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20 Nov Fwd: [jax-birds] Crane Count 11/16/09 Haehnle Sanctuary [Lathe Claflin ] 20 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (20 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov Halloween Quiz answers ["Robert Setzer" ] 19 Nov Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths [] 19 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (19 Nov 2009) Raptors [] 19 Nov Re: Tundra Swans Flyway ["Russell Emmons" ] 19 Nov Re: Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday : lots of Bonaparte Gulls [] 19 Nov Tundra Swans Flyway [Ed Lewandowski ] 19 Nov Re: carolina wren [Sarah Toner ] 19 Nov eBird now supports email submissions [David Bell ] 19 Nov Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday : lots of Bonaparte Gulls [laurent fournier ] 19 Nov Re: carolina wren [Bruce McCulloch ] 19 Nov carolina wren [Jan Berry ] 18 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors [] 18 Nov (Fwd) [Mich-listers] Ancient Murrelet, Berrien County, 11/18/0 ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 18 Nov Re: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn ["Sally K Scheer" ] 18 Nov Tonight: "Birding the Soo," free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Nov. 18, 7:30, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 18 Nov Re: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn [CATHERINE CARROLL ] 17 Nov Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn [Catherine Carroll ] 17 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (17 Nov 2009) 53 Raptors [] 17 Nov RE: Magnificent collection of photos by Andrew Zuckerman ["Robert Setzer" ] 17 Nov Another Hawk-Dove Encounter [GWEN REED ] 17 Nov minox attachment for scope ["Sally K Scheer" ] 17 Nov Re: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen ["Robert Setzer" ] 17 Nov Re: Hawk-dove encounter [] 17 Nov Re: Hawk-dove encounter ["Sally K Scheer" ] 17 Nov Hawk-dove encounter [] 17 Nov "Birding the Soo " is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Nov 18th, Ann Arbor, all invited [Ray Stocking ] 16 Nov Belle Isle Monday [Ed Lewandowski ] 16 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (16 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors [] 16 Nov RE: Ancient Murrelet ["Cendra Lynn" ] 16 Nov RE: Owl Sounds [David Allen ] 16 Nov Saw-whet Owl at Belle Isle ["Santner, Steven" ] 16 Nov Magnificent collection of photos by Andrew Zuckerman [Maryse Brouwers ] 16 Nov Ancient Murrelet ["Robert Epstein" ] 16 Nov Peregrine Falcon - Washtenaw County ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 16 Nov Adult Red-headed Woodpecker - NE Oakland County ["rockysq AT juno.com" ] 16 Nov Re: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 16 Nov Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen ["Robert Setzer" ] 15 Nov LEM [Ken Willard ] 15 Nov Eagle and RB Nuthatch ["bflylady27 AT netzero.com" ] 15 Nov Re: SEOs in Superior Township Washtenaw County [curt powell ] 15 Nov Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths [Crystal Keller ] 15 Nov Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths [] 15 Nov (Fwd) [Mich-listers] Berrien County Ancient Murrelet--11/15 NO ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 15 Nov Re: Injured swan at Wetzel ["Maxine Biwer" ] 15 Nov SEOs in Superior Township Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ] 15 Nov Injured swan at Wetzel ["Marilynn" ] 15 Nov Ancient Murrelet - not so far today ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 15 Nov Murrelet photos [Andy Johnson ] 14 Nov Snow Buntings (Friday) [Andy Johnson ] 14 Nov (Minnesota) Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival [Michael Hendrickson ] 14 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (14 Nov 2009) 7 Raptors [] 14 Nov Ancient Murrelet at Tiscornia Beach [] 14 Nov S-e Owl - Oakland County [James Fox ] 14 Nov Vreeland Road - Washtenaw and Thorn Lake - Jackson [Don Henise ] 14 Nov Ancient Murrelet - St. Joseph, MI [Ray Stocking ] 14 Nov Dearborn birds junco & red bellied woodpecker [Janet Damian Lapko ] 14 Nov Re: Owl Sounds [] 14 Nov A new Birding TV show ["Marys1000" ] 14 Nov Re: question/comments about Pileated Woodpeckers ["Russell Emmons" ] 14 Nov question/comments about Pileated Woodpeckers [Pat Burden ] 13 Nov RE: Owl Sounds ["Russell Emmons" ] 13 Nov RE: Owl Sounds ["Sally K Scheer" ] 13 Nov RE: Owl Sounds ["Cendra Lynn" ] 13 Nov HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (13 Nov 2009) 94 Raptors [] 13 Nov Vreeland/Gotfredson Roads [James Fox ] 13 Nov not found // Re: Relocated: WHITE-WINGED DOVE IN WASHTENAW COUNTY ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 13 Nov Ring-necked duck ["Maxine Biwer" ] 13 Nov Red-necked Grebe at Ford Lake ["Bruce Moorman" ] 13 Nov ADMIN - Arb management ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 13 Nov Owl Sounds [David Allen ] 13 Nov Re: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds ["Sally K Scheer" ] 13 Nov Re: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds ["Melody Bond" ] 13 Nov RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds [Barb ] 13 Nov RE: The Arb Today 11/12 [John Lowry ] Subject: Fwd: [jax-birds] Crane Count 11/16/09 Haehnle Sanctuary From: Lathe Claflin <lathe.claflin AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:20 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gary Siegrist Date: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:01 AM Subject: [jax-birds] Crane Count 11/16/09 Haehnle Sanctuary To: jaxbirds AT umich.edu There were 466 Sandhill Cranes roosting at the sanctuary on Monday, another 835 cranes flew over to roost in suitable habitat north and west of Haehnle. Most of the bird were seen between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.  Large numbers of waterfowl continue to use Mud Lake Marsh as a safe haven and the Northern Shrike was seen on Sunday afternoon below the observation hill. Waterfowl sightings: Trumpeter Swan - 2 Tundra Swan – 6 Mallard – 100+ Black Duck – 2 American Wigeon – 6 Hooded Merganser – 5 Green-wing Teal – 10 Northern Shoveler – 2 Northern Pintail – 2 American Coot – 100+ Canada Goose – 50+ Other sightings: Northern Harrier – 1 (im.) Bald Eagle – 3 (I juvenile, 2 adults) My apologies for the lateness of this report. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 --- * To unsubscribe from jax-birds AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE JAX-BIRDS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE JAX-BIRDS Your Name. -- Lathe Claflin eastern Jackson County --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (20 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 20 Nov 2009 17:11:43 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 20, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 0 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: More Southwest winds at around 0-6mph. Visibility was just OK, with a lot of gray, haze-fog mix all around the count area in the background areas. Cloud cover was just about 100% all day, with just a few opening of blue sky, then they would quickly close again. Raptor Observations: No migratory raptors again, and only saw 3 non migratory/ or likely local raptors. Non-raptor Observations: A one-two thousand ducks on and flying around on and over the lake today. Several flocks of Tundra Swans went past too. Several Brown Creepers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets were found along the trail. Two Belted Kingfishers also flew past a few times. Predictions: More light West, Southwest, or South winds for Saturday. After two days of no movement it could be a good day. But with more winds from the South or West it also could be slow. Most likely maybe slow but steady. If it is clearer and warmer with light winds it might be an OK day for a few more Golden Eagles to go by. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Halloween Quiz answers From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:01 -0500 OK. I am a bit overdue for this, but it has not yet been a month yet so I am not too embarrassed – just have been too busy looking for new birds (…think “wild goose chase”?). I updated my PBase site tonight with more pics of the Halloween quiz bird … drum roll please … č a Sandhill Crane. Did you get it? I think this must have been too obvious for most of you. I only had a few responses – less than 10. Janet you win the special prize – my congratulations for correctly identifying the bird! Other responders win the runner-up prize – my sincere thanks for playing! I am heartened that many of you checked out the bird even if you did not respond! PBase has a hit counter, so I know that over a hundred people looked at my quiz. (OK, that is enough encouragement for me to try it again!). I hope you all enjoyed my weird (but I think great!) pic! (By the way, never feel embarrassed about a guess! It is so obvious – as you know - that I guess a lot! I see it as a first step towards knowledge!) Anyway, I put a dozen Sandhill pics on the site tonight – please check them out! (I think some are actually quite nice…) These were taken in July. http://www.pbase.com/doctorbass/2009_october_quiz For Judy and me seeing this beautiful bird up close was incredible! Judy immediately took it as her favorite bird, and kept pestering me to go back! I had seen on the birders list it might be possible to see one at Kensington. We walked a long trail (all around Wildwing Lake), looking in the weeds as we went and did not see any. We were disappointed. Then on our return, we found three birds just hanging around the Nature Center! On subsequent visits, we saw them every time but one – often near the Nature Center, but also in other places in the park. So cool! Oh, yes, we did see and ‘shoot’ the osprey chicks in the nest – the main reason we went! Wow! Thank you all reporting birders for enriching our lives! Gee - July seems so long ago! "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Playing a “bird quiz” is more fun than Sudoku? Well, maybe … sometimes … Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths From: wovenwoman AT aol.com Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:50 -0500 Safe for birds and the environment. Biokleen Bac-Out Stain and odor eliminator kills bacteria, smells great, non-toxic, biodegradable, smells like limes mmmm Works on just about everything. Namaste, Edie -----Original Message----- From: Crystal Keller To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2009 1:28 pm Subject: [birders] Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths I suggest not to use bleach unless you are confident you can rinse it out completely. Cement is porous and can hold substances. We use vinegar to clean feeders and birdbaths. Crystal Keller On Nov 15, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Brucemac1 AT aol.com wrote: Hey Vicky... I don't know what others use, but I'd recommend household bleach. I pour the bleach into a dry bath-bowl. Then I use a scrub brush to spread the bleach around and clean out the detritus. Rinse clean and store for the winter. For the painted deco models, you may want to try a little Fantastic. Straight bleach my be too tough for the paint finish. During the season, I use 'Chlorox Clean-Up' regularly. It is a diluted form of bleach and the chlorine is an effective disinfectant. Maybe twice weekly, I'll simply spray a couple squirts of Chlorox Clean-Up onto the surface of the water in the birdbath. "JUST A COUPLE SQUIRTS...!!" Don't overdo it. You'll be able to detect the chlorine odor for 20 or 30 minutes. Chlorine dissipates quickly, especially in the sunlight. It does wonders in keeping the water clear and inhibits growth of algae, etc. The birdbath doesn't become as fouled up so it's much easier to maintain. Bruce Macdonald, Harrow, Ontario, N shore of Lake Erie, 26 miles south of Detroit/Windsor In a message dated 11/15/2009 11:54:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, vfoltz AT verizon.net writes: Hello everyone, I have several cement bird baths that need cleaning and putting up for the winter (I have a heated one I use during the winter months). I am wondering what is safe to use to scrub these? Two of the the three I purchased at art fairs and they have painted surfaces. The other is the plain old fashioned kind. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Vicky Foltz Ft. Wayne IN *********************** To stop receiving messages from this list, send an e-mail message bluebird-L-request AT cornell.edu The body of the message is simply leave More info on leaving e-lists: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave-more.html --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (19 Nov 2009) Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 19 Nov 2009 18:11:33 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 19, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 0 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 0 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4.5 hours Official Counter: Raburn Howland, Seth Cutright Observers: Raburn Howland, Seth Cutright Weather: 100% cloudy all day with rain/snow looking clouds going over. Some dark and gray skies both over head and in the background. With some fog in the background too. Visibility was mostly clear besides this. Wind was from 0-8mph, and went anywhere from Southwest to Southeast. Then at times at the same time it could be more West and East. Raptor Observations: No migratory raptors today at all. Non-raptor Observations: Hardly any other movement of anything else. Not much around at all. Predictions: I guess it will be slow Friday with more West-Southwest winds and chances of rain around noon. But odder things have happened so maybe it will turn out OK... ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Tundra Swans Flyway From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland AT pasty.net> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:02:54 -0500 Ed; Same thing here! Every year spring & fall they fly over. Still watching for this falls flights here. Usually the last 2 weeks of Nov., the first 2 weeks of Dec. Of course though we are just north of Anchor Bay here in south St. Clair county and Tundras hang around on the Bay or the nearby St. Clair River well into the winter and a few even overwinter. Recent years starting to see a few Trumpeters on the big river. Was along Anchor Bay Tuesday and saw about 12 Tundras mixed in with many Mute on the water.. Not much else around there though, several Gulls and a few Mallards. Here at home being visited now with Purple Finch, RED-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, Cowbirds, Tree Sparrows, including Hairy Woodpeckers have reappeared, plus all the usual regulars. Russ Emmons ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Lewandowski To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:44 PM Subject: [birders] Tundra Swans Flyway Hello Birders, I had a group of 16 swans fly by my home yesterday. This has become quite an unexpected phenomenon for me. It seems to happen every year, and every year it still surprises me. I do not have a Mute Swan in my backyard list but the Tundra is. Pretty cool, I have to wonder if we are part of their flyway. Happy Birding Ed Lewandowski Auburn Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday : lots of Bonaparte Gulls From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:58:45 +0000 (UTC) There was a small flock (about a dozen) of Bonaparte's Gulls on the borrow pit at the Ann Arbor Landfill about two weeks ago, along with a couple of ring-billed gulls (plus a couple of hooded mergansers and buffleheads).  I'm not much for knowing which gulls are interesting to birders.  I grew up on the Atlantic coast thinking that all gulls were sea gulls.  It's only in the last couple of years that I've started to look more closely.      Dick Chase      Ann Arbor ----- Original Message ----- From: "laurent fournier" To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:09:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [birders] Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday : lots of Bonaparte Gulls I had the opportunity yesterday to have my lunch break at the Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday, and I was astonished to see around 150 bonaparte's gulls (this is a conservative number), during my 20 minutes break (I did a point count for the ebird database). Also seen were 13 Tundra Swans flyovers Laurent   --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Tundra Swans Flyway From: Ed Lewandowski <scotchman12year AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:44:16 -0800 (PST) Hello Birders,   I had a group of 16 swans fly by my home yesterday.  This has become quite an unexpected phenomenon for me.  It seems to happen every year, and every year it still surprises me.  I do not have a Mute Swan in my backyard list but the Tundra is.  Pretty cool, I have to wonder if we are part of their flyway.   Happy Birding Ed Lewandowski Auburn Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: carolina wren From: Sarah Toner <strix09 AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:36:13 -0500 Had one at Thurston Pond this weekend. Sarah T, NE Ann Arbor On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce McCulloch wrote: > There has been a Carolina wren hanging out at my suet feeder for the last > few days. > > BRM, > Canton > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jan Berry > *To:* birders AT umich.edu > *Sent:* Thu, November 19, 2009 8:27:03 AM > *Subject:* [birders] carolina wren > > Heard a carolina wren this morning when I walked out my door. Such a > cheerful sound on this rainy morning! > > Jan B > > Superior Township > Washtenaw County > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: eBird now supports email submissions From: David Bell <d AT vidbell.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:39:29 -0800 Michigan Birders, Submitting data to eBird just got easier: There is an article on the eBird website about a new free way to enter your sightings by email at http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/ezbird. I thought it might be of interest to the members of this listserv, many of whom use eBird. There is commercial software out there that allows people in the field to submit sightings to eBird. This is simpler, faster and best of all free. To submit sightings, all you need to do is send an email to reports AT ezbird.org with information about where you birded and a list of species seen in a special format that takes about 10 minutes to learn. You can use BBL or 6-letter codes and the species can be listed in any order. You will get an email back in a few minutes containing a file with all of your sightings and a list of any errors such as unrecognized codes or incorrect location information. You can log into eBird and upload the file, or EZBird can do it for you. EZBird is a streamlined, fast way to: 1) enter sightings while in the field using your Blackberry or other email-enabled PDA/Phone. 2) transcribe your notebooks or voice recordings into eBird. It allows you to use Bander's or 6-letter codes to save typing. It also puts the species in the correct order for you and combines multiple records for the same species by adding the numbers and combining the comments. There is an option that allows you to have EZBird import your file into eBird automatically, which is a great time saver especially in the field. I created EZBird for my own use. Friends started using it and suggested that I make it available to the public. It is free. It requires no new or special software -- just your regular email program. See www.ezbird.org for more details. Good eBirding! David Bell Vacaville, CA U of Michigan Alumn d AT vidbell.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday : lots of Bonaparte Gulls From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:09:28 -0800 (PST) I had the opportunity yesterday to have my lunch break at the Pointe Mouille Headquarters yesterday, and I was astonished to see around 150 bonaparte's gulls (this is a conservative number), during my 20 minutes break (I did a point count for the ebird database). Also seen were 13 Tundra Swans flyovers Laurent   --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: carolina wren From: Bruce McCulloch <flavus94 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:51:35 -0800 (PST) There has been a Carolina wren hanging out at my suet feeder for the last few days. BRM, Canton ________________________________ From: Jan Berry To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Thu, November 19, 2009 8:27:03 AM Subject: [birders] carolina wren Heard a carolina wren this morning when I walked out my door.  Such a cheerful sound on this rainy morning! Jan B Superior Township Washtenaw County --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: carolina wren From: Jan Berry <jeberry AT umich.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:27:03 -0500 Heard a carolina wren this morning when I walked out my door. Such a cheerful sound on this rainy morning! Jan B Superior Township Washtenaw County --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (18 Nov 2009) 6 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 18 Nov 2009 20:11:30 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 1 17 163 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 46 326 Northern Goshawk 1 7 23 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 2 924 2412 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 2 48 111 American Kestrel 0 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 6 2085 82471 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:00:00 Total observation time: 4 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: Thanks to Rodney L., and Nora C., for coming by the count today. Made for a nice day. Weather: It was 100% cloudy all day. Some rain did come down just after 2:00pm. Visibility was clear but also hazy and dark in the background too. Wind started at East-North-East, then changed to East-South-East, and then lastly to East. It was either 5-10mph or 10-15mph. Raptor Observations: Not much went by before the rain, but what did go by was neat. The first two raptors of the day were Golden Eagles. They came by at about 10:40am. 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 1 Northern Goshawk, and 1 Northern Harrier also went by. Non-raptor Observations: Around 40 Bonaparte's Gull have been around and were neat to watch feed and fly by close. More Tundra Swans were around, and went past, with one flock of 29. Both Lesser and Greater Scaup flew past around over the lake. Bufflehead, and Common Goldeneye were also around. An Eastern Bluebird was also heard flying over. Predictions: It looks like rain tonight and early in the day Thursday. Then light South-Southwest winds. I would guess it might be OK, with rain today and tonight and early, and likely late in the day Thursday. But it could also be slow with Southwest winds. It is also the time of year when birds might just go at any time. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: (Fwd) [Mich-listers] Ancient Murrelet, Berrien County, 11/18/0 From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:27 -0500 Ancient Murrelet -- yes! (Wednesday) Macklin Smith and I went over (from Ann Arbor) for the Ancient Murrelet right after I read the post below. We and at least eight others watched the murrelet from the tip of the north pier. The bird was probably 200- 300 yards out while Macklin and I were there, from 2:00 to 3:00. It was present on and off through the afternoon. We were told that it disappeared from about 1:00 to 2:00. The water was smooth, and light was decent, so we had good scope looks at 20 through 40 power. It rained a bit before we got there, but the rain stopped for us. While we were there, the bird did a lot of diving, spending perhaps half its time underwater. It was up, though, for as much as a minute at a time. Anyone planning to go for the Ancient Murrelet on Thursday (or later) would be well advised to check the weather reports before leaving home. It took us two hours fifteen minutes to get to Tiscornia Park (St. Joseph) from Ann Arbor. Bruce ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:55:06 -0500 From: Curtis Dykstra To: Michigan Listers Subject: [Mich-listers] Ancient Murrelet, Berrien County, 11/18/09 Listers, Caleb Putnam called me asking to post on behalf of Tim Baerwald that Tim is currently (11/18/09 10:45) watching the ANCIENT MURRELET at Tiscornia Park, Berrien County. The bird is straight off shore of the end of the north pier and is in the company of a flock of Bonaparte's Gulls - which also includes one adult LITTLE GULL. The bird is well offshore swimming where the river water meets the lake water. Curtis ------- End of forwarded message ------- --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:23 -0500 Yeah, and most humans act pretty weird when they're drunk too. The trick is to drink without getting drunk. Most intelligent people can do this but I don't thiink any birds have that kind of self control. Sally Scheer Clinton MI Far southwest Washtenaw Co Bridgewater Twp ----- Original Message ----- From: CATHERINE CARROLL To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:14 AM Subject: [birders] Re: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn Pat, It's possible. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Burden" To: songsparrow AT wowway.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:27:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [birders] Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn Is it possible this bird was drunk? This time of year, it is not uncommon for robins to be eating fermented berries. They sure act weird when they are drunk! Pat -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Carroll To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 9:55 pm Subject: [birders] Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn Birders, This evening I went to U of M Dearborn to do some banking at my credit union. It was still dusk but starting to go dark. Driving up to the parking lot I saw a large flock of birds flying around and when I got out of my car I could see and hear that they were all Robins. They were in trees, in the sky and moving around a lot. I came out of the credit union and they were still flying around. I backed my car up to pull away and saw a Robin just standing on the parking lot - all by itself. I pulled my car up next to it and it didn't move. I opened the car door and it remained motionless. Got out of my car and walked up behind it. It still didn't move. Its eyes were open. It appeared unharmed. I bent over and picked up the bird. Just then it woke up, gave a three note call, broke free and flew into a nearby conifer. It also pooped on my hands. I'm thinking this may have been a very tired bird perhaps after a long migration flight. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Tonight: "Birding the Soo," free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Nov. 18, 7:30, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:00:40 -0800 (PST) Birders and friends,   Please join us tonight for the free program below.  This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:30pm Winter Birding in the Soo   Join Gary Siegrist and Lathe Claflin for an exciting program on winter birding in the Sault Sainte Marie area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gary and Lathe have led many field trips in this area and have great pictures of the birds and winter landscape.  See Snowy Owls, Great Gray Owls, Northern Hawk Owls, Evening Grosbeaks, Gray Jays, Boreal Chickadees, Sharp-tailed Grouse, and other winter wonders. Gary is the People for Wildlife Coordinator for the Dahlem Conservancy in Jackson, MI.  Lathe is a professor emeritus of the University of Michigan Medical School and past president of Washtenaw Audubon.   Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor.  Call 677-3275 for more information about the program.  Directions to the Botanical Gardens: http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php     In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program.   Hope to see you there. Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society www.washtenawaudubon.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn From: CATHERINE CARROLL <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:14:50 -0500 (EST) Pat, It's possible. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Burden" To: songsparrow AT wowway.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:27:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [birders] Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn Is it possible this bird was drunk? This time of year, it is not uncommon for robins to be eating fermented berries. They sure act weird when they are drunk! Pat -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Carroll To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 9:55 pm Subject: [birders] Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn Birders, This evening I went to U of M Dearborn to do some banking at my credit union. It was still dusk but starting to go dark. Driving up to the parking lot I saw a large flock of birds flying around and when I got out of my car I could see and hear that they were all Robins. They were in trees, in the sky and moving around a lot. I came out of the credit union and they were still flying around. I backed my car up to pull away and saw a Robin just standing on the parking lot - all by itself. I pulled my car up next to it and it didn't move. I opened the car door and it remained motionless. Got out of my car and walked up behind it. It still didn't move. Its eyes were open. It appeared unharmed. I bent over and picked up the bird. Just then it woke up, gave a three note call, broke free and flew into a nearby conifer. It also pooped on my hands. I'm thinking this may have been a very tired bird perhaps after a long migration flight. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Large Robin flock at U of M Dearborn From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:55:39 -0500 Birders, This evening I went to U of M Dearborn to do some banking at my credit union. It was still dusk but starting to go dark. Driving up to the parking lot I saw a large flock of birds flying around and when I got out of my car I could see and hear that they were all Robins. They were in trees, in the sky and moving around a lot. I came out of the credit union and they were still flying around. I backed my car up to pull away and saw a Robin just standing on the parking lot - all by itself. I pulled my car up next to it and it didn't move. I opened the car door and it remained motionless. Got out of my car and walked up behind it. It still didn't move. Its eyes were open. It appeared unharmed. I bent over and picked up the bird. Just then it woke up, gave a three note call, broke free and flew into a nearby conifer. It also pooped on my hands. I'm thinking this may have been a very tired bird perhaps after a long migration flight. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (17 Nov 2009) 53 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 17 Nov 2009 20:11:20 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 17, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 4 717 54864 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 16 162 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 1 46 326 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 7 254 606 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 40 922 2410 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 46 109 American Kestrel 1 2 440 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 53 2079 82465 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 15:15:00 Total observation time: 5.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: Clear visibility all day today with around 90% cloud cover. Winds were 10-15mph most hours, but got up to around 30mph for a few hours also. It was also from the Northeast. Raptor Observations: 53 counted raptors today, with most going by in the first two hours. 40 of the 53 were Red-tailed Hawks. Non-raptor Observations: Lots of ducks out over the lake. Predictions: It might rain around 11 and 12 Wednesday...if it is an all day rain then I will most likely not come down...But if it is only a light rain or on off then I might come down still. It should be an East wind and lighter then today's winds. If any rain happens birds might move right before that or after that. Also they might move since the winds should be lighter then today. But if they don't move it might because of the rain or because of the East winds. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Magnificent collection of photos by Andrew Zuckerman From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:21:35 -0500 Maryse - Thanks! Interesting! I really appreciated this! I followed a link from there to Amazon. There are two really interesting videos (scroll down a bit) that can be watched about the making about the book. http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Andrew-Zuckerman/dp/0811870987/ These will be especially interesting to bird photographers (eat your hearts out!), but I am sure everyone will appreciate. And here most of us try to do it with a staff of one (ourselves) and good luck. It is another "when I win the lottery" moment! And, I am sure the zoos/nature centers benefitted quite a bit - great! Just fascinating - what a "day job"! What fun! - Dr. Bob From: Maryse Brouwers [mailto:maryse734 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:47 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Magnificent collection of photos by Andrew Zuckerman http://birdbook.org/ Most of the individual bird photos give you links on the right to several other photos of that bird. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Another Hawk-Dove Encounter From: GWEN REED <rreed99957 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:15 -0800 (PST) While sitting at my desk this morning I heard a loud crash against the side of the Condo just above the window.  An imature Cooper;s Hawk and a dove came tumbling down the window and landed on the ground.  The Hawk seemed to  be pecking at the dove but they were too  close to the wall to see for sure.  In a flurry of wing both suddenly disappeared around the corner. A few seconds later the hawk came back and landed in the flowers and shrubs between my office and the garage.  He spent several minutes intently studying the area running up to any movement with his neck outstretched like a chicken. A squirrel spooked him up into a small tree where he spent a few more minutes studying the area before flying off.  There is no sign of the dove so I believe it escaped.   A few days ago I saw a Merlin in a tree on DhuVaren Rd about a hundred yards west of Nixon.  Probably the same one Roger saw near Nixon and Huro;n Parkway.    Bob Reed                       --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: minox attachment for scope From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:53:00 -0500 Has anyone had any experience with the Minox Digital Camera Module for Minox or Kowa Scopes? It sure looks like a great method to digiscope, much better than trying to attach a digital camera via some kind of intermediate adapter. Sally Scheer Clinton MI Far southwest Washtenaw Co Bridgewater Twp --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:39 -0500 Thanks, Allen! Please pass my compliments to Chris Fisher. I'll probably get his SF (my old "stomping ground) book just for fun. I wonder how many I will remember, or if I saw them at the locations he probably mentions. Also, I'll pick up the Nat Geog book - more fun reading and priced right! It always makes it more fun knowing one of the authors/contributors. I should note that part of my excitement may have come from the fact I was "ready for" the Birds of Detroit. After looking at birds for the better part of the year, I now have met and recognize so many birds (maybe 2/3 of the ones in the book!) that I am very receptive to learning more about them. It was fun! And, of course with the book (and your Guide book) and the birders list, now I can learn where I might find new birds! I actually had the book for some time. I picked it up at the Ren Cen where I was working when they had a Detroit River Day in the Wintergarden. I wanted to learn some Michigan birds someday though had little time then. (By the way, Friends of the Detroit River were at the Ren Cen - I also saw them at Hawk Watch - a good cause). Interestingly, as I became an active birder this year, my first choices were the more comprehensive field guides. Of course, these overwhelmed me initially (as everyone on the list knows.). Had I but used Birds of Detroit as my primary source, I probably would have had fewer questions and correctly identified most of the birds I saw anyway. (Ah, but I am certain it would not have been as exciting or as much fun!) On the other hand, I probably still would not have been ready to appreciate the "stories" about each bird as I am now. I think I needed to reach some level of "bird gestalt" before the subtleties meant anything. From my personal experience, I first must know the name of something (classification/taxonomy) and then I can ask questions about it, or observe it and tell other people about what I have seen. Example: "table". You can put things on it. Families gather around it. There are many kinds of tables. Why are there so many kinds of tables? Where do you find tables? Who made the first table? Name first - stories and questions later. Now that I know so many birds by name, I want to learn all their stories. Yes, I was ready! I am ready for more! What fun! Birds are so interesting! Thanks, Bob From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1 AT comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:16 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Re: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen Bob, Thank you for the good review of Birds of Detroit. I feel that I should clarify my role in the authorship of that book. Probably 90% of the text was written by Chris Fisher, as there is a series of these books that came out for major cities around the country (I also have Birds of Seattle and Birds of San Francisco on my shelf). My role was originally as an editor of the text, and the distribution charts, as well as selecting the 100 species to be included. Every one of these guides has someone like me to do such review, but my involvement and extent of changes became great enough that the publishers felt that my name should be on it as co-author. I had nothing to do with the illustrations, but agree they are well done. It is my feeling that Birds of Detroit is a great first book to drag someone out into the field, away from watching their feeders, to see what's out there. Then "regular" field guides should be of interest. Beyond these field guides, another book that I did have more to do with is National Geographic's Complete Birds of North America. This book is basically the NGS field guide expanded considerably, with much more text on each species and sidebars covering some of the more difficult ID challenges. I was a contributing author to this (hard cover) book and feel it is a very good product. I noted last week that it is on sale for $9.99 at the Border's Bookstore in Ann Arbor. I think you'd enjoy this one too, though it is not as "poetic" as Chris Fisher's text in Birds of Detroit. P.S. The "friend" of your Green-winged Teal is a female Gadwall. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Setzer To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:12 AM Subject: [birders] Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen I just posted a "ramble" on my blog site. http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009-11-15-two-rambles-are-much-b etter.html I spoke of a new bird for me - a Green-winged Teal at Robert Long, and an unexpected fall "butter-butt" at Holland Ponds. (Hey! This is my first year ever to ID a warbler!) Not really giant records, but for me they were exciting! Anyway, the Yellow-rumped Warbler triggered a search thru my ID guides and I again encountered Allen's "Birds of Detroit" and was so impressed I just had to "ramble on" about it! Note: I sub-title this an "Ode to Allen". I still remember the fact that as a freshman at UC Berkeley that I flunked an English 101 essay talking about somebody's poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn". We were supposed to analyze the poem. I think what killed me was my title: "An Urn Analysis". Something about English majors I guess. I think it is obvious why I never went into English as major (thank goodness!). I think I might have written before about the impact of teachers on your life. Hopefully you will better appreciate my rambling more than they did! Enjoy! "Dr. Bob" "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! 