From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Mar 1 10:35:06 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Mar 1 10:35:10 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Steeple birds
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40E01@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Saw two large dark birds on the steeple this AM...got excited until I
realized they were crows. I don't recall having seen any birds perched
there before, other than the Peregrine...
The two crows were part of a group of four crows that seemed like they
were on a mission. They were flying low over the rooftops of the
Chemical and Life Science Lab, Burrill Hall, Morrill Hall, the Natural
History Building, then across Green Street over several buildings on
the
Engineering Campus, and then back to a big oak in front of Natural
History. Except for the brief perching on the steeple, they were never
much higher than rooftop level, and they landed on a couple of roofs.
It
was like they were looking for something.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Mar 1 21:42:22 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Mar 1 21:42:25 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Peregrine sighting (not on the steeple)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40E96@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Birdnoters,
Tonight I left work and didn't see anything on the steeple. I kept
looking as I walked to my car, as I usually do. Still nothing...
I then drove east on Illinois and then north on Lincoln in Urbana. I
was
sitting at the stoplight at Lincoln and Green about 5:30PM when I spied
what most likely was the Peregrine half-heartedly harassing several
Mourning Doves from east to west, crossing Lincoln Avenue north of
Green. It had the distinctive falcon profile as it chased the Doves,
and
was much bigger than the Kestrels or Merlins I've observed. (And it
obviously wasn't a Coopers or Sharp-Shinned).
The Mourning Doves evaded the Peregrine and the falcon soared up and
perched on top of the taller western tower of the Hendrick House
private
dorm at the northwest corner of Lincoln and Green. I drove around the
block to get a closer view, but the Peregrine had left the building
before I got back to the intersection.
Bernie Sloan
Senior Information Systems Consultant
Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois
616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
Champaign, IL 61820-5752
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:
(217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From limey at uiuc.edu Wed Mar 1 22:57:55 2006
From: limey at uiuc.edu (John Buckmaster)
Date: Wed Mar 1 22:58:13 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] lake vermillion, sightings
Message-ID: <f4de6e16c82c66f8c1fae1a042d67d6b@uiuc.edu>
Got on the water today, the first time this year. No binoculars,
unfortunately, as the water-proof ones are in the shop.
A mature bald eagle soaring in sight of the public launch ramp; about a
dozen red-headed woodpeckers checking out the drowned trees for
nesting holes; 2 great blue herons; a large flock of red-winged
blackbirds in the trees just south of the n.fork bridge; 2 buzzards
ridge soaring on the west side cliffs near the launch ramp; 2
red-bellied woodpeckers; a fair number of canadian geese pairs;
hundreds of ducks on the shallow waters in the north east which are
normally inaccessible even to shallow draft kayaks, but right now the
water level is high; huge amounts of fresh beaver bark stripping,
mostly on trees that have been down at least a season.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
John Buckmaster
Professional address:
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 S Wright St.,
Urbana IL 61801
217.333.1803 (ph)
217.244.0720 (fax)
cell phone:
217.621.9786
Mailing address (personal and professional):
1717 W Kirby Ave, #212., Champaign IL 61821-5507
Urbana residential address:
2014 Boudreau Dr,
Urbana IL 61801-5802
217.344.6103
Oregon residential address:
120 Marlboro Ln, Eugene OR 97405-3599
541.342.3172
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From spendelo at uiuc.edu Thu Mar 2 00:05:36 2006
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (Jacob Spendelow)
Date: Thu Mar 2 00:05:38 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Peregrine + RB Gulls
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060302000117.01bc1348@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi everyone,
The Peregrine Falcon was on the steeple at the intersection of Green
and
Mathews at 6:05 this morning.
Sonja saw three gulls (presumably Ring-billed) at 9 AM, flying over the
parking lot of the Schnucks on Mattis. This is only the second time
either
of us has seen a gull in town.
Good birding!
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
From birder1949 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 2 06:56:07 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Thu Mar 2 06:56:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Killdeer and dark-morph red-tail
Message-ID: <20060302125607.44821.qmail@web60113.mail.yahoo.com>
A late post from yesterday:
Around 9 a.m. Wednesday I observed a pair of Killdeer
flying north across the prairie at Meadowbrook.
At about 6:15 a.m. this morning (Thursday), I saw a
(the?) dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk fly southeast across
the statuary path and head toward the fields southeast
of Meadowbrook Park. This is about the fourth or
fifth time I've observed this bird flying a somewhat
similar pattern; I'm wondering if it roosts somewhere
in southeast Urbana and its regular hunting territory
is in the fields southeast of town.
Roger Digges
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Mar 2 07:58:24 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Mar 2 07:59:25 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] We've lost a Pigeon...
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A305@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
An exploded pile of feathers (and other scattered remnants) are all
that
remains of a pigeon at the back of my yard (pigeons are present in my
area as a small flock living around Smith Rd and E. Main). Previously,
such events have been caused by the presence of Coopers Hawks. I
haven't seen one in the last week or so, but I'll bet they've been
there!
(Unless someone's seen the Peregrine out my way:)
Bob :)
From j.courson at mchsi.com Thu Mar 2 09:33:42 2006
From: j.courson at mchsi.com (j.courson@mchsi.com)
Date: Thu Mar 2 09:33:45 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Birds on the Move!
Message-ID:
<030220061533.25588.440710560003803F000063F4219791336303010CD2079C080C0
3BF02019C9D9A010CD206@mchsi.com>
Hello All:
Sightings of late:
Eastern Meadow Lark -- backyard
Bluebirds - Male singing in the backyard with small flock
Redwing Blackbirds at feeder in the backyard.
All as of yesterday.
Later,
Jeff
-Jeffrey A. Courson
"There comes a special moment in
everyone's life, a moment for
which that person was born. That
special opportunity, when he
seizes it, will fulfill his
mission--a mission for which he is
uniquely qualified. In that
moment, he finds greatness. It is
his finest hour."
Winston Churchill
From bprice at pdnt.com Thu Mar 2 14:06:54 2006
From: bprice at pdnt.com (Brock Price)
Date: Thu Mar 2 14:07:52 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Vermillion Co. - Ducks
Message-ID: <002301c63e34$dabe8ba0$dc41fa3f@YOURCD7BB1D575>
Lake Vermilion:
- Red-breasted Mergansers ( 4 )
West Newell Road:
- Gadwalls
- American Widgeons
- Northern Shovelers
- Mallards
- Great Blue Herons
- Wood Ducks
Brock Price
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From jbchato at uiuc.edu Thu Mar 2 14:30:08 2006
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Thu Mar 2 14:30:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Cranes, Saw Whet etc.
Message-ID: <e3a21e3b.92dd46ea.8204000@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
Dear Birdnoters,
I hope that many of you had a chance to see and hear the group of about
100 Sandhill Cranes that made their way over Urbana about 1pm
yesterday. I was finishing lunch when i heard them and rushed out the
back door. They were obliging enough to circle back from their
northbound
course so that I could see as well as hear them. That makes species
#165 for my yard list. I'm only 1 bock from Greg Lambeth with his 158,
but
I've had 42 years to work on it. I'm sure he will surpass me soon, as
he is
a more dedicated sky watcher.
Elaine and I went out to see the Saw Whet at Allerton this a.m. He is
still
there and Chris Erb was there to kindly point him out to us. We also
saw 5
Ring-necked Ducks and 2 Rusty Blackbirds.
The Pine Siskins have returned to my yard. I also have a unique bird
feeder. Apparently the squirrels have nibbled some of the small
branches
on my sugar maple and they are leaking sweet sap. The tree has been
full of cardinals, goldfinches etc, as well as the squirrels- all
sipping sap.
If it freezes, I have sap icicles.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Mar 3 12:16:23 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Mar 3 12:09:46 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook A.M.
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV90C805E469D21DA9E619BC6EA0@phx.gbl>
There were lots of SONG SPARROWS south of Prairie Play this morning.
Eight foraging together on the grass, two others along the creek,
staying within about a foot of each other. The two were foraging on the
edge of the water, then would approach each other bill to bill, then
each would hop backwards, forage for a bit and repeat. No aggression looked like a dance. Maybe a pair, or a soon-to-be pair? :-) A little
further down a large IMMATURE COOPER'S HAWK was sitting along the
creek. It was eye-level only about 60 ft away....an excellent view
with binos! Observed it looking around for several minutes until it
quietly lifted up and flew through the shrubs. Saw one of the BANDED
CARDINALS, a female, on the east edge of the Nursery. Also nearby, a
BLUE JAY was doing it's imitation of a Red-tailed Hawk. It called on
the Meadowbrook side and then flew across the street and called on the
Forestry side. Two BROWN CREEPERS were south off the Race Street
parking lot. Stopped counting the singing RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS at 10.
Lots of GRACKLES around and the usual residents.
Due to the Savannah Restoration which will be taking place this summer
on the south prairie, I took down the nestboxes. Will put them back up
at the end of the season or next year. In the meantime, it will be
exciting to watch the creation of a new habitat as it evolves and
Meadowbrook continues to improve!
Charlene Anchor
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From bpalmore at egix.net Fri Mar 3 16:54:03 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Fri Mar 3 16:56:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey Sighting
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060303165057.01a34c70@mail.egix.net>
Spotted 4 on southeast corner of Vine and Sunnycrest, 4:45 p.m.
From bpalmore at egix.net Fri Mar 3 17:04:26 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Fri Mar 3 17:06:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] correction
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060303170306.01a494c0@mail.egix.net>
Turkey sighting should have been Northeast corner instead of
Southeast. Minor error.
From bernies at uillinois.edu Fri Mar 3 17:34:35 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Fri Mar 3 17:34:41 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sighting
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40FB7@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Saw the turkeys a little before 5PM today in a front yard on Sunnycrest
Court in Urbana. North side of the street, second house to the east of
Vine Street.
All four turkeys were there. The females were farther away from the
street and the males were closer. The males displayed several times,
fanning their tails and extending their wings lower and looking all the
world like the stereotypical Thanksgiving turkey image. They are
beautiful birds.
I was watching them from my car, and some other people were also
watching from a car. A couple of other people were standing across the
street watching them. I got to watch the turkeys for maybe five
minutes.
They seemed very wary. They were keeping an eye on everyone. Eventually
it seemed like maybe we'd watched them a tad too long and made the
turkeys a little too nervous, and they walked around the side of the
house into the back yard.
One last note...one of the females seemed to have a slight hitch in her
step. Not exactly a limp, more like favoring a leg slightly.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From bernies at uillinois.edu Fri Mar 3 18:45:36 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Fri Mar 3 18:45:41 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook PM
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40FBE@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Late this afternoon...
Half dozen crows spaced evenly along McCullough Creek south of the
bridge by the Windsor parking lot. They were doing a lot of talking
back
and forth, and seemed a little agitated, but I didn't see anything in
particular that they might be agitated about.
Pheasant activity seems to have picked up. Several males calling in
different areas of the park, as well as in Pomology to the east of the
park. Several males flying over the prairie. Two or three hen pheasants
in the brush to the north of the eastern portion of the Hickman
Wildflower Walk.
Heard some juncos and cardinals along McCullough Creek.
Saw quite a few robins.
Saw doves and starlings flying overhead.
Heard a red bellied woodpecker calling in the southeast corner of the
park.
Heard fairly loud drilling by a woodpecker in the southeast corner of
the park. Once I tracked it down I was surprised to see it was a small
female downy. The downy must have been drilling on a particularly
resonant hollow branch.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From bernies at uillinois.edu Fri Mar 3 20:06:23 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Fri Mar 3 20:06:36 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Lake of the Woods Afternoon Visit
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40FC6@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I stopped by the Lake of the Woods to stretch my legs a bit on the way
back from a meeting at ISU in Bloomington. Got off of I-74 on Route 47
and headed north to the park. I noticed that part of the prairie area
to
the west of Route 47 had been burned.
I drove through the park to check out the lake. No water birds there.
Note: not sure how many birds might usually be on the lake this time of
year...but most of the ponds/lakes along I-74 were similarly devoid of
birds.
Then I decided to walk the nature trail in Rayburn-Purnell Woods. It
looks like the Champaign County Forest Preserve District is doing a lot
of habitat restoration stuff at Lake of the Woods. There was a big sign
to this effect at the entrance to the nature trail at the woods (lots
of
stuff about invasive species). I am familiar with controlled burns of
prairies, but I'm not sure I've ever seen controlled burns of woodland
understory. It's obvious that had happened at Rayburn-Purnell Woods. In
some areas all the undergrowth had been burnt down, but the nature
trails themselves still had dried leaves on them...good sign of a
controlled burn. In the areas of the woods that hadn't been burned
there
was a lot more underbrush. Very interesting and worthwhile to study how
fire might control invasive species on the forest floor!!
Anyway, on to my birding in Rayburn-Purnell Woods. When I first entered
the woods I saw mostly Robins foraging, a well as smoldering deadwood
(from the controlled burn). As I walked the trail the Robins would keep
pace ahead of me. Couldn't tell what they were looking for, but they
seemed to be finding food.
I decided to stop walking and stay quietly in one spot to see what I
could see/hear. I heard/saw Northern Flickers, Juncos, Blue Jays, Red
Headed Woodpeckers, Red Bellied Woodpeckers, Downy/Hairy Woodpeckers,
etc. The Robins gradually came foraging back to near where I stood,
along with several other birds in the Robin flock (maybe 50-100
Robins).
When I was stopped on the trail in the middle of the Robin flock I had
a
White Breasted Nuthatch perch on a branch not three feet from me. And
then a Chickadee (I'm assuming Black Capped) not much beyond that.
And then all heck broke loose. By standing there quietly for a few
minutes I made a large whitetail deer nervous. He/she exploded out of
his/her hiding place and decided to run through a large dense oak
deadfall with a lot of dried leaves. That loud noise flushed a Great
Horned Owl from a tree very close to where I was standing!!
Bernie Sloan
Senior Information Systems Consultant
Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois
616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
Champaign, IL 61820-5752
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:
(217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From h-parker at uiuc.edu Fri Mar 3 22:13:22 2006
From: h-parker at uiuc.edu (Helen Parker)
Date: Fri Mar 3 22:15:24 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] a 3-owl morning
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20060303220944.01dc29a8@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
This morning I went into the Forestry to see if the Long-ears were
still
there; I saw one of them. I also saw Steve Bailey, and with his help
and
the help of a bunch of crows, saw a great horned owl. Steve called in
a
Cooper's Hawk with the same ease he calls in owls.
After that I went out to Allerton & saw the saw-whet owl by the nature
center. Very obscure little bundle of feathers, can be seen from only
one
angle. However, he did make the 3rd species of owl for the morning.
--Helen Parker
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Fri Mar 3 23:11:48 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Fri Mar 3 23:11:50 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Lodge Park
In-Reply-To:
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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603032301100.23273100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Today I took a short hike around the east side of Lodge Park in Piatt
County.
River was up above the ford so I stayed on the east side.
Saw a couple pair of Northern Cardinals.
1 pair of Canadian Geese on the pond.
Some Dark eyed Juncos chasing each other around the trees.
1 Flicker in an oak.
6 or 7 White Breasted Nuthaches.
2 0r 3 dozen Robins hopping around.
The usual suspects...
Also pulled a couple of garlic mustard rossettes and hung them up to
air
dry.
The flood plain could use another small cleanup.
Good birding!
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From Frank21 at insightbb.com Sat Mar 4 01:36:58 2006
From: Frank21 at insightbb.com (Frank)
Date: Sat Mar 4 01:37:04 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sighting
References:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40FB7@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <001501c63f5e$6b9a7c40$6401a8c0@BLACKDELL>
At 4:20 the turkeys were creating an attraction displaying at the SE
corner of Vine and Florida.
Frank Cooper
----- Original Message ----From: Sloan, Bernie
To: Birdnotes
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sighting
Saw the turkeys a little before 5PM today in a front yard on
Sunnycrest
Court in Urbana. North side of the street, second house to the east
of
Vine Street.
All four turkeys were there. The females were farther away from the
street and the males were closer. The males displayed several times,
fanning their tails and extending their wings lower and looking all
the
world like the stereotypical Thanksgiving turkey image. They are
beautiful birds.
I was watching them from my car, and some other people were also
watching from a car. A couple of other people were standing across
the
street watching them. I got to watch the turkeys for maybe five
minutes.
They seemed very wary. They were keeping an eye on everyone.
Eventually
it seemed like maybe we'd watched them a tad too long and made the
turkeys a little too nervous, and they walked around the side of the
house into the back yard.
One last note...one of the females seemed to have a slight hitch in
her
step. Not exactly a limp, more like favoring a leg slightly.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Sat Mar 4 09:23:00 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Sat Mar 4 09:23:10 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Red-tail near miss
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B40FD3@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Forgot to mention...as I got into town from my Bloomington trip
yesterday I exited I-74 at University Avenue in Urbana. A little bit
after I'd crossed over I-74 on the exit ramp a Red-tailed Hawk flew
right in front of my car.
Narrowly missed hitting it.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Mar 5 13:04:37 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Mar 5 12:58:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] No sightings: turkey article
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV9105579B3307B9DA036DFC6E80@phx.gbl>
For those of you who haven't seen it, there is a nice article in "The
Hub", C-U's weekly paper, about the Urbana turkeys. Worth checking
out.
Charlene Anchor
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sun Mar 5 15:18:07 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (jwhoyt@prairienet.org)
Date: Sun Mar 5 15:18:10 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: failure notice
Message-ID:
<1926.12.210.85.232.1141593487.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
> Birders,
>
> Was taking my monthly allotment of recycle to the recycle bins
located
> next to the old Meadowgold Milk plant when I saw some Robins fly up
> from a silver maple.
>
> Then saw some white breasts along with a different flight pattern and
> decided to dig out my binoculars.
>
> There must be about a couple dozen Cedar Waxwings feeding on the
> new reddish-purple buds!
>
> Lots of rock pidgeons too.
>
> This was ten minutes ago. about 3PM.
>
> Happy Birds,
>
> Jim :)
>
>
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sun Mar 5 15:19:13 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (jwhoyt@prairienet.org)
Date: Sun Mar 5 15:19:15 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: failure notice
In-Reply-To:
<1926.12.210.85.232.1141593487.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
References:
<1926.12.210.85.232.1141593487.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
Message-ID:
<1927.12.210.85.232.1141593553.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
> > Birders,
>>
>> Was taking my monthly allotment of recycle to the recycle bins
located
>> next to the old Meadowgold Milk plant when I saw some Robins fly up
>> from a silver maple.
>>
>> Then saw some white breasts along with a different flight pattern
and
>> decided to dig out my binoculars.
>>
>> There must be about a couple dozen Cedar Waxwings feeding on the
>> new reddish-purple buds!
>>
>> Lots of rock pidgeons too.
>>
>> This was ten minutes ago. about 3PM.
>>
>> Happy Birds,
>>
>> Jim :)
>>
>>
>
>
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Sun Mar 5 15:37:44 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Sun Mar 5 15:37:46 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Urbana turkey article available on the Web
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4D207@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Charlene mentioned an Urbana turkey article in the Hub weekly
newspaper. Just wanted to mention that the article is available online
at:
http://www.thehubweekly.com/community/index.php
<http://www.thehubweekly.com/community/index.php>
It's one person's personal reflections about seeing the turkeys in
their neighborhood.
Not sure what the paper version looks like, but I wish they had used a
picture of a wild turkey in the online version rather than a photo of a
scruffy-looking white debeaked domestic turkey.
Bernie Sloan
From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Mar 6 06:42:57 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Mar 6 06:36:25 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Urbana turkey article available on the Web
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV6CBDF9FC8E64D0BED1AD5C6E90@phx.gbl>
Bernie,
They used the same picture.
Kind of awful.
The article was better.
Charlene
----- Original Message ----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:37 PM
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Subject: [Birdnotes] Urbana turkey article available on the Web
Charlene mentioned an Urbana turkey article in the Hub weekly
newspaper. Just wanted to mention that the article is available online
at:
http://www.thehubweekly.com/community/index.php
<http://www.thehubweekly.com/community/index.php>
It's one person's personal reflections about seeing the turkeys in
their neighborhood.
Not sure what the paper version looks like, but I wish they had used a
picture of a wild turkey in the online version rather than a photo of a
scruffy-looking white debeaked domestic turkey.
Bernie Sloan
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Mon Mar 6 08:34:05 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Mon Mar 6 08:34:07 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A308@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Saturday morning (after a walk at Meadowbrook...where I saw nothing in
particular:), I worked for several hours in the back yard out on E.
Main. I saw the usual gang...Juncos, House Finches, Carolina Wren,
Cardinals and a few Robins. Near the house I had a Coopers Hawk fly a
few feet to one side, just above roof height. It was a great
view...the
tail an obviously rounded Cooper's tail. I saw it again a few minutes
later, as 3 crows bothered it from a distance, herding it along. I'll
probably find more "exploded" pigeons in the yard...
Several years ago at Meadowbrook, I watched a Coopers "jumped" by 2
crows. It rolled left directly at one, forcing it to drop and glide
away, then snap-rolled right in a half-loop directly at the other. The
2nd crow, its flight pattern abruptly terminated, dropped straight
down,
to reappear out of the trees heading in the opposite direction.
