From ccas at prairienet.org Sat Oct 1 16:18:10 2005
From: ccas at prairienet.org (ccas@prairienet.org)
Date: Sat Oct 1 16:18:11 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Check out the CCAS website
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Hi all,
Check out the CCAS website for the latest information and events. See
pictures of the raptors that will be at our next member's meeting on
Oct.
6, download a flyer for the Prairie School Project workshop coming up
on
Oct. 7-8, purchase birding items online from Eagle Optics (CCAS
receives a
portion of the profits), check times and dates for upcoming field trips
and events, and much more!
The website is a great way to get the word out about our events,
especially to those who are not yet members. Spread the word, and
invite
friends to CCAS activities!
www.champaigncountyaudubon.org
Happy Birding!
CCAS Webmaster
Pam
From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Tue Oct 4 09:54:40 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Tue Oct 4 09:54:42 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Crystal Lake Morning
Message-ID: <20051004145440.37909.qmail@web52110.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdnoters,
This morning ended up being a really good morning for numbers of
warblers, but the diversity was not great. I was at the wooden bridge
over the creek at 7:45am, and the birds were hopping from then until I
left at 8:50am. The majority of warblers were Black-throated Green
Warblers of all ages and sexes.
Warblers seen included:
Black-throated Green Warblers (at least 15)
Magnolia Warbler (1 female-type)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (1 male 1 female)
Ovenbird (4+)
Golden-winged Warbler (1 male)
American Redstart (1 adult male, 2+ female-type)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 female)
Other birds seen:
Swainson's Thrush (3)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Brown Creeper (10+, they were everywhere... just like BTNW)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (8+)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5+)
White-throated Sparrow (5)
American Robins
Northern Flicker (4, all yellow-shafted)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
European Starlings
Carolina Wren (1)
Scarlet Tanager (1 juvenile)
Common Grackles
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Tue Oct 4 10:48:40 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Tue Oct 4 10:48:42 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Birds
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A1F2@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
I was at Goose Lake Prairie late last week (Gentians were just starting
to bloom). I saw (winging overhead and appearing somewhat odd in
contrast to the waving prairie grasses) flocks of Pelicans...I counted
as many as 63 on Friday. There are ponds out on Goose Lake Prairie,
and, of course, the Illinois River is nearby. Quite a sight! There
were also a few Palm Warblers out on the prairie.
Around home...still an occasional Hummer and Redstart.
Bob
From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Oct 4 12:07:53 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Oct 4 12:07:57 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummers and mantises
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F28521C45E@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I was looking through the Birdnotes archives last night and ran across
a
thread from early September that discussed hummers and mantises.
Just wanted to mention that this was also a topic on the
BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS (Bloomington, Indiana) list at about that same time.
The original topic had to do with hummers and large garden spiders (the
person had a seen a hummer get caught in a garden spider's web...it
eventually escaped). One of the list members wrote the following:
"I have seen a chinese mantid catch and kill a hummer before so I
assume
the spider might try. I would guess though that unless it was a huge
garden spider, and they do get large, it would not attempt to catch the
hummer but cut it free."
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 charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Oct 5 09:19:30 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Oct 5 09:14:24 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Further hummers and their problems
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV2A5F9EAF48751BFA37E9FC6820@phx.gbl>
I've been occasionally reading the bird listserves of some of the
southern states since the hurricanes. (The listserves have been used
as a way to try and find birders, keep in contact with each other, and
inform people of the damage during the storms.)
Around the time Birdnotes posted about the hummers, a similar
discussion was taking place down south. Large spiders down there do
entrap the hummingbirds and will kill them. One person was able to
free a hummer and clean off the webs. Other times they are found
trapped and dead. There are many more hummingbirds down there than we
see up here since they congregate and feed-up before migration. (Also,
I believe LA has had 7 different species recorded.) Folks were talking
about seeing around 80 hummingbirds feeding in their yards!! (more
than one person had 40 feeders going - 5 1/2 quarts of sugar water!!)
The result of this is that Shrikes have learned that they can find an
easy meal and will "monitor" the feeders. Hummingbirds are found
impaled on tree thorns as a result. It sounds like our southern
population is very concerned and attached to their large hummingbird
population. More than one person continued to feed during the
hurricanes. One person had to evacuate and leave her 40 feeders....she
was very worried about that, having to leave the birds unfed since the
nectar sources, obviously, were lost.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:09 PM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummers and mantises
I was looking through the Birdnotes archives last night and ran across
a
thread from early September that discussed hummers and mantises.
Just wanted to mention that this was also a topic on the
BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS (Bloomington, Indiana) list at about that same time.
The original topic had to do with hummers and large garden spiders (the
person had a seen a hummer get caught in a garden spider's web...it
eventually escaped). One of the list members wrote the following:
"I have seen a chinese mantid catch and kill a hummer before so I
assume
the spider might try. I would guess though that unless it was a huge
garden spider, and they do get large, it would not attempt to catch the
hummer but cut it free."
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
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From bpalmore at egix.net Wed Oct 5 10:26:24 2005
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Wed Oct 5 10:28:27 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey news
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20051005102343.01a01e18@mail.egix.net>
Turkeys in back yard today on Brighton, Urbana.
them
around town?
Anyone else spotted
From spunksk8tr at hotmail.com Wed Oct 5 17:29:59 2005
From: spunksk8tr at hotmail.com (Mary McLeod)
Date: Wed Oct 5 17:30:06 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey news
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.1.20051005102343.01a01e18@mail.egix.net>
Message-ID: <BAY107-F177F6A4AFB544B64F8F5439A820@phx.gbl>
Two weeks ago, the four of them spent a few days pecking and meandering
up
and down East Burkwood Court.
Mary McLeod
>From: Bland Palmore <bpalmore@egix.net>
>To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
>Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey news
>Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:26:24 -0500
>
>Turkeys in back yard today on Brighton, Urbana. Anyone else spotted
them
>around town?
>
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From rdigges at excite.com Thu Oct 6 10:53:52 2005
From: rdigges at excite.com (Roger)
Date: Thu Oct 6 10:53:57 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] White-throated sparrow
Message-ID: <20051006155352.8EE5DB6E7@xprdmailfe17.nwk.excite.com>
Heard my first singing White-throated Sparrow while walking in my
southeast Urbana neighborhood this morning. He sounded a little rusty,
but nice to hear him.
Roger Digges
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From gh4444 at insightbb.com Fri Oct 7 08:30:49 2005
From: gh4444 at insightbb.com (g.huguet)
Date: Fri Oct 7 08:35:03 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <000a01c5cb43$55271840$2656dd0c@insightbb.com>
8:30 am 4 turkeys just seen in backyard at 1204 E. Brighton Urbana
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Oct 7 12:18:18 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Oct 7 12:13:09 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV4BE170132DF0FE1552C37C6840@phx.gbl>
If they keep hanging around you could have them for Thanksgiving!
joke)
(bad
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: g.huguet
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 8:35 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
8:30 am 4 turkeys just seen in backyard at 1204 E. Brighton Urbana
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From rdigges at excite.com Sat Oct 8 07:41:52 2005
From: rdigges at excite.com (Roger)
Date: Sat Oct 8 07:41:58 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Message-ID: <20051008124152.027E4B6DD@xprdmailfe17.nwk.excite.com>
My wife and I spotted the four turkeys on Evergreen Court this morning,
chowing down on a neighbor's carefully sown grass seed. They seem very
tame; our dogs were within 30 feet of them, and while they stayed
alert, they didn't move.
Roger Digges
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sat Oct 8 19:34:18 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sat Oct 8 19:29:10 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Fw: Mahomet Conservation Area
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV6850BA82463BDCF4877BCC6860@phx.gbl>
----- Original Message ----From: charlene anchor
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 7:32 PM
To: Birdnotes@lists.priairenet.org
Subject: Mahomet Conservation Area
This morning, besides all the usual regulars, seen were: Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow, Winter Wren,
Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark (eating and singing in the
corn stubble), Palm Warbler (many in the prairie), Blue-headed Vireo,
Dark-eyed Junco and White-crowned Sparrow.
Keeping the birds and me company were 1000's of Starlings and 100's of
cross-country runners.
Charlene Anchor
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From jbchato at uiuc.edu Mon Oct 10 11:20:06 2005
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Mon Oct 10 11:20:11 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <bd47d48b.4921ed5b.8537000@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
Monday, October 10.
I accidently got the latest news on south east Urbana's wandering
turkey
family. They are now in Yankee Ridge Subdivision, roosting in a large
tree
on Sherwin Circle and eating weed seeds in a vacant lot. An unknown
lady, meaning to call a friend, dialled my number by mistake and said,
"the turkeys are back!" I said what turkeys, where? and got the scoop.
It
would be fun to take a map and pinpoint all the sightings. I think
these are
the same group of three young plus the mother which were first seen in
Wheatfield Park. Now they are all the same size.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
From bpalmore at egix.net Mon Oct 10 11:43:27 2005
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Mon Oct 10 11:43:30 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkey tracking
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20051010113000.01a06410@mail.egix.net>
First seen on Brighton (901) end of Sept. On Brighton (1202A) Oct. 5;
Evergreen Court; Oct. 8; Yankee Ridge subdivision Oct. 10.
