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Arctic Loon,©Jan Wilczur

3 Jul White River Lawrence Co [Amy Kearns ]
3 Jul Goose Pond FWA evening July 2 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
2 Jul Lafayette W Atlas Blk, 7/2/09 [Ed Hopkins ]
2 Jul IU XC course mowing update ["B.G. Sloan" ]
2 Jul Gibson Co Common Loon [Amy Kearns ]
2 Jul Re: Goosepond - spoonbill: yes!! oddity at end ["B.G. Sloan" ]
2 Jul Goosepond - spoonbill: yes!! oddity at end ["prlowell AT joink.com" ]
2 Jul Nest Attempt 3 [Vicky Foltz ]
2 Jul IU XC course, 7/2 - Western Meadowlark song(?), kamikaze Tree Swallow [Bernie Sloan ]
2 Jul Goose Pond FWA morning July 2 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
1 Jul Virginia Rails at Goose Pond FWA July 1 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
1 Jul Putnam Co Blk & Wh Warb Sedge Wrens [Brad Jackson ]
1 Jul IU XC course - Henslow's Sparrow, Bald Eagle, lots of youngsters [Bernie Sloan ]
1 Jul Re: Ants in Bluebird boxes [Landon Neumann ]
1 Jul Barn Swallows feeding young in mid-air ["B.G. Sloan" ]
1 Jul Ants in Bluebird Boxes [Judith Ferrell ]
1 Jul July 1 birds [Dan Stoltzfus ]
1 Jul Goose Pond Spoonbill ["Feaster, Brad" ]
1 Jul Around Gibson Lake [Y Harris ]
1 Jul Goose Pond FWA Roseate Spoonbill June 30 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
1 Jul White Pelicans at Goose Pond GP8 [Steve Gifford ]
30 Jun Cane Ridge in Gibson County [Y Harris ]
30 Jun Goose Pond Roseate Spoonbill ["Feaster, Brad" ]
30 Jun Loggerhead Shrike [David Crouch ]
30 Jun Pigeon River FWA []
30 Jun Central NW IN, 6/28/09 ["Hopkins, Edward M" ]
29 Jun Common Moorhen and Am. Bittern at Patoka River NWR [Steve Gifford ]
29 Jun Re: Fewer bluebirds this year? ["B.G. Sloan" ]
29 Jun Potato Creek State Park Question [Landon Neumann ]
29 Jun McCool Basin 6/29 Spotties [John Kendall ]
29 Jun House Wren saga [Russell Allison ]
29 Jun Re: Fewer bluebirds this year? ["prlowell AT joink.com" ]
29 Jun Loggerhead shrikes - Lawrence Co. ["Castrale, John" ]
29 Jun Fewer bluebirds this year? ["B.G. Sloan" ]
29 Jun baby wood duck duckling and house wren fledging [wilmajeanharder ]
28 Jun Addendum (non-avian) to the butterfly route ["Whitehead, Donald R." ]
28 Jun Eagle Marsh - Fort Wayne [Philip Wixom ]
28 Jun IBET upcoming AOU supplement (NO SIGHTINGS) ["Michael L. P. Retter" ]
28 Jun upcoming AOU supplement (NO SIGHTINGS) ["Michael L. P. Retter" ]
28 Jun Stillwater, North Fork ["Whitehead, Donald R." ]
28 Jun Trumpeter Swan, WTH Wetland- Vigo County [Jim Sullivan ]
28 Jun Goose Pond FWA June 27 '09 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
28 Jun Hawthorn Mine, Greene-Sullivan State Forest, Goose Pond/Beehunter ["Wilkins, Vern W" ]
27 Jun Muscatatuck NWR [David Crouch ]
27 Jun NW Ind 27Jun09 ["Kenneth J. Brock" ]
27 Jun Newton County, 6/27 a.m. [Robert Hughes ]
27 Jun Goose Pond [Christine Hedge ]
26 Jun Lk. Lemon - 6/26 - COTE [Jim Hengeveld ]
26 Jun Alder Flycatcher in Putnam County [Brad Jackson ]
26 Jun Goose Pond FWA June 25 morning [Lee Sterrenburg ]
26 Jun Salamonie Reservoir []
26 Jun Goose Pond 20 Jun [Jeff McCoy ]
26 Jun House Wrens, Pine Siskin report, butterflies, spoonbill video, [Don Gorney ]
25 Jun Re: Goose Pond News Coverage ["B.G. Sloan" ]
25 Jun Goose Pond News Coverage [Don Gorney ]
25 Jun Fox 59 - Roseate Spoonbill [Chad Williams ]
25 Jun Twin Swamps, Hovey Lake, Beehunter Marsh 6/24 ["Wilkins, Vern W" ]
25 Jun Goose Pond Fulvous Pair [David Crouch ]
25 Jun Indian Springs BBA BWWA AMRE PIWA [Amy Kearns ]
25 Jun Newton Co: Blue Grosbeak [Jed Hertz ]
25 Jun Another Black-bellied Whistling-Duck report June 23 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
25 Jun Both Whistling-Duck Species GPFWA June 24 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
24 Jun Hooded warbler nest [Dan Stoltzfus ]
24 Jun Goose Pond Black-bellied Whistling Ducks ["Feaster, Brad" ]
24 Jun Perry Co BWHA RSHA PIWA [Amy Kearns ]
24 Jun Last spring in Arctic may cause breeding failure ["Hopkins, Edward M" ]
24 Jun Dunes SP 6/24/09: probable Mississippi Kite [Brad Bumgardner ]
23 Jun BBS routes - Spencer & Newberry [Jim Hengeveld ]
23 Jun Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne []
23 Jun Red-breasted Nuthatch,porter county [jeanette girton ]
23 Jun Fox Island []
23 Jun (No Sightings) IAS Fall Event- Call for Presenters [Brad Bumgardner ]
23 Jun Lake County Tricolored Heron - Yes [marty jones ]
22 Jun Goose Pond FWA June 21 '09 [Lee Sterrenburg ]
22 Jun Eagle Creek Park Sunday June 21, 2008 [John Ulmer ]
22 Jun Tippecanoe Indiana Breeding BIrd Atlas Blocks, 6/20-21 ["Hopkins, Edward M" ]

Subject: White River Lawrence Co
From: Amy Kearns <greenpertplus AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:51:39 -0400
Noah & I canoed the White River from Lawrenceport to Hwy 37 in Bedford this 
afternoon (about 12 miles).  It was a great float - the weather was perfect!  
We had lots of singing Prothonotary Warblers, a HUGE colony of Cliff Swallows 
(about 100 nests under the Buddha bridge? I think), a Black-billed Cuckoo and 
tons of Kingfishers and Rough-winged Swallows.  We also saw 4 Great Blue 
Heron nests in a single Sycamore Tree.  The nests were in good repair so I 
suspect they were from this year.  There were no birds around or on the nests.

Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 60  lots of lots of ducklings, some only a few days old
Great Blue Heron 7  
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 15
Bald Eagle 1  adult
Red-tailed Hawk 6 - 3 juvs begging loudly and totally unafraid of us. 1 adult 

hunting Wood Ducks
Spotted Sandpiper 2   possibly breeding?
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 5
Black-billed Cuckoo 1  our FOY
Chimney Swift 10
Belted Kingfisher 18
Red-headed Woodpecker 6  - 2 fledglings
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 10
Acadian Flycatcher 13
Eastern Phoebe 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 8
Eastern Kingbird 10
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 25
Bank Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 80
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 3
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 20
Northern Parula 6
Yellow-throated Warbler 15
Prairie Warbler 1
Prothonotary Warbler 19
Kentucky Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 10
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Summer Tanager 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 25
Dickcissel 5
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 10

Amy Kearns
Mitchell

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Subject: Goose Pond FWA evening July 2
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:09:07 -0400
Yesterday evening (Thursday July 2 2009) Marty Jones and I made a  
foray into Main Pool West at Goose Pond FWA in Greene County.

We were trying to find and photograph the possible Mottled Ducks in  
the south end of MPW.  Marty carried a camera and I carried a scope.  
We managed to get good looks at a Mallard flock.  No Mottled Duck  
candidates were with the Mallards during this attempt.

We next did a wading excursion inside Unit GP7.  We ended by scanning  
the wetlands of Unit GP8.  After Marty departed I checked out some  
Units along CR 1400 W through late dusk.

Weather: pleasant, temperature upper 70s F at the start, gentle NNW  
breeze, occasional gusts to around 10 mph, skies partly cloudy.

GOOSE POND FWA MAIN POOL WEST, wearing hip boots, wading eastward  
from the small DNR parking lot at the south end on State Road 59,  
south of the double ditches and north of the Brewer Ditch bridge at  
CR 400 S.  Mike Clay joined us briefly:
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK 2    flew with the Mallards, fine views with  
the sun at our backs
Mallard 26
Blue-winged Teal 2
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 2   a pair, flying the Mallards
Double-crested Cormorant 19   roosting in trees

Shortly before sunset we returned to MPW to get Marty’s vehicle.  The  
2 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks flew northward to the the double ditches.   
They landed out of sight in smartweed, perhaps 300 yards east of SR  
59 and 100 yards south of the double ditches corridor.