A fascinating display of aerial combat...ya' shouldn't mess with a
Coopers, y'know...
Bob :)
From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Mar 6 15:32:58 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Mar 6 15:26:20 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] No sightings: turkey pictures
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV16075E8A03889C9C2C3FC3C6E90@phx.gbl>
Bernie brought up the subject of the bad turkey picture. Does anyone
have some really nice ones? Maybe The Hub would be willing to print
one or several to show what they really look like. Wouldn't hurt to
ask. Their email is info@thehubweekly.com
Charlene Anchor
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Mar 6 15:53:01 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Mar 6 15:53:31 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Bird call ID assistance?
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4107C@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Heard an odd bird call yesterday afternoon and then again early this
AM.
It sounded like someone took a plastic guitar pick and rubbed it
quickly
across the small holes on a cheese grater. It would do the call twice,
then a very brief pause and then twice again. Sort of like 1-2 (pause)
3-4. The bird bobbed its head as it did the call.
Both times it was really gray and overcast and dark so I didn't get a
good visual of the bird...more or less just got a dark profile against
the sky. It was a pretty generic profile, maybe 8 inches long, not a
chunky bird, tail wasn't short.
The visual kind of reminded me a little of a Gray Catbird, but I don't
recall observing a Gray Catbird making that call before, nor do the
head-bobbing.
Thanks in advance for any assistance...
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Mar 6 16:26:30 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Mar 6 16:19:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] wrong address
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV81614E64CAD6C485C1F0EC6E90@phx.gbl>
Sorry, The Hub's email is info@thehubweekly.com
I left out the dot before.
Charlene Anchor
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Mar 6 16:31:27 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Mar 6 16:24:51 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Fw: Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV3BCF9BADADEBBEA7DD077C6E90@phx.gbl>
----- Original Message ----From: charlene anchor
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 4:21 PM
To: Birdnotes@llists.prairienet.org
Subject: Mahomet
Was checking some things out at Lake of the Woods this morning. Had a
HERMIT THRUSH in the woods of the Conservation Area off of Crowley Road
(A second one? The first was over a mile way in the main park on Feb
17). There were EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, singing, chasing and doing
territorial displays on the ground in the cornfields.
In the main park I walked along the river checking out the river bottom
area hoping to spot a Pileated Woodpecker or a Belted Kingfisher.
Instead of the Pileated I saw a female FLICKER calling on the west side
of the river. Another Flicker answered immediately on the east side.
Maybe its mate? And instead of the Kingfisher, I saw 7 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS traveling together. That's good too!
4 RING-BILLED GULLS were circling over the lake. At Stidham Pond
besides the usual Mallards and the squabbling Canada Geese, there was 1
PIED-BILLED GREBE, 1 SCAUP (I think LESSER), and 1 very large, not yet
fully adult, MUTE SWAN.
Charlene Anchor
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From smithsje at egix.net Mon Mar 6 20:38:14 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Mon Mar 6 20:40:00 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] chipmunk
Message-ID: <200603070225.k272PDh0017325@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
Sunday, we had a chipmunk come to one of the platform feeders while
snow was falling. These critters don't hibernate very well.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-06
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Tue Mar 7 01:46:07 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Tue Mar 7 01:46:09 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] West Champaign
In-Reply-To: <200603070225.k272PDh0017325@outbound-mta.egix.net>
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Birdnoters,
Only saw a few Crows yesterday.
Jim
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Tue Mar 7 07:52:28 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Tue Mar 7 07:52:34 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] R T Hawks
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A30C@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Mating pair of Red Tail Hawks on light pole across the street from
Prairie Gardens Monday at 3 PM.
Bob
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Birdnoters,
Only saw a few Crows yesterday.
Jim
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Mar 7 08:50:42 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Mar 7 08:44:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] No Sightings: Lesser Snow and Ross's geese
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV14933EE528F412E4F859B9C6EE0@phx.gbl>
For those of you who'll be out identifying waterfowl in the coming
weeks, here is something to ponder which I just read in "Ducks
Unlimited" regarding the above:
"As lesser snow and Ross's goose populations have soared in recent
years, the two species are now interbreeding much more frequently than
in the past. In addition, the average body size of lesser snow geese
has declined because of food shortages on their tundra breeding
grounds, making it increasingly difficult to differentiate the two
species by size. In fact, there is now a 30 percent overlap in body
size between the two species, and many smaller lesser snow geese are
now smaller than the large Ross's geese.
The best way to identify individual light geese is by examining
the head and bill. Ross's geese tend to have a small, more rounded
head than snow geese. Lesser snows have a prominent black "grinning
patch," while Ross's geese have little or no grinning patch at all.
But the most reliable determining feature is the feather line at the
base of the birds' bill. In Ross's geese, this line is straight and
vertical. In lesser snows, the feather line curves sharply inward
toward the bill. Hybrids of the two species are intermediate in size,
shape, and bill characteristics."
I know nothing about the lesser snow goose and not much more about the
Ross's. I don't know how this affects us in central Illinois. For
sure I won't be identifying them. Good luck to those who do, and can!
Charlene Anchor
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From rkanter at uiuc.edu Tue Mar 7 09:31:53 2006
From: rkanter at uiuc.edu (Rob Kanter)
Date: Tue Mar 7 09:32:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] No Sightings Crane Cam
Message-ID: <3a7d270a.9554a567.881d800@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi Birdnoters,
If you have a good broadband connection you might want to
check out the webcam at the below link. It's operated by
National Geographic and offers a live look at sandhill cranes
(and whatever else flies in) on the Platte River:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/cranecam/cam.html
I leave it on in the background just to hear them!
Rob Kanter
rkanter@uiuc.edu
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Tue Mar 7 14:14:52 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (jwhoyt@prairienet.org)
Date: Tue Mar 7 14:15:00 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] R T Hawks
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Birders,
Didn't see the act but there is a pile of dove feathers (about 20
inches
in diameter) below the cedar tree near my apartment.
Someone must have had dove for breakfast...
Jim :)
> Mating pair of Red Tail Hawks on light pole across the street from
> Prairie Gardens Monday at 3 PM.
>
> Bob
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> Birdnoters,
>
> Only saw a few Crows yesterday.
>
> Jim
>
> -> James Hoyt
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From spendelo at uiuc.edu Tue Mar 7 21:30:56 2006
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (Jacob Spendelow)
Date: Tue Mar 7 21:33:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060307212028.01bbe978@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi everyone,
While driving on Marketview in northern Champaign this afternoon I
stopped
to check out a pond I had never noticed before, just east of the Lebeda
mattress store, and found a few surprises. The pond held ~150 MALLARDS
and
a few CANADA GEESE, along with at least 5 WOOD DUCKS, 1 female
CANVASBACK,
and 1 HORNED GREBE. A calling AMERICAN KESTREL flew by as well. I bet
there were some more interesting birds there, but I was running late
(as
usual!) and couldn't stop for long.
The pond is just east of the star on this map:
http://www.lebeda.com/CHmap.htm
Good birding!
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
From birder1949 at yahoo.com Wed Mar 8 06:45:21 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Wed Mar 8 06:45:35 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] American Woodcock--they're baaaack
Message-ID: <20060308124521.56041.qmail@web60123.mail.yahoo.com>
On this morning's walk, I heard and saw the flight of
an AMERICAN WOODCOCK at Meadowbrook Park. After some
initial "peents", it took off just east of the Prairie
Play area; I lost sight of it in the dark, but heard
it all through the flight, and it landed again just
north of where it took off.
A little later in the walk, in the southeast part of
the park, just past the wildflower observation deck, I
saw a Woodcock (the same one?) fly into the big
bluestem and heard it peent a number of times.
I saw no Woodcock in the southwest part of the park
where they usually display.
In addition to the woodcock and numerous singing and
calling American Robins, Song Sparrows, Northern
Cardinals, and Ring-necked Pheasant, I also heard a
rather tentative White-throated Sparrow (just north of
the "rabbit" bridge, and a mimic thrush which couldn't
decide exactly what species it was. Since it doubled
many of its phrases, and because of the general sound,
it was probably a Brown Thrasher. But it also had
some complex tripled phrases like a Northern
Mockingbird, and in parts of its song sounded as
unaccomplished as a Catbird. It was located just
east of the pavilion near the Race Street parking lot.
Roger Digges
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Mar 8 09:12:48 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Mar 8 09:06:16 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] American Woodcock--they're baaaack
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV7D13D1614838FB54734F8C6EF0@phx.gbl>
Roger, thanks for the detailed report on Meadowbrook. I've been
waiting for the Woodcock's return to Meadowbrook, and in my usual
fashion, have been a bit anxious about it. Thought I heard one last
Friday eve when my husband and I were out looking
for them. I heard what I thought was a peent only twice in the
distance and didn't hear it again. I wondered at the time if there was
only one? Since they winter in the southern states I also wondered if
their population couldn't have been somehow affected by the hurricane.
Did learn that they were seen early this month in PA, ME, NY and NJ.
So they are moving! Also a friend in Peoria had a Brown Thrasher in
her yard just last week.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Roger Digges
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:30 AM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] American Woodcock--they're baaaack
On this morning's walk, I heard and saw the flight of
an AMERICAN WOODCOCK at Meadowbrook Park. After some
initial "peents", it took off just east of the Prairie
Play area; I lost sight of it in the dark, but heard
it all through the flight, and it landed again just
north of where it took off.
A little later in the walk, in the southeast part of
the park, just past the wildflower observation deck, I
saw a Woodcock (the same one?) fly into the big
bluestem and heard it peent a number of times.
I saw no Woodcock in the southwest part of the park
where they usually display.
In addition to the woodcock and numerous singing and
calling American Robins, Song Sparrows, Northern
Cardinals, and Ring-necked Pheasant, I also heard a
rather tentative White-throated Sparrow (just north of
the "rabbit" bridge, and a mimic thrush which couldn't
decide exactly what species it was. Since it doubled
many of its phrases, and because of the general sound,
it was probably a Brown Thrasher. But it also had
some complex tripled phrases like a Northern
Mockingbird, and in parts of its song sounded as
unaccomplished as a Catbird. It was located just
east of the pavilion near the Race Street parking lot.
Roger Digges
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From smithsje at egix.net Wed Mar 8 09:58:30 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Wed Mar 8 09:49:08 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Indiana Wabash Birds.
Message-ID: <200603081534.k28FYA44022581@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
Yesterday, 3/7/06, three of us went to look over a wetland (WRP) across
the Wabash in
Indiana. Location is as follows: Go through Perrysville, across the
Wabash east, take the first road south on east side of River. A few
miles south, after a T, there is a WRP wetland on the west side of the
road. This is all private land, but parts can be seen from the gravel
road. We saw the following: mute swam, Canada geese, mallards,
gadwalls, widgeon, pintails, shovelers, wood ducks, coots and rusty
blackbirds.
After the wetlads, we drove south to Indiana 234, then back across the
Wabash to where there is an EAGLE nest to the south. An ADULT BALD
EAGLE was perched beside the nest. The nest is east of IN route 63.
Nest is very easy to observe from the busy highway.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-08
From charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Mar 8 12:20:43 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Mar 8 12:14:10 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV687530F2BE0CFE7A549B2C6EF0@phx.gbl>
I don't know how long that pond has been there but I first noticed it
years ago shortly after Market Place was constructed. I used to visit
it on a regular basis and somewhere I have a list of birds seen
there...other waterbirds were mergansers, shorebirds and herons. In
recent years I've rarely stopped by. Also in recent years it has been
cleaned up and is mowed on a regular basis as they try to interest
people to build there. Someone from out of town owns it, or did in the
past. There used to be a large area of willow and other shrubs
allowing for dense cover, and as a result, more birds. There was also
more cover on a "sort of hill" where a large colony of feral cats lived
(probably giving the birds a hard time!). A lady used to feed and try
to take care of them. Once I found a dead cat at a nearby dumpster.
I always wished it could be made into some type of park - an area of
scattered trees leading up to the pond. Thought it would make a good
scenic place and give relief from all the commercial buildings and
parking lots - Champaign's own little "Central Park." It's possible
shoppers would even like it :-) But that would hardly be profitable!
It still sounds interesting but I only go up there if I have to now.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Jacob Spendelow
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:31 PM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl
Hi everyone,
While driving on Marketview in northern Champaign this afternoon I
stopped
to check out a pond I had never noticed before, just east of the Lebeda
mattress store, and found a few surprises. The pond held ~150 MALLARDS
and
a few CANADA GEESE, along with at least 5 WOOD DUCKS, 1 female
CANVASBACK,
and 1 HORNED GREBE. A calling AMERICAN KESTREL flew by as well. I bet
there were some more interesting birds there, but I was running late
(as
usual!) and couldn't stop for long.
The pond is just east of the star on this map:
http://www.lebeda.com/CHmap.htm
Good birding!
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
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From bpalmore at egix.net Wed Mar 8 12:32:43 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Wed Mar 8 12:31:09 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl spot
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060308123015.01a3f270@mail.egix.net>
Funny, I just noticed that pond too. It's really lovely and very
wooded. Where is the access? I didn't have time to look around,
rushing
onward with errand-hopping.
From spendelo at uiuc.edu Wed Mar 8 15:06:59 2006
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (Jacob Spendelow)
Date: Wed Mar 8 15:03:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl spot
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.1.20060308123015.01a3f270@mail.egix.net>
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I just stood on the sidewalk on Marketview and looked from the south
side
of the pond. You have to peer through the trees and you can't see all
of
the water. It looked like there might be better viewing from the north
side, but I didn't have time yesterday to check it out.
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
At 12:32 PM 3/8/2006, Bland Palmore wrote:
>Funny, I just noticed that pond too. It's really lovely and very
>wooded. Where is the access? I didn't have time to look around,
rushing
>onward with errand-hopping.
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From smithsje at egix.net Wed Mar 8 20:24:45 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Wed Mar 8 20:15:13 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] (no subject)
Message-ID: <200603090200.k2920M3I005866@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
A dove was incubating two eggs today in our lawn.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-08
From h-parker at uiuc.edu Wed Mar 8 21:49:58 2006
From: h-parker at uiuc.edu (Helen Parker)
Date: Wed Mar 8 21:48:34 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] bathing owl
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20060308214603.01bf4bb0@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
I got a phone call from Dorothy Neumann this evening, who said she had
seen
a screech owl taking a bath in a puddle this afternoon! On Crestwood
Drive
in Urbana.
--Helen Parker
From cerb at uiuc.edu Wed Mar 8 23:32:19 2006
From: cerb at uiuc.edu (christopher erb)
Date: Wed Mar 8 23:32:22 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] bathing owl
In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20060308214603.01bf4bb0@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <003501c6433a$d59e66d0$c2b5ae80@ad.uiuc.edu>
Birdnotes,
My wife saw this same owl (presumably, given the close proximity) last
night
in a low tree branch on the North side of the street in the 700 block
of E.
Michigan St. in Urbana. She was walking the dog at about 6pm when she
saw
it.
Christopher T. Erb
Department of Community Health
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
cerb@uiuc.edu
(217) 840-4970
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To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] bathing owl
I got a phone call from Dorothy Neumann this evening, who said she had
seen
a screech owl taking a bath in a puddle this afternoon! On Crestwood
Drive
in Urbana.
--Helen Parker
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From birder1949 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 9 07:27:52 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Thu Mar 9 07:28:07 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Killdeer
Message-ID: <20060309132752.30677.qmail@web60122.mail.yahoo.com>
Heard a fairly large flight of Killdeer flying over in
the light rain while I was walking around 5:45 this
morning.
Roger Digges
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 9 08:11:22 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 9 08:04:39 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl spot
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV9B3421E58FFF3E6115965C6EC0@phx.gbl>
There isn't close up access to the pond. It is surrounded by a very
tall chain-linked fence. I'm sure they can't take a chance with anyone
falling in as the sides are steep. I haven't been there in a long time
so I don't what side is the best now. But I used to look at it from
the west and the north. Binoculars are fine but a scope is even
better. The water level can vary greatly according to the runoff.
Consequently sometimes there were shorebirds and other times not. Also
now remembering seeing Scaup and Bufflehead.
Charlene
----- Original Message ----From: Bland Palmore
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:55 PM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl spot
Funny, I just noticed that pond too. It's really lovely and very
wooded. Where is the access? I didn't have time to look around,
rushing
onward with errand-hopping.
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 9 08:18:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 9 08:11:38 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl direction correction
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV25BA9009187D5091B9895C6EC0@phx.gbl>
A correction on my directions about the Market Place pond...used to
approach the pond from the south side and the east sides...NOT north
and west. (No wonder I get lost easily!)
Charlene
----- Original Message ----From: Jacob Spendelow
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:09 PM
To: Bland Palmore; birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Champaign waterfowl spot
I just stood on the sidewalk on Marketview and looked from the south
side
of the pond. You have to peer through the trees and you can't see all
of
the water. It looked like there might be better viewing from the north
side, but I didn't have time yesterday to check it out.
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
At 12:32 PM 3/8/2006, Bland Palmore wrote:
>Funny, I just noticed that pond too. It's really lovely and very
>wooded. Where is the access? I didn't have time to look around,
rushing
>onward with errand-hopping.
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Mar 9 09:32:37 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Mar 9 09:32:58 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Killdeer
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4126D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I heard several Killdeer flying overhead in the vicinity of the
Krannert
Center last night a little after 5PM, but didn't see anything.
Bernie Sloan
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Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:28 AM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] Killdeer
Heard a fairly large flight of Killdeer flying over in
the light rain while I was walking around 5:45 this
morning.
Roger Digges
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From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Thu Mar 9 18:24:40 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Thu Mar 9 18:28:45 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Snowy Owls in McLean County
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060309175356.028d3538@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
After doing some work nearby yesterday, I decided to see if some of the
Snowy Owls were still around in McLean County. I checked on the
bird(s)
that had been being seen along 2000N Rd. west of I-55 near Towanda, but
struck out. As the overcast was bringing about a premature early onset
of
darkness, I only drove a three mile section of 2000N, 1900N, and 2100N
from
1500E to 1800E. Although I didn't spend a lot of time, I did scan a
good
section of all the fields in this area, including checking most of the
small green buildings (owned by Nicor) out in the fields in this area,
and
did not see an owl perched on any, although I think at least one person
seen them perched on one of these structures. It would be interesting
to
know if either of these owls is still around, so if anyone does happen
to
go looking for them, please post, if you find them, or even if you
don't.
I then went up to where the two SNOWIES (one adult and one
immature) had
been being seen southwest of the town of Gridley (near the
McLean/Livingston/Woodford County lines), and found BOTH SNOWIES
relatively quickly, although both were about a mile from where I had
seen
the one immature earlier this winter. The adult was perched on a fence
post quite a ways out in a field, about a quarter mile southwest of the
intersection of 1650E and 2900N Rds. (south of 1650E). I found the
immature about ten minutes later as dusk was coming on quickly, just
east
of 1650E, along the south side of 3000N. It was very noticeable, as it
was
first perched on the top (west end) part of a somewhat unusual barn,
which
was connected to another part of the barn to the east, by a long,
less-high, extension of, well, I guess part of the barn complex. It
flew
out off the barn and perched for a couple minutes on a nearby
fencepost,
then returned to the top of the barn. It sat there for several more
minutes, than took off to the west and seemed to go down close to the
ground where 2 or 3 KILLDEER were calling loudly, then continued on
west
and landed atop another barn there. A nice way to end an otherwise
lackluster day of work! These barns are the first two barns just east
of
the intersection of 1650E and 3000N, along the south side of 3000N.
This
places both owls within about one and a half miles of one another! If
it
hadn't been so dark, this "barn" owl would have made a great photo
opportunity. I have a feeling that one or both of these owls regularly
hunt these barns (as likely sources of plentiful mice), as I had seen
the
same immature owl perched out in the ag field immediately to the south
of
the "elongated" barn when I saw it before about a month or more ago.
For
those that still may not have seen these or any other Snowy in this
exceptional winter for Snowies in central Illinois, this weekend may be
one
of your last chances, as they should be heading back north sometime
within
the next few weeks, if not sooner. Most departure dates for these owls
are
mid-March or earlier. Good owling!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From rboehmer at mail.millikin.edu Fri Mar 10 11:33:56 2006
From: rboehmer at mail.millikin.edu (Ray F. Boehmer)
Date: Fri Mar 10 12:31:57 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] swine pond
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20060310113229.01651500@mail.millikin.edu>
At 11:15 today, there were:
one male Red-breasted Merganser
4-5 male Bufflehead
3 Ruddy Ducks
one male Wigeon
Ray Boehmer
Urbana
From bernies at uillinois.edu Fri Mar 10 11:34:23 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Fri Mar 10 12:32:00 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sighting
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4133E@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I spotted the four turkeys this AM just down the block from my house.
It
was about 10:30, on the 600 block of Colorado Avenue, north side of the
street.
They were in someone's front yard. There were people on the front porch
looking at the turkeys, and three of the four turkeys were standing
there looking at the people. :-)
There was also someone on the front sidewalk watching the turkeys, but
the birds ignored that person.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Fri Mar 10 18:55:37 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Fri Mar 10 18:55:42 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign County: Moorman and Spizella Sparrow
ID...
