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30 Aug Costa Rica [Ann Hines ] 30 Aug riverton west birds [Bob Hargis ] 30 Aug Costa Rica [Jeff Morton ] 29 Aug Re: Wyoming Hereford Ranch [RT Cox ] 29 Aug Wyoming Hereford Ranch [donald jones ] 29 Aug Wyoming Hereford Ranch and home [Barb Gorges ] 28 Aug Wyoming Hereford Ranch, Laramie County, August 27th [Ted Floyd ] 28 Aug Morning rain [Bob Hargis ] 26 Aug Re: WYOBIRDS Digest - 24 Aug 2010 to 25 Aug 2010 (#2010-186) ["chs501 AT yahoo.com" ] 25 Aug painted bunting [Chris Michelson ] 25 Aug Signs of Fall [donald jones ] 24 Aug Later walk [Bob Hargis ] 24 Aug Riverton west [Bob Hargis ] 23 Aug Poorwills [CJ Grimes ] 22 Aug Re: RFI Nightingale Thush [RT Cox ] 21 Aug Warbers around Riverton [Bob Hargis ] 21 Aug Solitary Sandpipers [CJ Grimes ] 20 Aug RFI Nightingale Thush [Tony White ] 20 Aug Fall Migration [Rose-Mary King ] 19 Aug Backyard Birds [donald jones ] 19 Aug Bird book reviews: Peterson, Molt, Bayshore [Barb Gorges ] 19 Aug Bird Banter for August 2010--about bird i.d. [Barb Gorges ] 19 Aug Bird Banter for August 2010--about bird names [Barb Gorges ] 16 Aug Bird data requires supercomputer help! [Harry Martin ] 16 Aug Fw: [sd-birds] Sunday 8/15/10 OBNT report...Still Present! [Jean ] 15 Aug Re: request for YNP information [RT Cox ] 15 Aug Fw: RFI [Jean ] 15 Aug Keyhole golden eagles ["Jean" ] 15 Aug Keyhole golden eagles [Jean ] 15 Aug Cheyenne Back Yard [Chuck Seniawski ] 14 Aug request for YNP information [Joyce Cicco ] 14 Aug Re: Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT [RT Cox ] 14 Aug Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (photos) [Jean ] 14 Aug Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT [Jean ] 14 Aug Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT ["Jean" ] 12 Aug Blue grosbeak, Vore buffalo Jump, Beulah, Wy. ["Jean" ] 12 Aug Blue grosbeak, Vore buffalo Jump, Beulah, Wy. [Jean ] 10 Aug Cowbird [Tom Axthelm ] 9 Aug Hutton Lake NWR [donald jones ] 8 Aug neew yard bird [Fern Linton ] 8 Aug Cheyenne Back Yard - Added [Chuck Seniawski ] 8 Aug West of Riverton avian news [Bob Hargis ] 8 Aug Cheyenne Back Yard [Chuck Seniawski ] 2 Aug Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds [RT Cox ] 2 Aug Black rosyfinch - banding [Jessica Pollock ] 2 Aug Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds [donald jones ] 2 Aug In and around Cheyenne [Barb Gorges ] 2 Aug FW: Wyoming birding [Chris West ] 2 Aug Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds [donald jones ] 31 Jul Cheyenne Back Yard [Chuck Seniawski ] 31 Jul Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 [Pete's email ] 31 Jul Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 (slight correction) [Chris West ] 31 Jul Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 [Chris West ] 31 Jul Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 [Chris West ] 31 Jul WY trip report-Jul 19-29 [Chris West ] 31 Jul WY trip report-Jul 19-29 [Chris West ] 30 Jul Chalk Bluffs Road, Cheyenne [Chuck Seniawski ] 29 Jul Laramis, Snowy Range, Birding [Jean ] 29 Jul leucistic hummingbird [sol ] 28 Jul Northern Bighorns birding [Jeff Morton ] 28 Jul new birds, no effort [CJ Grimes ] 26 Jul Re: Excellent slide show [Pete's email ] 26 Jul Birds in Jackson [Jackie Canterbury ] 25 Jul Bird Banter for July 2010 [Barb Gorges ] 23 Jul Excellent slide show [Harry Martin ] 23 Jul Nesting Blue Grosbeak ["Jean" ] 23 Jul Nesting Blue Grosbeak [Jean ] 21 Jul Wimbrels [Hustace Scott ] 20 Jul Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush [Jean ] 19 Jul Not a thrush, but attack of the hummingbirds! [Pat Deibert ] 19 Jul O-B-N T [Bob Hargis ] 19 Jul Ah, Catharus thrushes [David McDonald ] 18 Jul Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush ["Jean" ] 18 Jul Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush [Jean ] 18 Jul Fw: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos [Bruce & Donna Walgren ] 18 Jul orange-billed nightingale-thrush [Timothy Ludwick ] Subject: Costa Rica From: Ann Hines <wilmerhines AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:40:03 -0600 Three Crowns Golf Club in Casper is taking a trip to Costa Rica January 21st-28th. There are sixteen spaces available. Reservations are: 1 person $3500, 2persons $4900. Reservations for a five star hotel and includes everything but food. You can call Three Crowns Club at 307-472-7696 for more information. Ann in Casper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: riverton west birds From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:16:23 -0600 This morning west of Hargis place in Riverton Jim Downham found a Perched Peregrine and: Townsend's Warblers 2 ( is this the year for these guys or what?) MacGillivrays warbler 2 Wilson's, beaucoup! Jim found young Lazuli buntings and a bunch of Lark and Brewer's sparrrows Quite a few Chipping sparrows around too Rufous Hummers Bob Hargis Riverton Would love those old Auks RT but I have a similar problem with old Birding, Birdwatcher's digests, and Western Birds (WFO mag).. Anybody want some of these mags? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Costa Rica From: Jeff Morton <mojewa03 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:26:37 -0600 Hello all, Has anyone on the list done any birding on Costa Rica? My wife and I are thinking of taking a trip there this winter. Thanks, Jeff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: Wyoming Hereford Ranch From: RT Cox <birder1 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:40:59 -0600 I have a foot-high pile of recent volumes of The Auk, free to the first taker. Otherwise they become post-consumer recycling material. Nice day at the Hereford Ranch. I had a Cooper's swoop through the yard twice; no chance for photos. RT Cox Gillette wy _____ From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of donald jones Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 2:44 PM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Wyoming Hereford Ranch I too was at the WHR this morning, and it was a great morning to be out. The warblers were a little more cooperative with me than it sounds like they were with Barb and Mark Gorges. There were too many Wilson's to count, and I got good looks at about a dozen Townsend's. Also saw a single Yellow Warbler, and one Orange-crowned. List below. 1 Mallard 1 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Swainson's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 10 Eurasian Collard-Dove 3 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Western Wood-Pewee 2 Empidonax sp. 20 Barn Swallow 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 20 American Robin 30 European Starling 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 12 Townsend's Warbler 25 Wilson's Warbler 2 Clay-colored Sparrow 2 Lazuli Bunting 6 House Finch 11 American Goldfinch Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Wyoming Hereford Ranch From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:43:47 -0600 I too was at the WHR this morning, and it was a great morning to be out. The warblers were a little more cooperative with me than it sounds like they were with Barb and Mark Gorges. There were too many Wilson's to count, and I got good looks at about a dozen Townsend's. Also saw a single Yellow Warbler, and one Orange-crowned. List below. 1 Mallard 1 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Swainson's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 10 Eurasian Collard-Dove 3 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Western Wood-Pewee 2 Empidonax sp. 20 Barn Swallow 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 House Wren 20 American Robin 30 European Starling 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 12 Townsend's Warbler 25 Wilson's Warbler 2 Clay-colored Sparrow 2 Lazuli Bunting 6 House Finch 11 American Goldfinch Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Wyoming Hereford Ranch and home From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:33:09 -0600 Dear Wyobirders, Mark and I were able to i.d. all three of the birdwatchers we met this morning at the Wyoming Hereford Ranch. Not so the warblers who were flitting very quickly. The ones we saw well were Wilson's Warblers. One glimpse may have been a Townsend's and the blah looking one could have been an Orange-crowned. Also saw several Western Wood Pewees and lots of robins and a Great Blue Heron. We need Ted Floyd to point out all the birds we are missing. I've only seen Blue Grosbeaks once, ever. At Reservoir #1-the one to the west of the ranch buildings-there was lots of mud, five pelicans, geese, a few ducks, possibly Redheads diving, and a nice flock of medium-sized shorebirds, and a mixed flock of swallows. The family of Swainson's Hawks was very vocal where the road between Res. #1 dam and Campstool Rd. makes a sharp turn instead of going to the gravel pit. Here at home we've been seeing a Western Wood Pewee and hearing a Red-breasted Nuthatch for several weeks. We finally took pity and put the sunflower feeder back up yesterday and the nuthatch is back and forth to the feeder for hours at a time. Even though we had the thistle feeder up all summer, today we had our first goldfinch in probably a month. We saw a half a dozen young ones at the ranch this morning. Barb Gorges Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Wyoming Hereford Ranch, Laramie County, August 27th From: Ted Floyd <tedfloyd57 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:40:49 -0700 Hello, Wyoming Birders. My son Andrew and I visited the Wyoming Hereford Ranch, Laramie County, yesterday morning, Friday, August 27th. It was hot, windy, and basically pretty quiet--an absolutely lovely late-summer morning on the high plains. Most notable was a Mountain Chickadee in the planted conifers near the registration and welcome center. Given the date and habitat, I wonder if this is a bird that summered or even bred. We also heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch nearby; of course, Red-breasted Nuthatches are expected annual transients on the plains in August. Migrants in decent numbers included: 22 Western Wood-Pewees, 7 Townsend's Warblers (beautiful!), 35 Wilson's Warblers, 30 Chipping Sparrows (including juveniles, the first this fall for me away from the breeding grounds), and 9 Lazuli Buntings (mainly fly-overs). A few other birds seen included: 4 Wood Ducks along the creek, 1 Solitary Sandpiper in a wet pasture, 1 first-fall Dusky Flycatcher, 1 Gray Catbird, and 2 Blue Grosbeaks. Over at nearby Hereford Reservoir No. 2, conditions were excellent (low water, lots of mudflats), but viewing and access were terrible (distant and obstructed, with heatwaves everywhere). The only shorebird we could make out was a flying Willet. Ducks in the genus Anas (mainly unidentified, but many seemed to be eclipse Mallards and teal) numbered 1,000+, and there was a decent smattering of Eared Grebes, American White Pelicans, Double-crested Cormorants, and so forth. In the grass and shrubs east of the reservoir, we saw an Eastern Kingbird in a flock of Western Kingbirds, our only Orange-crowned Warbler of the day, and a Lark Bunting. ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Follow Birding magazine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine ------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Morning rain From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:09:49 -0600 In the rain this morning west of Riverton on the Wind River. 