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9 May SW Monroe Co Yard Birds [Terri Greene ] 9 May Fairfax ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 8 May Kingsbury FWA Willets [Robert Huguenard ] 8 May Hillenbrand FWA grasslands May 7 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 8 May Goose Pond FWA Shorebirds May 7 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 8 May Whip-poor-will in Elkhart Co. [Dan Stoltzfus ] 8 May Celery Bog: CCSP, possible "Calaveras" Warbler ["Michael L. P. Retter" ] 8 May 21 Dunlin, Bobolink-- Vigo County [Jim Sullivan ] 8 May 5/8 Yellow-headed Blackbird, Porter County [Patrick Krueger ] 8 May Indiana Dunes SP 5/8/08 [Brad Bumgardner ] 8 May oriole and tanager [Marianna Sadowski ] 8 May Franke Park-A flock at last [REBECCA BROWN ] 8 May Indigo Buntings in yard ["B.G. Sloan" ] 8 May Short-billed Dowitchers, Montgomery County [Larry Peavler ] 8 May Veteran's Memorial Plaza, downtown Indianapolis [Larry Peavler ] 8 May 100th BIGBY species for 2008! ["B.G. Sloan" ] 8 May Franke Park [] 8 May Veery [Trice Berkley ] 8 May anyone going to Sycamore Audubon program this evening? [Liz Day ] 8 May Neat "pairs" to Compare [Marjorie Carmony ] 8 May Re: Question about Wild Turkey in Indianapolis ["Castrale, John" ] 8 May Lake Monroe - rainy ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 7 May Kentucky warbler [Gail McNierney ] 7 May Marion County shorebirds ["Mark C. Rhodes" ] 7 May Fish Crow at Twin Swamps [Roger and Michelle Hedge ] 7 May Re: Hummer Feeder [Kristin Bingham ] 7 May Western Tanager? ["Mark C. Rhodes" ] 7 May Re: Hummer Feeder [Don & Donna McCarty ] 7 May Dune Warbler 5/7/08 [Brad Bumgardner ] 7 May Re: Illiana Birds: hybrid gull and sparrow fall out ["B.G. Sloan" ] 7 May Hummer Feeder [Mary Henschen ] 7 May Re: New Pictures - 5/7 [D Holmes ] 7 May Long Beach FOY Warblers, Sparrows, Hummer,Orioles [D Holmes ] 7 May Illiana Birds: hybrid gull and sparrow fall out ["Carolyn A. Marsh" ] 7 May New Pictures - 5/7 [Michael Topp ] 7 May Correction to my earlier post - PROW, Not PRWA [Temple Pearson ] 7 May PRWA in Celery Bog, West Lafayette [Temple Pearson ] 7 May Glossy Ibis - GP10 ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 7 May Franke Park [REBECCA BROWN ] 7 May Washington County/Black Billed Cuckoo, Blue Grosbeak [Jeff Sells ] 6 May Tipton County birds [Jim Purvis ] 6 May Illiana Birds: Hammond Bird Sanctuary highlights ["Carolyn A. Marsh" ] 7 May Common Nighthawk [Sam Plew ] 7 May Bobolonks - Marion Co. ["Mark C. Rhodes" ] 7 May Common Nighthawks May 6 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 7 May Kingsbury FWA 03 May - Cattle Egret, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, 410+ shorebirds [Jeff McCoy ] 7 May Universal Mine WIPH,UPSA's,Kankakee SandsWIPH SMLO [John Kendall ] 6 May Shorebirds - Marion County ["Mark C. Rhodes" ] 6 May Hort Park, Tippecanoe County [Beth Misner & Barny Dunning ] 6 May Wood Thrush [Bruce Mohler ] 6 May Golden-winged Warbler SE Hamilton Co [Brad Jackson ] 6 May Eagle Creek Park-5/6 Least Bittern [Janet Creamer ] Subject: SW Monroe Co Yard Birds From: Terri Greene <tgreene AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 12:12:22 -0400 New yard birds: Common Yellowthroat (FOS) and the female Orchard Oriole feeding at the hummer feeders. Below are a few highlights from the week and last weekend's list. Terri Greene SW Monroe Co +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Observation date: 5/8/08 Common Yellowthroat 1 (male) Orchard Oriole 1 (female) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Observation date: 5/6/08 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (Lee Phillips Rd) Whip-poor-will 1 (Heard around 5:20am and around 6am. May have been more than one bird . . . or it was on the move.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Observation date: 5/4/08 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Orchard Oriole 2 (1 male, 1 female) Baltimore Oriole 2 (2 males) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Observation date: 5/3/08 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 1 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Mourning Dove 12 Whip-poor-will 1 (Heard SW of house around 9:15 pm) Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 2 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 25 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 Purple Finch 1 House Finch 3 American Goldfinch 3 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Fairfax From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 11:16:59 -0400 I made a brief stop at Fairfax this morning - water levels now rising again, so more of the parking lot (entirely above water two days ago) is now flooded. The highlights: Canada Goose - 24 Mallard - 4 Double-cr. Cormorant - 1 Osprey - 1 Turkey Vulture - 6 Great Blue Heron - 2 Ring-billed Gull = 6 Killdeer - 4 Spotted Sandpiper - 4 Significan swallow flight - all species except Purple Martin - dominated by Barn Swallows, then Tree Swallows, then No. Rough-winged Swallow, then Cliff Swallow, and at least 20 Bank Swallows. Brown Thrasher - 4 Gray Catbird - 2 E. Kingbird - 2 Least Flycatcher - 1 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 Warbling Vireo - 2 Yellow-thr. Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 White-eyed Vireo - 1 No. Parula - 2 Yellow Warbler - 2 Prothonotary Warbler - 1 Yellow-thr. Warbler - 2 Prairie Warbler - 1 Kentucky Warbler - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Yellow-br. Chat - 1 Orchard Oriole - 2 Baltimore Oriole - 4 Wiesler - 2 (male and female - molting into alternate plumage) Don Whitehead Bloomington whitehea AT indiana.edu Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Kingsbury FWA Willets From: Robert Huguenard <roberthuguenard AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:59:17 -0700 Hi,     Brigid and I were at Kingsbury briefly this evening about 5:30 local time. We were trying to determine if the 15 large shorebirds we were looking at were Willets, when a 16th flew in showing us great views of it's wing pattern.(by the time we checked out the other end of the marsh and came back, about 20 min., they were gone. In all the shorebird action was outstanding, I wish we had more time. Others seen were Leasts, Pecs, Lesser Yellowlegs crawling all over the place. We had 4 Semi-Palmated Plovers, 1 Stilt Sandpiper, two Spotted Sandpipers  and 100 + Dunlin including a flock of 75 that flew in just as we were leaving. Last, but not least were 3 Short Billed Dowitchers in nearly the same spot as I had Long Billed Dowitchers a couple of weeks ago.     We also noted that a pair of Mockingbirds have returned to the same brush pile as last year, west of the archery range a few hundred yards.     Pierce road is heating up a little with 4 Dunlin, ~ 30 Least Sandpipers, 8 Pectoral Sandpipers and 3 Lesser Yellowlegs seen in a quick look. The water level continues to recede making for improving habitat.     I put a couple of digiscoped pics of the Willets and Stilt on my Flickr page if you are interested:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/41782619 AT N00/ Bob and Brigid ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Hillenbrand FWA grasslands May 7 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 23:23:31 -0400 Yesterday afternoon (May 7, 2008) after we finished with shorebirds at Goose Pond FWA James Cole, Chip O’leary, and I drove to the grasslands of Hillenbrand FWA in western Greene County. We scouted briefly for upcoming Sassafras Audubon Society trip there on Saturday, June 7. The SAS trip to Hillenbrand FWA on June 7 will do a Rapid Assessment of obligate grassland birds in this very under birded DNR property. We want to ascertain if Hillenbrand might be a potential nominee for status as an Indiana Important Bird Area. The initial results yesterday were quite encouraging. On a brief drive though and making only two stops out of the car we tallied 11 singing HENSLOW’S SPARROWS in the Hillenbrand grasslands before a thunderstorm hit. Please come and help with our IBA assessment trip to Hillenbrand on Saturday June 7. An announcement for the trip is on line on the SAS Leaflet Calendar page: http://www.sassafrasaudubon.org/calendar.html James Cole has also written an article about our upcoming Hillenbrand grasslands trip. The article will be posted when the entire SAS Leaflet issue goes on line, presumably sometime during the next week or so (can be accessed