Message-ID: <20060311005537.32146.qmail@web52108.mail.yahoo.com>
Birders,
I went to Moorman Swine Research Unit this afternoon. I thought I was
going to stumble into the Red-breasted Merganser that Ray Boehmer (sp?)
found earlier today. I had no luck with the Merg, but I got the
Buffleheads. Other waterfowl around included:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
There were a few land birds making their way through the weedy area
east of the ponds.
Red-winged Blackbirds
Song Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
Swamp Sparrows
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrows (No Eurasians, but I tried)
UnIDed Spizella-type sparrow
Here is where it got interesting. The first bird I saw when I got to
the ponds was this bird. I was thinking to myself, "Oh yeah, it is
time for the sparrow fun." This is when I saw this bird.
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/spizella/index.html
If you have any thoughts on this bird, I would love to hear them. I do
have my opinion of the bird, but I thought I would throw these out
there, because this is not necessarily an easy bird. You can either
email me directly or post to the list if you have some discussion to
add to the fun.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From LewsaderBud at aol.com Fri Mar 10 19:02:35 2006
From: LewsaderBud at aol.com (LewsaderBud@aol.com)
Date: Fri Mar 10 19:02:42 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Bald Eagle Nest
Message-ID: <be.392f6dbe.31437bab@aol.com>
Today, I went out to the Bald Eagle nest on the Middlefork River.
I sat
there for over an hour. While I was there. There as one Adult Bald
Eagle in
the nest. And twice it stood up in the nest. It appeared to be rolling
eggs
over. Then a little later the other adult Bald Eagle came to the nest.
The Bald
Eagle that was in the nest stood up again and left. While the second
one sat
down in the nest. All indications tell me that, YES they are incubating
eggs
Bud
Lewsader
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Mar 10 23:09:52 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Mar 10 23:03:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV304A3E46BCEF826D1AA33C6E20@phx.gbl>
Made a quick check at Lake of the Woods this A.M. Singing EASTERN
PHOEBE by the Izaak Walton Cabin, BELTED KINGFISHER, 2 COOPER's HAWKS
and male EASTERN BLUEBIRD singing and wingwaving to a female. 3 HOODED
MERGANSERS at Stidham Pond.
The MUTE SWAN sat calmly on the "geese
island" preening quietly while around it the geese were their usual
bickering selves. The swan looks very out of place.
By the way, the swan has a very narrow yellow plastic band on it's left
leg. Doesn't look like other bands I've seen which are wider and
usually with numbers. This looks more like something used to tie or
hold things together. Anyone know about this?
Charlene Anchor
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Sat Mar 11 09:38:33 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Sat Mar 11 09:38:46 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook bluebirds
Message-ID: <205.124e226f.314448f9@aol.com>
This AM I heard a bluebird song when I got out of my car at the
Meadowbrook Race St. parking lot. A little to the east there was
a female bluebird which was hunting insects in the garden plots.
Later I saw a male bluebird in the area. There were a couple of
song sparrows in the compost area east of the plots, a junco and
the expected robins, grackles, goldfinches and crows plus a blue
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From sheryl.devore at comcast.net Sat Mar 11 09:49:05 2006
From: sheryl.devore at comcast.net (Sheryl DeVore)
Date: Sat Mar 11 09:49:15 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Swine pond mystery Spizella - CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Message-ID: <000001c64523$5486cc50$e6f5b843@SherylDeVore>
Hi all. Unfortunately I am writing from Lake Co. and not standing at
the
Swine Ponds! Bryan's pictures sure look like a typical, winterplumaged
Clay-colored Sparrow to me!! One of the pictures shows the very
distinctive
gray nape very well, and several of the other shots show the mostly
pink
bill and bright, white throat bordered by distinctly dark, lateral,
throat
stripes, as well as the distinctive, brownish auricular area. This is
a
great record, and probably represents a bird that wintered somewhere
not too
far to the south (or locally??)! I think that there is only one
Illinois
winter record (in Chicago the year the Brewer's Sparrow wintered), and
this
beats the earliest spring arrival date in Bohlen (1989) by over a
month!
Bryan, although your photo's are pretty documentary, it would be great
if
you could fill out a doc form and send it in as well. You might also
want
to post this to IBET, just to make sure others agree with the I.D.
Hopefully this bird will stay around until I return to Urbana,
especially
since this spot is only a block or two from my office! Great find
Bryan!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Sat Mar 11 10:03:49 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Sat Mar 11 10:03:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
Message-ID: <20060311160349.29352.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdnoters,
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/spizella/index.html
Okay, so you must think I am nuts posting this bird to the net because
I got at least 7 responses and they all seem to say it is an American
Tree Sparrow. I guess I didn't prompt the website enough. So let's
try this again.
I know that this bird is not an American Tree Sparrow. Despite the
central chest spot that all people are pointing to and the bicolored
bill. This bird is an adult non-breeding bird. The reason I am
positive this bird is not an American Tree Sparrow is the light central
head stripe on the head. American Tree Sparrow never shows this head
pattern with a clean breast. Yes, the bicolored bill is a quick answer
and the central spot looks like it is there.
I agree the central spot on the chest is there, but it is not as
prominent as you would normally see on an American Tree Sparrow. The
other things of note are the moustachial stripe which is never present
on American Tree Sparrows. I noted a whitish patch between the
moustachial stripe and the eyestripe. This whitish patch and the rest
of the coloration on the face made me think more along the lines of
Brewer's Sparrow or Clay-colored Sparrow with the remote possibility of
Chipping Sparrow.
Any more thoughts on this bird now that I have prompted a little more?
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From owlguarente at yahoo.com Sat Mar 11 11:09:24 2006
From: owlguarente at yahoo.com (Albert Guarente)
Date: Sat Mar 11 11:09:32 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Champaign County: Moorman and Spizella Sparrow
ID...
In-Reply-To: <20060311005537.32146.qmail@web52108.mail.yahoo.com>
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Bryan
The sparrow appears to me to be a Clay-colored Sparrow.
Al
Bryan Guarente <dafekt1ve@yahoo.com> wrote: Birders,
I went to Moorman Swine Research Unit this afternoon. I thought I was
going to stumble into the Red-breasted Merganser that Ray Boehmer (sp?)
found earlier today. I had no luck with the Merg, but I got the
Buffleheads. Other waterfowl around included:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
There were a few land birds making their way through the weedy area
east of the ponds.
Red-winged Blackbirds
Song Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows
Swamp Sparrows
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrows (No Eurasians, but I tried)
UnIDed Spizella-type sparrow
Here is where it got interesting. The first bird I saw when I got to
the ponds was this bird. I was thinking to myself, "Oh yeah, it is
time for the sparrow fun." This is when I saw this bird.
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/spizella/index.html
If you have any thoughts on this bird, I would love to hear them. I do
have my opinion of the bird, but I thought I would throw these out
there, because this is not necessarily an easy bird. You can either
email me directly or post to the list if you have some discussion to
add to the fun.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From bprice at pdnt.com Sat Mar 11 11:48:14 2006
From: bprice at pdnt.com (Brock Price)
Date: Sat Mar 11 11:51:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Swans
Message-ID: <001e01c64533$f902d980$b841fa3f@YOURCD7BB1D575>
Made a quick trip to Fairmount this morning - not much there at all
except Mallards and a few Canadians. When we were leaving we saw 8
swans pretty far out in a field on the west side of the road ( 400 E. )
just past the 1st body of water on the east side.
Couldn't see them well enough to positively ID them but one at least
had a yellow collar. According to the swan collaring protocol on the
internet this would make them Trumpeter Swans.
Vermilion Co.
Brock Price
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From lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu Sat Mar 11 17:19:42 2006
From: lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu (Gregory S Lambeth)
Date: Sat Mar 11 17:19:47 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
References: <20060311160349.29352.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID:
<1343607D07FABB4B9E0806679E555A6B01844DAE@odosmail.ad.uiuc.edu>
I believe from the photos that this is a Clay-colored Sparrow. I don't
believe the bird has a central breast spot -- and if it's a Claycolored it won't -- I think what's showing in the photos are a few
exposed grayish breast feathers. The facial pattern and gray neck are
the keys here. The light brownish wash on the shoulders is also
visible in the photos. Sibley's plates are a good reference.
I've had Clay-coloreds on the South Farms about 4-5 times in the past
12 years and I know that Bob Chapel had them quite a few more, but as
Steve Bailey pointed out, never this early. I don't think that Claycoloreds are seen every year in Champaign County and, if they are seen
every year, most years we would have only 1 or 2.
Thanks for posting the photos, Bryan.
birding.
Greg Lambeth
Digiscoping has sure changed
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sat Mar 11 20:04:19 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sat Mar 11 20:04:21 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Allerton and Lodge Parks
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV304A3E46BCEF826D1AA33C6E20@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603111941330.22214100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Went to a very well orchestrated "Woods, Weeds, and Wildlife" seminar
at
the 4-H camp at Allerton Park this morning.
Saw a dead skunk and a kestral on the way over on I-72.
Early Morning I noticed some form of Scaup near the dam at the 4-H
lake.
Later heard a Barred Owl in the North Forestry on an Eagle Scout trail.
Didn't see the Saw Whet Owl at the Visitors center but did see
splashes.
Wouldn't worry about our activities bothering the bird.
There was evidence of restoration activitees where Osage Orange Hedge
Trees where chain sawed and removed from the area.
(This is a neccesary activity as hedge apples are causing concern
amongst
the public parking under them.
This probably disturbed the small raptor.
(Hypothesis)
Afternoon at Lodge Park there were 2 Turkey Vulchers circling.
Walked around the east side.
Heard a Pileated Woodpecker call and drum west of the River.
2 Flickers
Half dozen Robins
Dozen and one Crows which appeared to be heckling a Buteo.
Had a Chickadee and several Tufted Titmice and a Flicker near the Pond
Spillway.
3 Cardinals heard.
1 had a strange call.
Looks like some kind soul has been scattering sunflower seeds (in the
shell) along the road here.
Saw the silhouette of a Belted Kingfisher fly over and back to the
river
while watching for the N. Cardinals.
Half dozen startlings.
Good Birding,
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
Champaign County Master Gardener
Allerton Allies
Prairie Rivers Network
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From birder1949 at yahoo.com Sat Mar 11 20:12:42 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Sat Mar 11 20:12:45 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey vulture
Message-ID: <20060312021242.46471.qmail@web60118.mail.yahoo.com>
Had my first Turkey Vulture "yard bird", floating over
Evergreen Court around 11 this morning.
Roger Digges
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sat Mar 11 21:34:14 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sat Mar 11 21:34:15 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Allerton and Lodge Parks
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603111941330.22214100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603112130530.22566100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Forgot a sparrow below the Dam at Lodge Park in Piatt County yesterday.
It looked a little like a Fox but more like a Vesper.
Lighter plumage.
Hope someone can figure this one out...
Jim :)
On Sat, 11 Mar 2006, James Hoyt wrote:
> Birders,
>
> Went to a very well orchestrated "Woods, Weeds, and Wildlife" seminar
at
> the 4-H camp at Allerton Park this morning.
>
> Saw a dead skunk and a kestral on the way over on I-72.
>
> Early Morning I noticed some form of Scaup near the dam at the 4-H
lake.
>
> Later heard a Barred Owl in the North Forestry on an Eagle Scout
trail.
>
> Didn't see the Saw Whet Owl at the Visitors center but did see
splashes.
>
> Wouldn't worry about our activities bothering the bird.
> There was evidence of restoration activitees where Osage Orange Hedge
> Trees where chain sawed and removed from the area.
>
> (This is a neccesary activity as hedge apples are causing concern
amongst
> the public parking under them.
>
> This probably disturbed the small raptor.
> (Hypothesis)
>
> Afternoon at Lodge Park there were 2 Turkey Vulchers circling.
>
> Walked around the east side.
>
> Heard a Pileated Woodpecker call and drum west of the River.
>
> 2 Flickers
> Half dozen Robins
> Dozen and one Crows which appeared to be heckling a Buteo.
> Had a Chickadee and several Tufted Titmice and a Flicker near the
Pond
> Spillway.
>
> 3 Cardinals heard.
> 1 had a strange call.
>
> Looks like some kind soul has been scattering sunflower seeds (in the
> shell) along the road here.
>
> Saw the silhouette of a Belted Kingfisher fly over and back to the
river
> while watching for the N. Cardinals.
>
> Half dozen startlings.
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Jim :)
>
>
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
Champaign County Master Gardener
Allerton Allies
Prairie Rivers Network
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From Frank21 at insightbb.com Sun Mar 12 01:52:49 2006
From: Frank21 at insightbb.com (Frank)
Date: Sun Mar 12 03:26:13 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Snowy Owl sighting
Message-ID: <000101c645b5$58f97b60$6401a8c0@BLACKDELL>
A Snowy Owl was seen by a co-worker of mine at 5:20am, Saturday, March
11 at the exit ramp to 136 off I57 at Rantoul.
Frank Cooper
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Mar 12 07:09:51 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Mar 12 07:03:17 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV154CC35126BC09A40C7DDCC6E30@phx.gbl>
I was one of the 7 who sent in an I.D. as a Tree Sparrow. I also was
only able to get the first 3 pictures and when I went back to check
after learning it was a Clay-colored I, for some reason, couldn't get
any pictures! What I would like to know is, if those who knew it was a
Clay-colored had only seen the first 3 pictures, how would you have
identified it any why...for the same reasons? I must say, although I
said Tree Sparrow, I felt that was too simple and that it was a trick
question ... I assumed it had to be something else but that was all I
could say based on my reasoning at the time. I had some reservations
given the very slight color variation I saw in the facial pattern but
also thought it could have been the lighting or just a matter of
individual differences among species. I did consider a non-breeding
Chipping Sparrow but that didn't seem right either especially due to
habitat. I will try to continue to get the pictures and see how they
look again if I can get them. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----From: Gregory S Lambeth
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:24 PM
To: Bryan Guarente; Birdnotes
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
I believe from the photos that this is a Clay-colored Sparrow. I don't
believe the bird has a central breast spot -- and if it's a Claycolored it won't -- I think what's showing in the photos are a few
exposed grayish breast feathers. The facial pattern and gray neck are
the keys here. The light brownish wash on the shoulders is also
visible in the photos. Sibley's plates are a good reference.
I've had Clay-coloreds on the South Farms about 4-5 times in the past
12 years and I know that Bob Chapel had them quite a few more, but as
Steve Bailey pointed out, never this early. I don't think that Claycoloreds are seen every year in Champaign County and, if they are seen
every year, most years we would have only 1 or 2.
Thanks for posting the photos, Bryan.
birding.
Digiscoping has sure changed
Greg Lambeth
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Mar 12 09:51:18 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Mar 12 09:45:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV117025816005888B011E5AC6E30@phx.gbl>
Sorry.....forgot to sign my name to the question below.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: charlene anchor
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:09 AM
To: Gregory S Lambeth; Bryan Guarente; Birdnotes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
I was one of the 7 who sent in an I.D. as a Tree Sparrow. I also was
only able to get the first 3 pictures and when I went back to check
after learning it was a Clay-colored I, for some reason, couldn't get
any pictures! What I would like to know is, if those who knew it was a
Clay-colored had only seen the first 3 pictures, how would you have
identified it any why...for the same reasons? I must say, although I
said Tree Sparrow, I felt that was too simple and that it was a trick
question ... I assumed it had to be something else but that was all I
could say based on my reasoning at the time. I had some reservations
given the very slight color variation I saw in the facial pattern but
also thought it could have been the lighting or just a matter of
individual differences among species. I did consider a non-breeding
Chipping Sparrow but that didn't seem right either especially due to
habitat. I will try to continue to get the pictures and see how they
look again if I can get them. Thanks.
----- Original Message ----From: Gregory S Lambeth
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:24 PM
To: Bryan Guarente; Birdnotes
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] Spizella Sparrow (No Sightings)
I believe from the photos that this is a Clay-colored Sparrow. I don't
believe the bird has a central breast spot -- and if it's a Claycolored it won't -- I think what's showing in the photos are a few
exposed grayish breast feathers. The facial pattern and gray neck are
the keys here. The light brownish wash on the shoulders is also
visible in the photos. Sibley's plates are a good reference.
I've had Clay-coloreds on the South Farms about 4-5 times in the past
12 years and I know that Bob Chapel had them quite a few more, but as
Steve Bailey pointed out, never this early. I don't think that Claycoloreds are seen every year in Champaign County and, if they are seen
every year, most years we would have only 1 or 2.
Thanks for posting the photos, Bryan.
birding.
Digiscoping has sure changed
Greg Lambeth
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From lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu Sun Mar 12 13:03:50 2006
From: lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu (Gregory S Lambeth)
Date: Sun Mar 12 13:03:55 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Snowy Owl -- No
References: <BAY102-DAV117025816005888B011E5AC6E30@phx.gbl>
Message-ID:
<1343607D07FABB4B9E0806679E555A6B01844DAF@odosmail.ad.uiuc.edu>
I checked for the Snowy Owl reported yesterday in Rantoul at the
intersection of I-57 and 136. I did not find a Snowy Owl -- the only
raptor I found in the area was a relatively light-colored Red-tailed
Hawk on the NE side of the intersection. I also drove some of the
nearby roads -- the fog was very thick this morning, however,
restricting visibility to about 1/4 mile.
I checked out the shallow pond South of Heritage Lake on the old
Rantoul Air Force base. There were quite a few waterfowl there,
including 2 Black Duck, 1 Canvasback, 4 Redhead, 17 Ring-necked Duck, 3
Lesser Scaup, 7 Green-winged Teal, 20 Mallards and 1 Coot. I went on
to the Middlefork FP and had 3 Blue-winged Teal in a pond just North of
the FP. This is near their average arrival date for East-Central
Illinois. There were more Ring-necked Ducks on the small Middlefork
ponds and 1 Hooded Merganser. I had 4 Shovellers, 1 Gadwall and 2 Wood
Ducks on a pond about 5 miles South of the forest preserve. I had 2
Ruddy Ducks on another pond West of the Middlefork. That's a total of
12 duck species -- not bad for Champaign County.
I also had a Mockingbird at the entrance to Heritage Lake. This is now
the only reliable spot I know about for this specie in Champaign
County. I had 1 Tree Swallow at the Middlefork. There were
Meadowlarks everywhere.
Greg Lambeth
From jjokela59 at hotmail.com Sun Mar 12 13:21:29 2006
From: jjokela59 at hotmail.com (Janet Jokela)
Date: Sun Mar 12 13:21:37 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Swine Ponds Sat. 3/11
Message-ID: <BAY101-F10A2FA514A38EF7D2A9D25AFE30@phx.gbl>
Greetings:
Yesterday (Sat., 3/11) around 2:00 PM, the most common bird by far at
the U
of I Moorman Swine Ponds was Song Sparrow. There were some Swamp
Sparrows,
a few Juncos, House Sparrows, Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds, Mourning
Doves, and a Kestrel.
Waterfowl included an American Wigeon, a Ring-necked Duck, Canada
Geese, and
some Mallards.
No Spizella sp. sparrow was found.
Thanks again to Bryan for his Spizella sparrow post and the photos, and
everyone's thoughtful input as to the ID of this bird.
Good birding,
Janet Jokela
Champaign
From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Mar 12 19:25:47 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Mar 12 19:19:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] some waterfowl
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV44A381FFC10EEA2716F74C6E00@phx.gbl>
While getting gas at the corner of Neil and Columbia I watched 2 CANADA
GEESE land on the roof of the Champaign Post Office!
My husband and I took a ride to the Vermillion County Boardwalk. On
the way we stopped at one of the large ponds on the east side of the
road which leads to Kickapoo where land is being developed around the
old gravel pit ponds. KILLDEER were running around and a BELTED
KINGFISHER was flying over. There were approximately 30 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE and 1 LESSER SCAUP which was off by itself
diving almost continuously, also 4 TREE SWALLOWS.
At the Boardwalk the GREAT BLUE HERONS were coming and going from their
rookery and one was rearranging some of it's nest sticks. In the
wetlands were more GADWALL and NORTHERN SHOVELARS than I've ever seen,
GREEN-WINGED TEALS, HOODED MERGANSERS, MALLARDS, WOOD DUCKS and the
ever present honking geese. Also 6 more TREE SWALLOWS. Is it kind of
early for the swallows? No BALD EAGLE!
Charlene Anchor
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From leslienoa at gmail.com Sun Mar 12 19:38:36 2006
From: leslienoa at gmail.com (Leslie Noa)
Date: Sun Mar 12 19:38:38 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook Woodcocks
Message-ID:
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Several Woodcocks out tonight at Meadowbrook Park.
"peenting"
around 5:30 and displaying around 6pm.
They started
Leslie Noa
Champaign
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From birder1949 at yahoo.com Sun Mar 12 21:24:59 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Sun Mar 12 21:25:03 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Ruby-crowned kinglet
Message-ID: <20060313032459.95275.qmail@web60116.mail.yahoo.com>
Near dark tonight I had several Ruby-crowned Kinglets
flitting through the trees in my neighbor's backyard
between Colorado and East Evergreen Court. Heard them
long before I finally got a decent look.
Also had a Sharp-shinned Hawk flying the same "route"
above Evergreen as the Turkey Vulture I saw yesterday.
