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18 Mar Birding in Gibson county [Vicky Whitaker ] 17 Mar Beehunter, Goose Pond ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 17 Mar Goose Pond FWA Sunday March 14 2010 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 17 Mar Hummers on the move..... [Timily Hill ] 17 Mar Fox Island Owls [Natalie Haley ] 16 Mar Celery Bog Woodcock [Chuck Tuttle ] 16 Mar Willow Slough FWA/TNC Kankakee Sands: 03/16/10 [Jed Hertz ] 16 Mar Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne [] 16 Mar Fw: Thanks for Whooper Photos [Jed Hertz ] 16 Mar Upper Wabash reservoirs [] 16 Mar Fox Island Woodcock- March 16 ["Rodger P. Rang" ] 16 Mar Celery Bog [Russell Allison ] 16 Mar SalamonieSF and Little Turtle SRA - 03/16 [Gloria Pike ] 16 Mar White County Sightings [Rick Read ] 16 Mar Fairfax, Paynetown ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 16 Mar Howell Wetlands 3/16/10 [Tim Griffith ] 16 Mar Re: Lake Co: Whooping Crane (2) [wes homoya ] 15 Mar Shorebirds at GPFWA March 15 2010 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 15 Mar Laporte Cnty Cranes... Shrile at the Spud [Bob Huguenard ] 15 Mar LaSalle FWA: 3/15/10 [Jed Hertz ] 15 Mar Goose pond [Vicky Whitaker ] 15 Mar Lake Co: Whooping Crane (2) [Jed Hertz ] 15 Mar Stillwater, Lake Monroe ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 15 Mar Eagle Slough 3/15/10 [Tim Griffith ] 15 Mar Saw-whet in Tremont- 3/15 [Brad Bumgardner ] 15 Mar Eagle Creek Park Sunday-March 14, 2010 [John Ulmer ] 14 Mar Birding in Gibson County [Vicky Whitaker ] 14 Mar Roush Lake ducks and more ducks… [Lynnanne ] 14 Mar Tremont NSWO [Bob Huguenard ] 14 Mar Celery Bog [Chuck Tuttle ] 14 Mar Re: Northern Saw-whet Owl - Tremont [Tracy Spurgeon ] 14 Mar Steuben "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco [Holly Meyers ] 14 Mar Michigan City, 13 March [Jen Richardson ] 14 Mar IU XC course - recent highlights ["B.G. Sloan" ] 14 Mar Central NW IN, 3/13/10 [Ed Hopkins ] 14 Mar Bee Hunter,Goose Pond, En Route to Hawthorn [Tom and Colleen Becker ] 14 Mar Re: Greater Yellowlegs at Goose Pond FWA [Lee Sterrenburg ] 14 Mar Hummingbird Migration Map [Timily Hill ] 14 Mar Greater Yellowlegs at Goose Pond FWA [Lee Sterrenburg ] 14 Mar Cutright, Paynetown and Stillwater [Gary Dorman ] 13 Mar SAS trip - 3/13 [Jim Hengeveld ] 13 Mar Willow Slough FWA: Tree Swallow [Jed Hertz ] 13 Mar Indy Peregrine [Marjorie Carmony ] 13 Mar Patoka Lake [Teresa Moorman ] 13 Mar NW Ind 13Mar'10 ["Kenneth J. Brock" ] 13 Mar MNWR FOY [David Crouch ] 13 Mar Northern Saw-whet Owl - Tremont [Randy Pals ] 13 Mar Engle Road Fort Wayne [Stephanie Wagner ] 13 Mar Hammond Area - 3/12, R.T. Loon, W.W.Scoter, Woodcock [Michael Topp ] 12 Mar Ceder Waxwings [Andrea Neumann ] 12 Mar Lake report from yesterday [Bob Zaremba ] 12 Mar Lk. Lemon - 3/12 [Jim Hengeveld ] 12 Mar Stillwater, Lake Monroe [Mike Clarke ] 12 Mar Celery Bog 3/10/10 [Clint Maddox ] 12 Mar Birding in Gibson County [Vicky Whitaker ] 11 Mar American Woodcocks [Andrea Neumann ] 11 Mar Eagles at the Spud and a Kingsbury Yellowlegs [Bob Huguenard ] 11 Mar Fox Island Phoebe, Eagle Marsh Teal- March 11 AM ["Rodger P. Rang" ] 11 Mar Waterfowl, Pine Creek, Benton County ["Dunning, John B" ] 11 Mar NE Allen Reservoirs- March 11 AM ["Rodger P. Rang" ] 11 Mar Dekalb Tundra Swans Photos [Holly Meyers ] 11 Mar Dekalb County Tundras [Holly Meyers ] 9 Mar Recent IU cross country course highlights ["B.G. Sloan" ] 11 Mar red winged black birds [Denise Dixon ] 11 Mar Wood Ducks-Lake Freeman [Rick Read ] 11 Mar Goose Pond 3-10-10 LeYe FOY [] 11 Mar Woodcocks, owl, and other morning sounds ["Terri B. Greene" ] 11 Mar First chipping Sparrow [Sue and Ted Ulrich ] 10 Mar Eagle Slough, Vand. Co. & BGFWA, Warrick Co. [Charles Crawford ] 10 Mar Striebel Pond March 10 [Erik Troske ] 10 Mar Muscatatuck FOY Tree Swallows [Amy Kearns ] 10 Mar woodcocks in Allen Co. [] 10 Mar Beehunter, Goose Pond ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 10 Mar Franke Park- March 10 PM ["Rodger P. Rang" ] 10 Mar Re: Lamb Lake Eagle [Patricia Reynolds ] 10 Mar SW Allen- March 10 AM ["Rodger P. Rang" ] Subject: Birding in Gibson county From: Vicky Whitaker <hostas4u AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:27:08 -0400 3-16-10 Today I took my sister and one of her daughters to Goose Pond, I know not Gibson co. I would like to thank all the people who responded to my plea for help in where to visit. I found the Cranes. I think we may have a new convert. We ended up at the double ditches and saw two Eagles, Daniele took many pictures, also Red-wing backbirds. I guess they don't see them much in Ca. Highlights. Beehunter Marsh 400+ Sandhill Cranes. Were on the ground until the crew started burning South of Base line road. 1 Blue-winged teal (my first) had seen them before, but wasn't 100 % so I didn't count. Canada geese X American Wigeon very pretty little ducks. 15 Ring-necked ducks, males outnumbered the females GP13 1 GREAT EGRET 2 Mute swans ? Many Ring-billed Gulls Canada Geese Double Ditch 2 BALD Eagles American Coots X 20+ Northern Shovelers Many unidentified yet, have to look through my pictures. Had a great time can't wait to go back in early spring. Oh yah there were lots of strange songs going on, love is in the air I guess. HaHa. ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Beehunter, Goose Pond From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:15 -0400 This morning Bob Dodd, Fred Churchill and I visited Beehunter and
various spots in Goose Pond. A gorgeous morning - bright sun, light
wind, and temperatures getting up into the 60's. Clearly numbers of
watefowl and cranes way down since Marsh Madness. The highlights:
100S to Beehunter:
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Am. Kestrel - 1
Horned Lark - 2
Field Sparrow - 4
E. Meadowlark - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - 35
Beehunter 4/5:
Canada Goose - 18
Wood Duck - 1
Am. Wigeon - 2
Mallard - 75
No. Shoveler - 2
Blue-winged Teal - 6
Green-winged Teal - 25
Redhead - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 9
No. Harrier - 3 (1 male, 1 fem, 1 imm)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 (light imm)
Savannah Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Jessup's Field (S of BH2):
Sandhill Crane - 350
Horned Lark - 6
Main Pool E (from 59):
No. Harrier - 3 (1 fem, 1 male, 1 imm)
Killdeer - 8
Pectoral Sandpiper - 14
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Horned Lark - 2
GP8/9/10:
Canada Goose - 18
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 290
Am. Wigeon - 345
Mallard - 60
No. Pintail - 370
Green-winged Teal - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 31
Am. Coot - 75
Horned Grebe - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
No. Harrier - 5 (1 male, 1 fem, 3 imm)
Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult, 1 juv)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rough-legged Hawk - 4 (2 dark, 2 light)
GOLDEN EAGLE - 1 (imm - from the dike around GP9 - looking S - bird
circling over GP8 - short head projection - all dark underneath,
slight dihedral, tawny crown and nape, white tail with dark terminal
band, tiny white patches on primaries on both underwing and
upperwing)
Savannah Sparrow - 6
BREWER'S BLACKBIRD - 3 (2 males, 1 fem - at farm where Lee reported them)
Greene County - locations not specified
WHOOPING CRANE - 4 (2 different pairs - one pair dancing, sky-pointing,
and calling - spectacular!)
Not a single Tree Swallow on the day!