from the calendar URL above). If you're a SAS member you already have a hard copy of James' article. Here are the results of our brief two-stop visit yesterday at mid- afternoon: Wild Turkey 4 Northern Bobwhite 6 Eastern Kingbird 1 Tree Swallow 1 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Prairie Warbler 3 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 5 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 7 Grasshopper Sparrow 4 HENSLOW'S SPARROW 11 Blue Grosbeak 1 Dickcissel 4 Thanks much to Chip for coming along and finding several of the good birds. --Lee Sterrenburg, James Cole, & Chip O’leary Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Goose Pond FWA Shorebirds May 7 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 23:16:57 -0400 Yesterday morning (May 7, 2008) James Cole, Brad Feaster, Bob Russell, and I met for shorebird management discussions and tours at Goose Pond FWA in Greene County. Chip O’leary joined us partway though the morning. Brad gave us a tour of the new Goose Pond Main Pool East and Main Pool West wetland units. We then briefly looked for shorebirds in Goose Pond unit GP9 until a big thunderstorm front hit. Shorebirds encountered during the morning included 1 male WILSON’S PHALAROPE in Main Pool West, 20 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 11 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 15 DUNLINS, 3 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and our first 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and 1 STILT SANDPIPER of the spring. Some of us stopped by to see the GLOSSY IBIS in Goose Pond Unit GP10S found by John Eakin and Don Whitehead after Don called and reported the bird. It is encouraging that 2 different Wilson’s Phalaropes were found on the Goose Pond property the same day. Don and John relocated the female in GP9 and we found a male in Main Pool West. Now we need to get the two of them together . . . Weather: overcast, south winds, falling temperatures, heavy rain off and on much of the day starting from mid-late morning onwards. Selected results: GOOSE POND FWA UNIT MAIN POOL EAST: Northern Bobwhite 3 Great Blue Heron 7 Green Heron 1 Bald Eagle 1 adult Killdeer 10 Spotted Sandpiper 6 included a male doing courtship displays Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Lesser Yellowlegs 18 Least Sandpiper 20 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 our FOY Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Great Horned Owl 1 flushed & seen flying Willow Flycatcher 2 our FOY Eastern Kingbird 1 Bell’s Vireo 1 singing near the ruined metal bridge at the north end of CR 1200 W House Wren 4 Blackpoll Warbler 1 singing in Black Creek riparian tree line Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Dickcissel 4 Orchard Oriole 1 GOOSE POND FWA UNIT MAIN POOL WEST: Wood Duck 3 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Bobwhite 5 Semipalmated Plover 4 Killdeer 4 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 19 Least Sandpiper 29 Dunlin 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER 3 detailed scope studies and soft whistled tu tu tu calls heard WILSON’S PHALAROPE 1 male Bell’s Vireo 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 Henslow’s Sparrow 4 near the tern island at the south end of CR 1200 W Dickcissel 4 GOOSE POND UNIT 6E, along CR 1200 W, south of the bridge over Brewer Ditch. Henslow’s Sparrow 2 Dickcissel 8 GOOSE POND FWA UNIT GP11S: Semipalmated Plover 13 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 GOOSE POND FWA UNIT GP9 (visit terminated by thunderstorm shortly after we began) Semipalmated Plover 3 BLACK-NECKED STILT 2 on a drive by after lunch Lesser Yellowlegs 8 Least Sandpiper 8 Pectoral Sandpiper 11 Dunlin 13 Stilt Sandpiper 1 found by Bob Russell Our FOY Wilson’s Snipe 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 GOOSE POND FWA UNIT GP4, along CR 300 S: Blue Grosbeak 1 GOOSE POND FWA BEEHUNTER MARSH UNITS BH5S and BH5E: Before heading to the shorebird meeting I scouted in the early morning along the Beehunter Marsh farmhouse driveway in advance of this Saturday’s Greene County Big May Day Count. A huge overflight of LESSER YELLOWLEGS occurred from 5:57-6:10 AM. It was still too dark to see birds up against the low, heavy clouds. Sunrise was at 6:43 AM. It would have been fascinating to get a count. The sky overhead was full of the calls of departing or passing Lesser Yellowlegs for 13 minutes. By the time I could see birds up against the sky only two more passing flocks flew by, with a total of 37 individuals. By sunrise only 1 Lesser Yellowlegs was left calling on the ground in the nearby wetlands. Early AM results at Beehunter Marsh: Wood Duck 1 Mallard 12 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Bobwhite 3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 4 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 2 my FOY Bald Eagle 2 1 first basic, 1 adult Red-tailed Hawk 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 38 Wilson’s Snipe 5 2 winnowing Sora 6 Tree Swallow 3 SEDGE WREN 1 singing European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 4 Red-winged Blackbird 16 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Based on the directions of calls in the dark I suspect there could have been 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons present. However, to be safe I only counted one seen flying plus another calling in the distance at the same time. --Lee Sterrenburg, James Cole, Brad Feaster, Chip O’leary, & Bob Russell Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Whip-poor-will in Elkhart Co. From: Dan Stoltzfus <DanHSt AT AOL.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:46:27 EDT Today, May 8, Gary Chupp and his son were birding in a farmer's woodlot near CR35 and CR34 and flushed a Whip-poor-will which fled deeper into the woodlot. They searched and found it sitting in typical horizontal fashion on a branch about 20 feet above the ground. Gary observed the tail when it flushed and it had the white in the corners of the tail. It remained sitting on the limb while Gary studied its features and then he called Leland Shaum to come and photograph it. Leland and I went immediately to the farm and Gary led us to the site and Leland got very good pictures of it. Whip-poor-wills are rarely found in Elkhart County. Gary had also seen a Summer Tanager in the woods, another exceptional find, as well as 2 Baltimore Orioles and these warblers: Black-and white Nashville Northern Parula Tennessee Yellow Dan Stoltzfus Goshen **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Celery Bog: CCSP, possible "Calaveras" Warbler From: "Michael L. P. Retter" <mlretter AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 19:35:13 -0700 Matt and I birded Celery Bog this evening. The birding was so good we ended up missing the program! A Clay-colored Sparrow in a small flock of Chippies was one of the highlights. I was last seen about 7:45 p.m. at the "speed limit 10" sign just S of the visitors center on the W side of the road. A possible "Calaveras" Warbler was the other noteworthy bird. It was just across the road from the sparrow about 8 p.m. Location: Celery Bog Observation date: 5/8/08 Notes: drizzle, cold Number of species: 63 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 3 Great Blue Heron 5 Green Heron 2 Sora 2 Killdeer 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Least Sandpiper 5 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 200 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 20 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 20 Bank Swallow 10 Barn Swallow 20 Carolina Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 5 Eastern Bluebird 4 Veery 3 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 8 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 possible female "Calaveras" Warbler (V. r. ridgwayi): very pale with extensive white belly and swang its tail in a horizontal arc Yellow Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 75 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 50 Blackpoll Warbler 4 Northern Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroat 5 Scarlet Tanager 7 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 8 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 6 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 35 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 Indigo Bunting 10 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 20 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Baltimore Oriole 3 American Goldfinch 25 House Sparrow 12 Michael L. P. Retter --------------------------------- Tour Leader, Tropical Birding & Birding America 800.348.5941 http://www.tropicalbirding.com/ http://birding-america.com/ W. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN mlretter AT yahoo.com home: 309.277.7136 cell: 309.824.7317 http://retter.xenospiza.com/ ----------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: 21 Dunlin, Bobolink-- Vigo County From: Jim Sullivan <jb.sullivan AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 21:27:48 -0400 Bobolink were flying back and forth across the fields in the Northern area of Chinook Mine. On Swalls road between Tabortown and the County Line road. In the Southwest part of the County, there were 21 Dunlins feeding in the pouring rain in one of the fields of the Honey Creek River Bottom Wetland area (on the north side of Kennett, in a plowed field at the bottom of the hill). There were also Greater Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: 5/8 Yellow-headed Blackbird, Porter County From: Patrick Krueger <patrick219 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 20:54:14 -0400 8 MAY 2008, Furnessville, Porter County Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Bobolink 2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Baltimore Oriole 4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 American Goldfinch 2 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Mourning Dove 5 Tree Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 2 Turkey Vulture 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 House Finch 1 House Sparrow 1 Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 2 American Robin 1 Common Grackle 3 Eu. Starling 3 Northern Cardinal 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 American Crow 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 Blue Jay 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Patrick Krueger Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Indiana Dunes SP 5/8/08 From: Brad Bumgardner <bumgbj01 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 18:21:51 -0500 Greetings, Took the long route today. Trail 2 to trail 10, east to Trail 9, through the center park blowouts for Prairie Warbler, south to the bird observation area, then west to the Wilson Shelter. Also hit some bird sites along State Park Boundary road. Totaled 84 species for the morning, with 20 warbler species. HIGHLIGHTS:Pied-billed Grebe 1Green Heron 2Sora 2Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2Red-headed Woodpecker 5Pileated Woodpecker 3Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 (FOY)Least Flycatcher 1 "Empidonax" Flycatcher 1 (trail 10, east of Trail 2. Silent, but responded strongly to taped Alder Flycatcher. Long primary projection, good habitat, but given early date, I'm not calling it) Yellow-throated Vireo 5Warbling Vireo 1Red-eyed Vireo 2Tree Swallow 26 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6Bank Swallow 2Barn Swallow 12Red-breasted Nuthatch 1House Wren 6Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8Veery 4Swainson's Thrush 7Wood Thrush 5WARBLERS: Tennesse 6 Nashville 16 N Parula 3Yellow 8 Chestnut-sided 4 Magnolia 1 Yellow-rumped 26 Black-throated Green 4Blackburnian 3 (all in traditional areas on state park rd)Pine 2 (including one that may be on territory south of state park rd)Prairie 2 (blowouts in center of property)Palm 5Blackpoll 1Cerulean 4Black-and-white 1American Redstart 18Ovenbird 12Northern Waterthrush 3Louisiana Waterthrush 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLER 1 (possible. heard very briefly on state park rd, then silence?)Common Yellowthroat 7Scarlet Tanager 1 White-throated Sparrow 50White-crowned Sparrow 4Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2Indigo Bunting 2Baltimore Oriole 2Brad Bumgardner Chesterton, IN _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008 Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: oriole and tanager From: Marianna Sadowski <grammysadowski AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 18:24:09 -0400 A male oriole FINALLY decided to eat the oranges I put out! I thought I was jinxed. :o) He ate for about 15 minutes....pretty much non-stop. Amazing to see how close in color he is with his food. Hanging around, acting like she was waiting for a turn, was a female summer tanager. Marianna Sadowski Lafayette Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Franke Park-A flock at last From: REBECCA BROWN <bbrown8628 AT MSN.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 17:19:13 -0500 I didn't go this morning due to the weather, but I couldn't stay away all day. Between 3:30 and 5:00 this afternoon I found myself in the middle of a LARGE (at least 50 birds) around the frog pond. Maybe the May bird count on Saturday won't be so bad after all. Postworthys: Baltimore Oriole 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Swainsons Thrush 2 Veery 1 Least Flycatcher 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Nashville Warbler 2 N. Parula 2 Magnolia Warbler 8 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Myrtle Warbler 8 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 2 Black and White Warbler 2 A. Redstart 7 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Indigo Bunting 1 White-throated Sparrow 20 Jerry Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Indigo Buntings in yard From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:37:14 -0700 I've had a small flock of Indigo Buntings feeding on my patio for the better part of the afternoon...I'd estimate as many as a half dozen. They're all males. At one point there were three of them feeding peaceably in close proximity in a space maybe three feet by three feet. Leads me to believe maybe they are migrants who are not yet into setting up territories? I don't think I've ever had an Indigo Bunting as a yard bird here, and I know I've never seen more than one at the same time! Not an FOY bird though...I saw one last week on the IU cross country course. They really do add a splash of vivid color to an otherwise dark and gloomy day. Also had a Rose-beasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole today. The Oriole almost seemed like he was glowing. White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows still around as well. Bernie Sloan Bloomington ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Short-billed Dowitchers, Montgomery County From: Larry Peavler <lpeavler AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 15:03:47 -0400 This flooded field is at CR 700 S. and 100 E. Mallard 1 Blue-winged Teal 5 Semipalmated Plover 15 Killdeer 6 2 babies Lesser Yellowlegs 21 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 4 Least Sandpiper 60 Pectoral Sandpiper 15 Short-billed Dowitcher 11 These birds were in five areas. Bank Swallow 8 Cliff 1 Barn 15 It was raining and I am sure I missed birds back in the corn field and the weedy field on the south side of the road. Larry Peavler Indianapolis, IN. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Veteran's Memorial Plaza, downtown Indianapolis From: Larry Peavler <lpeavler AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:47:04 -0400 I birded here from 12:35 until 1:15 in fairly heavy rain. Mourning Dove 2 Cedar Waxwing 3 Tennessee Warbler 1 M Nashville 1 Cape May 1 M Yellow-rumped 3 M Palm 1 C. Yellowthroat 1 M Scarlet Tanager 2 F Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 5 Baltimore Oriole 1 M A male Canada Warbler was at the marina in Eagle Creek Park this morning. Larry Peavler Indianapolis, IN. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: 100th BIGBY species for 2008! From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:07:42 -0700 Note: a BIGBY is a "big green big year". I've chosen to do a walking BIGBY, i.e., counting the bird species I see while walking from home. For more info on BIGBYs, see: http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html. I was checking my BIGBY checklist this morning and discovered that I've already reached my 2008 goal of 100 BIGBY species! Looks like I should probably revise my goal. The 100th species was a White-eyed Vireo that I found Tuesday in a clump of trees and honeysuckle bushes along the IU Cross Country course. It was also a first-of-year (FOY) bird for me. The 99th BIGBY bird was an Orchard Oriole in a tree on the east side of the cross country course. This one wasn't an FOY as I had seen several at Griffy Lake on Monday. Bernie Sloan Bloomington ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Franke Park From: Jhawillet AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:46:44 EDT Questionable weather required a tentative plan for this morning. As it turned out, Doug Rood, Sandy Schacht and I were able to meet at Franke Park in the cold, clouds, and sprinkles this morning. Birding was very slow at first, but after Doug left to attend to other business, the "sacrificial birder" phenomenon kicked in. As the weather improved slightly, Sandy and I encountered two large flocks, one along the creek in the far northwest corner of the park and one along the north side of Shoaff Lake. We ended up having a good morning, with 19 species of warblers; numbers below are estimates. Double-crested Cormorant 8 Sora 1 (cattails north of BMX track) Least Flycatcher 9 E. Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Vireo: Blue-headed 2, Warbling 2, Red-eyed 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren several Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Veery 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 20 Brown Thrashere1 Cedar Waxwing 1 or more, flyover; not seen Warblers: Tennessee 6 Orange-crowned 1 Nashville 10 Northern Parula 3 Yellow 1 Chestnut-sided 4 Magnolia 4 Cape May 1 Yellow-rumped 4 Black-throated Green 5 Blackburnian 3 Palm 3 Bay-breasted 4 FOS Black and White 2 Am. Redstart 3 Ovenbird 5 Northern Waterthrush 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Scarlet Tanager 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 40 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10 Indigo Bunting 5 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 5 Jim Haw **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Veery From: Trice Berkley <cellistharpsichordist AT YAHOO.CA> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:55:52 -0700 From near-westside in Elkhart, Indiana - first Veery singing in heavily-treed alleyway at 11:40am this morning. First one heard this year. Went outside after a bit and found it scurrying along in hedges next to alley. Also - still White-throated Sparrows in adjacent yards and at feeder (had 200 + come through exactly one week ago). White-crowns earlier this week plentiful and singing also. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: anyone going to Sycamore Audubon program this evening? From: Liz Day <lizday44 AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:05:06 -0400 If you are going from Indianapolis area, I'd like to carpool. Please reply privately. thanks, Liz Day 924-0008 Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Neat "pairs" to Compare From: Marjorie Carmony <marjbird AT LIGHTBOUND.COM> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:24:47 -0400 Baltimore and Orchard Orioles in a Red Bud tree that is still in full bloom. They were enjoying an early breakfast with much conversation. Wood Thrush and Brown Thatcher in adjoining trees. Great comparison in size and color. White Crowned and White Throated Sparrows at feeder. Carolina and House Wrens popping around in the shrubs. Both male and female Baltimore Orioles at orange halves. I still haven't been able to watch them closely enough to find a nest. The tree just outside the window was hit by lightning and had to be cut down. Both the birds and I miss the feeders that were there. Also the Red Squirrels have lost art of their "road". We haven't figured out just how to replace this great place. Marjorie down on the farm near Manilla in Rush County Each bird is a fashion plate; a delicately designed masterpiece of color, texture, and shape bundled in a sleek coat of feathers. anon Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Re: Question about Wild Turkey in Indianapolis From: "Castrale, John" <JCastrale AT DNR.IN.GOV> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 11:10:30 -0400 Steve Backs asked me to post this to IN-Bird. John Castrale I apologize for not responding sooner to your request about wild turkeys around urban areas in Indiana but things have been a little hectic around here. The whole issue of urban "wild" turkeys is something wild turkeys biologists are a little perplexed in addressing. Unfortunately, none of the scenarios is good for true wild turkeys nor those folks who appreciate seeing wild critters. First, several urban areas around the state have a chronic history of releases of "pen-reared" turkeys that are the wild looking type. Examples: Carmel area, Greenwood, Geist Reservoir, several communities in NC Indiana. By experience we are often suspect of the origin of "wild" turkeys that show up in some urban settings. In some cases, these birds may have been hatched from real wild turkey eggs, that were illegally removed from wild nests under the perception the nest had been abandoned and these were hatched in an incubator, the hatched chicks become imprinted to humans and their habitations. Once the birds begin to get some size and become a problem to keep the folks turn them lose. Please note all the associated activities of this latter scenario are illegal. Second, as urban sprawl has moved into areas that were once more rural and wooded we have seen a greater frequency of wild turkeys becoming more acclimated to humans. Generally, backyard bird feeders become the mechanism for this acclimation during periods of winter stress when birds lose some of the inherent wildness because of their need to find food resources. Each subsequent generation of birds who frequent these feeding sources becomes more acclimated. Before you know you have semi-domesticated wild birds. Finally, we did make one wild turkey release at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis against our biological recommendations. The question was not so much will they survive but what if they survive. We are not sure of the true status of these birds because we know we have had some subsequent releases of pen-reared birds in the general area as well. From a biological perspective, none of the situations discussed above is good for the long term future of true wild turkey flocks in Indiana because of potential disease concerns from contact with contaminated fowl, genetic pollution, and the unfortunate nuisance complaints that eventually occur. It does take very long for a turkey walking on the roof of a car to cause several hundred dollars of scratching damage, roosting on antennas, satellite dishes, and gutters along with accumulated feces around homes and lawn furniture, flogged windows or humans especially children, scratched up flower gardens or vegetable gardens, broken car windshields, etc before the perception of natural beauty goes to beast! Bottom-line, wild turkey biologists strongly discourage any feeding of any wild turkeys and consider any turkeys in an urban setting to be of either suspect origin and potentially contaminated as carriers of diseases that pose a potential threat to true wild turkey flocks. When asked to address the nuisance complaints regarding such turkeys, trap and transplanting such birds to someplace else is not an option for primarily the reasons discussed. Steven E. Backs Wildlife Research Biologist Wild Turkey Project Leader -----Original Message----- From: Castrale, John Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:28 AM To: Backs, Steve Subject: FW: [IN-BIRD-L] Question about Wild Turkey in Indianapolis fyi -----Original Message----- From: Bird discussion list for Indiana [mailto:IN-BIRD-L AT LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU] On Behalf Of B.G. Sloan Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:21 PM To: IN-BIRD-L AT LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Question about Wild Turkey in Indianapolis Ellie Baker asked: "Has anyone else seen a turkey in the city [Indianapolis]? We do live on Little Crooked Creek, so it could have come via that corridor. But it does not make much sense." I checked the Christmas Bird Counts (Indianapolis and Indianapolis NW) since about 1990. There were Wild Turkeys reported in just one count (1999-2000), and even then only two birds. And I couldn't find any sightings in the IN-BIRD-L archives. So it looks like they aren't common in Indy. But urban Wild Turkeys aren't unheard of. When I was observing a flock of turkeys in my old Urbana, IL neighborhood I did a lot of background reading and found quite a few