UMichBirders for Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   [birders] RE: Owl retraction and help needed.   Santner, Steven   8:57am   [birders] Oakland County highlights   Mencotti, Michael   5:20pm   [birders] RE: Owl retraction and help needed.   Cendra   9:14pm

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Subject: [birders] RE: Owl retraction and help needed.
From: "Santner, Steven" <santners(AT)karmanos.org>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 8:57am

	Linda:

	I think your picture is a Screech Owl and your description of
the behavior suggests that these are very recently fledged young of the
year.

	Steve Santner

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From: linda ar [mailto:birdar101(AT)hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:57 PM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Owl retraction and help needed.

ok OK I give, so I don't know my owls as well as I thought I might.  I
concede that these may have been Saw-whet owls but they looked to be at
least 10-12 inches tall and all the same size.  I have included a
picture link at Picasa, because it is very dark and I had not planned on
posting it but with all this hoopla I am interested in what you all have
to say about it.  I listened to my Stokes calls as well as others last
night and the only call that sounded remotely like the ones going on
between all of these owls was the short-eared.  With that, please take a
look and see if you can make out what this owl is.  It may very well be
an adult, in which case they would have all been adults because they
were all the same size. 
I could not see any downy feathers on this one (not sure if any of the
others had downy or not). If they were all adult Saw-whets, what were
they all doing together, making these sort of cooing buzzing sounds and
following each other from branch to branch?

Thanks for all the information and especially D.S. for your gentle and
kind decorum, Linda Ar

You may have to cut and paste:
http://picasaweb.google.com/LindaJeanineAr/WhatOwlIsThat?feat=directlink

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Subject: [birders] Oakland County highlights
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti(AT)dcds.edu>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 5:20pm

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7/8
I haven't seen many postings from Oakland County; either few birders
bird it, or few birders care. Perhaps it is a mixture of both. But not
me.
Today, I did a "Worker's Big Day," that is, punch in at 6 am, bird 8
hours, punch out at 2 pm. (Since I am a kiss-up, I worked through
lunch).
Here are the highlights:
American Center Marsh: 5 Black-crowned Night Herons, Marsh Wren, Horned
Lark.
Long Nature Park: Red-headed Woodpecker
Novi Wetlands (West Park and West rds.): Sedge Wren
Proud Lake: Pine Warbler, Ovenbird
Highland SRA: Redstart, Acadian Flycatcher (these were rather common in
large, wooded areas all morning). I had a Osprey family on a nest in a
cell tower east of Waterbury and north of Highland Rd.
Pontiac SRA: Cerulean (2) and Hooded warblers, usual spot north on the
trail north of Gale Rd.
Indian Springs Metropark: Veery, Black-throated Green Warbler
Kirk of the Hills church: Herring Gull ... and about 200 Great Egrets.
79 species, 98 miles by car, 8 miles on foot.
Embarrassing dips: RT Hummer, Red-bellied Woodpecker.
I-know-they're-out-there dips: Owls, accipiters, Bobolink, Blue-winged
Warbler,  both waterthrushes, Orchard Oriole.

Mike Mencotti

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Subject: [birders] RE: Owl retraction and help needed.
From: "Cendra" <cendra(AT)digitalrealm.net>
Date: 8 Jul 2009 9:14pm

Looks screechy to me.  That was my first hit in the dim light.  Then after a
lot of studying the photo and cogitation, I ended up with screech.  I saw my
first one up close and personal at the green fair on Main St. last month
which gives me some confidence.  As to the cooing and buzzing, I'm not sure
you were meant to be privy to that!  :-)

Cendra Lynn, Bird Rapturer
OWS, A2

-----Original Message-----
From: linda ar [mailto:birdar101(AT)hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:57 PM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Owl retraction and help needed.

ok OK I give, so I don't know my owls as well as I thought I might.  I
concede that these may have been Saw-whet owls but they looked to be at
least 10-12 inches tall and all the same size.  I have included a picture
link at Picasa, because it is very dark and I had not planned on posting
it but with all this hoopla I am interested in what you all have to say
about it.  I listened to my Stokes calls as well as others last night and
the only call that sounded remotely like the ones going on between all of
these owls was the short-eared.  With that, please take a look and see if
you can make out what this owl is.  It may very well be an adult, in which
case they would have all been adults because they were all the same size. 
I could not see any downy feathers on this one (not sure if any of the
others had downy or not). If they were all adult Saw-whets, what were they
all doing together, making these sort of cooing buzzing sounds and
following each other from branch to branch?

Thanks for all the information and especially D.S. for your gentle and
kind decorum,
Linda Ar

You may have to cut and paste:
http://picasaweb.google.com/LindaJeanineAr/WhatOwlIsThat?feat=directlink

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