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Subject: [birders] Re: Dunlin in Oakland Co.
From: pavlik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 4 May 2008 12:52am
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As Darlene and the rest of us Oakland County birders know, shorebirds are tough
to come by here. I was at Drayton Plains Nature Center from 7a - 8:30a this
morning and had 2 Solitary SP, 2 L. Yellowlegs and 3 Spotted SP. If you have
never been here, shorebird habitat is about as good as it gets in Oakland
County.
Tom Pavlik
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I made a very quick stop at Robert Long Nature Park in Oakland County this
evening and found a lone Dunlin working the shoreline by the picnic pavilion (to
the right after you enter the park).
Darlene Friedman
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Subject: [birders] Northern parula
From: david allen <whiteoakart(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 2:18am
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A northern parula stopped by our deck today. It flew off before I could get my
camera.
This is a first for me. I had to look it up, because I had never seen a blue
warbler around here before.
Manchester, MI
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Subject: [birders] Stealing the Suet... (non-bird, please bear with
me)
From: "Timothy Dey" <dr.dey(AT)deygroup.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 1:04am
My Dad, living in Montague, NJ (upper NW corner of the state) let me know
a couple weeks back that his suet feeder had been stolen by some critter,
and the metal pole supporting the suet cage and various seed feeders
seriously bent over in the middle. All this high up on a second floor wood
deck attached to the back of the house, including a convenient outdoor
staircase as well as sliding glass door access from the house. A local
exterminator offered to trap what was surely some big old raccoon, but
for more than he was willing to pay. He repaired and replaced that which
had been damaged, and began pulling the feeders in at night. This evening
he called to tell me that the suet feeder had gone missing after dusk once
again, but this time, he spotted the culprit. Just feet away from a lower
sliding glass door on the first floor under the deck was a female black
bear, who surely possesses the strength to bend a metal pole down to
suet-licking level with the greatest of ease. A sharp rap on the glass
sent the bear off into the woods. Perhaps he should discontinue the suet
for the time being… he scoffed at my offer to come out and electrify the
metal pole with a high voltage-low amperage static DC charge (no harm to
the birds that way, who don’t touch the ground mat <L.O.L>). I’m open to other
clever ideas…
Good birding,
Timothy
Lincoln Park, MI
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Subject: [birders] FW: [Ontbirds]Mottled Duck - Hillman Marsh - May
3rd, 8 p.m.
From: Nathan Crawford <racerx104(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 1:48am
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Looks like its still there.
Regards
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 01:43:23 -0400
> From: alfred.adamo(AT)gmail.com
> To: ontbirds(AT)hwcn.org
> Subject: [Ontbirds]Mottled Duck - Hillman Marsh - May 3rd, 8 p.m.
>=20
> The Mottled Duck was briefly seen in flight with two other ducks at about=
8
> p.m. and appeared to settle in Hillman Marsh but *not* in the shorebird
> impoundment area. A Cattle Egret also flew in to roost in the marsh with
> the gulls from the corn stubble field to the south of the impoundment are=
a.
>=20
> Dean Ware was going to leave some cracked corn out to hopefully attract t=
he
> ducks closer in for tomorrow.
>=20
> Good luck!
>=20
> Alfred Adamo
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Subject: [birders] Shawnee State Forest & Clear Creek Metropark:
Southern Ohio field trip report
From: Karen Markey <ylime(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 4 May 2008 7:17am
I traveled to Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth, Ohio (see
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/forests/shawnee/tabid/5166/Default.aspx)
, and Clear Creek Metropark (see http://www.metroparks.net/ParksClearCreek.aspx)
between Lancaster and Logan, Ohio, all last week.
At Shawnee, I drove paved and gravel roads in the car, getting out to
walk the roads when I heard breeding birds or interesting migrants.