(Brighton is in Sunnycreat area)
From bpalmore at egix.net Mon Oct 10 15:39:56 2005
From: bpalmore at egix.net (Bland Palmore)
Date: Mon Oct 10 15:39:58 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] forgot a Turkey sighting
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.1.20051010153906.019f4a40@mail.egix.net>
October 7, 1204 E. Brighton.
From rdigges at excite.com Mon Oct 10 20:28:00 2005
From: rdigges at excite.com (Roger)
Date: Mon Oct 10 20:28:09 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <20051011012800.05910B7A9@xprdmailfe17.nwk.excite.com>
Seen at west end of East Evergreen Court on October 8th.
Roger Digges
--- On Mon 10/10, John & Beth Chato < jbchato@uiuc.edu > wrote:
From: John & Beth Chato [mailto: jbchato@uiuc.edu]
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:20:06 -0500
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Monday, October 10.<br>I accidently got the latest news on south east
Urbana's wandering turkey <br>family. They are now in Yankee Ridge
Subdivision, roosting in a large tree <br>on Sherwin Circle and eating
weed seeds in a vacant lot. An unknown <br>lady, meaning to call a
friend, dialled my number by mistake and said, <br>"the turkeys are
back!" I said what turkeys, where? and got the scoop. It <br>would be
fun to take a map and pinpoint all the sightings. I think these are
<br>the same group of three young plus the mother which were first seen
in <br>Wheatfield Park. Now they are all the same size.<br>John C.
Chato<br>714 W. Vermont Ave.<br>Urbana, IL 61801<br>217-3446803<br>_______________________________________________<br>Birdnotes
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 10 20:55:27 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 10 20:55:28 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F28521C752@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I am so very disappointed
that
I recently have been pretty much out of town during the turkey
sightings! :-(
I was near St. Louis (end of last week), in Bloomington, IN (the
weekend), Chicago (last night and most of today), briefly in Urbana
(Sunday AM and tonight), and I am heading to Peoria for the rest of the
week.
But I have been liberally lacing my back yard with bird feed (when I am
home) in hopes of sighting the turkeys...
The one thing I find myself wondering about is why there haven't been
sightings reported in Meadowbrook Park? Lots of people go through
Meadowbrook, and there are lots of food sources there...just curious.
Bernie Sloan
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of John &
Beth
Chato
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:20 AM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Monday, October 10.
I accidently got the latest news on south east Urbana's wandering
turkey
family. They are now in Yankee Ridge Subdivision, roosting in a large
tree
on Sherwin Circle and eating weed seeds in a vacant lot. An unknown
lady, meaning to call a friend, dialled my number by mistake and said,
"the turkeys are back!" I said what turkeys, where? and got the scoop.
It
would be fun to take a map and pinpoint all the sightings. I think
these
are
the same group of three young plus the mother which were first seen in
Wheatfield Park. Now they are all the same size.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 10 23:47:47 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 10 23:47:52 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F28521C761@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I asked about why there hadn't been sightings in Meadowbrook...
I received a reply off list indicating that there had been two
Meadowbrook sightings called in to the CCAS phone.
Bernie Sloan
-----Original Message----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:55 PM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] turkeys
As someone who lives in the neighborhood, I am so very disappointed
that
I recently have been pretty much out of town during the turkey
sightings! :-(
I was near St. Louis (end of last week), in Bloomington, IN (the
weekend), Chicago (last night and most of today), briefly in Urbana
(Sunday AM and tonight), and I am heading to Peoria for the rest of the
week.
But I have been liberally lacing my back yard with bird feed (when I am
home) in hopes of sighting the turkeys...
The one thing I find myself wondering about is why there haven't been
sightings reported in Meadowbrook Park? Lots of people go through
Meadowbrook, and there are lots of food sources there...just curious.
Bernie Sloan
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of John &
Beth
Chato
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:20 AM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Monday, October 10.
I accidently got the latest news on south east Urbana's wandering
turkey
family. They are now in Yankee Ridge Subdivision, roosting in a large
tree
on Sherwin Circle and eating weed seeds in a vacant lot. An unknown
lady, meaning to call a friend, dialled my number by mistake and said,
"the turkeys are back!" I said what turkeys, where? and got the scoop.
It
would be fun to take a map and pinpoint all the sightings. I think
these
are
the same group of three young plus the mother which were first seen in
Wheatfield Park. Now they are all the same size.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Tue Oct 11 08:56:54 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Tue Oct 11 08:57:01 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] backyard birds
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A1FC@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Backyard birds this weekend...
White Throated Sparrows
Ruby Crowned Kinglets
Palm Warblers
Redstart
Goldfinches
Swaisons Thrush
Vulture
Blue Jays
Carolina Wren
...and several other unidentified li'l birds...
Cooper Hawk Monday evening...5:45...Urbana downtown-Busey Bank.
(Crow > Hawk > Pigeon situation)
Brown Creeper...Parkland courtyard.
Bob :-)
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From gh4444 at insightbb.com Tue Oct 11 10:04:47 2005
From: gh4444 at insightbb.com (g.huguet)
Date: Tue Oct 11 10:09:17 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <002a01c5ce75$1ed1f960$2656dd0c@insightbb.com>
the 4 turkeys were seen this morning at 8:15 on the ball diamonds south
of yankee ridge school
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From lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu Wed Oct 12 09:14:16 2005
From: lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu (Gregory S Lambeth)
Date: Wed Oct 12 09:14:18 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Chimney Swifts
Message-ID:
<1343607D07FABB4B9E0806679E555A6B01CD00F3@odosmail.ad.uiuc.edu>
There were about 100 Chimney Swifts flying around the Lincoln Square
Mall area in downtown Urbana last evening at dusk. We probably have
just a few more days to enjoy these birds before they're gone for the
next 6 months!
Greg
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Oct 12 10:15:21 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Oct 12 10:10:11 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Chimney Swifts
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV8B3A35D1F53C8637B1B3BC67B0@phx.gbl>
Last year I watched them enter the chimney at Lincoln Square. Last
week about 30 flew high over Griggs Street in Urbana going south in
later afternoon. We always have 6-10 chattering and swooping overhead
during the day at Griggs through the summer. I'll miss them when
they're gone.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Gregory S Lambeth
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:16 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Chimney Swifts
There were about 100 Chimney Swifts flying around the Lincoln Square
Mall area in downtown Urbana last evening at dusk. We probably have
just a few more days to enjoy these birds before they're gone for the
next 6 months!
Greg
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From REGEHR5 at aol.com Thu Oct 13 13:51:36 2005
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Thu Oct 13 13:51:45 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Welden Springs trip
Message-ID: <15d.5b186aa1.308006b8@aol.com>
Welden Springs State Natural Area is the destination for a field
trip sponsored by Champaign County Audubon Society on Saturday,
October 15. Meet at 8:00 AM at the parking lot of the Anita Purves
Nature Center, 1505 N. Broadway, Urbana. The 425-acre park is
located southeast of Clinton in DeWitt County, and is the site of
a 29-acre spring-fed lake. Bring lunch. Helen Parker leads.
Questions: 367-3130.
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From h-parker at express.cites.uiuc.edu Sat Oct 15 17:04:33 2005
From: h-parker at express.cites.uiuc.edu (Helen Parker)
Date: Sat Oct 15 17:04:36 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Where were you-all????
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20051015170124.01c91760@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hey, we were supposed to have a field trip to Weldon Springs today,
remember? I was there, prepared to lead it--but nobody showed up! Too
bad; it probably would have been a great trip. I debated going alone
and
posting all the stuff I saw, but thought of the price of gas and went
to
Homer Lake instead. Which was pretty, too.
--Helen Parker
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sun Oct 16 14:03:08 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sun Oct 16 14:03:10 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Ivory Billed Woodpecker sighting tonight on 60
minutes
news show.
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60 minutes on CBS will have a program about the Ivory Billed Woodpecker
at
6PM tonight.
If anyone can tape this I would appreciate it.
My cable is out!!
THanks again,
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 charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Oct 17 20:26:34 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Oct 17 20:21:21 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV148AC6EA11F7241325EB91C6710@phx.gbl>
This morning,
At Stidham Pond - 2 NORTHERN SHOVELARS
At Lake of the Woods - OSPREY flew down the river near the covered
bridge carrying a decapitated fish and calling. Landed in a dead tree
along the river with the fish in it's talons providing excellent closeup views.
Returning home on 150, a GOLDEN EAGLE flew over. I got out of the car
so as to not run off the road, set up my scope, and watched it until it
was out of sight as it cruised slowly on thermals heading southward.
Charlene Anchor
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From leiterp at msn.com Mon Oct 17 21:07:41 2005
From: leiterp at msn.com (Pam Leiter)
Date: Mon Oct 17 21:06:41 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Juncos
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV12B21380C085744347318DB6710@phx.gbl>
Saw my first juncos of the season - at Homer Lake. Don't remember if
anyone else had seen any or not.
Pam
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 17 21:14:46 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 17 21:14:49 2005
Subject: [SPAM] [Birdnotes] Juncos
Message-ID:
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Pam,
Thanks for the heads up!!!
Every fall I try to track my first sightings of juncos, and in the
spring I try to track my last junco sighting.
