From j.courson at mchsi.com Fri Sep 2 10:56:29 2005
From: j.courson at mchsi.com (j.courson@mchsi.com)
Date: Fri Sep 2 10:56:32 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Fwd: [LIBNEWS-L] Hurrican Katrina family, right
here,
right now
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I was not sure how else to get the message out, so forgive me, but for
those
that would like to help....
Thanks for your understanding.
Jeff
-Jeffrey A. Courson
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before the dawn"
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From CatheC at hkusa.com Fri Sep 2 13:55:46 2005
From: CatheC at hkusa.com (Cathe Capel)
Date: Fri Sep 2 13:55:48 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummers and Praying Mantises
Message-ID: <344267DC4D790B41BA09C521F0E8861508A188@exchange.hkusa.com>
For the last two days, a very large, brown praying mantis watched our
hummingbirds come and go, feed and fight, from within 12 inches of our
hummingbird feeder. At first I thought it was coincidental that the
praying mantis was so close and seemed so observant, but then I saw
some
pictures of a praying mantis eating a hummer that it caught.
Consequently, we relocated the insect.
Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? I've noticed several large,
brown praying mantises this year.
The address of the website where the pics are located:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/manti
s
-hummer.aspx?sc=birdwireJul2005
Cathe in Mahomet
cathec@hkusa.com
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Sep 4 22:12:56 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Sep 4 22:08:58 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummers and Praying Mantises
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV8DD307CC23B5CACACAC5EC6A40@phx.gbl>
I have never seen a brown praying mantis. Nor have I seen one eating a
hummingbird other than the picture. A friend from Chicago told me
about a brown mantis that she had seen earlier this season. She had
never seen one. Does anyone know if these are something new or just
something that we haven't been noticing before? Moving the hummingbird
feeder sounds like a prudent thing to do.
Charlene Anchor
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Subject: [Birdnotes] Hummers and Praying Mantises
For the last two days, a very large, brown praying mantis watched our
hummingbirds come and go, feed and fight, from within 12 inches of our
hummingbird feeder. At first I thought it was coincidental that the
praying mantis was so close and seemed so observant, but then I saw
some pictures of a praying mantis eating a hummer that it caught.
Consequently, we relocated the insect.
Has anyone else seen this kind of thing? I?ve noticed several large,
brown praying mantises this year.
The address of the website where the pics are located:
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyardbirds/hummingbirds/manti
s-hummer.aspx?sc=birdwireJul2005
Cathe in Mahomet
cathec@hkusa.com
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Tue Sep 6 09:18:45 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Tue Sep 6 09:14:10 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Brown mantis
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV167AF9CBAB1BFF7AE04CD5C6A70@phx.gbl>
For any who are interested, I received several messages from others
saying they have previously seen the brown mantis. One person has
caught and released them up to 6 1/2" in length....that's about twice
the size of the hummingbird!
Charlene Anchor
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From jbchato at uiuc.edu Wed Sep 7 11:01:32 2005
From: jbchato at uiuc.edu (John & Beth Chato)
Date: Wed Sep 7 13:08:28 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] yard birds
Message-ID: <a5af15f3.3821bb92.b6f7900@expms1.cites.uiuc.edu>
All,
I have just forced myself inside to begin work, but i thought you might
like
to know what was in my yard this morning:
1 red-tailed hawk harrassed by 4 crows and 2 jays, 6 mourning doves, 12
nighthawks going over, 2 rt hummingbirds, 1 downy wood pecker, 1 least
flycatcher, 3 red-eyed vireos,1 red-breasted nuthatch, 2 Carolina
wrens,
10 robins, 1 catbird, 12 starlings,1 chestnut-sided warbler, 6 or more
cardinals, 6 or more house finches, 10 goldfinches, 12 house sparrows.
Yesterday I had some additional species: Swainson's thrush, rose
breasted grosbeak, and Canada warbler.
I have lots in the way of bird food- thistle and safflower seed
feeders, and
a hummingbird feeder- but also lots of natural food. Cardinal flower
and
trumpet vine for the hummers, a huge pokeweed plant and a black cherry
tree for the berry eaters. I try and beat the cardinals and catbirds to
the
raspberries. The big attraction is water. I have a mister over my bird
bath
which sprays on overhanging bushes and this is irresistable to the
whole
gang and brings them down low where I can see them.