Especially fruitful was driving the road atop the ridges in the
mornings where migrants and breeding birds mixed. I became accustomed
to spotting White-eyed vireo, Blue-winged, Cerulean, Hooded, Worm-
eating, and Kentucky Warblers, Chat, Acadian flycatcher, and Towhees
in the same broad field of view. I always book a woods-view room at
the Shawnee Resort (see http://www.shawneelodgeresort.com/) where I
sat on my deck before dinner, sipping wine and watching Cerulean,
Black-and-white, and Yellow-rumped warblers, Wood thrushes, and Red-
eyed vireos a few feet away. At Shawnee, the highlight was a GOLDEN-
WINGED WARBLER feeding nonchalantly with two Magnolia warbler
companions.
At Clear Creek, I was mostly on foot because walking trails yields
both scenic views and breeding birds with a few migrants. The trip was
spectacular yielding 27 warbler species (I picked up the Prothonotary
warbler at Hoover Reservoir, north of Columbus). At Clear Creek, the
highlight was a CANADA WARBLER singing at the same place on Hemlock
Trail where a pair has been reported for over 40 years. It was a
fantastic trip!
My list follows (minus the usual suspects like starlings and mourning
doves). Many birds I saw at both parks, and if not, I've noted the
park with an S for Shawnee, C for Clear Creek, and H for Hoover
Reservoir.
Canada geese C
Mallards C
Wood ducks C
Great blue herons (flyovers in Lancaster city)
Turkey vulture
Black vulture C
Red-tailed hawk
Broad-winged hawks S
Chimney swifts
Tree swallows
Rough-winged swallows C
Ruby-throated hummingbirds S
Wild turkey S
Ruffed grouse S
Pileated woodpeckers
Northern flickers
Downy woodpeckers
Hairy woodpeckers
Red-breasted woodpeckers
White-breasted nuthatches
Eastern phoebes
Acadian flycatchers
House wrens
Carolina wrens
Blue jays
Mockingbirds (in Lancaster city)
Red-winged blackbirds
Cowbirds
Baltimore orioles C
Eastern meadowlark (on route in open fields)
Scarlet tanagers
Wood thrushes
Hermit thrushes
Swainson's thrush C
Eastern bluebirds
Catbirds C
Carolina chickadees
Tufted titmice
Ruby-crowned kinglets
Red-eyed vireos
White-eyed vireos
Yellow-throated vireos
Solitary vireos
Blue-winged warblers
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER S
Northern parulas
Black-throated green warblers
Yellow-throated warblers
Pine warblers
Yellow-rumped warblers
Magnolia warblers
Prairie warblers
Palm warbler C
Prothonotary warbler H
Common yellowthroats
Yellow warblers
Kentucky warblers
Hooded warblers
CANADA WARBLER C
Nashville warblers
Chestnut-sided warblers
Black-and-white warblers
Cerulean warblers
Blackburnian warblers
Tennessee warblers
American redstarts
Worm-eating warblers
Louisiana waterthrushes
Ovenbirds
Yellow-breasted chats
Eastern towhees (at almost every step of the way)
Rose-breasted grosbeaks
Indigo buntings
American goldfinches
Song sparrows
Field sparrows
White-throated sparrows
Chipping sparrows
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Karen Markey
Professor
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Subject: [birders] RE: Time in the field (was Hair tearing)
From: "Bob Bethune" <poihths(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 9:38am
When I was a boy and seriously hooked on birds, I spent a lot of time
outside looking for them and at them, but I also spent a lot of time in the
evenings just going over and over and over andover my Petersen's. After a
while it all sunk in.
Bob Bethune
Freshwater Seas
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From: Julie Craves [mailto:jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 6:27 AM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Time in the field (was Hair tearing)
I certainly agree with Jim. There is no substitute for being in the
field, or in fishing parlance, "line time in the water." (Also
applicable is Wayne Gretsky's quote, "You miss 100% of the shots you
don't take.") I'd add to that, you also have to be really patient, and
slow down.
Every year, after posting the various birds seen at UM-Dearborn on a
survey, I get complaints from people who seem to not quite believe me
(or whomever was doing the daily survey) because they couldn't find the
same birds. My survey route is a less than a mile roughly around the
lake on campus. Even when there are only a few birds around, it takes me
nearly an hour. I do a lot of standing, and when I'm moving, I'm going
very slowly.
