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3 Jul Back garden birds. Manchester MO. [Leslie B Jenkins ] 3 Jul Re: ASM fall meeting? [Bruce Beck ] 3 Jul Raymore Missouri - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Cass County) [Don Arney ] 3 Jul MIKI yard list [Lawrence Herbert ] 3 Jul Least Bittern, et.al., Saint Joseph Oxbows [Larry Lade ] 3 Jul Re: RMBS Friday July 3 [Esa Jarvi ] 3 Jul Purple Martins Fledging in Forest Park [Chris Ferree ] 3 Jul Re: ASM fall meeting? [Edge ] 3 Jul ASM fall meeting? [Ruth Simmons ] 3 Jul RMBS Friday July 3 [Esa Jarvi ] 2 Jul Re: UPDATE-BALTIMORE ORIOLES-GREENSFELDER PAVILLION-CREVE COEUR LAKE [J C Allen ] 2 Jul UPDATE-BALTIMORE ORIOLES-GREENSFELDER PAVILLION-CREVE COEUR LAKE [bryan prather ] 2 Jul Re: I.D. Lesson [John Hansen ] 2 Jul Bird and Nature Pictures [Mark Gutchen ] 2 Jul Re: Scissor tailed Flycatchers [Mark Gutchen ] 2 Jul Re: St. Louis area. It's slow out there: ["Christine Kline, Secretary" ] 2 Jul St. Louis area. It's slow out there: [Bill Rudden ] 1 Jul Squaw Creek NWR Today [Larry Lade ] 1 Jul Scissor tailed Flycatchers [Lester Pannell ] 1 Jul Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued [Andrew Forbes ] 1 Jul Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued [Bob Lewis ] 1 Jul Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued [Kurt Dean ] 1 Jul Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued [Shawn Ashbaugh ] 1 Jul N. Mockingbird calls continued ["Miller, Terry" ] 1 Jul Sedge Wrens, Hi-Lonesome Conservation Area [Andrew Forbes ] 1 Jul Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls [Neal Young ] 1 Jul Towhee [Gale and Kim March ] 1 Jul Spotted Towhee [Gale and Kim March ] 30 Jun Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls [Chris Barrigar ] 30 Jun Any sightings of an Avocet? ["Jason G. Harrison" ] 30 Jun mockingbird songs [Lawrence Herbert ] 30 Jun CACHE Milestone:: 10,000th Trip Entered into CACHE ["Patrick Harrison (Home)" ] 30 Jun Union Ridge CA, Adair and Sullivan Counties [Philip Wire ] 30 Jun Red-headed woodpeckers [Anne Downing ] 30 Jun Request for least tern nesting records on Mississippi river [John and Nancy Solodar ] 30 Jun Forest Park June 29 [Sam Kohler ] 30 Jun I.D. Lesson [Edge ] 29 Jun Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls ["Jonathan B. Pons" ] 29 Jun Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls [Dianne & Steve Kinder ] 29 Jun YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spending its summer in Forest Park [R Bailey ] 29 Jun Mississippi Kites & Juvenile? [Pat Lueders ] 29 Jun Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls [Pat Lueders ] 29 Jun Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls [peter keyel ] 29 Jun Painted Buntings - Where do I go? [Christine Kline ] 29 Jun N. Mockingbird Current Calls ["Miller, Terry" ] 29 Jun youth involved with habitat restoration [Jean Leonatti ] 29 Jun new yard bird [Frankie Cuculich ] 29 Jun Truman Lake birds [Matt Gearheart ] 28 Jun Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring [bryan prather ] 28 Jun RMBS, Sunday 28 June [Ken Thompson ] 28 Jun Bell's Vireo and Caspian Tern - Smithville Lake [Jennifer Reidy ] 28 Jun Oxbow Lakes, Saint Joseph [Larry Lade ] 28 Jun Laughin gull and Franklin's gull photos from Thousand Hills SP (Adair Co.) [Peter Kondrashov ] 28 Jun Big Piney River Canoeing [John and Linda Frederick ] 27 Jun Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring Area [bryan prather ] 27 Jun TWO LAUGHING GULLS at Thousand Hills SP Forest Lake (Adair Co.) 06/27/09 [Peter Kondrashov ] 27 Jun Fw: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 [Bob Fisher ] 27 Jun 3 Blue Birds on our driveway [Bob Foreman ] 27 Jun Muscovy Duck, Dexter City Lake, Stoddard Co., 6/26 [Chris Barrigar ] 26 Jun Re: Dave Easterla article [Chris Hobbs ] 26 Jun Experimental Least Tern Nesting Barge at RMBS [Al and Lois Smith ] 26 Jun WGNSS 6-26-09/Monroe Co/BN Stilts ILL birds [Jackie Chain ] 26 Jun Eagle Bluffs [Kathleen Anderson ] 26 Jun Dave Easterla article [Dick Dawson ] 26 Jun Brown Pelican-RMBS, Friday morning 6/26 [Pat Lueders ] 26 Jun RFI: St Louis Bewick's wren [peter keyel ] 26 Jun S/T Flycather Henke Rd Thurs pm [Leslie B Jenkins ] 26 Jun Re: Dead Coopers Hawk [Linda Williams ] 25 Jun Re: Dead Coopers Hawk [Sebastian Patti ] 25 Jun Re: Dead Coopers Hawk [Amy Klarer ] 25 Jun Texas Help Thank You (NO SIGHTING) [Joe Friedel ] 25 Jun some photos, I hope [Frankie Cuculich ] 25 Jun Re: Dead Coopers Hawk [Sebastian Patti ] 25 Jun Re: Dead Coopers Hawk [Gail Ahumada ] 25 Jun Dead Coopers Hawk [Amy Klarer ] 24 Jun St. Louis area. Left overs. [Bill Rudden ] Subject: Back garden birds. Manchester MO. From: Leslie B Jenkins <m1n1lover AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 22:53:35 -0500 The past few days have provided me with some wonderful moments as my suet feeders have been invaded by Woodpeckers feeding their young. A Y/S Flicker has been bringing it's baby's to the feeder plus a Hairy W/P has been gathering suet also.Of course when these two are not there the Downies take over. Also, I found I have breeding House Wrens in my brush area and a Thrasher that has now got tame enough to come up to the back door for spilt seed.Happy days. Les Jenkins. StL Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: ASM fall meeting? From: Bruce Beck <beckbugs AT SEMO.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:11:51 -0500 The ASM Fall Meeting will be at Camp Clover Point at Lake of the Ozarks State Park Friday evening September 25 through lunch on Sunday, September 27. Our speaker Saturday evening will be Steven Shunk from Oregon, speaking on woodpeckers -- everything you want to know. I'll have the full program listed on the ASM website soon. Bruce Beck Poplar Bluff beckbugs AT semo.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Simmons To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: ASM fall meeting? Would someone please let me know on which weekend the fall meeting occurs? I clicked the meetings tab under ASM on the website, but it did not go anywhere. Thanks for your help! Happy birding, Ruth Simmons Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO tinamou99 AT hotmail.com "A nation behaves well if the natural resources and assets which one generation turns over to the next are increased and not impaired in value." (Theodore Roosevelt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Raymore Missouri - Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Cass County) From: Don Arney <sora AT KC.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:10:30 -0500 Larry Rizzo with the Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed a report of a Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in Raymore today. It is on a private lake, but if we respect the houses and do not launch boats, birders should be welcome. Take 71 Highway to 58 Highway (Belton Raymore Exit) Go east on 58 highway to the East Outer Road. Go south on East Outer Road to W Lucy Webb Road. Go east on Lucy Webb Road to Silvertop Lane Turn north on Silvertop Lane and park near the dam. The bird was observed along the shore with some domestic ducks. A spotting scope could be useful. I am on my way to see the bird. Don Arney Kansas City ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: MIKI yard list From: Lawrence Herbert <certhia AT ATT.NET> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:31:22 -0500 Mobirders - Some birders are speaking of lists: A July 3rd yard bird is a Mississippi Kite here in Joplin, one mile north of MO. Southern. Mark and I saw one a couple of times in June also overhead. There have been just a handful of other observations this June (3, 9, 10, and 26). I would think that they are fairly regular here in Joplin. First nesting record was about 1988; then the early 90's, and then a fledged young at 3rd and Joplin last year. We enjoyed MIKI when we lived in sw Kansas long ago. It is nice to see them here. Good birding, Larry H. Joplin, Jasper County, MO. certhia AT att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Least Bittern, et.al., Saint Joseph Oxbows From: Larry Lade <gcrownkinglet AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:05:47 -0700 I went out for a little birding this morning around the oxbow lakes region south of Saint Joseph. On and Off rain this morning, mostly ON! The "bird of the day" was a calling LEAST BITTERN in the extensive cattails on the west end of Lake Contrary. I also observed a GREEN HERON flying over the cattails, carrying food for young. On Horseshoe Lake there are some PIED-BILLED GREBES still sitting on viewable nests and other PBGRs who have already hatched their young and can be seen in the area. A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was doing his "Gene Kelly" impersonation of "Singing in the Rain" atop a wooden, roadside fence post at Muskrat Lake. When I saw him it was raining quite heavily, but that did not seem to dampen his enthusiasm in the least! A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was calling around Contrary Creek and another was seen at the Saint Joseph Stockyards. Also at the stockyards were 6 or 7 male GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES, picking around in the parking lot. A couple of YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO were vocalizing in lakeside trees. The only shorebirds were Killdeer. Among the 45 species I recorded were both orioles, both kingbirds, only one meadowlark, Chipping and Lark Sparrows. Larry Lade Saint Joseph, MO gcrownkinglet AT yahoo DOT com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: RMBS Friday July 3 From: Esa Jarvi <esajarvi AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:41:44 -0500 I have been corrected about the sizes of the terns. One size is made of wood or plastic. The other size is real. The real ones move. Quite a lot of flying before 9AM. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Purple Martins Fledging in Forest Park From: Chris Ferree <oaksavanna2000 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:25:43 -0500 With 54 of the available 57 nesting chambers being used in the park this year, Forest Park’s Purple Martins are going to put on quite a show. With around 180 new fledglings along with the 108 nesting pairs, the park is filled with Martins. The best time to see them all concentrated is around dusk (8 P.M. till about 8:20) when adults and juveniles will return, in swirling masses, to the nesting boxes for the night according to John Miller who volunteers his time maintaining and monitoring Forest Park’s population. Prime locations to see them are south of the clubhouse of the Norman K Probstein Golf course, along Lagoon Drive, Wildlife Island on Post Dispatch Lake, and at Steinberg Prairie by the ice skating rink. Chris Ferree Nature Reserve Forest Park Forever St. Louis, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: ASM fall meeting? From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:11:07 -0500 It is September 25, 26 and 27. Nationally known woodpecker expert Steve Shunk will be there to share some great experiences and woodpecker lore. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com On Jul 3, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Ruth Simmons wrote: > Would someone please let me know on which weekend the fall meeting > occurs? I clicked the meetings tab under ASM on the website, but it > did not go anywhere. Thanks for your help! > > Happy birding, Ruth Simmons Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO > tinamou99 AT hotmail.com "A nation behaves well if the natural > resources and assets which one generation turns over to the next > are increased and not impaired in value." (Theodore Roosevelt) > > > Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: ASM fall meeting? From: Ruth Simmons <tinamou99 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00:15 -0500 Would someone please let me know on which weekend the fall meeting occurs? I clicked the meetings tab under ASM on the website, but it did not go anywhere. Thanks for your help! Happy birding, Ruth Simmons Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO tinamou99 AT hotmail.com "A nation behaves well if the natural resources and assets which one generation turns over to the next are increased and not impaired in value." (Theodore Roosevelt) _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: RMBS Friday July 3 From: Esa Jarvi <esajarvi AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:53:08 -0500 Having been out of town for the month, had to go check out the least terns. There are two sizes of birds on the barge, so I presume some are youngsters. Is there some web site where the officials are documenting the nesting acivity? One tern was fishing in Teal Pond. It was surprisingly difficult to ID in flight, as there was no size comparison. Took a walk on the shaded path on Ellis Island. Some nesting birds still sing. The most exciting thing found was a towhee. Some orioles. I have been out of the country so it was nice to hear familiar bird songs. By the road there was a huge pile of stumps and driftwood that they have hauled from elesewhere on Riverlands for processing. Looks like mulching is what they do. Esa Jarvi St Louis County. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: UPDATE-BALTIMORE ORIOLES-GREENSFELDER PAVILLION-CREVE COEUR LAKE From: J C Allen <ssallen1 AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:22:41 -0700 What a great observation.. just the thing to appreciate the breeding process. I too have seen the adults back away from feeding the young ones.. The young ones look so startled. They go into their usual wing flutter then after a bit, drop to ground, looking for seed.      The fledged brown thrasher 's parents are rarely seen. It is hanging around under the feeders.   This morning, there was some aggession from the c.grackles and the young thrasher learned where his/her place was.      I had also had a raccoon family coming under the sunflower feeder.  The mother and three young ones. They were initially suckling, she was dragging them to watch her forage. They seem to have gone on their way. At last sight , the young ones were climbing the tree, imitating mama shaking the feeder.      I really enjoy seeing the whole cycle.       Jane Allen  ssallen1 AT sbcglobal.net  jcallen.smugmug.com  --- On Thu, 7/2/09, bryan prather wrote: From: bryan prather Subject: UPDATE-BALTIMORE ORIOLES-GREENSFELDER PAVILLION-CREVE COEUR LAKE To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 11:05 PM Greensfelder Memorial Pavillion-Creve Coeur Lake-8:15am-9:15am.   Well, it's been about 11 days since I had the opportunity to visit Greensfelder.  That's an eternity when one is dealing with fledglings.  Admittedly, I didn't expect to see "my" family of Baltimore Orioles this morning.  I was wrong!  Familiar chatter brought a smile to my face.  The 2 fledglings are growing up.  They now have the luxury of chasing one another and getting into mischief.  While the male adult B-Oriole was chasing away a Northern Flicker, an American Robin was shooing away one of the Fledglings.  The adult female was present.  Much more so than any other day that I was there.  She would give broken songs and calls.  I had to laugh at this observation:  One of the Fledglings landed on a snag.  This snag has been used by many adult birds for look-out points.  A fledgling Downy Woodpecker was aleady on it.  When the Oriole fledge landed on it, the Downy decided to investigate.  It would hop a little closer to the Oriole until they were both about 2' apart.  They stared at each other for a moment, then they both took off; in 2 different directions.  The adult male B-Oriole made its presence known.  The adult female, male, and the 2 fledglings flew together to a tall tree.  I did not see the parents feeding the youngsters.  In fact, I saw the male consume an insect while one of the fledges were really close by.  In past observations, the male would have given its prize to them.  The weening process has begun or is at the latter stages. The family was VERY ACTIVE this mornig.   Other birds of note: Y-B Cuckoo-silent, yet made its presence known(look forward to seeing its fledge) Indigo Bunting-male-vocal Blue Grosbeak-eating seed heads from a grass.  Didn't seem comfortable there and didn't stay long R-T Hummingbird male-continuing its territory dominance Great Crested Flycatcher-call w/good view Northern Flicker-great calls w/some variations perhaps agrevated by the Oriole experience? Barn, Tree and Cliff swallows Summer tanager-call w/good view Red-bellied Woodpecker-male-chatter and calls Carolina Wren-singing its heart out Eastern wood pewee-song Black Capped chickadee-song   It seems to me that the cavity nesters are getting ready for another brood?(I am taking my Lost Valley observations and the recent CC lake sightings as cues.)   Great birding tro all!! Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St.Louis,County             ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: UPDATE-BALTIMORE ORIOLES-GREENSFELDER PAVILLION-CREVE COEUR LAKE From: bryan prather <brynprth AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:05:40 -0700 Greensfelder Memorial Pavillion-Creve Coeur Lake-8:15am-9:15am.   Well, it's been about 11 days since I had the opportunity to visit Greensfelder.  That's an eternity when one is dealing with fledglings.  Admittedly, I didn't expect to see "my" family of Baltimore Orioles this morning.  I was wrong!  Familiar chatter brought a smile to my face.  The 2 fledglings are growing up.  They now have the luxury of chasing one another and getting into mischief.  While the male adult B-Oriole was chasing away a Northern Flicker, an American Robin was shooing away one of the Fledglings.  The adult female was present.  Much more so than any other day that I was there.  She would give broken songs and calls.  I had to laugh at this observation:  One of the Fledglings landed on a snag.  This snag has been used by many adult birds for look-out points.  A fledgling Downy Woodpecker was aleady on it.  When the Oriole fledge landed on it, the Downy decided to investigate.  It would hop a little closer to the Oriole until they were both about 2' apart.  They stared at each other for a moment, then they both took off; in 2 different directions.  The adult male B-Oriole made its presence known.  The adult female, male, and the 2 fledglings flew together to a tall tree.  I did not see the parents feeding the youngsters.  In fact, I saw the male consume an insect while one of the fledges were really close by.  In past observations, the male would have given its prize to them.  The weening process has begun or is at the latter stages. The family was VERY ACTIVE this mornig.   Other birds of note: Y-B Cuckoo-silent, yet made its presence known(look forward to seeing its fledge) Indigo Bunting-male-vocal Blue Grosbeak-eating seed heads from a grass.  Didn't seem comfortable there and didn't stay long R-T Hummingbird male-continuing its territory dominance Great Crested Flycatcher-call w/good view Northern Flicker-great calls w/some variations perhaps agrevated by the Oriole experience? Barn, Tree and Cliff swallows Summer tanager-call w/good view Red-bellied Woodpecker-male-chatter and calls Carolina Wren-singing its heart out Eastern wood pewee-song Black Capped chickadee-song   It seems to me that the cavity nesters are getting ready for another brood?(I am taking my Lost Valley observations and the recent CC lake sightings as cues.)   Great birding tro all!! Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St.Louis,County             ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: I.D. Lesson From: John Hansen <majorhart AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:21:57 -0500 Yesterday we were watching two Western Kingbirds feeding their nestlings and between constantly chasing off Common Grackles that kept trying to land near the nest they were catching insects against a slowly moving train. It reminds me of some people mentioning that they have noted them catching insects in the lights of a baseball game. John Hansen majorhart AT sbcglobal.net Saint Joseph, MO E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12740 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Bird and Nature Pictures From: Mark Gutchen <mgutchen AT SOCKET.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:18:49 -0500 I have finally taken the plunge and have set up a website to share photographs. This is the first time that I have tried to post anything to the web. It is a work in progress and I have only posted a few photos as I learn the program. I thought that since they are mostly bird photos from Missouri some folks may be interested. http://mark-gutchen.smugmug.com/ Any advice, comments or feedback would be appreciated. Mark Gutchen Columbia, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: Scissor tailed Flycatchers From: Mark Gutchen <mgutchen AT SOCKET.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:13:52 -0500 I saw a pair of scissor tailed flycatchers and a Western Flycatcher at the entrance of Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area last Sunday. Mark Gutchen Columbia, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: Lester Pannell To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:17 PM Subject: Scissor tailed Flycatchers On a trip to Alley Mill this week I saw a Scissor tail at Mt.Grove and another at Willow Springs. A mockingbird in our area frequently opens his list of songs by immitating a Bell's Vireo. Lester Pannell Lebanon ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: St. Louis area. It's slow out there: From: "Christine Kline, Secretary" <birdsecretary AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:35:03 -0500 I'm new at birding so, since you asked "Do you know what these are?" I am going to treat it like a quiz and take a guess. Are they rough winged swallows or female tree swallows? If I'm wrong, I've embarassed myself in front of the whole Missouri Listserve. Of course, if you knew me well, you would know that this is normal for me. _____ From: Missouri Wild Bird Forum [mailto:MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Rudden Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:01 AM To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Subject: St. Louis area. It's slow out there: A RMBS heron that makes you consider Tricolored. White-belly, long thin bill: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-25-09a2.jpg Great Egret with short-nosed gar from Cliff Cave paved 5 mile loop: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09b.jpg Feather moult. R-B Gull: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-30-09a.jpg Kestrel showing inner primary scallops: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-30-09a.jpg Another with only 8 rectrices and 8 primaries per wing: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09e.jpg 3 different swallows: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09d.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09c.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09e.jpg Do you know what these are? http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09d2.jpg Some fall color from July 1st: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09f3.jpg The vesper call of a drunken sailor: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09g.jpg LBIMO Bill Rudden St. Louis bilrudn ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: St. Louis area. It's slow out there: From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:00:31 -0700 A RMBS heron that makes you consider Tricolored. White-belly, long thin bill: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-25-09a2.jpg Great Egret with short-nosed gar from Cliff Cave paved 5 mile loop: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09b.jpg   Feather moult. R-B Gull: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-30-09a.jpg Kestrel showing inner primary scallops: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-30-09a.jpg Another with only 8 rectrices and 8 primaries per wing: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09e.jpg   3 different swallows: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09d.