Great Egret note: The pattern of what the Great Egrets do in the  
evening seems to be somewhat variable. By sunset yesterday a sizeable  
number of Great Egrets settled down to roost in trees in the SE end  
of Main Pool West, near the D-c Cormorant roost.  Earlier in the  
evening the Roseate Spoonbill was in the same general vicinity.   The  
two evenings before on June 30 all the Great Egrets I could find flew  
north for the night to 1000 Island Woods (134 Great Egrets tallied  
going to roost on that occasion). Yesterday evening on a calmer night  
(by sunset time) a large Great Egret contingent appeared ready to  
spend the night inside Main Pool West.

GPFWA UNIT GP7 along the west side of State Road 59; wearing hip  
boots, starting from the south levee of GP7 we waded to the far north  
end of the Unit; we stopped at the deep, non-crossable ditch that  
divides Units GP7 from Unit GP16, due west of the double ditches:
Wood Duck 7    included a female with 5 small chicks
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 10    in one flock
Northern Bobwhite 22    included a covey of 1 adult female with 17  
small flying young on the south levee. The small Bobwhites were less  
than half grown.  My first Northern Bobwhite family group with young  
this summer.
LEAST BITTERN 1    adult male
LITTLE BLUE HERON 1   a white first summer bird molting to adult; by  
the pattern of dark blue markings the same individual that Cloyce  
Hedge and I saw the evening before in Main Pool West
CATTLE EGRET 25    most flying eastward toward Main Pool West
Green Heron 1
ROSEATE SPOONBILL 1    observed at 7:41 PM; ID looks at a flying pink  
bird of the Spoonbill size and shape, flying well to the east over  
the SE end of Main Pool West, over a mile away but seen up high in  
the air and also against dark trees, with good evening sunlight  
shining directly on the bird
Killdeer 10
BLACK-NECKED STILT 3    a pair in GP7, the male doing extensive  
distraction displays, plus 1 flying to the north in GP16
Eastern Kingbird 2     a pair
Red-winged Blackbird  many    included a nest with 1 egg in it
Orchard Oriole 2

GPFWA UNIT GP8:
Northern Bobwhite 2   a pair
AMERIAN WHITE PELICAN 22   already reported earlier in the day from  
this Unit; earlier the day Marty also got a photo showing 22 Pelicans  
in the air at once
Killdeer 8
BLACK-NECKED STILT 1
CASPIAN TERN 4    alternate plumage adults, resting and later flying  
together

After Marty departed I continued by myself:

GPFWA UNIT GP11N, along CR 25 S:
Purple Martin 68     post breeding flock perched on power wires and  
foraging over the GP11N wetland; new GPFWA high count for the species  
by a wide margin

GPFWA UNIT GP10S, at 9:34 PM:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 3
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 1

All four Night-Herons were flying together in a group, going on late  
dusk in overcast skies, seen with binocular views only. Possibly all  
were juveniles.  The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was noticeably darker  
bodied, had obviously longer trailing legs and feet projecting beyond  
the tail, and its calls were higher pitched, shorter and more terse  
than those of the accompanying Black-crowned Night-Herons. Both  
species were calling at the same time.

Over DOWNTOWN LINTON, GREENE COUNTY, at night, where I went to get gas:
Common Nighthawk 2

Thanks much to Marty for coming along on the rare duck photography  
venture.


--Lee Sterrenburg, Bloomington, & Marty Jones, Terre Haute

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Subject: Lafayette W Atlas Blk, 7/2/09
From: Ed Hopkins <birder4in AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:47:33 -0400
  I had stopped by the PU Forestry & Nat Resources Farm (former Hort
Apple Orchard) two other times after finding Henslow's Sparrow and
Blue Grosbeak singing almost two weeks ago to no avail until today.
The HESP was singing, again.  He, eventually, flew down into the
grass, and I lost track of him.  The BLGR has been a no show.
  I have been looking for Wild Turkey poults so that I could get the
species into the Confirmed category.  Today, I saw two hens or maybe
older poults.  But, they quickly ducked into high grass and,
eventually, into heavy brush.  The species is still stuck in the
Probable category.
  While I was wondering around, I found a pair of agitated Indigo
Buntings.  The female was carrying around an insect for their young.
Therefore, I put INBU into the Confirmed category for the block.

====
Ed Hopkins
W Lafayette, IN

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Subject: IU XC course mowing update
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:59:58 -0700
While Indiana University regularly mows the running trails of its cross country 
course, IU hasn't mowed the bulk of the 50-acre XC course in 14 months. I'd 
estimate the unmowed area at about 45 acres. In addition to this, there is an 
adjacent area of about 30 acres of IU-owned grassland that hasn't been mowed in 
at least five years, making a total of about 70-75 acres of unmowed grasses in 
various stages of succession. 


I first became interested in IU’s mowing policies in early 2008, after 
reading about the National Audubon Society’s list of the top ten common bird 
species in decline. The Eastern Meadowlark was #6 on that list, with a 72% 
population decline since 1967. My previous experience with the IU XC course 
indicated that a few Eastern Meadowlarks would attempt to nest there in the 
spring, with subsequent mowing destroying the nests. Meadowlarks would then be 
uncommon or nonexistent on the XC course for the rest of the season. 


In February 2008 I contacted IU about modifying its mowing policies to increase 
nesting habitat for Eastern Meadowlarks and other grassland birds on the XC 
course. After a shaky start (IU mowed the entire XC course in early May of 
2008) IU has been very responsive about mowing only those areas that need to be 
mowed for cross country running. 


How has this change in mowing policy affected Eastern Meadowlarks on the XC 
course? Meadowlarks were few and far between on the XC course prior to May 
2008. Today they are common. I am guessing I have located at least eight nest 
sites so far this year, and there are probably more. The other day I counted at 
least 25 Eastern Meadowlarks on a casual morning walk along the running trails. 
I could probably get a higher count if I actually cut through the unmowed areas 
and tried to flush the birds. 


IU should be commended on its willingness to change its mowing policies. The 
net result is a “greener” part of the IU campus that requires fewer tax 
dollars to maintain, results in fewer carbon emissions due to reduced fuel 
consumption, and provides increased breeding habitat for grassland birds. 


Bernie Sloan
Bloomington






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Subject: Gibson Co Common Loon
From: Amy Kearns <greenpertplus AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:08:15 -0400
While counting Least Terns over in Gibson County today, John Castrale, Chuck 
Mills and I had a basic plumaged COMMON LOON at the Gibson power plant ash 
ponds.

There are photos of tern nests and chicks and stilt nests from today in my 
flickr.  There's also a mystery roadkilled bird I could use some help IDing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37627358 AT N07/

Amy Kearns
Mitchell

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Subject: Re: Goosepond - spoonbill: yes!! oddity at end
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:24:34 -0700
Lowell Anderson asks about White-winged Doves.

Brock's entry for White-winged Dove, dated 6/30/06, notes:

"The White-winged Dove is currently Occasional (9) in spring and Accidental 
(10) in fall; however, this status will almost certainly change rapidly...In 
conjunction with a regional incursion into the Midwest, Indiana currently has 
eight White-winged Dove records. Five of these were recorded in 2001 or later, 
suggesting that additional reports are at hand." 


Bernie Sloan

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, prlowell AT joink.com  wrote:

> From: prlowell AT joink.com 
> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Goosepond - spoonbill: yes!! oddity at end
> To: IN-BIRD-L AT LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
> Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 5:01 PM
> Arrived at Goose Pond at 9 a.m., and
> within 5 minutes had seen the
> spoonbill, north of the parking lots on SR59 for Pond 7 and
> the Ponds
> on east side.  Saw him at about 40 feet from me in
> ditch, and he flew
> off with about 20 egrets.  Saw him again at about
> 11:45, landing in
> long grass on south side of Pond 7 with egrets.  I
> left at noon.
> 
> Other sightings, en route and at the pond, plus oddity at
> end:
> BARN SWALLOW - lots
> EASTERN MEADOWLARK - many
> KILLDEER - many
> RED WINGED BLACK BIRD - hundreds
> EASTERN KINGBIRD - several
> CHIMNEY SWIFT - several - pond 10
> HENSLOW'S SPARROW - near T intersection south of Pond 10
> MOURNING DOVES  - lots
> DICKCISSEL - many
> GREEN (-backed) HERON - several
> AMERICAN BITTERN - heard several - 10 and 9
> GREAT BLUE HERON - everywhere
> BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON - 10
> LEAST BITTERN - 10, landed 50 ft away
> INDIGO BUNTING - many
> KING RAIL - heard several
> BOB WHITE - heard many, saw 2
> ORCHARD ORIOLE - several
> BLUE GROSBEAK ~ a dozen, most I've ever seen in one day
> COMMON MOORHEN - heard three, with Greg Page's help
> MINK - near the moorhen, and probably giving her/it fits!
> YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON - pond 9
> YELLOW WARBLER - several
> COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - many
> SEDGE WREN - heard north of road near intersection with
> SR59
> PURPLE MARTIN - a few
> GREAT EGRET - many
> CATTLE EGRET - a few
> TREE SWALLOW - many
> 
> Then, on the way south from Crawfordsville to Linton, on
> SR59 at
> CR1100 South in Clay County, near the bridge, at 55-60 mph,
> there was
> a dove on the shoulder of the road.  I paid no
> attention until it
> flew, and it had very pronounced LARGE WHITE WING
> PATCHES!  Size -
> about mourning dove sized, maybe a bit smaller.  Small
> head, like
> mourning dove.  Didn't  hear it vocalize, and too
> much traffic to
> stop.  My first order of business when I pulled into
> the office of
> Goose Pond was to check my field guide, and the only thing
> it could
> have been, as far as I could tell,  was a white-winged
> dove.  Again,
> what is he doing up here?  Piggy back ride on
> Pinky?  Are white-winged
> doves kept as cage birds?  Are they used in racing or
> competition?
> Could we have another vagrant from distant points
> south?  Any ideas?
> 
> Lowell Anderson
> 
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Subject: Goosepond - spoonbill: yes!! oddity at end
From: "prlowell AT joink.com" <prlowell@JOINK.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:01:06 -0400
Arrived at Goose Pond at 9 a.m., and within 5 minutes had seen the
spoonbill, north of the parking lots on SR59 for Pond 7 and the Ponds
on east side.  Saw him at about 40 feet from me in ditch, and he flew
off with about 20 egrets.  Saw him again at about 11:45, landing in
long grass on south side of Pond 7 with egrets.  I left at noon.

Other sightings, en route and at the pond, plus oddity at end:
BARN SWALLOW - lots
EASTERN MEADOWLARK - many
KILLDEER - many
RED WINGED BLACK BIRD - hundreds
EASTERN KINGBIRD - several
CHIMNEY SWIFT - several - pond 10
HENSLOW'S SPARROW - near T intersection south of Pond 10
MOURNING DOVES  - lots
DICKCISSEL - many
GREEN (-backed) HERON - several
AMERICAN BITTERN - heard several - 10 and 9
GREAT BLUE HERON - everywhere
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON - 10
LEAST BITTERN - 10, landed 50 ft away
INDIGO BUNTING - many
KING RAIL - heard several
BOB WHITE - heard many, saw 2
ORCHARD ORIOLE - several
BLUE GROSBEAK ~ a dozen, most I've ever seen in one day
COMMON MOORHEN - heard three, with Greg Page's help
MINK - near the moorhen, and probably giving her/it fits!
YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON - pond 9
YELLOW WARBLER - several
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - many
SEDGE WREN - heard north of road near intersection with SR59
PURPLE MARTIN - a few
GREAT EGRET - many
CATTLE EGRET - a few
TREE SWALLOW - many

Then, on the way south from Crawfordsville to Linton, on SR59 at
CR1100 South in Clay County, near the bridge, at 55-60 mph, there was
a dove on the shoulder of the road.  I paid no attention until it
flew, and it had very pronounced LARGE WHITE WING PATCHES!  Size -
about mourning dove sized, maybe a bit smaller.  Small head, like
mourning dove.  Didn't  hear it vocalize, and too much traffic to
stop.  My first order of business when I pulled into the office of
Goose Pond was to check my field guide, and the only thing it could
have been, as far as I could tell,  was a white-winged dove.  Again,
what is he doing up here?  Piggy back ride on Pinky?  Are white-winged
doves kept as cage birds?  Are they used in racing or competition?
Could we have another vagrant from distant points south?  Any ideas?

Lowell Anderson

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Subject: Nest Attempt 3
From: Vicky Foltz <vfoltz AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:51:33 -0500
I live on 2 acres near the city. I have two bluebird boxes in the back yard.  
This year, our pair nested early with two eggs, that fledged two young.  The 
next nest was built with only one egg that never hatched.  I removed the 
next.  A new nest has been built and two eggs were there when I checked 
yesterday, which means the first egg was probably laid 6/30 as I had checked 
two days before and nada.  We are very excited! 


Additionally I saw a very young orieole at the jelly feeder yesterday, that is 
a first time for me. 


Vicky Foltz
Ft. Wayne, IN  
Allen County

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Subject: IU XC course, 7/2 - Western Meadowlark song(?), kamikaze Tree Swallow
From: Bernie Sloan <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:46:10 -0700
This morning on the IU cross country course I watched a meadowlark singing a 
Western Meadowlark song. I've never heard that song before on the XC course. 


I'm not crazy enough to claim that it actually WAS a Western Meadowlark.  :-)  
Brock reports that there have been ZERO summer Western Meadowlark records in 
the last 20 years for the southern tier of Indiana. And I couldn't tell an 
Eastern from a Western by sight if my life depended on it. Can Eastern 
Meadowlarks occasionally sound like Westerns? 


I just wanted to mention this as it struck me as being rather odd. I very much 
doubt it was a Western, but it sure sounded like one. At least I SAW the bird, 
so I can rule out a starling mimicking a Western Meadowlark (there IS a 
starling on the XC course that sings Eastern Meadowlark songs more often than 
the meadowlarks do). 


I also had at least a half-dozen near collisions with a Tree Swallow skimming 
over the grass about knee-high (my knees, not the swallow's knees). A couple of 
times it zipped by less than a foot from my legs. I figure maybe I was stirring 
up insects in the grass as I walked? 


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Subject: Goose Pond FWA morning July 2
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:55:41 -0400
This morning (July 2 2009) at Goose Pond FWA I did a quick check of  
Units GP7, GP16, and Main Pool West from the parking lot at the  
double ditches along State Road 59 before heading home.

The results:

Mallard 13
Blue-winged Teal 2   pair in MPW
Northern Bobwhite 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1  calling in GP16
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 22   flying over GP8 at 6:41 AM
Great Blue Heron 31
GREAT EGRET 68+  flew over in a flock at 6:34 AM, landing in Main  
Pool West
Cattle Egret 2   Main Pool West
Common Moorhen 1   calling in GP16

The flock of 68 Great Egrets flew overhead coming from 1000 Island  
Woods and heading SE into the lower end of Main Pool West.  I tracked  
them as the flew.  As they came in for a landing I realized another  
20-30 more Great Egrets were landing ahead of them that I had  
previously missed.  By then they were combining together and far  
away, and I could not do a recount.  I did not find the Roseate  
Spoonbill with the the Great Egrets.

--Lee Sterrenburg
Bloomington

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Subject: Virginia Rails at Goose Pond FWA July 1
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:53:59 -0400
This morning through early afternoon (July 1 2009) I birded at Goose  
Pond FWA in Greene County.

Locales covered in the morning were brief stops at Units GP8 and GP9,  
followed by a long three-hour plus hike inside Unit GP16.  In the  
evening I joined Cloyce Hedge for a vigil at Main Pool West from  
parking lots along State Road 59.

Totals for several species were higher during the evening watch with  
Cloyce than I managed to turn up morning.  In such cases I’ve used  
the evening totals.  In the evening Cloyce did see the Roseate  
Spoonbill for an Indiana lifer.

Highlights on the day included 2 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS, 2 broods of  
MALLARDS, 19 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 22 AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICANS, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, 4 LEAST BITTERNS, 40 CATTLE EGRETS, 1  
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 1 ROSEATE SPOONBILL, 15 BLACK-NECKED  
STILTS, my first 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER of the fall migration, 3 LESSER  
YELLOWLEGS, and 3 WILSON’S SNIPE.

My count on GREAT BLUE HERONS departing early from 1000 Islands Woods  
was 51.

The big surprise of the day was finding 2 more Indiana State  
Endangered VIRGINIA RAILS.  Goose Pond FWA may be altering the  
breeding season demography for Virginia Rail in southern Indiana. As  
reported earlier, yesterday evening I flushed 1 juvenile Virginia  
Rail during a walk in Unit GP10S.  This morning 1 Virginia Rail was  
doing persistent tick-it calls in Unit GP9 from 7:00-7:07 AM, and  
another 1 Virginia Rail was doing persistent tick-it calls inside  
Unit GP16 from 9:48-9:59 AM.  Ken Brock’s ebook Brock’s Birds of  
Indiana at the time of publication in 2006 assigned Virginia Rail in  
the southern tier in summer season an Abundance Code of 9,  
Occasional, meaning 3-5 records in the past 20 years. Yesterday  
evening and this morning Goose Pond FWA produced 3 Virginia Rails in  
less than 16 hours!  This is quite a departure from previous norms  
for the species.

Weather was unseasonably cool.  A Northwest front with temperatures  
ranging from 56 F early AM up to 68 F at 1:00 PM; winds clam to  
around 7 mph, gusting occasionally to 12 mph; skies cloudy early,  
partial clearing after 10:00 AM.   Evening temperature started out at  
around 70 F, with NNW winds gusting to around 13 mph, mostly cloudy.