Don Whitehead
Bloomington
whitehea AT indiana.edu
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Subject: Goose Pond FWA Sunday March 14 2010From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:40:55 -0400 A belated posting. On Sunday (March 14 2010) I continued scouting shorebird habitat at Goose Pond FWA in Greene County. The hikes included some property agricultural fields and recent prairie burns. One quite early GREAT EGRET was an unexpected surprise in Unit GP13. According to an email from Ken Brock this ties the 4th earliest spring state record for GREG in his database. The only shorebirds I located other than Killdeer were 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. The written down day tally for NORTHERN PINTAILS was 778. That figure missed a lot of Pintails that I did not count, particularly those spread out in vegetation across the south end of Main Pool West. My impression was that duck numbers were down considerably from the day before. Many ducks evidently departed northward over the weekend despite the north winds. Weather: overcast, damp, and chilly all day following an overnight rain of about half an inch. Temperature around 39 F to mid 40s F; winds North all day mostly 8-10 mph, gusting to the low 20s mph for a while. Results from a few Units, although not from all of them I visited: GPFWA BEEHUNTER MARSH UNIT BH5: Canada Goose 18 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 150 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Pintail 23 Bald Eagle 1 adult Northern Harrier 3 1 ad female, 1 immature Red-tailed Hawk 2 Sandhill Crane 700 based upon a morning estimate and then a recheck in the afternoon looking down from from Base Line Road Killdeer 4 European Starling 25 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 singing along the farmhouse driveway Red-winged Blackbird 45 RUSTY BLACKBIRD 5 4 males & 1 female with yellow eyes, perched in trees at the ruined farmhouse with Red-winged Blackbirds and Starlings Common Grackle 6 GPFWA MAIN POOL EAST, checking the emergent shorebird flats near the north end parking lot on SR 59: Blue-winged Teal 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Savannah Sparrow 7 in one flock GPFWA FIELD K along CR 1100 W, walking in mud and stubble corn looking for Wilson's Snipe, none found: Horned Lark 10 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 1 House Sparrow 2 GPFWA UNIT GP1 along CR 1100 W, a brief walk-in part way out the south levee, very muddy conditions: Tree Swallow 1 my FOY, belatedly GPFWA UNIT GP7, along SR 59: Blue-winged Teal 1 Turkey Vulture 7 soaring in the far distance, looking SW Northern Harrier 1 adult male GPFWA MAIN POOL WEST, mostly from a stop at the Double Ditches peninsula parking lot on SR 59: Canada Goose 2 Greater White-fronted Goose 46 flyover flock, going north Gadwall 53 American Wigeon 10 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 80 Blue-winged Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 108 Northern Pintail 45 in the south end, way under counted Green-winged Teal 6 Redhead 44 Ring-necked Duck 98 Common Goldeneye 8 7 males courting 1 female Hooded Merganser 2 distant flying ducks unident 300+ Pied-billed Grebe 4 Great Blue Heron 1 American Coot 60+ Greater Yellowlegs 1 in the south end Ring-billed Gull 450+ GPFWA UNIT GP8, from the upper parking lot at the corner of CR 1400 W & CR 275 S: Gadwall 20 Mallard 345 Blue-winged Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 26 Northern Pintail 110 Green-winged Teal 73 Ring-necked Duck 8 Rough-legged Hawk 1 dark morph adult male Sandhill Crane 8 Killdeer 2 GPFWA UNIT GP9, from the east levee on CR 1400 W: Mute Swan 2 Gadwall 154 American Wigeon 66 Mallard 45 Northern Shoveler 13 Northern Pintail 600 flying; put up in the back end by a raptor or some other disturbance; all in view at once; counted 3 times, once by 50s and twice by 100s. Green-winged Teal 66 mostly put up with the N. Pintails Ring-necked Duck 20 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Horned Grebe 1 about half way into alternate plumage, not the same bird as the day before Bald Eagle 1 adult Rough-legged Hawk 1 light morph American Coot 70 Sandhill Crane 4 GPFWA UNIT GP13, along CR 1400 W GREAT EGRET 1 standing at the edge of the wetland along the north side; in breeding plumes For Great Egret the earliest previous GP property record was 1 on March 22 2003. Visits to other Units including a brief walk in the burned prairie of GP11N turned up nothing of note. Some very belated additions, for the archives. On Saturday March 6 during the Marsh Madness birding festival I observed: Greater White-fronted Goose 205 landing in Main Pool West Common Goldeneye 2 south end of Main Pool West Common Merganser 4 Beehunter Marsh Unit BH5S --Lee Sterrenburg Bloomington ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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a bit SE of Atlanta...see map below. --Tim
HUMMINGBIRD MIGRATION MAP
http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
Tim & Emily Hill ("Timily")
St. Joe County
TIM & EMILY'S FLICKR PHOTOSTREAM.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim-hill/
2010 POTATO CREEK S.P. & NW INDIANA SIGHT RECORD MAP
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=h&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108837667620953435659.0004813db0e8d681a3dcc&ll=41.541919,-86.369158&spn=0.00469,0.011319&z=17
2009 POTATO CREEK S.P. & NW INDIANA SIGHT RECORD MAP (2 PAGES...CLICK
ON PG. 2 AT COLUMN BOTTOM IF NEC):
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=108847996890583469508.00046d922fa334e8ca031&t=h&ll=41.55577,-86.354384&spn=0.018755,0.045276&z=15
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Subject: Fox Island OwlsFrom: Natalie Haley <nhaley AT ALLENCOUNTYPARKS.ORG> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:29:18 -0500 Two barred owls calling to each other east of nature center yesterday afternoon. Such a beautiful day and what a gift! Natalie G. Haley - Environmental Educator Allen County Parks and Recreation 7324 Yohne Rd. Fort Wayne, IN. 46809 Office: (260) 449-3246 Park Office: (260) 449-3180 ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Celery Bog Woodcock From: Chuck Tuttle <catuttle AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:09:28 -0400 I ventured to Celery Bog this evening just before sunset. After a thoroughly relaxing time sitting on a bench on the west side of the park watching the sun slowly set over one of the small pothole wetlands and listening to a near deafening chorus of frogs, I went up to the savanna restoration area south of the nature center to see if I could hear any Woodcock. As I got closer to that area, I began to hear them, and as it got darker, there were quite a few surrounding me. It was hard to count, but I think there were between 5 and 8 of them in the area. I saw 3 of them against the fading sunset, and heard more toward the darker eastern sky. For a while it was pretty noisy with the Peenting and twittering. Something I had not experienced before. Quite a treat. Chuck Tuttle West Lafayette, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Willow Slough FWA/TNC Kankakee Sands: 03/16/10 From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:24 -0700 Hi all, I spent most the morning at the Willow Slough FWA HQ and Pogue Marsh, then headed northeast and covered a small portion of the TNC Kankakee Sands property. BTW: Iwouldn't trust the muddy roads on the north-end of the slough as yet. I tallied 59 species as follows:0750-1240H (1 W + 10.4 D)_Sun_31-58_WNW 0-5_Coyote (2)_Open water. Anatidae 15 54 Canada Goose Pair copulating 8 Wood Duck 11 American Wigeon 75 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 4 Northern Shoveler 8 Northern Pintail 52 Green-winged Teal 22 Redhead 52 Ring-necked Duck 61 Lesser Scaup 12 Bufflehead 9 Common Goldeneye 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser Podicipedidae 1 1 Pied-billed Grebe Ardeidae 1 1 Great Blue Heron Cathartidae 1 4 Turkey Vulture Accipitridae 3 1 Northern Harrier imm 2 Red-tailed Hawk ad 3 Rough-legged Hawk DM + 2 LM Falconidae 1 1 American Kestrel M Rallidae 1 156 American Coot Gruidae 1 16 Sandhill Crane Charadriidae 1 7 Killdeer Laridae 1 2 Ring-billed Gull Columbidae 2 8 Rock Pigeon 4 Mourning Dove Pair copulating Cerylidae 1 2 Belted Kingfisher Pair together Picidae 4 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 5 Northern Flicker Corvidae 2 7 Blue Jay 4 American Crow Alaudidae 1 8 Horned Lark Hirundinidae 1 1 Tree Swallow Paridae 2 2 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse Regulidae 1 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Continues; Red Pines Turdidae 2 4 Eastern Bluebird 22 American Robin Sturnidae 1 32 European Starling Bombycillidae 1 3 Cedar Waxwing Emberizidae 6 3 Eastern Towhee 4 American Tree Sparrow 25 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 22 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Lapland Longspur Cardinalidae 1 9 Northern Cardinal Icteridae 5 34 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 21 Rusty Blackbird 134 Common Grackle 10 Brown-headed Cowbird Fringillidae 2 2 Purple Finch M 8 American Goldfinch Passeridae 1 2 House Sparrow Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne From: zzedpowers AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:44:34 -0400 With the ice gone from Eagle Marsh, I got a nice selection of waterfowl, though there was plenty of room for more. Canada Goose 9 American Wigeon 2 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 80 Northern Shoveler 2 Canvasback 15 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck 113 Great Blue Heron 2 American Coot 15 Killdeer 3 American Robin 3 European Starling 40 Song Sparrow 13 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird surprisingly, only 1 House Sparrow 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Ed Powers Allen County ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Fw: Thanks for Whooper Photos From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:36:59 -0700 Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird --- On Tue, 3/16/10, Sara OliverSubject: Upper Wabash reservoirs From: Jhawillet AT AOL.COM Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:35:54 EDT Sandy Schacht, Marisa Windell and I are back from south Texas, where we spent IPFW spring break last week. Today, Sandy and I birded the Upper Wabash reservoirs, concentrating on waterfowl. We didn't find a lot, but there was a fairly nice flock at Mississinewa, off the beach at Miami SRA. We didn't get into the Five Ponds (Hilltop Marsh) area at Salamonie; the latter part of the road to that location was very muddy and deeply rutted. The woods were essentially silent. Total for the day, 52 species; highlights: Mississinewa: Canvasback 3 Redhead 75 Ring-necked Duck 4 Lesser Scaup 75 Bufflehead 1 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Bald Eagle 4 Salamonie: Canvasback 5 Redhead 3 Ring-necked Duck 3 Lesser Scaup 26 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Bald Eagle 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Huntington Res. Redhead 2 Ruddy Duck 9 Horned Grebe 2 Jim Haw ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Fox Island Woodcock- March 16 From: "Rodger P. Rang" <rrang AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:26:09 -0400 Just after 8:00 this evening, I drove slowly down Yohne Road to listen for woodcock at Fox Island County Park. During gaps in traffic noise- and never stopping except to turn around once- I heard at least one bird east of the main gate (old Gun Club) and at least three birds in the old field west of the main gate. I also heard LOTS of Chorus Frogs along Ellison Road near the RR crossing. Cool! Rodger Rang Fort Wayne ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Celery Bog From: Russell Allison <grounds11 AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:15:10 -0400 The trails were still very muddy, but the weather was great. Nothing very unusual from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. Here is what I saw: American Coot-21 Bufflehead-8 Ring necked Duck-14 Canada Geese-50+ Pied billed Grebe-4-FOY Mallard-20 Northern Shoveler-7-FOY Great blue Heron-2 Red tailed Hawk-2 Red winged Blackbird-40+ Northern Cardinal-6 Common Grackle-6 American Robin-5 House Sparrow-1 American tree Sparrow-9 Brown headed Cowbird-5-FOY European Starling-11 Tufted Titmouse-6 Mourning Dove-12 Northern Flicker-2 White breasted Nuthatch-3 Downey Woodpecker-2 Red bellied Woodpecker-2-One is building a nest cavity in a dead tree. Good Birding Russ Allison, West Lafayette Please Visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/russ_allison (Underscore between russ and allison) ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. 