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09c.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-27-09e.jpg   Do you know what these are? http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09d2.jpg   Some fall color from July 1st: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09f3.jpg   The vesper call of a drunken sailor: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/7-1-09g.jpg   LBIMO Bill Rudden St. Louis bilrudn       ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Squaw Creek NWR Today From: Larry Lade <gcrownkinglet AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:30:35 -0700 Today at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Mound City, Missouri. Birded from 8 AM until Noon. Canada Goose Ring-necked Pheasant Northern Bobwhite Pied-billed Grebe ....no coots or moorhens .... Great Blue Heron, many scattered around the refuge Great Egret - about 50 in one group, Eagle Pool (north) Green Heron - 2 Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle, one adult perched in tree at northeast corner of tour loop Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer, several (the only shorebird seen today) Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a saw seven (7) and heard four or five Belted Kingfisher - 3 *Clean sweep of the woodpeckers, sans Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Red-headed, Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, Pileated Woodpeckers and Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee ....several non-vocal Empidonax Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo American Crow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch *pretty sure I heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch (but did not count it) as I did not see it* House Wrens seemed to be everywhere Eastern Bluebird Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher .........no mockingbirds though! ........ European Starling Cedar Waxwing American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak (near Forbes, MO) Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Red-winged Blackbird .....I did not hear/see any Yellow-headed Blackbirds, but Ron Bell said there were a few around Common Grackle Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole, in addition to the adults there were quite a few first year males (a couple of these seemed to be carrying food for young?) Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow Larry Lade Saint Joseph, MO gcrownkinglet AT yahoo DOT com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Scissor tailed Flycatchers From: Lester Pannell <pannell2 AT WEBOUND.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:17:24 -0500 On a trip to Alley Mill this week I saw a Scissor tail at Mt.Grove and another at Willow Springs. A mockingbird in our area frequently opens his list of songs by immitating a Bell's Vireo. Lester Pannell Lebanon ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued From: Andrew Forbes <Andrew.Forbes AT MDC.MO.GOV> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:11:03 -0500 Add Black Rail to the list. I was in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas about 12 years ago looking for Black Rails, and heard a clear "Ki-ki-do!". Upon chasing down the sound, it was a Mockingbird sitting in a low shrub. Not a happy moment then, but funny now I suppose, even though I still have yet to see a Black Rail. Andy Andrew Forbes, Resource Scientist (Avian Ecologist) Missouri Department of Conservation 1110 S. College Ave. Columbia, MO 65201 ph. 573-882-9909 ext. 3241 fax. 573-882-4517 -----Original Message----- From: Missouri Wild Bird Forum [mailto:MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Lewis Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:00 PM To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued And then there was the mockingbird that immitated the sound of a fly fisherman's line as it whipped back and forth...and also the one that immitated the sound of a squeaking gate hinge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Ashbaugh" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:56 AM Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued > To add to the list ... In Austin, TX, there was a resident mocker at an > apartment complex that did an awesome imitation of a car alarm. You know > the alarms that give a few seconds of U.S. siren, then European siren, > then a low monotone repeating buzz, then a repeating ascending tone? > > Well, that Mockingbird had learned all 4 phrases in correct order. > Incredible, yet annoying. > > Shawn Ashbaugh > Augusta > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Miller, Terry" > > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:16:12 > To: > Subject: N. Mockingbird calls continued > > > As I rode my bicycle again this morning at Smithville lake I distinguished > five more N. Mockingbird calls; Cedar Waxwing, C. Grackle, Yellow-billed > Cuckoo, Barn Swallow, and E. Phoebe. > > This brings the recent total from the postings to 31 different > species....and two non-avian imitations.. > > Any more?????? > > 1. Am. Robin > 2. E. Bluebird > 3. Tufted Titmouse > 4. N. Cardinal > 5. Killdeer > 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) > 7. Cliff Swallow > 8. Purple Martin > 9. Great Crested Flycatcher > 10. Belted Kingfisher > > 11. Carolina Wren > 12. Bluejay > 13. American Crow > 14. Carolina Chickadee > 15. Red-tailed Hawk > 16. Eastern Phoebe > 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo > 18. White-eyed Vireo > 19. Broad-winged Hawk > 20.Eastern Kingbird > 21. Summer Tanager > 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker > 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird > > 24. E. Screech Owl > 25. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher > 26. Sora > 27. C. Nighthawk > 28. Chuck-will's Widow > 29. Cedar Waxwing > 30. C. Grackle > 31. Barn Swallow > > And reports of a cell phone and a John Deere Tractor..... > > > Terry L. Miller > Kearney HS > Clay Co., MO > millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > Questions or comments? 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Mockingbird calls continued From: Bob Lewis <birds1928 AT ATT.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:59:33 -0500 And then there was the mockingbird that immitated the sound of a fly fisherman's line as it whipped back and forth...and also the one that immitated the sound of a squeaking gate hinge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Ashbaugh" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:56 AM Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued > To add to the list ... In Austin, TX, there was a resident mocker at an > apartment complex that did an awesome imitation of a car alarm. You know > the alarms that give a few seconds of U.S. siren, then European siren, > then a low monotone repeating buzz, then a repeating ascending tone? > > Well, that Mockingbird had learned all 4 phrases in correct order. > Incredible, yet annoying. > > Shawn Ashbaugh > Augusta > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Miller, Terry" > > Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:16:12 > To: > Subject: N. Mockingbird calls continued > > > As I rode my bicycle again this morning at Smithville lake I distinguished > five more N. Mockingbird calls; Cedar Waxwing, C. Grackle, Yellow-billed > Cuckoo, Barn Swallow, and E. Phoebe. > > This brings the recent total from the postings to 31 different > species....and two non-avian imitations.. > > Any more?????? > > 1. Am. Robin > 2. E. Bluebird > 3. Tufted Titmouse > 4. N. Cardinal > 5. Killdeer > 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) > 7. Cliff Swallow > 8. Purple Martin > 9. Great Crested Flycatcher > 10. Belted Kingfisher > > 11. Carolina Wren > 12. Bluejay > 13. American Crow > 14. Carolina Chickadee > 15. Red-tailed Hawk > 16. Eastern Phoebe > 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo > 18. White-eyed Vireo > 19. Broad-winged Hawk > 20.Eastern Kingbird > 21. Summer Tanager > 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker > 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird > > 24. E. Screech Owl > 25. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher > 26. Sora > 27. C. Nighthawk > 28. Chuck-will's Widow > 29. Cedar Waxwing > 30. C. Grackle > 31. Barn Swallow > > And reports of a cell phone and a John Deere Tractor..... > > > Terry L. Miller > Kearney HS > Clay Co., MO > millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > Questions or comments? Email the list owners: > mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > Questions or comments? Email the list owners: > mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued From: Kurt Dean <dean AT UCMO.EDU> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:16:54 -0500 I have a local mocker that does a spot on Northern Bobwhite call Kurt Dean Dept of Biology U. of Central Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird calls continued From: Shawn Ashbaugh <shawnashbaugh AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:56:49 +0000 To add to the list ... In Austin, TX, there was a resident mocker at an apartment complex that did an awesome imitation of a car alarm. You know the alarms that give a few seconds of U.S. siren, then European siren, then a low monotone repeating buzz, then a repeating ascending tone? Well, that Mockingbird had learned all 4 phrases in correct order. Incredible, yet annoying. Shawn Ashbaugh Augusta Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Miller, Terry" Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:16:12 To: Subject: N. Mockingbird calls continued As I rode my bicycle again this morning at Smithville lake I distinguished five more N. Mockingbird calls; Cedar Waxwing, C. Grackle, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Barn Swallow, and E. Phoebe. This brings the recent total from the postings to 31 different species....and two non-avian imitations.. Any more?????? 1. Am. Robin 2. E. Bluebird 3. Tufted Titmouse 4. N. Cardinal 5. Killdeer 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) 7. Cliff Swallow 8. Purple Martin 9. Great Crested Flycatcher 10. Belted Kingfisher 11. Carolina Wren 12. Bluejay 13. American Crow 14. Carolina Chickadee 15. Red-tailed Hawk 16. Eastern Phoebe 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18. White-eyed Vireo 19. Broad-winged Hawk 20.Eastern Kingbird 21. Summer Tanager 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24. E. Screech Owl 25. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 26. Sora 27. C. Nighthawk 28. Chuck-will's Widow 29. Cedar Waxwing 30. C. Grackle 31. Barn Swallow And reports of a cell phone and a John Deere Tractor..... Terry L. Miller Kearney HS Clay Co., MO millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: N. Mockingbird calls continued From: "Miller, Terry" <millert AT MAIL.KEARNEY.K12.MO.US> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:16:12 -0500 As I rode my bicycle again this morning at Smithville lake I distinguished five more N. Mockingbird calls; Cedar Waxwing, C. Grackle, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Barn Swallow, and E. Phoebe. This brings the recent total from the postings to 31 different species....and two non-avian imitations.. Any more?????? 1. Am. Robin 2. E. Bluebird 3. Tufted Titmouse 4. N. Cardinal 5. Killdeer 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) 7. Cliff Swallow 8. Purple Martin 9. Great Crested Flycatcher 10. Belted Kingfisher 11. Carolina Wren 12. Bluejay 13. American Crow 14. Carolina Chickadee 15. Red-tailed Hawk 16. Eastern Phoebe 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18. White-eyed Vireo 19. Broad-winged Hawk 20.Eastern Kingbird 21. Summer Tanager 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24. E. Screech Owl 25. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 26. Sora 27. C. Nighthawk 28. Chuck-will's Widow 29. Cedar Waxwing 30. C. Grackle 31. Barn Swallow And reports of a cell phone and a John Deere Tractor..... Terry L. Miller Kearney HS Clay Co., MO millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Sedge Wrens, Hi-Lonesome Conservation Area From: Andrew Forbes <Andrew.Forbes AT MDC.MO.GOV> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:02:47 -0500 While doing bird surveys at Hi-Lonesome CA (Benton Co.) yesterday (6/30), I had two different male Sedge Wrens singing on the area. Looks like they are starting to move into MO for "Round 2" of their nesting cycle. Plus lots of Henslow's Sparrows, Dickcissels, and a few nesting Willow Flycatchers. Nice morning. Andy Andrew Forbes, Resource Scientist (Avian Ecologist) Missouri Department of Conservation 1110 S. College Ave. Columbia, MO 65201 ph. 573-882-9909 ext. 3241 fax. 573-882-4517 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: Neal Young <nealyoung500 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 05:44:01 -0700 Yesterday, I  had a mockingbird doing a chuck-will's widow call a 11:30 am.  The best I have heard is when I lived in Southeast Missouri, a mockingbird at my house was imitating the old John Deere tractor that my neighbor was using.    Neal Young Warrensburg Johnson Co. MO  --- On Tue, 6/30/09, Chris Barrigar <1chrisbarrigar AT LIVE.COM> wrote: From: Chris Barrigar <1chrisbarrigar AT LIVE.COM> Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:21 PM #yiv939291561 .hmmessage P { margin:0px;padding:0px;} #yiv939291561 { font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Funny you should start this game. I have been listing our mockers' songs since last year which currently stands at 19 recognizable calls/songs. His repertoire is quite a bit more, but I can't identify. Rural Bloomfield, MO Adding to your list: 11. Carolina Wren 12. Bluejay 13. American Crow 14. Carolina Chickadee 15. Red-tailed Hawk 16. Eastern Phoebe 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18. White-eyed Vireo 19. Broad-winged Hawk 20.Eastern Kingbird 21. Summer Tanager 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Chris Barrigar Bloomfield, MO Stoddard Co. 1chrisbarrigar AT live.com chrisbarrigar AT hotmail.com   http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris   http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris1   > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:21:47 -0500 > From: millert AT MAIL.KEARNEY.K12.MO.US > Subject: N. Mockingbird Current Calls > To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU > > This morning on my bicycle ride at Smithville lake I tried a little more difficult part of the trail but by far the best habitat. There seemed to be more N. Mockingbirds in this area and I heard one mimic a Belted Kingfisher. I don't know that I have ever heard them mimic a kingfisher before??? Anyway, I started to pay attention to what birds they were currently mimicking. There were probably more but this is what I can remember: > > 1. Am. Robin > 2. E. Bluebird > 3. Tufted Titmouse > 4. N. Cardinal > 5. Killdeer > 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) > 7. Cliff Swallow > 8. Purple Martin > 9. Great Crested Flycatcher > 10. Belted Kingfisher > > Now, that's the first 10....What are you currently hearing N. Mockingbirds mimic in your part of the state?? Smithville lake is just north of Kansas City. > > If any one else is game let's see how many species are being mimicked throughout the state of Missouri at this moment in time. Simply keep the count going as you add new ones and possibly mention what part of the state you are in. > > As I rode, this " sounded" kind of fun so let's see who's listening to one of our common birds...... > > Terry L. Miller > > Kearney HS > Clay CO., MO > millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Towhee From: Gale and Kim March <gmarch AT CENTURYTEL.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:28:55 -0500 Upon closer inspection, the Towhee at our feeder is more likely an eastern rather than a spotted. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks, Gale and Kim March Macon, MO gmarch AT centurytel.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Spotted Towhee From: Gale and Kim March <gmarch AT CENTURYTEL.NET> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:13:39 -0500 This morning there is a juvenile Spotted Towhee feeding at our feeders. Thanks, Gale and Kim March Macon, MO gmarch AT centurytel.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: Chris Barrigar <1chrisbarrigar AT LIVE.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:21:31 -0600 Funny you should start this game. I have been listing our mockers' songs since last year which currently stands at 19 recognizable calls/songs. His repertoire is quite a bit more, but I can't identify. Rural Bloomfield, MO Adding to your list: 11. Carolina Wren 12. Bluejay 13. American Crow 14. Carolina Chickadee 15. Red-tailed Hawk 16. Eastern Phoebe 17. Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18. White-eyed Vireo 19. Broad-winged Hawk 20.Eastern Kingbird 21. Summer Tanager 22. Red-bellied Woodpecker 23. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Chris Barrigar Bloomfield, MO Stoddard Co. 1chrisbarrigar AT live.com chrisbarrigar AT hotmail.com http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris1 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:21:47 -0500 > From: millert AT MAIL.KEARNEY.K12.MO.US > Subject: N. Mockingbird Current Calls > To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU > > This morning on my bicycle ride at Smithville lake I tried a little more difficult part of the trail but by far the best habitat. There seemed to be more N. Mockingbirds in this area and I heard one mimic a Belted Kingfisher. I don't know that I have ever heard them mimic a kingfisher before??? Anyway, I started to pay attention to what birds they were currently mimicking. There were probably more but this is what I can remember: > > 1. Am. Robin > 2. E. Bluebird > 3. Tufted Titmouse > 4. N. Cardinal > 5. Killdeer > 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) > 7. Cliff Swallow > 8. Purple Martin > 9. Great Crested Flycatcher > 10. Belted Kingfisher > > Now, that's the first 10....What are you currently hearing N. Mockingbirds mimic in your part of the state?? Smithville lake is just north of Kansas City. > > If any one else is game let's see how many species are being mimicked throughout the state of Missouri at this moment in time. Simply keep the count going as you add new ones and possibly mention what part of the state you are in. > > As I rode, this " sounded" kind of fun so let's see who's listening to one of our common birds...... > > Terry L. Miller > > Kearney HS > Clay CO., MO > millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum > List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Any sightings of an Avocet? From: "Jason G. Harrison" <rowboat AT CENTURYTEL.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:17 -0500 I am really trying hard to find one of these this year. Thus far I have missed out on the few sightings that were reported earlier this spring. If anyone has seen or knows of any in the state, please post or reply. Thanks in advance. Jason G. Harrison Troy, Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: mockingbird songs From: Lawrence Herbert <certhia AT ATT.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:01:47 -0500 The Joplin Public Library Northern Mockingbird made an excellent Common Nighthawk call yesterday at mid day. I had a friend in school back at Emporia State who had fifty some songs from Northern Mockingbirds during a summer (Jacob Miller). We had a parade of thrushes at the bird bath here at our Joplin home today: Taking turns were Brown Thrasher, Northern Mockingbird, American Robin and Gray Catbird. Good birding, Larry H. Joplin, Jasper County MO. certhia AT att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: CACHE Milestone:: 10,000th Trip Entered into CACHE From: "Patrick Harrison (Home)" <saxman AT MARKTWAIN.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:13 -0500 Congratulations to Kathleen Anderson for entering a trip that just happens to be the 10,000th trip in the CACHE system! Thanks to all that have and continue to participate in this initiative. Side note: Have three House Wren families that have fledged in our yard and a Common Yellow-throat family that nested just across the fence in our backyard. Their little critters are up and running too! My kiddos have enjoyed seeing the "wee ones" this year as there have been many of them and my kids are getting old enough to begin to show more than a passing interest! Good Birding, Patrick :ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM::::ASM: * * * Patrick Harrison * * Shelbyville, Shelby County, Missouri * * saxman AT marktwain.net A * pharrison AT hannibal.k12.mo.us S * webmaster AT mobirds.org M * http://mobirds.org * * http://www.patrickdharrison.com A * ,_ S * >' ) M * ( ( \ * * "|\ * * * *****The Audubon Society of Missouri**** ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Union Ridge CA, Adair and Sullivan Counties From: Philip Wire <phw222 AT GOOGLEMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:08 -0500 Back in Kirksville for a couple days to help a friend move, I was able to enjoy the beautiful day yesterday by sneaking away and doing some birding at Union Ridge CA in Adair and Sullivan Counties. Best birds were a male Northern Harrier (listed as a rare summer resident) that took a prey item a looooong way towards the grassy creek bottoms in the center of the area, so maybe there is some nesting going on and he was making a delivery. I also had two Blue-winged Warblers and four Ovenbirds, both listed as rare in the northern portion of the state in summer. Not much at the marsh as it was as low as I've ever seen it... but there were also some nice birds like a Scarlet Tanager, several bobwhites, and the usual pair of nesting Red-Tailed Hawks. Afterwards I checked some private land to the southwest of URCA for Bobolinks and struck out, but did have 7 or 8 calling Henslow's Sparrows. Full list for URCA is on CACHE. Phil Wire phw222 AT gmail.com St. Louis Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Red-headed woodpeckers From: Anne Downing <adowning AT MCHSI.