Finally, rather than miraculous electronic field guides, we might take a
cue from many Europeans or Brits, who don't take a field guide in the
field, but only a notebook. They take copious notes and make sketches,
and work from there to later identify birds. It forces one to really
look at and learn about birds, including behavior and variations in
plumage. It's completely worthwhile to do this even with common birds.
There's always something to learn, if not appreciate.
I've read an account Kenn Kaufman wrote about birding with Rich Stallcup
and some others. Rich was on a bird, which the others looked at briefly
and were then impatient to move on to find "better" birds.
"C'mon, Rich," they said, "You've seen a million American Redstarts."
"Yes," Rich replied, "but I've never seen THIS one."
> Cendra,
>
> The more I bird, and watch other birders, the more I think that luck,
> patience and skill are all elements of one thing. It takes a lot of time
> watching birds to get good at identifying them. And the more comfident
one
> becomes with identifying common birds, the more easily he'll notice
> something out of place. Many people expect to walk outside and see
replicas
> of the pictures in their field guides, which don't exist.
>
> There is no piece of gear, no magical field guide, no shortcut to spending
a
> lot of time actually watching birds and getting to know them. The people
> who know the most and more easily identify more birds under difficult
> conditions, are the people who have put in the most time learning how to
do
> it. So, when one of those people has a rare bird perch in front of them,
> don't curse your bad luck, but wonder instead if you would have recognized
> it if it had landed in front of you. Have you spent the time studying
> hundreds or thousands of the common birds that the rare one resembles, so
> you're ready to make the right call in that moment?
>
> I can tell you from observing really good birders through the years that
> they're usually not the ones talking about their birding exploits, but the
> quiet ones with their binoculars aimed at something.
>
> I love the Branch Rickey (Brooklyn Dodgers GM) quote, "Luck is the residue
> of design." It fits a lot of situations, including this one. Determine
to
> learn the birds one encounter at a time, spend as much time in the field
as
> possible, and try to learn habits and habitats as well as physical traits.
> Forget spending more on equipment until what you're using is holding you
> back. And expect branches and leaves, the sun, insects, hot and cold
> weather, and everything else in nature to challenge you constantly.
>
> As for bird photography, I don't do it anymore. After I saw Andreas Kanon
> walk out of LeFurge Woods covered with mud in mid-March, and he told me he
> had been stretched out in the frozen swamp to get pictures of Red-winged
> Blackbirds, I figured I'd stick with watching them -- especially since my
> photos would never be as good as his. I'm just not committed enough to be
> really good at it, and if I'm not really good, why not just look at
someone
> else's pictures? Check out www.kanonphoto.com for a really excellent
> confluence of luck, patience, skill and equipment.
>
> Jim McDonald
> Ypsilanti
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Subject: [birders] Downies at Hummingbird Feeder
From: Plynkny(AT)aol.com
Date: 4 May 2008 10:07am
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I haven't spotted a Hummingbird at my feeder yet, but our female Downy is
very fond of the sugar water. I've seen this before and not just in my yard,
but it's always been a female. Has anyone ever seen a male Downy drink from a
nectar feeder?
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Subject: [birders] Re: Safe Passage Great Lakes-Let's Do It
From: "Lathe Claflin" <lathe.claflin(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 10:17am
Connie,
You are to be lauded for your success. A little initiative, great
organization, and a little effort goes a long way. Many thanks to you
and Nancy.
Lathe
On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 2:25 PM, bflylady27(AT)netzero.net
<bflylady27(AT)netzero.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> This is a project that can make a difference. All thirteen buildings in
> Jackson have committed to turning off their lights from the sixth floor up
> from 11:00PM to Daylight during migration. (March 15 through May 31 and
> August 15 through October 31). Three of the apartment buildings have
> notified their tenants about the project so they may be pulling their
> blinds. Consumers is on a timer that goes out at 10:30. And by law, some
> lights must be on in the stairwell of some buildings. Also, the airport was
> contacted to make sure there was not a problem with lights being out on top
> of the buildings.