Since I moved I've seen several raptors (well, TV's
are only honorary raptors) fly this east-southeast to
west-northwest route during migration on strong winds
from the south. I wonder if Yankee Ridge provides
enough of an uplift to make it easier to gain altitude
from it when the winds are southerly.
Roger Digges
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Mar 12 23:15:38 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Mar 12 23:08:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Sparrow ID
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV16FEBF54B29FF57B1B95EEC6E00@phx.gbl>
I realize I probably didn't ask my question correctly.
again :-)
So here I go
If we only looked at the first 3 photos, could it still be identified
as a Clay-colored. If so, why? Or would it just be unidentifiable?
Having the photos is great as we can all focus on the same thing. If
we were looking at it outdoors hopping around we would all be seeing or
missing something different.
Thanks for any input.
Charlene Anchor
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From OPHILE at aol.com Mon Mar 13 10:37:06 2006
From: OPHILE at aol.com (OPHILE@aol.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 10:37:13 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Central Illinois Birding Forum (no sightings)
Message-ID: <22f.800b4e9.3146f9b2@aol.com>
I ran this information by Bryan and got his ok before posting it. I
thought some of the Champaign area birders might be interested to know
that there
is a new web site called Central Illinois Birding Forum. It was
specifically
sent up for birders in McLean and Woodford counties to report local
bird
sightings, but we are open to any reports from Central Illinois. I
know many of
you on Birdnotes travel to Clinton Lake and Allerton Park to bird.
These
are also areas McLean County birders also frequent. We are not
trying to
compete with IBET, which we all still read faithfully. We are just
trying to
get more information posted about Central Illinois birds and birding
locations.
The web address for the forum is
_http://groups.google.com/group/McLean-County-Birding-News_
(http://groups.google.com/group/McLean-County-Birding-News)
I hope everyone has fun and good birding during the spring migration.
Les Allen
Bloomington, IL
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Mon Mar 13 12:16:50 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Mon Mar 13 12:29:25 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Woodcock Walk
Message-ID: <275.76592e1.31471112@aol.com>
A woodcock walk will take place at Meadowbrook Park on
Wednesday evening. Meet at the Race St. parking lot for
Meadowbrook (south of Windsor Rd. and Clark-Lindsey
Village retirement center) at 6:30 PM.
We'll walk down
into the west end of the prairie restoration, leaving the
parking lot as soon as possible...the woodcock call
and fly at dusk (and dawn). Everyone welcome!
Elaine Regehr, Field Trip Chair
Champaign County Audubon Society
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From leslienoa at gmail.com Mon Mar 13 15:22:27 2006
From: leslienoa at gmail.com (Leslie Noa)
Date: Mon Mar 13 15:22:30 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hessel Park Accipiter
Message-ID:
<a4f8d1430603131322k137f84e2v44867f5f49543bac@mail.gmail.com>
Saw an Accipiter near Hessel Park today having lunch (a small rodent or
bird). I didn't have binoculars but was extremely close to the bird
and got
really great looks at it eating!
Leslie Noa
Champaign
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Mar 13 22:19:44 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Mar 13 22:19:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook Woodcocks
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B41496@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Birdnoters,
Ran a few errands after work and wound up at Meadowbrook Park about
6:15. (Parked in the Race Street Meadowbrook parking lot).
Walked south along the Race Street sidewalk. Crossed the bridge by the
rabbit sculpture, into the southwest part of the park. Within a few
minutes I heard the first "peent". Walked east on that sidewalk and
heard a couple more "peents". Stopped for a few minutes and heard more
and more "peents" from various directions. Continued east on the south
sidewalk until I crossed the bridge by the "Marker" sculpture. Heard
even more "peents".
While I was near the bridge by the "Marker" sculpture I also began to
hear the distinctive sounds of Woodcocks displaying (about 6:30PM).
Also
saw a few birds fly up above the prairie on brief tentative displays
before that...
I turned around and headed back west on the south sidewalk. Heard more
sounds of Woodcocks displaying (note: the display sound doesn't seem to
carry as far as the "peent"...it was a very windy evening tonight and
the display sounds probably would have been much clearer and more
impressive on a calm night).
As I got closer to the tree nursery area at the southwest corner of
Meadowbrook a Woodcock launched a display flight right in front of me.
It was pretty late and pretty dark but the low clouds were illuminated
by city lights at that time and I got a good view of the Woodcock
climbing higher and higher. Very cool!
My impression is that there are quite a few Woodcocks in Meadowbrook
right now. I heard "peents" along the small prairie that is south of
the
south Meadowbrook sidewalk, as well as the prairie between McCullough
Creek and the south sidewalk, along with the prairie to the north and
east of the "Marker" sculpture.
Would have stayed even later on a warmer night, but the wind and cold
got to me!! :-)
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From cerb at uiuc.edu Tue Mar 14 01:07:31 2006
From: cerb at uiuc.edu (christopher erb)
Date: Tue Mar 14 01:07:34 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Marketview Pond and Swine Pond (and Long Eared
Owls?)
Message-ID: <009601c64735$f65e93f0$c2b5ae80@ad.uiuc.edu>
Birdnotes,
This afternoon at the Marketview Pond near Lebeda Mattress Co in
Champaign I
had one pair of WOOD DUCKS and one pair of BUFFLEHEADS, in addition to
the
many MALLARDS.
Then at the Swine Pond I had one male RING-NECKED DUCK along with just
a few
MALLARDS.
Finally, I did not see any of the three Long Eared Owls in their usual
roost
sites in the Forestry cedar grove. Has anyone seen them lately?
-Chris
Christopher T. Erb
Department of Community Health
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
cerb@uiuc.edu
(217) 840-4970
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Tue Mar 14 01:32:59 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Tue Mar 14 01:33:02 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Post office geese
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV44A381FFC10EEA2716F74C6E00@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603140131500.21729100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Charlene,
With the new roofing materials the roof probably looked like a pond...
Jim
On Sun, 12 Mar 2006, charlene anchor wrote:
> While getting gas at the corner of Neil and Columbia I watched 2
CANADA GEESE land on the roof of the Champaign Post Office!
>
> My husband and I took a ride to the Vermillion County Boardwalk. On
the way we stopped at one of the large ponds on the east side of the
road which leads to Kickapoo where land is being developed around the
old gravel pit ponds. KILLDEER were running around and a BELTED
KINGFISHER was flying over. There were approximately 30 RING-NECKED
DUCKS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE and 1 LESSER SCAUP which was off by itself
diving almost continuously, also 4 TREE SWALLOWS.
>
> At the Boardwalk the GREAT BLUE HERONS were coming and going from
their rookery and one was rearranging some of it's nest sticks. In the
wetlands were more GADWALL and NORTHERN SHOVELARS than I've ever seen,
GREEN-WINGED TEALS, HOODED MERGANSERS, MALLARDS, WOOD DUCKS and the
ever present honking geese. Also 6 more TREE SWALLOWS. Is it kind of
early for the swallows? No BALD EAGLE!
>
> Charlene Anchor
>
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
Champaign County Master Gardener
Allerton Allies
Prairie Rivers Network
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"The human culture is considered to be a 'geologic force' and with
good
reason. But if we are at a stage where our actions are to decide the
world's future, then surely we have reached a level where we can be
held
acountable for the world's future." Durward L. Allen "Our Wildlife
Legacy"
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Mar 14 08:20:31 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Mar 14 08:13:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Marketview Pond
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV11A71AF5E1B721F1EB3F1AC6E10@phx.gbl>
Being out that way yesterday I drove around Marketview Pond. Noticed
they are building right up to the west side and changes have been made
on the north side too. Don't know if that will affect the ducks that
stop there or not. In the past with the wide shrubby borders and trees
it was pretty secluded and quiet. I noticed some ducks on the north
end but didn't stop to check them out.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: christopher erb
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:25 AM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Marketview Pond and Swine Pond (and Long Eared
Owls?)
Birdnotes,
This afternoon at the Marketview Pond near Lebeda Mattress Co in
Champaign I had one pair of WOOD DUCKS and one pair of BUFFLEHEADS, in
addition to the many MALLARDS.
Then at the Swine Pond I had one male RING-NECKED DUCK along with just
a few MALLARDS.
Finally, I did not see any of the three Long Eared Owls in their usual
roost sites in the Forestry cedar grove. Has anyone seen them lately?
-Chris
Christopher T. Erb
Department of Community Health
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
cerb@uiuc.edu
(217) 840-4970
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From LewsaderBud at aol.com Tue Mar 14 08:54:24 2006
From: LewsaderBud at aol.com (LewsaderBud@aol.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 08:54:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Flooded Fields
Message-ID: <2fc.9075d0.31483320@aol.com>
With all of the rain, there are lots of flooded fields. Has anyone
checked them out. To se if there are any Shore Birds at them?
Bud Lewsader
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Mar 14 09:41:26 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Mar 14 09:42:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Duck puddle
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B414D1@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
There is a temporary pond (more like a big puddle) at the northeast
corner of First Street and Windsor Road. It can't be more than a few
inches deep. I think it was created by runoff from all that rain.
I was driving by there last night a little before 6:00 and sighted
several Buffleheads, several more Mallards, and a few others I couldn't
readily identify in the failing light. Thought it was kinda odd that
they would pick that puddle, especially since there is a good sized
pond
diagonally across the intersection to the southwest.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From birder1949 at yahoo.com Tue Mar 14 10:58:07 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Tue Mar 14 10:58:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Snow geese and Longspurs at Clinton Lake
Message-ID: <20060314165807.17628.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com>
Chuck Berschinski and I ran our last winter raptor route on Monday.
High winds made our work difficult and the raptors rather meager
(except for the "honorary raptor", Turkey Vulture, of which we saw 9).
Want to report a wonderful flooded field west of DeWitt CR 1525E
southwest of the Clinton Power Plant. Chuck and I saw more than a
thousand gulls (all that we scoped were ring-billed, but keep in mind
we were looking for raptors), hundreds of mallards, about 25 Northern
Shovelers, about 25 Snow Geese (all white-morph), a flock of about 120
longspurs (species?), 6 Turkey Vultures, and 5 Wild Turkeys all moving
around various "fluddles" in that field. After a long, dreary raptor
route, it was a nice end to the run.
We did again see the Rough-Legged Hawk near the north end of 1600 E,
southwest of the power plant.
Roger Digges
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Mar 14 12:17:30 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Mar 14 12:17:32 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4150F@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Had a number of interesting birds in my yard over the weekend,
including
the blackest Junco I have ever seen. I don't even recall seeing any
white tail feathers.
There were two or three Carolina Wrens singing in the underbrush that
borders the eastern and southern edges of my yard on Saturday morning.
Saw two at once, with a third singing out of view.
The wrens made several trips to a hanging feeder in my yard. At one
point there were two on the feeder at the same time. The feeder holds a
standard mix of seed, with lots of white millet in it.
I don't think I've ever seen a Carolina Wren at a seed feeder before.
Is
this unusual? From what I've read they seem to be largely
insectivorous.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Tue Mar 14 14:21:45 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Tue Mar 14 14:21:47 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A31F@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
My Carolina Wren thinks it OWNS the feeder...it's there much of the
time!
Juncos still at my place...Robins, Downy Woodpecker, Grackles,
Cardinals
and Doves too...but nothing unusual.
Bluebells and Spring Beauty erupted over the weekend...growing quickly!
Bob :)
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[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Sloan,
Bernie
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:18 PM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
Had a number of interesting birds in my yard over the weekend,
including
the blackest Junco I have ever seen. I don't even recall seeing any
white tail feathers.
There were two or three Carolina Wrens singing in the underbrush that
borders the eastern and southern edges of my yard on Saturday morning.
Saw two at once, with a third singing out of view.
The wrens made several trips to a hanging feeder in my yard. At one
point there were two on the feeder at the same time. The feeder holds a
standard mix of seed, with lots of white millet in it.
I don't think I've ever seen a Carolina Wren at a seed feeder before.
Is
this unusual? From what I've read they seem to be largely
insectivorous.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
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From limey at uiuc.edu Tue Mar 14 16:04:26 2006
From: limey at uiuc.edu (John Buckmaster)
Date: Tue Mar 14 16:04:52 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
In-Reply-To:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4150F@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
References:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4150F@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <3861e6609e3ac4061760852a3fde5702@uiuc.edu>
Bernie, I have a "resident" Carolina Wren that comes to our feeder
regularly.
John
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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217.333.1803 (ph)
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On Mar 14, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> Had a number of interesting birds in my yard over the weekend,
> including
> the blackest Junco I have ever seen. I don't even recall seeing any
> white tail feathers.
>
> There were two or three Carolina Wrens singing in the underbrush that
> borders the eastern and southern edges of my yard on Saturday
morning.
> Saw two at once, with a third singing out of view.
>
> The wrens made several trips to a hanging feeder in my yard. At one
> point there were two on the feeder at the same time. The feeder holds
a
> standard mix of seed, with lots of white millet in it.
>
> I don't think I've ever seen a Carolina Wren at a seed feeder before.
> Is
> this unusual? From what I've read they seem to be largely
> insectivorous.
>
>
> Bernie Sloan
> E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Tue Mar 14 16:35:49 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 16:35:51 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Woodcock Walk
Message-ID: <2b8.65b9476.31489f45@aol.com>
On Wednesday night, if we're lucky and have a fairly clear sky,
we could have a just-past-full moon and the birds would fly longer.
You may wish to bring a flashlight to light your way. We'll start
walking as soon after 6:30 as we can, since, by all reports, the
birds will start performing before that time.
Elaine Regehr
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Tue Mar 14 16:40:37 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 16:40:42 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wren at suet
Message-ID: <c1.6bcafd8f.3148a065@aol.com>
At my homemade suet cake, there was a Carolina Wren today.
He stayed a while, eating, and returned later. Yesterday there
was a Cardinal there briefly. The cake is in a small cage under
a baffle dome. The Downy has been there but doesn't seem to
care for my recipe, which came from a birding magazine. Back
to plain suet next winter.
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Mar 14 19:50:02 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Mar 14 19:43:21 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens and feeders
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV97273D743A7E399ED888EC6E60@phx.gbl>
My Champaign Carolina Wrens eat suet, peanuts and safflower seeds.
Bernie's question prompted me to look up their diets. Learned they eat
94% animal matter (a BIG selection of insects and also spiders) and 6%
vegetable matter. The seeds mentioned were from bayberry, sweet gum,
poison ivy, sumac, smartweed and other "weeds." They also eat acorn
mast. Some of the unusual "animal matter" found in a few stomachs was
frog, lizard and snake!!
Charlene Anchor
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From leslienoa at gmail.com Tue Mar 14 21:50:41 2006
From: leslienoa at gmail.com (Leslie Noa)
Date: Tue Mar 14 21:50:44 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Forestry Owl
Message-ID:
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Took a quick walk through the Forestry late this afternoon. We were
able to
locate one long-eared owl but none of the others. This one was in the
same
stand of cedars but in a different place than I have seen them
previously.
I also saw what I believe was a juvenile Cooper's Hawk in the same
stand of
cedars.
Leslie Noa
Champaign
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Tue Mar 14 23:04:48 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Tue Mar 14 23:04:50 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Sparrow ID (no sightings, long/technical)
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Message-ID: <20060315050448.91885.qmail@web52113.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdnoters,
Charlene asked an excellent question that I haven't had time to revisit
until now. Sorry for the delay on this post.
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/spizella/index.html
Charlene asked about if the "mystery" spizella in the above link would
be identifiable by just the first three photos. I thought that I would
approach this question slightly different from the way Charlene posed
it. I am going to go photo by photo and tell you what I see that is
helpful for the ID. I will say though that the bird is identifiable by
the second photo only, fifth photo only, or the seventh photo only. If
you do not care to hear about loral stripes, auricular patches, and
color of crown stripes, this is the time to delete this email.
WARNING: Technical jargon begins now!! Have your field guides ready
(Sibley pages 16-17 will be very helpful if you don't know your bird
topography).
Background: "spizella" sparrows (Sibley pages 482-485) are named as
such due to their genus. Spizella sparrows include the following:
Black-chinned Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Brewer's
Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow. All spizella
sparrows are smallish, with pointy beaks, and are most often IDed as
little brown jobbies. These are some of the toughest sparrows to ID
especially in juvenile plumage where some experts think (and I don't
necessarily disagree) these birds are absolutely inseparable.
(Photo 1)
Relatively worthless in my mind, but I posted all the photos I had of
the bird. This photo is too out of focus to give any real idea of the
identity. However, you can tell that this bird is a sparrow and that
the bird has an eye stripe that widens with distance from the eye and
it is a darker brown color (I am a guy, colors don't come easy to me).
There is a darker brown cap, a dark eye, and a medium to dark
moustachial stripe. In between the moustachial stripe and the
auriculars (the feathers covering the ears; audio comes from the root
auri-) there is a lighter gray-brown if not white color. The rest of
the head is a drab coloration that is darker than the aforementioned
whitish strip. The hardest part about this bird is the oddly colored
bill. The bill in this photo (to my eyes) seems pinkish. All of this
could ID the bird, but it is not safe to ID a bird just based on an out
of focus picture at a bad angle and with some assumptions made.
(Photo 2)
This is a great photo for the ID of this bird. Same characters as
above listed for this picture. I add a few characteristics that really
help solidify the ID. Here you can see the crown stripes. The bird
does not have a dark brown cap. This bird has three crown stripes.
The outer two stripes are dark brown like the eye-stripe, but the inner
stripe is lighter brown like the rest of the face. This rules out
American Tree Sparrow. American Tree Sparrow never has a center crown
stripe in an adult plumage. This along with the whitish patch I have
talked about has given me the ID I concluded of Clay-colored Sparrow.
(Photo 3)
Not much better than photo 1, just more in focus. I think that the
bird is NOT indentifiable from this photo, because the center crown
stripe is not visible and the whitish patch is not very conclusive.
(Photo 4)
Slightly better than Photo 3. The crown stripe is masked by some
sharpening problems of the camera. The whitish patch is masked by the
head positioning, so this bird is not conclusive from this photo.
(Photo 5)
This photo has all the ID characteristics necessary for a positive ID.
The crown stripe is visible through the "V" in the weediness in front
of the bird, but some may not agree that this is actually the bird or
whether it is weed or background getting mixed into the image. I think
this is a positively identifiable bird from this photo, but some would
argue against that. This photo really shows the whitish patch that
makes this bird a Clay-colored sparrow. This photo is the first time
you really see the more yellowy brown auricular patch that also makes
the whitish patch look more impressive. This is common in Clay-colored
Sparrows. You should expect very contrasting facial patterning. This
was the first thing that struck me about
had seen many Clay-colored Sparrows when
bird was an easy ID for me at the time.
bird which should rule out Field Sparrow
this bird when I saw it. I
living in Colorado, so this
There is no eye-ring on this
in all adult plumages.
I posted these photos because I know a lot of people have trouble with
spizella sparrows and a lot of experts disagree about spizella
sparrows. The real disagreement though with this genus is that the
juveniles can be nearly impossible to tell apart without measurements
of wing chord, and the like.
(Photo 6)
Not as contrasting in the facial pattern, but it is still present.
Nothing extra is added from the above discussion from this photo.
(Photo 7)
The last thing that could possibly help clench the ID from these photos
would be a look at the nape of the neck color. When this bird turned
its head, it made it obvious that this bird was a clay-colored sparrow
because of the grayish nape of the neck. No other spizella sparrow
shows this amount and darkness of gray in the nape of the neck (except
for Black-chinned, but that is so far from the ID that it is
laughable). This made the ID unquestionable for me. Check out photos
of spizella sparrows online or in your favorite field guide and it
should show grayish tones in the nape of Clay-colored but not the other
spizellas (black-chinned, tree, field, brewer's, and chipping).
NOW, let me discuss the problems that have been addressed in other
emails with this bird. Many have commented about the coloration of the
beak. I think that this birds beak is fine for Clay-colored Sparrow.
When viewing the bird I felt it was showing a bicolored beak with black
in the maxilla ("upper jaw") and a yellowy tone in the mandible ("lower
jaw"). Now, this should lead to an ID of American Tree Sparrow just by
beak coloration. This is why people were suggesting a hybrid if you
followed the IBET discussion (it wasn't much discussion, don't worry if
you missed it). When looking back at the photos, which I haven't done
in depth since the actual sighting, I think that the birds beak is
representative in the photos. I however think that the mandible is
more of a yellowy orange tone than yellow or pinkish. I don't think I
spent too much time looking at the beak when making the original ID and
I (20/20 hindsight) regret that. I do remember though that my initial
thought was
that this bird was a Clay-colored Sparrow. I had no question in my
mind that this bird based on the face pattern and the gray nape of the
neck was definitely a Clay-colored Sparrow.
If you have any follow up questions, feel free to post them. Sorry for
those of you that read this whole email. It was a lot to write and
probably even more to read. If it didn't make sense, ask me again when
I have had more sleep.
Lastly, thank you Charlene for making me look at the photos again, it
really makes me write down everything I saw, and it will make it much
easier for me to submit any documentation about this bird (Yes, Steve,
I will submit documentation, but time is currently limited... it will
get there eventually).