Haven't seen one yet this fall!!!
Thanks again!!
Bernie Sloan
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 9:08 PM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [SPAM] [Birdnotes] Juncos
Saw my first juncos of the season - at Homer Lake. Don't remember if
anyone else had seen any or not.
Pam
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Tue Oct 18 01:49:47 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Tue Oct 18 01:49:49 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Juncos
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Pam,
Beth Chato and I saw several at Allerton Park this past Saturday at the
Allerton Bird Hike.
3 Cheers for the little snow birds!!!
Jim :)
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Pam Leiter wrote:
> Saw my first juncos of the season - at Homer Lake. Don't remember if
anyone else had seen any or not.
>
> Pam
-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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reason. But if we are at a stage where our actions are to decide the
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Oct 18 07:37:28 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Oct 18 07:32:13 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV109E89DB538507BA3281D0C6710@phx.gbl>
Just wondering what has happened with the turkeys....anymore sightings?
Charlene Anchor
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Oct 18 09:47:55 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Oct 18 09:47:59 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Juncos
Message-ID:
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I saw my first juncos of the season in my backyard this AM. Also a
small
flock of white-throated sparrows. (Starting in the fall I toss out bird
feed on the ground a couple of times a week...just started doing it
last
week).
Bernie Sloan
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Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] Juncos
Pam,
Beth Chato and I saw several at Allerton Park this past Saturday at the
Allerton Bird Hike.
3 Cheers for the little snow birds!!!
Jim :)
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Pam Leiter wrote:
> Saw my first juncos of the season - at Homer Lake. Don't remember if
anyone else had seen any or not.
>
> Pam
-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 bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Oct 18 10:10:09 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Oct 18 10:10:18 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Message-ID:
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Funny you should ask. I didn't see any turkeys this AM, but I heard at
least one.
I was in the southeast corner of Meadowbrook Park about 7AM today and
thought I heard what might have been a turkey...sort of vaguely
resembled some of the calls pheasants make, but louder and stronger.
Almost sounded to me like a small dog yelping loudly, only more
metallic.
I came home and checked the National Wild Turkey Federation web site,
which has recordings of turkey calls. I found a call that was exactly
the sound I heard this AM in Meadowbrook, except there was more time
spacing between the yelps. It was a hen turkey yelping:
http://www.nwtf.org/special_events/turkey_calls_plain_yelp.html
Bernie Sloan
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[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of charlene
anchor
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 7:37 AM
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Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Just wondering what has happened with the turkeys....anymore sightings?
Charlene Anchor
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From mark at pca-paxtonil.org Tue Oct 18 11:36:45 2005
From: mark at pca-paxtonil.org (Mark Diedrich)
Date: Tue Oct 18 11:36:55 2005
Subject: FW: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Message-ID: <003301c5d402$20f4bba0$020aa8c0@hewlettz2wf5fi>
-----Original Message----From: Mark Diedrich [mailto:mark@pca-paxtonil.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:12 AM
To: 'charlene anchor'
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
With regard to Charlene's query about turkeys; this morning I saw
around
20 turkey in my back yard. Of course, they don't count since I moved
from Paxton to the foothills of the Catskill Mountains (New York State)
in early September. I did post a picture of one of the toms (both
original shot & cropped version) at the following site:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?
<http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=19028263208&page=
1
&photo_count=2> &collid=19028263208&page=1&photo_count=2&
Most of the rest of the birds (there are 3 Colorado birds) that I have
posted are central Illinois birds that I photographed this spring and
summer.
I have really enjoyed reading the birdnotes of all the fall migrants
coming through. Unfortunately, since moving, I have had no time to go
birding. Thus while I have seen a Broad winged hawk or two, I did not
see the large kettles of them that come through this area in
mid-September to early October. - Next year.
Has anyone seen the sandhill cranes migrating south yet. A year or two
(or three) ago I saw a flock flying south while I was at the Middlefork
waterfowl preserve. Do they ever land there?
Mark Diedrich
Kerhonkson, New York
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Oct 18 18:54:59 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Oct 18 18:55:07 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] More turkeys
Message-ID:
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Earlier today I reported hearing a hen turkey yelping in the southeast
corner of Meadowbrook Park at about 7AM.
Tonight I was walking through the same general area shortly after
sunset. I briefly heard several loud drumming sounds, lasting no more
than 2-3 seconds each. It sounded like the sound a pheasant makes when
it takes off, except deeper and more powerful. To me it seemed
consistent with the sound a turkey (several turkeys, since I heard more
than one drumming sound) might make as it flies up into a tree roost
for
the night.
I stood and listened for a couple of minutes after that, but heard no
more sounds.
I am wondering if maybe the turkeys' home base is where Meadowbrook
borders with the Yankee Ridge subdivision??
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 jbchato at uiuc.edu Tue Oct 18 22:10:25 2005
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Tue Oct 18 22:10:32 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] New Mexico wilderness program
Message-ID: <c0cbcc49.4d7c2111.829ab00@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
Special out of town speaker from Utah Wilderness Society;(Nathan Small)
Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m. Rm 160 English Building (608 S. Wright)
LANDS OF ENCHANTMENT: Protecting the Grasslands of Otero Mesa
and Wilderness in New Mexico
He will bring salsa to taste.
Sponsored by Students for Environmenal Concerns
from Beth Chato
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
From REGEHR5 at aol.com Wed Oct 19 19:51:55 2005
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Wed Oct 19 19:52:10 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Message-ID: <1c6.33948f49.3088442b@aol.com>
I saw the first Junco in my yard on Friday, Oct. 15.
This morning I had a small flock of 6 Juncos, a White-throated
Sparrow and a Song Sparrow feeding on weedy grass seeds
in the yard for a short time.
Goldfinches were feeding on seeds of New England Aster
and Purple Coneflower.
Elaine Regehr
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Oct 19 20:09:56 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Oct 19 20:09:59 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Message-ID:
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Speaking of first juncos and first white throated sparrows, what about
last hummingbirds??
I had a hummingbird fly past me in Meadowbrook today. When do they
eventually leave?
Bernie Sloan
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[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of
REGEHR5@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:52 PM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
I saw the first Junco in my yard on Friday, Oct. 15.
This morning I had a small flock of 6 Juncos, a White-throated
Sparrow and a Song Sparrow feeding on weedy grass seeds
in the yard for a short time.
Goldfinches were feeding on seeds of New England Aster
and Purple Coneflower.
Elaine Regehr
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Wed Oct 19 20:59:38 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Wed Oct 19 20:54:23 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV17E8608261D3EB1FFB1B4AC6730@phx.gbl>
That's an interesting question. A friend of mine had one in her yard
this weekend and yesterday we were discussing how long to leave up the
hummingbird feeders. Does anyone have any advice about that? These
hummingbirds may be the lucky ones. The Gulf wouldn't be a great place
to be right now.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:10 PM
To: REGEHR5@aol.com; birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Speaking of first juncos and first white throated sparrows, what about
last hummingbirds??
I had a hummingbird fly past me in Meadowbrook today. When do they
eventually leave?
Bernie Sloan
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org [mailto:birdnotesbounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of REGEHR5@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:52 PM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
I saw the first Junco in my yard on Friday, Oct. 15.
This morning I had a small flock of 6 Juncos, a White-throated
Sparrow and a Song Sparrow feeding on weedy grass seeds
in the yard for a short time.
Goldfinches were feeding on seeds of New England Aster
and Purple Coneflower.
Elaine Regehr
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Thu Oct 20 01:48:54 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Thu Oct 20 01:48:56 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Perkin's Road Judge Webber Park
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At Judge Webber Dog Park and Relamation Project.
Saw a Red Tailed Hawk.
Hundreds of Goldfinches.
Lots of sparrows.
This is going to be a terrific park!!!!!!
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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"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 vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Oct 20 08:16:31 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Oct 20 08:16:35 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A211@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Still haven't seen a Junco yet, but have 6-8 White Throated Sparrows
about the yard. They're fairly tame...will often not fly until I'm
within a few feet of them.
Coopers Hawk flying around Mumford and Philo Road area...seen several
times in the last week (in one encounter, the hawk landed on the roof
of
a parked car right in front of the observer)
Bob :-)
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Oct 20 10:04:16 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Oct 20 10:04:24 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers Hawk
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE2AE@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Several winters ago I had a Coopers Hawk that regularly poached
mourning
doves in my back yard. The hawk would spook the birds and pick a
mourning dove out of the air...always a mourning dove, even though it
always had several species to choose from. I observed this directly a
half dozen times.
That was an interesting winter...two or three times (snow cover/bright
moon) I also observed an owl snatch a mouse feeding on bird feed, and
saw direct evidence that squirrels aren't necessarily vegetarians.
Bernie Sloan
________________________________
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Vaiden,
Robert
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:17 AM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Still haven't seen a Junco yet, but have 6-8 White Throated Sparrows
about the yard. They're fairly tame...will often not fly until I'm
within a few feet of them.