2 Black-and White warblers 4 Townsend's warblers and an Immature Yellow-breasted chat.. Joining them up and down the river were a family (?) of Belted Kingfishers.. Only a few Wilson't warblers observed early this am.. Bob Hargis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: WYOBIRDS Digest - 24 Aug 2010 to 25 Aug 2010 (#2010-186) From: "chs501 AT yahoo.com" <chs501@YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:54:58 -0600 -- Sent from my Palm Pre On Aug 25, 2010 10:01 PM, WYOBIRDS automatic digest system <LISTSERV AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM> wrote: There are 2 messages totaling 124 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Signs of Fall 2. painted bunting - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:45:15 -0600 From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Subject: Signs of Fall Things are really starting to pick up around here, as far as migrants go. It's almost impossible to step outside without hearing the telltale *chip *of a warbler, although with school also picking up, I have had very little time to investigate. However, a few have been obliging enough to give me a look. Backyard- Wilson's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Western Wood-Pewee Red-winged Blackbird Blue Jay Common Grackle Swainson's Hawk House Finch Eurasian Collard-Dove Rock Dove House Sparrow A quick perusal of the cemetery on the way home from school, without binocs, yielded a large flock of White-crowned Sparrows, as well as several more Wilson's Warblers. Should only get better over the next few weeks! Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:10:16 EDT From: Chris Michelson <Michelsonce AT AOL.COM> Subject: painted bunting Greetings birders After 3 weeks my computer is back up and running. Last Tuesday I had two new yard birds for my home. First to turn up was a lesser goldfinch. A little later there was a painted bunting. It was a female plumaged bird and very fresh so I assume it was a hatch year bird. First time I have had this species in Wyoming. Good birding to all. Chris Michelson Casper, WY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net ------------------------------ End of WYOBIRDS Digest - 24 Aug 2010 to 25 Aug 2010 (#2010-186) *************************************************************** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: painted bunting From: Chris Michelson <Michelsonce AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:10:16 EDT Greetings birders After 3 weeks my computer is back up and running. Last Tuesday I had two new yard birds for my home. First to turn up was a lesser goldfinch. A little later there was a painted bunting. It was a female plumaged bird and very fresh so I assume it was a hatch year bird. First time I have had this species in Wyoming. Good birding to all. Chris Michelson Casper, WY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Signs of Fall From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:45:15 -0600 Things are really starting to pick up around here, as far as migrants go. It's almost impossible to step outside without hearing the telltale *chip *of a warbler, although with school also picking up, I have had very little time to investigate. However, a few have been obliging enough to give me a look. Backyard- Wilson's Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Western Wood-Pewee Red-winged Blackbird Blue Jay Common Grackle Swainson's Hawk House Finch Eurasian Collard-Dove Rock Dove House Sparrow A quick perusal of the cemetery on the way home from school, without binocs, yielded a large flock of White-crowned Sparrows, as well as several more Wilson's Warblers. Should only get better over the next few weeks! Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Later walk From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:35:07 -0600 Hello again birders.. with the birding so good early, I walked up the river for about 2.5 miles and saw some more birds Blue Grosbeaks.. pair with a young bird.. very agitated male! Could they have nested? dunno. Always see a few of these birds at about this same date here. Chipping sparrows Townsend's warbler-nice male Bald Eagle- Ratty looking younster juvenile/bird of the year Peregrine young bird flying high, Tundra? Peale? Wood Duck Baird's Sandpiper 2 Lazuli Bunting youngsters being fed by mom Sora calling Lark Buntings Many Brewer's sparrows Western Tanager Best to all Bob Hargis Riverton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Riverton west From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:17:42 -0600 Hello Birders This morning a short walk below the house on the Wind River produced some good birds No.Waterthrush- 1 MacGillivray's Warbler -1 American Redstart female 1 (First of year here, for me) Common Yellowthroat Yellow warblers Ruby-crowned Kinglets...several Brewer's, Vesper, Savannah, Lark and song sparrows too Bob Hargis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Poorwills From: CJ Grimes <cjgrimes AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:01:13 -0400 Quite a chorus of Poorwills this morning, one was so close I could hear the third note in the song (poor-WILL-up). My guess is that they are gearing up to travel soon. My wife and I were among the unlucky this weekend in Spearfish Canyon but glad to meet some WYO-birders there. Thanks to RT for suggesting a stop at Vore buffalo jump, the Blue Grosbeaks were cooperative and the place is pretty neat. CJ Grimes Ten Sleep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: RFI Nightingale Thush From: RT Cox <birder1 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:16:11 -0600 Nine people looked for the OBNT this morning with no success; others report no success Friday and Saturday as well. RT _____ From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Tony White Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 12:16 PM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: RFI Nightingale Thush Does anyone know if the OBNT is still being seen near Spearfish? Bobby Hugf\hes and I are thinking of driving over this weekend. Also is there anyone who can let us into Yant's Puddle in Caspar on our way back? Thanks for you help. Tony White - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Warbers around Riverton From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:07:30 -0600 ON a morning bird walk around the Hargis place, Jim Downham and Bob found No. Waterthrush 1 in morning and one more in the pm MacGillivray's - 2 WIlson's warblers - 20+ of all ages and sexes Orange-crowned - 2 in the PM C. Yellowthroat... 2 Sparrows at Riverton included Lincoln's 1 SOng 5 Lark Sparrows several Ocean Lake: Brewer's sparrow many Vesper--- many Lark Buntings 4-5 Horned Larks Marsh wrens Raptors No. Harrier 3 RT 2 Swainson's 1 in pm That odd ( skinny supercilliary stripe) Black capped X Mountain chickadee (? per Doug Faulkner) is still around with the BC's Western Tanagers 2 this morning Common NIghthawks.. 10 or so Happy birding Bob Hargis Riverton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Solitary Sandpipers From: CJ Grimes <cjgrimes AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:21:55 -0400 One of my favorite shorebirds, 3 Solitary Sandpipers were at the Canyon Valley Golf Course near Ten Sleep yesterday. I had also seen one a couple weeks ago south of Worland. Now we're going to see if the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush is still around... CJ Grimes Ten Sleep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: RFI Nightingale Thush From: Tony White <spindalis AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:15:53 -0400 Does anyone know if the OBNT is still being seen near Spearfish? Bobby Hugf\hes and I are thinking of driving over this weekend. Also is there anyone who can let us into Yant's Puddle in Caspar on our way back? Thanks for you help. Tony White - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Fall Migration From: Rose-Mary King <rking7453 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:41:21 -0600 Fall migration is definitely happening! In the last 3 days I have had the following new birds in my backyard: Wilson's Warblers - were here earlier this spring. Orange-crowned Warbler - first ever yard bird - many thanks to my best birding buddy, Ann Hines, for ID'ing the bird and to the bird for hanging around long enough for Ann to arrive. MacGillivray's Warbler - first time this year - again ID'ed by Ann while she was here last evening to see the OCWA. Western Tanager - first time this year. Keep your eyes open and your binocs handy!!!!! Rose-Mary King - Casper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Backyard Birds From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:28:28 -0600 Although the sunflower feeders have been monopolized by House Sparrows and Common Grackles, there is yet hope for interesting birds! This afternoon I observed 3 beautiful Wilson's Warblers flitting around in the underbrush. Also, an immature Broad-tailed Hummingbird is still sticking around, dining from both the feeder and flowers. I just returned from a week-long backpacking trip in the southern Wind River Range, and saw all the typical mountain birds. Highlights were a wonderful view of some Pine Grosbeaks, a Broad-tailed Hummer buzzing the tent, and many Townsend's Solitaires. Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Bird book reviews: Peterson, Molt, Bayshore From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:07:05 -0600 These bird book reviews, Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, Molt in North American Birds, and Bayshore Summer, were published July 26, 2010, in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Should you choose to reprint them anywhere, please credit the author and mention the WTE. Thanks. (Jacket images available at: http://hmhbooks.com/catalog/downloadsearch.cfm) Summer reading list for birdwatchers includes field guide, feather science and travelogue for famous birding hotspot By Barb Gorges Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America, 4th edition, by Roger Tory Peterson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Two years ago the "Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America" updated and combined Roger Tory Peterson's eastern and western guides into one volume for the first time. This spring the information was published in separate guides again. The publishers must have decided it was easy enough to cater to both birders who like the entire continent in one book and birders who like the regional field guides which are divided by the 100th Meridian, vertically bisecting the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, and cutting off the Oklahoma panhandle. Unfortunately, in the western edition the individual species range maps cut off half the continent so you can't get a feel for continent-wide distribution when a species has one. Cheyenne is frequently visited by eastern warblers during spring migration and while the western guide has their pictures and descriptions, no range maps are provided to give you an idea how far away their normal range is. If you live out here in the middle of the continent and you want a Peterson guide to birds, famous for its trademarked field identification system and Roger Tory Peterson's classic illustrations, go for the big one, "Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America," only $6 more than this new $20 western guide. You'll get a more complete view of our birds and be able to use it wherever you travel in North America-- and get more muscles carrying it. Molt in North American Birds, by Steve N. G. Howell, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Part of the Peterson Reference Guide Series, this book addresses molt, the process of birds growing new feathers. It's a confusing topic, but necessary for identifying birds beyond their characteristic breeding plumage. When do birds grow new feathers, pushing out the old worn ones? Do all birds have different winter