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Wed Mar 15 08:23:26 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Wed Mar 15 08:23:34 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] morning quiz show
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A324@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
"Ok...Pat...I'll take 'Large Birds for $50'"
Answer: "It sits in Red Bud trees 20 feet from the back door, and
startles people taking out the garbage."
"Pat...What is a Red Tail Hawk?"
"Correct for $50!"
_________________________________________________
Saw what might have been the same bird flying into the Solo Cup Oaks a
few minutes later.
Bob
:)
From jane_easterly at hotmail.com Wed Mar 15 09:05:34 2006
From: jane_easterly at hotmail.com (Jane Easterly)
Date: Wed Mar 15 09:05:40 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
In-Reply-To:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B4150F@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <BAY105-F3E4EB004DB4A235DF84FA91E60@phx.gbl>
I have black sunflower seed in my feeder, and my Carolina Wren visits
it
often. Maybe there aren't too many insects to be had right now.
Jane Easterly
>From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>
>To: "Birdnotes" <birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org>
>Subject: [Birdnotes] Carolina Wrens at seed feeder?
>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:17:30 -0600
>
>Had a number of interesting birds in my yard over the weekend,
including
>the blackest Junco I have ever seen. I don't even recall seeing any
>white tail feathers.
>
>There were two or three Carolina Wrens singing in the underbrush that
>borders the eastern and southern edges of my yard on Saturday morning.
>Saw two at once, with a third singing out of view.
>
>The wrens made several trips to a hanging feeder in my yard. At one
>point there were two on the feeder at the same time. The feeder holds
a
>standard mix of seed, with lots of white millet in it.
>
>I don't think I've ever seen a Carolina Wren at a seed feeder before.
Is
>this unusual? From what I've read they seem to be largely
insectivorous.
>
>
>Bernie Sloan
>E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 16 09:10:52 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 16 09:04:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: Bryan's sparrow and some comments; no
sightings
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV92F934FAFAD7303D04D24C6E70@phx.gbl>
Bryan,
Thanks for the detailed explanations on the pics. Yesterday I FINALLY
got them all (last year it took me about 2 wks to get all the cackling
goose pictures!), in fact I have 8 and not 7. So I printed out your
explanations and read them along with the pictures. It's amazing how
much you can look and still not "see." Happens to me all the time.
BUT, it also helps if you know what you are looking for.
Want to make a couple of comments about my own confusion: I thought it
could only have been either the Tree, Chipping or Clay-colored. I
eliminated the Chipping partially due to habitat considerations as well
as (and probably more important) the eyestripe wasn't right....no dark
lores. I considered the Tree because I felt the crown and eyestripe
was more rufous, as I commented to you. Now that you point it out and
I keep looking, it is slowly appearing more "brownish." :-) Also, the
eyebrow in all of the pictures looks grey to me and not the buffy color
one would expect to be seeing for the Clay-colored. In fact, it still
looks grey to me in all the photos. I also wanted a little more
distinction in the patterns on the face. (But that may be the result of
the foggy conditions at the time, the picture angle and the
nonbreeding plumage) That, as well as what I thought was the dark
breast spot and bi-colored bill, tilted the scales towards Tree,
although I wasn't completely comfortable with the extra darker
coloration on the auriculars showing on the photos. I had looked at
many photos and saw a few with some extra color in that area. Also, I
saw one with very little visible breast spot with the explanation that
they all don't have a strong spot. You, Steve and Greg all commented
on the gray color of the nape. And yet the Tree and Chipping have the
same large area of color on the nape, at least when seen from the side.
But the last photo shows how it wraps around and how extensive it is.
I feel a big part of this I.D. problem is due to the fact that it is a
"full frontal" shot. Who sees sparrows much from the front? We see
them from the sides and back mostly. And the guides, except for
Sibley, mostly don't show it either. Sparrows are so hard to I.D. that
without seeing these birds individually many, many times, (probably
100's) I don't see how the average person can make an identification of
this sort (unless it's a lucky guess which is what I was trying for.)
I'm happy you did this. I feel that I learned a lot and I hope others
did too. It made me look and think, and look again. I've only seen
the Clay-colored a handful of times in breeding plumage. I know this
will prepare me better when I encounter them again. I hope another
discussion like this will take place in the future.
By the way, I looked up Spizella pallida in my "Dictionary of Birds of
the United States" which explains the scientific and common names.
Spizella means little finch from a Greek word. Pallida is Latin for
pale, colorless or pallid. For the common name, the Clay-colored
refers to the buff color of the nonbreeding plumage. So I guess we
have a colorless, pallid little finch!
Thanks again Bryan for all your input.
Charlene
----- Original Message ----From: Bryan Guarente
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:29 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Sparrow ID (no sightings, long/technical)
Birdnoters,
Charlene asked an excellent question that I haven't had time to revisit
until now. Sorry for the delay on this post.
http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/spizella/index.html
Charlene asked about if the "mystery" spizella in the above link would
be identifiable by just the first three photos. I thought that I would
approach this question slightly different from the way Charlene posed
it. I am going to go photo by photo and tell you what I see that is
helpful for the ID. I will say though that the bird is identifiable by
the second photo only, fifth photo only, or the seventh photo only. If
you do not care to hear about loral stripes, auricular patches, and
color of crown stripes, this is the time to delete this email.
WARNING: Technical jargon begins now!! Have your field guides ready
(Sibley pages 16-17 will be very helpful if you don't know your bird
topography).
Background: "spizella" sparrows (Sibley pages 482-485) are named as
such due to their genus. Spizella sparrows include the following:
Black-chinned Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Brewer's
Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, and Chipping Sparrow. All spizella
sparrows are smallish, with pointy beaks, and are most often IDed as
little brown jobbies. These are some of the toughest sparrows to ID
especially in juvenile plumage where some experts think (and I don't
necessarily disagree) these birds are absolutely inseparable.
(Photo 1)
Relatively worthless in my mind, but I posted all the photos I had of
the bird. This photo is too out of focus to give any real idea of the
identity. However, you can tell that this bird is a sparrow and that
the bird has an eye stripe that widens with distance from the eye and
it is a darker brown color (I am a guy, colors don't come easy to me).
There is a darker brown cap, a dark eye, and a medium to dark
moustachial stripe. In between the moustachial stripe and the
auriculars (the feathers covering the ears; audio comes from the root
auri-) there is a lighter gray-brown if not white color. The rest of
the head is a drab coloration that is darker than the aforementioned
whitish strip. The hardest part about this bird is the oddly colored
bill. The bill in this photo (to my eyes) seems pinkish. All of this
could ID the bird, but it is not safe to ID a bird just based on an out
of focus picture at a bad angle and with some assumptions made.
(Photo 2)
This is a great photo for the ID of this bird. Same characters as
above listed for this picture. I add a few characteristics that really
help solidify the ID. Here you can see the crown stripes. The bird
does not have a dark brown cap. This bird has three crown stripes.
The outer two stripes are dark brown like the eye-stripe, but the inner
stripe is lighter brown like the rest of the face. This rules out
American Tree Sparrow. American Tree Sparrow never has a center crown
stripe in an adult plumage. This along with the whitish patch I have
talked about has given me the ID I concluded of Clay-colored Sparrow.
(Photo 3)
Not much better than photo 1, just more in focus. I think that the
bird is NOT indentifiable from this photo, because the center crown
stripe is not visible and the whitish patch is not very conclusive.
(Photo 4)
Slightly better than Photo 3. The crown stripe is masked by some
sharpening problems of the camera. The whitish patch is masked by the
head positioning, so this bird is not conclusive from this photo.
(Photo 5)
This photo has all the ID characteristics necessary for a positive ID.
The crown stripe is visible through the "V" in the weediness in front
of the bird, but some may not agree that this is actually the bird or
whether it is weed or background getting mixed into the image. I think
this is a positively identifiable bird from this photo, but some would
argue against that. This photo really shows the whitish patch that
makes this bird a Clay-colored sparrow. This photo is the first time
you really see the more yellowy brown auricular patch that also makes
the whitish patch look more impressive. This is common in Clay-colored
Sparrows. You should expect very contrasting facial patterning. This
was the first thing that struck me about this bird when I saw it. I
had seen many Clay-colored Sparrows when living in Colorado, so this
bird was an easy ID for me at the time. There is no eye-ring on this
bird which should rule out Field Sparrow in all adult plumages.
I posted these photos because I know a lot of people have trouble with
spizella sparrows and a lot of experts disagree about spizella
sparrows. The real disagreement though with this genus is that the
juveniles can be nearly impossible to tell apart without measurements
of wing chord, and the like.
(Photo 6)
Not as contrasting in the facial pattern, but it is still present.
Nothing extra is added from the above discussion from this photo.
(Photo 7)
The last thing that could possibly help clench the ID from these photos
would be a look at the nape of the neck color. When this bird turned
its head, it made it obvious that this bird was a clay-colored sparrow
because of the grayish nape of the neck. No other spizella sparrow
shows this amount and darkness of gray in the nape of the neck (except
for Black-chinned, but that is so far from the ID that it is
laughable). This made the ID unquestionable for me. Check out photos
of spizella sparrows online or in your favorite field guide and it
should show grayish tones in the nape of Clay-colored but not the other
spizellas (black-chinned, tree, field, brewer's, and chipping).
NOW, let me discuss the problems that have been addressed in other
emails with this bird. Many have commented about the coloration of the
beak. I think that this birds beak is fine for Clay-colored Sparrow.
When viewing the bird I felt it was showing a bicolored beak with black
in the maxilla ("upper jaw") and a yellowy tone in the mandible ("lower
jaw"). Now, this should lead to an ID of American Tree Sparrow just by
beak coloration. This is why people were suggesting a hybrid if you
followed the IBET discussion (it wasn't much discussion, don't worry if
you missed it). When looking back at the photos, which I haven't done
in depth since the actual sighting, I think that the birds beak is
representative in the photos. I however think that the mandible is
more of a yellowy orange tone than yellow or pinkish. I don't think I
spent too much time looking at the beak when making the original ID and
I (20/20 hindsight) regret that. I do remember though that my initial
thought was that this bird was a Clay-colored Sparrow. I had no
question in my mind that this bird based on the face pattern and the
gray nape of the neck was definitely a Clay-colored Sparrow.
If you have any follow up questions, feel free to post them. Sorry for
those of you that read this whole email. It was a lot to write and
probably even more to read. If it didn't make sense, ask me again when
I have had more sleep.
Lastly, thank you Charlene for making me look at the photos again, it
really makes me write down everything I saw, and it will make it much
easier for me to submit any documentation about this bird (Yes, Steve,
I will submit documentation, but time is currently limited... it will
get there eventually).
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 16 09:32:27 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 16 09:32:32 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: Bryan's sparrow and some comments; no
sightings
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV92F934FAFAD7303D04D24C6E70@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20060316153227.14861.qmail@web52106.mail.yahoo.com>
Charlene and whomever else is concerned,
There is no way for this bird to be an American Tree Sparrow
This bird has a central crown stripe. This rules out ATSP.
(ATSP).
Chipping Sparrow (CHSP) is ruled out by the dark moustachial stripe.
CHSP never has this dark of a moustachial stripe.
It also never has a
very thick lateral throat stripe like this bird does. CHSP has a
buffy eyebrow just like Clay-colored Sparrow (CLSP) does in adult nonbreeding plumage like this bird is.
The gray on the nape of the CLSP is contrasting with the face of the
bird and the breast as well. In the other birds, it is the same
color. Brewer's Sparrow (BRSP) is ruled out because of the gray nape
of the neck. Despite how Sibley illustrates BRSP and CLSP in his
books, I find that BRSP and CLSP are the hardest to differentiate of
these birds. Sibley does not make these birds look very similar at
all. My experience in Colorado tells me differently though.
You asked about the face pattern on this bird. I think the pattern
is the normal amount of boldness for an adult non-breeding bird.
Sibley overdoes the color contrast on the adult breeding CLSP in my
opinion as well. Either way, the amoung of color in the face on this
bird is typical. To really see the colors, it might be best to zoom
in on the photos with some other program (Windows Picture and Fax
Viewer works fine; comes with Windows XP and 2000 if I am not
mistaken) and just look at the face. When just looking at the facial
colors, I see that the cheek is the brightest brown, the moustachial
stripe is the second brightest, and there is a tie between the
eyestripe and the crown stripe for darkest brown. I think of the
eyebrow as grayish brown so I did not include it in the above. The
color between the lateral throat stripe and the moustachial stripe is
white (maybe off-white). This should make the contrast a little more
obvious.
My last comment for the facial pattern is that not all computer
monitors or video cards can produce the same colors. The contrasting
nature of the bird might not show up on your screen if the number of
colors you have are not as high as 32bit.
Bryan Guarente
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Champaign, IL
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From leiterp at msn.com Thu Mar 16 09:49:38 2006
From: leiterp at msn.com (Pam Leiter)
Date: Thu Mar 16 09:49:43 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Trumpeter or Tundra?
Message-ID: <BAY111-F2489929160FEE964779D34B6E70@phx.gbl>
Hi,
Three immature swans sighted at the north end of Homer Lake Thursday
morning
(9am, cloudy - view from North Peninsula or North Boat Ramp). Neck and
head
were grey, body was almost completely white. Dark bill looks straight,
not
concave (through a spotting scope), neck also straight. One bird gave a
quiet, low hoo-hooo when we walked up. A couple geese were also with
the
swans.
We suspect they are either trumpeter or tundra swans, but aren't
familiar
enough with them to know for sure. If you go out to see them, please
stop by
the Ed Center and let us know what you think, or, email birdnotes.
Thanks!
Pam
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Thu Mar 16 14:25:09 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Thu Mar 16 14:25:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: Bryan's sparrow and some comments; no
sightings
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV92F934FAFAD7303D04D24C6E70@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603161418480.6641100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Bryan and Charlene,
Thank you both very much for this interesting and thoughtful exchange.
I agree that Bryan's "mug shots" of the sparrow are a delight.
Also enjoyed Charlene's dictionary explanation of the meaning of this
sparrow's latin name.
This is a great example of how a listserve can educate the local
community.
Good birding,
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Thu Mar 16 14:56:41 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Thu Mar 16 14:56:50 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Sapsucker drumming
Message-ID: <2df.4015c66.314b2b09@aol.com>
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was drumming in the tall trees south of
the
Meadowbrook Race St. parking lot yesterday AM. Another
Y-b Sapsucker flew in from the east and the two soon crossed to the
Forestry.
The hammering pattern was so unusual that I later checked several
field
guides, which describe the burst of rapid taps followed by a gradual
slowing
with occasional double taps.
This morning I stopped again at that parking lot. I noticed a
gathering
of
Crows in the trees to the east. A Cooper's Hawk which I had not yet
seen in
the trees took off, chasing one of the Crows. It did this two more
times as I
watched and finally flew low to the east along the north edge of the
garden
plots.
I heard a raspy repeated call during the Crow chases and I'm almost
sure it
was
the hawk.
Elaine Regehr
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Fri Mar 17 02:09:31 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Fri Mar 17 02:15:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Falcon over Urbana
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Birders,
Saw what looked like a peregrine falcon over east Florida Avenue 2
blocks
west of Philo Road.
Flying NW.
Just had a quick look while driving west after eating at a scrumptious
chinese buffet.
Looked like it had a gull winged silhouette with a longish narrow tail.
My guess is that there must be more than one in town.
Good birding,
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Fri Mar 17 03:26:19 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Fri Mar 17 03:38:20 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Falcon over Urbana
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603170200170.10606100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
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Birders,
Sorry.
Forgot to mention this was at 4:30 PM yesterday...
Hope you see a good bird...
Jim :)
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Fri Mar 17 07:59:59 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Fri Mar 17 08:00:39 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Spring...
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A326@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Nothing spectacular...just a flock of Grackles constantly talking in
the
trees, while the clear call of a singing Cardinal cut through all the
chatter. Juncos still common around the house...nice seeing Robins hop
across the lawn.
Bloodroot popped up on Wednesday...Trillium, Wild Larkspur, Geranium,
Celandine Poppy have all appeared. Hepatica should bloom within the
next few days.
Bob :-)
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Fri Mar 17 20:52:51 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Fri Mar 17 20:52:55 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Falcon over Urbana
Message-ID:
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Birdnoters,
Wanted to mention that the area that James Hoyt is talking about has a
decent sized pigeon population...they roost on the roofs of several
tall
apartment buildings, as well as the roof of the Sunnycrest mall.
And, as a follow-up, I also wanted to mention that last Saturday
afternoon (March 11) I was in Meadowbrook Park near the Windsor Road
parking lot and noticed a large dark falcon briefly hovering over the
park on the strong Southwest winds. Before I could fix my binoculars on
this bird it headed (on the strong winds) to the northeast.
Interestingly, it was headed towards the Sunnycrest mall area with its
big pigeon population...
Bernie Sloan
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Subject: [Birdnotes] Falcon over Urbana
Birders,
Saw what looked like a peregrine falcon over east Florida Avenue 2
blocks
west of Philo Road.
Flying NW.
Just had a quick look while driving west after eating at a scrumptious
chinese buffet.
Looked like it had a gull winged silhouette with a longish narrow tail.
My guess is that there must be more than one in town.
Good birding,
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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Prairie Rivers Network
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Sat Mar 18 09:58:58 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Sat Mar 18 09:59:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Homer Lake: No Swans; Rusty Blackbirds
Message-ID: <20060318155858.16733.qmail@web52110.mail.yahoo.com>
Hey,
I went out to Homer Lake to look for the swans reported earlier this
week. Never found any swans. I tried in every look nook and cranny
that the lake has, but came up short.
Good things however did prevail. While going around to the south side
of the lake to the dam, I found that there is a flooded woodland on the
east side of the road near the dam. While there, I heard some
blackbirds that I wasn't certain of the identity of. The habitat clued
me in to what these birds were. There was a very large flock of Rusty
Blackbirds upwards of 200.
While finding the Rusty Blackbirds, I heard my county Pileated
Woodpecker.
While leaving the park, a flock of geese flew into the lake. The flock
included a single juvenile Greater White-fronted Goose (my county
first).
So, it wasn't a waste, I got two county birds out of it, but I really
need to start getting some swans to get my county numbers up.
Bryan Guarente
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Champaign, IL
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From roper37 at hotmail.com Sat Mar 18 10:13:07 2006
From: roper37 at hotmail.com (Sarah R)
Date: Sat Mar 18 10:13:10 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Middle Fork Red-shouldered hawk
Message-ID: <BAY101-F3318822B68EE96A47A65B1B1E50@phx.gbl>
On Friday at about 1pm a red-shouldered hawk gave an excellent view as
it
flew over the car at Middle Fork CFP. The translucent wing patches were
very
visible until it caught a themal and flew almost to cloud level where
it was
just a speck in the binos.
On the way back to C/U there was a northern pintail in a flooded field
just
north of 2700N on 2700E on the east side of the road. It was right out
in
the open, very close to the road and was surounded by mallards, greenwinged
teal, and northern shovelers.
Also, my roommate saw a snipe on the north side of Homer Lake Rd just
west
of 2150E with about a half dozen killdeer in a flooded field at around
5pm.
Sarah Roper
Urbana
From smithsje at egix.net Sat Mar 18 11:50:34 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Sat Mar 18 11:40:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] (no subject)
Message-ID: <200603181725.k2IHPHqa012266@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
Yesterday afternoon, while we were at Sunnycrest Mall, I was waiting in
the car for Eleanor
to come out of Wallgreens, when all the pigeons flew up in a panic.
Something had caused the panic. I finally saw what it was: a Coopers
hawk soaring high above. I was hoping to see the peregrine.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-18
From astrid at insightbb.com Sat Mar 18 12:09:50 2006
From: astrid at insightbb.com (Astrid Berkson)
Date: Sat Mar 18 12:09:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] coopers hawks.
Message-ID: <441C4CEE.8020203@insightbb.com>
When i went out this morning, a male coopers hawk (probably the one
that
has been hanging around here calling), was being chased out by a pair
of
coopers hawks
Astrid Berkson
From birder1949 at yahoo.com Sat Mar 18 17:46:45 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Sat Mar 18 17:47:06 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Peregrine sighting
Message-ID: <20060318234645.89551.qmail@web60116.mail.yahoo.com>
At around 4:30 this evening, I saw a Peregrine flying
west above Park Street in Urbana, chasing the pigeons
that perch around Provena Covenant Hospital. He
disappeared up over the building to the northwest in
hot pursuit of one of the pigeons.
Roger Digges
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sat Mar 18 20:03:07 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sat Mar 18 20:03:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] coopers hawks.
In-Reply-To: <441C4CEE.8020203@insightbb.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603181957540.21921100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Saw a light breasted Coopers sitting and giving what I take to its
territorial call about Anita Purvis Nature Center.
The juncos were using my brush piles and would swoop past the feeders
but
would not feed while the Accipter was in the Cottonwood.
The squirrels were hiding under the box near the millstone.
Finally the Coopers chased after a crow and the feeder birds
returned...
Good birding,
Jim :)
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From roper37 at hotmail.com Sat Mar 18 22:01:52 2006
From: roper37 at hotmail.com (Sarah R)
Date: Sat Mar 18 22:02:01 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Fairmount/county roads
Message-ID: <BAY101-F74818CD9CD079857A07A8B1DA0@phx.gbl>
First I wanted to make a correction....the snipe seen Friday was just
west
of 2300E on Homer Lake Rd (not 2150E).