Beth Chato
John C. Chato
714 W. Vermont Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
217-344-6803
From smithsje at egix.net Wed Sep 7 22:40:10 2005
From: smithsje at egix.net (Jim & Eleanor Smith)
Date: Wed Sep 7 21:46:30 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] results of the season's bird houses.
Message-ID: <200509080237.j882bHYd004308@outbound-mta.egix.net>
Hello, Bird,
We had a total of 156 nest boxes.
Of that number, 151 had eggs laid.
Kestrel:
5 eggs.....................4 fledged
Carolina Chickadee.........10 eggs..................3
"
Bluebird
355 eggs................209 "
House sparrow
313 ........................0
"
House wren
31
Tree Swallow
436..........................296 "
I did not do a good job of monitoring house wren nests in August.
House sparrows caused the most eggs to be lost, especially early in the
season..
Best regards.
Jim & Eleanor Smith
smithsje@egix.net
2005-09-07
From ebaughjason at yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 19:30:57 2005
From: ebaughjason at yahoo.com (Jason Ebaugh)
Date: Sat Sep 10 19:31:01 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Waterthrush question
Message-ID: <20050911003057.83765.qmail@web36104.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
At crystal lake park, I saw what loked to me like a
Louisiana Water Thrush.
What makes me think that is its eyestripe was pretty
bold white.
I am wondering, is it likely to see a LWT now, or, all
things being equal, is it probably a Northern?
Thanks
Jason
Jason Ebaugh
ebaughjason@yahoo.com
Urbana, Champaign County
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From lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu Sun Sep 11 20:08:54 2005
From: lambeth at ad.uiuc.edu (Gregory S Lambeth)
Date: Sun Sep 11 20:08:56 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Busey Woods Bird Walk
Message-ID:
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About 12 birders joined me on a beautiful September morning hike
through Busey Woods this morning. The most common migrant today was
definitely Monarch Butterfly (I'm guessing we had several hundred), but
we also had a number of cooperative warblers (10 species).
included the following:
Chestnut-sided
Bay-breasted
Redstart
Blue-winged
Black-n-white
Magnolia
Black-throated Green
Nashville
Wilson's
Ovenbird
The list
3
6
14
1
2
3
3
2
1
2
Greg Lambeth
From ebaughjason at yahoo.com Tue Sep 13 08:26:50 2005
From: ebaughjason at yahoo.com (Jason Ebaugh)
Date: Tue Sep 13 08:26:52 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Busey Hairies
Message-ID: <20050913132650.300.qmail@web36110.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
I saw a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers at Busey Woods
Monday evening.
Then a Downy popped in. It was a very good opportunity
to compare the sounds of the two species.
I've never seen Hairy Woodpeckers at Busey before.
Jason Ebaugh
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Urbana, Champaign County
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Tue Sep 13 09:30:06 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Tue Sep 13 09:30:07 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Crystal Lake Park Morning of 9/13
Message-ID: <20050913143006.59741.qmail@web52102.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdntoers,
I made my first real bird outting in a while (3 or 4 weeks) this
morning before my meetings today. I got there at 7:30am and stayed
until 9:00am. It was slow at first, giving only about 8 species of
birds until I finally got a warbler. After that the day was well worth
it (not like it wasn't good enough to get out birding again).
Complete list:
Canada Goose
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 f)
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee (2)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (1)
Blue Jay
American Crow
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Carolina Wren (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1)
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush (many calling)
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
POSSIBLE Orange-crowned Warbler (fleeting glimpses, really early)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1 f)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
POSSIBLE Yellow-rumped Warbler (call note only)
Black and White Warbler (2 f)
American Redstart (3 f/j)
Ovenbird (1)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (call note only)
Common Grackle
Questions, comments, gripes, feel free to email me.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Wed Sep 14 20:41:18 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Wed Sep 14 20:41:20 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] UI Forestry afternoon of 9/14
Message-ID: <20050915014118.231.qmail@web52115.mail.yahoo.com>
Hey,
This afternoon, I went to the Forestry division since the cold front
passed through last night. I wasn't disappointed when I showed up to
the forestry division (SW of Race and Windsor). The first bird I saw
was a Blue-winged Warbler... the second bird, a Blue-winged warbler.