and summer plumages? Can they fly when they are molting wing feathers? What causes a molt cycle to begin? When is the best time to molt? All birds molt, but not the same way or as often, which is why there is now a 267-page book to explain it. What's even more confusing is that there are different systems used to talk about molt. Howell has written 67 pages explaining the different classification systems as well as bird molt strategies. Once you've digested those pages with the help of Howell's clear writing style, move on to the bird families such as the gulls, champion molt artists. Even if you aren't particularly interested in molt, this book is jam-packed with bird photos, almost all taken by Howell himself in the last five years. He leads birdwatching tours for WINGS, Inc., is affiliated with the Point Reyes Bird Observatory and lives in California. Bayshore Summer, Finding Eden in a Most Unlikely Place, by Pete Dunne, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010. Following his book, "Prairie Spring," a three-month tour of the Great Plains, Pete Dunne, director of the famous Cape May Bird Observatory in New Jersey, has decided to stay home for this installment in his seasonal series. The Bayshore is southern New Jersey, where summers are marshy, hot, humid and swarming with insects. Dunne provides a fascinating trip through an area mostly unfamiliar even to folks going to the Jersey Shore. He explores the intricate relationship between the 400-year-old human adaptations to nature, and nature's adaptation to man when he tries his hand at harvesting salt hay or goes out with the watermen to pull crab pots. The heart of the red knot problem (knots are shorebirds) gets Dunne and his photographer wife, Linda, immersed in tidal flat mud. Later, he catalogs the many kinds of insect and arachnid agony locally available. He is a wall flower on a party boat searching for weakfish. He expounds on the Jersey tomato and why the state's nickname is "the Garden State." And he spends a night with a state game warden on a stakeout for a habitual deer poacher. Dunne makes you feel all the summer sweat and all the itches, so maybe you'll want to save this small book for next winter or your vacation in cool mountains. Despite the discomforts of his climate descriptions, it makes me want to visit the Bayshore myself, but maybe before Memorial Day or after Labor Day. xxx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Bird Banter for August 2010--about bird i.d. From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:56:34 -0600 This edition of Bird Banter, "Bird i.d. can be tricky," was published August 15, 2010 (it was originally written for publication in June), in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Please notify the author by email, bgorges4 AT msn.com, if you plan to reprint it in hard copy or virtual format. Thank you. Published headline: Bird IDs can be tricky, so a photo is always welcome Original headline: Familiarity can breed complacency when identifying birds By Barb Gorges Spring and early summer are when I get the most bird calls, questions about woodpecker damage, inconvenient robins' nests, but mostly bird identification. Unless they can email me a defining photo, I usually give callers a few possibilities to look up and let them decide for themselves. For instance, in spring Cheyenne regularly gets six species with dark or black heads, backs and wings and orange breasts, the most obvious being American robin, what we compare everything to. The others are orchard oriole, Bullock's oriole, black-headed grosbeak, spotted towhee and the American redstart. In early May a friend mentioned having a flock of painted redstarts at her house. Was she misnaming American redstarts? She insisted on painted redstart. At home I looked both up. They are both small (American is 5.25 inches and the painted is 5.75 inches) black-headed birds with red markings. The American has a white belly and red patches on its black wings and tail. The painted has a red belly and white patches on its black wings and tail. I saw it once in 1996 in southeastern Arizona. There are no documented records for painteds in Wyoming as of 2008. Sibley's shows them in Arizona and New Mexico, in oak and pine canyons, with records of sightings in north-central Colorado. There are two possible scenarios here. One is familiarity breeds complacency on my friend's part. She may have spent some time in the Southwest where she identified painted redstarts. When a similar bird showed up in her yard in Cheyenne, she assumed it was a species she knew and loved seeing previously. Who needs to look closely and look it up in the field guide again? Me. I've been known to look through binoculars to enjoy common birds 15 feet outside my window, but I wouldn't expect everyone does that, so a general impression of small bird flashing black, white and red could remain misidentified, causing no harm until the observer talks about it to someone with too many field guides, like me. The second scenario is familiarity breeding complacency on my part. Although I see maybe one American redstart every other spring, I page past the entry every time I look up other warblers in my field guide. The Cheyenne bird checklist (compiled by more knowledgeable people than me) says they are uncommon migrants. They normally hang out around riparian (stream) areas. There is of course, a third scenario. The bird in question is not a redstart at all. The future scenario I'd like is my friend gets a close look at and takes a photo of her visiting birds, double-checks her field guide, and based on her previous familiarity, is quite convinced she sees painted redstarts-and based on the species range map in her field guide, she realizes it is a rare species for Wyoming. Next, she convinces the Wyoming Bird Records Committee she had painted redstarts. It's a challenge. Observer credibility is as essential as good digital photos. How does she get credibility? She becomes an active part of the birding community. By joining other birders on field trips, they will get a feel for her birding ability, and her ability to say, "Gosh, I guess that cerulean warbler was something else," which is what one of Wyoming's best birders said last spring after some additional study. There are advantages to birding with others. If everyone can see the same rare bird at the same time, they can confirm the identification. The records committee likes those kinds of reports, especially if a detailed description of the bird's look and behavior is submitted, along with justification for not identifying it as a similar species. The field guide is sort of a birder's Bible, but with one main difference: the birds don't read it. They have wings and travel intentionally, looking for new habitat, or unintentionally, caught by wind. The range maps are just a measure of likelihood. Birdwatching as a hobby shares something with gambling and fishing. We go out hoping for the next big thing, the next rare bird, even while we enjoy all the other birds we see. So, next time painted redstarts show up, take a photo and then give me a call and I'll be right out. xxx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Bird Banter for August 2010--about bird names From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:47:43 -0600 This edition of Bird Banter, "New order, new names and new species of birds dictated by the AOU," was published August 8, 2010 in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Please notify the author by email, bgorges4 AT msn.com, if you plan to reprint it in hard copy or virtual format. Thank you. New order, new names and new species of birds dictated by the AOU By Barb Gorges The American Ornithologists' Union has come out with the 10th supplement to the seventh edition (1998) of the Check-list of North American Birds which means you can start penciling in changes in your current field guide or buy a new edition next year. It can also mean that, like one subscriber to the Wyobirds e-list, you may be able to add two species to your life list without even looking out the window. In the AOU's first days in 1883, birds were classified by appearance and habit. With study, a fine distinction could be made between similar birds that together never produced fertile young--separate species, and similar birds that were variations within a species. Similar species were grouped into a genus and similar genera were grouped into a family. It all made sense to birdwatchers in the field. Then, as we became more globally aware, we tried to align the common and scientific names of birds with their counterparts overseas, thus, our "sparrow hawk" became the "American Kestrel" some years ago. Now DNA testing has come into common use and ornithologists are making discoveries and adjustments regularly to reflect the evolutionary relationship of species to each other. The latest changes are documented in The Auk, the AOU's journal, and they are meaningless to the casual birder who may have, like me, not learned the scientific bird names in Latin. However, the American Birding Association has done somewhat of a translation which shows a lot of the changes are a shuffling of species between different genera and a shuffling of the order of species and genera. For instance, green-tailed and spotted towhees will still be in the genus "Pipilo," but other towhees will be in "Melozone." The AOU goes through cycles of splitting and lumping species. This time the whip-poor-will has been split. This isn't a big deal for us in Wyoming since we don't get them here (we have poorwills), but if you saw one in the southwest and one in the eastern U.S., you can now amend your life list and have "Eastern Whip-poor-will" and "Mexican Whip-poor-will" instead. The winter wren got both global and continental splits. Now there will be the Eurasian Wren and in North America there will be the Pacific Wren and the Winter Wren. Luckily, "Birds of Wyoming," by Doug Faulkner, refers to the now former subspecies by nearly the same name as the Pacific wren so we won't be too confused. In Peterson's field guides it is noted that west of the Rockies winter wrens sound different than in the east, which is part of the AOU's justification for the split, as well as DNA differences. This latest catalog of changes is all of the AOU's decisions only between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. I'm sure more will continue to come. What is the point to being picky about bird names? For ornithologists, it's scientifically precise labels in English and Latin. For the ABA listers, it's an accurate count of species on their life list. But for us backyard birdwatchers, it's being able to communicate with each other, and with the scientists who want our observations for citizen science projects. So my advice is to make it your priority to keep track of common names and the species getting split and lumped. Learning genera and families is secondary. After awhile, when you talk to someone new about birds you'll be able to tell how old their field guide is by what common bird names they use. That means in addition to learning the new names, you can't forget any of the old names! xxx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Bird data requires supercomputer help! From: Harry Martin <harry AT HARRYMARTINCARTOONS.