GOOSE POND FWA UNIT GP8, starting at 6:30 AM, mostly looking down  
into the wetland from the parking lot at the intersection of CR 1400  
W and CR 275 S:
Mallard 14    included 1 adult female with 11 very tiny down chicks,  
perhaps only a day or two old
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 22   evening total
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 12   high count in view at one time
BLACK-NECKED STILT 7   5 in the main wetland impoundment, 2 in a  
macro swale in the far northeast grassland corner near CR 200
Tree Swallow 82    number counted on one scope sweep

In the evening with Cloyce the 22 American White Pelicans flew out of  
GP8 and into the west end of GP7.  Later they flew into GP16 and  
eventually they settled down back down into the west end of GP7.  In  
the morning the Pelicans did not fly into GP8 until 8:30 AM.  They  
were not there when I first visited at 6:30 AM.

Thanks to Steve Gifford for finding the Pelican flock yesterday.  By  
this evening the Pelican flock was up to 22 birds, and possibly 23.

GPFWA UNIT GP9, 6:55-7:15 AM, from the east levee on CR 1400 W:
Northern Bobwhite 2
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 1   adult flying towards Greene-Sullivan  
SF, my first of the year at GPFWA
VIRGINIA RAIL 1   doing tick-it calls 7:00-7:07 AM, in cattails on  
the right front (northeast) side
Chimney Swift 4

GPFWA UNIT GP16, a long hike in hip boots 9:30 AM – 12:35 PM.  
Entering from the north parking lot on CR 200 S. I got as far south  
as on a line about 100-200 yards past CR 275 S.  This means that I  
waded some 3/4ths of a mile one way going south; the return trip was  
not all in water.  The upper west end of GP16 may currently have the  
best looking shorebird habitat on the property.

FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK 2   seen the morning and also again in the  
evening after Cloyce departed
Canada Goose 24    evening
Wood Duck 2   advanced juveniles that looked like they could fly
Mallard 38     included 1 adult female with 9 downy chicks
Blue-winged Teal 19    I counted groups of 8 and 11 flying together  
and ignored scattered singles and pairs when doing my total
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 1   male, flying with the group of 11 Blue-winged Teal
Northern Bobwhite 10
Pied-billed Grebe 4    including 1 adult with 1 tiny downy chick  
riding on its back, something I very seldom see with this species in  
Indiana
Double-crested Cormorant 1
AMERICAN BITTERN 2
LEAST BITTERN 4   1 adult male, 1 juvenile with heavy breast  
streaking and white downy tufts still on the head, 2 unaged either  
adult female or juvenile
VIRGINIA RAIL 1   tick-it calls from a cattail stand near the north  
channel 8:48-9:59 AM
COMMON MOORHEN 3    all heard only, 2 in the far southeast end after  
Cloyce departed
Killdeer 28+    post breeding flocks
BLACK-NECKED STILT 8   the high count in view at one time, very  
extensive disturbance calling and behavior
SOLITARY SANDPIPER 1
LESSER YELLOWLEGS 3   high count with Cloyce in the evening from the  
highway, tops my 2 while walking inside the Unit in the morning
WILSON’S SNIPE 3     2 of them flushed in close proximity, southwest  
corner of the wetland
Chimney Swift 30
Tree Swallow 130
Barn Swallow 6
Field Sparrow 8
Grasshopper Sparrow 4
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Orchard Oriole 1

GPFWA UNIT GP7.  I went there after Brad Feaster informed me that Jim  
Campbell had seen the Roseate Spoonbill in that Unit.  I parked in  
the lot across SR 59 from the double ditches:
ROSEATE SPOONBILL 1   flew from the east end to the west end of GP7  
at 1:07 PM

Thank to Jim Campbell for locating and reporting the Roseate  
Spoonbill today.

MAIN POOL WEST, with Cloyce Hedge, 6:20-8:15 PM. Mainly from the  
parking lot at the double ditches.  I stayed for another half hour  
after Cloyce departed:
Wood Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 23    22 perched in trees & 1 flying
LITTLE BLUE HERON 1   blotchy plumage, first summer bird molting to  
adult
CATTLE EGRET 40   all flew into Main Pool West coming from the west
American Coot 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1    after Cloyce left
Tree Swallow 90

We saw a good number of Great Egrets but did not do a tally. We saw  
more than 50 by the time I departed.

I discounted the evening Blue-winged Teal in Main Pool West as  
possible repeats from GP16 across the highway in the morning.


Lee Sterrenburg, Bloomington, & Cloyce Hedge, Lebanon

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Subject: Putnam Co Blk & Wh Warb Sedge Wrens
From: Brad Jackson <jacksonbk1 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:26:31 -0700
Hello Everyone:

Tuesday June 30th was another fine day of birding in Putnam County. 

Clinton Falls Atlas Area:
List for 30 June (0445 to 0945)

Northern Bobwhite 1
[Bald Eagle nest now empty; two juv were as late as June 8th]
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Killdeer 8
Mourning Dove 31
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 8
Acadian Flycatcher 5
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 9
White-eyed Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 6? (mobbing a hawk)
American Crow 12? (some mobbing a hawk)
Horned Lark 3
Purple Martin 16
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Bank Swallow 7 at gravel pit
Barn Swallow 12
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 11
Sedge Wren 2 in field along CR 150 across from gravel pit
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 11
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 27
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 57
Cedar Waxwing 15
Blue-winged Warbler 1 (had six here 0n 6 June)
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 5
Black-and-White Warbler 1 (singing and gathering food at CR 50N bridge over 
Little Walnut Creek)- great looks in full sunlight!! 

American Redstart 1 (had 5 here on 6 June)
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (today = call notes only; Little Walnut Cr)
Kentucky Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 5 (especially at gravel pit)
Summer Tanager 1 (today = call only)
Scarlet Tanager 3
Eastern Towhee 6 (seem common here compared to other blocks)
Chipping Sparrow 15
Field Sparrow 4
Vesper Sparrow 4 (down from 8 on 6 June)
Savannah Sparrow 5 (some in same field as Sedge Wrens)
Song Sparrow 26
Northern Cardinal 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7 (seem to be in every block this year)
Blue Grosbeak 3 (two at gravel pit)
Indigo Bunting 31
Red-winged Blackbird 81
Eastern Meadowlark 11
Common Grackle 105
Brown-headed Cowbird 33 (baby fed by Warbling Vireo)
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 8 (beautiful yellow baby w/huge bill being fed by male)
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 26
House Sparrow 72

Other good birds from elsewhere in Putnam County
Russellville Atlas Area:
Cerulean Warbler 2 (both on June 9th & June 30th)
Blue Grosbeak 2 (both on June 8th & June 30th)
Great Crested Flycatcher (June 24th) after a dust bath in the gravel road, 
began tugging at a dead, very flat raccoon...except for the still-fluffy tail. 
Finally pulled off a hunk of fluff from the end of the tail, and flew away with 
it (nest-lining I assume)!! 


Greencastle Atlas Area:
Cerulean Warbler 1 (8 June & 19 June)
Blue Grosbeak 1 (along cause-way to Houck (iron) Bridge) 8 June & 19 June

Eminence Atlas Area:
Blue Grosbeak 3 (two of them June 9th and June 20th)

Cloverdale Atlas Area:
Prairie Warbler 5 on 5 June, but only 1 still singing on 29 June

Reelsville Atlas Area:
Hooded Warbler in woods near intersection of CR660 S and CR660 W (June 19th & 
June 28th) 


Brad Jackson
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Subject: IU XC course - Henslow's Sparrow, Bald Eagle, lots of youngsters
From: Bernie Sloan <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 17:38:16 -0700
The Indiana University cross country course has been pretty quiet lately...the 
usual summer doldrums. But there have been a few interesting birds. 


Highlights from the last couple of days:

* Henslow's Sparrow - BIGBY species #164 for 2009.
* Bald Eagle - Early Tuesday AM flyover, moving from north to south, heading 
towards College Mall. First XC course eagle since May. 

* Red-headed Woodpecker - First XC course RHWO since May.
* Blue Grosbeak - First XC course BLGR since mid-June.
* Barn Swallow - In addition to adults feeding young in mid-flight (see earlier 
posting) I happened across four juvenile Barn Swallows sitting side-by-side on 
an XC course directional sign. Their perch was at my eye-level, and they let me 
get as close as a foot away from them! They didn't show any fear. They seemed 
mildly curious about me, but not nervous. Eventually three of them flew off 
one-by-one to resume foraging. The fourth waited until I was about 30 feet away 
before it took flight. It was a really cool experience! 

* Eastern Bluebird - Yesterday (Tuesday) morning I counted 12-15 juvenile 
bluebirds. It was very encouraging to see them, especially since bluebirds have 
seemed scarce on the XC course this year, compared to past years. Maybe there 
will be increased numbers of bluebirds next year! 