examples. Several Chicago suburbs had turkeys, as did Boston, Pittsburgh, Hartford CT, and Minneapolis. Turkeys have even been spotted in Manhattan! Bernie Sloan Bloomington Eleanor Baker wrote: About 10 minutes ago, a neighbor called to report a very large, irredescient bird strolling in her back yead. I rushed down and indeed it was a male turkey. Location: North Willow Park at Brewster and Cinnebar, one block south of Tulane (which goes into College Park). About 1/2 mile north of 86th Street. Has anyone else seen a turkey in the city? We do live on Little Crooked Creek, so it could have come via that corridor. But it does not make much sense. Ellie Baker Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Lake Monroe - rainy From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:42:30 -0400 I made brief stops at both Paynetown and Cutright on Lake Monroe this morning - difficult viewing conditions due to fairly heavy rain squalls. A few things of note: Common Loon - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 15 Forster's Tern - 5 Great Blue Heron - 1 Am. Coot - 6 Turkey Vulture - 2 Black Vulture - 3 Broad-winged Hawk - 1 Cliff Swallow - 26 (at 446 bridge) Don Whitehead Bloomington whitehea AT indiana.edu Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Kentucky warbler From: Gail McNierney <jagmac AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:47:49 -0500 A stunned Kentucky warbler was seen trying to enter the glassed front doors of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Indianapolis early this afternoon. Two kind gentlemen gently placed the dazed warbler in a raised planter...a much safer location. I couldn't stay for the little bird's recovery...hope it regained its senses and flew to better habitat. It saddened me to think the beautiful little warbler might not complete its spring migration, but thrilled me to view a Kentucky warbler up close and personal. The field guide drawings just can't do the vibrant warbler colors justice. Gail McNierney New Palestine Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Marion County shorebirds From: "Mark C. Rhodes" <arzelfowl AT MSN.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:05:20 -0400 Good Evening, Shorebirds seen this evening in Eastern Marion County: Killdeers, Solitary Sandpipers (8), Lesser Yellowlegs (12), Pectorals (2), Least (9), and (1) Semipamated Plover. With the rain coming it will certainly hurt this area. Take care, Mark Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Fish Crow at Twin Swamps From: Roger and Michelle Hedge <randmhedge AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:37:56 -0500 This is a very late post and from extreme opposite ends of the state. But for the archives, I offer the following- Sunday, May 4 (Rum Village Park, South Bend, St. Joe Co); Although I didn't arrive at the park until late morning, it was fine day to get out. Nothing too exciting, but did pick up a singing Hooded Warbler: Wood Duck - 13 (fem. with young) Mourning Dove - 3 Barred Owl - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Empid sp. (2 silent ones) Eastern Phoebe - 1 Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Blue Jay - 4 Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Tufted Titmouse - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 9 House Wren - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6 Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 5 Wood Thrush - 2 American Robin - 10 Gray Catbird - 2 Brown Thrasher - 1 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Nashville Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 Hooded Warbler - 1 Chipping Sparrow -1 White-throated Sparrow - 14 Northern Cardinal - 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 Baltimore Oriole - 1 American Goldfinch - 5 Also, enroute a quick stop at Potowatomi Park/Zoo and vicinity yielded: Mallard - 1 fem. that appeared to be on a nest Rock Pigeon - 1 Mourning Dove - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 American Robin - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Northern Cardinal - 2 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 Common Grackle - 2 House Finch - 1 House Sparrow - 1 April 30 (evening only) and May 1 (Twin Swamps Nature Preserve and immediate adjacent areas, Posey Co.). Although not really hard core birding, I made a rough list of species/numbers with highlight of at least 3 Fish Crows. Most all sightings below involve birds from May 1, with exceptions noted below: Wood Duck - 1 Great Blue Heron - 2 Green Heron - 1 Turkey Vulture - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 Killdeer - 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - 15 Solitary Sandpiper - 8 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Barred Owl - 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 1 Great-crested Flycatcher - 1 White-eyed Vireo - 1 Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 American Crow - 1 (30 April only) Fish Crow - 3 Tree Swallow - 1 Barn Swallow - 1 Carolina Chickadee - 1 Tufted Titmouse - 6 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Carolina Wren - 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Wood Thrush - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Northern Parula - 3 Yellow Warbler - 1 Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (on both days, but with nest material in cypress slough 30 April) Prairie Warbler - 1 Prothonotary Warbler - 4 Northern Waterthrush - 2 Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 Kentucky Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Yellow-breasted Chat - 3 Summer Tanager - 1 Eastern Towhee - 1 Field Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 4 (on April 30) Northern Cardinal - 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Indigo Bunting - 2 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 East end of Mt. Vernon, Posey Co (April 30): Common Nighthawk Spencer Co (enroute to Rockport May 1): Black Vulture Roger Hedge Lebanon, IN Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Re: Hummer Feeder From: Kristin Bingham <kristinbingham AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 20:26:01 -0400 Mary, If your feeder is one of the ones with a narrow tube at the bottom of it, you can put a bb in the tube so it covers the hole when hummingbirds are not feeding from it (kind of like a water bottle for pet rabbits or hamsters). Otherwise, I'm not sure how to solve the problem without seeing the feeder. . . Kristin Bingham Indianapolis (Eagle Creek area) On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Don & Donna McCarty wrote: > Mary, > > I have been told that filling the feeder absolutely full is the best way to > reduce the leakage. This creates a vacuum effect. Of course, if you have a > lot of hummingbirds using the feeder, you'll have to fill it frequently. > > Speaking of hummingbirds, I witnessed something most unusual today. While > out on my screened porch I saw the first-of-the-year hummers at my feeder -- > two squabbling males. They took off, flew around the side of the porch where > one became impaled in the screen! I was horrified and was prepared to go to > its rescue when it simply backed out of its predicament and flew off! > > Donna mcCarty > NW side of Indy > mccartydd AT sbcglobal.net > > > > On May 7, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Mary Henschen wrote: > > Hello Everyone, >> >> It's been quite some time since I have posted anything but I have a small >> problem with a hummingbird feeder that I bought recently and thought someone >> out there has had the same problem of it continually dripping from the >> spout, and was able to fix. Normally I would not have bought one that has >> the opening at the bottom because I ran into this very problem before with a >> cheaper feeder. But I like this one, plus I bought it out of town and can't >> take it back. Has anyone been able to solve this problem. I do have >> another feeder out so I just may have to use the pretty one as >> ornamentation, though that seems cruel to the hummer expecting a meal there. >> >> Thanks >> >> Mary H. >> Rossville >> >> Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & >> search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html >> >> > Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & > search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html > Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Western Tanager? From: "Mark C. Rhodes" <arzelfowl AT MSN.