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Subject: [birders] Whitefish point
From: "Marys1000" <marys1000(AT)woh.rr.com>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 9:24am
Is this a winter birding (long distance) destination for some?
Mary
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Subject: [birders] Margaret's Email has been Hijacked
From: Mike Goethe <michael.goethe(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 9:27am
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If you have received a message purporting to be from Margaret asking for
money, it is a scam by someone who has hijacked her email account. Since we
cannot get into her account any longer we're sending this message out to
everyone we have in our mutual address books. Margaret is in no danger, is
not in London and never was. Please disregard the message and delete it. The
message would have come from mgoethe(AT)hotmail.com.
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Mike Goethe
Macomb Audubon Society Web Editor
Rochester Hills, MI
http://www.macombaudubon.org
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If you have received a message purporting to be from Margaret asking for mo=
ney, it is a scam by someone who has hijacked her email account. Since we c=
annot get into her account any longer we're sending this message out to=
everyone we have in our mutual address books. Margaret is in no danger, is=
not in London and never was. Please disregard the message and delete it. T=
he message would have come from <a href=3D"mailto:mgoethe(AT)hotmail.com">mgoe=
the(AT)hotmail.com</a>.<br clear=3D"all">
<br>--<br>Mike Goethe<br>Macomb Audubon Society Web Editor<br>Rochester Hil=
ls, MI<br><a href=3D"http://www.macombaudubon.org">http://www.macombaudubon=
.org</a><br>
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Subject: [birders] Re: Costa Rica Trip Report
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 9:32am
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Great bird and butterfly photos, nice descriptions, and one heck of a
species list!
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:14 PM, pavlik(AT)comcast.net wrote:
> Birders,
>
> My brother and I spent a week in Costa Rica in November. If you
> enjoy trip reports I put together a blog detailing some of
> activities and sightings. I included a few of the better pictures
> of birds butterflies as well.
>
> The blog can be found at: http://mycostaricatrip09.blogspot.com/
>
> Take care,
> Tom Pavlik
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Info and animal photos at www.BobTarte.com
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Subject: [birders] Eagle vs crow
From: "Rick and Barb Lucas" <lucasbirders(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 11:21am
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Interesting read
Rick Lucas
Sebastian, FL
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From: Helen Mowrer=20
To: BRDBRAIN(AT)LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU=20
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BRDBRAIN] This may be off target,
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> This came from a Fellow who runs a 2,000 acre corn farm. He used to =
fly F-
> 4Es and F-16s for the Guard and participated in the first Gulf War. I =
Submit for=20
> your enjoyment, and as a reminder that there are other great, =
magnificent=20
> flyers around besides us.
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> I went out to plant corn for a bit to finish a field before tomorrow =
morning and=20
> witnessed The Great Battle . A golden eagle - big bastard, with about =
a six=20
> foot wingspan - flew right in front of the tractor. It was being =
chased by=20
> three crows that were continually dive bombing it and pecking at it. =
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> crows do this because the eagles rob their nests when they find them.=20
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> At any rate, the eagle banked hard right in one evasive maneuver, then =
> landed in the field about 100 feet from the tractor. This eagle stood =
about 3=20
> feet tall. The crows all landed too, and took up positions around the =
eagle at=20
> 120 degrees apart, but kept their distance at about 20 feet from the =
big bird.=20
> The eagle would take a couple steps towards one of the crows and =
they'd hop=20
> backwards and forward to keep their distance. Then the reinforcement=20
> showed up.=20
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> I happened to spot the eagle's mate hurtling down out of the sky at =
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> appeared to be approximately Mach 1.5. Just before impact the eagle on =
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> ground took flight,=20
> (obviously a coordinated tactic; probably pre-briefed) and the three =
crows=20
> which were watching the grounded eagle, also took flight thinking they =
were=20
> going to get in some more pecking on the big bird. The first crow =
being=20
> targeted by the diving eagle never stood a snowball's chance in hell. =
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> was a mid-air explosion of black feathers and that crow was done. The =
diving=20
> eagle then banked hard left in what had to be a 9G climbing turn, =
using the=20
> energy it had accumulated in the dive, and hit crow #2 less than two =
seconds=20
> later. Another crow dead.=20
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> The grounded eagle, which was now airborne and had an altitude =
advantage=20
> on the remaining crow, which was streaking eastward in full burner, =
made a=20
> short dive then banked hard right when the escaping crow tried to =
evade the=20
> hit. It didn't work - crow #3 bit the dust at about 20 feet AGL.=20
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> This aerial battle was better than any air show I've been to, =
including the=20
> warbirds show at Oshkosh . The two eagles ripped the crows apart and =
ate=20
> them on the ground, and as I got closer and closer working my way =
across the=20
> field, I passed within 20 feet of one of them as it ate its catch. It =
stopped=20
> and looked at me as I went by and you could see in the look of that =
bird that=20
> it knew who's Boss Of The Sky. What a beautiful bird!=20
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> I loved it. Not only did they kill their enemy, they ate them.=20
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> One of the best Fighter Pilot stories I've seen in a long time... =
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> noble wars-- Only noble warriors
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Subject: [birders] Tundra Swan - Ann Arbor - Sat., Dec. 5
From: Mike Sefton <mseft(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 11:58am
Birders,
Jacco Gelderloos called to report 18 Tundra Swans flying over his house in
southeast Ann Arbor at 1:40pm today.
Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor
Free field trips and nature programs, no membership required:
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Subject: [birders] Re: Whitefish Point
From: Mike Sefton <mseft(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 12:24pm
Hi Mary,
Yes, indeed, the Whitefish Point area is a destination for winter birding.
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory offers a guided winter tour on January 16 - 17,
2010. The same trip is offered on February 19 - 20, if enough people sign up.
In past years, we've had participants from all over the US. Details at:
http://wpbo.org/calendar/field-trips/
Jackson Audubon and Washtenaw Audubon jointly offer a winter birding trip to
the same area on February 6 - 7, 2010. See:
http://washtenawaudubon.org/fieldtrips.php
or:
http://www.jacksonaudubon.org/calendar.htm
Both the WPBO tour and the Jackson/Washtenaw Audubon tour cover hot spots in
Chippewa County, where Whitefish Point is located. Neither tour actually goes
to the Point unless there is an exceptional bird there, as the areas just south
of the Point and west of Sault Ste. Marie are usually more productive in winter.
Best,
Mike Sefton
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
Washtenaw Audubon Society
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> From: Marys1000 <marys1000(AT)woh.rr.com>
> Subject: [birders] Whitefish point
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 9:24 AM
>
> Is this a winter birding (long distance) destination for
> some?
> Mary
>
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Subject: [birders] Snow Geese, Great Egret other white birds
From: Will Weber <will(AT)journeys-intl.com>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 5:53pm
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Thinking the cold overnight temperatures might concentrate waterfowl,
i visited a couple of favorite spots along the Huron River on Saturday
morning. Here are some of the better birds at various locations. It
was a great day for swans. Single best location was the small park
just north of the bridge over Huron at the river mouth. This is
where the snow geese and a single lingering, shivering great egret
were seen at about 7:45 am. Note that Sunday is the last day of the
2009 duck hunting season in most of southern Michigan. Hunters were
out in force all along the shore of Lake Erie.
Lots of small ponds are frozen, but the river is mostly open.
Huron River Mouth at Pt. Mouilee
Snow Goose 2
Canada Goose 300
Mute Swan 200
Tundra Swan 12
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 3
Great Blue Heron 45
Great Egret 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
American Coot 100 (more than 1000 offshore at LEMP)
Bonaparte's Gull 250
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
CrossWinds Marsh
Lesser Black backed Gull 1
American Black Duck 3
Eastern Bluebird 10
Ford Lake
Hooded Merganser 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Bufflehead 6
Gallup Park
Hooded Merganser 6
Goldeneye 2
Barton Pond
Mute Swan 12
Trumpeter Swan 10 (probably 2 family groups)
Tundra Swan 80 (migrating in v-formation high overhead)
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 8
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Will Weber
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Subject: [birders] Golden Eagle, Snow Geese - Thorn/Watkins Lake,
Jackson County
From: Don Henise <don_henise(AT)ntm.org>
Date: 5 Dec 2009 9:44pm
I birded at Thorn Lake (Watkins on some maps) in southeastern Jackson County
this morning. The lake is beginning to freeze - maybe about 20% ice on the
east side, but there were still large numbers of geese and ducks on the
lake. The two Snow Geese that Robyn and I saw a few weeks ago were on the
lake again - one adult and one immature. Ring-necked Duck numbers seemed to
be down from 1500 a few weeks ago to less than 500 today. Mallard numbers
were up considerably, possibly due to the fact many smaller ponds and marsh
areas in the area have frozen over.
I picked-up an immature Golden Eagle soaring to the northeast of the lake.
It circled a few times and then disappeared off to the east into Washtenaw
County airspace.
Here is a list of waterfowl, etc. seen at Thorn Lake (numbers are just
estimates):
Snow Goose(2), Canada Goose(500+), Mute Swan(15), Gadwall(10), American
Wigeon(5), American Black Duck(2), Mallard(500), Canvasback(30),
Redhead(10), Ring-necked Duck(400), Hooded Merganser(100), Ruddy Duck(30),
American Coot(100).
There were also about a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls there.
There are 100s if not thousands of Sandhill Cranes in the area of Dalton
Road northeast of Jackson. The cranes are feeding the chopped corn fields in
the area and roosting in a low wet area off of Dalton Road. Unfortunately
the roosting area is only partially viewable from the road. Most of the land
on either side of Dalton Road is owned by the Jackson State Prison system
and viewing should be done from the road only. Trespassing on prison
property is not advisable.
Don Henise
Librarian
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
don_henise(AT)ntm.org
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