* Red-tailed Hawk - I heard at least two juveniles doing what BNA describes as 
"hunger calls" back in the woods at the north end of the XC course. In this 
same area was a VERY cranky adult Red-tail that screamed at me every time I got 
close to where the youngsters were calling. The adult twice swooped over me 
about ten feet above my head. Closest I've ever been to a Red-tail! :-) 


Bernie Sloan
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Subject: Re: Ants in Bluebird boxes
From: Landon Neumann <coryneumann AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:23:00 -0400
I had ants in one ofmy nesting boxes this year. Wet nests attract ants. Also 
ants like to lay their eggs on bird's nests inside boxes. If young are still 
inside 

some of your nesting boxes you need to get rid of the ants. The ants will eat 
the young inside.  How I got rid of them is by using 5% Sevin dust.  Use 1/4 
teaspoon on the bottom of the nest in the box. You can find it at farm stores. 

  Right now I have two nesting boxes with baby House Wrens in them and 
another nesting box that has House Wrens  incubating. My lone male subadult 
Purple Martin is trying to attract a female. 

Landon Neumann
Logansport Cass County

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Subject: Barn Swallows feeding young in mid-air
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:51:45 -0700
I've been observing something pretty cool the past couple of days over the IU 
XC course: adult Barn Swallows feeding their young mid-flight. At first I 
thought the birds were fighting. 


The swallows will be foraging like usual, when the parent will give a 
distinctive call. The birds will then fly towards each other and swoop up into 
the air. At the peak height of this "swoop" they will touch beaks. with the 
parent apparently giving the youngster a tasty morsel. BNA Online describes it 
as follows: "At first juveniles are usually fed while perched, but eventually 
they begin taking food from their parents in flight, flying to meet incoming 
adult, and food is transferred in midair." 


It's a very interesting thing to watch.

Bernie Sloan
Bloomington


      

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Subject: Ants in Bluebird Boxes
From: Judith Ferrell <jferrellwhales AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:58:32 -0700
I am monitoring bluebird boxes at Boot Lake and I've discovered ants in 6-8 
boxes (generally after fledging but not always).  I have found small red/brown 
ones and large black ones and in 2-3 boxes have found them carrying around 
white masses which I assume are eggs.  Is any one else observing this?  In past 
years, I've found them toward the end of summer in a box or two, but nothing 
like this.   My only thought is that we've had so much rain this spring that 
they are moving up.  Thanks, Judy Ferrell 





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Subject: July 1 birds
From: Dan Stoltzfus <DanHSt AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:48:14 EDT
In our Wed. AM Bird Walk we visited Shanklin Park in Goshen and then
Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Facility

Location:     Shanklin Park
Observation date:   7/1/09
Notes:     Dan S., Gary Kiester, Don  Beyerler, Elaine Harley, Mary Martin,
Alan, Rebecca Martin, Melissa  Kinsey
Number of species:     34

Mallard   15
Great Blue Heron     2
Mourning Dove   3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     2
Chimney  Swift     15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker   1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Eastern  Wood-Pewee     3
Great Crested Flycatcher      8
Warbling Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo      2
American Crow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   35
Barn Swallow     4
Black-capped  Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse      3
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
House Wren   5
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin   8
Gray Catbird     4
Yellow Warbler   2
Common Yellowthroat     2
Chipping  Sparrow     8
Song Sparrow     2
Northern  Cardinal     7
Indigo Bunting      2
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Brown-headed Cowbird   4
Baltimore Oriole     3
House Finch   7
American Goldfinch     8

At Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Facility we found these:

Location:     Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment  Facility(
Observation date:     7/1/09
Notes:   70 deg., cloudy.  Elaine Harley, Don Beyerler, Gary Kiester,  Dan
Stoltzfus.  There was a female Blue-winged Teal with one duckling, 3  adult
Wood Ducks and no ducklings (Did Snapping Turtle clean up on ducklings?),
f. Mallard with 7 ducklings.
Number of species:      26

Canada Goose     55
Wood Duck      3  f.  (No ducklings)
Mallard     12
Blue-winged  Teal     2  ( A duckling staying very close to  female)
Killdeer     28
Spotted Sandpiper   9  Adults
Ring-billed Gull     1
BLACK  TERN     5
Mourning Dove     12
Chimney  Swift     15
Eastern Kingbird     1
Tree  Swallow     4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow      6
Bank Swallow     1
Barn Swallow      12
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin      6
Gray Catbird     1
European Starling      12
Cedar Waxwing     26   (Hawking insects with the  Swallows and Terns)
Savannah Sparrow     1
Song  Sparrow     2
Red-winged Blackbird      8
Eastern Meadowlark     1
Brown-headed Cowbird   2
American Goldfinch     3

This report was  generated automatically by eBird v2(_http://ebird.org_
(http://ebird.org) )
Dan Stoltzfus
Elkhart county


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Subject: Goose Pond Spoonbill
From: "Feaster, Brad" <BFeaster AT DNR.IN.GOV>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:12:36 -0400
Jim Campbell just stopped by the office to report the spoonbill in GP7 at 
11:45AM just west of HWY 59. 


Brad Feaster
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Property Manager; Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area
R.R.#1 Box 431
Linton, IN 47441
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Subject: Around Gibson Lake
From: Y Harris <jyharris1 AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:05:39 -0400
Tuesday evening.  I failed to mention an OPREY flying near Gibson Lake.  
Looked like a rodent in its talons. I did see an OPREY in the same general area 

in the spring.

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Subject: Goose Pond FWA Roseate Spoonbill June 30
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:08:00 -0400
Yesterday evening (June 30 2009) I birded at Goose Pond FWA in Greene  
County.

The major highlight was refinding the ROSEATE SPOONBILL. One LESSER  
YELLOWLEGS was my first northern migrant of the fall shorebird  
season.  Of note given the date and the southern tier locale was 1  
juvenal plumaged VIRGINIA RAIL. Terns continue on the Goose Pond FWA  
property with 5 BLACK TERNS spotted on this outing.  Wading inside  
Goose Pond Unit GP10S turned up 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS and 1 LEAST  
BITTERN.   A new year high count (for me) of 134 GREAT EGRETS flew to  
evening roosts in 1000 Island Woods.

As far as I know the last reported sighting of the Roseate Spoonbill  
was early in the morning of Sunday June 21 by Dan Kaiser and Ray Troyer.

Time birding: 5:15 – 9:15 PM

Weather: A mild West-Northwest front with winds 3-8 mph occasionally  
gusting over 10 mph; skies cloudy circa 60% at the start and over 95%  
cloudy at the finish; temperature 80 F at the start and down to 69 F  
at the finish. Light sprinkles soon after I ended.

For Herons and Egrets totals are mostly birds seen flying to roost in  
the evening at Unit GP10S.

GOOSE POND FWA MAIN POOL WEST, a watch from 5:15-5:45 PM, at the  
small southern DNR parking lot on State Road 59 south of the double  
ditches and north of the Brewer Ditch bridge at CR 400 S:
Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Bobwhite 2
Double-crested Cormorant 21   perched in trees
CATTLE EGRET 5
BLACK TERN 5   foraging flock in alternate plumage, in the direction  
of the Least Tern Island and the east channel
Tree Swallow 10
Dickcissel 2
Eastern Meadowlark 3

GPFWA UNIT GP16, mostly at a brief stop at the parking lot on CR 200 S:
Canada Goose 32    along SR 59
Northern Bobwhite 3
COMMON MOORHEN 1    heard from SR 59
Black-necked Stilt 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 2
Dickcissel 3
Eastern Meadowlark 1

GPFWA UNIT GP10S, 6:05-9:05 PM, a long hike wading in hip boots  
(which were necessary), entering from the north parking lot on CR  
1400 W:
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 29
Northern Bobwhite 7
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Bald Eagle 1   adult perched at edge of 1000 Island Woods
AMERICAN BITTERN 2
Least Bittern 1  heard calling
Great Blue Heron 38
GREAT EGRET 134   All coming in over the GPFWA property (mostly from  
Main Pool West) and going to evening roosts in 1000 Island Woods. The  
evening flight started at 6:10 PM and except for about 7 stragglers  
was done by 7:15 PM.
CATTLE EGRET 14     flock came from the south, from the direction of  
GP7 & GP8
Green Heron 3
ROSEATE SPOONBILL 1     see note below on flight path
VIRGINIA RAIL 1   flushed up close and gave a side view flying off,  
very dark juvenal plumage and a good view of the all black bill.  My  
first ever definitive view of a juvenal plumaged Virginia Rail on the  
GPFWA property.
COMMON MOORHEN 1   heard calling
Killdeer 6
Black-necked Stilt 1   seen flying distantly
LESSER YELLOWLEGS 1   seen flying & later heard calling; likely the  
same bird both times
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 6
Brown Thrasher 1
Song Sparrow 3
Grasshopper Sparrow 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
Dickcissel 8
Eastern Meadowlark 9

Roseate Spoonbill note: At 6:54-6:55 PM the Roseate Spoonbill arrived  
from the direction of Main Pool West. It was flying in loose  
association with a flock of 21 Great Egrets.  When the Great Egrets  
went into 1000 Island Woods the Spoonbill veered off, flew to Goose  
Pond Unit GP10N, circled over the Unit, and then landed out in the  
middle of it.  With all the cattails now proliferating in GP10N it is  
quite possible the Spoonbill could not be seen from the levees after  
it put down.