Coopers Hawk flying around Mumford and Philo Road area...seen several
times in the last week (in one encounter, the hawk landed on the roof
of
a parked car right in front of the observer)
Bob
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Oct 20 10:20:10 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Oct 20 10:20:12 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE: Coopers Hawk
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A212@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
I also had a Coopers Hawk a few years ago doing exactly the same
thing...never saw it "in action", but for 2 weeks, I regularly found
piles of Mourning Dove feathers under the evergreens at the back of the
yard. One day, from inside the house, I saw the birds at the feeder
suddenly vanish...by the time I reached the window, it was "raining"
Mourning Dove feathers...but I never saw the hawk or the dove!
Bob :-)
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-----Original Message----From: Sloan, Bernie [mailto:bernies@uillinois.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:04 AM
To: Vaiden, Robert; birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: Coopers Hawk
Several winters ago I had a Coopers Hawk that regularly poached
mourning
doves in my back yard. The hawk would spook the birds and pick a
mourning dove out of the air...always a mourning dove, even though it
always had several species to choose from. I observed this directly a
half dozen times.
That was an interesting winter...two or three times (snow cover/bright
moon) I also observed an owl snatch a mouse feeding on bird feed, and
saw direct evidence that squirrels aren't necessarily vegetarians.
Bernie Sloan
________________________________
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Vaiden,
Robert
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:17 AM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Still haven't seen a Junco yet, but have 6-8 White Throated Sparrows
about the yard. They're fairly tame...will often not fly until I'm
within a few feet of them.
Coopers Hawk flying around Mumford and Philo Road area...seen several
times in the last week (in one encounter, the hawk landed on the roof
of
a parked car right in front of the observer)
Bob :-)
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Oct 20 10:46:44 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Oct 20 10:46:52 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE: Coopers Hawk
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE2B4@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I know what you mean by "raining" feathers. One time the Coopers Hawk
struck swiftly and there were small mourning dove feathers that seemed
to just hang in the bright sunlight for several seconds before sinking
slowly to the ground.
Bernie
________________________________
From: Vaiden, Robert [mailto:vaiden@isgs.uiuc.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:20 AM
To: Sloan, Bernie; birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: Coopers Hawk
I also had a Coopers Hawk a few years ago doing exactly the same
thing...never saw it "in action", but for 2 weeks, I regularly found
piles of Mourning Dove feathers under the evergreens at the back of the
yard. One day, from inside the house, I saw the birds at the feeder
suddenly vanish...by the time I reached the window, it was "raining"
Mourning Dove feathers...but I never saw the hawk or the dove!
Bob
:-)
_______________________________________________________________
-----Original Message----From: Sloan, Bernie [mailto:bernies@uillinois.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:04 AM
To: Vaiden, Robert; birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: Coopers Hawk
Several winters ago I had a Coopers Hawk that regularly poached
mourning
doves in my back yard. The hawk would spook the birds and pick a
mourning dove out of the air...always a mourning dove, even though it
always had several species to choose from. I observed this directly a
half dozen times.
That was an interesting winter...two or three times (snow cover/bright
moon) I also observed an owl snatch a mouse feeding on bird feed, and
saw direct evidence that squirrels aren't necessarily vegetarians.
Bernie Sloan
________________________________
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Vaiden,
Robert
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:17 AM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Still haven't seen a Junco yet, but have 6-8 White Throated Sparrows
about the yard. They're fairly tame...will often not fly until I'm
within a few feet of them.
Coopers Hawk flying around Mumford and Philo Road area...seen several
times in the last week (in one encounter, the hawk landed on the roof
of
a parked car right in front of the observer)
Bob
:-)
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Oct 20 10:56:34 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Oct 20 10:56:39 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummingbirds
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE2B9@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Early this
I actually
night! The
discussion
morning I was catching up on some e-mail from yesterday, and
found an answer to the hummingbird question I asked last
following note is from the Bloomington (IN) birding
list.
Bernie
-----Original Message----From: Bloomington Bird Sightings
[mailto:BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of Don
Gorney
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 11:56 AM
To: BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: [B-BIRDS] Hummingbird Sightings
The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are making their way out of Indiana and
precious few will be noted past October 31. Already, many people no
longer have hummers coming to their feeders. But, I encourage everyone
to keep those feeders up for as long as possible. Some Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds will linger into November and now is the time that people
start noticing Rufous Hummingbirds at the feeder. I am confident that
there are a number of Rufous in the state now. My goal is to learn of
as many as possible and to preserve the record via written details
and/or photos. I hope that by the end of the fall/winter hummer season
(which is late January as incredible as that seems) Indiana will be
closing in on its 50th Selasphorus/Rufous Hummingbird record.
Presently, there are about 42 records for the state dating backing to
the early 1980's. Sooner or later a new species of hummingbird will be
found in Indiana as people watch more closely and leave the feeders up
longer.
If you still have a hummer at your feeder look a little more closely
and
make sure it is a Ruby-throated. Many of our Rufous Hummingbird
records
are of females and immatures that can look similar to a female
Ruby-throated. But, the Rufous has more extensive orange on the
underside while Ruby-throats have little to no orange on their flanks.
The tail pattern is helpful in identifying Rufous because of the orange
(also, black and white) in the tail but this might be difficult to see
as the tail has to be spread to see it well.
Let me know if you think you or someone you know have a
non-Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Many of the birds first show up in
October but some don't arrive until November or early December. If
they
show up late in the season usually they stay around for several weeks.
The link below is a brief article I wrote for the Indiana Audubon
Online Birding Guide about this topic.
http://www.indianaaudubon.org/guide/
Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
dongorney AT yahoo.com
www.dongorney.com
From bernies at uillinois.edu Thu Oct 20 23:53:43 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Thu Oct 20 23:53:44 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE323@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
OK...so it's not a turkey report... :-)
I was hanging out in the southern part of Meadowbrook Park this evening
looking for evidence of turkeys, but the weather cut my observations
short...mostly because there was some lightning that seemed to be
moving
in...the storm seemed to be about a mile and a half to the south.
But I did want to relay an experience I had. I was standing there
looking intently at a tree that looked, in the growing darkness, like
it
might be a turkey roost tree. All of a sudden a big whitetail buck
exploded out of the prairie grass about 30 feet in front of me...it was
one of the bigger deer I have seen at Meadowbrook. I realized that, as
far as the deer was concerned, I had been staring at it for well over a
minute. I figured he thought his cover had been blown and that he had
to
escape. But it almost gave me a heart attack, since I was paying
attention to something else!! :-)
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 vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Fri Oct 21 08:00:37 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Fri Oct 21 08:03:23 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys, Deer and Juncos
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A213@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Neat story...there's way too many deer now, but I remember when, as a
kid, we would go for drives in the country hoping to see just one
deer...how excited we were on the rare occasions when we spotted one!
(I
still get excited!) A couple of years ago, I was in the west end of
Meadowbrook when I saw a small bird duck into the grass. I tried to
call it out...didn't see it again, but a pair of ears popped up about
50
feet away! A fawn arose, and walked right up to me! (I mean...right
there...2-3 feet away). It then decided I wasn't "Mom", turned about,
and trotted back into the prairie and disappeared.
Earlier this year, on a beautiful June evening, as I was wandering
through the same area looking for lilies, a herd of 8-9 deer crossed
the
prairie. They passed within 30 feet (a couple deliberately approached
me and closed to about 15 feet). They apparently decided I was just
another herbivore.
Still no Juncos...send some over...
Bob :)
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[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Sloan,
Bernie
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:54 PM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Turkeys
OK...so it's not a turkey report... :-)
I was hanging out in the southern part of Meadowbrook Park this evening
looking for evidence of turkeys, but the weather cut my observations
short...mostly because there was some lightning that seemed to be
moving
in...the storm seemed to be about a mile and a half to the south.
But I did want to relay an experience I had. I was standing there
looking intently at a tree that looked, in the growing darkness, like
it
might be a turkey roost tree. All of a sudden a big whitetail buck
exploded out of the prairie grass about 30 feet in front of me...it was
one of the bigger deer I have seen at Meadowbrook. I realized that, as
far as the deer was concerned, I had been staring at it for well over a
minute. I figured he thought his cover had been blown and that he had
to
escape. But it almost gave me a heart attack, since I was paying
attention to something else!! :-)
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
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Oct 21 08:35:45 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Oct 21 08:30:31 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers Hawk
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV13E9746B668F21B3835129C6720@phx.gbl>
Our neighborhood/backyard Cooper's, also for the most part, prefers
Mourning Doves with an occasional House Sparrow. I saw three exceptions
last year. Once a Cooper's flew across the yard with a screaming
flicker. It dropped the flicker which, still alive, was able to fly
off. Another time while waiting for a light at the corner of Church
and State, a Cooper's flew across Church St. carrying a Rock Pigeon.
It dropped the pigeon near the sidewalk of the park. The pigeon was
still there the next day. Another time I saw a Cooper's chasing a
pigeon down the center of Main St. in downtown Champaign. Last year a
Cooper's was perched on my fence. I noticed that it had a missing toe.
That may account for it's dropping the birds?