>
> Getting started:
>
> 1. Take a night drive around your city and make notes as to who has their
> lights on after 11.
>
> 2. Personally visit each building and give them a hand-out with project
> information.
>
> 3. Get a write up in your local newspaper
>
> 4. Take another 11 PM drive and note who still has their lights on.
> Contact those buildings .
>
> 5. Give names of buildings to MAS for the honor roll
>
> 6. Give them credit in the paper
>
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Subject: [birders] Re: Downies at Hummingbird Feeder
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 10:37am
Acorn Woodpeckers at Madera Canyon (s.e. Arizona) frequent the
hummingbird feeders at the lodge.
Bruce
From: Plynkny(AT)aol.com
Date sent: Sun, 4 May 2008 10:07:19 EDT
Subject: [birders] Downies at Hummingbird Feeder
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
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> I haven't spotted a Hummingbird at my feeder yet, but our female Downy is
> very fond of the sugar water. I've seen this before and not just in my
> yard, but it's always been a female. Has anyone ever seen a male Downy
> drink from a nectar feeder?
>
> Lynn in Dearborn
>
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Subject: [birders] Trumpeter Swans Plymouth Twp Park
From: "todd" <t_palgut(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 10:54am
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After giving blood this morning I found two Trumpeter Swans in the pond at
Plymouth Twp Park on Ann Arbor trail and McClumpha.
Thanks,
Todd
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Subject: [birders] Crane Creek pics
From: Krissi Harris <khiceland(AT)prodigy.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 7:58am
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Hi,
My husband and I spent another Saturday at Crane Creek.
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia
Cape May
Black throated Blue
Black throated Green
Yellow rumped
Palm
*Blackpoll
Black and White
Redstart
Prothonotary
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
*Snipe
Eastern Kingbird
Thanks to Paul Cypher for pointing me in the direction of the Prothonotary and
thanks to my husband for taking a nice picture. I posted some photos to my
grovestreet including a not so good picture of a Scarlet Tanager. I was so
happy to see one again I figured a terrible picture is better than no picture at
all!
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=86517
Kristina Harris
Redford
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Subject: [birders] "Warblers of Ohio & Eastern North America" CD and
CD Guidebook from Ohio Division of Wildlife
From: Karen Markey <ylime(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 4 May 2008 12:06pm
At Shawnee State Forest, I stopped at the park office (near the Resort
and Conference Center) to get advice on various trails. The park
office staff member gave me a free Ohio Division of Wildlife (Ohio-
DoW) "Warblers of Ohio & Eastern North American Bird Sounds" CD and a
free "CD Guidebook." The "Bird Sounds" CD features calls and songs of
all 50 warblers including Sutton's and Brewster's, and western
warblers such as Virginia's, Lucy's, Townsend's, etc. The "Guidebook"
contains descriptions, migration maps, colored photos, song
spectograms, and much more for all U.S. Eastern warblers and blurbs
western warblers.
The next time you bird Ohio and visit an Ohio DoW Office, ask for a CD
and guidebook. They are terrific resources. Alternatively, you might
try calling the Ohio DWO at (from an Ohio area code) 1-800-WILDLIFE
(1-800-945-3543) or (from a non-Ohio area code) (614) 265-6300 and
asking how you can get your hands on these resources. In exchange,
consider making a donation to Ohio's Wildlife Diversity Fund (see
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/tabid/4414/Default.aspx)
because these free resources surpass ones that you can purchase at
most park gift shops. Enjoy!
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Karen Markey
Professor
School of Information, 304 West Hall, 1085 S. Univ. Ave.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107 USA
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Subject: [birders] RE: Do birds sleep? - pics
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Date: 4 May 2008 1:04pm
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Looks like he needs to lay off the hummingbird juice!
Bob Bethune
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I've finally answered the age-old question. Yes! But very
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Subject: [birders] Kent County: Pickerel Lake Birds
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 1:38pm
I saw lots of birds at Pickerel Lake today in eastern Kent County. I'm
not seeing the variety of warblers you're getting in the eastern part of
the state, but it was still a great walk around the lake.