For those who have not yet seen the Spoonbill, and if it follows this  
same evening flight path, a strategy for seeing it might be to  
conduct an evening watch on the levee of Main Pool West near the  
check in stand on SR 59.  Try to catch the Spoonbill flying past.   
Look for the Spoonbill among the evening flights of Great Egrets.

I was far out in GP10S when I saw the Spoonbill and I was standing in  
water just below my knees in a swale. The Spoonbill would have been a  
very distant flying view if seen from CR 1400 W.

GPFWA MAIN POOL EAST, driving by after sunset:
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON 2   1 adult & 1 unaged

OVER DOWNTOWN LINTON, GREENE COUNTY, after sunset:
Common Nighthawk 3

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Subject: White Pelicans at Goose Pond GP8
From: Steve Gifford <4giffords AT INSIGHTBB.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:01:17 -0400
Mel Ludato who was with me today spotted 16 White Pelicans in the GP8 block 
of Goose Pond.  They were not visible from the main road between the east 
and west main pools.  We parked in the GP8 lot on the west side of the pool 
and could see them from the parking area.  To get a closer look we walked 
south along the treeline and then east along the dike to a great viewing area.

Pictures are at:

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Subject: Cane Ridge in Gibson County
From: Y Harris <jyharris1 AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:10:36 -0400
Cane Ridge was active this evening.  After an absence, the GREAT EGRETS 
were back.  I counted 12 at one time from the viewing stand but I'm sure 
there were more.  BLACK-NECKED STILTS were also active (and noisy) flying 
back and forth across the road.  The LEAST TERNS  were flying in and out and 
it looked as if there were young.

On the road around Gibson Lake on the way to Cane Ridge, the two young 
BALD EAGLES were in the area of the nest.  5 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS 
wee along in one of the lakes after not being seen for several weeks.  BARN 
SWALLOWS and TREE SWALLOWS were lines up on the utility lines.  

Pictures have been posted on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jyharris

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Subject: Goose Pond Roseate Spoonbill
From: "Feaster, Brad" <BFeaster AT DNR.IN.GOV>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:06:16 -0400
Lee Sterrenburg just called to report that the spoonbill has been rediscovered. 
While in GP10S, Lee saw it flying with a group of Great Egrets from the 
direction of Main Pool West. The egrets went into Thousand Islands. the 
spoonbill broke off and landed in the approximate middle of GP10N. This all 
took place at about 6:55PM 


Brad Feaster
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Property Manager; Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area
R.R.#1 Box 431
Linton, IN 47441
Office Tx (812)659-9901

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Subject: Loggerhead Shrike
From: David Crouch <david AT PROGRADE.NET>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:27:01 -0400
I searched for Loggerhead in the area recently reported by John  
Castrale without success this morning but was treated to quite a  
Loggerhead show around noon in Orange county. After seeing many nice  
field and wooded edge species East of Mitchell but missing on the  
Shrike I decided to visit the Orange county spot that had yielded  
Loggerhead last year. I did so somewhat reluctantly as I had checked  
this area earlier in the spring and noted that corn had been planted  
in the small field that had housed the Shrikes last year. However, an  
overgrown fence row and Amish farms across the  way still remain. As I  
approached the fencerow I noted several birds perched on a power line  
so I stopped, raised my binocs and the bird closest to me was an adult  
Loggerhead Shrike. I viewed the Shrike from 50 yards for about two  
minutes before it plunged to the fencerow area opposite my position.  
Within a short period it reappeared on the barbed wire fence with prey  
in it's bill which it skewered onto a barb and the proceeded to  
apportion. I was able to get the scope on it for really close views.  
The prey item was very dark, long and thin and I thought probably a  
vole. The Shrike removed a piece and then flew 100 ft. down the  
fencerow and into a bushy tree. It took four trips to deliver all of  
the prey and then it rested for a while in the top of an adjacent  
small tree. My scope could not penetrate into the tree to get a look  
at a nest and the breeze was strong enough that I was unable to hear  
any vocalizations coming from the apparent nest tree. The Shrike  
eventually flew across the road into an Amish style bean field where  
it perched on a weed stem. I eventually lost sight of the bird and  
waited another 10 minutes but it did not return to the fencerow. I am  
pretty certain that the bird that flew into the "nest tree" was the  
same that emerged each time. The location is Orange County road 100N,  
about .4 miles East of Orange County road 500E. Turn North off of SR56  
onto 500E to 100N. This is approximately five miles East of Paoli.

Other birds of interest seen on the trip include a male Scarlet  
Tanager, two adult Northern Bobwhite on a road, quite a few Cliff  
Swallows around two White River bridges and a Blue Grosbeak pair.

Dave Crouch
Seymour

  
      

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Subject: Pigeon River FWA
From: Jhawillet AT AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:57 EDT
Sandy Schacht and I ended June by recording 73 species on a cool, cloudy,  
windy day at Pigeon River FWA and vicinity.  Highlights were:
 
Immature Hooded Merganser 1, Fawn River Fish Hatchery, Orland, Steuben  Co.
Least Bittern 1, in flight at area D marsh, Lagrange Co.
Osprey 4, including an adult and two nestlings at the Curtis Creek  nest
Sandhill Crane, 2 family groups, one with one juv., one with two juvs.,  
both in Steuben Co.
 
Other species of some note:
Green Heron 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1
E. Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
E. Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
E. Kingbird
Vireo:  White-eyed 2, Yellow-throated 2, Warbling, Red-eyed
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood thrush 2
Warbler:  Yellow, Chestnut-sided 1, Am. Redstart 3, Ovenbird 1, Common  
Yellowthroat, Hooded 3
Scarlet Tanager 4
Vesper Sparrow 1
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Baltimore Oriole 1
 
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Subject: Central NW IN, 6/28/09
From: "Hopkins, Edward M" <hopkinse AT PURDUE.EDU>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:01 -0400
  I was driving S in mid-afternoon, Sunday, and made two stops, Mulvey
Pond & Pine Creek GHA.  At PCGHA, I had an adult SNGO.  This may be part
of the fallout from the slow start of summer in the arctic.  Tree
Swallows migrants are already gathering around the marsh.  The wet
summer is still producing MALL ducklings with three young broods.  The
hot weather is drying up the ponds.  There is a minor fish kill, but a
4th year BAEA caught & ate a small, live fish
  At Mulvey Pond, I saw a COMO in the SW corner of the  pond.

Mulvey Pond
Tippecanoe CR500N and US231, 1 mi N of Montmorenci
Canada Goose,79
Wood Duck,5
Mallard,2
Great Blue Heron,4
Turkey Vulture,1
Red-tailed Hawk,2
Common Moorhen,1
Killdeer,2
Chimney Swift,4
Cedar Waxwing,1
Red-winged Blackbird,7
Eastern Meadowlark,1
Orchard Oriole,1

Pine Creek Gamebird Hab. Area
Benton CR200N E of CR850E
Snow Goose,1, adult
Canada Goose,18
Mallard,109, w/ 3 broods
Great Blue Heron,38
Turkey Vulture,1
Bald Eagle,1 fourth year
Red-tailed Hawk,1
Killdeer,82, w/ one brood
Yellow-billed Cuckoo,1
Willow Flycatcher,1
Eastern Kingbird,1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow,1
Tree Swallow,64
Barn Swallow,1
Cliff Swallow,1
American Robin,3
Cedar Waxwing,1
Yellow Warbler,3
Common Yellowthroat,1
Field Sparrow,1
Song Sparrow,5
Northern Cardinal,2
Red-winged Blackbird,7
Common Grackle,5
Orchard Oriole,1
American Goldfinch,1

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Ed Hopkins
West Lafayette, IN 

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Subject: Common Moorhen and Am. Bittern at Patoka River NWR
From: Steve Gifford <4giffords AT INSIGHTBB.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:17:29 -0400
I am new to in-bird but wanted to let anyone who was interested that I saw a 
Common Moorhen and American Bittern at Patoka River NWR in Oakland City.  
Pictures are under my name (Steve Gifford) on Flickr.  Please let me know if 
you would like specific directions to each.

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Subject: Re: Fewer bluebirds this year?
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:53:15 -0700
 
I just wanted to thank everyone for their responses...
 
Sounds like most people in the state have seen average-to-above-average numbers 
of bluebirds this year. It just must be a down year for bluebirds in the two 
square miles of Monroe County that I bird regularly. 

 
Bernie Sloan
Bloomington

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From: B.G. Sloan 
Subject: Fewer bluebirds this year?
To: "IN-BIRD" 
Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 11:25 AM







 
Just wondering what others' experiences have been with Eastern Bluebirds so 
far this year? 