I've also been fortunate to get looks of a Screech Owl in the yard at
night during winter. I have fenced in a small bird feeding area to
deter the wandering cats. Several times I've gone out on a winter
night about 9:00 to put out birdseed and have seen the owl waiting
quietly on the "bird feeding fence." Once I didn't notice it until it
flew silently past me in the moonlight and landed in a low limb about
15 feet away. It was a quiet night and we both were still. I was able
to watch it in the illuminated moonlight....a spectacular backyard
birding moment! My husband saw one this summer sitting on the peak of
the roof next door very early in the morning before it was light.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message -----
From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:04 AM
To: Vaiden, Robert; birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] Coopers Hawk
Several winters ago I had a Coopers Hawk that regularly poached
mourning doves in my back yard. The hawk would spook the birds and pick
a mourning dove out of the air...always a mourning dove, even though it
always had several species to choose from. I observed this directly a
half dozen times.
That was an interesting winter...two or three times (snow cover/bright
moon) I also observed an owl snatch a mouse feeding on bird feed, and
saw direct evidence that squirrels aren?t necessarily vegetarians.
Bernie Sloan
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org [mailto:birdnotesbounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Vaiden, Robert
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 8:17 AM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] First Junco
Still haven?t seen a Junco yet, but have 6-8 White Throated Sparrows
about the yard. They?re fairly tame?will often not fly until I?m
within a few feet of them.
Coopers Hawk flying around Mumford and Philo Road area?seen several
times in the last week (in one encounter, the hawk landed on the roof
of a parked car right in front of the observer)
Bob J
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Fri Oct 21 12:27:57 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Fri Oct 21 12:27:59 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Celebrate Autumn This Saturday at Funks Grove!
(fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0510211223410.31662100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
I will be going over to Funks Grove tommorrow if anyone wants to car
pool.
The caravan will meet at the Anita Purvis Nature Center in Urbana at
8AM
if you would like to save gas.
Funks Grove is a natural jewel in the cornfields!
Hope to see you their.
Jim :)
PS. See below for more info...
-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: Sugar Grove <sugargrovenc@earthlink.net>
Subject: Celebrate Autumn This Saturday!
Sugar Grove Nature Center Autumn Celebration
This Saturday, October 22 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Admission to this family event is FREE!
(There is a small fee for some activities)
Visit our pumpkin patch and choose your favorite to take home and carve
or decorate at our pumpkin salon! Go on a fall color walk and visit
our scarecrow factory. Step back in time to explore a Native American
encampment, meet buckskinners, and watch blacksmith and wood-turning
demonstrations. Children will delight in old-fashioned fun like
pumpkin races, musical bales, a corn-shucking contest, and nature
crafts.
Enjoy Celtic music by The Emerald Underground, on-stage from Noon-2
p.m. Stop in the nature center where the Illinois State Herpetological
Society will be exhibiting a wonderful diversity of reptiles and
amphibians! Attend one of their presentations at 11:00am or 3:00pm!
Professional storyteller, Kim Petzing, will delight audiences with
entertaining nature stories around a campfire at 11:30a.m. and 2:30p.m.
Explore booths of goods by local artisans and crafters and indulge in
some seasonal favorites like apple cider and carmel apples.
Located in beautiful Funks Grove, just south of Bloomington, off Old
Route 66, this 1,000 acre natural area is a dedicated Natural Heritage
Landmark and is well worth the visit.
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From gh4444 at insightbb.com Sun Oct 23 07:19:28 2005
From: gh4444 at insightbb.com (g.huguet)
Date: Sun Oct 23 07:23:48 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <000801c5d7cc$03f4c400$2656dd0c@insightbb.com>
7:15 am sunday 4 turkeys just seen at 1003 shurts in the middle of the
street had to stop car so they could get out of the way
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 11:40:30 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 11:35:14 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV33A806206A5510E4790EDC6740@phx.gbl>
Is there any opinion, professional or non-professional, as to what
should be done about the turkeys? Leave them alone? Try to get them
someplace more suitable? Or maybe nothing can be done? Just
wondering.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: g.huguet
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:23 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
7:15 am sunday 4 turkeys just seen at 1003 shurts in the middle of the
street had to stop car so they could get out of the way
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From Astrid at insightbb.com Sun Oct 23 11:39:03 2005
From: Astrid at insightbb.com (Astrid)
Date: Sun Oct 23 11:39:04 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
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References: <BAY102-DAV33A806206A5510E4790EDC6740@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <435BBCA7.9070609@insightbb.com>
they are less of a problem than the geese. I would think we would deal
with the geese first
charlene anchor wrote:
> Is there any opinion, professional or non-professional, as to what
> should be done about the turkeys? Leave them alone? Try to get them
> someplace more suitable? Or maybe nothing can be done? Just
wondering.
>
> Charlene Anchor
>
>
>
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 12:00:29 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 11:55:12 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV17FFF42FEC48C83F159B37C6740@phx.gbl>
I'm not concerned about the turkeys being a problem, but with their
safety or even the safety of drivers who may stop suddenly to avoid
hitting them. Geese aren't walking down the middle of our streets or
in our yards. I think advice has been advice given as to how to deal
with geese (plantings of grasses and shrubs around ponds to prevent the
geese access) but no one seems to be doing it. Instead our ponds are
mowed around providing the geese with perfect munching habitat.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Astrid
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 11:44 AM
To: charlene anchor
Cc: g.huguet; Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys
they are less of a problem than the geese. I would think we would deal
with the geese first
charlene anchor wrote:
Is there any opinion, professional or non-professional, as to what
should be done about the turkeys? Leave them alone? Try to get them
someplace more suitable? Or maybe nothing can be done? Just
wondering.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: g.huguet
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:23 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
7:15 am sunday 4 turkeys just seen at 1003 shurts in the middle of the
street had to stop car so they could get out of the way
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 12:06:59 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 12:01:41 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Sharing space with wildlife (besides turkeys!)
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV64FADCD9730E50AB2E367C6740@phx.gbl>
This past Friday afternoon, I heard crows outside our studio (on Griggs
St. north of Strawberry Fields). I stepped out and saw 4 crows mobbing
a Red-tailed Hawk a little above tree-top level. The hawk flew off. A
little later I heard the crows again and looked out the window to see
the Red-tail perched on a telephone pole next to our building. When
the crows flew by the hawk would follow with open beak. Finally the
crows left the hawk sitting there quietly. On Saturday afternoon, my
co-worker was walking up the outside stairs and the Red-tail flew by at
low level.
Last Saturday, with the weather being so nice, I had the doors open.
Three times young squirrels entered, once dropping a nut I couldn't
find. ("Katie," the neighborhood cat, found it during the week on one
of her visits to us and knocked it about.) I decided to close the
doors but not before a House Wren flew in. The wren was stressed. It
was panting hard and flying into the windows trying to get out. It
took some time to get it going in the right direction out the door.
(Our previous fly-in bird was a Carolina Wren.)
I'm used to seeing the Cooper's Hawk frequently in town but not the
Red-tailed. Maybe the young squirrels have attracted it.
Charlene Anchor
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 12:09:34 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 12:04:16 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Geese correction
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV2A5E39DCA04F974A26F02C6740@phx.gbl>
I should correct myself. The geese do get in the way of cars,
especially on North Prospect. And with people who live near ponds,
they go into their back yards. I was thinking of my neighborhood
without ponds.
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Sun Oct 23 12:12:43 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Sun Oct 23 12:12:46 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2851B4F02@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
I was going to make the same comment about geese. There is a parallel,
I think. I can remember when there weren't geese all over the place,
and seeing them up close (rather than in the high flying v-wedges) was
a novelty. To some they still are a novelty (witness people feeding the
geese in the ponds along North prospect). But they have become a major
nuisance as their numbers have increased.
I have read that in some communities turkeys have become a major
nuisance as they become more numerous. I still think it's cool to see
them (although I've technically only heard them so far), but I find
myself hoping we don't wind up looking at them as pests in the future.
Bernie
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From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org on behalf of Astrid
Sent: Sun 10/23/2005 11:39 AM
To: charlene anchor
Cc: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys
they are less of a problem than the geese. I would think we would deal
with the geese first
charlene anchor wrote:
Is there any opinion, professional or non-professional, as to
what should be done about the turkeys? Leave them alone? Try to get
them someplace more suitable? Or maybe nothing can be done? Just
wondering.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: g.huguet
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:23 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
7:15 am sunday 4 turkeys just seen at 1003 shurts in the
middle of the street had to stop car so they could get out of the way
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 12:30:07 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 12:24:49 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Another goose correction
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV7E8616B7D744BFA3E88C5C6740@phx.gbl>
I'm wrong again! The grasses and shrubs will obviously not prevent the
geese from having access to ponds. All they have to do is fly in! But
it will discourage them from going on the shore around the ponds, which
is where they become more of a nuisance. If I say any further stupid
things, just correct me.
Charlene Anchor
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Oct 23 12:39:50 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Oct 23 12:34:33 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV10D1B5EBB04A93E38EB783C6740@phx.gbl>
I too remember, either reading or hearing, that turkeys have become a
problem in certain areas of the country where their numbers have
greatly increased. I think one of the reasons that they've been
introduced is for purposes of hunting similar to the Ring-necked
Pheasant? Maybe they are better reproducers than the pheasants and I
would guess they are also harder to hunt being smarter birds? I don't
know....maybe we are just now beginning to see the increase in their
numbers around here.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Sloan, Bernie
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 12:12 PM
To: Astrid; charlene anchor
Cc: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: RE: [Birdnotes] turkeys
I was going to make the same comment about geese. There is a parallel,
I think. I can remember when there weren't geese all over the place,
and seeing them up close (rather than in the high flying v-wedges) was
a novelty. To some they still are a novelty (witness people feeding the
geese in the ponds along North prospect). But they have become a major
nuisance as their numbers have increased.