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:14:07 -0500 June and July I call my BBBC months. Best Birding By Computer Months--meaning --fewer birds since migration is in-between--its too hot to enjoy being out and those young birds are just too hard to ID. And there is listing to catch up. So computer birding it is. And this morning the most amazing thing--there have been Three Red-headed Woodpeckers at the peanut feeder that hangs just a few feet from my computer screen. Now I have noticed a red-headed feeding at the feeder the last several-weeks -but definitely three showed up today. And I recall reading about the studies showing the decline of so many of our common species--so I went by computer to the Audubon Society Watch list. They list the birds according to their rate of decline--red mark means very rapid decline (above 50% since the 1960's) Yellow mark means less decline but still meaningful. Like Eastern meadowlark has declined 72% since the 60's. And the Mottled Duck like was located in se Mo this year leads the red list! And the Red-headed Woodpecker has declined 50% since the 60's and is showing decline over 4%yearly and has the yellow dot. So I was so happy to see these 3 fellows. Does it mean that perhaps they can adapt to city life? Does it mean they can be helped to survive by coming to our feeders? (I know it does mean they really really liked those peanuts.) And what of the future for allour birds? Will birders in a couple generations be looking frantically for what are our common birds? Now there is a chilling thought for a hot summer day. So birding by computer is meaningful and thought provoking.. Just google Audubon Watch bird site. I think there is a list there state by state of most "watched" birds but I could not find it. If anyone does please post it. Anne Downing Columbia, Boone County adowning AT mchsi.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Request for least tern nesting records on Mississippi river From: John and Nancy Solodar <solodar AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:54:26 -0500 The biologists at RMBS would like to have information on the most recent nesting records of Least Terns on the Upper Mississippi River. Pat McGinnis has asked Sarah and Vinny to confer with others and begin a literature search so that we can answer questions regarding the historical significance of a successful nesting on the barges. When was the last time least terns successfully nested on the UMR, the UMR above St. Louis, etc? Was it 10 years ago, 50 years ago? Please respond to Pat at "McGinnis, Patrick MVS" John Solodar University City St. Louis County, MO solodar AT sbcglobal.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Forest Park June 29 From: Sam Kohler <kildeerkid AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:28:20 -0500 Yesterday I went to the Forest park. Best bird was yellow bellied flycatcher singing with a group of chickadees. I also saw: indigo bunting northern flicker downy woodpecker (many) red bellied woodpecker chipping sparrow cardinal robin gray catbird (many) Carolina chickadee grackle house sparrow Carolina Wren (heard) wood thrush (possible) song sparrow (heard) chimney swift mourning dove Rock dove purple martin barn swallow European starling wood duck mallard Also at my house I saw a lecontes sparrow and I've also discovered a wren brood. Sam Kohler ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: I.D. Lesson From: Edge <edgew AT MCHSI.COM> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:43:44 -0500 A discussion on the Kansas list about a juvenile hawk photo and the correct identification has been summed up by one of the best photographer/birder I've met. His conclusion provides a great reminder/lesson for beginners and long-time birders, alike. I've copied it below my signature. Edge Wade Columbia, MO edgew AT mchsi.com Lessons to be learned (by me, if no one else): (1) Sometimes seven subtle characters aren't worth one obvious one. (2) Don't always trust your memory or your perception of gestalt (especially in a photo). (3) The more views and photos, the better. Especially the latter. (I already knew that. :-) ) (4) Last but not least ... don't try to identify a hawk (or shorebird, gull, flycatcher, etc.) if you're not willing to eat a little crow afterward. One of my favorite poems as a child was "The Owl Critic," about an ornithologist who ridiculed the pathetically distorted taxidermy of a stuffed owl. At the end of the man's tirade, the owl turned its head and blinked at him as if to say, "I'm an owl, you're another; sir critic, good day!" Yup, I'm an ornithologist, all right. Retiring to my corvid dinner, ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: "Jonathan B. Pons" <jbpons AT CLICKSOUTH.NET> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:38:39 -0500 Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: Dianne & Steve Kinder <dmkinder AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:28:59 -0700 I remember hearing a Mocker mimicking a Scissortail Flycatcher while doing a survey in SW Mo. a couple weeks ago. Really have to pay attention what you are counting when there's a NOMO around! Could get a lot more species on the list than there really are! Steve --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Miller, Terry wrote: > From: Miller, Terry > Subject: N. Mockingbird Current Calls > To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU > Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 12:21 PM > This morning on my bicycle ride at > Smithville lake I tried a little more difficult part of the > trail but by far the best habitat.  There seemed to be > more N. Mockingbirds in this area and I heard one mimic a > Belted Kingfisher.  I don't know that I have ever heard > them mimic a kingfisher before???   Anyway, I > started to pay attention to what birds they were currently > mimicking.   There were probably more but > this is what I can remember: > > 1. Am. Robin > 2. E. Bluebird > 3. Tufted Titmouse > 4. N. Cardinal > 5. Killdeer > 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I > believe) > 7. Cliff Swallow > 8. Purple Martin > 9. Great Crested Flycatcher > 10. Belted Kingfisher > > Now, that's the first 10....What are you currently hearing > N. Mockingbirds mimic in your part of the state??  > Smithville lake is just north of Kansas City. > > If any one else is game let's see how many species are > being mimicked throughout the state of Missouri at this > moment in time.  Simply keep the count going as you add > new ones and possibly mention what part of the state you are > in. > > As I rode, this " sounded"  kind of fun so let's see > who's listening to one of our common birds...... > > Terry L. Miller > > Kearney HS > Clay CO., MO > millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion > Forum > List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html > ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spending its summer in Forest Park From: R Bailey <bohemewarbler AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:04:24 -0500 There appears to be a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spending its summer in Forest Park. I first encountered to songster in the first week of May during spring migration in the Sycamore trees where West Pine connects with Grand (that's Grand inside Forest Park, not Grand Avenue), just west of Kingshighway and just south of Lindell. Last week, while passing by this area, I heard the songster again and then again during the week. Today, I heard it still there, and later as far west as Union in the park near the savannah area there. I don't know if this bird is part of a nesting pair. I wonder if a Yellow-throated Warbler has ever been noted as a summer resident inside the park before. Bob Bailey St. Louis, MO bohemewarbler AT hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Mississippi Kites & Juvenile? From: Pat Lueders <Pllueders479 AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:58:32 EDT While walking this morning, I heard the high-pitched Mississippi Kite whistle and saw three Kites soaring together. Could the juveniles be fledging now? I didn't have my binoculars so I couldn't tell if one was a juvenile. The female Hummingbird is still on her nest, and the ETS are feeding their third family this year. Pat Lueders, Webster Groves, MO **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: Pat Lueders <Pllueders479 AT AOL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:51:24 EDT While out walking the other day, I heard a N. Mockingbird imitate an Eastern Screech Owl, a Carolina Wren & a cell phone. Pat Lueders, West St. Louis County, MO **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Re: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: peter keyel <labtroglodyte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:04:54 -0700 I heard the one at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis imitating a blue jay today in addition to its more usual car alarm. Peter Keyel St Louis, MO labtroglodyte AT yahoo.com "They say we constitute The constitutional With justice here for all So justifiable I'm trying not to laugh But man, it's laughable" -Styx, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Painted Buntings - Where do I go? From: Christine Kline <birdsecretary AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:32:56 -0500 My goal next week is to find the Painted Buntings on both sides of the state line - Missouri and Kansas. I've already been clued in on where to go in Kansas; can anyone guide me to the closest location to Kansas City for the Missouri side? I wouldn't mind getting a Blue Grossbeak in the process. Both would be lifers for me. Thank you! Christine Kline Pleasant Hill, MO Cass County ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: N. Mockingbird Current Calls From: "Miller, Terry" <millert AT MAIL.KEARNEY.K12.MO.US> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:21:47 -0500 This morning on my bicycle ride at Smithville lake I tried a little more difficult part of the trail but by far the best habitat. There seemed to be more N. Mockingbirds in this area and I heard one mimic a Belted Kingfisher. I don't know that I have ever heard them mimic a kingfisher before??? Anyway, I started to pay attention to what birds they were currently mimicking. There were probably more but this is what I can remember: 1. Am. Robin 2. E. Bluebird 3. Tufted Titmouse 4. N. Cardinal 5. Killdeer 6. House Sparrow (and also the call of nestlings I believe) 7. Cliff Swallow 8. Purple Martin 9. Great Crested Flycatcher 10. Belted Kingfisher Now, that's the first 10....What are you currently hearing N. Mockingbirds mimic in your part of the state?? Smithville lake is just north of Kansas City. If any one else is game let's see how many species are being mimicked throughout the state of Missouri at this moment in time. Simply keep the count going as you add new ones and possibly mention what part of the state you are in. As I rode, this " sounded" kind of fun so let's see who's listening to one of our common birds...... Terry L. Miller Kearney HS Clay CO., MO millert AT kearney.k12.mo.us ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: youth involved with habitat restoration From: Jean Leonatti <jleonatti AT CMAAA.NET> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:50:10 -0500 This was forwarded to me through Audubon Missouri - they tell a wonderful story about a collaboration between National/Missouri Audubon, the Greater Ozarks Chapter in Springfield and a Toyota Together Green grant. And, though I love the idea of restoring the river cane for Swainson's Warblers, I was much more impressed with the comments from the young people. Really gives you hope for the future, and the impact educational opportunities, like GLADE, can have on young people, and ultimately on our birds! I encourage you to read/listen to both stories as they take a slightly different angle - but guarantee that both will put a smile on your face. Congratulations to all the "behind the scenes" people who made this opportunity possible. Jean Leonatti Boone County Columbia, MO jleonatti AT cmaaa.net _____ From: Lisa Berger [mailto:goshawk AT worldnet.att.net] Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:49 AM To: ROBYN, Tony Subject: Fw: Springfield, MO--GLADE All, You may have already picked up these stories; if not, here are the urls. Our GLADE project was a stunning success; a slam dunk. We're very pleased with the week and accomplishments. KY3's story captures it very well. http://www.ky3.com/news/local/49393647.html http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=161731 Lisa C. Berger goshawk AT att.