Pretty weird in my mind to be able to do that. Either way, I stood not
far from the entrance and was delighted by many species while standing
in one location.
List of species from 75 yards into the forestry division:
2 Blue-winged Warblers (unknown sex)
1 Bay-breasted Warbler (1m)
2 "Baypolls" (unidentified bay-breasted/blackpoll warblers, but I was
leaning toward Bay)
2 Chestnut Sided Warblers (1m, 1f)
1 Tennessee Warbler (1m)
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1m, 1 unknown [heard only])
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (adult)
2 Carolina Chickadees
Blue Jays (multiple)
45+ Common Nighthawks (migrants over head)
2 Unknown warblers (too fleeting of glimpses to ID, and too many other
things going on to chase these down)
3 Downy Woodpeckers
tons of American Robins (adults and juvs)
1 Red-headed Woodpecker (adult)
American Goldfinch (1 flyby)
House Wren (2+ angry unsexed birds)
Mourning Doves
1 Unidentified <i>catharus</i> Thrush (flyby)
1 Red-tailed Hawk
That was all I saw from one location. I added more robins and such
with a walkthrough, but nothing else of migrating interest.
For those that don't know, tonight might be a good night for Aurora
Borealis here in Illinois. Way after dark, go outside away from lights
of towns and look north, and hopefully with some luck, you might see
the Northern Lights. While your out there, keep your ears peeled too.
Chicago had a great night last night for nocturnal migrants. If your
ears are tuned well enough to it, then you might be able to add some
good birds.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Wed Sep 14 22:38:56 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (James Hoyt)
Date: Wed Sep 14 22:38:58 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Night hawks and Hummingbird
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509142230040.16868100000@bluestem.prairienet.org>
Birders,
Outside my Apartment in West Champaign.
Finally saw the Ruby Throated Hummingbird that my neighbor has been
telling me about.
It was visiting the red-orange trumpets of a viny honeysuckle.
Also saw several night hawks traveling north.
Monarch Butterflies around too.
Jim
-James Hoyt
"The Prairie Ant"
Champaign Co. Audubon
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Monitor Urbana Park District Natural Areas.
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Mon Sep 19 10:29:01 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Mon Sep 19 10:24:05 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV7DA916C38CEE44B0C6752C6920@phx.gbl>
Two NORTHERN HARRIERS flying low over the dried soybeans on the north
edge of the Conservation Area on 9/16 - one adult and one immature. On
9/3 an OSPREY was sitting on a powerline pole in the cornfields just
north of the soybeans. Watched for at least 10 minutes. It didn't
move except to stretch it's wings and look around. Then it took off
and landed on the next western power line pole.
Charlene Anchor
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Mon Sep 19 11:10:35 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Mon Sep 19 11:10:38 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE: Northern Illinois
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A1DC@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
2 Pelicans at Starved Rock on an island in the Illinois River. Pierce
Lake (Rockford) 40-50 Vultures orbiting around the lake...5 or 6
Cormorants in the trees (all on Saturday). Osprey over the Illinois
River at I-39 Sunday evening...100+ Monarchs in the backyard Monday
morning.
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From jwhoyt at prairienet.org Mon Sep 19 14:16:03 2005
From: jwhoyt at prairienet.org (jwhoyt@prairienet.org)
Date: Mon Sep 19 14:16:06 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] [Fwd: more on the Red-headed Woodpecker]
Message-ID:
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MG's
For those gardeners who enjoy birds here is a friendly hint as to why
we
need to be careful about not being to neat.
Leave a few snags in those woodlots!
Jim :)
Here is a good website about Red Headed Woodpeckers.
See http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/2005/aug05/red.htm
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Wed Sep 21 08:52:48 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Wed Sep 21 08:52:53 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] ADMIN TEST...
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Test.