Three snipe were seen today just across the road from the flooded field
that
I reported yesterday with the pintail. The snipe were about 10 feet
from the
road. Just be advised that it is not the safest place to stop. The
pintail
was there again today as well as the mallards, shovelers, and greenwinged
teal.
A rough-legged hawk was flying near the intersection of 2600N and 2500E
in
Champaign Co. around 2:30pm today.
At the Fairmount quaries there were many many ducks, mostly mallards
but
also pintails, hooded mergansers, buffleheads, ring-necked ducks,
blue-winged teals, grean-winged teals, american widgeon, american
coots, and
shovelers. Also a beautiful northern Harrier.
That's all for now.
Sarah Roper
Urbana
From roper37 at hotmail.com Sun Mar 19 01:05:18 2006
From: roper37 at hotmail.com (Sarah R)
Date: Sun Mar 19 01:05:26 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Fairmount/county roads
Message-ID: <BAY101-F397A768E1E2E2995D1CAF6B1DA0@phx.gbl>
Forgot to mention the highlight of the day.... an albino deer near
Oakwood!
Sarah Roper
Urbana
From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Sun Mar 19 08:58:10 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Sun Mar 19 09:00:35 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] coopers hawks.
References: <441C4CEE.8020203@insightbb.com>
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D9071A826F@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Saturday afternoon about 3...a mourning Dove flew across the back yard
with a Coopers Hawk hot on its tail...don't know how that chase turned
out. I saw it long enough to know that the Coopers was gaining...
Bob Vaiden
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From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org on behalf of Astrid
Berkson
Sent: Sat 3/18/2006 12:09 PM
To: birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] coopers hawks.
When i went out this morning, a male coopers hawk (probably the one
that
has been hanging around here calling), was being chased out by a pair
of
coopers hawks
Astrid Berkson
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From bprice at pdnt.com Sun Mar 19 12:05:37 2006
From: bprice at pdnt.com (Brock Price)
Date: Sun Mar 19 12:05:46 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Homer, Fairmount
Message-ID: <001601c64b7f$ba40b350$7441fa3f@YOURCD7BB1D575>
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
White-fronted Geese
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Snipe
Lesser Yellowlegs
Eastern Phoebe
Rusty Blackbird
Purple Finch
White-throated Sparrow
Brock
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From Birderdlt at aol.com Sun Mar 19 16:16:45 2006
From: Birderdlt at aol.com (Birderdlt@aol.com)
Date: Sun Mar 19 16:23:27 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Golden eagle, Golden plover
Message-ID: <338.365dab.314f324d@aol.com>
Marv Piwoni and I went to an area that we have not visited before some
ponds and wetlands in Edgar County, NE of Paris, just south of where
Clinton
Road hits the Indiana border. Saw an immature GOLDEN EAGLE flying up
from the
fields (circled the area long enough so we could get a scope on it) and
in a
wet area in a field was a single GOLDEN PLOVER with a couple if
Killdeer. This
is a fairly early record for the plover.
At Arcola we saw a COLLARED DOVE near the grain elevators. Had 13
species of ducks at the Arcola Marsh. SWAMP SPARROWS were common in
the marsh.
David Thomas
Champaign, IL
birderdlt@aol.com
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From bpalmore at egix.net Sun Mar 19 16:59:14 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Sun Mar 19 16:59:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sightings
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319165749.019ee250@mail.egix.net>
Pennsylvania and Race at 4:45 p.m. Man riding a bike on the sidewalk
was
chased by two Turkeys. Wish I could have seen this, it was reported to
me
by my neighbor.
B. Palmore
402 W. Vermont, U
From bpalmore at egix.net Sun Mar 19 18:03:46 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Sun Mar 19 18:03:45 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sightings cont.
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319175807.01a541d8@mail.egix.net>
Wife of neighbor was on her way home, driving south on Race at 4:24
p.m. Across the street from the high school, by the park, a Turkey
just
jumped out into the street. Fortunately this woman stopped in time so
as
not to hit it.
Earlier in the day at 11:00 a.m. the Turkeys were sighted at Vermont
and
Pennsylvania in a yard. Don't have the address. This was reported by
same
neighbor.
About the man on the bike: The man being chased stopped his bike (I
learned later after by last e-mail) and shook a stick at the birds.
They
both got in combat stance, heads down ready to charge! The man on the
bike went flying down the street.
From limey at uiuc.edu Sun Mar 19 22:52:35 2006
From: limey at uiuc.edu (John Buckmaster)
Date: Sun Mar 19 22:52:47 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sightings cont.
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319175807.01a541d8@mail.egix.net>
References: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319175807.01a541d8@mail.egix.net>
Message-ID: <92be1fdc9e19fad10b9033eb111dad92@uiuc.edu>
re Blands messages. How exactly does one know when a turkey is in
"combat stance, heads down ready to charge"? Particularly when one has
not seen this behavior oneself but is reporting what a neighbor
reports, a neighbor who most likely, and like most of us, knows next to
nothing about turkey behavior. (They charge like bulls?). A neighbor,
who moreover, did not experience this alleged aggression themselves,
but inferred it, partly no doubt from the man's behavior, a man whose
maturity, intelligence and common sense are completely unknown to us.
One might well ask, for example, why, if he felt threatened when the
birds followed him (is that the same as chased?), he did not simply
keep on riding his bicycle? Just how long can a turkey run at, say,
15mph?
John
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
John Buckmaster
Professional address:
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
104 S Wright St.,
Urbana IL 61801
217.333.1803 (ph)
217.244.0720 (fax)
cell phone:
217.621.9786
Mailing address (personal and professional):
1717 W Kirby Ave, #212., Champaign IL 61821-5507
Urbana residential address:
2014 Boudreau Dr,
Urbana IL 61801-5802
217.344.6103
Oregon residential address:
120 Marlboro Ln, Eugene OR 97405-3599
541.342.3172
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Bland Palmore wrote:
> Wife of neighbor was on her way home, driving south on Race at 4:24
> p.m. Across the street from the high school, by the park, a Turkey
> just jumped out into the street. Fortunately this woman stopped in
> time so as not to hit it.
>
> Earlier in the day at 11:00 a.m. the Turkeys were sighted at Vermont
> and Pennsylvania in a yard. Don't have the address. This was
> reported by same neighbor.
>
> About the man on the bike: The man being chased stopped his bike (I
> learned later after by last e-mail) and shook a stick at the birds.
> They both got in combat stance, heads down ready to charge! The man
> on the bike went flying down the street.
>
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From mshaw2 at uiuc.edu Mon Mar 20 08:23:54 2006
From: mshaw2 at uiuc.edu (Merrily Shaw)
Date: Mon Mar 20 08:24:00 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sightings
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319165749.019ee250@mail.egix.net>
References: <6.1.0.6.1.20060319165749.019ee250@mail.egix.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20060320082326.03b53c10@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
My husband witnessed the same thing last Sunday around noon at the
corner of Winsor and Philo road. He said it was two toms chasing a bike
rider.
Merrily
At 04:59 PM 3/19/2006 -0600, Bland Palmore wrote:
>Pennsylvania and Race at 4:45 p.m. Man riding a bike on the
>sidewalk was chased by two Turkeys. Wish I could have seen this, it
>was reported to me by my neighbor.
>
>B. Palmore
>402 W. Vermont, U
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Birdnotes mailing list
>Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
>https://mail.prairienet.org/mailman/listinfo/birdnotes
Merrily Shaw
Assistant to the Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
104 International Studies Building, MC 480
910 S Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.4721
Fax: 217.333.1582
E-Mail: mshaw2@uiuc.edu
From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Mar 20 08:55:13 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Mar 20 08:48:24 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey locomotion: no sightings
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV3695833F3D6E098C785C9C6DB0@phx.gbl>
>From Birds of North America:
"Most travel by walking, but birds are adept at running. Males often
prefer to run from danger if not closely pressed; females usually fly
from danger. In running, neck sometimes outstretched level with back."
"Maximum distance a turkey can fly in a single flight is 1 mile;
maximum flight speed is 60 mph; speeds estimated by following with
automobile or radar, 31.7-55 mph."
And, surprisingly,
"Adults can swim by bringing wings close to body, spreading tail,
stretching the neck forward, and using the legs for propulsion."
(That's just in case someone sees them swimming but doesn't believe it.
:-))
Charlene Anchor
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Mar 20 13:28:35 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Mar 20 13:28:45 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey sighting
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B41884@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Someone reported to me that they saw the four turkeys on the 700 block
of West Oregon in Urbana at 9:30AM today.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From smithsje at egix.net Mon Mar 20 22:13:27 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Mon Mar 20 22:15:35 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey stories
Message-ID: <200603210400.k2L40Lqa025183@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
We are going to tell of our past turkey experiences.
The Illinois DOC (now IDNR) pen raised wild turkeys from eggs for
distribution through the state during the early and mid 1960s. We
somehow were given a pair. They were not wild, but followed us about
the farmstead. They had been around people too much when being raised,
handled and fed. Every night, they roosted on our house or in a tree
beside the house. Young were produced, and the hen brought her family
to the house, and stayed there. The babies could fly at a very early
age, and roosted under the hen's wings on the house or in the tree.
When the young were grown, the Toms were rather aggressive, and would
chase our young children. They carried a club to as protection. The
Toms would chase me if I ran from them. I could quickly turn and catch
one. The turkeys were always very afraid of foxes, coyotes and dogs,
but not us. We have 8mm movies of this activity somewhere. Our turkey
population eventually went extinct. Turkeys were suscepible to some
chicken disea!
se to which chickens were resistant, but carriers. The turkeys
insisted on feeding with chickens. One was killed by our hay mower
while incubating. A gray fox got one. Two tom's fought each other
until one died. A neighbor shot and ate several. Succeeding
generations became wilder.
The Urbana turkeys have become familiar with people, and perceived
conflicts will probably continue, and, perhaps more intense, as
breeding season approaches. Young children could be flogged, but
should be only scared, but not injured.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-20
From bpalmore at egix.net Tue Mar 21 11:33:49 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Tue Mar 21 11:33:52 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] feeders
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060321113022.01a628d0@mail.egix.net>
18 Junco's. After seeing so many, I put mixed seed on the ground.
They
were using the Finch feeders!
Goldfinches, House Finches, Jay, 2
Crows.
B. Palmore
402 W. Vermont, Urbana
From smithsje at egix.net Tue Mar 21 16:05:00 2006
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Tue Mar 21 15:54:46 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] (no subject)
Message-ID: <200603212139.k2LLdPrb026262@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
Today, during the snow, we have had 24 species of birds at our feeders.
Amoung the unusual were about 100 cowbirds, a rusty blackbird, a brown
thrasher, 10 robins, red-breasted nuthatch, and 2 tree sparrows.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2006-03-21
From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Mar 21 23:11:43 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Mar 21 23:11:55 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE: Bird call ID assistance?
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B41991@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
A brief follow-up...
I received several replies off-list suggesting that the call I heard
might have come from a Corvid (crow or jay) or a European Starling.
>From the sound alone I might have agreed with any one of those
suggestions, but the profile I saw of the bird did not match any of
those suggestions. As I noted "The visual kind of reminded me a little
of a Gray Catbird".
My field guides didn't really help. In what little spare time I've had
over the past couple of weeks I did a little Internet research. At
Cornell's "Birds of America" site (along with some other sites) I found
a reference to the "ratchet call" of the Gray Catbird:
Calls. Three call types. Most common is harsh, catlike Mew Call ( Fig.
2b), often included in song. Varies greatly in volume, tone, and
quality; given throughout year. Quirt Call ( Fig. 2c) is soft,
low-pitched quirt, whurt, or quitt. Ratchet Call is loud, harsh
chatter,
chek-chek-chek, usually delivered in short burst, <1 s. All calls are
given by both sexes (Harcus 1973). No details on geographic variation.
And:
Quiet Song is used mostly during courtship but is given infrequently
throughout fall and winter (Charles 1954, Harcus 1973, Brudenell-Bruce
1975). Mew and Ratchet calls are given year-round. During fall
migration, Gray Catbirds often mew in chorus near sunrise and dusk
(DAC). Quirt Call is given year-round (DAC).
And:
Ratchet Call is high-intensity alarm given when flying to cover, during
intraspecific chase (by both birds), and when potential predator
approaches nest (Zimmerman 1963, Harcus 1973); also given by captured
birds upon release (DAC).
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
-----Original Message----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:53 PM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: Bird call ID assistance?
Heard an odd bird call yesterday afternoon and then again early this
AM.
It sounded like someone took a plastic guitar pick and rubbed it
quickly
across the small holes on a cheese grater. It would do the call twice,
then a very brief pause and then twice again. Sort of like 1-2 (pause)
3-4. The bird bobbed its head as it did the call.
Both times it was really gray and overcast and dark so I didn't get a
good visual of the bird...more or less just got a dark profile against
the sky. It was a pretty generic profile, maybe 8 inches long, not a
chunky bird, tail wasn't short.
The visual kind of reminded me a little of a Gray Catbird, but I don't
recall observing a Gray Catbird making that call before, nor do the
head-bobbing.
Thanks in advance for any assistance...
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Wed Mar 22 01:28:45 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Wed Mar 22 01:28:47 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE: Bird call ID assistance?
In-Reply-To:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B41991@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603220127040.23655100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birder's,
There is a book about birding by ear, with CD's, at the Anita Purvis
Nature Center.
Can't vouch for it but it might be a help.
Check with Beth Chato before buying.
Jim :)
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> A brief follow-up...
>
>
>
> I received several replies off-list suggesting that the call I heard
> might have come from a Corvid (crow or jay) or a European Starling.
>
>
>
> >From the sound alone I might have agreed with any one of those
> suggestions, but the profile I saw of the bird did not match any of
> those suggestions. As I noted "The visual kind of reminded me a
little
> of a Gray Catbird".
>
>
>
> My field guides didn't really help. In what little spare time I've
had
> over the past couple of weeks I did a little Internet research. At
> Cornell's "Birds of America" site (along with some other sites) I
found
> a reference to the "ratchet call" of the Gray Catbird:
>
>
>
> Calls. Three call types. Most common is harsh, catlike Mew Call (
Fig.
> 2b), often included in song. Varies greatly in volume, tone, and
> quality; given throughout year. Quirt Call ( Fig. 2c) is soft,
> low-pitched quirt, whurt, or quitt. Ratchet Call is loud, harsh
chatter,
> chek-chek-chek, usually delivered in short burst, <1 s. All calls are
> given by both sexes (Harcus 1973). No details on geographic
variation.
>
>
>
> And:
>
>
>
> Quiet Song is used mostly during courtship but is given infrequently
> throughout fall and winter (Charles 1954, Harcus 1973, BrudenellBruce
> 1975). Mew and Ratchet calls are given year-round. During fall
> migration, Gray Catbirds often mew in chorus near sunrise and dusk
> (DAC). Quirt Call is given year-round (DAC).
>
>
>
> And:
>
>
>
> Ratchet Call is high-intensity alarm given when flying to cover,
during
> intraspecific chase (by both birds), and when potential predator
> approaches nest (Zimmerman 1963, Harcus 1973); also given by captured
> birds upon release (DAC).
>
>
>
> Bernie Sloan
>
> E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----> From: Sloan, Bernie
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:53 PM
> To: Birdnotes
> Subject: Bird call ID assistance?
>
>
>
> Heard an odd bird call yesterday afternoon and then again early this
AM.
>
>
>
> It sounded like someone took a plastic guitar pick and rubbed it
quickly
> across the small holes on a cheese grater. It would do the call
twice,
> then a very brief pause and then twice again. Sort of like 1-2
(pause)
> 3-4. The bird bobbed its head as it did the call.
>
>
>
> Both times it was really gray and overcast and dark so I didn't get a
> good visual of the bird...more or less just got a dark profile
against
> the sky. It was a pretty generic profile, maybe 8 inches long, not a
> chunky bird, tail wasn't short.
>
>
>
> The visual kind of reminded me a little of a Gray Catbird, but I
don't
> recall observing a Gray Catbird making that call before, nor do the
> head-bobbing.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance...
>
>
>
> Bernie Sloan
>
> E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
>
>
>
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
Champaign County Master Gardener
Allerton Allies
Prairie Rivers Network
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From astrid at insightbb.com Wed Mar 22 09:05:53 2006
From: astrid at insightbb.com (Astrid Berkson)
Date: Wed Mar 22 09:05:57 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] sharpies
Message-ID: <442167D1.2050407@insightbb.com>
A pair of sharpies have chosen their mating branch across from our
family room window, so we enjoy the courtship with our coffee
Astrid Berkson
From charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Mar 22 10:14:50 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Mar 22 10:08:07 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Bernie's bird I.D.
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV1322BE4469D6E0753F9E40C6D90@phx.gbl>
Bernie and birdnoters,
(Bernie hope you don't mind my jumping in on this!)
I was interested to read further Bernie's email about his bird call
I.D. Now I'm increasingly curious... I suggested to him a grackle,
having in mind the female who would be smaller than the male and more
similar in size to the Catbird. They would be here this time of year
and the grackles have a large array of harsh, grating sounds. Does
anyone have an opinion on this?
Charlene Anchor
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From bpalmore at egix.net Wed Mar 22 12:59:00 2006
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Wed Mar 22 12:59:02 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey important note
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20060322125332.01a688d8@mail.egix.net>
Please let me print this and please don't toss me off Birdnotes!!!
It's short.
The police were called by Yankee Ridge School because of their
agressive
behavior lately. The Turkeys are going to be rounded up and taken to a
nature preserve, if they can catch them. Right now they are on
Delaware
though, some distance from the school. That's all. Please don't post
on
Birdnotes, e-mail me if you have a reply. Thanks.
Bland Palmore
402 W. Vermont, U
344-7701
From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Mar 22 13:10:09 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Mar 22 13:10:24 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Campus waterfowl
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B419DA@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Spotted a male Mallard dabbling in the Boneyard Creek behind
Engineering
Hall at lunchtime today. Walked past the spot again about fifteen
minutes later and the Mallard had been joined by a pair of Canada
Geese.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Wed Mar 22 17:07:17 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Wed Mar 22 17:06:17 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Forestry birds
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060322165502.011a5818@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
Hi all,
Plenty of activity at the forestry this morning. My first
EASTERN PHOEBE
was calling low along the stream along the south edge of the
forestry. Also just north of the east/west trail there and just west
of
the north/south trail were two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS interacting,
with
one bird doing its distinctive breeding season drumming on a dead
trunk,
and the other bird joining it only feet away on the same stub, with no
apparent aggression. Could they be thinking of nesting here? This
species
nests regularly at Lost Mound NWR in northwest Illinois and
occasionally
nests in other northern Illinois locations and has rarely nested
further
south in Illinois. Keep your eyes and ears open for this species here,
and
any mid-May or later birds could be nesting. Also at least a half
dozen
singing FOX SPARROWS, a couple of singing PURPLE FINCHES. at the north
end
of the forestry along the "middle" north/south trail, an adult male
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK flew in and landed less than ten meters from me
while I
was censusing! It was exceptionally tiny for a Sharp-shinned, thus the
guess at its sex. About a dozen BLUE JAYS had been chasing something
around all morning, probably this bird, but I also heard one of the
resident COOPER'S HAWKS as well. Still heard a few of the wintering
WHITE-THROATED SPArrows calling. Also heard 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
new
spring arrivals, as there have been no Golden-crowneds in the Forestry
this
winter. There were still at least two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES calling
as
well. Last week there was still a WINTER WREN and 2-3 PURPLE FINCHES
were
still coming to their usual spot along the middle section of the middle
north/south trail. Good birding!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From LewsaderBud at aol.com Wed Mar 22 19:21:12 2006
From: LewsaderBud at aol.com (LewsaderBud@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 22 19:21:24 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers Hawk Nest
Message-ID: <352.698ffe.31535208@aol.com>
Saturday while I was at Kennekuk Park working on my Bluebird
Houses. I
heard this really unusual bird sound (one that I had never heard
before). I
turned around and it was in a tree about 30 yards from me, in a nest. I
reached
for my binoculars. When I turned back around it was gone. Anyway i
finally got
around to playing a CD of Bird Calls that I have.
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From LewsaderBud at aol.com Wed Mar 22 19:22:44 2006
From: LewsaderBud at aol.com (LewsaderBud@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 22 19:22:50 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Messed up
Message-ID: <30e.d3b2db.31535264@aol.com>
BOY,,,I messed that up. I hit the wrong key. I'll start over.
Bud Lewsader
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From LewsaderBud at aol.com Wed Mar 22 19:35:40 2006
From: LewsaderBud at aol.com (LewsaderBud@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 22 19:35:48 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers Hawk Nest
Message-ID: <35b.5c7b8e.3153556c@aol.com>
Saturday while I was at Kennekuk Park working on my Bluebird
Houses. I
heard this really unusual bird sound (one that I had never heard
before). I
turned around and it was in a tree about 30 yards from me, in a nest. I
reached
for my binoculars. When I turned back around it was gone. Anyway I
finally got
around to playing a CD of Bird Calls that I have. It sounds very much
like a
Coopers Hawk.
