the bird-world. It is a beautiful red-winged blackbird, a male I think, who
is trying to commit suicide against my windows in the back of my house.
Starting around 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning he goes from window to window
and smashes himself against them repeatedly. The rest of the time he sits
on my deck and looks into the house. These windows are 14 feet up inside my
living room, so I can't really reach them to discourage him. I'd be afraid
he was going to injure himself except fot the fact that he did this last
summer also. It has gotten so the sound of the crashing bird is just a
regular sound of my daily life. I put moving sparkly aluminum things on my
deck, but he's not scared...he sits right on them.
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Subject: [birders] Re: kamikaze bird..help!
From: James Gruber <jegruber(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 4:40pm
Does your friend have a coating on her windows to reduce sun glare? A
friend of mine had the same problem with crows. The pecked at her
windows like crazy. It turns out that they can see themselves and they
think they're attacking an intruder.
Heather Slayton wrote:
> I am forwarding this for a friend who has a definate bird issue. Can
> anyone give me any ideas for this gal?
> Heather in Warren
>
> Hi Heather
>
> I have a crazy bird problem...maybe you have some advice, being my link
> to the bird-world. It is a beautiful red-winged blackbird, a male I
> think, who is trying to commit suicide against my windows in the back of
> my house. Starting around 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning he goes from
> window to window and smashes himself against them repeatedly. The rest
> of the time he sits on my deck and looks into the house. These windows
> are 14 feet up inside my living room, so I can't really reach them to
> discourage him. I'd be afraid he was going to injure himself except fot
> the fact that he did this last summer also. It has gotten so the sound
> of the crashing bird is just a regular sound of my daily life. I put
> moving sparkly aluminum things on my deck, but he's not scared...he sits
> right on them.
>
> janet
>
>
>
> *We are the Makers of Music....We are the Dreamers of Dreams*
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Subject: [birders] Ann Arbor, Bonaparte Gulls, Gallup Park
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 2:22pm
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There was 7 bonaparte gulls, in summer plumage, flying over gallup park this
afternoon (there were turning around, probably enjoying a thermal). After 10 mn,
they went in the west direction.
Other finds were 1 great egret, 3 Yellow rumped warblers, 1 hermit thrush, 2
eastern phoebes, barn swallows
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Subject: [birders] kamikaze bird..help!
From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 3:29pm
Heather, I feel that only screening across the entire
window area is going to work. Screening works
completely unlike decals. The Red-Winged Blackbird
may still see his tormentor through the screen but
will be unable to hurt himself trying to beat him up.
I'm sure that when birds hit windows with any kind of
decal on them, they're not actually hitting the
silhouette but probably trying to dart in-between
them. Unless the decal is U.V. fluorescent and looks
like a grid of 1 inch mesh size or smaller then I feel
decals are only effective to the extent that they
completely cover the window but...I've said enough
about that before.
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Subject: [birders] Chipping sparrow
From: "Janice E. Olesen" <jeolesen(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 7:40pm
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Just had my first Chipping sparrow of the year under my feeders.
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Subject: [birders] Birds and others -- Cherry Hill Nature Preserve,
Superior Township
From: Jan Berry <jeberry(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 8:17pm
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> From: john copley <jalmoncopley(AT)hotmail.com>
> Date: April 14, 2008 5:53:48 PM GMT-04:00
> To: jan berry <jeberry(AT)umich.edu>
> Subject: CHNP
>
>
> You can forward this to the birders- CHNP Monday about 5 pm
> Eastern Bluebird (male)
> Winter Wren
> Veery (2)
> 6-8 large Dragonflies (Darner size) hunting the wide path to the
> right of the entrance as it emerges from the woods.
> Mourning Cloak
> Eastern Comma
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Subject: [birders] Photo post of Red-shouldered Hawk and a mob
From: BRapai(AT)aol.com
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Friends:
I've just posted another photo to the Grove Street site.
While waiting for my daughter to get out of school today, I watched four
crows mob a single Red-shouldered Hawk over Grosse Pointe. The hawk tolerated
the
four attackers while making lazy circles. It didn't seem to be particularly
bothered by the attention nor did it do much to avoid or attack the crows. The
crows, on the other hand, were much more upset by the presence of the hawk, and
regularly dove at it. This went on for at least 10 minutes until all five
drifted out of sight.
I also drifted out to the pier at Neff Park to see what's still hangin' and
what's new on Lake St. Clair. Several Bonaparte's Gulls drifted by along with a
couple of Forster's Terns. First of the year Northern Rough-Wing Swallow in
the usual spot, eating insects along the pier. Still some Buffleheads and
Red-breasted Mergansers on the lake, along with one Common Loon in basic
plumage.