There is no need to respond to this email.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Wed Sep 21 19:51:54 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Wed Sep 21 19:51:56 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Forestry Division 09/21/05 Evening
Message-ID: <20050922005154.96720.qmail@web52109.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdnoters,
This afternoon after a long day of proctoring exams, I went to the
forestry divison (SW of Race and Windsor, west of Meadowbrook park) to
get some warblers and other things that may be coming through. It was
a pretty good day. Not too much was hopping, but I pulled out some
pretty good stuff with some pishing.
Complete list of species: (I think)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush (3 IDed)
catharus thrush (unIDed)
Mourning Dove
Gray Catbird
House Wren (2+)
American Redstart (1 m, 4 f/j)
Golden-winged Warbler (1 m)
Nashville Warbler (1 f, 2 j)
Black-and-white Warbler (1 m)
Bay-breasted Warbler (1 fall m)
POSSIBLE Mourning Warbler (1 f, discussion below)
Ovenbird (3)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (3 f)
Northern Cardinal
White-throated Sparrow (2+)
American Goldfinch
Common Grackle
European Starling
Discussion for Mourning Warbler:
I noted a bird that was low in the brush with a female and a
juvenile nashville warbler. The bird had a complete thin eyering
(white) with a UNIFORMLY gray head and throat (pale). I remember the
bird being completely yellow even on the underside. I "think" that the
bird had a pink beak, but I am not quite sure about that. My first
inclination for this bird was Mourning Warbler (instantaneously), but
after more inspection, I wasn't sure. I did not note the leg color.
For clarification, the bird did have short undertail coverts (rules out
Connecticut Warbler [unfortunately]). MacGillivray's was ruled out by
the complete eyering. The part that bothers me the most was the close
association with nashville warblers, which makes me think that my ID is
wrong. The Nashville Warblers then took off and the thrid bird was not
seen again. It was low in some mustard or some other yellow plant much
like what I think mustard looks like, but I am not a plant person by
any means. It was located on the main entrance trail about 50 feet
west from the intersection of the main trails, thus on the north side
of the hemlock grove and south of the soybean/corn field along the
fenceline.
I cannot conclusively say I had a Mourning Warbler, but I think that
was what I saw. If others find a Mourning Warbler in the forestry
sometime in the next few days, could you please contact me offline with
more information. I will likely go searching for this bird again
tomorrow morning if others would like to join me. I will be getting
over there at about 7:15am.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From dafekt1ve at yahoo.com Thu Sep 22 09:23:58 2005
From: dafekt1ve at yahoo.com (Bryan Guarente)
Date: Thu Sep 22 09:24:05 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] "Oporornis" Warbler still present...
Message-ID: <20050922142358.34356.qmail@web52103.mail.yahoo.com>
Birdnoters,
This morning, after a heck of a lot of searching, I finally got about a
two second view of the POSSIBLE Mourning Warbler reported yesterday at
the UofI Forestry Division (SW of Race and Windsor). I am absolutely
conviced it is either a Mourning or Connecticut after today's short
viewing. HOWEVER, after today's look, I am not sure this bird is not a
Connecticut.
Today, I noted a lack of contrast between the nape of the neck and the
back, which makes me lean more toward Connecticut. Mourning would show
more of a contrast in the head pattern to the mantle color. The
eye-ring of this bird was bold to me, which is making me think that I
underestimated the undertail covert length yesterday. I saw the bird
fly a few times today, but only for split second views. When in
flight, I never noted an excessively long look ing tail, but that
probably doesn't say much. I did not get a good look today at
undertail coverts, but plan on going back this afternoon to hunt this
bird down again.
Another thing that makes me unsure of this bird being a Mourning
Warbler is the lack of hopping. BUT HOLD ON. This is inferred. I
watched plants move, knowing that the bird was in this certain patch of
brush. The bird did not shake the plants very often at all. I would
expect Mourning Warbler to be jumping around through the plants, while
Connecticut would be expected to walk through the brush possibly even
on the ground, and presumably not disturbing the plants like it would
were it to be hopping back and forth on them.
WARNING: this bird is VERY SKULKY. It took me over an hour to find the
bird, then it took me over a half an hour to see it for a whopping two
seconds. This makes for a grand total of about 4 seconds that I have
seen the bird. I am hesitant to call this bird either Connecticut or
Mourning, because of the short views, but I am positive this bird is
not a Nashville Warbler now.