Today I went back out to see if it might come back to that same
tree.
Sure enough it did. And it is a Coopers Hawk. And it is building a nest
in that
tree.
Bud Lewsader
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From ryetimothy at gmail.com Wed Mar 22 20:29:49 2006
From: ryetimothy at gmail.com (Timothy Rye)
Date: Wed Mar 22 20:29:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Birds at Lake Charleston
Message-ID:
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Hey all,
This is my first submission, so I'll introduce myself first. My name
is
Timothy Rye and I'm a student at Eastern Illinois University in
Charleston
and a bit of newcomer when it comes to birding. I've gone birding with
other people in the area and in other parts of the country, but I
thought
I'd make my own contribution in Illinois.
Went birding on sunday night at Lake Charleston, just south of
Charleston.
Lake Charleston is reservoir formed by the damming of the Embarras
River and
is surrounded by forested hills. Saw the following birds:
20 or so american coots
3 common merganzers
2 great blue herons (didn't notice one until I was about 12 feet away
from
it)
1 belted kingfisher
30-40 turkey vultures
number of red-winged blackbirds and canadian geese
Heard (but not seen):
barred owls
There were also gulls and other water birds in the area, but they were
too
far away to get a good look at them.
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Thu Mar 23 01:27:59 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Thu Mar 23 01:28:02 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Forestry birds
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20060322165502.011a5818@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
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Steve and other birders,
I don't know my flycatchers very well so I hope that someone will check
the burned area east of the Anita Purvis Nature Center.
One was hopping around and singing a bit at 4:30PM yesterday.
Cheers,
Jim :)
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Steve Bailey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
Plenty of activity at the forestry this morning. My first
EASTERN PHOEBE
> was calling low along the stream along the south edge of the
> forestry. Also just north of the east/west trail there and just west
of
> the north/south trail were two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS interacting,
with
> one bird doing its distinctive breeding season drumming on a dead
trunk,
> and the other bird joining it only feet away on the same stub, with
no
> apparent aggression. Could they be thinking of nesting here? This
species
> nests regularly at Lost Mound NWR in northwest Illinois and
occasionally
> nests in other northern Illinois locations and has rarely nested
further
> south in Illinois. Keep your eyes and ears open for this species
here, and
> any mid-May or later birds could be nesting. Also at least a half
dozen
> singing FOX SPARROWS, a couple of singing PURPLE FINCHES. at the
north end
> of the forestry along the "middle" north/south trail, an adult male
> SHARP-SHINNED HAWK flew in and landed less than ten meters from me
while I
> was censusing! It was exceptionally tiny for a Sharp-shinned, thus
the
> guess at its sex. About a dozen BLUE JAYS had been chasing something
> around all morning, probably this bird, but I also heard one of the
> resident COOPER'S HAWKS as well. Still heard a few of the wintering
> WHITE-THROATED SPArrows calling. Also heard 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, new
> spring arrivals, as there have been no Golden-crowneds in the
Forestry this
> winter. There were still at least two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
calling as
> well. Last week there was still a WINTER WREN and 2-3 PURPLE FINCHES
were
> still coming to their usual spot along the middle section of the
middle
> north/south trail. Good birding!
>
> Steve Bailey
> Rantoul
>
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Prairie Rivers Network
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Thu Mar 23 08:33:52 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Thu Mar 23 08:35:01 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Waterfowl trip
Message-ID: <32e.934b1c.31540bd0@aol.com>
A field trip looking for waterfowl will be held on Saturday, March 25.
We'll go to Arcola Marsh or Clinton Lake, the choice of leader
Greg Lambeth of the Champaign County Audubon Society.
The group will leave from the parking lot of the Anita Purves
Nature Center at 1505 N. Broadway, Urbana, at 6:30 AM.
Questions: 367-5787.
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Mar 23 13:15:45 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Mar 23 13:15:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Campus waterfowl (again)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285B41A7D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Didn't see the Mallard at noontime today, but the pair of Canada Geese
were there again. This time they were grazing on the edge of the lawn
right on the north side of the Boneyard.
Wonder if they will nest there?
Bernie Sloan
-----Original Message----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:10 PM
To: 'Birdnotes'
Subject: Campus waterfowl
Spotted a male Mallard dabbling in the Boneyard Creek behind
Engineering
Hall at lunchtime today. Walked past the spot again about fifteen
minutes later and the Mallard had been joined by a pair of Canada
Geese.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From birder1949 at yahoo.com Thu Mar 23 13:16:46 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Thu Mar 23 13:16:50 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Cooper's Hawk/Owl interaction
Message-ID: <20060323191646.14098.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com>
The last two mornings (around 5:20 or so) my wife and I have heard a
Cooper's Hawk calling in the neighborhood (west end of East Evergreen
Court, Urbana). This is the same area (indeed the same tree) where we
saw several newly fledged Cooper's Hawks last spring and early summer.
This morning an owl (species?) swooped down on the calling hawk, which
flew to a tree farther north. There was insufficient light (and we had
no binoculars) to determine species, but size and flight pattern were
similar to Short-eareds I have seen several times. This seems unlikely
considering the habitat (suburban lawn with small and large trees) so
am open to suggestions. It was smaller than a Horned or Barred, larger
than a Screech, and, in silhouette, showed no discernable tufts. Its
flight was butterfly-like, bringing wings up very high on upstroke and
very low on the downstroke, but relatively slow, almost lazy in
frequency even though it seemed intent on pursuing the Cooper's Hawk.
Also hear Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Red-bellied and Downy Woodpeckers
all within a block of each other.
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Mar 23 15:29:15 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Mar 23 15:36:07 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hawks
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A335@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Not very unusual...but there was a red tail in one of the Weaver Park
oaks, and another in the Solo Cup Oaks just after noon today. Red
tails
are common in both places...there is almost always a Red Tail around
Weaver Park.
...found a blooming Spring Beauty at noon...
:-)
Bob
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Fri Mar 24 01:34:40 2006
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Fri Mar 24 01:34:44 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mattis Avenue Post office (Mallards)
In-Reply-To:
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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0603240132540.3645100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Saw a pair of mallards and a small flock of Startlings inside the fence
at
the Mattis Post Office Pond.
It's that time of the year.
Jim :)
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
> Didn't see the Mallard at noontime today, but the pair of Canada
Geese
> were there again. This time they were grazing on the edge of the lawn
> right on the north side of the Boneyard.
>
> Wonder if they will nest there?
>
> Bernie Sloan
>
> -----Original Message----> From: Sloan, Bernie
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:10 PM
> To: 'Birdnotes'
> Subject: Campus waterfowl
>
> Spotted a male Mallard dabbling in the Boneyard Creek behind
Engineering
> Hall at lunchtime today. Walked past the spot again about fifteen
> minutes later and the Mallard had been joined by a pair of Canada
Geese.
>
> Bernie Sloan
> E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
>
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"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
Champaign County Master Gardener
Allerton Allies
Prairie Rivers Network
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Mar 24 22:39:40 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Mar 24 22:32:52 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook woodcocks
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV26FF07F57644D01524966C6DC0@phx.gbl>
For anyone who has missed the woodcocks so far, they are still out at
Meadowbrook. I stopped by this evening for a short time. Heard the
first "peent" at 6:20 and by 6:25 five were peenting. After that I
heard a couple more and they were all active. Was able to get glimpses
of 3. I didn't check in any other areas but they may have been
elsewhere.
Also saw my first BROWN THRASHER of the season.
Charlene Anchor
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sat Mar 25 17:17:19 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sat Mar 25 17:10:31 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Friday's woodcocks
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV114708A7B729B88382BF8BC6DC0@phx.gbl>
I forgot to say where I was Friday eve at Meadowbrook when I saw the
woodcocks....on the south walk of the south prairie, east of Race
Street. I walked to up to west of the bridge where the naked lady
statue is. I didn't go any further but guessed they would have been
eastward as well.
Charlene Anchor
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Sat Mar 25 19:08:19 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Sat Mar 25 19:08:21 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Greater Prairie-Chickens (Jasper County, Not
Local)
Message-ID: <20060326010819.18219.qmail@web52107.mail.yahoo.com>
Hey,
After a long day of birding with Chris Erb that started at 2am (good
way to be sleep deprived) we came up with a pretty good list of birds
for Jasper County (southwest of Effingham County).
The reason we went down there was to watch the Greater Prairie-Chickens
dance and boom on their lek site. We had a grand total of 13 booming
males, plus 5 females. It was a worth-while, cold, long experience.
We sat in a bird blind at 5am this morning until 7:15am. It was a long
haul so as not to disturb the lekking chickens. It was definitely
worth it though.
For those who do not know where these birds are, try this link: Prairie
Ridge State Natural Area
The time was well spent watching booming and hearing these strange
calls. It was a great time to spend out in the field with some other
folks. Here is what we ended up getting:
Greater Prairie-Chickens
Other birds that were noteworthy:
Short-eared Owls (3)
Northern Harriers (many)
Rough-legged Hawk (1 dark morph)
Common Snipe (14+)
Rusty Blackbird (4+)
Eurasian Collared Dove (1)
Smith's Longspur (1 flyby)
Barred Owl (2; called in VERY CLOSE)
There was a report from a gentleman in the blind next to us of a Yellow
Rail walking around near the lekking site while we were in the blinds,
but we never got word of this from the other blind. It was supposedly
visible from the blinds. No luck on that though.
If you are thinking about going to see the Greater Prairie-Chickens,
you must do it before the end of April as booming stops around then.
You also must make a reservation for the blind through the first
website that I posted. Reservations may be easier to get for some
weekends, but it seemed like the next available date was around April
8. If you intend to go, get your reservations ASAP.
It was well worth the trip for a lifer!
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From birder1949 at yahoo.com Sat Mar 25 19:55:02 2006
From: birder1949 at yahoo.com (Roger Digges)
Date: Sat Mar 25 19:55:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Bluebird, Phoebe and Red-breasted Nuthatch
Message-ID: <20060326015502.31581.qmail@web60115.mail.yahoo.com>
Heard my first Red-breasted Nuthatch of the season
moving through my neighborhood this morning around 7
a.m.
Later in the day, I saw an Eastern Bluebird on the
north side of the golf course at Lake of the Woods.
Finally, near sunset, I saw three Eastern Phoebes near
the bridge in the U of I Forestry area. Also finally
saw the Purple Finches I've been hearing down there.
No sign of Long-eared Owls in the northwest part of
the Forestry. When was the last time any were seen?
Roger Digges
Urbana
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Sun Mar 26 13:28:39 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Sun Mar 26 13:28:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Waterfowl trip
Message-ID: <242.94e9415.31584567@aol.com>
The waterfowl trip sponsored by Champaign County Audubon Society
attracted eight participants. On Saturday, March 25, leader Greg
Lambeth
and the group went to Arcola Marsh and Lake Shelbyville and saw 53
species of waterfowl and other birds, including 15 species of ducks:
Pied-billed Grebe
1
Rock Pigeon
20
Great Blue Heron
6
Mourning Dove
10
Canada Goose
30
Belted Kingfisher
1
Wood Duck
2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
2
Green-winged Teal
30
Downy Woodpecker
1
Black Duck
1
Hairy Woodpecker
1
Mallard
100
Eastern Phoebe
1
Northern Pintail
20
Tree Swallow
10
Blue-winged Teal
6
Eurasian Collared Dove
1
Northern Shoveler
30
Blue Jay
10
Gadwall
10
American Crow
10
American Wigeon
8
Black-capped Chickadee
6
Redhead
10
Tufted Titmouse
2
Ring-necked Duck
50
White-breasted Nuthatch
1
Lesser Scaup
20
Carolina Wren
2
Bufflehead
6
Eastern Bluebird
4
Goldeneye
4
American Robin
25
Ruddy Duck
50
Red-tailed Hawk
4
American Kestrel
4
Ring-necked Pheasant
8
Wild Turkey
2
Killdeer
Blackbird
50
Common Snipe
1
Ringbilled Gull
40
Tern species
20
2
European Starling
3
Northern Cardinal
2
Song Sparrow
1
Swamp Sparrow
1
Dark-eyed Junco
15
2
Red-winged
Eastern Meadowlark
60
1
Common Grackle
Brownheaded Cowbird
House Sparrow
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Sun Mar 26 16:32:31 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Sun Mar 26 16:33:07 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Flyby Migrants...
Message-ID: <20060326223231.25638.qmail@web52109.mail.yahoo.com>
Hey,
This afternoon I decided that my hammock or a nice chair outside with
my binoculars would be the best way to end my spring break. It turned
out pretty good for Champaign County. I am located in western
Champaign if it matters at all. Here is the full list of birds that
were flying HIGH over my place.
Red-tailed Hawk - 12
American Kestrel - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 1
UnIDed Buteo - 4
UnIDed Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 2
UnIDed duck - 6
Canada Goose - 2
And my best yard bird of the day:
Common Loon - 1 (Too bad I already had 3 Common Loons this morning
flying over Busey Woods or else this would have been a yard bird and a
year bird).
Other species flying over that weren't likely migrating:
Red-winged Blackbirds
Common Grackles
Mourning Doves
House Sparrows
Chipping Sparrow
Horned Lark
American Robin
House Finch
European Starling
Blue Jay
NOTE: Tomorrow morning (monday morning) the winds look like they good
be good for a small push of short-distance migratory birds. If you
have the chance to get out tomorrow morning or midday, I would suggest
it, but I know schedules are hard to deal with in most cases.
The next good looking day is Thursday or Friday. Those days are still
questionable, but plausible days for migratory bird activity being
moderate. However, again these look to be the short distance migrants,
not the ones coming across the Gulf of Mexico from the Yucatan
Peninsula.
If you need more weather info, feel free to email me back, or check out
my website. http://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/~bguaren2/birdweather/
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From rem at uiuc.edu Mon Mar 27 08:57:36 2006
From: rem at uiuc.edu (Robert E Miller)
Date: Mon Mar 27 08:57:39 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys again
Message-ID: <30fd11c4.9f9ef33a.8d7ac00@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
The Urbana Turkeys were at the intersection of Mumford and
George Huff at 6:00 am this morning (Monday). I saw two males
to the West of the corner and one female to the East. I was
in my car and didn't stop to look for others.
Bob Miller
Robert E. Miller
Emeritus Professor of TAM
216 Talbot Laboratory, MC-262
104 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801-2983
(217) 333-4283
Home: 408 E. Mumford Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 367-1796
From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Mon Mar 27 12:21:07 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Mon Mar 27 12:20:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] WESTERN MEADOWLARK, South Farms
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060327120032.02961c50@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
Hi all,
Had a WESTERN MEADOWLARK singing at about 9:30 AM this morning
directly
east and across First St. from my office in the U of I Research
Park. Although I couldn't really see it, it must have been perched in
the
top of one of the few trees in the former pasture area just east of
First
St. there (~ halfway between the road that goes back to the swine ponds
on
the south and St. Mary's Rd. on the north), as I could easily hear it
at
least 250-300 meters away next to my office building in the research
park.
Still had two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, a WINTER WREN, 6+ GOLDENCROWNED
KINGLETS, two EASTERN PHOEBES, and a small flock of (newly arrived?)
SONG
SPARROW migrants on my census this morning in The Forestry. I also
briefly
heard one of the COOPER'S HAWKS call on the east side. Good birding!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Mon Mar 27 18:21:32 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Mon Mar 27 18:19:57 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] a few Vermilion Co. birds from last week
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060327181701.0369c8e8@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
I didn't have time to post these before going to Indiana Friday morning
so
here are a few birds for what they are worth. Late Thursday (Mar.
23rd), I
stopped briefly at Lake Vermilion just before dark and saw one COMMON
LOON
in breeding plumage, 13 HORNED GREBES, 24 HOODED MERGANSERS, 25+
RING-NECKED DUCKS, two RUDDY DUCKS and 200+ RING-BILLED GULLS. Good
birding!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From Frank21 at insightbb.com Mon Mar 27 20:05:06 2006
From: Frank21 at insightbb.com (Frank)
Date: Mon Mar 27 20:05:14 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys again
References: <30fd11c4.9f9ef33a.8d7ac00@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <000901c6520c$08d3a0d0$6501a8c0@BLACKDELL>
All four turkeys were on Race south of George Huff Saturday at 3:15 pm
Frank Cooper
----- Original Message ----From: Robert E Miller
To: Birds
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 8:57 AM
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys again
The Urbana Turkeys were at the intersection of Mumford and
George Huff at 6:00 am this morning (Monday). I saw two males
to the West of the corner and one female to the East. I was
in my car and didn't stop to look for others.
Bob Miller
Robert E. Miller
Emeritus Professor of TAM
216 Talbot Laboratory, MC-262
104 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801-2983
(217) 333-4283
Home: 408 E. Mumford Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 367-1796
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Mar 27 20:22:26 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Mar 27 20:22:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] A first (for me)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285CE0960@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I was out relatively early this AM and kept hearing a hawk calling
constantly. I kept trying to locate the hawk and eventually wound up
focusing on a Blue Jay.
My Peterson's and Sibley's mention that Blue Jays mimic hawks/raptors,
and I have read about that before. And I have wondered about it when I
have heard raptor calls and not seen a hawk.
But this is the first time I have ever focused my binoculars on a Blue
Jay that was obviously making the call!! It sounded very realistic.
Of course this begs the question...why would a Blue Jay do that?
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From ccas at prairienet.org Mon Mar 27 21:31:21 2006
From: ccas at prairienet.org (ccas@prairienet.org)
Date: Mon Mar 27 21:31:23 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] New resources on the CCAS website
Message-ID:
<1406.65.142.101.190.1143516681.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
Dear Fellow Birders New resources are now available on the CCAS website:
Download birding checklists for the following parks:
Homer Lake Forest Preserve
Middle Fork River Forest Preserve
Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve
(Busey Woods coming soon)
Check out the 'Busey Woods Bird Walk Report' for the latest species
sighted on the Sunday morning bird walks.
Also, April information (including the general meeting next week and
upcoming field trips) is now posted.
Website address: www.champaigncountyaudubon.org
Good Birding,
Pam
CCAS Webmaster
From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Mar 27 22:47:45 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Mar 27 22:47:54 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Flycatchers...
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285CE097D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Jim's note reminded me of something...
I don't know my Flycatchers all that well either, but I did see one two
weeks ago at Meadowbrook to the west of McCullough Creek a little south
of the bridge near the Windsor Road parking lot. Could have been a
Willow Flycatcher, but I'm not sure.
Bernie Sloan
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of James Hoyt
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:28 AM
Cc: Birdnotes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Forestry birds
Steve and other birders,
I don't know my flycatchers very well so I hope that someone will check
the burned area east of the Anita Purvis Nature Center.
One was hopping around and singing a bit at 4:30PM yesterday.
Cheers,
Jim :)
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Steve Bailey wrote:
> Hi all,
>
Plenty of activity at the forestry this morning. My first
EASTERN PHOEBE
> was calling low along the stream along the south edge of the
> forestry. Also just north of the east/west trail there and just west
of
> the north/south trail were two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS interacting,
with
> one bird doing its distinctive breeding season drumming on a dead
trunk,
> and the other bird joining it only feet away on the same stub, with
no
> apparent aggression. Could they be thinking of nesting here? This
species
> nests regularly at Lost Mound NWR in northwest Illinois and
occasionally
> nests in other northern Illinois locations and has rarely nested
further
> south in Illinois. Keep your eyes and ears open for this species
here, and
> any mid-May or later birds could be nesting. Also at least a half
dozen
> singing FOX SPARROWS, a couple of singing PURPLE FINCHES. at the
north end
> of the forestry along the "middle" north/south trail, an adult male
> SHARP-SHINNED HAWK flew in and landed less than ten meters from me
while I
> was censusing! It was exceptionally tiny for a Sharp-shinned, thus
the
> guess at its sex. About a dozen BLUE JAYS had been chasing something
> around all morning, probably this bird, but I also heard one of the
> resident COOPER'S HAWKS as well. Still heard a few of the wintering
> WHITE-THROATED SPArrows calling. Also heard 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, new
> spring arrivals, as there have been no Golden-crowneds in the
Forestry
this
> winter. There were still at least two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
calling
as
> well. Last week there was still a WINTER WREN and 2-3 PURPLE FINCHES
were
> still coming to their usual spot along the middle section of the
middle
> north/south trail. Good birding!
>
> Steve Bailey
> Rantoul
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Mar 28 00:36:47 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Mar 28 00:29:53 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV10F52F6AC1AA0053DFEE43C6D30@phx.gbl>
The lake at Lake of the Woods was pretty empty this morning (as well as
Stidham Pond) but there were 3 RUDDY DUCKS all in a row - a female, a
winter male, and an almost complete-plumaged breeding male - just like
in the guidebooks!! Also one Pied-billed Grebe.
Charlene Anchor
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Mar 28 08:58:03 2006
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Mar 28 09:11:32 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Juncos
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285CE0999@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Had at least 20 juncos in my back yard this AM.
Most I've seen there at one time in two or three months.
Bernie Sloan
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
From spendelo at uiuc.edu Tue Mar 28 12:18:48 2006
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (Jacob Spendelow)
Date: Tue Mar 28 12:18:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Flycatchers...