9 Yellow Warblers
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
2 Common Yellowthroats
2 Yellow-rumped Warblers
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Warbling Vireo
Palm Warbler
Great-crested Flycatcher
Pileated Woodpecker
And in our own yard in Lowell Township, yesterday the Baltimore Oriole,
Indigo Bunting, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak showed. And this morning I
heard a Warbling Vireo.
--
Bob Tarte
Author of "Fowl Weather" & "Enslaved by Ducks"
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Subject: [birders] White-eyed Vireo (2) at Belle Isle
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 3:17pm
Birders,
I took an afternoon walk around the nature trail at Belle Isle this
morning. Two White-eyed Vireos - one singing, one not - were on the
south side of Nashua Trail. I am hoping they're a pair and will nest
in the perfect habitat Belle Isle offers them. When I got back to my
car there was a note from Willie McHale who was able to photograph
the birds. Aside from the usual birds expected to be found, also
present were Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Black and White Warbler,
Nashville Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, E. Wood Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Baltimore Orioles and Spotted Sandpipers. Overall pretty
quiet, but very pleasant.
Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI
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Subject: [birders] weekend backyard birds
From: Diana Dyer <dianagrantdyer(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 3:49pm
Unexpected backyard sightings yesterday and today in
NE Ann Arbor:
• one male robin chowing down on sunflower and millet
seeds at my platform feeder on several occasions both
yesterday and today
• one male red-breasted nuthatch (I have not seen one
for several weeks)
• oodles and oodles of goldfinches (a couple dozen,
like a little mini-convention, not the 50-60 I had for
a few days this past winter)
• 2 female RWBs, maybe not unexpected but at first I
was hopeful that they were female RB grosbeaks (nope)
• 1 female common redpoll zipping in and out of the
goldfinch crowd (I could not believe my eyes - I made
myself rule out one of those ubiquitous house
finches).
Happy Spring Birding to all!
Diana Dyer
Ann Arbor
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Subject: [birders] More on Oakland County Shorebirds
From: pavlik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 4 May 2008 10:49pm
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On the way to Metrobeach this morning I took some backroads through northern
Oakland County and into Macomb. I found a flooded corn field with a couple
acres of shorebird habitat. Specifically, this is on the north side of Snell
Rd. about 1/4 mile west of the Macomb County line. For reference, this is on
the north side of Stony Creek Metropark. In this flooded area there was a
single Dunlin and two L. Yellowlegs. GPS: 42.7342,-83.110585
Another location I mentioned maybe a year or two ago is in White Lake. There is
an area where it looks like a new neighborhood was intended but there has only
been paved roads for about 3 years and no construction at all. This is off
Eagle Rd. just north of White Lake Rd. GPS: 42.695613,-83.569179 Go to
satellite mode in Google Maps and you can see the flood basin. Today I had one
G. Yellowlegs and three L. Yellowlegs.
Metrobeach was very slow. Lots of noise in the woods but not much in terms of
diversity. I had a Vesper Sparrow in Macomb County at 27 mile and Boughton.
GPS: 42.695613,-83.569179
Take care,
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Subject: [birders] Ypsilanti yard birds
From: "Joseph W. Brown" <josephwb(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 4 May 2008 7:09pm
Joining the White-crowned Sparrows we have had for the past few days
was a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak this morning. In the afternoon for
a lark I tried doing some oriole playback from my back yard and was
rewarded within about 10 minutes with a very angry male Baltimore
Oriole.
Joseph.
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Museum of Zoology, Bird Division
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-1079
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Subject: [birders] RE: Do birds sleep? - pics
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1(AT)msu.edu>
Date: 4 May 2008 7:22pm
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I know I'm chiming in late on this subject..but I just thought I'd mention
that there is a pretty interesting book out there called "Birds Asleep" on
this subject.
Bruce
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Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 1:05 PM
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Subject: [birders] RE: Do birds sleep? - pics
Looks like he needs to lay off the hummingbird juice!