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Subject: Re: Hawk-dove encounter From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:40:58 +0000 (UTC) I'd seen a large bird (larger than the sparrows that often seek refuge there) fumbling around in the shrubs a couple of days before, but it emerged where I couldn't get an ID.  I suspect that it was the same mourning dove and was injured or sick, given that it wasn't perching with the rest of the doves in the big spruce in the back yard.  If so, that may be what let the hawk catch up with it over the house.      Dick Chase       Ann Arbor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally K Scheer" To: "richard e chase" , birders AT umich.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:06:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [birders] Hawk-dove encounter  Surely a good bit of fortunate timing, for you and the cooper, not for the dove. Congrats. Sally Scheer Clinton MI Far southwest Washtenaw Co Bridgewater Twp ----- Original Message ----- From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: [birders] Hawk-dove encounter .                        Monday evening, 16 November 2009 Wow!  Sometimes you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.  As I stepped out the front door for a late afternoon walk, I flushed a young mourning dove from under the shrubs in front of our house.  It flew directly across the street and landed in a spruce tree in the neighbor's yard about 5 feet above the ground.  Almost instantly, a Cooper's hawk appeared from my left, flying rapidly from somewhere beside or behind our house.  It was in straight, level flight, 5 feet above the ground and heading directly for the just-perched dove.  The dove immediately flew up as the hawk arrived to hit it and headed over the next house to my left.  The hawk seemed to instantly change direction, caught up with the dove above the house, and hit it again.  Both plummeted to the ground behind the house.  I waited several tens of seconds.  Neither bird re-appeared, and I assume that the hawk got its prey. I had seen Cooper's hawks in the neighborhood frequently last year and the year before.  This is the first time I've seen one here this fall.     Dick Chase     Ann Arbor (southeast side) --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Hawk-dove encounter From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:06:10 -0500 Surely a good bit of fortunate timing, for you and the cooper, not for the dove. Congrats. Sally Scheer Clinton MI Far southwest Washtenaw Co Bridgewater Twp ----- Original Message ----- From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: [birders] Hawk-dove encounter . Monday evening, 16 November 2009 Wow! Sometimes you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. As I stepped out the front door for a late afternoon walk, I flushed a young mourning dove from under the shrubs in front of our house. It flew directly across the street and landed in a spruce tree in the neighbor's yard about 5 feet above the ground. Almost instantly, a Cooper's hawk appeared from my left, flying rapidly from somewhere beside or behind our house. It was in straight, level flight, 5 feet above the ground and heading directly for the just-perched dove. The dove immediately flew up as the hawk arrived to hit it and headed over the next house to my left. The hawk seemed to instantly change direction, caught up with the dove above the house, and hit it again. Both plummeted to the ground behind the house. I waited several tens of seconds. Neither bird re-appeared, and I assume that the hawk got its prey. I had seen Cooper's hawks in the neighborhood frequently last year and the year before. This is the first time I've seen one here this fall. Dick Chase Ann Arbor (southeast side) --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. 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Subject: Hawk-dove encounter From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:35:49 +0000 (UTC) .                        Monday evening, 16 November 2009 Wow!  Sometimes you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.  As I stepped out the front door for a late afternoon walk, I flushed a young mourning dove from under the shrubs in front of our house.  It flew directly across the street and landed in a spruce tree in the neighbor's yard about 5 feet above the ground.  Almost instantly, a Cooper's hawk appeared from my left, flying rapidly from somewhere beside or behind our house.  It was in straight, level flight, 5 feet above the ground and heading directly for the just-perched dove.  The dove immediately flew up as the hawk arrived to hit it and headed over the next house to my left.  The hawk seemed to instantly change direction, caught up with the dove above the house, and hit it again.  Both plummeted to the ground behind the house.  I waited several tens of seconds.  Neither bird re-appeared, and I assume that the hawk got its prey. I had seen Cooper's hawks in the neighborhood frequently last year and the year before.  This is the first time I've seen one here this fall.     Dick Chase     Ann Arbor (southeast side) --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: "Birding the Soo " is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Nov 18th, Ann Arbor, all invited From: Ray Stocking <rstocking AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:06:02 -0500 Birders and friends, Please join us for the free program below.  This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Wednesday, Novenber 18, 2009, 7:30pm Join Gary Siegrist and Lathe Claflin for an exciting program on winter birding in the Sault Sainte Marie area of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gary and Lathe have led many field trips in this area and have great pictures of the birds and winter landscape. See Snowy Owls, Great Gray Owls, Northern Hawk Owls, Evening Grosbeaks, Gray Jays, Boreal Chickadees, Sharp-tailed Grouse, and other winter wonders. Gary is the People for Wildlife Coordinator for the Dahlem Conservancy in Jackson, MI. Lathe is a professor emeritus of the University of Michigan Medical School and past president of Washtenaw Audubon. In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. Hope to see you there. Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society www.washtenawaudubon.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Belle Isle Monday From: Ed Lewandowski <scotchman12year AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:38:50 -0800 (PST) Hello Birders, Spent a little time looking for the Saw Whet but must be looking in the wrong spot.  I have to check my old notes but the old "cousin it" tree I used to find it in is down, and the next likely spot close by was empty.   Note worthy otherwise Towhee GHO being harassed by Jays near where I expected the Saw Whet to be. Cackling Goose across from the Detroit Yacht Club grazing with Canadas. ~ 300+ Canvasbacks moved back in at Blue Heron Lagoon ~80 Hoodies at the deep water fishing pond across from the yacht club   Happy Birding Ed Lewandowski Auburn Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (16 Nov 2009) 14 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 16 Nov 2009 19:11:23 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 16, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 1 713 54860 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 12 109 Northern Harrier 1 16 162 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 0 45 325 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 247 599 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 6 882 2370 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 46 109 American Kestrel 0 1 439 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 14 2026 82412 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 10:00:00 Observation end time: 14:15:00 Total observation time: 4.25 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Rodney Laura Visitors: I think only three people came by all day...two from Ohio were nice of them to come all the way up. Weather: Just about 100% cloudy all day long. 10-15mph wind from the Northeast all day. Visibility was clear. It was a slow day with not much going on. Raptor Observations: Only 14 raptors were counted. 6 Red-tailed Hawks and 6 Red-shouldered Hawks made up most of the count. Then 1 Northern Harrier and 1 Turkey Vulture were the other 2 that were counted. Non-raptor Observations: A number of Tundra Swans went by, and one adult Great Black-backed Gull could be seen some times. Predictions: More East-North-East winds for Tuesday. Might be kind of slow, but also sunny, so some movement might happen. Count start time is about 10:00am now...Or any time between 9:30-10:00am. Then ending time is kind of between 2:00-4:00pm. Just depends on the birds and weather. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Ancient Murrelet From: "Cendra Lynn" <cendra AT digitalrealm.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:19:09 -0500 I dunno, Robert. I never heard of this bird until this past week. Thank you for the photos. I can only hope I look half this good when I'm ancient. How ancient is it, anyway? Cendra Lynn, Linguist Birder OWS, A2 From: Robert Epstein [mailto:Robepp AT comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:20 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Ancient Murrelet For those of you who might be interested, I've posted a couple of photos of the Ancient Murrelet seen in Berrien County, last Saturday on my web site. Link is below. Robert Epstein http://www.flickr.com/photos/robepstein/4108904751/in/set-72157622813153860/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Owl Sounds From: David Allen <whiteoakart AT att.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:14:46 -0800 (PST) A warm thank you to all who responded to my owl sounds message. This is a great place to learn things. David A From:David Allen [mailto:whiteoakart AT att.net] Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:22 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Owl Sounds This morning at 5:30 am while walking my dogs, I heard our neighborhood barred owl calling his familiar 'who cooks for you' call. After about 10 minutes, his call was accompanied by a cacophony of noise from the same direction. There was a grunting noise, something that sounded like a cross between a dog's bark and a crow's caw, and a series of short hoots. Quickly followed by a slightly lower pitch version of 'who cooks for you', that sounded to me like a second owl. This repeated several times with an interval of 15 to 30 seconds in between. It even caught my dogs' attention, who normally ignore the natural sounds. After about 5 minutes of this, the original "who cooks for you' call returned all by itself. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Any ideas on what I was hearing? Do barred owls make this kind of barking, grunting noise? David A Manchester --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Saw-whet Owl at Belle Isle From: "Santner, Steven" <santners AT karmanos.org> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:28:45 -0500 All: The Detroit Audubon field trip yesterday (Nov 15) saw a Saw-whet Owl in its traditional tangle on Belle Isle. The tangle is about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the parking area on Woodside Dr, in the southeastern part of the island. This is by far the earliest I've ever had the bird here although I know they have been in migration for a few weeks now. I don't know for sure that this bird will winter here but this tangle should be checked if you're in the area. There was one (maybe even a pair) of Great Horned Owls in the vicinity as well. Steve Santner ----------- Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email and any materials contained in any attachments is prohibited. 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Subject: Magnificent collection of photos by Andrew Zuckerman From: Maryse Brouwers <maryse734 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:47:24 -0800 (PST) http://birdbook.org/ Most of the individual bird photos give you links on the right to several other photos of that bird. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ancient Murrelet From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:20:16 -0500 For those of you who might be interested, I've posted a couple of photos of the Ancient Murrelet seen in Berrien County, last Saturday on my web site. Link is below. Robert Epstein http://www.flickr.com/photos/robepstein/4108904751/in/set-72157622813153860/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Peregrine Falcon - Washtenaw County From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:38:54 -0500 Vince Ste-Marie called me and asked me to post this. At 10:30 Monday he is watching a Peregrine Falcon at the north end of the Schneider Rd. pond (Washtenaw County). This is 0.2 miles north of Pleasant Lake Road. The bird has been there for a while, flying back and forth over the pond. Bruce --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Adult Red-headed Woodpecker - NE Oakland County From: "rockysq AT juno.com" <rockysq@juno.