Best bet for finding this bird: check the corner of the fenceline
closest to the fallow field, then walk west along the fenceline
checking the fenceline throughout.
Bryan Guarente
Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Assistant
Champaign, IL
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From vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu Thu Sep 22 13:40:24 2005
From: vaiden at isgs.uiuc.edu (Vaiden, Robert)
Date: Thu Sep 22 13:40:26 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE:backyard
Message-ID: <2DBE7AB0488C0443A1E1C20EA692D90718A1E2@zinc.isgs.uiuc.edu>
Some birds making their way through the backyard...
Redstarts...
Magnolia Warblers...(several)
Yellow warbler with bluish head...Nashville?
Vireo with 2 yellow wingbars, yellowish breast, white eye ring...but
not
"spectacles"
And Monarchs...a walk through my backyard produces "clouds" of Monarchs
as you walk by some areas...I've had as many as 30 fluttering around
me.
It's an amazing feeling...like walking into "Fantasia" or
"Bambi"...can't claim to have thousands, but there's at least a couple
of hundred Monarchs scattered about the yard.
Bob
From charleneanchor at msn.com Fri Sep 23 09:14:02 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Fri Sep 23 09:09:04 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE:backyard
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV11A455FC5F2F052A931137C6960@phx.gbl>
I've been seeing great numbers of Monarchs as well. Certainly good to
see them after last summer's small numbers. Hope they'll be ok this
year on their wintering grounds. With our changing weather one never
knows what will happen.
Charlene Anchor
----- Original Message ----From: Vaiden, Robert
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:40 PM
To: Birdnotes
Subject: [Birdnotes] RE:backyard
Some birds making their way through the backyard...
Redstarts...
Magnolia Warblers...(several)
Yellow warbler with bluish head...Nashville?
Vireo with 2 yellow wingbars, yellowish breast, white eye ring...but
not
"spectacles"
And Monarchs...a walk through my backyard produces "clouds" of Monarchs
as you walk by some areas...I've had as many as 30 fluttering around
me.
It's an amazing feeling...like walking into "Fantasia" or
"Bambi"...can't claim to have thousands, but there's at least a couple
of hundred Monarchs scattered about the yard.
Bob
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From charleneanchor at msn.com Sun Sep 25 09:50:12 2005
From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Sep 25 09:45:15 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV2DFBA01DC81D351B5CF73C6880@phx.gbl>
Was at the Conservation Area in Mahomet Saturday morning, not to bird
but to do some things. About half way I decided to take a break. Sat
down alongside the creek because I saw an EASTERN PHOEBE and thought
I'd watch it for awhile. I didn't expect to see and hear a YELLOWBREASTED CHAT up in the top of a small tree. Looked like it had just
taken a bath - was preening wet breast feathers. It was only doing a
two-note call and its breast didn't look as bright as an adult. But
that was hard to tell since the feathers were wet. I was hoping it was
an immature born there as it was in the same area where I had seen them
in the summer.
Most unexpected was the YELLOW WARBLER which walked into the creek and
took a bath. Never saw one this late! Other "light bathers" (only
stayed in the water a brief time) were AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA
WARBLER and OVENBIRD. Most enthusiastic were the COMMON YELLOWTHROATS.
Adult females and immatures were bathing vigorously while an adult,
nearby-male never entered the water. One adult female seemed to be
"competing" with a LINCOLN SPARROW for the same space in the creek. I
didn't understand that since there was enough water for everyone. But
they would chase each other away and then return immediately.
Others
seen while sitting there were: BLUEBJAY, HOUSE WREN, GRAY CATBIRD,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, FIELD SPARROW, INDIGO BUNTING, SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, NASHVILLE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, EMPI FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH, and PHILADELPHIA VIREO. Two RED-HEADED VIREOS were on the
same branch together near the water. One dropped down into the water
and stayed only a second. I couldn't tell if it was catching something
or if it was taking a vireo bath. The whole scene turned out to be an
enjoyable interlude.
On my way back to the car I saw a PALM WARBLER.