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To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: SalamonieSF and Little Turtle SRA - 03/16 From: Gloria Pike <gloriapike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:16:42 -0400 Birds sighted: Canada Goose Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Horned Grebe Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coot Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove Red-headed Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker American Crow Blue Jay Horned Lark Carolina Chickadee Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Eastern Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird European Starling American Goldfinch ~Gloria Pike Bluffton, IN~ ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: White County Sightings From: Rick Read <richardaread AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:16:28 -0400 All locations are White County. Highlights: Phoebe, Creeper, Swan nest and probable Chipping Sparrow. Sunday a week ago (3/7) on Lake Freeman we had part ice and part water. I counted 10 Bald Eagles and several hundred waterfowl representing most species we see migrating through. Last Sunday (3/14), the ice was melted and the eagles were gone. The waterfowl variety was still good but the numbers were down. I had received a couple reports of eagles on Lake Shafer so today I searched but couldn't find any. I found no large flocks of waterfowl. I checked a DNR property adjacent to one of our Osprey nest platforms, on the north side of Greisey's Bridge, N.W.Shafer Drive at Big Monon Ditch, just S of IN-16. Wood Duck Canada Goose Mourning Dove Red-winged Blackbird Carolina Chickadee Blue Jay EASTERN PHOEBE (first of year) Downy Woodpecker American Robin Mallard Red-bellied Woodpecker Killdeer Tufted Titmouse BROWN CREEPER Northern Cardinal Song Sparrow On 300E, N of Monon Rd, along Big Monon Creek: Pied-bill Grebe 1 On 300E, S of Monon Rd, in McKillip's Creek (viewable from bridge): Hooded Merganser 4 Mute Swan 2 (nest building on the island) Canada Goose Mallard Turkey Vulture At home: Sounded like a Chipping Sparrow for second day, but haven't confirmed visually. Common Grackles cleaning out my feeders. Rick Read Monticello ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Fairfax, Paynetown From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:46 -0400 This morning I visited both Fairfax and Paynetown on Lake Monroe - a
magnificent morning - sunny, still, temperatures rising. A few new
things as well. The highlights:
Fairfax area:
Canada Goose - 12
Mallard - 3
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Bufflehead - 4
Co. Goldeneye - 7
Hooded Merganser - 3
Red-br. Merganser - 59
Common Loon - 1 (alternate plumage - also calling - first breeding
plumaged bird of the Spring)
Pied-billed Grebe - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1
Killdeer - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 105
Herring Gull - 6
Bonaparte's Gull - 13
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (adult)
Bald Eagle - 1 (Basic II)
Paynetown:
Canada Goose - 42
Bufflehead - 3
Co. Goldeneye - 5
Horned Grebe - 29 (4 beginning to molt)
Killdeer - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Don Whitehead
Blooomington
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Subject: Howell Wetlands 3/16/10From: Tim Griffith <timgrif396 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:12:04 -0400 Doctor told me to take a walk before my visit with him (just to stress the knee) Nice guy! It seems we are a week or more behind normal spring visitors but here is what I found today: Canada Goose 16 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 2 Muscovy 4 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 5 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 11 Tufted Titmouse 3 Carolina Wren 5 American Robin 45 (under counted) Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Eastern Towhee 2 American Tree Sparrow 5 Field Sparrow 4 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 5 Swamp Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 16 Red-winged Blackbird 10 (under counted) Common Grackle 9 Things were pretty slow until the sun came out about half way through the walk and then the singing started in earnest. Hopefully this weather will hold and push more migrants north for this Saturday's Spring Migration Bird Hike at Howell Wetlands. We will hold at least one hike each Saturday morning until the middle of May at Howell Wetlands and two hikes per month on Sunday afternoons at Eagle Slough. Tim Griffith Evansville, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Re: Lake Co: Whooping Crane (2) From: wes homoya <whomoya AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:12:20 -0700 Forgive me if I am wrong, but I thought we weren't supposed to post sightings of Whooping Cranes beyond the county level... Wes Homoya ----- Original Message ---- From: Jed HertzSubject: Shorebirds at GPFWA March 15 2010 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:58:20 -0400 This afternoon and evening (Monday March 15 2010) Margaret Londergan and I toured Goose Pond FWA in Greene County. Weather: overcast, temperature in the low to mid 40s F, wind N and NW 5-9 mph. A few birds of interest for his posting: GPFWA MAIN POOL EAST, checking the emerging mudflats near the north end parking lot on State Road 59: Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 16 PECTORAL SANDPIPER 15 (my FOY) GPFWA UNIT GP8, on power wires north of the farm stock yard at the corner of CR 1400 W & CR 275 S: BREWER"S BLACKBIRD 7 5 males & 2 females with dark eyes; This is one of the property locations where Brewer's Blackbirds were observed during the winter of 2009-10. The Brewer's Blackbirds were perched with Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds on the wires. At a couple of junctures all the other birds flew away and just the 7 Brewer's Blackbirds remained perched together. Scope views from outside the car. The late date for Brewer's Blackbirds on the GPFWA property is March 16 2008. GOOSE POND FWA BEEHUNTER MARSH UNIT BH5N: Sandhill Crane 600+ Many of these Sandhills commuted back and forth out to nearby stubble corn fields during the afternoon. Late in the afternoon a high flying group of 225 SANDHILL CRANES arrived from the south, ascended even higher in thermals over the Main Pool West basin and continued on northeast, but then veered back south, apparently putting down at Jessup's field on CR 900 W, south of Beehunter Marsh Unit BH2. In the evening a line of 55 RING-BILLED GULLS departed over Unit GP8 going northwest, evidently heading toward the Wabash River. It is likely that a great many birds migrate either along the Wabash River or the West Fork of the White River, and they do a side detour to GPFWA as a stopping or staging point on their way north or south. We observed 3 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on the property, 1 light morph in BH5S, 1 light morph in GP8, and 1 dark morph in GP9. --Lee Sterrenburg & Margaret Londergan Bloomington ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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Bob North Liberty ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: LaSalle FWA: 3/15/10 From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:40:25 -0700 Hi all, Before sighting of the Whooping Crane in Lake Co I birded the LaSalle FWA in Newton Co for most the morning. Good number of Song Sparrow (35) and Red-headed Woodpecker (8) were sighted as well as two Red-shouldered Hawk (Adult + Immature),nine Tree Swallow, and one Eastern Phoebe. BTW: Seems Tufted Titmouse are very common this year. I'm finding them at mostbirding sights, including my home feeder. Here's the tally for LaSalle FWA, Newton Co: 0810-1145H (3.5 W + 1D)_OC_42-47_NE 0-5_Muskrat (4)_Open Water. Anatidae 15 94 Canada Goose 1 Mute Swan imm 22 Wood Duck 4 Gadwall 3 American Black Duck 528 Mallard 82 Northern Shoveler 178 Green-winged Teal 10 Canvasback 4 Redhead 510 Ring-necked Duck 4 Lesser Scaup 10 Common Goldeneye 7 Hooded Merganser 11 Common Merganser Podicipedidae 1 1 Pied-billed Grebe Cathartidae 1 2 Turkey Vulture Accipitridae 3 2 Cooper's Hawk ad 2 Red-shouldered Hawk imm + ad sighted 1 Red-tailed Hawk Rallidae 1 62 American Coot Gruidae 1 22 Sandhill Crane Mostly heard, but two sighted. Laridae 1 3 Ring-billed Gull Columbidae 2 8 Rock Pigeon 8 Mourning Dove Picidae 6 8 Red-headed Woodpecker My winter high count here was 15 on 1/4/08 7 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker Tyrannidae 1 1 Eastern Phoebe Corvidae 2 15 Blue Jay 3 American Crow Hirundinidae 1 9 Tree Swallow Paridae 2 5 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse Sittidae 1 5 White-breasted Nuthatch Turdidae 2 1 Eastern Bluebird 22 American Robin Sturnidae 1 9 European Starling Emberizidae 3 1 Field Sparrow 35 Song Sparrow Tied my high count here on 8/2/05 1 Swamp Sparrow Cardinalidae 1 14 Northern Cardinal Icteridae 3 125 Red-winged Blackbird 42 Common Grackle 14 Brown-headed Cowbird Fringillidae 1 2 American Goldfinch Passeridae 1 4 House Sparrow Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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Both had been sighted yesterday 3/14/10 by IDNR staff and this morning by Chip O'Leary. I photographed them from some distance, not wanting to flush them, and will postphotos shortly. Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Stillwater, Lake Monroe From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:35:36 -0400 This morning I visited Stillwater Marsh and then both Paynetown and
Cutright on Lake Monroe - first day out after being house bound with a
terrible cold - great to be out. The highlights.