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:33:25 GMT I found an adult Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Leonard and Haven Roads, in the tree line on the west side of Lake George. Lake George is located just west of the town of Leonard in the very northeast corner of Oakland County. A nice sighting at this (dreary) time of year. Is this location in the Oakland County Christmas Bird Count area? Lapeer Audubon members are holding their Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, January 2nd. There are still a few (wonderful) areas open. If you're interested in helping, please let me know. Good Birding! Chris Becher ____________________________________________________________ Manufacturer-Direct Hardwood Floors Never pay retail again. Wholesale prices on all hardwood floors! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=9hCzF5_4EPH1RQV4rn6pOwAAJ1Cisp6VJ-wd6RsB-PvIKohnAAQAAAAFAAAAAKRmwT4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANldAAAAAA= --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:16:28 -0500 Bob, Thank you for the good review of Birds of Detroit. I feel that I should clarify my role in the authorship of that book. Probably 90% of the text was written by Chris Fisher, as there is a series of these books that came out for major cities around the country (I also have Birds of Seattle and Birds of San Francisco on my shelf). My role was originally as an editor of the text, and the distribution charts, as well as selecting the 100 species to be included. Every one of these guides has someone like me to do such review, but my involvement and extent of changes became great enough that the publishers felt that my name should be on it as co-author. I had nothing to do with the illustrations, but agree they are well done. It is my feeling that Birds of Detroit is a great first book to drag someone out into the field, away from watching their feeders, to see what's out there. Then "regular" field guides should be of interest. Beyond these field guides, another book that I did have more to do with is National Geographic's Complete Birds of North America. This book is basically the NGS field guide expanded considerably, with much more text on each species and sidebars covering some of the more difficult ID challenges. I was a contributing author to this (hard cover) book and feel it is a very good product. I noted last week that it is on sale for $9.99 at the Border's Bookstore in Ann Arbor. I think you'd enjoy this one too, though it is not as "poetic" as Chris Fisher's text in Birds of Detroit. P.S. The "friend" of your Green-winged Teal is a female Gadwall. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Setzer To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 12:12 AM Subject: [birders] Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen I just posted a "ramble" on my blog site. http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009-11-15-two-rambles-are-much-better.html I spoke of a new bird for me - a Green-winged Teal at Robert Long, and an unexpected fall "butter-butt" at Holland Ponds. (Hey! This is my first year ever to ID a warbler!) Not really giant records, but for me they were exciting! Anyway, the Yellow-rumped Warbler triggered a search thru my ID guides and I again encountered Allen's "Birds of Detroit" and was so impressed I just had to "ramble on" about it! Note: I sub-title this an "Ode to Allen". I still remember the fact that as a freshman at UC Berkeley that I flunked an English 101 essay talking about somebody's poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn". We were supposed to analyze the poem. I think what killed me was my title: "An Urn Analysis". Something about English majors I guess. I think it is obvious why I never went into English as major (thank goodness!). I think I might have written before about the impact of teachers on your life. Hopefully you will better appreciate my rambling more than they did! Enjoy! "Dr. Bob" "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Two "rambles" are much better than a non-existent Saturday paper - Ode to Allen From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:12:51 -0500 I just posted a "ramble" on my blog site. http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/2009-11-15-two-rambles-are-much-b etter.html I spoke of a new bird for me - a Green-winged Teal at Robert Long, and an unexpected fall "butter-butt" at Holland Ponds. (Hey! This is my first year ever to ID a warbler!) Not really giant records, but for me they were exciting! Anyway, the Yellow-rumped Warbler triggered a search thru my ID guides and I again encountered Allen's "Birds of Detroit" and was so impressed I just had to "ramble on" about it! Note: I sub-title this an "Ode to Allen". I still remember the fact that as a freshman at UC Berkeley that I flunked an English 101 essay talking about somebody's poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn". We were supposed to analyze the poem. I think what killed me was my title: "An Urn Analysis". Something about English majors I guess. I think it is obvious why I never went into English as major (thank goodness!). I think I might have written before about the impact of teachers on your life. Hopefully you will better appreciate my rambling more than they did! Enjoy! "Dr. Bob" "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: LEM From: Ken Willard <missionv19 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:23:25 -0500 Hi all! We went to Lake Erie Metropark today and I saw some Brown Creepers, Carolina Wrens, Golden-Crowned Kinglets and more of the usual stuff. What we really went for is the hawkwatch, we saw 6 Golden Eagles and 2 Red-Tails before we left at around 2:30. I would like to know from the other people that were there today if anything came through after we left. Ken Sent from my iPod Touch --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Eagle and RB Nuthatch From: "bflylady27 AT netzero.com" <bflylady27@netzero.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:52:21 GMT Friday while visiting my daughter at Lake Victoria which is close to Laingsburg, Northeast of Lansing, I saw a mature bald eagle in her front yard. She also has a pair of RB nuthatches hanging around her feeders. Connie ____________________________________________________________ Interior Design Degrees Free Info on Online Interior Design Programs from the Art Institutes http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=0NDAJ41ClizE13NLm5TiBQAAJ1Gisp6VJ-wd6RsB-PvIKohnAAQAAAAFAAAAAJhuUj4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABUROQAAAAA= --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: SEOs in Superior Township Washtenaw County From: curt powell <curt.curt AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:34:16 -0800 (PST) We were out there a couple hours later and did not see SE Owls, but did have point blank views of a Merlin.  We also glimpsed a large but distant falcon, but unfortunately did not get a good look.  We also saw many Snow Buntings, but saw a large flock of Longspurs too.  ________________________________ From: Roger Kuhlman To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Sun, November 15, 2009 12:11:18 PM Subject: [birders] SEOs in Superior Township Washtenaw County Shortly before 11 am Sunday morning I found two Short-eared Owls in the Gottfredsen/ Vreeland road area of Superior Township (Washtenaw County). I first saw them in rather high in flight but they came down lower and seemed to be surveying fields in the area. They seemed to be particularly interested in the remnant patches of soybeans that are out there in some places. One of the Short-eared Owls, at one point, was being severed harrassed by Crows while flying about.   Besides the SEOs, there were large flocks of Snow Buntings with many fewer numbers of both Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs also in the area. I estimate there were at least 500 Snow Buntings. I got to see an impressive sight when almost the whole total of them  were put up into the sky by a Northern Harrier that swept hunting through the fields.   On nearby Harris road to the west I found a Fox Sparrow in some brushy patches along the road.   Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 11/15/2009 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths From: Crystal Keller <crystal AT kellerfarm.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:28:35 -0500 I suggest not to use bleach unless you are confident you can rinse it out completely. Cement is porous and can hold substances. We use vinegar to clean feeders and birdbaths. Crystal Keller On Nov 15, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Brucemac1 AT aol.com wrote: Hey Vicky... I don't know what others use, but I'd recommend household bleach. I pour the bleach into a dry bath-bowl. Then I use a scrub brush to spread the bleach around and clean out the detritus. Rinse clean and store for the winter. For the painted deco models, you may want to try a little Fantastic. Straight bleach my be too tough for the paint finish. During the season, I use 'Chlorox Clean-Up' regularly. It is a diluted form of bleach and the chlorine is an effective disinfectant. Maybe twice weekly, I'll simply spray a couple squirts of Chlorox Clean-Up onto the surface of the water in the birdbath. "JUST A COUPLE SQUIRTS...!!" Don't overdo it. You'll be able to detect the chlorine odor for 20 or 30 minutes. Chlorine dissipates quickly, especially in the sunlight. It does wonders in keeping the water clear and inhibits growth of algae, etc. The birdbath doesn't become as fouled up so it's much easier to maintain. Bruce Macdonald, Harrow, Ontario, N shore of Lake Erie, 26 miles south of Detroit/Windsor In a message dated 11/15/2009 11:54:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, vfoltz AT verizon.net writes: Hello everyone, I have several cement bird baths that need cleaning and putting up for the winter (I have a heated one I use during the winter months). I am wondering what is safe to use to scrub these? Two of the the three I purchased at art fairs and they have painted surfaces. The other is the plain old fashioned kind. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Vicky Foltz Ft. Wayne IN *********************** To stop receiving messages from this list, send an e-mail message bluebird-L-request AT cornell.edu The body of the message is simply leave More info on leaving e-lists: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave-more.html --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: OT cleaning cement bird baths From: Brucemac1 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:18:13 EST Hey Vicky... I don't know what others use, but I'd recommend household bleach. I pour the bleach into a dry bath-bowl. Then I use a scrub brush to spread the bleach around and clean out the detritus. Rinse clean and store for the winter. For the painted deco models, you may want to try a little Fantastic. Straight bleach my be too tough for the paint finish. During the season, I use 'Chlorox Clean-Up' regularly. It is a diluted form of bleach and the chlorine is an effective disinfectant. Maybe twice weekly, I'll simply spray a couple squirts of Chlorox Clean-Up onto the surface of the water in the birdbath. "JUST A COUPLE SQUIRTS...!!" Don't overdo it. You'll be able to detect the chlorine odor for 20 or 30 minutes. Chlorine dissipates quickly, especially in the sunlight. It does wonders in keeping the water clear and inhibits growth of algae, etc. The birdbath doesn't become as fouled up so it's much easier to maintain. Bruce Macdonald, Harrow, Ontario, N shore of Lake Erie, 26 miles south of Detroit/Windsor In a message dated 11/15/2009 11:54:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, vfoltz AT verizon.net writes: Hello everyone, I have several cement bird baths that need cleaning and putting up for the winter (I have a heated one I use during the winter months). I am wondering what is safe to use to scrub these? Two of the the three I purchased at art fairs and they have painted surfaces. The other is the plain old fashioned kind. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Vicky Foltz Ft. Wayne IN *********************** To stop receiving messages from this list, send an e-mail message bluebird-L-request AT cornell.edu The body of the message is simply leave More info on leaving e-lists: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave-more.html --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: (Fwd) [Mich-listers] Berrien County Ancient Murrelet--11/15 NO From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:46:05 -0500 ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "Love Creek Nature Center" To: "Berrien Birding List" , "Mich-listers" Date sent: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:37:19 -0500 Subject: [Mich-listers] Berrien County Ancient Murrelet--11/15 NO? [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] Greetings, A number of folks have been calling Love Creek this morning Sunday 11/15, in regards to this bird...I just talked to Jon Wuepper who was at the pier this morning and as far as he's heard it has NOT been seen this morning. There is more wind this morning and the end of the pier by the Lighthouse is inaccessible due to wave action. If anyone has more info feel free to call Love Creek Nature Center AT 269-471-2617 or respond here. 