I have read that in some communities turkeys have become a major
nuisance as they become more numerous. I still think it's cool to see
them (although I've technically only heard them so far), but I find
myself hoping we don't wind up looking at them as pests in the future.
Bernie
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From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org on behalf of Astrid
Sent: Sun 10/23/2005 11:39 AM
To: charlene anchor
Cc: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys
they are less of a problem than the geese. I would think we would deal
with the geese first
charlene anchor wrote:
Is there any opinion, professional or non-professional, as to what
should be done about the turkeys? Leave them alone? Try to get them
someplace more suitable? Or maybe nothing can be done? Just
wondering.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: g.huguet
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:23 AM
To: Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
7:15 am sunday 4 turkeys just seen at 1003 shurts in the middle of the
street had to stop car so they could get out of the way
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From smithsje at egix.net Sun Oct 23 23:20:56 2005
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Sun Oct 23 22:10:08 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys
Message-ID: <200510240256.j9O2ubmW024012@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
To my knowledge, there have been no turkeys seen at Homer Lake this
year. They were there two or three years ago. Homer Lake should be
better habitat than Urbana.
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2005-10-23
From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Mon Oct 24 03:08:08 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Mon Oct 24 03:08:11 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
In-Reply-To: <200510240256.j9O2ubmW024012@outbound-mta.egix.net>
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Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west side of Lodge Park
this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush near Buck's Pond.
Sorry for the late report.
Jim
PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's in the Sunday
paper!
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were pen raised and
then
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A turkey walking in
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than some of the
students
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in the fall?
-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 Mon Oct 24 09:17:10 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Oct 24 09:11:55 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV560B269D6D89F9853AAF3C6770@phx.gbl>
If these are domesticated turkeys maybe they are shopping around for a
home. Maybe we should catch them and send them over to Homer Lake?
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: James Hoyt
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:08 AM
Cc: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west side of Lodge Park
this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush near Buck's Pond.
Sorry for the late report.
Jim
PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's in the Sunday
paper!
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were pen raised and
then
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A turkey walking in
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than some of the
students
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in the fall?
-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 derekliebert at yahoo.com Mon Oct 24 09:48:05 2005
From: derekliebert at yahoo.com (Derek Liebert)
Date: Mon Oct 24 09:48:08 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
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I have not had a chance to see the NG article yet but
am very curious about the habits of these birds. I
would like to request that if anyone has pictures of
the Urbana turkeys that they would like to share
please send them to me at derekliebert@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Derek
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If these are domesticated turkeys maybe they are
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Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: James Hoyt
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:08 AM
Cc: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call
heard)
Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west
side of Lodge Park this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines
along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush
near Buck's Pond.
Sorry for the late report.
Jim
PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's
in the Sunday paper!
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were
pen raised and then
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A
turkey walking in
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than
some of the students
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in
the fall?
--
> 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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> 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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Natural Areas Coordinator
Urbana Park District
901 N. Broadway, Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-9583 (W), 217-417-1120 (H)
daliebert@urbanaparks.org / derekliebert@yahoo.com
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 24 10:00:39 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 24 10:00:47 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE3E0@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
The News-Gazette article featured a photo of one of the Urbana turkeys.
The credit said "Photo provided by Mark Cowan".
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Derek
Liebert
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:48 AM
To: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
I have not had a chance to see the NG article yet but
am very curious about the habits of these birds. I
would like to request that if anyone has pictures of
the Urbana turkeys that they would like to share
please send them to me at derekliebert@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Derek
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If these are domesticated turkeys maybe they are
shopping around for a home. Maybe we should catch
them and send them over to Homer Lake?
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: James Hoyt
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:08 AM
Cc: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call
heard)
Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west
side of Lodge Park this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines
along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush
> near Buck's Pond.
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> Sorry for the late report.
>
> Jim
>
> PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's
> in the Sunday paper!
>
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
>
> PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were
> pen raised and then
>
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A
> turkey walking in
>
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than
> some of the students
>
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
>
> PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in
> the fall?
>
>
> -> 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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Natural Areas Coordinator
Urbana Park District
901 N. Broadway, Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-9583 (W), 217-417-1120 (H)
daliebert@urbanaparks.org / derekliebert@yahoo.com
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 24 10:11:04 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 24 10:11:12 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE3E4@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
The behavior attributed to the Urbana turkeys is not entirely
inconsistent with wild turkey behavior.
I myself have come upon wild turkeys a couple of times on California
backroads where they took their own sweet time getting off the road
while I sat in my car waiting.
And here's another example (not sure why the headline says "Ohio
Officials" since this took place in Indiana):
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0305/217123.html
Bernie
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of James Hoyt
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:08 AM
Cc: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west side of Lodge Park
this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush near Buck's Pond.
Sorry for the late report.
Jim
PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's in the Sunday
paper!
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were pen raised and
then
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A turkey walking in
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than some of the
students
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in the fall?
-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 vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Mon Oct 24 10:46:08 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Mon Oct 24 10:46:09 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Exciting Illini Game!
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A214@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
What an exciting game! First...we sit in the SE corner, where a
Kestral
was both perched and circling. Perhaps he was catching bugs...there
were a number of large moths and others (Mantises?) flying around. I
had great views of the falcon soaring, diving, and passing right over
our heads!
Then a couple of Vampires appeared! They nearly shook us out of our
seats! (OK...these were jet fighters...they sent the falcon aloft
again).
The falcon continued to fly about. A few Mourning Doves flew by.
Later
in the game, we actually had REAL bats flying overhead (I thought it
was
a bit cold, but they didn't, I guess).
Then the game ended and we went home...I don't remember who won...
Bob :)
From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 24 14:21:35 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 24 14:21:37 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook mid-day
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE42B@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Took a stroll around Meadowbrook Park around the noon hour. Fair amount
of activity...
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House finch near entrance to Windsor Road parking lot.
*
Big male pheasant along the edge of the grassy area south of the
play structure.
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Some juncos and white throated sparrows along the south edge of
that grassy area.
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Female pheasant at southeast corner of park.
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Coopers hawk along southern edge of park.
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Red-bellied woodpecker in southwest corner.
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American kestrel flying over southwest corner.
*
Possible red-shouldered hawk over UI Forestry.
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Rough-legged hawk in sycamore along McCullough Creek kinda near
Windsor Road parking lot. Several species of smaller birds were just
showing up to mob it as it flew away
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Possible field sparrow in prairie
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Possible clay colored sparrow at edge of prairie near wooded
area
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Fair number of crows throughout the park
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Lots of robins feeding on berries and fruits
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More grackles than I cared to count...very active and noisy
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Mammals:
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Squirrels and rabbits, of course
Fair sized whitetail buck in southeast corner of park
Whitetail doe east of garden area, south of sidewalk
Coyote scat near the edge of sidewalk in several spots
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
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Mon Oct 24 15:30:59 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Mon Oct 24 15:31:01 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Rufous hummingbird!
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE44F@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
This morning about 9:30AM I watched a hummingbird briefly inspect the
red blossoms of some impatiens I have in pots on my patio before it
decided there was nothing to gain and headed in the general direction
of
a neighbor's hummingbird feeder (not sure if the feeder is still being
filled, but the feeder is still there).
I never really pay much attention to hummingbirds...if I don't feed
them
they don't stay in one place long enough for me to watch. But in the
brief time I watched it, it looked kind of reddish bronze-colored (I
can't think of a good way to describe the color)...I was mostly getting
a rear view.
Anyway, I took a brief break from work a few minutes ago and took a
look
at my Peterson guide. It could only have been a rufous hummingbird.
First I've ever seen.
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 bernies at uillinois.edu Tue Oct 25 00:00:11 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Tue Oct 25 00:00:19 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE49D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
The behavior attributed to the Urbana turkeys is not entirely
inconsistent with wild turkey behavior.
I myself have come upon wild turkeys a couple of times on California
backroads where they took their own sweet time getting off the road
while I sat in my car waiting.
And here's another example (not sure why the headline says "Ohio
Officials" since this took place in Indiana):
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0305/217123.html
Bernie
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of James Hoyt
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:08 AM
Cc: Bird Notes
Subject: Re: [Birdnotes] turkeys (Possible call heard)
Birders,
I may have heard a turkey's gobble near the west side of Lodge Park
this
past Friday afternoon at around 4PM.
Also heard a Red Breasted Nuthatch in the pines along the west road.
Some Flickers and Robins as well as a hermit thrush near Buck's Pond.
Sorry for the late report.
Jim
PS. Check out the article about the Urbana Turkey's in the Sunday
paper!
Patrick Hubert was quoted...
PPS. I too am begining to feel that these birds were pen raised and
then
released. (Although I haven't seen them yet.) A turkey walking in
front of traffic doesn't seem much smarter than some of the
students
leaving KAM's at 1AM!!!
PPPS. Do turkeys eat fermented grapes or berries in the fall?