 
I was walking the IU cross country course this morning and saw a male/female 
pair, a flock of four flying over the XC course from west to east, and three 
juvenile bluebirds sitting next to each other atop an XC course directional 
sign (it was encouaging to see the juveniles). 

 
These sightings made me realize that I'm seeing a lot fewer bluebirds on the XC 
course this year compared to previous years, when they were pretty common. 

 
I'm curious to know what others' experience has been.
 
Thanks,
 
Bernie Sloan
Bloomington
 





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Subject: Potato Creek State Park Question
From: Landon Neumann <coryneumann AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:03:51 -0400
I am going to be at Potato Creek State Park from Thursday to Sunday. 
Where are the best trails or places to bird in the park? Where are the Osprey 
nests?  

Landon Neumann 
Logansport Cass County

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Subject: McCool Basin 6/29 Spotties
From: John Kendall <jeffro595 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:38:38 -0400
While finally "pulling the plug" today in anticipation of drying the basin out 
for 

vegetation control next week, I noted good Mallard and Spotted Sandpiper 
production this spring:
Mallard-26 (22 nearly full grown juv's)
Blue-winged Teal-1 molting male + female
Great Egret-1
Great Blue Heron-1
Spotted Sandpiper-6 2 adults, 4 juv's

John Kendall
Valparaiso

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Subject: House Wren saga
From: Russell Allison <grounds11 AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:07:26 -0400
    For the first time in 30 years a House Wren decided to use the Wren
House I so carefully built for them. I watched for several days as sticks
were carried to the house. Some of the sticks were dropped and some were too
long to fit. It looked like a real chore. This went on with a lone bird
doing the work. A few days went by with no activity around the house. 

    Then one day I had (2) birds in the area around the house and much
singing. This went on for a few weeks with trips by both birds in and out of
the house. Then only one bird was seen most of the time, with more singing. 

     After a few more weeks both birds were carrying insects to the house at
a furious pace. Then noises started coming from the house. Very impatient
noises. In the past week I could see (2) gaping mouths at the entry way. 

      This a.m. Barbara watched as one of the Adults was calling to them to
go for it ,and some time later they left the nest. They were heard in the
neighbors yard most of the day. 

       While sitting in our back yard at 4:00pm one of the young flew in low
and landed near us on our Pine Tree. He looked at us like we were the
weirdest creatures he had ever seen. And we probably were. A short time
later he was seen on the ground looking for anything that looked like food.
He approached a male House Sparrow with its mouth open and was not helped
much. The last I saw of him was he had made it up the steps of our deck and
was chirping for his mom. 

       This seems like a very rough way to start life on your own and I hope
it ends well for the (2) new birds. He has to find his own food, He has to
find out who is friend or foe, He has to learn how to fly, and today we had
25 mph winds. And unlike today's kids he had no cell phone. 

 

Good birding

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Subject: Re: Fewer bluebirds this year?
From: "prlowell AT joink.com" <prlowell@JOINK.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:54:27 -0400
In Montgomery County, just as many as in the past, and probably a few
more than has been the case previously.  The pair in the next lot just
fledged three, and are rebuilding the nest right now.

Lowell Anderson

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:25 AM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
>
> Just wondering what others' experiences have been with Eastern Bluebirds so 
far this year? 

>
> I was walking the IU cross country course this morning and saw a male/female 
pair, a flock of four flying over the XC course from west to east, and three 
juvenile bluebirds sitting next to each other atop an XC course directional 
sign (it was encouaging to see the juveniles). 

>
> These sightings made me realize that I'm seeing a lot fewer bluebirds on the 
XC course this year compared to previous years, when they were pretty common. 

>
> I'm curious to know what others' experience has been.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Bloomington
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Loggerhead shrikes - Lawrence Co.
From: "Castrale, John" <JCastrale AT DNR.IN.GOV>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:21 -0400
I checked out the site where Amy Kearns and I had a single shrike
earlier in the month.  On Friday, June 26, I immediately noted a shrike
flying away from me as I approached the location along Bluebird Pie
Road.  It flew west across a heavily grazed pasture south of the county
road and landed on a barbed wire fenceline.  I scanned the fence and
noted 2 other shrikes; likely 1 adult and 2 younger birds, based on
plumage coloration.

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Subject: Fewer bluebirds this year?
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:25:11 -0700
 
Just wondering what others' experiences have been with Eastern Bluebirds so 
far this year? 

 
I was walking the IU cross country course this morning and saw a male/female 
pair, a flock of four flying over the XC course from west to east, and three 
juvenile bluebirds sitting next to each other atop an XC course directional 
sign (it was encouaging to see the juveniles). 

 
These sightings made me realize that I'm seeing a lot fewer bluebirds on the XC 
course this year compared to previous years, when they were pretty common. 

 
I'm curious to know what others' experience has been.
 
Thanks,
 
Bernie Sloan
Bloomington
 




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Subject: baby wood duck duckling and house wren fledging
From: wilmajeanharder <wilmajeanharder AT JUNO.COM>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:21:45 -0400
This morning I saw two interesting "parent - child" things happening.  

The House Wrens were coaxing their offspring out of the house, which was
all very exciting to all involved.  

Also, a Wood Duck duckling has been hanging out in the canal in front of
my house all alone for about a week now, but today there was a female
adult Wood Duck with it.  The duckling seemed very wary of her, as she
seemed to try to coax it to follow, and it sort of followed at a great
distance.  If she'd turn around to look at it, it would quickly go the
other way.  I think the adult has now left it behind.

I've been watching the duckling all week and am relieved every day to see
it's not been eaten by a snapping turtle or heron or whatever else might
come it's way...

Wilma Harder
Goshen


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Subject: Addendum (non-avian) to the butterfly route
From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:11:06 -0400
I forgot to mention that we had two remarkable herps on McGowan Rd on 
Saturday's butterfly count. The first was by far the most remarkable - 
a freshly shed 3 ft Timber Rattlesnake - beautiful coloration - only 3 
rattles. I have never seen one in this area before. We also had a 
sunning Pilot Blacksnake at North Fork. Wonderful additions to the day!

Don Whitehead
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Subject: Eagle Marsh - Fort Wayne
From: Philip Wixom <a28n28 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:13:45 -0400
Hello all, 
Went to Eagle Marsh in Fort Wayne on Saturday morning and Sunday 
afternoon.  Saw a few Dickcissels and heard a bunch more.  A lot of Bank 
Swallows (I think anyway) up by the barn.  Probably over a hundred of them.  
Also saw a Spotted Sandpiper off the main entrance and a juvenile Spotted 
Sandpiper back along the ditch by the railroad tracks.  Pictures are at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinesevacation/

Good Day, 
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Subject: IBET upcoming AOU supplement (NO SIGHTINGS)
From: "Michael L. P. Retter" <mlretter AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
Hello, all.

For those who may be interested, I just posted some of the changes expected in 
the upcoming AOU supplement (and therefore, our checklists) on my webpage, 
http://www.xenospiza.com/ 


Just go to the right column and scroll down to "Miscellanea".

Good birding,

Michael L. P. Retter
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Subject: upcoming AOU supplement (NO SIGHTINGS)
From: "Michael L. P. Retter" <mlretter AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:39:49 -0700
Hello, all.

For those who may be interested, I just posted some of the changes expected in 
the upcoming AOU supplement (and therefore, our checklists) on my webpage, 
http://www.xenospiza.com/ 


Just go to the right column and scroll down to "Miscellanea".

Good birding,

Michael L. P. Retter
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Subject: Stillwater, North Fork
From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:38:20 -0400
Yesterday morning Betsy, Bob Dodd, Sue Murphy and I participated in the 
Butterfly Count and worked from Kent Rd, past Stillwater to North Fork 
Refuge. Although we concentrated on leps, we occasionally strayed and 
got a few birds - the highlights:

     Great Blue Heron - 8
     Bald Eagle - 5 (3 adults, 2 Basic I)
     Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
     Ruby-thr. Hummingbird - 3
     Acadian Flycatcher - 9
     Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
     White-eyed Vireo - 5
     Yellow-thr. Vireo - 3
     Warbling Vireo - 3
     Wood Thrush - 8
     No. Parula - 7
     Yellow-thr. Warbler - 4
     Am. Redstart - 3
     Prothonotary Warbler - 5
     Ovenbird - 1
     Kentucky Warbler - 9
     Hooded Warbler - 1
     Yellow-br. Chat - 3

This morning - a new yard bird - a Black-billed Cuckoo calling from the yard
     just to the north of us - called for about 5 minutes!

Don Whitehead
Bloomington
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Subject: Trumpeter Swan, WTH Wetland- Vigo County
From: Jim Sullivan <jb.sullivan AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:43:18 -0400
A trumpeter swan was in view unti 12:15 from Dewy Point at the West Terre Haute 
Wetland (the new Wabashiki State Fish and Wildlife Area). 


Solid black bill... No yellow patch.  Very large swan,

Swam to the east out of sight. It could not be relocated by walking the levee.