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Subject: Re: Injured swan at Wetzel From: "Maxine Biwer" <biwer AT witchmail.zzn.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:42:18 -0500 Subject: SEOs in Superior Township Washtenaw County From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:11:18 -0500 Shortly before 11 am Sunday morning I found two Short-eared Owls in the Gottfredsen/ Vreeland road area of Superior Township (Washtenaw County). I first saw them in rather high in flight but they came down lower and seemed to be surveying fields in the area. They seemed to be particularly interested in the remnant patches of soybeans that are out there in some places. One of the Short-eared Owls, at one point, was being severed harrassed by Crows while flying about. Besides the SEOs, there were large flocks of Snow Buntings with many fewer numbers of both Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs also in the area. I estimate there were at least 500 Snow Buntings. I got to see an impressive sight when almost the whole total of them were put up into the sky by a Northern Harrier that swept hunting through the fields. On nearby Harris road to the west I found a Fox Sparrow in some brushy patches along the road. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 11/15/2009 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Injured swan at Wetzel From: "Marilynn" <tmarilynn AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:04:21 -0500 At Wetzel State Rec Area in Macomb today I saw a mute swan with a broken wing in the first pond on the right of the entrance. He was swimming. Are there local rehabbers who could help? My husband checked the DNR website and it gave a list of rehabbers but when he called they said the bird would have to be brought in and that is quite beyond us. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ancient Murrelet - not so far today From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:49:48 -0500 Jon Wuepper reports that the Ancient Murrelet at Tiscornia Park, St. Joseph, Michigan, has not been seen today through 10:30am. Bruce --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Murrelet photos From: Andy Johnson <andysj531 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:51:03 -0800 (PST) If anyone's interested, I've got some murrelet photos on grovestreet. Andy --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Snow Buntings (Friday) From: Andy Johnson <andysj531 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:52:58 -0800 (PST) My apologies for the late post. For the record though, there was a flock of about 30-40 Snow Buntings over the field on the east side of Schill Rd., just south of Austin. Roger W. and I saw these rather early birds while looking for the w.w. dove, but they never landed. Andy J --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: (Minnesota) Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival From: Michael Hendrickson <mlhendrickson AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:40:07 -0800 (PST) Hello Well its that time of the year to think about winter and one of the great things about winter is winter birding!! Sax-Zim Bog is always on the radar for birders from all over North America and Europe who come and search the bog to see the following birds: Sharp-tailed Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, Rough-legged Hawks, occasionally a Snowy Owl, Northern Hawk Owls, Great Gray Owls, American Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers, Northern Shrikes, Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jays, Pine Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, Red & White-winged Crossbills, Common and Hoary Redpolls and Evening Grosbeaks. Down in Duluth birders can search for Bohemian Waxwings or possibly a Varied Thrush or a Townsend Solitaire. In the Duluth Harbor in the early dawn hours or at dusk Snowy Owls during most winters can be found hunting or roosting out on the bay ice. If there is open water in the canal park area birders can search among the hundreds of Common Goldeneyes for a Long-tailed Duck or Harlequin Duck. Also gull species like Thayer's Gull, Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gulls can be found at times sitting out among the Herring Gulls on the break walls in the Canal Park area but most birders head over to the WI Landfill where hundred and at times 1000s of gulls will congregate at the land fill. Of course Gyrfalcons will be on the radar for most birders and occasionally Duluth and Superior harbors will attract a Gyrfalcon that feed on the pigeons around the grain elevators during the winter season. Out in Aitkin County the main highlight is watching 30 or so Sharp-tailed Grouse do some early courting and dancing in mid February! Aitkin County also offers better odds than Sax Zim Bog in finding a Snowy Owl or possibly a Great Gray Owl north of Palisade along CR 18. If you want to see some great winter birds, be led by some of the best birders in the state, eat some of the best food around and listen to some great speakers than head up to Meadowlands, Minnesota for our third season!! February 12-14th 2010 will be the third annual Sax-Zim Bog Winter Bird Festival. All the festival activities will be held at the Meadowlands community center in Meadowlands, MN. This years festival speakers will be Kim Risen and Al Batt. Kim Risen will presenting a talk on Friday Feb. 12 called Mexico" Birding Wonderland and Al Batt will be speaking on Saturday Feb. 13. We brought Al Batt back because he was a such a huge hit with the locals last year that those that missed his presentation asked if we bring him back! The field trip destinations include Sax-Zim Bog, Aitkin County and Duluth & WI Landfill. This year we will be offering our first workshop led by Sparky Stensaas and Shawn Zierman called "Winter Pixels: Bird and Nature Photography in the White Season" . I added some new field trip leaders this year and hopefully will have 3 leaders per trip to help get everyone on birds. There will also be local craftsmen and area bird clubs for birders to purchase one of their products or learn about some of our local bird clubs like Duluth Audubon and Hawk Ridge. So far the season is looking good with several sightings of Northern Hawk Owls (16-18 owls so far) and I am sure more will be found as winter moves in and more importantly when deer hunting season finishes up. Lots of finches are moving around especially White-winged and Red Crossbills and Pine Grosbeaks and redpolls are beginning to move down into northern Minnesota in fair numbers. Last year we saw lots of good birds and the main highlights were the Northern Hawk Owls and a Boreal Owl plus all the winter bird specialties coming to the many feeders in the bog. Speaking of feeders there will be once again 3 main feeding stations in the Sax-Zim Bog area. These birding stations will be located at Paul Mueller's farm, Helen & Dave Abramson's residence and the Morse's residence. All these feeding stations can be found on the Sax-Zim Bog website under feeding stations. I am also sure there will be a few deer rib stations found on the Admiral Rd, Arkola Rd and Owl Avenue just like last year that attracted Boreal Chickadees and other goodies! The two main locations to link up to the Sax-Zim Bog Festival website and register for the festival are the following locations. 1. MOU website: Look in "Birding Minnesota" and click on Sax-Zim Bog Festival: http://moumn.org/sax-zim/index.html 2. My Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ ( Look on the left hand side column ) If you have not attended this festival you are missing out on home town flavor festival that is small in some ways but HUGE on the birds we see! Thanks Mike Mike Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota Website: http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ Blog: http://colderbythelakebirding.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (14 Nov 2009) 7 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 14 Nov 2009 22:11:57 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 14, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 0 712 54859 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 1 12 109 Northern Harrier 0 15 161 Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 1 45 325 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 241 593 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 4 876 2364 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 0 46 109 American Kestrel 0 1 439 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 7 2012 82398 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: Russ Edmonds Visitors: Thanks to all who came by. Weather: It was very slow today. Winds were from the East-South-East. They were around 3-6mph. Visibility was some what clear, but with some fog and haze in the background. Raptor Observations: Only 7 birds went by. Non-raptor Observations: My first Pine Siskin of the season went over today. Predictions: Sunday should be fine, and Monday better I think. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ancient Murrelet at Tiscornia Beach From: ddarm AT umich.edu Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:19:38 -0500 We arrived at the pier at about 3 PM and had very clear scope views of the bird. From the time we arrived until the time we left, the bird moved slowly northward and farther out until by the time we left at about 4:45 PM, it was no longer visible. While we were out there, folks also spotted at least 2 jaegers__ quite far out and unidentifiable to species. It would be nice to have a report from those who were on the pier later than 4:30, especially if the bird was seen after that. Thanks to Tim Baerwald for a great find! Dea **************************************************** Deaver D. Armstrong City Ornithologist Natural Area Preservation Field Operations Service Unit Public Services Area City of Ann Arbor 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-794-6627 **************************************************** --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: S-e Owl - Oakland County From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:40 -0500 I saw a Short-eared Owl in the field behind the tot lot at Indian Springs Metropark at about four thirty this afternoon. It flew behind some trees and I could not relocate it. I biked the hike-bike trail in the hopes of seeing the Ruffed Grouse but did not see it. I heard a Barred Owl behind the Nature Center after dark, what was interesting about this is that it responded to my Screech Owl imitations. When I came for the owl walk in September the Barred Owls first responded to Eastern Screech Owl calls as well. I wonder if they are hoping to catch some dinner. James Fox Farmington Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Vreeland Road - Washtenaw and Thorn Lake - Jackson From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:42:29 -0500 Well - last night when we discussed what we wanted to do today, one of my suggestions was to go to Tiscornia Park on Lake Michigan to do a lake watch. Unfortunately we decided to stay local (didn't think the winds would be the best for a lake watch). So ... while everyone else was chasing the Ancient Murrelet, we were birding on Vreeland Road northeast of Ann Arbor and then at Thorn Lake in southeast Jackson County. We spent a couple of hours on Vreeland Road just watching the flocks of field birds fly around. There was a large concentration of birds in the field on the south side of Vreeland 1/4 mile west of Gotfredson. Most of the time the birds were several hundred yards out in the field and not visible in the grasses. Periodically the whole group would flush and fly around the field. We estimated more then 1000 birds in mixed flocks of Horned Larks, Lapland Longspurs and Snow Buntings. At one point a group of longspurs landed in the corn stubble closer to the farm buildings at the west end of the field and closer to Vreeland Road, so we were able to observe many of them in our scope. We only ever saw the Snow Buntings in flight way out in the field. I would say there were 300 - 500 Longspurs and more then 50 Snow Buntings in the flocks. We arrived at Thorn Lake about 1:30 and carefully scanned the lake. The highlights were 2 Snow Geese and 2 Cackling Geese. One of the Snow Geese (an immature) was noticeable smaller than the other, but the bill and head structure were consistent with Snow Goose. Other waterfowl were Canada Goose(1000+), Mute Swan(12), Gadwall(30+), American Wigeon(20), Mallard(200), Canvasback(30), Redhead(20), Ring-necked Duck(1000), Lesser Scaup(2), Hooded Merganser(30), Ruddy Duck(30), Pied-billed Grebe(2), Double-crested Cormorant(1), American Coot(100), and Bonaparte's Gull(3).     Don & Robyn Henise Librarians New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ancient Murrelet - St. Joseph, MI From: Ray Stocking <rstocking AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:36:24 -0500 Confirmed sighting this morning of this GEM of a bird. Located along Tisconia Beach in the North Pier area along Lake Michigan. Outstanding views reported so far. Go get it!!!! Ray --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Dearborn birds junco & red bellied woodpecker From: Janet Damian Lapko <jdamianlapko AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:19:50 -0800 (PST) I think I'm happy to see that the Juncos are back, although I'm not a big fan of winter! A red bellied woodpecker surprised me yesterday afternoon.  