Stillwater:
Canada Goose - 36
Wood Duck - 26
Gadwall - 52
Am. Wigeon - 65
Am. Black Duck - 25
Mallard - 77
Blue-winged Teal - 6 (FOS)
No. Shoveler - 43
No. Pintail - 135
Green-winged Teal - 16
Canvasback - 36
Redhead - 576 (to use Lee's phrase "counted individually")
Ring-necked Duck - 950
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 32
Bufflehead - 6
Co. Goldeneye - 2
Am. Coot - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Killdeer - 2
E. Phoebe - 2
Tree Swallow - 32
Brown Thrasher - 1 (at Kent Farm)
E.Towhee - 3
Field Sparrow - 2 (Kent Farm)
Red-winged Blackbird - 57
Paynetown:
Canada Goose - 36
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 4
Bufflehead - 4
Co. Goldeneye - 13
Ruddy Duck - 1
Horned Grebe - 11 (10 in basic plumage, 1 molting into alternate)
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Killdeer - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
No. Flicker - 4
E. Phoebe - 1
E. Bluebird - 6
Am. Robin - 43
Dark-eyed Junco - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 23
Co. Grackle - 95
Cutright:
Canada Goose - 15
Mallard - 2
Hooded Merganser - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Killdeer - 4
Turkey Vulture - 12
E. Phoebe - 1
E. Bluebird - 6
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Am. Robin - 12
Co. Grackle - 45
Am. Goldfinch - 55 (all feeding on sycamore balls)
Don Whitehead
Bloomington
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Subject: Eagle Slough 3/15/10From: Tim Griffith <timgrif396 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:41:07 -0400 Birded Eagle Slough on my way pack from putting up 12 Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson, KY. Great Blue Heron 1 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 5 Mallard 1 Blue-winged Teal 2 (FOY) Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 11 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 (FOY) Amercian Crow 2 Tree Swallow 3 (FOY) Carolina Chickadee 14 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 4 American Robin 8 European Starling 4 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 21 Common Grackle 34 American Goldfinch 13 Tim Griffith Evansville, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Saw-whet in Tremont- 3/15 From: Brad Bumgardner <bumgbj01 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:16:01 -0500 Greetings, I received a call from John Kendall. The N Saw-whet Owl is in the same tree as yesterday in Tremont. Yesterday, I placed a pink flag on the tree in question for easy finding. We will likely begin some spring owl banding this week at the Dunes State Park. The banding site is within auditory distance of this owl roost. When banding begins it may be harder to locate the Saw-whets in the Tremont stand, as is our theory for last fall's lack of sightings, despite birds being banded in the park. Those wishing to see the owl in Tremont may wish to search soon. Brad Bumgardner Chesterton, IN _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_1 ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. 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The list included -- Pied-billed Grebe Great Blue Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Green-winged Teal Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Bald Eagle Coopers Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk American Coot Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Blue Jay American Crow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow Bird walks begin at the Ornithology Center at 9am each Sunday. -- John Ulmer ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Birding in Gibson County From: Vicky Whitaker <hostas4u AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:39:21 -0400 3-14-10 10:30AM Cloudy, with spotty showers, cool and windy. I started out at Snakey point, didn't see much at first. Couldn't see the Bald Eagle on the nest, visability wasn't great today. South of SP, saw Shovelers, Mallards, Canada geese, Northern pintails, some I could not ID, they were too far away. 1050E some backwater, East from where water was over road. 100+ Mallards 100+ Northern Pintails. 850W North of bridge in backwater on West side of road. 50+ Northern Shovelers 25+ Mallards Also saw Eastern meadowlarks Horned larks Turkey buzzards Red tailed hawks American kestrals Downy woodpeckers Nortern harriers Killdeer Redheads Red-winged blackbirds The highlight though, was when the birding for the day was over and I had to get back home. 50N approx 1/2 mile West of 850W on South side of road. 1 Horned Grebe (my first) Happy birding to all until next time. Vicky Whitaker ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Roush Lake ducks and more ducks… From: Lynnanne <leavesofthefall AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:42:22 -0400 This afternoon Betty Wallace, Ellen Eppard and I met (as the Salamonie Bird Club) at Roush Lake's Little Turtle SRA beach (off state road 5) to look for waterfowl. We nearly froze, but we weren't disappointed. While there were no ducks at the beach itself, there were two 3rd year bald eagles that flew in as we stood watching. They landed on the beach, danced a jig, and the one took off. Both birds gave nice plumage displays. We then went over to the point, just east of the beach where they are making new campsites, and in the cove to the south is were we hit the mother load of ducks. We then drove over to Canada Goose Ponds aka Markle ponds. Nothing to note, other than the boat load of geese. Highlights from the point: Canvasbacks (50+) -- what a thrill Common merganser (3) -- at a distance east of the point Red-breasted merganser (1) -- in with the commons RUDDY DUCKS!!! (5) first seen east off the point, and then to the north of the point -- another thrill Ring-necked ducks (tons) -- these things were everywhere Redhead (quite a few) Lesser Scaup (several) Bufflehead (not many) Bald Eagles 4, two seen from the point In all, I'd guess there were a couple hundred ducks in this area. Happy birding, Lynnanne ~ Wabash Co. ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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I double timed it back to the group just in time for Randy to locate it immediately in the same spot as the previous day. It was well worth the trip. It was difficult to get much of an unobstructed view for an attempted digiscope pic, but I managed a couple of decent ones I put on my Flickr page. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41782619 AT N00/ Thanks Randy. Bob North Liberty ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Celery Bog From: Chuck Tuttle <catuttle AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:08:57 -0400 I took a quick walk around the somewhat muddy path at Celery Bog. I didn't count but here's most of what I saw. It was a good day for Ring Necked Ducks. Probably more than 100 in several groups. A dozen or so Coot. A few Bufflehead Mallards Canada Geese Blue Winged Teal Tree Swallows Lots of Redwinged Blackbirds Blue Birds Goldfinch White Breasted Nuthatch Robins Redbellied Woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker Crows Blue Jays Great Blue Heron Lots of Frogs Muskrats Maybe I've venture out later this evening to see if the Woodcock are still there. Chuck Tuttle West Lafayette, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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Tracy Spurgeon, Valparaiso IN http://www.flickr.com/photos/25017716 AT N03/show/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Pals"Subject: Steuben "Oregon" Dark-eyed Junco From: Holly Meyers <HMeyersKbirder AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:47:05 EDT My husband Dave and I saw an "Oregon" dark-eyed Junco eating with the rest of the "regular" juncos on our deck this morning. Took us a bit by surprise, as the last one we saw actually WAS in Oregon! Tried to get a picture, but it took off while I was getting the camera...will keep an eye out to see if it returns. Holly Meyers Steuben County ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Michigan City, 13 March From: Jen Richardson <richarja AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:10:42 -0400 Jonathan Bauer, Julia Ferguson, Fred Hubbard and I stopped to bird Streibel Pond and the Lighthouse in Michigan City yesterday, 13 March. Conditions were drizzly, cool, with some wind. Highlights included RUDDY DUCK and GREATER SCAUP! Streibel Pond: 150 Ring-necked Duck 75 Redheads 10 Canvasback 15 Lesser Scaup 2 RUDDY DUCKS 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Coot 2 Mute Swans 4 Mallards 2 Common Mergansers (flyover) 2 Canada Geese 4 Buffleheads 10 Ring-billed Gulls 8 Song Sparrows 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 4 Red-winged Blackbirds The Harbor Lighthouse was not visible when we pulled in to the parking lot due to heavy fog that blanketed everything. The harbor was also full of shelf ice, making everything very eerie and hard to see. Jonathan convinced us to walk out to the lighthouse, and we were rewarded with some great views as the fog cleared out pretty quickly. 10 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Common Merganser 1GREATER SCAUP(seen by Jonathan and Julia) 1 Killdeer 3 Goldeneye 5 Canada Geese 3 Buffleheads 20 Ring-billed Gulls 3 Pigeons ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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cross country course...
* Today I encountered BIGBY species #76 for 2010 - two Chipping Sparrows. I now
need 24 more BIGBY species on or before April 28 to set a new record for my
earliest date to log 100 BIGBY species. Interestingly, the Chipping Sparrows
were in the same general area as a small flock of American Tree Sparrows. I
don't think I've ever seen both of these species on the same outing. It was
interesting to be able to compare and contrast these two superficially similar
species.
* Three weeks ago Dawn Hewitt wrote a column in the Bloomington Herald-Times
noting the scarcity of Eastern Towhees in the Bloomington area this winter. I
only had three sightings in November through February, with my last one during
the Great Backyard Bird Count. But I've been hearing/seeing them over the past
several days, and today I encountered five of them. It's good to see them
coming back from wherever it was that they went. I'll chalk it up as another
sign of spring. :-)
* On Friday I ran across a mixed flock of chickadees and titmice mobbing an
Eastern Screech-owl. Always entertaining to watch! Speaking of which, Matt
Fraker over in Illinois has some photos of a mixed "flock" of chickadees and
titmice that consists of only one bird...yep, a hybrid...see:
http://bit.ly/bNMhHW
* Saw maybe 10-12 White-throated Sparrows on Thursday after not seeing any in a
while. Two of them were singing their hauntingly beautiful songs. That might be
the last time I'll hear that song until next winter.
* Saw a Rough-legged Hawk on the XC course on Thursday. The first one since
February 8, and probably the last one for me until next winter (maybe, since I
don't see them all that much). Most likely a migrant heading north.
* On Friday I saw a strung out flock of 45-50 Blue Jays, heading north.
Migrants, no doubt.
* Also on Friday, I saw some Sandhill Crane slackers. Five of them, headed
north, most probably the last I'll see/hear this spring.
* And the Red-winged Blackbirds continue to sing just about everywhere except
the IU XC course. They used to be common there before the last time IU mowed