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:54:56 -0600 Thanks to eBird and the many citizen scientists... http://www.fastcompany.com/1680954/advanced-topics-in-computational-ornithology My guess is that bird science is just as complicated as trying to model the weather. -- Harry Martin Casper, WY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Fw: [sd-birds] Sunday 8/15/10 OBNT report...Still Present! From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:40:54 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: Jennifer Fowler To: sd-birds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:05 PM Subject: [sd-birds] Sunday 8/15/10 OBNT report...Still Present! I rec'd several reports that the Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush was present throughout the day today. (Sunday Aug 15th.) Thanks to those helping to keep others informed! ~Jen Fowler Pactola Lake, SD __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: request for YNP information From: RT Cox <birder1 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:44:55 -0600 Terry McEneaney is the park biologist/ornithologist. Red Rock Lakes NWR, an hour west of West Yellowstone, can be good. Trumpeters are on the Madison and at RRL NWR. RT _____ From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Joyce Cicco Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:50 PM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: request for YNP information I received a request from Michael and Cyndi Kay who are members of Orange Audubon in Orlando, Florida. They are looking for information on birding locations in Yellowstone Park for the week of September 7th. If anyone has time to offer them help, their e-mail is cdkmek AT gmail.com Thanks, Joyce Cicco in Cody - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Fw: RFI From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:24:46 -0700 This was sent to me with the request to put it on the Wy. list serve. Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Cole To: jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:35 PM Subject: RFI Jean, I wonder if you would be so kind as to post a request for information on the Wyoming list for me. I will be passing through Jackson in late September, and unless the orange-billed nightingale-thrush hops over the border, there is only one possible life bird for me in the state. I haven't been to the Rockies since they split the blue grouse, so my request is this: Is there a reliable spot for Dusky grouse in the Jackson area? My information says Signal Mountain, but I would like to know better spots if there are any. Thank you. Jack Cole snoyowl AT yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Keyhole golden eagles From: "Jean" <jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:37:49 -0700 We had 2 Adult golden eagles flying over the plains on the way into Keyhole. On the way out on the Pinehaven Rd. we found a Juv. Golden eagle by the side of the Rd. When we parked next to it it did not fly but walked with a drooping wing. We notified a Park Ranger who notified the G&F. We hope it was rescued. forgot to put this in my first report. Jean, Sundance, Wy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Keyhole golden eagles From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:37:49 -0700 We had 2 Adult golden eagles flying over the plains on the way into Keyhole. On the way out on the Pinehaven Rd. we found a Juv. Golden eagle by the side of the Rd. When we parked next to it it did not fly but walked with a drooping wing. We notified a Park Ranger who notified the G&F. We hope it was rescued. forgot to put this in my first report. Jean, Sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Cheyenne Back Yard From: Chuck Seniawski <chuckski AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:55:09 -0400 Another "early bird" yesterday -- a Sharp-shinned Hawk, at least a month earlier than in the previous five years. Chuck Seniawski Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: request for YNP information From: Joyce Cicco <jcicco00 AT TRITEL.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:50:05 -0600 Subject: Re: Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT From: RT Cox <birder1 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:36:45 -0600 does anyone have GPS coordinates or other good directions for the Nightingale Thrush? I finally have time to go chase it. RT _____ From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Jean Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:24 PM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT I hit the jackpot for fledging Pine Siskins. 20 or more at my feeders. In the space of a couple of minutes had a N. Harrier, Red-tail Hawk and a Turkey Vulture fly around my fields today. In the evenings we have had 2-3 Nighthawks flying in the fields. We sometimes have to duck on the deck as they fly so close. For you Wy. birders: Yes the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush is still at spearfish Cyn. Best time to see and hear is from 5am to 8:30am. Seems like Fall here today. Jean, sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (photos) From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:53:35 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Taylor To: sd-birds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:36 AM Subject: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (photos) Greetings SD birders - I just wanted to share some photos I took of the OBNT earlier this week. My dad and I had an amazing two or three days in Spearfish Canyon. Aside from the OBNT, the birding in Spearfish Canyon was great! Everything from American Dippers to fledgling Townsend's Solitaires nesting in the hillside. We also took a short trip up Camp Crook Road (per Jen Fowler's recommendation). What a gem that road turned out to be! Baird's/Vesper/Grasshopper Sparrows, Chestnut-collared Longspurs, Upland Sandpipers and much more. I can't wait to come back sometime soon. I hope the Nightingale-thrush stays around for many more to enjoy and thanks again to Eric Ripma for discovering it! OBNT: http://kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/orange_billed_nightingale_thrush/ Other birds around Spearfish, SD: http://kiwifoto.com/f/_sd_bird Chipmunks, Bison, Antelope and more: http://kiwifoto.com/f/_sd_mammals_scenic Good birding! -- Christopher Taylor Marina del Rey, CA http://kiwifoto.com http://kiwifoto.com/facebook http://kiwifoto.com/twit __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: a.. New Members 2 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:24:00 -0700 I hit the jackpot for fledging Pine Siskins. 20 or more at my feeders. In the space of a couple of minutes had a N. Harrier, Red-tail Hawk and a Turkey Vulture fly around my fields today. In the evenings we have had 2-3 Nighthawks flying in the fields. We sometimes have to duck on the deck as they fly so close. For you Wy. birders: Yes the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush is still at spearfish Cyn. Best time to see and hear is from 5am to 8:30am. Seems like Fall here today. Jean, sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Pine siskins, Raptures, OBNT From: "Jean" <jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:24:00 -0700 I hit the jackpot for fledging Pine Siskins. 20 or more at my feeders. In the space of a couple of minutes had a N. Harrier, Red-tail Hawk and a Turkey Vulture fly around my fields today. In the evenings we have had 2-3 Nighthawks flying in the fields. We sometimes have to duck on the deck as they fly so close. For you Wy. birders: Yes the Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush is still at spearfish Cyn. Best time to see and hear is from 5am to 8:30am. Seems like Fall here today. Jean, sundance, Wy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Blue grosbeak, Vore buffalo Jump, Beulah, Wy. From: "Jean" <jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:56:32 -0700 Jen Reports that the Blue Grosbeak has hatched and the female and Male(he has been missing for a week)are busy feeding very loud babies. I believe this is a first for Crook county. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Blue grosbeak, Vore buffalo Jump, Beulah, Wy. From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:56:32 -0700 Jen Reports that the Blue Grosbeak has hatched and the female and Male(he has been missing for a week)are busy feeding very loud babies. I believe this is a first for Crook county. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Cowbird From: Tom Axthelm <taxthelm AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:48:10 -0600 Today my wife and I heard an unfamiliar bird call from a tree at our house, and it turned out to be the feeding call of a juvenile cowbird. It was trying to entice a lone pine siskin to feed it, and there was also some interaction with a second cowbird that appeared to be an adult female. It made me wonder if the siskin had reared it, and now the real momma was also back in the picture, which would be surprising to me. The only other surrogate cowbird parent I have seen was a yellow-rumped warbler, which I think of as being primarily an insect eater. I think of a siskin as being primarily a seed eater, so apparently cowbirds aren't choosey about what they eat. Tom Axthelm Riverton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Hutton Lake NWR From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:24:30 -0600 A trip out to Hutton Lake this morning was pleasant, although lacking in serious migrants. The variety of ducks has increased since mid-July, but there were no more shorebirds. The Peregrine Falcon was a nice surprise, as was the first Swift Fox I have ever seen, carrying a rabbit across the road. Canada Goose Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Canvasback Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron White-faced Ibis Norther Harrier Swainson's Hawk Peregrine Falcon American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Wilson's Phalarope Horned Lark Violet-green Swallow Marsh Wren Sage Thrasher Common Yellowthroat Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: neew yard bird From: Fern Linton <flinton AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 20:56:34 -0700 Subject: Cheyenne Back Yard - Added From: Chuck Seniawski <chuckski AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 23:42:40 -0400 The Broad-tailed Hummingbird decided to stick around all day, much to our delight. He was joined briefly this evening by a Black-headed Grosbeak. Chuck Seniawski Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: West of Riverton avian news From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:49:38 -0600 Hello birders.. Hummers coming thru in big numbers now.. Calliopes last week and this week many Broad-tailed and a few Rufous youngsters and a few adults. Bullock oriole and Black-headed grosbeak adults and young have been putting a hurt on our grape jelly feeders.. this type of learned behavior seems to insure that grape growers keep going full tilt to support these guys down the road. Gray catbirds are eating jelly and orange halves too.. Tree swallows have moved on as well as many of the Cliff swallows.. Barn swallows are returning to the nest even tho the young are flying during the day.. that won't last long. Lazuli buntings are gathering insects now as the young are in need of protein.. Young Spotted sandpipers below on the river.. Fall birding at it's best is starting now... cheers Bob Hargis Riverton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Cheyenne Back Yard From: Chuck Seniawski <chuckski AT AOL.COM> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 13:42:39 -0400 Some welcome added color in the back yard the past few days. On Thursday, a Bullock's Oriole. On Friday, and continuing through at least this morning, a Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Chuck Seniawski Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds From: RT Cox <birder1 AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:06:18 -0600 It looks like the Wyo listserv has excellent quality control features to go along with admirable, enviable youthful identification skills. Who could ask for more? RT _____ From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of donald jones Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:21 AM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds Oops! As Bob Hargis has pointed out to me, I indeed did not see a "Broad-tailed Hawk"! Red-tailed is the correct species. Sorry about that! Don Jones Laramie On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, donald jones wrote: Just returned from a week-long trip to climb Gannett Peak, in the Wind Rivers. Managed to put together a respectable trip list, even lacking binoculars. Common Merganser Red-tailed Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Broad-tailed Hawk Northern Flicker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker Clark's Nutcracker Common Raven Mountain Chickadee Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire American Robin American Pipit Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-crowned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Black Rosy Finch Red Crossbill Cassin's Finch American Goldfinch Pine Siskin In addition, noticed the first serious sign of fall here in the yard this morning: one female Black-headed Grosbeak at the feeder. Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Black rosyfinch - banding From: Jessica Pollock <jessica AT HAYDENWING.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:54:23 -0600 Does anyone know who does regular black rosyfinch banding? We found a banded one in the Snowies last weekend and want to pass the info on. Also - we saw a banded brown-capped....email me if you are the fellow who did banding in the Snowies several years ago and I can give you the info. Good birding in the Snowies!! Jessica Pollock Centennial, WY From: Wyoming's Birder List [mailto:WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of donald jones Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:31 AM To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds Oops! As Bob Hargis has pointed out to me, I indeed did not see a "Broad-tailed Hawk"! Red-tailed is the correct species. Sorry about that! Don Jones Laramie On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, donald jones wrote: Just returned from a week-long trip to climb Gannett Peak, in the Wind Rivers. Managed to put together a respectable trip list, even lacking binoculars. Common Merganser Red-tailed Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Broad-tailed Hawk Northern Flicker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker Clark's Nutcracker Common Raven Mountain Chickadee Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire American Robin American Pipit Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-crowned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Black Rosy Finch Red Crossbill Cassin's Finch American Goldfinch Pine Siskin In addition, noticed the first serious sign of fall here in the yard this morning: one female Black-headed Grosbeak at the feeder. Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:20:43 -0600 Oops! As Bob Hargis has pointed out to me, I indeed did not see a "Broad-tailed Hawk"! Red-tailed is the correct species. Sorry about that! Don Jones Laramie On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:41 AM, donald jones wrote: > Just returned from a week-long trip to climb Gannett Peak, in the Wind > Rivers. Managed to put together a respectable trip list, even lacking > binoculars. > > Common Merganser > Red-tailed Hawk > Spotted Sandpiper > Common Nighthawk > Broad-tailed Hawk > Northern Flicker > Downy Woodpecker > Hairy Woodpecker > Three-toed Woodpecker > Red-naped Sapsucker > Clark's Nutcracker > Common Raven > Mountain Chickadee > Mountain Bluebird > Townsend's Solitaire > American Robin > American Pipit > Yellow Warbler > Yellow-rumped Warbler > White-crowned Sparrow > Chipping Sparrow > Song Sparrow > Dark-eyed Junco > Common Grackle > Black Rosy Finch > Red Crossbill > Cassin's Finch > American Goldfinch > Pine Siskin > > In addition, noticed the first serious sign of fall here in the yard this > morning: one female Black-headed Grosbeak at the feeder. > > Don Jones > Laramie > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: In and around Cheyenne From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:51:58 -0600 Dear Wyobirders, Mark and I took a look around the Wyoming Hereford Ranch yesterday, in the off-season, so to speak. Reservoir #1 was low, but had about 200 ducks-probably mostly mallards. It would be tough to sort them out even if they were gathered at your feet. We think the flock of 50-60 medium-sized shorebirds was mostly Baird's Sandpipers, textured pattern on the back and wings, plain white underneath and pale brown half way down the breast. Mixed in were a few nearly the same size with heavily spotted breasts. Western Sandpiper? We'd appreciate any i.d. help. We had no problem counting 50 American Avocets, 1 Great Blue Heron and a couple Western Grebe, plus a flock of Killdeer. It must be fall, by the bird calendar. We also saw a male Black-headed Grosbeak along with lots of both kingbirds and Red-winged Blackbirds and only a couple Western Meadowlarks, plus a few Western Wood Pewees. Down at Holliday Park this cloudy morning while dog walking, I counted 16 young Black-crowned Night-Herons on the edge of the lake-10 were practically shoulder to shoulder. Saw a couple adults. The maintenance crew told me last week that in early July they picked up about 20 dead ones. Probably coincided with one of our gusty thunderstorms. If they fall out of the nests in the high cottonwoods in the park, they land on closely mowed lawn-not much to bounce on. Also at the park this morning were three Chimney Swifts, over the southeast (the stinkiest) end of the lake. I've seen them a couple other times this summer. Haven't seen any of the pelicans for over a week now. Instead of 10-14 cormorants every day, we're down to one or two, like today, or none, like last week. I walk about three times a week. The Canada geese are down to about 130 today, from a high of 170 a month ago. Back in April I could only count 60-70. There were about 25 goslings added this summer but now they blend in with the adults. Blackbirds and starlings are roosting in our neighbor's tree in the evenings-that cacophony sure makes it sound like fall. Barb Gorges Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: FW: Wyoming birding From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 11:24:00 -0500 Hi all,  Posting this for a birder from Washington state who will be down at Yellowstone Park next week.  Hopefully some of you can help him out.  Email address and message below:  ________________________________  From: scottratkinson AT hotmail.com  I'm coming down with family for a Yellowstone trip in 10 days, trying  to find a reliable spot for Black Rosy-Finch in Yellowstone or close  by, and seriously considering a drive to the south-central WY to try to  find Brown-capped Rosy as well.   Much appreciated--can't wait to go--  Scott Atkinson (Lake Stevens, WA) Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI  http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Wind River Trip List, Backyard Birds From: donald jones <jonaldinio AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:41:58 -0600 Just returned from a week-long trip to climb Gannett Peak, in the Wind Rivers. Managed to put together a respectable trip list, even lacking binoculars. Common Merganser Red-tailed Hawk Spotted Sandpiper Common Nighthawk Broad-tailed Hawk Northern Flicker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpecker Red-naped Sapsucker Clark's Nutcracker Common Raven Mountain Chickadee Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire American Robin American Pipit Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler White-crowned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle Black Rosy Finch Red Crossbill Cassin's Finch American Goldfinch Pine Siskin In addition, noticed the first serious sign of fall here in the yard this morning: one female Black-headed Grosbeak at the feeder. Don Jones Laramie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Cheyenne Back Yard From: Chuck Seniawski <chuckski AT AOL.COM> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:15:55 -0400 Not an unusual species, but certainly an unusually early time for a sighting. We had a Mountain Chickadee in the yard Friday, July 30. This is the earliest, by at least a month, we have seen a Mountain Chickadee over at least the past five years. Past "first sightings" have ranged from 30 August to 1 October. Chuck Seniawski Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 From: Pete's email <pgapar AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:33:15 -0600 Nice photo of the Wilson's Warbler posted 6/24 Chris. On 7/31/10 1:54 AM, "Chris West" wrote: > I forgot to add that I should have my trip photos up on my Flickr page within > the week so watch for that.  I'll post the link again when I finally have all > of them up.  > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 >> From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM >> Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 >> To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> Hey everyone, >> First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about >> locations and species. >> >> I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the >> 20th for the Nightingale-thrush. After seeing the bird, I swung south >> through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark >> Buntings along the way. Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up >> in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range >> produced some nice mountain species. Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine >> Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled >> out the smaller birds. Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few >> Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps. Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. >> I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering >> how hard they are to find elsewhere. Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, >> 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of >> mid-elevation species. A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one >> afternoon as I scrambled to get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby >> Cooper's Hawks. >> Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with >> Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows. I also saw a >> lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a >> close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or >> Ring-billed. Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft. >> I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the >> time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless. >> Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the >> interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons. No Sage-grouse graced my >> path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along >> with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a >> very nice Prairie Falcon. >> At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up >> nothing. I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and >> a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently >> the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them). >> I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through >> Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill. The walk, >> while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some >> other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit >> the Wildflowers perfectly. Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, >> and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually >> green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color. An adult bull Moose walking >> casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day. >> Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've >> taken a trip west and not seen one. They are present in the Tetons and >> Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... >> >> As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or >> heard. The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other >> two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will. >> >> >> Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI >> Bird guiding services for individuals and groups >> (608) 475-9016 >> http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto >> >> "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first >> material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire >> the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things >> breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a >> one can be again." >> >> (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) >> >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 (slight correction) From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:14:41 -0500 Hey everyone,  Thanks to Stuart Healy and Bob Hargis for correcting me on the Rosy-finch. I had just been talking to a friend about Brown-capped Rosy-finches and somehow, automatically typed that last night.   It was indeed a BLACK Rosy-finch. :)  Sorry for any confusion.  Happy Birding! --Chris W ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:54:44 -0500 > From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM > Subject: Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 > To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > I forgot to add that I should have my trip photos up on my Flickr page within the week so watch for that. I'll post the link again when I finally have all of them up. > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 >> From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM >> Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 >> To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >> >> Hey everyone, >> First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about locations and species. >> >> I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the 20th for the Nightingale-thrush. After seeing the bird, I swung south through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark Buntings along the way. Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range produced some nice mountain species. Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled out the smaller birds. Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps. Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering how hard they are to find elsewhere. Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of mid-elevation species. A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one afternoon as I scrambled to get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby Cooper's Hawks. >> Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows. I also saw a lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or Ring-billed. Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft. >> I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless. >> Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons. No Sage-grouse graced my path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a very nice Prairie Falcon. >> At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up nothing. I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them). >> I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill. The walk, while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit the Wildflowers perfectly. Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color. An adult bull Moose walking casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day. >> Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've taken a trip west and not seen one. They are present in the Tetons and Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... >> >> As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or heard. The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will. >> >> >> Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI >> Bird guiding services for individuals and groups >> (608) 475-9016 >> http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto >> >> "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." >> >> (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) >> >> >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:54:44 -0500 I forgot to add that I should have my trip photos up on my Flickr page within the week so watch for that.  I'll post the link again when I finally have all of them up.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto Happy Birding! --Chris W ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 > From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM > Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 > To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > Hey everyone, > First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about locations and species. > > I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the 20th for the Nightingale-thrush. After seeing the bird, I swung south through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark Buntings along the way. Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range produced some nice mountain species. Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled out the smaller birds. Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps. Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering how hard they are to find elsewhere. Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of mid-elevation species. A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one afternoon as I scrambled to get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby Cooper's Hawks. > Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows. I also saw a lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or Ring-billed. Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft. > I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless. > Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons. No Sage-grouse graced my path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a very nice Prairie Falcon. > At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up nothing. I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them). > I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill. The walk, while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit the Wildflowers perfectly. Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color. An adult bull Moose walking casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day. > Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've taken a trip west and not seen one. They are present in the Tetons and Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... > > As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or heard. The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will. > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI > Bird guiding services for individuals and groups > (608) 475-9016 > http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." > > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). 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Subject: Re: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:54:44 -0500 I forgot to add that I should have my trip photos up on my Flickr page within the week so watch for that.  I'll post the link again when I finally have all of them up.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto Happy Birding! --Chris W ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 > From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM > Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 > To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > > Hey everyone, > First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about locations and species. > > I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the 20th for the Nightingale-thrush. After seeing the bird, I swung south through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark Buntings along the way. Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range produced some nice mountain species. Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled out the smaller birds. Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps. Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering how hard they are to find elsewhere. Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of mid-elevation species. A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one afternoon as I scrambled to get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby Cooper's Hawks. > Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows. I also saw a lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or Ring-billed. Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft. > I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless. > Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons. No Sage-grouse graced my path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a very nice Prairie Falcon. > At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up nothing. I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them). > I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill. The walk, while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit the Wildflowers perfectly. Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color. An adult bull Moose walking casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day. > Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've taken a trip west and not seen one. They are present in the Tetons and Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... > > As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or heard. The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will. > > > Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI > Bird guiding services for individuals and groups > (608) 475-9016 > http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto > > "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." > > (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT msn.com> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 Hey everyone,  First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about locations and species.   I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the 20th for the Nightingale-thrush.  After seeing the bird, I swung south through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark Buntings along the way.  Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range produced some nice mountain species.  Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled out the smaller birds.  Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps.  Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering how hard they are to find elsewhere.  Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of mid-elevation species.  A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one afternoon as I scrambled t o get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby Cooper's Hawks.  Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows.  I also saw a lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or Ring-billed.  Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft.  I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless.  Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons.  No Sage-grouse graced my path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a very nice Prairie Falcon.  At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up nothing.  I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them).  I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill.  The walk, while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit the Wildflowers perfectly.  Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color.  An adult bull Moose walking casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day.   Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've taken a trip west and not seen one.  They are present in the Tetons and Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or heard.  The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will.  Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI  Bird guiding services for individuals and groups (608) 475-9016 http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. Subject: WY trip report-Jul 19-29 From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:52:27 -0500 Hey everyone,  First of all, thanks to those few WYO-birders who answered my RFI about locations and species.   I started my tour of WY with a quick stop in the Black Hills of SD on the 20th for the Nightingale-thrush.  After seeing the bird, I swung south through WY to Casper. There were many Swainson's Hawks and tons of Lark Buntings along the way.  Deciding to head south instead of north, I ended up in the Medicine Bows. 3 nights camping in this beautiful mountain range produced some nice mountain species.  Lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, a few flyover Red Crossbills and tons of Lincoln's Sparrows filled out the smaller birds.  Cordilleran Flycatchers were fairly common and a few Willow Flycatchers filled in the gaps.  Pine Grosbeaks were of special note. I saw almost as many as I've seen in Minnesota. Pretty awesome considering how hard they are to find elsewhere.  Western Tanager, Red-naped Sapsucker, 3-toed Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, and others completed the list of mid-elevation species.  A flyover Goshawk provided brief excitement one afternoon as I scrambled to get enough on it to ID it. Also had a few flyby Cooper's Hawks.  Up high in the Snowy Range, American Pipit was a nice addition along with Clark's Nutcracker and way too many White-crowned Sparrows.  I also saw a lone Gull flying above one of the lakes. unfortunately, I was unable to get a close enough look at it to determine the species. It was either California or Ring-billed.  Pretty awesome to see a Gull flying at 12,000ft.  I spent one evening in a fruitless attempt at Boreal Owl. Considering the time of year and location, I was not surprised to come up totally birdless.  Leaving the Medicine Bows, I headed on through the Sage flats north of the interstate on my way to Jackson and the Tetons.  No Sage-grouse graced my path, but a Swainson's Hawk nest (complete with hawk) was a nice find along with Lark Sparrows, Brewer's Sparrows, Western Meadowlark, Golden Eagle and a very nice Prairie Falcon.  At the Tetons, a prolonged search for a certain Great Gray Owl turned up nothing.  I did see Yellow Warblers, Red-naped Sapsucker, Ruffed Grouse, and a few other species along with a female Moose and calf (which were apparently the stars of the night. Many, many cars lined along the road to view them).  I took the hike from the top of the Tram at Teton Village down through Granite Canyon, a 12 mile hike total, fortunately all downhill.  The walk, while not particularly birdy (Gray Jay, Brown-capped Rosy-finch and some other common stuff) had most spectacular scenery and I discovered I had hit the Wildflowers perfectly.  Scarlet Gilia, Asters, Forget-me-not, Clematis, and many other beautiful flowers were in full bloom, turning the usually green sub-alpine meadows into rainbows of color.  An adult bull Moose walking casually by the trail in the lower canyon finished the day.   Try as I might, I heard only one Dipper and never saw one. First time I've taken a trip west and not seen one.  They are present in the Tetons and Medicine Bows right? At least, I thought they were...... As it turned out, I got 3 lifers during the trip. 1 seen, and 2 not seen or heard.  The Nightingale-thrush was the only new species that I saw. The other two lifers were the new AOU splits. Pacific Wren and Mexican Whip-poor-will.  Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI  Bird guiding services for individuals and groups (608) 475-9016 http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto "The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." (From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Chalk Bluffs Road, Cheyenne From: Chuck Seniawski <chuckski AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:30:40 -0400 Beautiful day yesterday, worthy of a lunchtime drive out Chalk Bluffs Road, south of Cheyenne. A good collection of prairie birds was present: Most abundant were-- Horned Larks Lark Buntings Also present -- Western Kingbird Meadowlark Mourning Dove (one) Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow McGown's Longspurs Chestnut-collared Longspurs (less numerous than McGown's), and a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Chuck Seniawski Cheyenne - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Laramis, Snowy Range, Birding From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:22 -0700 Verna Hays and I took a trip to Laramie Tuesday and Wednesday to look for birds inand around Laramie. a total of 50 species were seen on the trip. target bird was Pine grosbeak which we saw at Brooklyn Lake in the Snowy Range. We got great looks at 5 males and 3or4 females and a couple of Juvs.. Also seen there were Yellow Rumped warblers (audubon), Clarks Nutcrackers andWhite crown sparrows. The Snoweys were beautiful beyond words as well as the Wild flowers. We were also able to see 4 bull Moose. The Laramie River path had lots of Am. Goldfinches and swallows. We also went to Hutton Lake National Wildlife refuge which had lots of Waterfowl. Notiable Avocets, Eared grebes, Willets and a Canvasback with lots of little ones. Gulls were California, Ring-billed, and Franklins. Lots of Sage thrashers sat on the bushes with their Juvs. birds of Prey for the trip were: Kestrel, Swanson's , Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Harrier, Prairie falcon. Other birds of note were white Faced Ibis, Rock wren, Lazuli bunting, Wilson's Phalarope, McCown's Longspurs, G. and L. Yellowlegs, and C. Nighthawks(Juv. sitting on Fence post), and 1 Meadowlark which had a pretty like warble song which we had never heard before. It was a great trip and plan to do it again next year. Thank you Don Jones for great directions. Jean, Sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: leucistic hummingbird From: sol <solbun AT SWEETWATERHSA.COM> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:17:04 -0600 today, my backyard, don't know what species or sex it is......... paula Green River, WY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Northern Bighorns birding From: Jeff Morton <mojewa03 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:38:50 -0600 I'm going to be camping this weekend on Forest Road 26 in the Bighorns west of Sheridan this weekend. Any birding suggestions in that area? Thanks, Jeff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: new birds, no effort From: CJ Grimes <cjgrimes AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:03:29 -0400 I just added 2 birds to my life list without even going outside - see the 51st Supplement to the AOU Checklist article at http://cs.birdersworld.com/brdcs/blogs/field_of_view/2010/07/27/latest-changes-to-the-aou-check-list.aspx Local birds around Ten Sleep are starting to flock up and move around a bit, except a few species still singing - especially Lazuli Bunting. Seems like everywhere I go I am still hearing them, even in the heat of the day. Today was a 5 warbler day for me with many Yellows, Black-throated Gray, Common Yellowthroat, MacGillivray's and Virginia's. Seems like fall migration is about to start.... CJ Grimes Ten Sleep - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Re: Excellent slide show From: Pete's email <pgapar AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:08:48 -0600 Absolutely incredible, a wonderful combination of skill, timing, exquisite equipment, luck and more skill. Pete Cheyenne On 7/23/10 9:43 PM, "Harry Martin" wrote: > http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578 > > > Note: One fish in each talon! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Birds in Jackson From: Jackie Canterbury <jackie.canterbury AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:17:55 -0400 Greetings, I traveled to the BigHorns (Walker Prairie), then west to Jackson and Yellowstone last week. Below is a list in each location: Walker Prairie: Pine siskin Ruby-crowned kinglet Swainson's thrush Hermit thrush Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) Black-capped chickadee Northern Goshawk (possible) Jackson, Yellowstone near Gardiner/Cook City: Savannah sparrow Brewer's sparrow Northern Flicker Green-tailed towhee Yellow-rumped warbler (Audubon's) White-crowned sparrow (several in alpine) Mountain Chickadee Spotted sandpiper White-throated swift Peregrine falcon Osprey Downy Woodpecker Violet-green swallow Mountain bluebird Chipping sparrow Brewer's blackbird Song sparrow Cowbird Lazuli bunting Ruby-crowned kinglet Three-toed woodpecker Black-backed woodpecker Red-winged blackbird Western wood pewee American pipit (alpine) Red-tailed hawk American kestrel American coot Turkey vulture Tree swallow Calliope hummingbird Common nighthawk Great horned owl Grey jay American robin European starling Cedar waxwing Warbling vireo Yellow warbler Common yellowthroat Oregon junco (Dark-eyed) Red crossbill American goldfinch Happy birding, Jackie Canterbury - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Bird Banter for July 2010 From: Barb Gorges <bgorges4 AT MSN.COM> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:44:20 -0600 This edition of Bird Banter, "Spotting nests isn't easy," was published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle July 25, 2010. If you reprint it, please give credit to the author and the first publisher and notify the author, bgorges4 AT msn.com. Thanks. "Nests come in all shapes and sizes" (original headline) "Spotting nests isn't easy, but here's an idea of where to look" (published headline) By Barb Gorges Back in the dark ages of bird appreciation, people collected wild bird eggs and nests to display them. It's illegal now, unless you have a permit. But what I've always wondered is how they found the nests. Or how about the researchers that measure eggs and nests? How do they find enough to make statistically valid statements? And then I started counting the number of nests I've seen this season, without really trying. First, there were two different great horned owl nests. You can't miss the big bulky affairs, though you could miss the bit of feathered head sticking up above the rim. Don't get any closer or you could get a talon in the face. Then there was the face-off between a robin and a squirrel on the roof of the house next door. Robins have nested between the houses before, but it wasn't until early June I saw the bulky cup balanced on the rafter up under the roof overhang and got the hairy eyeball from one of the parents. The island in the middle of the lake at Holliday Park was so crowded this spring that some of the 60-70 Canada geese were perching in the trees and on the picnic shelter, trying to figure out how to