Never saw one in my yard before.  I think the habitat destruction at the Rouge River sewer overflow sites has sent birds and animals our way.  Used to have only fox squirrels in this neighborhood, now we have eastern gray, black, and even southern flying squirrels. Janet --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Owl Sounds From: Birds891357 AT aol.com Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:35 EST It sounds like two barred owls having a "conversation." When they do that, it sounds sort of like a low throaty laugh with an ascending pitch. Mark O'Keefe --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: A new Birding TV show From: "Marys1000" <marys1000 AT woh.rr.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:38:23 -0500 I have mixed feelings about this somehow. http://www.zeiss-optronik.com/__c1256bcf0020be5f.nsf/Contents-Frame/2417a471a555ef5185257562005d69c1?opendocument&click= http://www.birdingadventures.com/ http://www.hawkowlsnest.com/2009/02/new-birding-tv-show-birding-adventures.html --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: question/comments about Pileated Woodpeckers From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland AT pasty.net> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:04:59 -0500 Pat: As I've already posted here and on our BWAS list there are a pair here in our area the past few years! They are mostly seen on the border of Casco & China Twps. in the big old mature woods between Lindsey and St. Clair Hiway. I almost hit one last years NAMC count in that area when it flew out across the road right in front of us. Our youngest son lives east of this spot about 2 miles and has had one in his yard now & then. We had one in our yard here but only once, a year ago March! (Dying to get a photo of one on the premises!) Larry Fowler who lives about 3 miles west from us has seen a pair just recently! Friends of ours who live up near Richmond adjoining the new Columbus Twp. Park and along the Belle River have had one at their feeder in recent years. I wonder if we are seeing the same birds or are there more then one pair? I bet there is. Some years back a pair was reported up near Goodells, and the County Park. I believe Harriet Davidson went and saw that one. Kay Smith and party often get them at Algonac State Park for the NAMC. Years ago they were seen in the "big" woods NE of New Baltimore but that woods is disappearing with development. Either way it appears these birds move around quite a bit from larger woodlots to other larger woodlots. I think this species is taking back areas of proper habitat in general and not from the Ash borer killed trees per se, but it seems that helps! The one we had here was pounding away at a big dead Ash at the back of our property. These birds are shy and usually duck around the back of a tree so as not to be seen. They sure can be heard though! This species was quite scarce at all around these parts and only the past 10 years or so has seen increase in sightings. Only some red rather then full crest red on head (if not an immature) denotes a female. I can send you off list good photos of each sex taken at our up north Kalkaska county property where this species is and has been seen regularly. Our oldest son lives just down the road from our place up there and had 6 in his yard this spring! They do tend to be a riparian favoring species but up north can be found around most any lake. (St. Clair county has NO natural lakes!) Russ Emmons, Casco Twp. St. Clair county ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat Burden To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:29 AM Subject: [birders] question/comments about Pileated Woodpeckers I am aware of Pileated Woodpeckers being spotted along the Black River corridor in the Port Huron State Game Area and in areas directly adjacent to it. This past September, I was told about a sighting along Mill Creek just south of Yale. I mentioned it in a column I wrote for the Yale newspaper and have had several people tell me that it is not that unusual to see them in that area. This morning, I received a phone call from a friend who lives in the city limits of Yale who had one at her suet feeder. When I spoke with my friend this morning, she said that the bird she saw showed some red on its head, but did not have a full red crest. I wondered about juveniles - birds that were born this year - and how much red they would show on their crest at this point. I started doing some reading about them and the one thing that I found quite unbelievable was the estimated acreage a pair needs to successfully raise young. One source said 100 acres of woods for each pair! In Bent's life histories, he speaks of seeing pairs every 2-3 miles along a river and thought that was about the saturation point for these birds. I know there has been theorizing about an increase in the number of woodpeckers overall due to the die off of trees attributed to the Emerald Ash Borer, but has this been actually documented at all with regards to the Pileated Woodpecker? What has been the experience of others on this list with the increase or decrease of this species in recent years? As always, I appreciate any comments. thanks, Pat B Yale & Melvin, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: question/comments about Pileated Woodpeckers From: Pat Burden <tallerpat AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:29:02 -0500 I am aware of Pileated Woodpeckers being spotted along the Black River corridor in the Port Huron State Game Area and in areas directly adjacent to it. This past September, I was told about a sighting along Mill Creek just south of Yale. I mentioned it in a column I wrote for the Yale newspaper and have had several people tell me that it is not that unusual to see them in that area. This morning, I received a phone call from a friend who lives in the city limits of Yale who had one at her suet feeder. When I spoke with my friend this morning, she said that the bird she saw showed some red on its head, but did not have a full red crest. I wondered about juveniles - birds that were born this year - and how much red they would show on their crest at this point. I started doing some reading about them and the one thing that I found quite unbelievable was the estimated acreage a pair needs to successfully raise young. One source said 100 acres of woods for each pair! In Bent's life histories, he speaks of seeing pairs every 2-3 miles along a river and thought that was about the saturation point for these birds. I know there has been theorizing about an increase in the number of woodpeckers overall due to the die off of trees attributed to the Emerald Ash Borer, but has this been actually documented at all with regards to the Pileated Woodpecker? What has been the experience of others on this list with the increase or decrease of this species in recent years? As always, I appreciate any comments. thanks, Pat B Yale & Melvin, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Owl Sounds From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland AT pasty.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:14:02 -0500 Yes as Sally says. Territorial and/or alarm calls also. Long-eared Owls do this too, cat like, really creepy sound! Sometimes Eastern Screech and other species make these calls if disturbed, agitated, threatened. The "who who cooks for you" sound of the Barred Owl though is quite distinctive and easy to hear from far away! Russ Emmons, St. Clair county ----- Original Message ----- From: Sally K Scheer To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: [birders] RE: Owl Sounds Sounds like interacting male/female. The who cooks for you is more a rhythm of sounds than the intelligible sound of the words, Cendra. Sally Scheer North of Rogers City Presque Isle & Bearinger Townships on the Shore of Lake Huron ----- Original Message ----- From: Cendra Lynn To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:45 PM Subject: [birders] RE: Owl Sounds Well, I dunno, David. I just pulled up the Cornell site, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id , and heard all that you described except anything that even vaguely resembled "who cooks for you"!! My dogs alerted to it, so the barking, grunting noise was definitely there. One has to wonder what actually they are doing to cause them to make such sounds! Cendra Lynn, Newest Barred Owl Fan OWS, A2 From: David Allen [mailto:whiteoakart AT att.net] Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:22 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Owl Sounds This morning at 5:30 am while walking my dogs, I heard our neighborhood barred owl calling his familiar 'who cooks for you' call. After about 10 minutes, his call was accompanied by a cacophony of noise from the same direction. There was a grunting noise, something that sounded like a cross between a dog's bark and a crow's caw, and a series of short hoots. Quickly followed by a slightly lower pitch version of 'who cooks for you', that sounded to me like a second owl. This repeated several times with an interval of 15 to 30 seconds in between. It even caught my dogs' attention, who normally ignore the natural sounds. After about 5 minutes of this, the original "who cooks for you' call returned all by itself. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Any ideas on what I was hearing? Do barred owls make this kind of barking, grunting noise? David A Manchester --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Owl Sounds From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:19:02 -0500 Sounds like interacting male/female. The who cooks for you is more a rhythm of sounds than the intelligible sound of the words, Cendra. Sally Scheer North of Rogers City Presque Isle & Bearinger Townships on the Shore of Lake Huron ----- Original Message ----- From: Cendra Lynn To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 8:45 PM Subject: [birders] RE: Owl Sounds Well, I dunno, David. I just pulled up the Cornell site, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id , and heard all that you described except anything that even vaguely resembled "who cooks for you"!! My dogs alerted to it, so the barking, grunting noise was definitely there. One has to wonder what actually they are doing to cause them to make such sounds! Cendra Lynn, Newest Barred Owl Fan OWS, A2 From: David Allen [mailto:whiteoakart AT att.net] Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:22 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Owl Sounds This morning at 5:30 am while walking my dogs, I heard our neighborhood barred owl calling his familiar 'who cooks for you' call. After about 10 minutes, his call was accompanied by a cacophony of noise from the same direction. There was a grunting noise, something that sounded like a cross between a dog's bark and a crow's caw, and a series of short hoots. Quickly followed by a slightly lower pitch version of 'who cooks for you', that sounded to me like a second owl. This repeated several times with an interval of 15 to 30 seconds in between. It even caught my dogs' attention, who normally ignore the natural sounds. After about 5 minutes of this, the original "who cooks for you' call returned all by itself. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Any ideas on what I was hearing? Do barred owls make this kind of barking, grunting noise? David A Manchester --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Owl Sounds From: "Cendra Lynn" <cendra AT digitalrealm.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:45:20 -0500 Well, I dunno, David. I just pulled up the Cornell site, http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id , and heard all that you described except anything that even vaguely resembled "who cooks for you"!! My dogs alerted to it, so the barking, grunting noise was definitely there. One has to wonder what actually they are doing to cause them to make such sounds! Cendra Lynn, Newest Barred Owl Fan OWS, A2 From: David Allen [mailto:whiteoakart AT att.net] Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:22 AM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Owl Sounds This morning at 5:30 am while walking my dogs, I heard our neighborhood barred owl calling his familiar 'who cooks for you' call. After about 10 minutes, his call was accompanied by a cacophony of noise from the same direction. There was a grunting noise, something that sounded like a cross between a dog's bark and a crow's caw, and a series of short hoots. Quickly followed by a slightly lower pitch version of 'who cooks for you', that sounded to me like a second owl. This repeated several times with an interval of 15 to 30 seconds in between. It even caught my dogs' attention, who normally ignore the natural sounds. After about 5 minutes of this, the original "who cooks for you' call returned all by itself. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Any ideas on what I was hearing? Do barred owls make this kind of barking, grunting noise? David A Manchester --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: HSR: DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark (13 Nov 2009) 94 Raptors From: reports AT hawkcount.org Date: 13 Nov 2009 18:11:00 -0400 DRHW- Lake Erie Metropark Brownstown, Michigan, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 13, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 9 712 54859 Osprey 0 0 46 Bald Eagle 0 11 108 Northern Harrier 1 15 161 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 47 3251 Cooper's Hawk 2 44 324 Northern Goshawk 0 6 22 Red-shouldered Hawk 19 240 592 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 20016 Red-tailed Hawk 53 872 2360 Rough-legged Hawk 0 8 13 Golden Eagle 8 46 109 American Kestrel 0 1 439 Merlin 0 0 39 Peregrine Falcon 0 2 34 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0 Unknown Buteo 0 0 12 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 0 Unknown Raptor 0 1 1 Mississippi Kite 0 0 1 Swainson's Hawk 0 0 4 Total: 94 2005 82391 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 09:30:00 Observation end time: 15:30:00 Total observation time: 6 hours Official Counter: Seth Cutright Observers: John Elliott, Rodney Laura Weather: Wind was 0-6mph and from the East all day long. Cloud cover went from 15% up to 90% late in the day. Raptor Observations: It was slow but steady for most of the day. 104 was the total for the day. 53 of those were Red-tailed Hawks, and 8 were Golden Eagles. Non-raptor Observations: Several thousand ducks went past today, almost all day long in flocks of about ~ 20-100 at a time. They were too far out to tell what kinds, but really the first good day for waterbird movements. Predictions: Should be warm again, but have light Southeast winds. I would guess that more Golden Eagles should go over. Since it is warm birds might just get up and move because of that. With Southeast winds it might either push the birds to the North or not have them fly that much. It is also that time of year when birds might just move because they need to also. As of now Sunday might be good. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Seth Cutright (seth.cutright AT gmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at: http://www.smrr.net/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Vreeland/Gotfredson Roads From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:10:25 -0500 I drove Vreeland and Gotfredson Roads today and found a few nice birds. There was a flock of 150-200 Lapland Longspurs along with some Horned Larks south of Vreeland a little bit west of Gotfredson. I also saw the pair of Trumpeter Swans at the Gotfredson Rd. marsh with a fully grown but still gray immature. I did not see the Northern Shrike or Merlin Reported yesterday. James Fox Farmington Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: not found // Re: Relocated: WHITE-WINGED DOVE IN WASHTENAW COUNTY From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:21:12 -0500 I looked at Schill Rd. today from 12:40 to 1:40 for the White-winged Dove. I didn't see ANY doves. I checked Dell Rd., too. I spread a couple of coffee cans of cracked corn on both sides of the road at the LIMITED SIGHT DISTANCE sign and at some spots 50-100 yards north and south of the sign. Schill Rd. runs south off Austin Rd. three miles west of Saline. Bruce Date sent: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:36:47 -0500 From: ddarm AT umich.edu To: birders AT umich.edu Copies to: "se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu" Subject: [birders] Relocated: WHITE-WINGED DOVE IN WASHTENAW COUNTY Send reply to: ddarm AT umich.edu > > > ----- Forwarded message from strix09 AT gmail.com ----- > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:39 -0500 > From: Sarah Toner > Subject: Re: [birders] WHITE-WINGED DOVE IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, NOV. 10, > 9:45 AM To: ddarm AT umich.edu > > We found it again today at 1 pm. As we hopped out of the car, we ran into > a flock of about 5 mourning doves. As they flushed, one clearly had a > short, squared-off tail and a flash of white on the wings. We stayed for > about 15 minutes and didn't find it again. It flew off somewhere down the > row of trees separating the fields. As we drove off a large accipiter flew > into the woods. > > Sarah T. > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM, wrote: > > > > > Jeff Schultz reported to Mike Sefton (who has computer problems and > > called me) that at 9:45 this morning he found a WHITE-WINGED DOVE with 2 > > Mourning Doves on Schill Road , south of Austin Road, but before the > > "Limited Sight Distance" sign on Schill Road. The 3 birds flushed but he > > believes may still be in the area. > > > > Here is a link I found to Schill Road: > > Link to Schill Road, east of Manchester: > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Schill+Road, > > +Manchester,+Mi&sll=42.139605,-84.076824&sspn=0.039905,0.062227&gl=us&ie > > =UTF8&hq=Schill+Road,&hnear=Manchester,+MI&ll=42.155768,-83.829374&spn=0 > > .039895,0.062227&z=14 > > > > Good luck! And please post results of your search efforts. > > > > Dea > > > > > > **************************************************** > > Deaver D. Armstrong > > City Ornithologist > > Natural Area Preservation > > Field Operations Service Unit > > Public Services Area > > City of Ann Arbor > > 1831 Traver Rd. > > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > > 734-794-6627 > > **************************************************** > > > > > > > > --- > > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * > > photo sharing site - > > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe > > from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > > line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > **************************************************** > Deaver D. Armstrong > City Ornithologist > Natural Area Preservation > Field Operations Service Unit > Public Services Area > City of Ann Arbor > 1831 Traver Rd. > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > 734-794-6627 > **************************************************** > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ring-necked duck From: "Maxine Biwer" <biwer AT witchmail.zzn.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:06:34 -0500 Subject: Red-necked Grebe at Ford Lake From: "Bruce Moorman" <zerb21 AT aol.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:47:07 -0500 I posted a photo on Grove St. of a winter plumage Red-necked Grebe I saw at Ford Lake yesterday afternoon. http://www.grovestreet.com/PicPage.do?id=1300169 Bruce Moorman Ypsilanti Township, Michigan --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: ADMIN - Arb management From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:43:15 -0500 Please take the discussion of Nichols Arboretum management to enviro-semich AT umich.edu. If you are not a member there and would like to subscribe, send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with the following in the Subject line: SUBSCRIBE ENVIRO-SEMICH Your Name Bruce birders ADMIN --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Owl Sounds From: David Allen <whiteoakart AT att.net> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:22:26 -0800 (PST) This morning at 5:30 am while walking my dogs, I heard our neighborhood barred owl calling his familiar 'who cooks for you' call. After about 10 minutes, his call was accompanied by a cacophony of noise from the same direction. There was a grunting noise, something that sounded like a cross between a dog's bark and a crow's caw, and a series of short hoots. Quickly followed by a slightly lower pitch version of 'who cooks for you', that sounded to me like a second owl. This repeated several times with an interval of 15 to 30 seconds in between. It even caught my dogs' attention, who normally ignore the natural sounds. After about 5 minutes of this, the original "who cooks for you' call returned all by itself. I have never heard anything quite like this before. Any ideas on what I was hearing? Do barred owls make this kind of barking, grunting noise? David A Manchester --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:59:54 -0500 I love those guys and don't get them down below. I have few pines near the house down there. Up here, with lots more pines around, I get them more often and have at least two this year. In the UP, they get excited if they have a white breasted nuthatch, the red breasted being numerous. Sigh, we always get excited by what we don't see often, I guess. Sally Scheer North of Rogers City Presque Isle & Bearinger Townships on the Shore of Lake Huron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melody Bond" To: Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: [birders] Re: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds Got my first RB nuthatch ever at my feeder, and in Livonia !! (lots of pines in our neighborhood) ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds From: "Melody Bond" <mbond AT med.umich.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:35:51 -0500 Got my first RB nuthatch ever at my feeder, and in Livonia !! (lots of pines in our neighborhood) ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RB Nuthatch & Yard Birds From: Barb <nuthatch45 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:27:18 -0800 (PST) First RB Nuthatch showed up at the feeder yesterday. Two years ago I had dozens, last year none. In the last few weeks I have had a YB Sapsucker & Northern Flicker on the suet. I continue to have Tufted Titmice visit on a regular basis, not too bad for a little yard in the middle of town.   Barb South Lyon --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: The Arb Today 11/12 From: John Lowry <john AT kingbird.org> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:26 -0500 Birders, They have a very informative web site where you can learn more and, I'm sure, voice your preferences as to their stewardship. http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/about/ If you visit the page, the first thing you'll see is: Natural Areas Stewardship: The active care and maintenance of natural areas which seeks to control exotic invasive species, encourage characteristic native species, and reestablish natural processes upon which native ecosystems depend. Although we birders may have specific ideas about what we'd like to see in various areas of the Arb, the recent efforts to reduce the invasive shrub species and restore native plants in many areas have resulted in changes that are drastic. It remains to be seen which species of birds benefit during the different times of year. The first reaction of may experienced birders is that birds are using the dense buckthorn as a food and shelter resource during migration. I'm not sure what the science says about that (but Julie Craves is working on this very topic over at Dearborn). In any case, buckthorn is an invasive exotic species that is actively being managed. Roger's note makes it sound like they are installing turf grass. Knowing Bob Grese, I'm guessing that is not the case! More likely it's an effort to steer the prairie and adjoining areas more toward pre-settlement vegetation, which is known to support dramatically higher species diversity. This gets some attention every once in a while, and before anyone comes to unfounded conclusions they would be well served to get up to speed on what goes on at the Arb and why. John Lowry On Nov 13, 2009, at 8:42 AM, David Allen wrote: > The removal of natural foliage is neither a liberal nor conservative activity. It is the activity of individuals who think they are doing the right thing, no matter how ill-informed. > > There is no need to make this into a political debate. > > The progress of conservation will never be served by turning it into a partisan battle. > > David A > Manchester > > From: Cendra Lynn > To: birders AT umich.edu > Sent: Thu, November 12, 2009 11:53:14 PM > Subject: [birders] RE: The Arb Today 11/12 > > Who is in charge of the oversight of the Dow Prairie? > > Cendra Lynn, Concerned Birder > OWS, A2 > > From: Roger Kuhlman [mailto:rkuhlman AT hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:05 PM > To: birders AT umich.edu > Subject: [birders] The Arb Today 11/12 > > Migration activity in Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor is not what it was two weeks ago still I did manage to find three Fox Sparrows, one Pine Siskin, two Winter Wrens and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Thursday morning. It will be interesting to see if we have a replay of last winter's spectacular Pine Siskin showing when on certain days there may have been up to 100 Pine Siskins in the vicinity. > > Some bad news to report: Arb management continues to take out large amounts brushy vegetation on the northward edges of Dow Prairie and the railroad tracks to advance their artificial landscaping projects. That's a damn shame since many migrating passerines particularly sparrows, thrushes, and many warblers find this type of habitat very productive for feeding and shelter in both the Fall and the Spring. Open and airy regions devoid of most vegetation are not really useful to them even if they do satisfy certain people's aesthetic preferences. > > Roger Kuhlman > Ann Arbor, Michigan > 11/12/2009 > > Shouldn't the major conservation organizations be controlled and run by environmentalists and ecologists instead of liberal, democratic political activists? The political activist focuses primarily on the gaining, using, and keeping of political power. When environmental concerns become inconvenient, as they always do, they are quickly dropped. > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. 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