-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 REGEHR5 at aol.com Tue Oct 25 09:47:41 2005
From: REGEHR5 at aol.com (REGEHR5@aol.com)
Date: Tue Oct 25 09:47:50 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Sandhill Crane trip
Message-ID: <213.c5c9ae4.308f9f8d@aol.com>
Thousands of Sandhill Cranes stop at Jasper-Pulaski Game Preserve
in northern Indiana on the way south each fall. Champaign County
Audubon Society is sponsoring a trip to see them on Saturday,
October 29. Meet at l0:00 AM at the Anita Purves Nature Center,
1505 N. Broadway, Urbana. We carpool, sharing gas expense.
Bring lunch and money for an evening meal...we stop at a restaurant
on the way back, arriving here by l0:00 P.M.
Watching cranes come in for the night is a fine experience,
but many cranes can be seen from the observation deck during the
day if birders wish to return earlier. Everyone is welcome.
John Chato leads. Questions: 344-6803.
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Oct 26 12:29:42 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Oct 26 12:29:45 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] FW: [B-BIRDS] Whooping Cranes
Message-ID:
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Thought this might be of interest to you all, since the whooping cranes
are apparently traveling over Illinois.
Bernie Sloan
________________________________
From: Bloomington Bird Sightings
[mailto:BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of
aliciacraig@COMCAST.NET
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:28 AM
To: BLOOMINGTON-BIRDS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: [B-BIRDS] Whooping Cranes
Thought maybe the information I receive about the Whooping Crane
reintroduction project from Operation Migration folks would be of
interest to birders in Indiana. We may try to do a stop over watch at
the Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge agian this year.
Migration Update, October 26, 2005 - Day 13
First light - decision time. Look - 39 degrees. Check - ground wind
6mph
out of the north. Ponder - an ultralight goes 'upstairs' to check
things
out....and Yes! it's a go.
Joe took to the air under partly cloudy skies with what looked like 16
of the 20 birds in tow around 7:40am. The ground crew watched as
another
ultralight (couldn't see whose) headed out and then circled back with 3
youngsters following. Circling, circling, circling, and then whatever
it
was seemed to be resolved as they too flew off toward La Salle County,
IL.
The decision was made to crate and transport 516. You will recall this
is the poor critter that got caught up in Brooke's aircraft wires
earlier in the migration. It still seems hesitant, and the team were
afraid that if it wouldn't or couldn't stick with the flock, it would
tempt others to break off and follow it. More on 516 will likely be in
the update later today
Today's destination is in La Salle County, IL. Named for the explorer
Robert de la Salle (the Frenchman who sailed down the Mississippi to
claim Louisanna for France), La Salle has a population of 112,335 and
covers 1,135 square miles.
Please check our Field journal later in the day for further entries.
http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html
<http://www.operationmigration.org/Field_Journal.html%20>
Alicia Craig
-Director,
Bird Conservation Alliance
American Bird Conservancy
317-251-BIRD (office)
317-254-0639 (home)
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From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Oct 26 14:36:50 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Oct 26 14:36:54 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Meadowbrook & beavers?
Message-ID:
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Just wondering if anyone has seen any relatively recent signs of beaver
activity in Meadowbrook Park?
I know they've been there in the past. At one point I remember at least
three dams with water ponded behind them, one of the ponds even had a
lodge (it was more or less behind the "Fluke" sculpture on the smaller
sidewalk loop).
On a couple of occasions in the distant past, I recall that the City of
Urbana Engineering Department came into the park to breach the dams
and/or try to channelize McCullough Creek in an attempt to remedy a
flooded basement problem in the neighborhood across Windsor Road from
the park. Beavers eventually made a comeback each time.
As I recall, the last time the dams were breached, it was due to
natural
causes. I'm thinking January 2001? One night there was a torrential
rain
and the runoff in McCullough Creek breached all three dams. I don't
recall seeing any beavers after that with perhaps one exception. A
young
beaver built a dam south of the bridge by the Windsor Road parking lot.
Later I heard from someone else who frequented Meadowbrook that the
beaver had been behaving strangely and was taken to the Vet Med
Wildlife
Clinic where it was diagnosed with distemper and died.
Anyway, I'm curious to know if there's been any relatively recent
activity? I know that one side effect of the beavers' absence is that
the banks of parts of the creek have become choked with willows.
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 spendelo at uiuc.edu Wed Oct 26 21:06:55 2005
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (Jacob Spendelow)
Date: Wed Oct 26 21:07:03 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] GC Kinglet specimen, and hummingbird vagrancy
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20051026204545.01fcf7c8@express.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi everyone,
A friend of mine found a window-killed Golden-crowned Kinglet today.
It is
in his freezer at the moment. Does anyone know a local ornithologist
who
needs this sort of specimen?
Also, remember to take a second look at any hummingbirds you see in the
coming weeks! The prevalence of fall vagrant Selasphorus hummingbirds
(mostly Rufous, also Allen's) has increased markedly in the eastern US
in
recent years. A hummingbird seen in late fall will more likely be
Rufous
than Ruby-throated. I looked for Bernie's rufous-type hummingbird
yesterday without success, and as far as I know he has not seen it
again
either, but it is likely still in town.
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
From bernies at uillinois.edu Wed Oct 26 21:52:20 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Wed Oct 26 21:52:24 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] GC Kinglet specimen, and hummingbird vagrancy
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2854BE5E0@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Jacob is right...I haven't seen the Rufous-type hummingbird since.
Just wanted to provide some more detail. I was home later in the
morning
than usual because I had a 10:30 doctor's appointment. I was killing
time idly looking out at my side patio, wondering when my impatiens
would be finished off by frost. A hummingbird came by, looking like it
was foraging, inspecting the impatiens blossoms, apparently deciding
they weren't worth it. Then it headed to a neighbor's feeder.
As I told Jacob, this is not a big hummer neighborhood a far as I can
tell. They don't seem to be particularly common. But I know what I saw.
I saw a hummer from the rear and that it was mostly a rusty orange
color
as it flew to the neighbor's to the east. I didn't think anything about
it until I thought to look at my Peterson's field guide later that day,
and I know for sure it wasn't a ruby throat!
I immediately thought Rufous from the field guide. Jacob raised the
question of Allen's, which I hadn't thought of before.
Bernie
-----Original Message----From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org
[mailto:birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org] On Behalf Of Jacob
Spendelow
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:07 PM
To: birdnotes@prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] GC Kinglet specimen, and hummingbird vagrancy
Hi everyone,
A friend of mine found a window-killed Golden-crowned Kinglet today.
It
is
in his freezer at the moment. Does anyone know a local ornithologist
who
needs this sort of specimen?
Also, remember to take a second look at any hummingbirds you see in the
coming weeks! The prevalence of fall vagrant Selasphorus hummingbirds
(mostly Rufous, also Allen's) has increased markedly in the eastern US
in
recent years. A hummingbird seen in late fall will more likely be
Rufous
than Ruby-throated. I looked for Bernie's rufous-type hummingbird
yesterday without success, and as far as I know he has not seen it
again
either, but it is likely still in town.
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Thu Oct 27 08:35:57 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Thu Oct 27 08:30:37 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Avian flu info
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV7D1DC4034BE66B58DEE0BC6680@phx.gbl>
Since most of us are birdwatchers, and many are also birdfeeders, I'm
passing on a website from the Cornell Lab giving info for both
categories.
www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/News/avian_flu.htm
Note: There is a _ in the space between "avian" and "flu" in the above
address. It doesn't show up because of the underline.
Charlene Anchor
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From jbchato at uiuc.edu Thu Oct 27 10:20:47 2005
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Thu Oct 27 10:20:50 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] bird bath heaters
Message-ID: <e296e9ee.51dda8ee.836ff00@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
I had a phone call from Henry Frayne asking about people's experiences
with different types of bird bath heaters. He was particularly
interested in
ones that kept it easy to clean out the bird bath in winter. The Nature
shop
stocks three kinds, a heavy duty thermostat controlled one from
Nelson, a
less expensive heavy aluminum foil coil, and my favorite the insulated
bowl, non-electric Solar Sipper. I can easily order other kinds, and
would
be interested in hearing what people recommend or not.
Henry's e-mail is h-frayne@will.uiuc.edu if you want to send him ideas
directly; but I would like some discussion on Birdnotes as well.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
From dolson at ccfpd.org Thu Oct 27 14:49:12 2005
From: dolson at ccfpd.org (Daniel J. Olson)
Date: Thu Oct 27 14:50:08 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] bird bath heaters
In-Reply-To: <e296e9ee.51dda8ee.836ff00@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
References: <e296e9ee.51dda8ee.836ff00@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <32576.66.158.169.111.1130442552.squirrel@www.technologyspecialists.com>
John,
I am not at all familiar with the Solar Sipper and would like to know
more
if you are willing. In particular I am interested in what temperatures
it
keeps water unfrozen, and how long you have had yours. Thanks John.
Daniel J. Olson
> I had a phone call from Henry Frayne asking about people's
experiences
> with different types of bird bath heaters. He was particularly
interested
> in
> ones that kept it easy to clean out the bird bath in winter. The
Nature
> shop
> stocks three kinds, a heavy duty thermostat controlled one from
Nelson, a
> less expensive heavy aluminum foil coil, and my favorite the
insulated
> bowl, non-electric Solar Sipper. I can easily order other kinds, and
would
> be interested in hearing what people recommend or not.