In-Reply-To:
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References:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285CE097D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20060328120440.01b38110@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Jim, Bernie, and others,
The only flycatcher likely to be seen in Illinois at the moment is the
Eastern Phoebe. You might want to pick up a copy of Sheryl Devore's
"Birding Illinois" - the bar graphs in the back are very useful in
determining approximately when to expect each bird species in Illinois.
Good birding,
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
At 10:47 PM 3-27-2006, Sloan, Bernie wrote:
>Jim's note reminded me of something...
>
>I don't know my Flycatchers all that well either, but I did see one
two
>weeks ago at Meadowbrook to the west of McCullough Creek a little
south
>of the bridge near the Windsor Road parking lot. Could have been a
>Willow Flycatcher, but I'm not sure.
>
>Bernie Sloan
>
>-----Original Message---->From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
>[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of James
Hoyt
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:28 AM
>Cc: Birdnotes
>Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Forestry birds
>
>Steve and other birders,
>
>I don't know my flycatchers very well so I hope that someone will
check
>the burned area east of the Anita Purvis Nature Center.
>
>One was hopping around and singing a bit at 4:30PM yesterday.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jim :)
>
>On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Steve Bailey wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
Plenty of activity at the forestry this morning. My first
>EASTERN PHOEBE
> > was calling low along the stream along the south edge of the
> > forestry. Also just north of the east/west trail there and just
west
>of
> > the north/south trail were two YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS
interacting,
>with
> > one bird doing its distinctive breeding season drumming on a dead
>trunk,
> > and the other bird joining it only feet away on the same stub, with
no
>
> > apparent aggression. Could they be thinking of nesting here? This
>species
> > nests regularly at Lost Mound NWR in northwest Illinois and
>occasionally
> > nests in other northern Illinois locations and has rarely nested
>further
> > south in Illinois. Keep your eyes and ears open for this species
>here, and
> > any mid-May or later birds could be nesting. Also at least a half
>dozen
> > singing FOX SPARROWS, a couple of singing PURPLE FINCHES. at the
>north end
> > of the forestry along the "middle" north/south trail, an adult male
> > SHARP-SHINNED HAWK flew in and landed less than ten meters from me
>while I
> > was censusing! It was exceptionally tiny for a Sharp-shinned, thus
>the
> > guess at its sex. About a dozen BLUE JAYS had been chasing
something
> > around all morning, probably this bird, but I also heard one of the
> > resident COOPER'S HAWKS as well. Still heard a few of the
wintering
> > WHITE-THROATED SPArrows calling. Also heard 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED
>KINGLETS, new
> > spring arrivals, as there have been no Golden-crowneds in the
Forestry
>this
> > winter. There were still at least two RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
calling
>as
> > well. Last week there was still a WINTER WREN and 2-3 PURPLE
FINCHES
>were
> > still coming to their usual spot along the middle section of the
>middle
> > north/south trail. Good birding!
> >
> > Steve Bailey
> > Rantoul
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
>->James Hoyt
>"The Prairie Ant"
>Champaign Co. Audubon
>Co-steward Parkland College Prairies.
>Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
>Champaign County Master Gardener
>Allerton Allies
>Prairie Rivers Network
>
>**********************************************************************
**
>*******
>**********************************************************************
**
>*******
>"The human culture is considered to be a 'geologic force' and with
good
>
>reason. But if we are at a stage where our actions are to decide the
>world's future, then surely we have reached a level where we can be
held
>
>acountable for the world's future." Durward L. Allen "Our Wildlife
>Legacy"
>**********************************************************************
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>*******
>**********************************************************************
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Tue Mar 28 14:12:31 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Tue Mar 28 14:18:23 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Robin sighting :)
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A33D@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
(OK...this isn't exactly a local sighting...but I couldn't resist!)
)
Bob
:-
>From the BBC:
______________________________________________
Birdwatchers have been gathering in south London after a rare sighting
of an American Robin. This is the first time the species, from North
America, has been seen in London, according to the Royal Society for
the
Protection of Birds (RSPB).
It has been living in the Denman Road area, close to Peckham Rye
station, for about two months. An expert from the RSPB was due to
visit
the site on Tuesday to confirm the sighting.
Ian Skelton, who has regularly seen the robin, said he knew it was
something special.
"We didn't know what it was... but it seemed like a very rare thing so
we reported it to the RSPB," he said.
"You can see it in the street, sitting on a perch on the buildings
taking in the sunshine. It's quite tame, but not as friendly as a
robin, I'll miss it when it goes."
Resident Corinna Silk said up to 40 spotters with binoculars and
cameras
were staking out the area. I asked them what was going on and they
looked very excited and said an American Robin had been sighted. "They
are looking into different gardens and some have their binoculars
trained on the chimney of a house."
A member of the thrush family,
with oily-black wings and tail, the American Robin is as big as a
blackbird.
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From jane_easterly at hotmail.com Wed Mar 29 07:56:26 2006
From: jane_easterly at hotmail.com (Jane Easterly)
Date: Wed Mar 29 10:58:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] A first (for me)
In-Reply-To:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F285CE0960@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Message-ID: <BAY105-F3817F239C845696BD7870091D00@phx.gbl>
To scare off the rest of the birds so it has first crack at the feeder?
That's what it looked like the Blue Jay who used to come to my feeder
in
Gurnee was doing.
>From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu>
>To: "Birdnotes" <birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org>
>Subject: [Birdnotes] A first (for me)
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:22:26 -0600
>
>I was out relatively early this AM and kept hearing a hawk calling
>constantly. I kept trying to locate the hawk and eventually wound up
>focusing on a Blue Jay.
>
>My Peterson's and Sibley's mention that Blue Jays mimic hawks/raptors,
>and I have read about that before. And I have wondered about it when I
>have heard raptor calls and not seen a hawk.
>
>But this is the first time I have ever focused my binoculars on a Blue
>Jay that was obviously making the call!! It sounded very realistic.
>
>Of course this begs the question...why would a Blue Jay do that?
>
>Bernie Sloan
>E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
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From ryetimothy at gmail.com Wed Mar 29 08:05:16 2006
From: ryetimothy at gmail.com (Timothy Rye)
Date: Wed Mar 29 11:08:39 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Dispatches from Charleston
Message-ID:
<79646f810603290605v1ff1b626pd9526849f5efa150@mail.gmail.com>
Well, I had a relatively productive sunday evening. I went to the
Woodyard
Conservation Area, which is adjacent to Lake Charleston and is operated
by
the city of Charleston. It consists of deciduous woods and a small
wetland
situated among a number of ridges and deep valleys. The woodpeckers
were
going crazy. I saw:
red-bellied woodpeckers
red-headed woodpeckers
downy woodpeckers
as well as:
1 golden-crowned kinglet
red-breasted nuthatches
dark-eyed juncos
I also heard a great horned owl give one call.
Charleston where I saw:
I then moved on to Lake
1 belted kingfisher
six or so eastern meadowlark
2-3 eastern bluebirds
2 great blue herons
2 killdeer
20 or so American Coots
There was also a flock of cedar waxwings on the campus of Eastern
Illinois
University on monday.
On a separate note (and in response to a previous posting) I went up to
Champaign on Saturday and saw one long-eared owl at the forestry site.
It
seems to move around a bit, since it was in a different place than
during
previous trips.
Timothy Rye
Charleston
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Wed Mar 29 09:54:37 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Wed Mar 29 13:16:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Thrasher
Message-ID: <2ef.42ba136.315c07bd@aol.com>
A Brown Thrasher was singing this morning in the 300 block of
Sunnycrest Court West, Urbana (east of Vine and south of Florida).
It's sure good to hear that song again.
Elaine
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From jbchato at uiuc.edu Wed Mar 29 16:42:15 2006
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Wed Mar 29 21:53:38 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] (no subject)
Message-ID: <de273c7f.a0d0d945.826be00@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
Birdnoters,
Inspired by Brian's spotting of flyover Loons at Busey, I went out to
Riverbend
yesterday hoping one might have landed there. No such luck, but I did
see a
variety of other birds- 10 pied-billed grebes, 2 horned grebes, 8 duck
species
including 3 ruddy ducks and a pair of hooded mergansers, 100 coots and
an
assortment of land birds. Just as I pulled out of the gate on my way
home, an
immature Bald Eagle came slowly winging over.
Beth Chato
From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:16:43 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:18:49 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:34:32 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:44:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 12:59:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 13:09:59 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 13:27:09 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL
61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 13:33:56 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 13:53:57 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:00:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls.
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
He
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:21:40 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
low, low rates.
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:23:21 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:27:13 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:29:54 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
low, low rates.
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:43:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
---------------------------------
New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
low, low rates.
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:53:33 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL
61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:56:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
low, low rates.
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:57:05 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 15:14:59 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 15:31:23 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 15:35:31 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls. He
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 15:47:12 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
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From threlkster at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 12:16:28 2006
From: threlkster at gmail.com (Brian Threlkeld)
Date: Thu Mar 30 16:27:12 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Northern California condor nesting
Message-ID:
<30ec30250603301016o4a2a0e09y4856b4391d97435e@mail.gmail.com>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/14216859.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Condor-Nesting.html
Striking news. Go to
<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CONDOR_NESTING?>
for the piece accompanied by a photo; click on the photo for an
enlarged
view -- quite a spectacular sight. There's a link to a video report at
<
http://www.ktvu.com/news/8344923/detail.html>.
I didn't know that the captive breeding programs had been releasing
condors
that far north; I recall hearing only of releases in Arizona and Baja
California. Apparently, though, the Big Sur project is pretty
extensive;
see <http://www.ventanaws.org/condors.htm>. It does make sense; I read
recently in John Nielsen's *Condor* (NY, 2006) that, while known condor
nests in the past hundred years have been almost exclusively in cliffside
caves, naturalists believe that they used to nest and roost in high
hollows
of the giants of the old-growth forests of the west coast -- especially
in
redwoods. The Big Sur location also makes sense because, as Nielsen
reports, researchers believe that a mainstay of condor diet before
European
immigration and the species' population crash was marine mammal
carcasses,
especially whales and sea lions.
I was interested to see that the AP attributes much condor mortality to
"attacks by golden eagles and power lines." I suppose one can't do
much
about the eagles, but surely a conditioning program to make power lines
less
aggressive before their release into the wild is feasible . . . .
-- Brian
___________________
Brian Threlkeld
107 E Michigan Ave
Urbana IL 61801-5027
217-384-5164
abt5@columbia.edu
Federal Public Defender's Office
Central District of Illinois
300 West Main Street
Urbana IL 61801-2624
217-373-0666
217-373-0667 (fax)
Brian_Threlkeld@fd.org
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Mar 30 12:36:17 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Mar 30 16:27:42 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Great Horned Owls
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
My husband met a farmer, Terry Jamison from Fairland IL (east of Villa
Grove) at work this morning in the hall. They have a pair of GHOW with
tree nestlings that are easily visible. His wife has been video taping
them He wondered if anyone would be interested in seeing the owls.
said they are active in early evening and he would be happy to have
people come out to see them this Saturday evening.
He
Directions to his house: South to Villa Grove on Rt 130 to a 4-way
interstop by a grocery store. Turn left (east) and go to 3 miles to a
Highway Dept rock or gravel pile. Turn left (north) - last house on
the left. Please call if you are interest. Number is 832-9324. My
husband described him as a "nice guy."
Charlene Anchor
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Mar 30 14:17:43 2006
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Mar 30 16:29:11 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Email status update
Message-ID: <20060330201743.27656.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
>From the bigwigs over at Prairienet:
Most of you are no doubt aware that we have been experiencing major
lags in the delivery of incoming email on Prairienet.
Prairienet's
mail server has been experiencing a deluge of virus-generated spam.
Although the Mailman list program has been running normally, mail
delivery to lists is obviously also affected.
In an attempt to bring the mail server back to normal, the current mail
queue was archived (as of 11:45am Thursday) in order to give the server
a fresh start. This is a temporary fix and there is no guarantee that
the same problem won't develop again. We know from past experience
that virus-generated spam tends to peak during college semester
breaks(!!), so we hope that the worst 'wave' is over.
In the meantime, mail may be behaving erratically, with duplicate
deliveries and other oddities. There may continue to be a lag in
delivery as the mail server catches up (we hope) with the backlog. We
understand that this is causing major inconveniences for our members
and list subscribers. We ask that you please be patient. If you have
had any important or time-sensitive email, please use alternative
communications.
We are actively working on a long-term solution to this problem.
Unfortunately, due to our limited resources, the quickest solution -- a
dedicated 'spam appliance' -- is beyond our means ($11,000).
Updates will be posted to the Prairienet homepage.
Details for the technically inclined
====================================
Prairienet's mail server has been experiencing a deluge of
virus-generated spam. Much of it is addressed to non-existent
addresses. The mail server generates a bounce message and attempts to
send it out to the sender. Unfortunately, given the nature of
virus-generated spam, the sender address is very often non-existent.
Unable to deliver, the mail server requeues the outgoing message and
will retry it 40 more times over a period of 7 days before it finally
gives up and drops the message from the queue. In our qmail mail
system, this behavior is not configurable.
Bryan Guarente
Birdnotes List Administrator
--------------------------------New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Mar 30 22:35:21 2006
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Mar 30 22:35:24 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] backyard
References: <BAY102-DAV165B16F4623F2177C39D35C6D10@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D9071A8285@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Home at E Main this afternoon...
Cardinals, House Finches, Grackles, a dozen Juncos....also a Golden
Crowned Kinglet, A Peewee, a Red Tailed Hawk the soared twice right
over our heads, showing every feather...really magnificent! A small
flock of Goldfinches was also at the feeder. Several Robins wandered
the yard.
And a yard first!!!
addition...
FOX SPARROW...a very good view of it!
In
...Bloodroot bloomed...Hepatica open fully for the first time (needed
sun!), a few Spring Beauty blossoms opened...Bluebells setting
buds...Mayapples just breaking ground. 4 types of Wild tulips
bloomed...
Bob
:)
From bprice at pdnt.com Thu Mar 30 23:07:13 2006
From: bprice at pdnt.com (Brock Price)
Date: Thu Mar 30 23:07:19 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Homer Lake
Message-ID: <001301c65480$f9774c50$6d41fa3f@YOURCD7BB1D575>
Highlights from this morning:
Wood Ducks - 6 pairs
American Widgeon
Northern Shoveler
Ring-billed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Brock Price - Champaign County
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From j.courson at mchsi.com Fri Mar 31 10:14:46 2006
From: j.courson at mchsi.com (Jeffrey A. Courson)
Date: Fri Mar 31 10:15:03 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Purple Martins have arrived!
Message-ID: <mailman.1.1143821702.14621.birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org>
Saw the first Adult Male on one of the houses this am.
More later..
Jeff
Jeffrey A. Courson
"There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which
that
person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will
fulfill
his mission--a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that
moment,
he finds greatness. It is his finest hour."
Winston Churchill
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From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Fri Mar 31 11:08:46 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Fri Mar 31 11:08:56 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Re: backyard
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060331105756.03991008@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
> Cardinals, House Finches, Grackles, a dozen Juncos....also a Golden
Crowned Kinglet, A Peewee, a Red Tailed Hawk the soared twice right
over
our heads, showing
> every feather...really magnificent!
I think that Jacob Spendelow mentioned this on a recent posting about
a
Willow Flycatcher, but the chances of any flycatcher species (in this
case,
Eastern Pewee) being heard or seen other than Eastern Phoebe, at this
time,
are pretty much zero. The first few Great Crested Flycatchers and
Eastern
Kingbirds (usually the first species of flycatchers into Illinois after
E.
Phoebe) will show up in two to three weeks, and if we are lucky the
first
Pewees and Least Flycatchers will appear somewhere near the end of
April or
first few days of May, depending on weather patterns. Willow, Alder,
Yellow-bellied and Olive-sided Flycatchers are the latest flycatchers
to
appear, and often the very first ones for these do not appear until the
spring bird count or later, often in the second week of May. With that
said, a European Starling was doing imitations of several species of
birds
this morning in the Forestry, including a great Eastern Pewee rendition
which it did several times. Good birding!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Mar 31 11:27:35 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Mar 31 11:20:41 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV14BC7D6312501B0112D109C6D60@phx.gbl>
Checked out Meadowbrook this A.M. for a bit. The south border was very
active - singing FIELD SPARROWS, PHOEBES, BROWN THRASHERS. Heard an
EASTERN TOWHEE calling and saw a female. JUNCOES, WHITE-THROATED, FOX
and SONG SPARROWS. 7 WOOD DUCKS flew over, 4 TURKEY VULTURES and 1
COOPER'S HAWK RED-WINGS, COWBIRDS and GRACKLES were the loudest.
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH along the creek by the "Rabbit Bridge."
TREE SWALLOWS were bickering and jostling for nesting rights in 2
"returned" boxes on the south prairie.
Charlene Anchor
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From sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu Fri Mar 31 11:38:26 2006
From: sdbailey at inhs.uiuc.edu (Steve Bailey)
Date: Fri Mar 31 11:38:38 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Western Meadowlark and Forestry birds
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060331110903.039939d0@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu>
The WESTERN MEADOWLARK seems to be setting up a territory just north of
the
Swine Research Lab on the South Farms. The bird was singing again in
the
old pastures at this location, late yesterday afternoon and again this
morning. If one was able to stop along First Street just south of St.
Mary's Rd., you can hear the bird from this location, and occasionally
from
the U of I Research Park buildings just west of First St.
However,
the
easiest way to hear/see the bird is to turn east onto Hazelwood Dr.,
and
just before you get to the Swine Lab building, a narrow, gravel road
goes
north toward the Assembly Hall. Note that you cannot exit onto St.
Mary's
Rd. from this gravel road due to a cable across the road there, but
there
is plenty of room to turn around at the end of the road near St.
Mary's. Maybe halfway or a little more down this road toward St.
Mary's
Rd., there is an old, red, horse trailer sitting in the pasture on the
east
side of the road. The meadowlark was perched up on a fencepost along a
fencerow just north of this trailer this morning singing away. He also
sings from the tops of the trees along this road. There are also one
or
more Eastern Meadowlarks here as well.
Yesterday afternoon, at the ponds for the swine research area
were 4
(3male) RUDDY DUCKS, 3 (1 male) BUFFLEHEAD, and 11 (all but 2 male)
BLUE-WINGED TEAL , but still no shorebirds. There were also at least
2-3
singing WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS along the fence row on the north side of
Hazelwood at this location.
This morning, there was a very noticeable of migrants into the
area last
night/this morning! At my apartment in Rantoul, the first thing that I
heard when stepping out the door this morning was a flock of 4+
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. They were in the same white pine that is
holding
a MOURNING DOVE nest with eggs, found two weeks ago! I heard more GC
KINGLETS driving through residential areas of Urbana on my way to the
Forestry. And at the Forestry were a minimum of 15-20 more GC
KINGLETS. However, the best birds were the two LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES
along the creek at the south end of the Forestry. Other arrivals were
at
least 6 EASTERN TOWHEES (mostly males) and four WINTER WRENS (one
singing!). The woods still had a boreal flavor though, as I still had
at
least 10 FOX SPARROWS, a pair of YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, one PINE
SISKIN, and several WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS. Four the first time in
many
visits, I failed to hear any RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, as I had 2 there
on
Wed. The pair (both immatures!) of COOPER'S HAWKS are nesting, and I
heard
and saw both on Wed. and one was calling from the same location this
morning. Another Survey ornithologist had one carrying nest material
last
week. There were still several DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and my first BROWN
THRASHER for the county this spring was in the fence row along the
north
edge of the Forestry. Other birds of note was the HAIRY WOODPECKER in
its
usual area at the south end of the Forestry and several Northern
Flickers. Five WOOD DUCKS were perched in the cottonwoods near the
creek
on Wed. and six more came flying in near there this morning. Good
birding!
Steve Bailey
Rantoul
From REGEHR5 at aol.com Fri Mar 31 17:19:18 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 17:19:29 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Allerton bird walk
Message-ID: <35f.113af75.315f12f6@aol.com>
A bird walk is scheduled at Allerton Park for 8:00 AM Saturday, April
1,
and will finish at about 9:30 AM. Meet at the Visitors' Center.
Charlene Anchor is leading the walk.
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Fri Mar 31 17:25:46 2006
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 17:25:58 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Busey bird walk
Message-ID: <23d.9b18b5c.315f147a@aol.com>
The bird walk which takes place every Sunday through
the end of May starts at 7:30 AM. Be sure to set clocks
and watches forward an hour on Saturday night.
Meet at the parking lot of the Anita Purves Nature Center,
1505 N. Broadway, Urbana. The walks last 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Elaine Regehr
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Mar 31 20:24:11 2006
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Mar 31 20:17:16 2006
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook Waterthrush
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV8BC9A1662A1CFCC43044EC6D70@phx.gbl>
My waterthrush at Meadowbrook this morning was apparently a
and not a NORTHERN as I previously stated. The NORTHERN are
arrive here for a couple more weeks. Thanks for helping me
It was probably one of yours seen in the Forestry as it was
that way.
LOUISIANA
not due to
out Steve.
heading
Charlene
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