Bob Bethune
Freshwater Seas
http://www.freshwaterseas.com
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Subject: [birders] Do birds sleep? - pics
I've finally answered the age-old question. Yes! But very
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Subject: [birders] Belle Isle - White Eyed Vireo
From: William McHale <mcbad84(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 7:29pm
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Nice morning on Belle Isle -
I missed Cathy Carol as I was heading out she must have been just
starting out. Highlight was a White Eyed Vireo on the nature trail.
I posted pictures at:
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=85728&sort=date_added&ord=desc
Willie McHale
St. Heights
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Subject: [birders] Hummingbird arrivals - update 5/4/08
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 8:25pm
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Birders,
I have just updated my map and table of hummingbird arrivals in =
Michigan.
http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/Data2008.htm
There were 89 reports in April, the most ever, and in the last 4 days =
there have been 75 additional reports. Nearly every southern Lower =
Peninsula county has a report now, and about half the northern Lower =
Peninsula counties. There was an early rush of records in Wisconsin =
along the western shore of Lake Michigan that looked like it would =
produce a lot of April records in the U.P. But, the late April snowstorm =
happened right after the first (April 20) bird was reported in =
Marquette, so there was a 10-day gap until the second U.P. report, and =
so far I have received only three U.P. reports.
Most of these reports are of males. I am also interested in first =
reports of females, so even if you're in the soutnern LP you can still =
contribute by sending me your reports of first females.
Thanks!
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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You may wonder how it weighs the food.=20
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Subject: [birders] safe passage
From: Sherri Smith <grackle(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 4 May 2008 8:30pm
When the sky is clear, the migrating birds can see the stars and
Moon, if any. These are what they normally use to migrate. However,
in a cloudy or foggy situation, they attempt to use the lights of
buildings, mistaking them for stars. The result is disaster.
Sherri Smith
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Subject: [birders] swainson's thrush et al-west Ann Arbor
From: Susan Miller <smiller179(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 8:54pm
Good yard birds today on the west side of Ann Arbor:
four or five white-crowned sparrows--quite aggressive with each other
under the feeder
brown creeper
hummingbird within hours of finally getting that feeder hung
Swainson's thrush busy in the mulch
plus the usuals
Dolph Park was pretty quiet in the morning
Sue Miller
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Subject: [birders] Brown Park, Ann Arbor
From: "Bob Bethune" <poihths(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 May 2008 9:06pm
Pam and I took a few minutes to walk through Brown Park this afternoon just
before dinner. We heard or saw redwing blackbirds, robins, cardinals,
bluejays and up by the blacktop walkway we saw some yellow warblers.
However, we were seriously distracted from the birding by the beautiful
carpets of trillium that are scattered over the whole area of the woods at
the east side of the park. From the lot off Packard, you just take the
walkway over the pedestrian bridge that crosses the creek, and then take the
right-hand fork and follow the trails through the woods. There are hundreds
and hundreds of trillium in many large carpets throughout a 200x200 yard
area.
You may forget that you're birding.
The official name is Marybeth Doyle Park, but all the signs that I saw still
say Brown Park. If you Google "Brown Park, Ann Arbor" the city's webpage for
the park is the second one on the list, and it has a nice PDF map.
URL for the map:
http://www.a2gov.org/government/communityservices/ParksandRecreation/parks/D
ocuments/parks_map-marybeth-doyle_2007-08-01.pdf
Bob Bethune
Freshwater Seas
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From: Sherri Smith [mailto:grackle(AT)umich.edu]
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Subject: [birders] safe passage
When the sky is clear, the migrating birds can see the stars and
Moon, if any. These are what they normally use to migrate. However,
in a cloudy or foggy situation, they attempt to use the lights of
buildings, mistaking them for stars. The result is disaster.
Sherri Smith
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Subject: [birders] Prothonotary Warbler...
From: Scott Manly <manlyrs(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 9:55pm
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Having declined on a very tempting trek to Berrien County this morning with=
a friend, I did some birding along the Ionia Rivertrail. At Dawn, I found=
SORAS (one very open one at that), and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON in the =
Ionia State Game Area on the east end of the rivertrail. Later, in another=
part of the SGA, I found a few RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS and a singing PROTHO=
NOTARY WARBLER. If all that weren't exciting enough, I had a Barred Owl gi=
ve a loud call behind me and as I went to investigate, I was able to find h=
im.