> Henry's e-mail is h-frayne@will.uiuc.edu if you want to send him
ideas
> directly; but I would like some discussion on Birdnotes as well.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
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Mahomet, IL 61853
(217) 586-4389
Fax (217) 586-6853
From ccas at prairienet.org Thu Oct 27 21:42:38 2005
From: ccas at prairienet.org (ccas@prairienet.org)
Date: Thu Oct 27 21:47:24 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] CCAS website
Message-ID:
<1323.65.136.153.148.1130467358.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Get all the information you need about upcoming CCAS field trips and
events by going to our website: www.champaigncountyaudubon.org
Special highlight this month: Pictures of volunteers at our booth at
the
Prairieland Feeds Fall Festival in Savoy on Oct. 1 & 2. Find them on
the
home page.
Happy birding!
Pam
CCAS webmaster
From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Oct 28 08:38:01 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Oct 28 08:32:42 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] bird bath heaters
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV3A2A0E2F768E52C6E04D7C66B0@phx.gbl>
I'm not sure I can add anything of importance to the bird bath heater
discussion except to describe what I use. I have 3 bird baths and use
2 heavy duty thermostat controlled ones (they may be Nelson but I'm not
sure) and 1 utility de-icer. I use so many because I have so many
birds in winter using them. I've always bought expensive thermostat
controlled because I'm concerned about the water/electricity
combination and I don't want to be "frying" any of the birds or myself.
Also I figure they will last longer. I always set a thin brick paver
over each of them to keep them in place and provide a place for the
birds to stand in the middle of the bird bath. It works great and I
don't have to worry about the heater dislodging in some manner to due
the squirrels, etc.
I don't know of any heater that makes it easier to clean the bird
baths. Because mine have high usage I end up cleaning them everyday.
Ice doesn't form unless the temperatures drop very low. Then warm
water frees everything up.
The solar sipper sounds interesting although the
very small. My birds would have to line up, one
thinking of getting one this year anyway just as
like it would need minimal maintenance. I would
about the solar one as well.
only one I've seen was
at a time. But I'm
an extra. It sounds
like to hear more
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: John & Beth Chato
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:20 AM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] bird bath heaters
I had a phone call from Henry Frayne asking about people's experiences
with different types of bird bath heaters. He was particularly
interested in
ones that kept it easy to clean out the bird bath in winter. The Nature
shop
stocks three kinds, a heavy duty thermostat controlled one from
Nelson, a
less expensive heavy aluminum foil coil, and my favorite the insulated
bowl, non-electric Solar Sipper. I can easily order other kinds, and
would
be interested in hearing what people recommend or not.
Henry's e-mail is h-frayne@will.uiuc.edu if you want to send him ideas
directly; but I would like some discussion on Birdnotes as well.
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sun Oct 30 00:03:03 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sun Oct 30 00:03:03 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Jasper Pulaski County Crane Viewing Road Trip
In-Reply-To:
<1323.65.136.153.148.1130467358.squirrel@mail.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0510292344150.32267100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Willow slough was very slightly overcast but clearing at 60 degrees F.
Mostly sunny.
Saw 1 GB Heron
1 Sandpiper sp.
1 Redheaded Woodpecker
1 bluejay
several hundred coot
Heard 1 Golden Crowned Kinglet
Jasper Pulaski
Near 1st Lookout
65 Degrees
Clear sky
Sunny
Saw 11 Cedar Waxwings
2
1
a
5
2
RH woodpeckers
Bluejay
few 100 Sand Hill Cranes
deer
Black Capped Chickadees
2nd Stop at main marsh roosting area
40 degrees at sunset
clear sky but red sunset
6+ Rusty Blackbirds
At least a hundred Red Winged Blackbirds in the cattails and trees
Several Robins
Bluejay
2 Peregrine Falcons
6+ GB Herons
2 probable Loons
2 PB Grebes
several coot
4 or 5 wilsons snipe
4 Large Canada geese
Heard Kingfisher
Some mystery ducks far far away
Several Thousand Sandhill Cranes overhead, roosting in the marsh, and
on
the
service road within the restricted area.
Possibly some grackles
1 coopers hawk tormenting some blackbirds
Orange and blue flaming waters backdropped with a beautifully
Memorable Sunset!!!!!!
Yours very truly.
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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"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 jwhoyt at prairienet.org Sun Oct 30 14:46:56 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Sun Oct 30 18:13:27 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Jasper Pulaski County Crane Viewing Road Trip
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0510292344150.32267100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0510301438200.16979100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Sorry I forgot to mention the many Red Tailed Hawks and Turkey Vulchers
that we saw from the roads between Willow Slough and Jasper Pulaski.
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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"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 ddbrown1 at uiuc.edu Sun Oct 30 17:56:41 2005
From: ddbrown1 at uiuc.edu (Daniel Brown)
Date: Sun Oct 30 20:36:28 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] starlings question
Message-ID: <4a77a27c.5397690d.c7d9a00@expms4.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi,
I am an art student at UofI and wanted to film starlings as part
of a project I
am working on. I was hoping somebody could answer a few questions for
me.
Do starlings migrate from here during winter?
If so, have they left already?
I have seen large groups of starlings around Bradley and Neil, but have
not seen
them for a while. If I want to film starlings, where can I find them?
Where and
when do they group together?
I would appreciate any other info that you think may be helpful.
Thank you,
Daniel
From bernies at uillinois.edu Sun Oct 30 21:02:26 2005
From: bernies at uillinois.edu (Sloan, Bernie)
Date: Sun Oct 30 21:31:14 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] starlings question
Message-ID:
<E55062D772EBD348B31AC9C98106F2851B4F5D@pbmail.ui.uillinois.edu>
Daniel,
I can't answer your questions from the perspective of an ornithologist
about starling migration, but I do know that there are starlings here
year round. About 10-11 years ago I had a serious starling problem in
the winter. It was a colder than normal winter and I had a brick
chimney with no cap on it. The starlings would crowd around the chimney
top to be warmed by the exhaust gases from my furnace. Occasionally the
starlings closest to the chimney edge would pass out and fall down the
chimney. Once they hit a certain point they would be below the part of
the furnace that emitted the exhaust gasses. Then they would revive and
get out of the furnace and into the basement.
I went away for Christmas for a few days that year, before I knew I had
a starling "problem". I left the door from the kitchen to the basement
open so that the temps wouldn't get too cold inside. When I returned,
there were starlings in my house. They had kocked over the Christmas
tree and broken into every food item that they could find. Needless to
say, I wound up putting a metal cap on the chimney (I worked overtime
to make sure all the starlings in the house escaped through an open
door or window).
One other thing to think about...when you see big flocks of black birds
they are not necessarily all starlings. Often they are flocks of
grackles with some starlings mixed in, and maybe even some red-winged
blackbirds. Anyway, you could think you are filming a flock of
starlings, and there could actually be few starlings in the group.
Bernie Sloan
________________________________
From: birdnotes-bounces@lists.prairienet.org on behalf of Daniel Brown
Sent: Sun 10/30/2005 5:56 PM
To: birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org
Subject: [Birdnotes] starlings question
Hi,
I am an art student at UofI and wanted to film starlings as part
of a project I
am working on. I was hoping somebody could answer a few questions for
me.
Do starlings migrate from here during winter?
If so, have they left already?
I have seen large groups of starlings around Bradley and Neil, but have
not seen
them for a while. If I want to film starlings, where can I find them?
Where and
when do they group together?
I would appreciate any other info that you think may be helpful.
Thank you,
Daniel
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From lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu Mon Oct 31 07:47:05 2005
From: lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu (Gregory S Lambeth)
Date: Mon Oct 31 07:51:26 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Clinton Lake 10/30
Message-ID:
<1343607D07FABB4B9E0806679E555A6B01844CA2@odosmail.ad.uiuc.edu>
I spent the afternoon at Clinton Lake and Allerton Park yesterday with
my kids. I had the Pomarine Jeager at the Peninsula Day Use area for
about 5 minutes, but didn't see the bird again. Also at Clinton Lake,
I had 5 Horned Grebes, 1 Common Egret, 1 Bald Eagle and 1 Common Loon.
There are currently good numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls on the lake.
I looked around briefly for owls at Allerton -- the only find was a
calling Barred Owl and a red-phase Screech Owl hit by a car.
Greg Lambeth
From rdigges at excite.com Mon Oct 31 12:35:58 2005
From: rdigges at excite.com (Roger)
Date: Mon Oct 31 12:36:03 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Clinton Lake Pomarine Jaeger
Message-ID: <20051031183558.381B9B6E1@xprdmailfe17.nwk.excite.com>
The POMARINE JAEGER was still present off the Peninsula Day Use area
Monday morning at around 9 a.m. I observed a flyover from the
pavilion, and then later saw the bird on the water from the pipeline
area. I also observed the HORNED GREBES observed by others, but not
the Common Loons. (They may have been west of me; I didn't observe
from the west boat ramp.) On the east end of the lake, I failed to
locate the American Avocets reported earlier, but did find WILSON'S
SNIPE, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, NORTHERN SHOVELERS, and numerous KILLDEER
in that area.
Roger Digges
Urbana
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