the XC course in May 2008.
Bernie Sloan
Bloomington
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Subject: Central NW IN, 3/13/10From: Ed Hopkins <birder4in AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:07:55 -0400 Central NW IN, 3/13/10 The NWS forcasted it was supposed to rain hard all morning. I slept later than usual and lost three dry hours. I birded for about three hours in late morning in the rain. Mulvey Pond Tippecanoe CR500N & US231, 1 mi N of Montmorenci Canada Goose,23 American Wigeon,1 Northern Shoveler,5 Ring-necked Duck,10 Ruddy Duck,1 American Coot,2 Killdeer,2 Red-bellied Woodpecker,1 Northern Flicker,1 Blue Jay,1 American Crow,2 American Robin,3 European Starling,1 Song Sparrow,1 Red-winged Blackbird,10 Eastern Meadowlark,3 Common Grackle,12 House Finch,2 Pine Creek Gamebird Hab. Area Benton CR200N E of CR850E I had a phoebe perching in the tops of trees calling near an abandoned farm bridge over Big Pine Creek. It would fly up in a spiral like a lark and sing in a rich and varied style. I am used to then singing "feebee feebee" from low overhanging branches near the water. Canada Goose,17 Wood Duck,6 Gadwall,5 American Wigeon,15 Mallard,19 Green-winged Teal,29 Canvasback,3 Ring-necked Duck,37 Lesser Scaup,2 Bufflehead,1 Hooded Merganser,6 Red-tailed Hawk,2 American Coot,2 Killdeer,8 Mourning Dove,4 Red-bellied Woodpecker,1 Downy Woodpecker,1 Northern Flicker,1 Eastern Phoebe,1,FOY Blue Jay,2 American Crow,3 American Robin,2 Eastern Towhee,1 American Tree Sparrow,5 Fox Sparrow,3,FOY Song Sparrow,15 Dark-eyed Junco,10 Northern Cardinal,3 Red-winged Blackbird,37 Eastern Meadowlark,8 Rusty Blackbird,18 Common Grackle,125 Brown-headed Cowbird,3 ==== Ed Hopkins W Lafayette, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Bee Hunter,Goose Pond, En Route to Hawthorn From: Tom and Colleen Becker <Cbirding AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:21:51 -0400 Location: Beehunter Marsh Observation date: 3/13/10 Notes: Like Lee, we chose not to count birds for a change. We started our day at Monroe (see Gary Dorman's post) and all the birds were beginning to merge... Number of species: 33 Canada Goose X Gadwall X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler X Canvasback X Redhead X Ring-necked Duck X Lesser Scaup X Great Blue Heron X Turkey Vulture X Bald Eagle X Sharp-shinned Hawk X Red-shouldered Hawk X Red-tailed Hawk X American Kestrel X Sandhill Crane X Killdeer X Ring-billed Gull X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X American Crow X Horned Lark X American Robin X Nothern Mockingbird X American Tree Sparrow X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X American Goldfinch X House Sparrow X Location: Goose Pond FWA Observation date: 3/13/10 Number of species: 31 Canada Goose X Mute Swan X Gadwall X American Wigeon X American Black Duck X Mallard X Northern Shoveler X Green-winged Teal X Redhead X Ring-necked Duck X Common Goldeneye X Pied-billed Grebe X Horned Grebe X Great Blue Heron X Bald Eagle X Northern Harrier X Red-tailed Hawk X Rough-legged Hawk X American Kestrel X American Coot X Killdeer X Ring-billed Gull X American Crow X Tree Swallow X Carolina Wren X Eastern Bluebird X American Robin X Song Sparrow X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark X Common Grackle X Location: Unknown Lake Between 575 S&725 S On 1500? Observation date: 3/13/10 Number of species: 21 Canada Goose X Mallard X Blue-winged Teal X Green-winged Teal X Canvasback X Ring-necked Duck X Greater Scaup X Lesser Scaup X Common Goldeneye X Wild Turkey X Rough-legged Hawk X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Downy Woodpecker X American Crow X White-breasted Nuthatch X European Starling X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Brown-headed Cowbird X House Sparrow X Location: Hawthorne Mine Observation date: 3/13/10 Number of species: 23 Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Redhead X Lesser Scaup X Bufflehead X Common Goldeneye X Hooded Merganser X Ruddy Duck X Wild Turkey X Pied-billed Grebe X Great Blue Heron X Northern Harrier X Red-tailed Hawk X Rough-legged Hawk X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X Horned Lark X Tree Swallow X European Starling X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark X Tom and Colleen Becker Floyd County This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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Yesterday was Saturday March 13, not March 14. --Lee Sterrenburg On 14 Mar 2010, at 07:40, Lee Sterrenburg wrote: > Yesterday (Saturday March 14 2010) I went to Goose Pond FWA in Greene County to scout prospective shorebird habitat and walk for Wilsons Snipe. > > The highlights were my first 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS of the spring plus 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Hikes for Wilsons Snipe in usual locales for them during mid March did not turn up any. ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. 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Georgia...see map below. --Tim
HUMMINGBIRD MIGRATION MAP
http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
~~~ Rock out with your binocs out! ~~~
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2010 POTATO CREEK S.P. & NW INDIANA SIGHT RECORD MAP
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Subject: Greater Yellowlegs at Goose Pond FWAFrom: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:40:10 -0400 Yesterday (Saturday March 14 2010) I went to Goose Pond FWA in Greene County to scout prospective shorebird habitat and walk for Wilsons Snipe. The highlights were my first 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS of the spring plus 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Hikes for Wilsons Snipe in usual locales for them during mid March did not turn up any. I concentrated on checking shorebird habitat and not try to count the many hundreds of ducks and Ring-billed Gulls present. During the day I ran into Dan Kaiser and later birded a short amount of time with Tom and Colleen Becker and Angelo Datillo. Mark Crowley, Julie St. John, and I made a foray after dark to hear Crawfish Frogs, without success in the breeze and chilly rain. Weather: overcast and damp, wind W and SW 7-8 mph, temperature holding at 44-46 F all day; intermittent mist and sprinkles in the afternoon, turning to steady light rain from after 4:00 PM onward. Shorebird habitat report: Among the good news: Main Pool East at Goose Pond is being drawn down by the DNR for shorebird habitat this spring. According to NRCS the size of the Main Pool East wetland is 374 acres. That makes for a lot of potential good shorebird habitat in one place. Main Pool East now has its own new parking lot at the far north end (installed last summer). The lot is on State Road 59 west of the DNR barn and east of the SR 59 check in stand. The less good news: starting at the MPE north parking lot on SR 59 the walk down the short and straight western levee to the far south end is two and one-fourth miles. The return hike along the angled east levee may be about two and three-fourths miles. Another good excuse for getting some exercise at GPFWA. During visits to other Units yesterday high water still generally prevailed. A few selected results: STATE ROAD 54 GREENE CO., commuting over: Wild Turkey 7 field east of Ridgeport Turkey Vulture 5 GPFWA BEEHUNTER MARSH UNIT BH5, along the farmhouse driveway mainly: Canada Goose 20 Mallard 237 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 7 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Bald Eagle 1 adult Northern Harrier 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Rough-legged Hawk 1 light morph Killdeer 6 Sandhill Crane 74 all flying out to agricultural fields American Tree Sparrow 6 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 5 European Starling 15 Red-winged Blackbird 35+ Eastern Meadowlark 2 Dan Kaiser by phone reported 400+ more Sandhill Cranes in BH5N seen looking south from Base Line Road. A low light: At the ruined farmhouse one European Starling was singing a House Sparrow song. GPFWA MAIN POOL WEST, from the double ditches parking lot on SR 59: Pied-billed Grebe 2 American Coot 145 Many ducks I didnt count, ditto Ring-billed Gulls GPFWA UNITS GP7 & GP8 Sandhill Crane 320 in one flying group GPFWA UNIT GP9: Blue-winged Teal 1 (my FOY) Pied-billed Grebe 6 Horned Grebe 1 winter plumage Great Blue Heron 1 Rough-legged Hawk 1 dark morph adult male Again, many ducks I didnt count, including numerous American Wigeon and Gadwalls GPFWA UNIT GP11S: Bald Eagle 1 adult on nest in 1000 Island Woods Lesser Yellowlegs 1 GPFWA UNIT GP10S, a start of a walk cut short by rain: Northern Harrier 2 1 ad male, 1 juv Killdeer 4 Eastern Meadowlark 6 The east-west running swales of GP10S had high water and were extensively choked with dead rice cutgrass. GPFWA MAIN POOL EAST, counting only birds on mudflats very near the north levee: Mallard 5 Green-winged Teal 10 Killdeer 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS 2 (my FOY) Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Red-winged Blackbird 18 --Lee Sterrenburg Bloomington ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Cutright, Paynetown and Stillwater From: Gary Dorman <cowboybirder AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:56:20 -0700 Yesterday 5 mambers of the Beckham Bird Club traveled to various spots on Lake
Monroe and had a great trip especially at Stillwater Marsh.
Cutright:
Hooded Merganser - 7
scaup spp. -1
Horned Grebe -
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Eastern Phoebe - 2 or 3
Swamp Sparrow - 4 on causeway
Paynetown:
Canada Goose - 8
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 copulating
Kildeer - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 20
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Dark-eyed Junco - 10
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Balckbird - 6
Common Grackle - 20
Stillwater Marsh:
Canada Goose - ~20
Wood Duck - 3
Gadwall - 16
American Wigeon - 48
American Balck Duck - 14
Mallard - 25
Blue-winged Teal - 5
Northern Shoveler - 3
Northern Pintail - ~85
Green-winged Teal - ~70
Canvasback - 22
Redhead - ~600
Ring-necked Duck - ~800
Greater Scaup - 20
Lesser Scaup - 2
Bufflehead - 4
Common Goldeneye - 6
Hooded Merganser - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
American Coot - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
Tree Swallow - ~12
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 40
Common Grackle - 10
traveling between Brownstown and Monroe
and Monroe and Columbus: additional species
Wild Turkey - 24
Bald Eagle - 1
Coopers Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 3
Rock Pigeon - 27
Mourning Dove - 35
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Horned Lark - 3
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
House Sparrow - 2
Gary Dorman II
New Albany, Floyd Co.,IN