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Later, I took my son by bike out to the rivertrail bridge and had another P=
ROTHONOTARY WARBLER singing as well as my first NORTHERN PARULA of the trai=
l.
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The woodpecker and the Parula bring my "yardlist" total to 151 species in l=
ess than 2 years!!
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Also had an American Bittern fly by the house last week.
=20
My friend who did go to Berrien County this morning commented again how God=
has delivered in my request a couple years ago for a place I could walk ou=
t my back door and go spend time with Him in nature. I have had Bald Eagle=
s, Osprey, Merlin, Great Horned Owls, Barred Owls, Common Loons, Blue-winge=
d Teal, breeding Blue-winged Warblers, Yellow-breasted Chats, Prothonotary =
Warblers (likely breeding here this year), and many other birds, all within=
walking distance. What a bananza this place has been!! And it hasn't cos=
t me any gasoline!!
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Good birding,
Scott Manly,
Ionia, MI
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Subject: [birders] a good backyard day
From: "Penny" <Jumpthroughhoops(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 May 2008 10:24pm
Today was a wonderful birding day for me. I saw a Robin with a worm
dangling from its mouth being chased on foot by a grackle; I saw Robin
parents feeding 3 nestlings in their undersized nest; I saw chickadees
entering and exiting their nestbox with insects and seeds to feed their
nestlings; my first white-crowned sparrow finally showed himself on the
ground looking for seeds and trying to have a shower by the pond; a male
wren, that has been serenading to attract a female to a hanging house,
came down to the ground to hunt for insects in the damp grass right next
to my feet; male orioles frequented my nectar feeders all day; goldfinches
sang nearby and ate from the thistle feeders; one white-breasted nuthatch
and 2 red-breasted nuthatches ate at my suet feeders; a cardinal, and many
other grackles and RWBB's frequented the yard and my pond. All this, and
I didn't even have to leave the yard. It doesn't get any better than
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Subject: [birders] Re: off-topic--Mary Beth Doyle
From: lisalk(AT)umich.edu
Date: 4 May 2008 10:28pm
When Mary Beth Doyle ran around this part of
town, she used to drop by regularly to check out
the siding on my house. No typo. She'd park
across the street and emerge from her car with
an array of paint samples to compare to the mint
green siding on my house.
She was a pistol in the very best sense of the word.
Lisa
Quoting Bob Bethune <poihths(AT)comcast.net>:
> Pam and I took a few minutes to walk through Brown Park this afternoon just
> before dinner. We heard or saw redwing blackbirds, robins, cardinals,
> bluejays and up by the blacktop walkway we saw some yellow warblers.
> However, we were seriously distracted from the birding by the beautiful
> carpets of trillium that are scattered over the whole area of the woods at
> the east side of the park. From the lot off Packard, you just take the
> walkway over the pedestrian bridge that crosses the creek, and then take the
> right-hand fork and follow the trails through the woods. There are hundreds
> and hundreds of trillium in many large carpets throughout a 200x200 yard
> area.
> You may forget that you're birding.
> The official name is Marybeth Doyle Park, but all the signs that I saw still
> say Brown Park. If you Google "Brown Park, Ann Arbor" the city's webpage for
> the park is the second one on the list, and it has a nice PDF map.
> URL for the map:
> http://www.a2gov.org/government/communityservices/ParksandRecreation/parks/D
> ocuments/parks_map-marybeth-doyle_2007-08-01.pdf
>
> Bob Bethune
> Freshwater Seas
> http://www.freshwaterseas.com
>
>
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> From: Sherri Smith [mailto:grackle(AT)umich.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:31 PM
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> When the sky is clear, the migrating birds can see the stars and
> Moon, if any. These are what they normally use to migrate. However,
> in a cloudy or foggy situation, they attempt to use the lights of
> buildings, mistaking them for stars. The result is disaster.
> Sherri Smith
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