Best wishes and good birding!
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Subject: [birders] Ohio sighting of Eurasian (Common) Teal
From: "Matthew Valencic" <mmvalencic(AT)adelphia.net>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:21pm
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I know this list is for Michigan (or nearby) sightings but I had to share my
newest life-list bird with you. I hope I have correctly identified it as
the Eurasian (Common) Teal. It meets the markings shown in Sibley's Guide
to the birds. http://picasaweb.google.com/mvalencic/EurasianTealAtCVNRA
Location map is attached to the album.
The Cuyahoga Valley National Wildlife Refuge is about 20 minutes south of
Cleveland, OH.
Matt Valencic
Chagrin Falls, OH
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Subject: [birders] Re: Good to know Wild turkeys are plentiful.
From: ldnum(AT)umich.edu
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:34pm
Yes. In answer to your question, it should be possible to compare DNA from
museum specimens with current local populations.
I expect the introduced turkeys would show some differences from the
original local varieties in their phenotypes.
In restoring wild populations, I think it is important to use local
genotypes, especially with the plants since they are the foundation for
terrestrial communities. In the case of plants, the original local
genotypes are not only better adapted to local climate but they would have
the profile of secondary compounds that best matches the needs of other
members of the original communities. That means they would be best for the
respective animal communities.
--On Friday, April 11, 2008 11:09 AM -0400 Sally K Scheer
<winerat(AT)villagecorner.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any way, now that DNA is such an important research tool and so
> much more available than ever before, to test specimens of the Michigan
> birds that are no longer to compare to the reintroduced ones? (Wow,
> that's a convoluted sentence!) Would differences likely show up in the
> comparison?
>
>
> Sally Scheer
> Clinton MI
> Bridgewater Township
> SW Washtenaw County
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Lowry
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:23 AM
> Subject: [birders] Re: Good to know Wild turkeys are plentiful.
>
>
> Birders,
>
> Lest we forget, we did lose our genetic Michigan population of turkeys.
> The reintroduced birds are from other populations, so although they
> weren't a named subspecies (as far as I know), the Michigan population
> and all its (presumed) genetic diversity is gone forever. I just don't
> want us to be too cocky about our ability to recreate something from
> nothing.
>
> Same thing with Canada Geese. They were mostly extirpated and then a
> different subspecies was introduced.
>
> I guess I'm hoping we will pay attention to local populations and treat
> them with the same respect as species. Biodiversity doesn't end with our
> naming schemes.
>
> That said, I'd rather have reintroduced, sustainable turkeys (occupying
> the same ecological niche) as no turkeys at all! So certainly congrats
> are in order.
>
> John Lowry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. Michael Nolan
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> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 9:39 AM
> Subject: [birders] Re: Good to know Wild turkeys are plentiful.
>
>
> Wanted to make a small comment on this. Just had 8 in my
> backyard....Coopersville, MI, just west of GR. This is one amazing bird.
> I have never hunted them OR shot one, but just watch a hunting show that
> involves Turkeys. You will see quickly how incredible their senses are.
> Sometimes the MI DNR gets a lot of criticism and some of it warranted.
> They have done a GREAT job of helping to bring this Bird back. To date,
> an incredible success story in my opinion. Thanks and have a great
> Friday.
>
> Mike Nolan
>
>
> I have never seen a wild turkey. My friend who owns a farm says her
> turkeys die of a heart attack if they are not culled by a certain time.
> She has tried to keep them around, just as part of the "farm family", but
> they never last. I assume these are domesticated turkeys.
>
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Subject: [birders] bird seed and food moths
From: "Cendra" <cendra(AT)digitalrealm.net>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:38pm
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Food moths are in my oiled sunflower seeds. I was raised to believe that
food moths aren't bad for you, just possibly disgusting. Weevils in the
cornmeal just are extra protein.
I know they don't hurt me, but will they hurt the birds?
Cendra Lynn
OWS, A2
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Subject: [birders] FW: swans
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Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:40pm
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On the lake behind Scarlett-Mitchell, on the north side, seen from I-94
around 6 pm. One appeared to have an orange neck, though being the driver
at 70 mph I didn't use binoculars.
Cendra Lynn
OWS, Ann Arbor
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Subject: [birders] Re: Photo post of Red-shouldered Hawk and a mob
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In a message dated 4/14/08 9:33:04 PM, joshuahaas(AT)msn.com writes:
> Nice shot.=A0 Very cool.=A0 Just so ya know, that looks like=A0a Juve Red-=
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