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Subject: SAS trip - 3/13From: Jim Hengeveld <jhengeve AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:15:30 -0500 Despite the threat of rain, a group from Sassafras Audubon Soc. had a rain-less field trip this morning. We visited Stillwater Marsh (St), Yellowwood State Forest (Y), and Lake Lemon (LL) (our deck, base of Shuffle Creek, and the boat launch ramp). Just about everyone had several FOYs on the morning. Among the 54 species that we tallied, highlights included 18 waterfowl species, HORNED GREBE, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and PINE WARBLER. We didn't count numbers of waterfowl at Stillwater, which were similar to those reported the past couple of days. Our morning list: -Canada Goose -Wood Duck -Gadwall -American Wigeon -American Black Duck -Mallard -1 Blue-winged Teal (St) - FOY for several of us -Northern Shoveler -Northern Pintail -Green-winged Teal -Canvasback -Redhead -Ring-necked Duck -Lesser Scaup -Bufflehead -Common Goldeneye -4 Hooded Mergansers (LL) -9 Ruddy Ducks (LL) -1 Pied-b. Grebe (St) -5 Horned Grebes (LL) - FOY for many -Turkey Vulture -4 Bald Eagles, including 2 adults perched side by side at Y -1 Red-t. Hawk (LL) -1 Am. Coot (St) -3 Killdeer (Y, LL) ~45 Ring-b. Gulls (LL) -Rock Pigeon -Mourning Dove -Red-bellied Woodpecker -Downy Woodpecker -Pileated Woodpecker -3 Eastern Phoebes (St, Y, LL) - FOY for several -Am. Crow -8, 10 Tree Swallows (St, LL) - FOY for many -T. Titmouse -Car. Chickadee -White-br. Nuthatch -1 Red-br. Nuthatch (Y) - FOY for many -3 Car. Wrens (St, Y, LL) -6 Golden-cr. Kinglets (Y) -E. Bluebird -Am. Robin -Eur. Starling -6 Yellow-r. Warblers (St) -2 Pine Warblers (Y) - FOY for most -3 E. Towhees -Am. Tree Sparrow -Song Sparrow -No. Cardinal -1 E. Meadowlark (Y) -Red-w. Blackbird -Com. Grackle -1 Brown-h. Cowbird (Y) -Am. Goldfinch SAS field trip: Don Allen, Bob Dodd, Michelle Gray, Jim Hengeveld, Charlotte Holly, Jim Mitchell, Frank Prosser, Kegan Ramey, Scott Ramey, Jeff Riegel, Mark Schenk ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Willow Slough FWA: Tree Swallow From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:13:46 -0800 Hi all, I spent most the rainymorning at the Willow Slough HQ area and found 50 species, including my FOY Tree Swallow (my 3rd earliest), a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk along CR400W RD, three Eastern Towhee (my 1st since the Jan 1st INWS CBC), and two Fox Sparrow singing along the creek. Here's the run-down: Willow Slough FWA, Newton Co, IN: 0620-1115H (1 W + 12 D)_Rain_48-51_SE 0-5_Beaver_Muskrat_Open water. Anatidae 14 38 Canada Goose 12 Wood Duck 4 Gadwall 4 American Wigeon 36 Mallard 12 Northern Shoveler 6 Northern Pintail 32 Green-winged Teal 6 Canvasback 250 Ring-necked Duck 24 Lesser Scaup 14 Bufflehead 6 Common Goldeneye 8 Hooded Merganser Podicipedidae 1 1 Pied-billed Grebe Accipitridae 4 1 Bald Eagle imm 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk ad 1 Red-tailed Hawk ad 1 Rough-legged Hawk dark morph Rallidae 1 150 American Coot Gruidae 1 4 Sandhill Crane Charadriidae 1 14 Killdeer Columbidae 1 6 Mourning Dove Cerylidae 1 1 Belted Kingfisher Picidae 4 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker Corvidae 2 5 Blue Jay 38 American Crow Alaudidae 1 4 Horned Lark Hirundinidae 1 1 Tree Swallow Peninsula fly-by. Paridae 2 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse Sittidae 1 2 White-breasted Nuthatch Turdidae 2 1 Eastern Bluebird 21 American Robin Sturnidae 1 30 European Starling Bombycillidae 1 1 Cedar Waxwing Emberizidae 6 3 Eastern Towhee 3 American Tree Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 12 Song Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 26 Dark-eyed Junco Cardinalidae 1 14 Northern Cardinal Icteridae 3 1,350 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Eastern Meadowlark 175 Common Grackle Passeridae 1 1 House Sparrow Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Indy Peregrine From: Marjorie Carmony <marjbird AT LIGHTBOUND.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:35:02 -0500 Yay Rah! KathyQ and Kinney have their first egg in the Monument Circle nest at 5:15PM today. Saturdays seem to be a favorite for them. And the 13th is a lucky day! Blessings, Marjorie down on the soggy farm near Manilla in Rush County where the Peafowl are up in the trees and calling vigorously ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Patoka Lake From: Teresa Moorman <unicorngabs AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:14:44 -0500 We took a drive around Patoka Lake this morning/early afternoon. We did see 2 shovelers and several hooded mergansers at one of the boat ramps. The highlight of the day was spotting an osprey at the nest on 145 by the causeway. The osprey was arranging stick on the nest as we watched from the bridge. We also saw about 20 or so red headed woodpeckers in the woods near the beach, the most seen since late fall. There were far less waterfowl than usual for the area, but spotting the osprey made the ride worth while! Teresa Moorman Don Rottet Huntingburg, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: NW Ind 13Mar'10 From: "Kenneth J. Brock" <kj.brock AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:08:30 -0600 Today (13 Mar10) Susan Bagby, John Cassady, Randy Pals (lakefront only), and I birded the lakefront plus several inland locations. John Kendall joined us at several inland sites. The weather was wet (light rain showers all day) and dreary (thick gray overcast), but we found some nice birds. HIGHLIGHTS BEVERLY SHORES LAKEFRONT (met Brendan Grube) Canvasback (34) LONG-TAILED DUCK (1 fem. Brendan only) Hooded Merganser (1 fem.) Horned Grebe (2 Brendan only) Great Black-backed Gull (1 adult) BEVERLY SHORES (along Beverly Drive) Wood Duck (35) Gadwall (3) Green-winged Teal (17) Hooded Merganser (3) Red-headed Woodpecker (4 adults) Am. Tree Sparrow (14) Song Sparrow (16) PORT OF INDIANA (still virtually solid ice) Gadwall (2) Greater Scaup (10) WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (1) Red-breasted Merganser (15) RED-THROATED LOON (1 ad swimming in Port) Killdeer (1) DEMOTTE FIELDS (s. of Kankakee River and e. of I-65- The area was devoid of water.) NEWTON CO. side Gr. White-fronted Goose (48) Gadwall (1) Am. Wigeon (1) N. Pintail (12) Green-winged Teal (6) Ring-necked Duck (2) Bald Eagle (1 ad) Sandhill Crane (200 apx) Killdeer (4) JASPER CO side (bone dry!) Mallard (2) Turkey Vulture (2) Red-tailed Hawk (2- including a Dark Morph) Killdeer (4) Fox Sparrow (1 singing) KANKAKEE FWA (with John Kendall) LAPORTE CO side Gr. White-fronted Goose (30) Gadwall (2) Mallard (210 apx) N. Pintail (67) Blue-winged Teal (1 male, our first of the year) Am. Wigeon (1) Redhead (40) Ring-necked Duck (320 apx) Sandhill Crane (700 apx) Lesser Yellowlegs (3- our first of the year) Brown-headed Cowbird (80) STARKE CO side (with John Kendall) Canada Goose (350 est.) TUNDRA SWAN (3- 2 ad & one imm.) N. Pintail (1) Canvasback (110- excellent count) Wild Turkey (1) Sandhill Crane (30) KINGSBURY FWA Am. Wigeon (1 male) Ring-necked Duck (50) Wild Turkey (4) E. Screech-Owl (1 red morph in Wood Duck box) E. Bluebird (8) TREMONT For the days last stop we enjoyed Randy Pals N. SAW-WHET OWL. Thanks Randy. Ken Brock Chesterton, IN ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: MNWR FOY From: David Crouch <david AT PROGRADE.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:40:22 -0500 Two trips to Muscatatuck NWR and Lake Leslie on Thursday, March 11 and today revealed several newcomers for this Spring. Both visits were from about 9:30 to noon in comfortable temperatures with modest winds and cloudy / overcast conditions. This morning while walking back to the N/S road from scoping M1 I saw an adult Bald Eagle sweep over Richart Lake and perch in deadwood on the East end offering a great scope study for five minutes. The Eagle then took a low pass over the lake which sent many Ring-necked on Richart into the air and then proceeded to take a run over M1 raising every duck that I had just been watching. I lost sight of the Eagle as it sailed West of the tree line on Storm Creek. Highlight species included: MNWR 03-11-10 Mallard -70 American Black Duck -4 Gadwall -3 Northern Pintail -2 American Wigeon -6 Ring-necked Duck -175 Richart Lake Redhead -10 " " Lesser Scaup -17 " " Ruddy Duck -1 " " Red-tailed Hawk -3 Barred Owl -1 Vocal only, North end of M1 Eastern Phoebe -3 FOY two at McDonald and one at M6 Mutton Creek bridge Brown Creeper -1 FOY Chestnut Ridge trail Tree Swallow -14 FOY McDonald Marsh Yellow-rumped Warbler -9 Eastern Meadowlark -1 Uncommon on Refuge, in field at auto tour turn Field Sparrow -1 FOY just North of Visitor's Center MNWR 03-13-10 Mallard -70 American Black Duck -4 Gadwall -5 American Wigeon -12 Northern Shoveler -4 M1 Green-winged Teal -11 M1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL -6 FOY M1 Ring-necked Duck -200 Richart Redhead -4 " Ruddy Duck -1 " Bald Eagle -1 Sandhill Crane -15 Fly over at M6 Killdeer -7 M1 Tree Swallow -55 McDonald and M4 BROWN THRASHER -1 FOY at office Yellow-rumped Warbler -11 Woods North of Richart Lake Leslie 03-13-10 HORNED GREBE -4 FOY in varying stages of progression to breeding plumage Dave Crouch Seymour Green-winged Teal ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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I also found fresh whitewash in some other spots, indicating that the bird has been around roosting in various trees for at least a few days. Thus it may remain there tomorrow for those who want to see it. For those who don't know the spot: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms? hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101202394268560060594.00045c7701858b46339 22&z=17 Randy Pals Chesterton ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Engle Road Fort Wayne From: Stephanie Wagner <Sewin46 AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:32:33 EST Birding at 50mph on Engle Road required a U-turn on Friday morning. One mature bald eagle in the stand of trees near the road at the National Serv-all ponds forced my late arrival to work. Fortunately my boss was understanding! ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Hammond Area - 3/12, R.T. Loon, W.W.Scoter, Woodcock From: Michael Topp <mtopp7927 AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:15:41 -0500 3/12
I was able to get out to a few spots on the Hammond Lakefront today.
* Pictures I will post later.
There were lots of blackbirds migrating along the lake.
Highlights:
Hammond Marina & Sanctuary:
1-RED-THROATED LOON (Still in Winter Plumage)
1-D.C.Cormorant
10-Canada Geese
2-Redheads
150+ Greater Scaup
4-Lesser Scaup
1-WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Female type)
8-C.Goldeneye
8-Bufflehead
2-C.Mergansers
16-R.B.Mergansers
1-Kestrel
1-Coopers Hawk
2-Killdeer
2-A.Woodcock
1-N.Flicker
1-E.Towhee
1-E.Medowlark
12-A.Robins
2-Cedar Waxwings
2-B.C.Chickadees
25+ Song Sparrows
5-Tree Sparrows
4-N.Juncos
Wolf Lake (Hammond) - Various Points
1-Horned Grebe
1-G.B.Heron
10-Mute Swans
50+ Canada Geese
12-Mallards
4-Gadwall
4-A.Widgeon
10-Canvasbacks *
18-Redheads *
6-Ring-necked Ducks
4-Lesser Scaup *
2-C.Goldeneye
4-Bufflehead
12-C.Mergansers
5-R.B.Mergansers
1-R.T.Hawk
4-Killdeer
1-Belted Kingfisher
Also on Feb. 28th I had 3 Brown Crepers and on March 03 I had 4
Creepers on my Ash tree at the same time.
Michael Topp
Highland IN.
Photos:
http://community.webshots.com/user/mtopp101
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Subject: Ceder WaxwingsFrom: Andrea Neumann <andreaneumann15 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:46:48 -0500 A local bird watcher saw a lot of Ceder Waxwings flying around this morning,
and she wanted me to come over to check them out. It turned out that there
were well over a 100 Ceder Waxwings there. This is the most I have every
seen.