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: new yard bird From: Frankie Cuculich <flcuculich AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:25:42 -0500 I have a small pond in my back yard and Sat. I had a female or imm. hooded merganser. I was hoping to photograph it Sun morning but it was gone. Darn, oh well. good birding everyone. Frankie Cuculich, Brashear Mo. Adair Co. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Truman Lake birds From: Matt Gearheart <gearheart.matt AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:31:25 -0500 Hello MObirders- I went fishing on Saturday at Truman Lake, near Clinton, MO. we were mainly near the Bucksaw Marina area and there were some nice birds to be seen/heard despite a very hot day. A fun sight to see was a pair of adult Bald Eagles tending to 2 full-grown fledglings. A few other highlights include: Spotted Sandpiper Acadian Flycatcher Western Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher White-Eyed Vireo Yellow-Throated Vireo Fish Crow Carolina Chickadee Prothonotary Warbler - abundant Yellow-Breasted Chat Summer Tanager Blue Grosbeak - several singing birds Good birding, Matt Gearheart Shawnee, KS gearheart.matt AT gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring From: bryan prather <brynprth AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:20:22 -0700 Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring 10am-2pm   Birds to add from Saturday: Northern Waterthrush-call w/tail bobbing Oven Bird-2 one calling,1 gave the song. Both had their crest's up.  Summer Tanager-male Belted Kingfisher   Worm eating warblers still active-about 50' or so before the first mile marker on the left hand side. 3-5, good views, very chatty. Orchard Oriole family-past mile marker 1.  Right hand side amongst the swampy area.  Heard chatter from the male and great songs from inside a thickett.  Female? Red-headed woodpecker pair confirmed. Eastern Bluebird pair.  Both species shared an area that was swampy w/ 5 or so dead trees sticking up from the shallow water.  Female Bluebird entered a natural cavity. Y-B Chat-still very vocal.  Great mimic of Blue Jay and Robin distress call, in between whistles and barks.   Came across a group of 5 Titmouse.  I started "pishing" at them.   They became quite curious and came close to me.  They flew to the other side of the trail.  I "pished" some more and noticed a small nervous bird joining them.  It was a Cerulean Warbler!  About knee high in a thicket.  Great view, although it didn"t stay long.  My highlight of the day.   Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St.Louis,County          ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html Subject: RMBS, Sunday 28 June From: Ken Thompson <kthompsn AT SPRINGMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:15:33 -0500 Stopped by RMBS on my way to & from the Towboat Festival up in Grafton. On the return trip, saw at least half dozen least terns, and the brown pelican was out on a mudbar, in the midst of the white pelican flock. Don't know whether the river was rising, or they dropped the dam gates slightly, but the water was noticeably closer to the gates on my return. Ken Thompson (kthompsn AT springmail.com) North StLouis Couny, extreme NE St Charles County ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Bell's Vireo and Caspian Tern - Smithville Lake From: Jennifer Reidy <grizzlyskye AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:20:04 -0500 Randy Cartwright and I kayaked around Smithville Lake today and yesterday in the same area (access at SW 220th). We had a Bell's Vireo singing off one cove (same one) both days. Today we had a Caspian Tern fly over! Jennifer Reidy Liberty, MO _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Oxbow Lakes, Saint Joseph From: Larry Lade <gcrownkinglet AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:59:45 -0700 On Saturday between berry picking, yard work, attempting to repair our lawn mower, etc. I took a short time off to check on the Pied-billed Grebes' nest on Horseshoe Lake. Observing from Pettet Road, I easily re-found the nest which I had first seen a week or so ago. An adult was sitting on the nest and did not leave the nest for the 20 minutes or so that I was there. Scoping the area I found two more nests with sitting grebes. They also did not leave their nests during the time I was there. Additional birds seen at Horseshoe Lake were: Canada Geese (30), Wood Duck (2), Mallard (8), Snowy Egrets (3), Cattle Egrets (23), American Coot (1), Killdeer (5), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2), Belted Kingfisher (1), Barn Swallow (10), European Starling (30), Blue Grosbeak (1), Dickcissel (5), Red-winged Blackbird (10), Common Grackle (40) and American Goldfinch (2). Lark Sparrows were around Mud Lake and Grasshopper Sparrows were seen at Muskrat Lake. Several Eurasian Collared-Doves and four male Great-tailed Grackles were found at the Saint Joseph Stockyards. Larry Lade Saint Joseph, MO gcrownkinglet AT yahoo DOT com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Laughin gull and Franklin's gull photos from Thousand Hills SP (Adair Co.) From: Peter Kondrashov <pkondrash AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:38:27 -0500 After carefully analyzing the photos I came to the conclusion that the first gull I observed was a second-year Laughing gull based on the absence of white spots on the primary tips and on the brown color of the primary coverts. The hood was almost complete though! The second bird turned out to be a challenge. My conclusion is second cycle FRANKLIN'S GULL. It sounds weird, but the two birds were definitively hanging out together! I posted the pictures of these two gulls in my summer MO 2009 gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/Pkondrash/MissouriSummer2009?feat=directlink Here are direct links to the laughing gull shots: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bwQwn0gKIw0gTyEo7aLHpg?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bzfigDdRPkuE47jf2fFnaw?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5tRfZHFTD55pZUsFaIWMBQ?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i-dAaCBnwIKMA5VenoAkpw?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uzsV48ZzmXdRW1X3JQ_44A?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ny3pU65InDOiIRXqRNNGOw?feat=directlink Here are direct links to the Franklin's gull shots: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IbFZqDwCpQ2hRq73p-K_Pg?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GLTBJR--9piVP_Hzv12roA?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qPLCWQvLhsDmpH8Hwu0V6Q?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sTidQ-lqj1JW8wFog-T1wQ?feat=directlink http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hIPBh2oEn5FQSpddsTap1w?feat=directlink Please send me any comments on these two birds. My rare chane to practice gull ID skills in central Missouri. PK -- Peter Kondrashov Kirksville, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Big Piney River Canoeing From: John and Linda Frederick <lfredrck AT ROLLANET.ORG> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:13:44 -0500 My husband and I enjoyed a hot afternoon canoeing on the Big Piney River in Pulaski County. The birds were surprisingly vocal for mid-afternoon. I heard Cerulean Warblers in numerous locations along the river. Also, many American Redstarts, Kentucky Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Parulas, Chats, Acadian Flycatchers, Wood Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, etc. I saw something that I don't believe I have seen before, a Turkey Vulture drinking from the river. Had a nice, if brief, talk with 2 young women doing some banding and Cerulean studies on and around the Big Piney and Ft. Leonard Wood. They have located several Cerulean nests in this area. Also, a mink with one young. Linda Frederick Rolla, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring Area From: bryan prather <brynprth AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:48:11 -0700 Lost Valley Trail-Weldon Spring Area- 9:30am-1:45pm Beginning of the trail just past the 1st mile marker(w/tangeants)   Birds of note: Worm eating warbler Blue Winged Yellow Breasted Chat Northern Parula Common Yellowthroat Cerulean-Song only   White-Eyed Vireo(s) -one w/fledgling Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo   Louisiana Waterthrush Wood Thrush   Orchard Oriole w/fledgling-whistle call by male w/songs.No chattering as observed at Greensfelder w/the Baltimore male.  Male feeding.  Female not observed.(Personally, very special, as I was able to compare the Orchard Oriole's mannerisms w/that of the Baltimore's with their respective young.)   Red-Headed woodpeckers(2) and an Eastern Kingbird-all 3 "swimming" in the air taking insects in the same area.   Y-B Cuckoos-vocal and making thier presence known.  Two in particular were "with" an Acadian flycatcher.  One Cuckoo gave a Very soft cluck twice.  The other was silent.  Both cuckoos had adult plumage.  These two were quite low in a tree-about 15'.   Scarlet Tanager Red-shouldered Hawk(s)-calling Indigo Buntings(When they get going, it reminds me of a pin ball machine.  They did not get high score today, however.  White-eyed Vireo and Y-B Chat received high scores for being the most vociferous.) Many others   Bryan Prather brynprth AT yahoo.com St.Louis, County                     ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: TWO LAUGHING GULLS at Thousand Hills SP Forest Lake (Adair Co.) 06/27/09 From: Peter Kondrashov <pkondrash AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:10:10 -0500 Just got back from China and took the boat out to the lake. Saw a black-headed gull flying over and knowing it should be something interesting grabbed my camera. The gull did not have a white band and had no visible white tips on the wing. It was in full breeding plumage with the black hood and eye-arcs. LAUGHING GULL!! THen another gull came down - it was probably adult in transitional plumage or a second year laughing gull. I photographed both. I will post some shots later. Pretty exciting!!! Not as exciting as the red-billed blue magpie, but still fun. Later, PK PS I will make sure to document these two birds ASAP. -- Peter Kondrashov Kirksville, MO ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Fw: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 From: Bob Fisher <bobgfisher AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:09:29 -0500 For those who have been concerned about a late spring in some parts of the Arctic, see the piece below, foraded from the Iowa list: Bob Fisher Independence, MO bobgfisher AT comcast.net Begin forwarded message: From: Brad_Andres AT fws.gov Date: June 26, 2009 11:55:19 AM CDT To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 Subject: Arctic Breeding Conditions in 2009 Yesterday we saw an adult Lesser Yellowlegs near Toronto and on Wednesday there was an adult Least Sandpiper in Hamilton at the west end of Lake Ontario. These are the first "fall migrant" shorebirds in southern Ontario and they are right on schedule. Several people asked us to comment about recent reports of a "Disastrous breeding season in the Arctic". The Arctic is huge; it is 3500 km from southern James Bay (subarctic) to northern Ellesmere Island. Most shorebirds have large breeding ranges and even in late years many birds breed successfully and rarely does the entire Arctic experience the same climatic conditions. We checked with northern researchers and summarized their comments below. Shorebird nesting in> 2009 is poor in some regions but normal to good elsewhere. Ontario: Ken Abraham reports that conditions in the Hudson Bay Lowlands were about 10 days late from Attawapiskat south on James Bay, including Akimiski Island, with