balance eggs on a branch or roof ridge. By the end of May, abandoned eggs littered the island and three families hatched two, seven and 17 goslings respectively. One pair of mallards hatched seven ducklings, but after about a week there were only five. Another pair hatched eight and lost only one the first week. Ducklings are bite-sized compared to goslings. Interestingly, it took the 15 white domestic geese until July to hatch four goslings. The nests of the black-crowned night-herons became invisible as soon as the park's trees leafed out. The occasional squawk during the nesting season didn't begin to match the 49 birds counted earlier. What about all the birds chirping around town? House sparrow nests are easy to spot-look for messy stick piles stuck into the letters of three-dimensional signs or anywhere they can squeeze themselves. But what about interesting songbirds? Keep your eyes open. Memorial Day weekend Mark and I birded along Crow Creek just as the trees were finally getting fully leafed out. We were staring into a clump of willows, trying to i.d. small songsters. Familiar, noisy birds were flying in, a yellow warbler, a robin and a western kingbird. They distracted me and as I let my gaze follow them, I discovered their three nests, all in one spacious tree. What a treat. A month later in similar habitat-mosquito infested-I saw an oriole's nest freshly woven and heard household murmurings from a nest plastered under a deck by a pair of Say's phoebes. I might have to start a life nest list. Nests aren't always the quintessential robin's cup of mud and twigs. Besides the oriole's woven sack hanging from a tree branch, burrowing owls and belted kingfishers use burrows, many shorebirds barely scrape out a depression on the ground, flickers peck out holes in trees (and house siding), loons float their nests, herons build tree top rookeries and peregrines nest on cliffs and building facades. Nests are used only temporarily. As soon as the young fledge, which may be before they even learn to fly, the nest is abandoned. Some species may fix it up and start a second clutch right away. Big sturdy hawk nests may be used again the next year-by owls. Songbird nests disappear, broken down by wind and weather. Other birds and animals may steal the building materials for their own nests. The nest is not a permanent home. Home is where a bird can find food, water and shelter. And for migratory birds, is home where they spend the winter, or where they spend the short few months reproducing? If you want to know more about how and where your favorite birds nest, visit www.AllAboutBirds.org. xxx - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Excellent slide show From: Harry Martin <harry AT HARRYMARTINCARTOONS.COM> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:43:01 -0600 http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578 Note: One fish in each talon! -- Harry Martin Casper, WY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Nesting Blue Grosbeak From: "Jean" <jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:33:01 -0700 Jennifer Adams reported the Male and Female blue Grosbeaks were back at the Vore Buffalo Jump yesterday. The construction at the site is done which I'm sure the birds are thankful. The female was seen by Mary Yemmington . Jennifer andf I carrying Nesting material to a large vine. today, while the male looked on. The Vore Buffalo Jump Site is W. of Beulah and E. of the Aladden turnoff !!90E of Sundance, Wy. I helped Mary do the Sand Creek Survey this morning. Birds were everywhere. Lots of Juves.. Most notiable was C. Nitht hawk, W. Wood-pewee, Blue Jay, Cedar Waxwing, Lark sparrow, Lazuli Bunting Orchard and Bulllock's Orioles. Jean, Sundance, Wy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Nesting Blue Grosbeak From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:33:01 -0700 Jennifer Adams reported the Male and Female blue Grosbeaks were back at the Vore Buffalo Jump yesterday. The construction at the site is done which I'm sure the birds are thankful. The female was seen by Mary Yemmington . Jennifer andf I carrying Nesting material to a large vine. today, while the male looked on. The Vore Buffalo Jump Site is W. of Beulah and E. of the Aladden turnoff !!90E of Sundance, Wy. I helped Mary do the Sand Creek Survey this morning. Birds were everywhere. Lots of Juves.. Most notiable was C. Nitht hawk, W. Wood-pewee, Blue Jay, Cedar Waxwing, Lark sparrow, Lazuli Bunting Orchard and Bulllock's Orioles. Jean, Sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Wimbrels From: Hustace Scott <hustace AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:20:24 -0600 I had 3 Wimbrels in my fields this evening. I also saw an Upland Sandpiper earlier in the day. I first saw the Upland Sandpiper 10 days ago in the same field, but couldn't refind it. If anyone is interested in seeing the Wimbrels, call me on my cell phone at 262-0055 in find out if I can refind them. Stacey Scott SW of Casper - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:07:01 -0700 This bird is still singing away in Spearfish Canyon, S. D. Easy to hear but not too easy to see. Birders from all over the country are flying in to see it. Jean, Sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Not a thrush, but attack of the hummingbirds! From: Pat Deibert <pat_deibert AT FWS.GOV> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:55:45 -0600 I don't have any cool exotic birds to report, but my house has been overrun with hummers of late. This a.m. my husband counted over 50 of them vying for 8 seats at two feeders! Those were only the feeders he could see from our kitchen window! We have three species - broad-tailed, rufous, and as of late last week calliope. I am filling feeders at least twice a day, as well as watching the assault on all our flowers. Great fun! Pat Pat Deibert , PhD. National Sage-grouse Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wyoming Field Office 5353 Yellowstone Road, Suite 308A Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-772-2374, ext. 226 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: O-B-N T From: Bob Hargis <bhargis AT WYOMING.COM> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:34:46 -0600 Ain't birding amazing?... how many folks are twitching today?... Great reports and wonderful bird! Bob Hargis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Ah, Catharus thrushes From: David McDonald <DBMcD AT UWYO.EDU> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:14:29 -0600 For many years, as I sat in blinds in Monteverde, Costa Rica, watching Long-tailed Manakins, Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush was the reliable, scratchy, relentless singer in the background, with regular appearances on the perches of the manakins. Surely the least melodic singer of the Catharus thrushes. How nifty to think of this one singing along Spearfish Canyon, above the rare Oreohelix snails. Birding, even vicarious birding, can be such fun. (Despite Chris's telling us that summer is over, that the sandpipers are back ...). Cheers, Dave McDonald ************************************************* David B. McDonald dbmcd AT uwyo.edu Dept. Zoology & Physiology, Dept. 3166 1000 E. University Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 (307)-766-3012; FAX (307)-766-5625; cell (307)-760-9360 Office: BioSci 413; Lab. BioSci 441 http://www.uwyo.edu/dbmcd/mcd.html ************************************************* ________________________________ From: Bruce & Donna Walgren Reply-To: Bruce & Donna Walgren Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:22:08 -0600 To: WYOBIRDS Subject: [WYOBIRDS] Fw: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos Here's a link to photos of the Thrush. Bruce Walgren Casper, WY ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy DeLara To: NEBirds Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:26 PM Subject: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos Here are some pictures of the bird. Wish I could have got up there this weekend. Kathy DeLara ----- Original Message ----- From: dougback AT wildphotosphotography.com To: sd-birds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:13 PM Subject: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos Here are some more photos of this amazing bird found by Eric Ripma in Spearfish Canyon. http://www.wildphotosphotography.com/WildPhotos/thrush/thrush.htm Doug Backlund Pierre, SD www.wildphotosphotography.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! 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Explore new interests. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['DfpUAtj8fcI-']='&U=13ckhm11h%2fN%3dDfpUAtj8fcI-%2fC%3d493064.14012770.13963757.13298430%2fD%3dMKP1%2fB%3d6015306%2fV%3d1'; Switch to: Text-Only , Daily Digest * Unsubscribe * Terms of Use . __,_._,___ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush From: "Jean" <jgwindsong AT rangeweb.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:32:00 -0700 Thanks to Jen Fowler I was able to see and hear this bird in in Spearfish Canyon at Iron Creek. Later about 7:30 Scott Stolz, my daughter Jen, and another birder from N. Dakata got close enough looks at it with the naked eyd. It was ina Birch tree close by singing away. Jean, Sundance, Wy. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush From: Jean <jgwindsong AT RANGEWEB.NET> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:32:00 -0700 Thanks to Jen Fowler I was able to see and hear this bird in in Spearfish Canyon at Iron Creek. Later about 7:30 Scott Stolz, my daughter Jen, and another birder from N. Dakata got close enough looks at it with the naked eyd. It was ina Birch tree close by singing away. Jean, Sundance, Wy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: Fw: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos From: Bruce & Donna Walgren <Piranga AT BRESNAN.NET> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:22:08 -0600 Here's a link to photos of the Thrush. Bruce Walgren Casper, WY ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy DeLara To: NEBirds Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:26 PM Subject: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos Here are some pictures of the bird. Wish I could have got up there this weekend. Kathy DeLara ----- Original Message ----- From: dougback AT wildphotosphotography.com To: sd-birds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 8:13 PM Subject: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush photos Here are some more photos of this amazing bird found by Eric Ripma in Spearfish Canyon. http://www.wildphotosphotography.com/WildPhotos/thrush/thrush.htm Doug Backlund Pierre, SD www.wildphotosphotography.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers Center. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! Explore new interests. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net Subject: orange-billed nightingale-thrush From: Timothy Ludwick <timoutdoor AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:39:30 -0400 WYO birders,The Orange-billed Nigtingale-Thrush continues to be seen in Lawrence County, SD. The bird is in Spearfish Canyon (Hwy 14A) where Iron Creek runs into Spearfish Creek, 1.7 miles north of Savoy. There is a large trailhead parking lot on the west side of the road just north of the bridge crossing Iron Creek. The bird has been seen from the parking lot to about .25 miles west along the creek. It is very active, calling and moving about the canyon, but very hard to see. Good luck to all trying for the bird. Tim LudwickGillette, WY _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you have any problems, questions, etc... e-mail willcornell AT onewest.net