Charlene Anchor
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From: charleneanchor at msn.com (charlene anchor)
Date: Sun Sep 25 13:39:08 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet addition
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Has anyone else seen the Red-Headed Vireos in Mahomet? They're quite
rare - can only be seen in Mahomet! Meant Red-Eyed.
Charlene Anchor
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From rkanter at uiuc.edu Mon Sep 26 11:32:40 2005
From: rkanter at uiuc.edu (Rob Kanter)
Date: Mon Sep 26 11:32:43 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Busey Woods, Sunday afternoon
Message-ID: <4bb75a66.41ed7555.829d300@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu>
I was disappointed to have missed the morning Busey walk
yesterday, so went out in the afternoon despite the rain.
There were many more birds around than I identified, but at
least there were the following:
American redstart (many)
Nashville warbler (1)
Magnolia warbler (1)
Ovenbird (many)
Swainson?s thrush (pretty sure)*
Veery (I think)
Black and white warbler (3)
Yellow-rumped warbler (2)
Brown creeper (1)
Red-eyed vireo (1)
*I'm not very good with thrushes under any conditions (I
can't distinguish shades of brown, olive and red well), and
it was quite dark in the thrushiest part of the woods along
Country Club Road.
Rob Kanter
rkanter@uiuc.edu
From spendelo at uiuc.edu Mon Sep 26 17:46:41 2005
From: spendelo at uiuc.edu (spendelo@uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 26 17:46:44 2005
Subject: [Birdnotes] Black-throated Blue Warbler
Message-ID: <665649f8.420ee867.8da0900@expms5.cites.uiuc.edu>
Hi everyone,
A male Black-throated Blue Warbler was present about ten
minutes ago in the bushes between the Frederick Seitz
Materials Research Lab (MRL) and Loomis (on the east side of
Goodwin between Green and Springfield). I was standing in
the breezeway in front of MRL locking my bike to the south
railing (right next to the plastic lawn chairs and table)
when I saw it hop out of the bushes directly below me. It
stayed in view for 2 - 3 min, foraging on the ground,
flycatching, and even hopping along on the concrete less
than ten feet away from me. Wow!
Jacob Spendelow
Champaign
---- Original message --->Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:50:12 -0500
>From: "charlene anchor" <charleneanchor@msn.com>
>Subject: [Birdnotes] Mahomet
>To: <Birdnotes@lists.prairienet.org>
>
>
Was at the Conservation Area in Mahomet Saturday
>
morning, not to bird but to do some things. About
>
half way I decided to take a break. Sat down
>
alongside the creek because I saw an EASTERN PHOEBE
>
and thought I'd watch it for awhile. I didn't
>
expect to see and hear a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT up in
>
the top of a small tree. Looked like it had just
>
taken a bath - was preening wet breast feathers. It
>
was only doing a two-note call and its breast didn't
>
look as bright as an adult. But that was hard to
>
tell since the feathers were wet. I was hoping it
>
was an immature born there as it was in the same
>
area where I had seen them in the summer.
>
>
Most unexpected was the YELLOW WARBLER which walked
>
into the creek and took a bath. Never saw one this
>
late! Other "light bathers" (only stayed in the
>
water a brief time) were AMERICAN REDSTART, MAGNOLIA
>
WARBLER and OVENBIRD. Most enthusiastic were the
>
COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. Adult females and immatures
>
were bathing vigorously while an adult, nearby-male
>
never entered the water. One adult female seemed to
>
be "competing" with a LINCOLN SPARROW for the same
>
space in the creek. I didn't understand that since
>
there was enough water for everyone. But they would
>
chase each other away and then return immediately.
>
Others seen while sitting there were: BLUEBJAY,
>
HOUSE WREN, GRAY CATBIRD, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK,
>
FIELD SPARROW, INDIGO BUNTING, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
>
NASHVILLE WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, EMPI
>
FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, and PHILADELPHIA
>
VIREO. Two RED-HEADED VIREOS were on the same
>
branch together near the water. One dropped down
>
into the water and stayed only a second. I couldn't
>
tell if it was catching something or if it was
>
taking a vireo bath. The whole scene turned out to
>
be an enjoyable interlude.
>
>
On my way back to the car I saw a PALM WARBLER.
>
>
Charlene Anchor
>
>
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