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:50:29 -0400 From Jeff's e-mail the Western Tanager is still at it's location. Is the bird still off limits to regular birders? Thanks, Mark Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Re: Hummer Feeder From: Don & Donna McCarty <mccartydd AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:37:53 -0400 Mary, I have been told that filling the feeder absolutely full is the best way to reduce the leakage. This creates a vacuum effect. Of course, if you have a lot of hummingbirds using the feeder, you'll have to fill it frequently. Speaking of hummingbirds, I witnessed something most unusual today. While out on my screened porch I saw the first-of-the-year hummers at my feeder -- two squabbling males. They took off, flew around the side of the porch where one became impaled in the screen! I was horrified and was prepared to go to its rescue when it simply backed out of its predicament and flew off! Donna mcCarty NW side of Indy mccartydd AT sbcglobal.net On May 7, 2008, at 6:13 PM, Mary Henschen wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > It's been quite some time since I have posted anything but I have a > small problem with a hummingbird feeder that I bought recently and > thought someone out there has had the same problem of it continually > dripping from the spout, and was able to fix. Normally I would not > have bought one that has the opening at the bottom because I ran into > this very problem before with a cheaper feeder. But I like this one, > plus I bought it out of town and can't take it back. Has anyone been > able to solve this problem. I do have another feeder out so I just > may have to use the pretty one as ornamentation, though that seems > cruel to the hummer expecting a meal there. > > Thanks > > Mary H. > Rossville > > Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & > search interface at: > http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html > Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Dune Warbler 5/7/08 From: Brad Bumgardner <bumgbj01 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 17:50:40 -0500 Despite not having any free time to bird today, it was a nice (but rainy) day to tick off warblers just while driving through the park and from the Nature Center front lawn. 18 Warbler day without binoculars around my neck! Tennessee Warbler 3 Nashville Warbler 4 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 10 Cerulean Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Ovenbird 2 N Waterthrush 1 L Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 1 Brad Bumgardner Chesterton, IN _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008 Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Re: Illiana Birds: hybrid gull and sparrow fall out From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 15:46:56 -0700 Carolyn, According to my copy of Brock's Birds of Indiana, 400 White-throats would be the third highest maximum single party count ever recorded for Spring! Bernie Sloan --- On Wed, 5/7/08, Carolyn A. Marsh wrote: > From: Carolyn A. Marsh > Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Illiana Birds: hybrid gull and sparrow fall out > To: IN-BIRD-L AT LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU > Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 4:05 PM > 07 May 2008 - I arrived at the Hammond Bird Sanctuary just > when the rain > started so I had to bird in the rain and many birds other > than the sparrows > were down. There is the largest number of sparrows seen > yet in this late > spring migration. At least 400+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, > 150+ WHITE-CROWNED > SPARROWS; and 7 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS at the > entrance. > > > > I did a drive-by in the Hammond Forsythe Park/Wolf Lake and > saw a strange > gull, but not for the first time, but in closer range. It > looks like a > hybrid Herring x Laughing Gull. > > > > Carolyn Marsh, Whiting, Lake County > > > Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent > archives & search interface at: > http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Hummer Feeder From: Mary Henschen <cdhensch AT GEETEL.NET> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 18:13:06 -0400 Hello Everyone, It's been quite some time since I have posted anything but I have a small problem with a hummingbird feeder that I bought recently and thought someone out there has had the same problem of it continually dripping from the spout, and was able to fix. Normally I would not have bought one that has the opening at the bottom because I ran into this very problem before with a cheaper feeder. But I like this one, plus I bought it out of town and can't take it back. Has anyone been able to solve this problem. I do have another feeder out so I just may have to use the pretty one as ornamentation, though that seems cruel to the hummer expecting a meal there. Thanks Mary H. Rossville Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Re: New Pictures - 5/7 From: D Holmes <dcreeden AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 18:14:08 -0400 Love your pictures. What camera are you using? Where did you get the Bohemian? D Holmes, Long Beach IN Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Long Beach FOY Warblers, Sparrows, Hummer,Orioles From: D Holmes <dcreeden AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 18:10:35 -0400 Backyard birds in Long Beach, IN on Lake Michigan east of Michigan City At the mister: Nashville Warbler FOY Yellow Rumped breeding FOY Yellow Rumped immature FOY Carolina Wren FOY Ground: Swamp Sparrow FOY Clay-colored Sparrow FOY 10 new White Crowned Sparrow Wood thrush FOY Seed Feeders: 4 new Female Rose breasted Grosbeaks 6 new male Rose breasted Grosbeaks includes 3 immatures Still 4 Rose breasted nuthatches 3 new Male Indigo Buntings 1 FOY Female Indigo Peanut butter/Suet feeders: 2 Red Headed Woodpeckers Pair Red Bellied Woodpeckers Pair Hairy Woodpeckers 3 Pair Downy Woodpeckers FOY Ruby Throat Hummer FOY House Wrens Oranges, Nectar and Marshmallow feeders: FOY Immature male Orchard Oriole new 8 male Baltimore Orioles new 6 female Baltimors Plus all the regular Cardinals, Jays, Sparrows, Goldfinches, I love migration time. D Holmes Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Illiana Birds: hybrid gull and sparrow fall out From: "Carolyn A. Marsh" <cmarshbird AT PRODIGY.NET> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:05:46 -0500 07 May 2008 - I arrived at the Hammond Bird Sanctuary just when the rain started so I had to bird in the rain and many birds other than the sparrows were down. There is the largest number of sparrows seen yet in this late spring migration. At least 400+ WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 150+ WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS; and 7 male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS at the entrance. I did a drive-by in the Hammond Forsythe Park/Wolf Lake and saw a strange gull, but not for the first time, but in closer range. It looks like a hybrid Herring x Laughing Gull. Carolyn Marsh, Whiting, Lake County Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: New Pictures - 5/7 From: Michael Topp <mtopp7927 AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 17:08:18 -0400 5/7 I have added some new pictures to my Website: Marbled Godwit Horned Grebe White-winged Dove Red-breasted Nuthatch * Greater Scaup (Female & Male) Mockingbird Surf Scoter ("Prairie") Osprey White Pelicans Rusty Blackbird (Female & Male) Orchard Oriole (Male & 1st spring) Yellow-rumped Warbler Willet Sparrows at my feeder * At my feeders on 5/4. Also there on 5/6 was a Pine Siskin. Michael Topp Highland IN. Photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/mtopp101 In the "New Pictures" Folder. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Correction to my earlier post - PROW, Not PRWA From: Temple Pearson <birdtee934 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 13:23:53 -0700 I learned something today. Maybe a few of you out there will too. Just checked with Google and Prothonotary Warbler is not PRWA (that could be Prairie Warbler). Prairie is PRAW and Prothonotary is PROW. Several have also pointed this out to me. Temple Temple Pearson 900 Rose Street West Lafayette, IN 47906 tel: 765-743-3437 cell: 765-714-4859 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: PRWA in Celery Bog, West Lafayette From: Temple Pearson <birdtee934 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 13:04:28 -0700 Today Sue Ulrich led a Wednesday in the Wild at the Celery Bog. There were two Prothonotary Warblers down near the waters edge at the end of the path that leads straight East from The Lilly Nature Center. Temple Pearson 900 Rose Street West Lafayette, IN 47906 tel: 765-743-3437 cell: 765-714-4859 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Glossy Ibis - GP10 From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:53:13 -0400 This morning John Eakin and I birded Beehunter (BH5), Goose Pond (9,10,11,12) and Hawthorn mine - lot of rain. The obvious highlight was a breeding plumage GLOSSY IBIS seen in Goose Pond 10 from the parking area along 200S - the bird waa spotted by John and we watched it for at least 20 minutes - a call to Lee Sterrenburg brought him and James Cole along to view the bird. Wonderful views in diffuse cloudy light - facial pattern an eye color easy to see. The day's other highlights; CR100S (just W of Route 67): Bell's Vireo - 1 Blue Grosbeak - 1 Beehunter (mostly from road to old house): No. Bobwhite - 5 Great Blue Heron - 2 Sora - 6 Willow Flycatcher - 1 (FOS) Grasshopper Sparrow - 2 Henslow's Sparrow - 1 Field Sparrow - 7 Dickcissel - 6 (FOS) Blue Grosbeak - 1 Goose Pond 10: GLOSSY IBIS - 1 Blue-winged Teal - 6 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - 30 Pectoral Sandpiper - 8 Least Sandpiper - 2 Horned Lark - 2 Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 Goose Pond 9: Blue-winged Teal - 5 Green-winged Teal - 2 Hooded Merganser - 3 Great Blue Heron - 5 Killdeer - 2 Semipalmated Plover - 1 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Lesser Yellowlegs - 20 Least Sandpiper - 4 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 1 (female) Horned Lark - 4 Grasshopper Sparrow - 2 Goose Pond 11/12: Am. Coot - 5 Greater Yellowlegs - 4 Lesser Yellowlegs - 12 Black-necked Stilt - 2 Hawthorn Mine - amidst heavy downpours: Bell's Vireo - 1 (responded to iPod in rain) Vesper Sparrow - 2 (FOS) Baltimore Oriole - 1 Orchard Oriole - 1 Don Whitehead Bloomington whitehea AT indiana.edu Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Franke Park From: REBECCA BROWN <bbrown8628 AT MSN.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:06:26 -0500 On a cloudy day and with intermitant rain showers, I spent one of my three hours with Doug Rood. Still finding a few good birds, but they are VERY scattered. Swainsons Thrush 2 Veery 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 Least Flycatcher 2 Green Heron 1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Nashville Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 5 CAPE MAY WARBLER 1 Myrtle Warbler 5 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 2 Black and White Warbler 1 American Redstart 3 Ovenbird 1 White-throated Sparrow only a few Jerry, Allen County Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Washington County/Black Billed Cuckoo, Blue Grosbeak From: Jeff Sells <jeffreyrsell AT AOL.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:29:01 -0400 In the past week, I have found 96 species of birds at home in Southern Washington county. Some highlights include:1)a Black Billed Cuckoo has been present and singing for 5 days in a row. 2)female Blue Grosbeak 3)15 species of warblers, although the warblers species that are just passing thru, going northbound have been scarce. 4)2 Lincoln Sparrows; 5)about 35 individuals have arrived at my Purple Martin colony and 6)2 Solitary Sandpipers on the gravel bars in the Blue River. Jeff Sells, Pekin Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Tipton County birds From: Jim Purvis <jpurvis317 AT TDS.NET> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 22:27:30 -0400 I have often read the post but have never posted myself. Not many birders here in the "Great corn desert" of Tipton County, but there are a few of us. Here is what I saw on a two hour trip on 5/6/08 27 species in total Black and white warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow Rumped Warbler Warbling Vireo A pair was tending a nest. White Crowned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Wood Thrush Brown Thrasher Veery Grey Catbird American Robin Cardinal Common Grackle House Wren Northern Oriole Blue Gray Gnatcatcher Indigo Bunting Hairy Woodpecker Red Wing Blackbird Killdeer Coot Mallard Wood Duck Canadian Goose Blue Heron Blue Jay American Crow I also saw 5 different species of butterfly Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Illiana Birds: Hammond Bird Sanctuary highlights From: "Carolyn A. Marsh" <cmarshbird AT PRODIGY.NET> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 19:42:49 -0500 06 May, 2008 - Highlights in the Hammond Bird Sanctuary were 5 EASTERN KINGBIRDS, a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, a male SCARLET TANAGER, and 2 female ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS. An OSPREY was migrating along Whiting Park. Carolyn Marsh, Lake County, Whiting Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Common Nighthawk From: Sam Plew <splew AT LAKELAND.K12.IN.US> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 06:45:31 -0500 Hello all, A common nighthawk is back in LaGrange. Good birding, Sam Plew This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Bobolonks - Marion Co. From: "Mark C. Rhodes" <arzelfowl AT MSN.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:01:34 -0400 Good Morning, I woke up this morning to two male Bobolinks calling outside my bedroom window. The birds are in the same field that the shorebirds are at Prospect and German Church Roads in Marion County. Take care, Mark Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Common Nighthawks May 6 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 05:20:01 -0400 Yesterday afternoon (May 6, 2008) Bob Russell of USFWS and I did a brief tour of Goose Pond FWA in Greene County. We concentrated on shorebird and marsh bird habitat in Unit GP9 and the new wetland units constructed along CR 1400 W during last summer and fall of 2007. A couple of sightings of interest during the tour were: Hooded Merganser 3 GP9 2 females and 1 apparent first spring male Black-necked Stilt 6 2 in GP9 & 4 in GP11S Downtown Linton, after dinner, by Bob, Lee, and Brad Feaster: Common Nighthawk 3 in view and calling at the same time. The nighthawks had not been there in downtown Linton two nights previously on May 4. Bob and I returned to Goose Pond Unit GP9 as it was getting dark, where we observed: night-heron sp unident 2 flew into GP9 from the north Based on leg projection our guess was Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. But it was too dark to distinguish plumage and the birds did not call as they flew into the marsh in moderately windy conditions. They will have to remain unidentified night-herons. Also, an addendum to my report from Goose Pond FWA on May 4. In the morning on the levee of Unit GP9 along CR 1400 W Mike Clarke and I along with Kirk Roth and his party heard 1 singing BOBOLINK. --Lee Sterrenburg Bloomington, Bob Russell Ft Snelling MN, & Brad Feaster Linton Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Kingsbury FWA 03 May - Cattle Egret, Stilt Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, 410+ shorebirds From: Jeff McCoy <jeffmccoy AT EMBARQMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 02:53:40 -0500 Saturday 03 May, 2008 Weather: Unseasonably cool high of 57'F with 15-20mph WSW winds gusting to 30mph and mostly cloudy skies becoming overcast with light rain in the late afternoon. After birding with Ken Brock and his group all day I stopped at Kingsbury on the way home. It was one of those days where virtually every stop produced something interesting and I ended the day with an unusual list of birds for early May on the lakefront. My personal highlights were: Surf Scoter (3; incl. 2 ad males), Merlin, Hooded Warbler (1st "Green Tower site" longshore flight record), Western Tanager, Cattle Egret (3), Long-eared Owl, Henslow's Sparrow, Little Blue Heron, Willet, Stilt Sandpiper, and Long-billed Dowitcher. The water levels at Kingsbury were about as good as they get for shorebird habitat and the rainy weather must have forced the birds down. When the rain finally tapered off around dusk, large groups of shorebirds were seen taking off and heading west. Kingsbury FWA - Canada Goose 20+ Mute Swan 3 Mallard 30+ Blue-winged Teal 20+ Northern Shoveler 2 Green-winged Teal 8 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 14 Great Egret 1 CATTLE EGRET 1 (landed in marsh near GREG for 10 min. then departed to the west) Sora 3 American Coot 30+ Semipalmated Plover 17 Killdeer 8 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Solitary Sandpiper 25+ Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 240+ Least Sandpiper 11 Pectoral Sandpiper 60+ Dunlin 28 STILT SANDPIPER 1 (mostly alt. plumage) LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 3 (seen at close range noting dark centered scaps with bright white tips and underparts entirely dark reddish with sides of breast marked by vertical black bars edged with white fringes, rather than the dark spotting characteristic of Short-billed) Wilson's Snipe 5 American Woodcock 4 Ring-billed Gull 8 Tree Swallow 40+ Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 Bank Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 25+ Yellow Warbler 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Rusty Blackbird 9 Good birding, Jeff McCoy Columbia City, Indiana jeffmccoy AT embarqmail.com Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Universal Mine WIPH,UPSA's,Kankakee SandsWIPH SMLO From: John Kendall <jeffro595 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 00:43:45 -0400 On my way home in late afternoon and evening, I spent a minimum of time at Universal Mine, Kankakee Sands, and at dusk, McCool Basin. Highlights were 2 Wilson's Phalaropes, 100 miles apart, Upland SP's and Smith's Longspurs. There seemed to be shorebirds at every puddle-the CR 225N corn stubble puddle at Kankakee Sands is nearly dry and had shorebirds for the first time-- there were none there monday am. I have posted recent photos-Stilt SP at Kingsbury, LBDO at McCool and the WIPH photo from today at: http://community.webshots.com/user/jckendall Universal Mine: one hour visit: Blue-Winged Teal-5 WILSON'S PHALAROPE- photo 1 female with the other shorebirds at pond on main N-S road at intersection by maintenance buildings. UPLAND SANDPIPER-2 calling one on west side of main road near nesting area two years ago on main road, one from the east side. Responded to my whistle. Least SP-9 Lesser Yellowlegs-25 Pectoral SP-30 Spotted SP- 4+ Solitary SP-4+ BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER-1 it flew twice over the short grass and landed in it, alongside the pond, and eventually, 300m south on a hill w/killdeer and h. larks! Common Snipe-2 N. Bobwhite-2 calling Bank Swallow-4 along creek NE on way back to rt. 63 Barn Swallow-4 Tree Swallow-8 E. Kingbird-4 Dickcissel-2 Boblink-4 Indigo Bunting-2 Orchard Oriole-1 Baltimore Oriole-2 near creek Grasshopper Sparrow-4 Lark Sparrow-1 on fence Vesper Sparrow-1 Kankakee Sands 225 N puddle: WILSON'S PHALAROPE-1 male distant blurry photo not posted Least SP-6 Lesser Yellowlegs-8 Pectoral SP-6 Mallard-2 Kankakee Sands 200 W/400N intersection (thanks to Ed Hopkins post) In a short stop, there were 6 total longspurs, 3 id'd as SMITH'S LONGSPURS. I parked on a small gravel strip on the east side of 200 W, about 300 yards north of the intersection after watching 3 longspurs undulating flight and hearing them rattle from the car as they flew over, from west to east. The 3 together were identified with buffy bellies, one being a definite male and outer tail as they flew from the SW corner of the short grass habitat-cattle fiel-also, a slower,three note descending, sharp,comb-like rattle was heard. I watched one fly appx a mile or so SE and it landed on the south side of 400N. about 3/4 mile east of the intersection and this is the SE corner of a large corn stubble field on the SE corner of said intersection. McCool Basin: Same birds reported earlier, got a decent view of the Short-Billed Dowitcher. John Kendall Valparaiso Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Shorebirds - Marion County From: "Mark C. Rhodes" <arzelfowl AT MSN.COM> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 23:05:36 -0400 The pond at Prospect and German Church is starting to dry on the outer fringe. Tonight with the numerous Solitary Sandpipers, Killdeers and Lesser Yellowlegs were two Pectorals, seven Least, one Semipalmated and one Short- billed Dowitcher. Take care, Mark Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Hort Park, Tippecanoe County From: Beth Misner & Barny Dunning <misner13 AT VERIZON.NET> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 22:30:17 -0400 Quite a few things arrived in the West Lafayette area in the last day or so. At Horticulture Park this morning, we hit several small groups of warblers and had a number of FOYs, including RED-EYED VIREO, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, and my first significant numbers of thrushes. Few of the passage migrant warblers were singing. Highlights from 1.5 hours in the park: Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 (first-of-year) Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Wood Thrush 3 Swainson’s Thrush 5 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH 1 Gray Catbird 3 Nashville Warbler 4 Tennessee Warbler 2 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 1 Baltimore Oriole 5 White-throated Sparrow 6 Barny Misner13 AT verizon.net _____ I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1605 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Wood Thrush From: Bruce Mohler <brucemohler AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 22:08:32 -0400 Heard our first Wood Thrush in our woods hear tonight. Also have several Baltimore Orioles in the trees starting the last couple days. Bruce Mohler Miami County Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Golden-winged Warbler SE Hamilton Co From: Brad Jackson <jacksonbk1 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 17:36:16 -0700 Because of early voting, I got to school early and walked along the White River edge of school property. I heard be-BUZZ-BUZZ-BUZZ, and got a quick look at a golden-winged warbler before it moved on northward. The Baltimore Orioles were again busy, but I haven't found the nest yet, and the Pileated can be heard frequently. Northern R-w Swallows are on the river itself, and I heard Gr. crested Flycatchers for the first time in the last couple of days. Palm Warbler and Blk & White Warbler were here last Saturday morning. A Nashville Warbler provided good sound and looks at my house yesterday here in Fishers. Brad Jackson Riverside School Fishers IN --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? Try the permanent archives & search interface at: http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/in-bird-l.html Subject: Eagle Creek Park-5/6 Least Bittern From: Janet Creamer <jcreamer AT INDYGOV.ORG> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:21:39 -0400 Visited Eagle Creek Park from 3:30-6:30 pm. Had great birds and great looks at many of them, despite the time of day. Least Bittern was heard but not seen at Skating Pond around 6:30 pm. A low, repeated "po po po" was heard near the north side of the pond on the side closest to the parking lot. Location: Eagle Creek ParkObservation date: 5/6/08Number of species: 68 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 8 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Least Bittern 1 Heard near Skating Pond Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 5 Sora 1 (Kevin Carlsen saw the sora on the steps at the Skating Pond) American Coot 7 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 2 Tree Swallow 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Carolina Chickadee 8 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Carolina Wren 2 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 Eastern Bluebird 4 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 6 Hermit Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 20 Gray Catbird 10 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 4 Yellow Warbler 6 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 2 Cerulean Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 12 Field Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 4 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 15 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 23 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Baltimore Oriole 5 American Goldfinch 15 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Need to read an older IN-BIRD-L Posting? 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