Canada Geese and Snow Geese hatching in mid June, more like the 1990s average than the 2000s average and within the overall norms. Other species on Akimiski Island were correspondingly late. His guess is that for those species that require shorter time there will be some reduction but not huge. Perhaps the predation effect will be somewhat greater if alternate species are less available. Because coastal snow, ice and water inundation conditions were similar from Cape Henrietta Maria to the Manitoba border, Ken expects that for Canada Geese nesting within 40-60 km from the coast, a much reduced effort and productivity will be the norm. Snow Geese at Cape Henrietta Maria were greatly down and the suggestion of a 90% reduction seems to fit what they saw on their survey. However, beyond 40-60 km inland, he thinks conditions will be different. Mark Peck said that species nesting away from the Hudson Bay Coast in boreal bogs and fens such as yellowlegs should not be severely impacted because much of the freeze took place near the coast. Manitoba: The situation is worse in northern Manitoba at Churchill where temperatures were well below normal until recently and the snow cover melted late. However, Erica Nol reports that birds have started to nest, just very late, and it won't be a complete bust for shorebirds if there are enough bare spots. Whimbrels and Hudsonian Godwits are nesting, but overall nesting success should be below average for most shorebirds in northern Manitoba. Nunavut: Snow melt was up to three weeks late in mainland Nunavut north of Manitoba. Recent temperatures have been close to normal. Much of Baffin Island is now snow free and conditions there and on Bylot Island are about normal. High Arctic breeders should have a good breeding year. Northwest Territories: Vicky Johnston suspects it will be a poor breeding year in parts of the Western Arctic. Spring was roughly three weeks late in Yellowknife on Great Slave Lake based on leaf-out. The Mackenzie Valley and Delta warmed early but then cooled off again. The Delta flooded slowly and the water receded slowly, so some prime shorebird breeding areas were subject to heavy predation. Yukon: Cameron Eckert reports a late spring, but once the heat came, everything shifted into high gear. Alaska: Declan Troy reports from the North Slope that the snow on the tundra is long gone. It was much warmer earlier in the month and his guess is that the breeding season has been early there. We will be recording the arrivals and numbers of adult and juvenile shorebirds in southern Ontario and may post updates. Acknowledgements: We thank Ken Abraham, Bruce Di Labio, Cameron Eckert, Michel Gosselin, Vicky Johnston, Erica Nol, Mark Peck, Ken Ross, Don Sutherland, and Declan Troy. Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron Brad A. 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Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: bobgfisher AT comcast.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: 3 Blue Birds on our driveway From: Bob Foreman <rforeman AT KCNET.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:24:14 -0500 I pulled in the drive this morning and sitting on fence just 12-15 feet away I saw my very first Blue Grosbeak, cool!...on the fence a few feet down...an Eastern Bluebird... I pulled out the field glasses to enjoy these and other birds now using the warm-season grasses around our drive & home...while scanning the area...an Indigo Bunting was searching the driveway gravel 15-20 feet ahead. Had a Blue Jay come by it would have been four-for-four. Loads of Orioles (Orchard & Northern) at the grape jelly... A good (if hot) Saturday. Bob Foreman Smithville, Clay County, Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Muscovy Duck, Dexter City Lake, Stoddard Co., 6/26 From: Chris Barrigar <1chrisbarrigar AT LIVE.COM> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:10:45 -0600 While most likely an escapee, I was very surprised to observe a new arrival when I went to check on the resident Mallards and Canada Geese at Dexter City Lake. A dark Muscovy Duck was present on the lake and very wary of my presence. It, along with three wild Canada Geese were staying clear of me at about 60-70 feet away. The Muscovy Duck came ashore where, from a distance, I was able to look for leg bands. There were none. I know that Brad Jacobs was interested in exotic species on MDC lands/waters. Even knowing it's not an acceptable sighting of a natural occuring species, it was still a nice summer surprise! Good Summer Birding! Chris Barrigar Stoddard Co. 1chrisbarrigar AT live.com chrisbarrigar AT hotmail.com http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris http://community.webshots.com/user/photosbychris1 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 Subject: Re: Dave Easterla article From: Chris Hobbs <chobbs AT EVERESTKC.NET> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:22:01 -0500 Pleasantly surprised to see Dave's picture in the Kansas City Star this morning, although the Speedo and 'shower cap' were unexpected first state records! Just kidding. Congrats to Easterla's "other" accomplishments! Chris Hobbs Shawnee, KS chobbs AT everestkc.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Dawson To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:52 PM Subject: Dave Easterla article Today's Kansas City Star sports section, p. B8, has a half-page article with photo on our longtime colleague Dr. David Easterla, Distinguished University Professor of Biology at NWMSU. But the article didn't highlight his decades of ornithological leadership, but his Senior Olympics medals in swimming and other sports . Only two years into competition, recalling his boyhood swimming miles in the Lake of the Ozarks, he has won over 100 medals, including a record 15 1t the recent Iowa Senior Olympics. In August he heads to the nationals at Stanford (where he will only be allowed to enter 6 events). The article neglected to mention if he has encountered any cormorants, grebes, or loons down there in the pool at Maryville. Congratulations, Dave, on Bill Reiter's article, "At 71, he's still splashing!" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Experimental Least Tern Nesting Barge at RMBS From: Al and Lois Smith <alandlois AT CHARTER.NET> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:44 -0500 I created a gallery to document the endangered Least Terns nesting on the barge. gallery http://www.photosbyat.com/gallery/8616497_Ajrd9 Please add a comment (scroll to bottom of page to see comments) with your observations of the Least Terns, happenings or any other birds/critters using/harassing the barge. There already are a few excellent comments. If birders would add a comment to the gallery with any observations in the barge area I'm sure Sarah would be appreciative. They are also interested in any other birds using/landing on the barge. The intern is keeping notes for the few hours he is there but any other observations would help. Thanks, Al Smith Bridgeton, St. Louis County http://www.photosbyat.com http://MoBirds.smugmug.com (admin) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: WGNSS 6-26-09/Monroe Co/BN Stilts ILL birds From: Jackie Chain <chainjac AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:49:51 -0700 We chose air-conditioned car comfort on yet another heat warning day, and headed for the South Levee area in Illinois to see the nesting BN Stilts and look for Bill Rudden's refound Dunlin and Black Vultures.   Pat, Paul, Joe and I saw two nesting stilt pairs and 3 or 4 extra adults.  One of the Stilts went hyper when the extras flew in, and started vocalizing and flapping his wings while standing erect...he went on for several minutes.  (He looked adult size, not a youngster begging for food. A video would resemble one of those super-charged goose decoys with flapping wings.  There were a few Little Blue Herons, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets in the same wet area as the Stilts; the only shorebirds we saw were Killdeer; even the Turkey Vultures didn't start soaring till mid-day. We saw two Eurasian Collared Doves on a utility pole and a gathering of 6 or 7 TV's atop a shed and barn seen from the levee road heading back.   We ate our lunch at Horseshoe Lake IL SP under a small pavilion lakeside and enjoyed a warm but not searing breeze, in the meantime trying without success to find a Bob White that kept calling near us.  We picked up Cattle Egrets at Cahokia Mounds Museum needed by the guys for the year, but could not see the BBWD off Sand Prairie Rd or either night heron in St Louis Forest Park on the way back to Des Peres (more Great Egrets and one or two Snowy Egrets in FoPa).   A friend had had some business to take care of Thursday and called me when she got home.  It was 6pm and sunny, so refilled the gas tank and we went back to look for the BN Stilts, a favorite bird and a year bird for her.  We found the same group; some interlopers flew in, and presumably the same male responded by the wing-flapping and calling. Our twilight return was through thousands of blackbirds clothespinning the overhead wires and getting their minerals or something off the blacktop and gravel roads, quite a sight.  We were back by 930pm, seat-weary but happy.   Jackie Chain St Louis County chainjac AT sbcglobal.net         ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Eagle Bluffs From: Kathleen Anderson <andersonka AT CENTURYTEL.NET> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:49:11 -0400 We went to Eagle Bluffs this morning. We didn't find anything too unusual. We only looked for the Sandhill Cranes briefly because it was HOT! Birds of note: 4 species of duck: Wood Duck, Mallard, Ring-billed duck and Hooded Merganser Double-crested Cormorants - 2 Cattle Egret - 3 in Pool 14, Sapp Tract Lark Sparrow -2 on the way out. The rest on Cache. Kathleen Anderson, Sandy Elbert Columbia, andersonka AT centurytel.net ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Dave Easterla article From: Dick Dawson <dick_yodar_dawson AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:52:39 +0000 Today's Kansas City Star sports section, p. B8, has a half-page article with photo on our longtime colleague Dr. David Easterla, Distinguished University Professor of Biology at NWMSU. But the article didn't highlight his decades of ornithological leadership, but his Senior Olympics medals in swimming and other sports . Only two years into competition, recalling his boyhood swimming miles in the Lake of the Ozarks, he has won over 100 medals, including a record 15 1t the recent Iowa Senior Olympics. In August he heads to the nationals at Stanford (where he will only be allowed to enter 6 events). The article neglected to mention if he has encountered any cormorants, grebes, or loons down there in the pool at Maryville. Congratulations, Dave, on Bill Reiter's article, "At 71, he's still splashing!" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Brown Pelican-RMBS, Friday morning 6/26 From: Pat Lueders <Pllueders479 AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:01:48 EDT The Brown Pelican was sitting alone on a mud flat in the middle of Ellis Bay Friday morning around 8 am. I think I saw more than 6 Least Terns and they were all very busy and vocalizing, landing on the barge, on the mud flat across from the barge, feeding over Heron Pond, etc. Good habitat at RMBS for shore birds, but I only saw Killdeer. Pat Lueders, Webster Groves, MO **************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: RFI: St Louis Bewick's wren From: peter keyel <labtroglodyte AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:21:05 -0700 I was interested in trying to find a bewick's wren in the St Louis area. Where have people seen them this year? Peter Keyel St Louis, MO labtroglodyte AT yahoo.com "They say we constitute The constitutional With justice here for all So justifiable I'm trying not to laugh But man, it's laughable" -Styx, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: S/T Flycather Henke Rd Thurs pm From: Leslie B Jenkins <m1n1lover AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:15:52 -0500 Visited Riverlands Thurs am and saw the Least Terns at least 4 of them, they are beautiful to watch and kept me occupied for a couple of hours even in the heat of the day.No sign of the Brown Pelican. Later drove my son to Columbia and stopped at the Scissortail tree. Saw the Orchard Oriol, the Scissortail was not aroun but we found him on the wires behind the sub divion to the west perched next to a singing Meadowlark.Must have been enjoying the song. Les jenkins. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum Questions or comments? Email the list owners: mailto://mobirds-l-request AT po.missouri.edu Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Linda Williams <lkwilliams AT KC.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:44:13 +0000 I believe it might have been Mark McKellar I heard this from, but a high incidence of collisions and injury does occur with accipiters due to their habitat and hunting style and that some do actually survive with healed fractures. I did a quick search and found this article about the incidence of healed fractures of the pectoral girdle of accipiters. I'm sure many don't survive! http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/jrr/v036n03/p00229-p00230.pdf Linda Williams Liberty, Clay County, MO ---- Sebastian Patti wrote: ============= . . . oh actually I was thinking that the hawk might have collided with a tree branch, or maybe (even more likely) another bird . . . sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com Sebastian T. Patti (Lincoln Park) Chicago, ILLINOIS 60614-3354 PHONE: 312/603-4416 (o) 773/248-0570 (h) FAX: 312/603-2041 (o) 773/248-0264 (h) CC: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU From: amyklarer AT yahoo.com To: sebastianpatti AT HOTMAIL.COM Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:57 -0500 Sebastian, That is certainly plausible although I didn't see any evidence of a collision and the only window he could have flown into based on where he landed has a screen on it. But as you say, it did look like it was in flight. Especially when I turned him over ... both wings were spread. I thought about West Nile Virus as well, Gail, and made a report to the County's WNV information center. Apparently, hawks are susceptible as they are included with crows, grackles, blue jays and english sparrows as sick/dead birds to report for potential WNV. Thanks for your input. As a bird lover with very limited knowledge, it's nice to have a place to post an occasional question. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Sebastian Patti wrote: almost looks as if the bird was in flight and collided with something . . . broken neck, maybe??? ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Sebastian Patti <sebastianpatti AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:56:09 -0500 . . . oh actually I was thinking that the hawk might have collided with a tree branch, or maybe (even more likely) another bird . . . sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com Sebastian T. Patti (Lincoln Park) Chicago, ILLINOIS 60614-3354 PHONE: 312/603-4416 (o) 773/248-0570 (h) FAX: 312/603-2041 (o) 773/248-0264 (h) CC: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU From: amyklarer AT yahoo.com To: sebastianpatti AT HOTMAIL.COM Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:57 -0500 Sebastian, That is certainly plausible although I didn't see any evidence of a collision and the only window he could have flown into based on where he landed has a screen on it. But as you say, it did look like it was in flight. Especially when I turned him over ... both wings were spread. I thought about West Nile Virus as well, Gail, and made a report to the County's WNV information center. Apparently, hawks are susceptible as they are included with crows, grackles, blue jays and english sparrows as sick/dead birds to report for potential WNV. Thanks for your input. As a bird lover with very limited knowledge, it's nice to have a place to post an occasional question. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Sebastian Patti wrote: almost looks as if the bird was in flight and collided with something . . . broken neck, maybe??? ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Amy Klarer <amyklarer AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:45:57 -0500 Sebastian, That is certainly plausible although I didn't see any evidence of a collision and the only window he could have flown into based on where he landed has a screen on it. But as you say, it did look like it was in flight. Especially when I turned him over ... both wings were spread. I thought about West Nile Virus as well, Gail, and made a report to the County's WNV information center. Apparently, hawks are susceptible as they are included with crows, grackles, blue jays and english sparrows as sick/dead birds to report for potential WNV. Thanks for your input. As a bird lover with very limited knowledge, it's nice to have a place to post an occasional question. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com On Jun 25, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Sebastian Patti wrote: > almost looks as if the bird was in flight and collided with > something . . . broken neck, maybe??? ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Texas Help Thank You (NO SIGHTING) From: Joe Friedel <ujbirds AT ATT.NET> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:41:42 -0500 Thanks to everyone who responded with helpful hints on where to go/what to see in Texas. We received very detailed emails, which deserves an extra thanks, with just what we were hoping for: a lot of the same areas mentioned over and over again, showing where some of the hotspots are located. Thanks to your help, we now have several necessary dots on an imposingly large map of Texas. Between these and the ABA books, we should be well on our way to an excellent trip to Texas! Thanks again! Joe Friedel and family P.S. We'll try to let the word out on how we fared with the birds and the heat. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: some photos, I hope From: Frankie Cuculich <flcuculich AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:09:18 -0500 This is the upland sanpiper that was in my yard. First try sorry if it didn't make it there. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Sebastian Patti <sebastianpatti AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:20:25 -0500 almost looks as if the bird was in flight and collided with something . . . broken neck, maybe??? sebastianpatti AT hotmail.com Sebastian T. Patti (Lincoln Park) Chicago, ILLINOIS 60614-3354 PHONE: 312/603-4416 (o) 773/248-0570 (h) FAX: 312/603-2041 (o) 773/248-0264 (h) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:16:01 -0500 From: gailahumada AT JUNO.COM Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk To: MOBIRDS-L AT PO.MISSOURI.EDU Do hawks get West Nile virus? Gail Ahumada St. Louis MO On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:47 -0500 Amy Klarer writes: Tonight I found a dead adult Coopers Hawk in my suburban St Louis County backyard. I say Coopers because I don't think Sharp-Shinned are breeders in this area, but it was on the small side for a Coopers - just at 14", but could be misleading due to his condition. Pictures here. It didn't have any apparent signs of trauma. The wings and tail were intact. No damage to the body. Not sure what happened to it. My question to you is whether any agency might have an interest. Perhaps a simple report of the incident, up to collecting the bird for study. I have the poor hawk bagged and ready for the trash next week. If there is something I should do, please let me know. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ____________________________________________________________ Click to replace your roof - modern technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Re: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Gail Ahumada <gailahumada AT JUNO.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:16:01 -0500 Do hawks get West Nile virus? Gail Ahumada St. Louis MO On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:47 -0500 Amy Klarer writes: Tonight I found a dead adult Coopers Hawk in my suburban St Louis County backyard. I say Coopers because I don't think Sharp-Shinned are breeders in this area, but it was on the small side for a Coopers - just at 14", but could be misleading due to his condition. Pictures here. It didn't have any apparent signs of trauma. The wings and tail were intact. No damage to the body. Not sure what happened to it. My question to you is whether any agency might have an interest. Perhaps a simple report of the incident, up to collecting the bird for study. I have the poor hawk bagged and ready for the trash next week. If there is something I should do, please let me know. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ ____________________________________________________________ Click to replace your roof - modern technology. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTJr9DkCFswxWbmSOo31kT6qIGV2sy6o6c4OKj21zJMPy1egd7AXS4/ ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: Dead Coopers Hawk From: Amy Klarer <amyklarer AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:47 -0500 Tonight I found a dead adult Coopers Hawk in my suburban St Louis County backyard. I say Coopers because I don't think Sharp-Shinned are breeders in this area, but it was on the small side for a Coopers - just at 14", but could be misleading due to his condition. Pictures here. It didn't have any apparent signs of trauma. The wings and tail were intact. No damage to the body. Not sure what happened to it. My question to you is whether any agency might have an interest. Perhaps a simple report of the incident, up to collecting the bird for study. I have the poor hawk bagged and ready for the trash next week. If there is something I should do, please let me know. Amy Klarer St Louis County amyklarer AT yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum ASM Website: http://mobirds.org/ Subject: St. Louis area. Left overs. From: Bill Rudden <bilrudn AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:51:47 -0700 St. Charles county MO.  Monroe county IL.   Here a flycatcher from MTC: Habitat looked Phoebe.  http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-20-09b2.jpg Bird looks Peewee: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-20-09b.jpg   I thought this was a hen Brewer's Duck: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-22-09a5.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-22-09a6.jpg But I think it's a clean Gadwall: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-22-09a3.jpg   Some Fillers: I've seen that pattern before: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-22-09c.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-19-09c.jpg Our largest and smallest swallows: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-22-09d.jpg Small head, ringed leg: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-24-09b.jpg   Better pics of the white-aft Dunlin: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-24-09a.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-24-09a4.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c281/bilrudn/42009/6-24-09a6.jpg   LBIMO Bill Rudden St. Louis bilrudn AT yahoo.com   ------------------------------------------------------------ The Audubon Society of Missouri's Wild Bird Discussion Forum List archives: https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html