Other birds with the waxwings
Killdeer 1
American Robin 2
Starling 1
Red Winged Blackbird 1
Landon Neumann
Logansport Cass County
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Subject: Lake report from yesterdayFrom: Bob Zaremba <bobzarem AT BELLSOUTH.NET> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:53:24 -0800 I stopped by a few locations while on my way to the airport yesteray. The ice near the lake shore was mostly gone and the water was open along Whiting Park and the fishing area. Duck and gull activity was fairly low, but I did pick up my FOY HORNED GREBES off of the refinery beach. Here is the list from the day: Whiting Park & Refinery Beach Canada Goose 51 Mallad 2 Greater Scaup 75 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 2 Red-breasted Merganser 10 Horned Grebe 2 Song Sparrow 8 Roxanna area Canada Goose 4 Mallard 2 Pied-billed Grebe 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 Thanks, Bob Zaremba Marietta,, GA ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Lk. Lemon - 3/12 From: Jim Hengeveld <jhengeve AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:28:51 -0500 With the entire lake now open, we saw a few FOY birds from the deck this morning, including 2 AM. WIGEON, 3 BLUE-W. TEAL, 3 RED-BR. MERGANSERS, and 2 TREE SWALLOWS. Other birds on the lake included: -9 Ring-n. Ducks -1 Greater Scaup -43 Lesser Scaup -117 Com. Goldeneye -7 Bufflehead -3 Hooded Mergansers -7 Ruddy Ducks -2 Pied-b. Grebes ........Jim & Susan ******************** Jim & Susan Hengeveld East Lake Lemon Observatory Southshore Drive Unionville, IN 47468 ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Stillwater, Lake Monroe From: Mike Clarke <redeyegravy AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:17:18 -0500 A great diversity and good numbers of ducks at Stillwater Marsh and even a few waterfowl off of Paynetown this morning. Still hundreds of Redheads at Stillwater. 18 waterfowl species for the morning. Also signs of spring with Tree Swallows and my first Blue-winged Teal of the year at Stillwater and a total of 3 Phoebes on the morning. Results of interest: Stillwater Marsh Canada Goose- 40 Wood Duck- 22 Gadwall- 9 American Wigeon- 31 American Black Duck- 18 Mallard ~ 190 Blue Winged Teal- 1 (my first of the season) Northern Shoveler- 17 Northern Pintail- 135 Green-winged Teal- 15 Canvasback- 21 Redhead- 462 Ring-necked Duck ~550 Lesser Scaup- 88 Bufflehead- 5 Hooded Merganser- 4 Bald Eagle- 2 (adults) Killdeer-2 Ring-billed Gull- 10 Eastern Phoebe- 3 Tree Swallow- 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet- 1 Eastern Towhee- 2 singing Field Sparrow- 3 singing Paynetown: Canada Goose- x Wood Duck- 3 Gadwall- 2 Mallard- 13 Canvasback- 9 Ring-necked Duck- 42 Lesser Scaup- 53 (plus a couple of good candidates for Greater, but they were too distant) Common Goldeneye-6 Hooded Merganser- 4 Red-breasted Merganser- 2 Horned Grebe- 23 Great Blue Heron- 1 Ring-billed Gull- 6 Bonaparte's Gull- 2 Northern Flicker- 2 Eastern Phoebe- 1 Brown Creeper- 1 Dark-eyed Junco- 14 Cutright: Mallard- 2 Turkey Vulture- 25 Eastern Phoebe- 1 -Mike Clarke Bloomington ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Celery Bog 3/10/10 From: Clint Maddox <clint.maddox AT AIRHOP.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:01 -0500 Hello Birders, While in Lafayette this week, I took a very enjoyable walk around Celery Bog and found the following species. Brown Creeper- 2 C. chickadee W.B. Nuthatch T. titmouse House Finch H. Sparrow E. Starling C. Grackle B.H. Cowbird R.W. Blackbird R.B. Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker R.B. Gull R.T. Hawk A. Robin Killdeer Ringneck Duck-25 Mallard-22 N. Shoveler-4 A. Coot-13 Sandhill Crane-35 flyovers G.B. Heron-2 C. Goose-many Blue Jay N. Cardinal A. Crow A. Goldfinch Song Sparrow G.W. Teal-4 Pileated Woodpecker-1 Muskrat-6 Whitetail Deer-3 Clint Maddox W. Putnam Co. ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Birding in Gibson County From: Vicky Whitaker <hostas4u AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:23:27 -0500 3-7-10 1 Lesser Scaup (my first) off 750W 3-8-10 3 Ruddy ducks (my first) off 850W 3-8-10 10+ American Wigeon (my first) South of Snakey Point Marsh 2 Redheads 84 Ring-necked ducks 2 Common Goldeneye 4 Wood ducks 3 Belted kingfishers 20+ Canada geese 1 Bald Eagle on nest Many Mallards 10+ Northern Shovelers 2 Northern Pintails 100+ Coots 3-10-10 Took a friend out to snakey point marsh,she loved it. She saw her first shovelers, First Pintail, first Redhead , and first American Wigeon. She loves Bluebirds and she got to see some of them. I got to see my (foy) Eastern Phoebe 1 Bald Eagle on nest and 1 flying over pond. Happy birding until next time Vicky Whitaker ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: American Woodcocks From: Andrea Neumann <andreaneumann15 AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:52:45 -0500 Today I checked a meadow in France Park near Georgetown Rd for woodcocks. I heard 5 and saw 2 of them. Landon Neumann Logansport Cass County ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Eagles at the Spud and a Kingsbury Yellowlegs From: Bob Huguenard <roberthuguenard AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:04:10 -0500 Hi, This afternoon I had a lone Lesser Yellowlegs at the marsh at Kingsbury. The marsh is virtually ice free now and most of the waterfowl was well off the road. Later I cruised Potato Creek real quick and set a personal high for the Spud of 5 Bald Eagles. 3 matures and a 1st and 2nd year. They were in the cut between the east and Westside of the lake on the tree line on the south shore. I put a sketchy video on my Flickr page. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41782619 AT N00/4425221011/ Bob North Liberty ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Fox Island Phoebe, Eagle Marsh Teal- March 11 AM From: "Rodger P. Rang" <rrang AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:51:42 -0500 Given the strong south breeze of yesterday afternoon and evening, I was anxious to see if any Eastern Phoebes were back at Fox Island County Park. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I struck out, but there was one there this late morning just east of the Nature Center. Ironically, I only detected it when my attention was drawn to a phoebe-like call note. I determined that the vocalist was just an off-beat Red Squirrel, but in the same field-of-view, above and beyond the rodent, sat a completely motionless bird- the phoebe! On my way home, I stopped at the Boy Scout parking lot overlook of Eagle Marsh. The ice is completely gone, but there seemed to be far fewer birds, though the species mix was similar to yesterday's. The exception was one BLUE-WINGED TEAL swimming with a small group of Shovelers. Rodger Rang Fort Wayne ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Waterfowl, Pine Creek, Benton County From: "Dunning, John B" <jdunning AT PURDUE.EDU> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:19 -0500 In between rain showers, I made a quick trip to the Pine Creek Gamebird Habitat Area in Benton County. Lot of ice still on the bigger wetlands, but lots of open water too. The early spring migrants mentioned by many others were all in evidence: Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Eastern Meadowlark, Killdeer. I was mostly interested in the waterfowl, many of which were first-of-the-year for me. Highlights: Canada Goose 41 Mallard 208 American Black Duck 4 Gadwall 3 Green-winged Teal 36 Northern Pintail 2 American Wigeon 6 Northern Shoveler 3 Ring-necked Duck 8 Bufflehead 1 Hooded Merganser 9 In addition, a flock of 23 Sandhill Cranes flew low over the wetlands. Barny misner13 AT verizon.net ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: NE Allen Reservoirs- March 11 AM From: "Rodger P. Rang" <rrang AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:24 -0500 Hurshtown Reservoir is still completely iced over, but Cedarville Reservoir is completely open and had a few birds. Of the dozens present, I could see that most were Redheads and Ring-necks, but there were smaller numbers of A. Wigeon, N. Shoveler, L. Scaup, Bufflehead, and C. Goldeneye. With only binos, quite a few birds went unidentified. Rodger Rang Fort Wayne ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Dekalb Tundra Swans Photos From: Holly Meyers <HMeyersKbirder AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:28:26 EST If you are interested, I have 2 photos of the swans on Ebird photos under "killyhawker" Holly Meyers ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Dekalb County Tundras From: Holly Meyers <HMeyersKbirder AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:54:26 EST OK, Normally I report Steuben County, but was returning home the back way from Auburn on CR 27, when I noticed 3 large white birds in a field "puddle" from the snow melt...and found them to be Tundras with several Mallards. Always have my camera with me :) so got several great shots...On CR 27 s/o CR 10 on the East side of 27. Red-wings are back, including the one that loves to throw himself into our upper window ..this is the 3rd or 4th year (loosing track of time :) running for him now, and the cats don't even get bothered by him anymore. Holly Meyers Steuben County/ Dekalb county ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Recent IU cross country course highlights From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:36:03 -0800 I’m seeing more and more signs of spring with each passing day. This is a wonderful time of year, as our dark snowy winter gives way to the sights, sounds and smells of nature slowly renewing itself. The usual suspects continue to sing loudly and often, providing the background chorus: Eastern Bluebird, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Song Sparrow, House Finch, and Northern Cardinal. Tiny shoots of green have started to poke up through the dead XC course grasses that were matted down by this winter’s prolonged snow cover I heard my first XC course Eastern Meadowlark song of the year on Saturday! Yesterday there were several singing and calling on the XC course, and I flushed 9 meadowlarks while walking through one small area. To me, these birds are the IU XC keystone species. Meadowlarks are what inspired me to lobby Indiana University to stop unnecessary mowing on the XC course two years ago. It’s really uplifting when these birds return in full force each spring. Makes me feel like I’ve done something positive for at least one small patch of this Earth. Some additional highlights from the past 4-5 days: * One very big highlight would have to be the Sandhill Cranes. It seems like every time I’ve been outside I’ve heard them. Quite often they are faintly in the distance, heard but not seen. But sometimes they are overhead, where I can clearly see and hear them. I don’t remember having the good fortune to encounter so many Sandhills before in the spring. I feel blessed this year. Yesterday I heard three flocks overhead at one time. I could see the closest two flocks, each about 15-20 birds. They approached each other and spent some time circling around in a disorganized fashion for a few minutes. After getting acquainted, they reformed into a “v” of 30-40 birds and headed off to the NNW. But my favorite Sandhill highlight was yesterday on the IU XC course. The smallest, quietest, lowest-flying flock of Sandhills I’ve ever seen. Three birds came in at a height of about 50 feet, flying slowly past me. They were in a “v” formation...technically the fewest birds required to form a “v”. :-) For a couple of seconds they looked like they were coming in for a landing on the north part of the XC course. But I think my presence spooked them. They continued on over the treetops in the general direction of Griffy Lake. Got some very nice close up views with my binoculars. Very cool!! * I found BIGBY species #75 for the year on Saturday...a Savannah Sparrow singing in a 20 acre meadow immediately adjacent to the XC course. It took me a while to locate the bird for a visual ID, but I eventually did. I now need 25 more BIGBY species before April 29 to set a new record for my earliest date to get 100 BIGBY species. I think I can do it! * I heard my first Field Sparrow song of the year on Saturday. Same meadow as the Savannah. Not a new BIGBY species for the year, just the first *singing* FISP. Heard another FISP singing yesterday, as well as this morning. I really like this song. Not cheerful like some birds...more of a melancholy plaintive air to it. * I watched a Pileated Woodpecker fly across a quarter mile stretch of grassland. I love to watch Pileateds fly out in the open. They have a really unique flying pattern...almost like they’re swimming or rowing through the air. This bird flew into a 5-6 acre patch of mostly pole-sized timber. Apparently it found one of the best woodpecker drumming trees in the world. The drumming was loud. It sounded like a cross between a jackhammer and the noise a semi-trailer truck makes when it’s engine-braking. * Late yesterday afternoon there were two White-breasted Nuthatches on the same feeder. One bird gave the other a sunflower heart from the feeder. A mated pair? I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for a nest cavity. * The American Tree Sparrows and the White-throated Sparrows were conspicuous by their absence this morning. Their numbers have been dwindling, but today I didn’t see any. I guess winter sparrows moving on is a sign of spring. :-) * Lots of smallish flocks of Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds flying overhead, heading north. The Red-wings are flying closer to the ground now, and quite a few have been heard singing in the neighborhood. Interestingly, I haven’t heard any Red-wings singing on the XC course. * Finally, this morning, there were a half dozen Red Slider turtles basking in the sun atop rocks in an apartment complex pond on 10th Street. The pond was completely covered with ice last week. That’s gotta be a sign of spring! Bernie Sloan Bloomington My birding blog: http://bird-bs.blogspot.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/birdbs ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: red winged black birds From: Denise Dixon <Ddix0058 AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:14:13 EST on my way home last night around 6:30 pm, I saw 5 red winged black birds along Southport Rd at I 65. Spring is officially here!!! Denise D ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Wood Ducks-Lake Freeman From: Rick Read <richardaread AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:01 -0500 On 3/9: Had 8 Wood Ducks swimming toward my shore. I put up 2 duck boxes the day prior. We'll see happens. Around the Gringrich Ct area: Still had 9 Bald Eagles handing around the ice and in trees (6 in one tree). All but one are juveniles. But it won't last long; ice is melting daily and more fishermen are getting out. Waterfowl included: Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 5 Northern Shoveler Gadwall 6 American Wigeon 6 Ring-necked Duck Mallard Pied-billed Grebe 1 Ring-billed Gull Canada Goose American Coot 2 Redhead Canvasback Lesser Scaup Rick Read Monticello ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Goose Pond 3-10-10 LeYe FOY From: MikePytlak AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:09:06 EST 3-11-10 I was off yesterday and went to Goose Pond in pm. I saw thirty Lesser Yellowlegs in one flock flying over MPW. Also two Double-crested Cormorants flew over MPW near Hwy 59. These were first of year for me. Michael Brown MikePytlak AT aol.com ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Woodcocks, owl, and other morning sounds From: "Terri B. Greene" <tgreene AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:31 -0500 Wednesday (March 10, 2010) morning greeted me with a wonderful array of sounds while walking Shep from roughly 6:15-6:45 a.m. The woodcocks were peenting and displaying. A Barred Owl asked, "Who cooks for you?" A couple enthusiastic cardinals were already singing. I heard a Killdeer. I also heard a Carolina Wren and American Robin when returning to the house. And, of the non-avian encounters . . . there were oodles of Spring Peepers. I heard an occasional Western Chorus Frog as well as a few Wood Frogs. The coyotes howled. I helped two crayfish off of the road. Two Wood Ducks were on the pond that evening. Terri Greene SW Monroe Co March 10, 2010 Wood Duck 2 Killdeer 1 American Woodcock X Barred Owl 1 Carolina Wren 1 American Robin 1 Northern Cardinal 2 ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: First chipping Sparrow From: Sue and Ted Ulrich <SueAndTedUlrich AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:03:05 -0500 Was visiting a friend in West Lafayette this afternoon and had a FOY Chipping Sparrow. Quite a few Redwing BB back on territory and a Killdeer flew across the road as we were driving in. Susan Ulrich ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Eagle Slough, Vand. Co. & BGFWA, Warrick Co. From: Charles Crawford <cr4d AT INSIGHTBB.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:53:12 -0600 Location: Eagle Slough Observation date: 3/10/10 Number of species: 26 Canada Goose 5 Wood Duck 8 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Mourning Dove 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Tufted Titmouse 5 Brown Creeper 1 Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 35 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling X Eastern Towhee 2 Fox Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 15 Red-winged Blackbird X Rusty Blackbird 19 Common Grackle X American Goldfinch 3 Location: Blue Grass FWA Observation date: 3/10/10 Notes: Also covered Wasson Road area. Number of species: 17 Canada Goose 4 Wood Duck 9 Turkey Vulture 7 Northern Harrier 3 Red-tailed Hawk 5 American Kestrel 1 American Coot 23 Killdeer 3 Wilson's Snipe 3 Great Horned Owl 1 On nest next to Wasson Road Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 American Crow X Tufted Titmouse X American Robin X Northern Mockingbird 1 Red-winged Blackbird X Eastern Meadowlark 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Charlie Henderson KY ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Striebel Pond March 10 From: Erik Troske <etbirdbrain AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:25:32 -0500 Went to Striebel Pond in Michigan City this afternoon and had quite a nice waterfowl viewing. My favorite ducks, Canvasbacks, were present and I had 2 other FOY species as well. Red-winged Blackbirds are back in droves now. Bufflehead 8 Lesser Scaup 10 Canvasback 7 FOY Redhead 40 Ring-necked Duck 65 Mallard 4 Northern Shoveler 8 FOY American Coot 5 Killdeer 3 Canada Goose 35 Mute Swan 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 FOY Beautiful day! I welcome spring's return with open arms! Erik Troske Michigan City ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Muscatatuck FOY Tree Swallows From: Amy Kearns <greenpertplus AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:34:53 -0500 I was able to do some birding at a few different spots on this beautiful day. Highlights were a singing BROWN CREEPER and FOY TREE SWALLOWS. Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge ~1 pm Auto Tour w/ John Castrale and Christian Freitag Canada Goose 45 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 4 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 40 Redhead 14 - Richart Lake Ring-necked Duck 281- Richart Lake Ruddy Duck 1- Richart Lake Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 3 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 - pair behind visitor's center, acting agitated, perhaps they are considering nesting in the old Cooper's Hawk nest? Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 TREE SWALLOW 6 - FOY over Richart Lake, John spotted them Carolina Chickadee 6 Tufted Titmouse 15 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 BROWN CREEPER 2 - one singing on the paved trail that runs behind the visitor center. Was really wonderful - the first I've heard singing in years! Carolina Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 6 European Starling 15 Cedar Waxwing 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Eastern Towhee 2 American Tree Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 1 - feeders Song Sparrow 5 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 3 Dark-eyed Junco 10 Northern Cardinal 10 Red-winged Blackbird 15 House Finch 10 American Goldfinch 20 Orange county, w/ Noah and our big hairy dogs: Orleans Reservoir 4:30 PM 2 Canada Goose 11 Killdeer Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest (Paoli) 5:00 PM 3 Wild Turkey 2 Turkey Vulture 2 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 5 American Crow 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Dark-eyed Junco Amy Kearns Mitchell ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: woodcocks in Allen Co. From: zzedpowers AT AOL.COM Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:11:16 -0500 Inspired by others' accounts of courting woodcocks, Ed and I went at sunset to our never-fail spot along Zubrick Rd. south of the GM plant in SW Allen Co. Sure enough, we heard the peenting right away! And earlier today we saw our first turkey vulture, plus we heard spring peepers and chorus frogs across from the National ServAll landfill on Smith Road in SW Fort Wayne. Yea! Spring is here! Cynthia Powers from Allen Co. ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Beehunter, Goose Pond From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:38 -0500 This morning John Eakin, Bob Dodd and I visited Beehunter and Goose
Pond. Weather much better than expected - clearing, temperatures in the
mid-sixties, and a brisk SW wind. Lots of birds in the air and on the
water. The highlights:
Beehunter 2:
Canada Goose - 75
Gr. White-fr. Goose - 55
Am. Wigeon - 1
Mallard - 700
No. Pintail - 25
Ring-necked Duck - 13
Ring-billed Gull - 25
Killdeer - 6
Sandhill Crane - 1100
Field at corner of 200S and 1000W:
Wood Duck - 4
Am. Wigeon - 6
Mallard - 75
No. Pintail - 6
No. Shoveler- 4
Canvasback - 25
Redhead - 270
Ring-necked Duck - 350
Lesser Scaup - 40
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Beehunter 4/5:
Canada Goose - 40
Mallard - 75
No. Shoveler - 15
Green-winged Teal - 25
Killdeer - 6
Sandhill Crane - 750
No. Harrier - 5 (1 male, 1 fem, 3 imm)
Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult, 1 Basic I)
Am. Tree Sparrow - 36
E. Meadowlark - 6
Goose Pond 9/10:
Tundra Swan - 2
Canada Goose - 35
Gadwall - 65
Am. Wigeon - 75
Mallard - 45
No. Shoveler - 2
No. Pintail - 15
Green-winged Teal - 6
Canvasback - 35
Redhead - 45
Ring-necked Duck - 95
Lesser Scaup - 6
Bufflehead - 3
Am. Coot - 125
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Sandhill Crane - 250
Ring-billed Gull - 35
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
No. Harrier - 2 (1 imm, 1 fem)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Rough-legged Hawk - 4 (2 light, 2 dark)
Horned Lark - 6
Am. Tree Sparrow - 35
Savannah Sparrow - 1
E. Meadowlark - 16
Brief stop at Double Ditches:
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (dark)
No. Harrier - 3 (imm)
Horned Lark - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 2
From 1200 - overlooking Main Pool:
Rough-legged Hawk - 2 (1 dark, 1 light)
Canada Goose - hundreds
Mallard - hundreds
No. Shoveler - 30
Redhead - 45
Ring-necked Duck - 95
Brown-headed Cowbird - 25
Jessup's Field - S of BH2 on 900W
Sandhill Crane - 3500
100S near 67:
Great Blue Heron - 1
Note - we also observed three different Whooping Cranes in Greene
County - locations were transmitted to Brad
Don Whitehead
Bloomington
whitehea AT indiana.edu
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Subject: Franke Park- March 10 PMFrom: "Rodger P. Rang" <rrang AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:35 -0500 As of 3PM this afternoon, the lake at Franke Park in Fort Wayne was about 80% ice-free. Migrant waterfowl amongst the feral multitudes included Redhead (1m,1f), Bufflehead (12m), and American Coot (1). Rodger Rang Fort Wayne ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu **********************************************************Subject: Re: Lamb Lake Eagle From: Patricia Reynolds <eagleowl4180 AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:38 -0800 Tom and Ann - Thanks for this wonderful, helpful message. It is so gratifying to have so many skilled observers on the lookout for information. best regards - Patti Reynolds, President Return to the Wild, Inc. PO Box 1153, Nashville IN 47448 812-988-8990 eagleowl4180 AT sbcglobal.net www.returntothewild.org --- On Wed, 3/10/10, TomSubject: SW Allen- March 10 AM From: "Rodger P. Rang" <rrang AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:54 -0500 I detected a few species at Fox Island County Park (nature bldgs areas) that I missed yesterday, notably E. Towhee (1m), Swamp (2) and White-thr. (1) Sparrows, and Spring Peeper and N. Leopard Frog. No phoebe yet. At the wet area at Ellison/ RR crossing, I noted a small group of ducks including Gadwall (1m,1f), A. Wigeon (3m,2f) and GW Teal (3m). The ice continues to diminish at Eagle Marsh. The Engle Road end is nearly ice-free and held a few ducks, notably: A. Black (3m) and Ruddy (3m). At the opposite end of the property, the ice is perhaps half gone, and there were a fair number of birds- though most were out quite a distance. With just binoculars, I could only positively ID a fraction of the dozens present. Among them were: N. Shoveler- 10+ Canvasback- 2m Ring-necked Duck- 20+ Scaup sp.- 10+ Bufflehead- 8+ Hooded Merganser- 2 Ruddy Duck- 2 Rodger Rang Fort Wayne ********************************************************** Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html To post to this mailing list, you must be subscribed. To subscribe, send a PLAIN TEXT (not HTML) email to: listserv AT listserv.indiana.edu With a message body (not subject line!) of: subscribe IN-BIRD-L FIRSTNAME LASTNAME where FIRSTNAME and LASTNAME are your real first and last names. To contact the listowner, send an email to in-bird-l-request AT listserv.indiana.edu ********************************************************** |