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Subject: Goose Pond FWA June 27 '09
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:11:15 -0400
Yesterday morning (June 27 2009) I birded at Goose Pond FWA in Greene  
County with Leland Shaum and a contingent from Elkhart and Lagrange  
Counties.

Members of the group were Gary Chupp, Ray Helmuth, Howard Kauffman,  
LeRoy Miller, Marcas Miller, Neal Miller, Perry Miller, Timothy  
Schrock, Dorcas Shaum, Eunice Shaum, Sharon Shaum, Thaddeus Shaum,  
and Ray Yoder.  They were talented group at spotting, hearing, and  
calling birds. We had a good time and we had nice views of numerous  
target birds.

Birders we ran into along the way included Michael Topp, Cloyce  
Hedge, Tom Hulvershorn, and Lou Anne Barriger, and at the end I ran  
into Jim Sullivan.

Time in the field with the group: 6:50 AM – 11:45 AM, I stayed  
another hour.

Weather: clear, calm, humid and warming up, temperature range about  
71 F to 86 F.

Birds of note on the day were 4 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS, 1 HOODED  
MERGANSER, 8 LEAST BITTERNS, and 11 CATTLE EGRETS, plus 1 CASPIAN  
TERN that showed up in Main Pool West as I was about depart for  
Bloomington.

It now seems possible that there are at least 6 Fulvous Whistling- 
Ducks on the Goose Pond FWA property.

Our party saw a 2 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks flying in GP16 and on a  
return stop we saw 3 FUWDs flying over GP16.  Shortly after we  
departed for Units along CR 1400 W Cloyce Hedge called to report that  
he and Tom Hulvershorn had just seen 5 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks in the  
air at the same time over GP16.  Congrats to Cloyce and Tom for  
getting a new property high count for Fulvous Whistling-Duck.

Earlier our party was down in the far southeast end Main Pool West  
near the Least Tern island where we watched 1 Fulvous Whistling-Duck  
flying away eastward over the tree line of Black Creek and heading  
toward Units GP1 or GP2 along CR 1100 W.  This could well have been a  
sixth bird.

We searched for the Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks throughout the  
morning but did not locate them, including looking at Beehunter Marsh.

It is somewhat curious that the visiting Fulvous Whistling-Ducks have  
been relatively easy to see flying over a wide area, whereas the  
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks (if they are still on the property)  
have mostly proven to be elusive and difficult to find.

Some selected results from the day:

FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK 4    1 in the SE corner of Main Pool West & a  
maximum of 3 in view at one time in Unit GP16
Wood Duck 11     6 in Beehunter Marsh Unit BH4 included 1 adult  
female with 3 downy chicks
Blue-winged Teal 3
HOODED MERGANSER 1    female flying from GP16 into Main Pool West
Northern Bobwhite 24      included 3 flushed in GP6E and scope views  
of 1 perched in GP16
Pied-billed Grebe 7      included 1 downy stripe faced juvenile in GP16
Double-crested Cormorant 3   Main Pool West
LEAST BITTERN 8    4 GP16, 2 flying together in GP9, 1 BH5S, and 1  
Main Pool West near the double ditches after the group departed
Great Egret 39
Green Heron 5
CATTLE EGRET 11      8 with cows in a farm field west of Field B
Common Moorhen 2    adults together in GP16
American Coot 4     including 1 sitting on a nest in Main Pool West
Bald Eagle 3    1 adult BH4, 2 adults perched in 1000 Island Woods  
next to GP11S
Black-necked Stilt 8    flying in Main Pool West, GP16, and GP7
Spotted Sandpiper 1   GP16
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2   1 heard in GP11S; 1 in BH 4 seen by all
Willow Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 4     one sitting on a nest in BH4
Bell’s Vireo 2     both heard, 1 seen by some
Warbling Vireo 5
Blue Jay 2     BH4 along Beehunter Ditch
MARSH WREN 3    singing in cattails in BH5S
Cedar Waxwing 6    flock in BH4
Grasshopper Sparrow 6    scope views of 1 singing in GP16
Yellow-breasted Chat    1 heard GP11S, 1 BH4 seen well
Blue Grosbeak 5
Orchard Oriole 8    included 1 adult male feeding 3 young in the  
south end of MPW

In the mammal department we saw 5 Minks.  They included a family  
group of 4 Minks that we watched for about 15 minutes doing dust  
baths, chasing, jumping on top of each other, and tumbling and  
rolling like kittens on CR 1200 W at the south end of Main Pool West.  
This was the highest one-day count of Minks I have been in on at  
GPFWA, and it was also by far the most sustained views of behavior I  
have had.

--Lee Sterrenburg
Bloomington

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Subject: Hawthorn Mine, Greene-Sullivan State Forest, Goose Pond/Beehunter
From: "Wilkins, Vern W" <vwilkins AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:06:10 -0400
Another long, but really nice day of birding. I'll try to keep this report to 
some of the more interesting birds as there were certainly a lot to see at each 
location. 


Hawthorn Mine (mid-afternoon, just made a big loop around the area, and came 
across a couple of the main roads) 


Blue Grosbeak (4) Not great numbers, but given the time of the day and the 
little bit of time I spent there it wasn't too bad. Usually I see the birds in 
brushier areas with more small trees, to the east of the easternmost haul road. 
On this trip there were no birds in these areas, they were all in more open 
fields with very few trees. The far south end of the mine seemed better (825S 
and further south), and one was seen along 650S. 

Northern Bobwhite (20+) Heard pretty much everywhere and seen in the road in a 
few places. 

Killdeer (6)
Orchard Oriole (6)
Yellow-Breasted Chat (12+) Seen and heard everywhere.
Prairie Warbler (8+) Heard everywhere, but most seemed far back from the roads 
and well hidden 

Common Yellowthroat (X)
White-Eyed Vireo (2)
Canada Goose (X)
Mallard (X)
Eastern Kingbird (10)
Indigo Bunting (X)
Eastern Meadowlark (X)
Red-Winged Blackbird (X)

South Lake (edge of Hawthorn Mine and Greene-Sullivan)

Wood Thrush (4..singing at mid-day)
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher (2)
Blue Winged Warbler (1)
Prothonotary Warbler (2)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Indigo Bunting (3)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Eastern Wood Pewee (2)

Greene-Sullivan (short hike, email me if you want more detail)

I spent a lot of time hiking trails here over the winter thinking there were 
some great locations for Long Eared Owls, and Northern Saw-Whet owls, neither 
of which I found. I did manage to find some of the best owl roosting spots 
though. One area in particular that I've hiked several times now has never 
failed to produce owls, usually several. Most of the area I hiked through was 
predominantly Pines, and it was interesting to see so many birds more typically 
associated with broad-leaf forest. 


Barred Owl (5)! At one point I had four in view or calling. I believe two were 
juveniles. Two were screeching loudly and constantly, while two were doing very 
soft hoots and barks. At the point I ran into the four, I turned around. The 
group seemed to be staying within sight right along the trail, just flying a 
short distance ahead, and I didn't want to push them out of the area. 

Great Horned Owl (1)

Warbling Vireo (8+)
Red Eyed Vireo (6)
Yellow Throated Vireo (3)
White Eyed Vireo (1)
Scarlet Tanager (4,including one in the road along 200S at Res.29)
Summer Tanager (2, including great looks at a male catching insects while 
hovering, then perching and singing) 

Black & White Warbler (2, including one in exact same spot as Scarlet Tanager 
above) 

Prothonotary Warbler (2)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (3)
Great Crested Flycatcher (8+) Many pairs seen and many more heard. Watched one 
bizarre interaction where a Great-Crested was constantly harassing a Red-Eyed 
Vireo. The Great Crested would chase it, then land on a branch right next to 
the vireo. After a minute or two of rest they would repeat the same chase and 
then land next to each other again. 

Eastern Wood Pewee (4)
Wood Thrush (3)
Zebra Swallowtails (3) + many other butterflies

Goose Pond/Beehunter

Notes for Jim and Dan: As I was pulling out from where you guys were, I saw 
three Egrets not too far down the ditch. I don't know how they appeared in 
there without us seeing them. There were also several more Great Egrets up in 
GP16. Jim convinced me the ticks weren't bad so I hiked a bit around GP5N/5S 
and then hiked the unit I was talking so much about. I confirmed which one it 
was, let me know if you want the exact unit. I said you usually can't easily 
get around the unit if you walk straight out from the ditch, but surprisingly 
the second ditch that crosses the trail is dry right now. The other trails 
through the fields are really grown up so I was glad the one along the ditch 
wasn't too bad. Only a couple of BC Night Herons seen in the distance, but the 
ditch was loaded with birds as usual. Lots of Bells Vireos, Yellow Warblers, 
and Willow Flycatchers, plus a few Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, Orchard Orioles, and 
Kingbirds. 


Wood Duck (6)
Hooded Merganser (1, GP1, identified by profile only as I was looking into the 
sun and couldn't see any color whatsoever) 

Mallard (14)
Black-Crowned Night Heron (2, GP1) much lower numbers than I usually find here, 
but watching where these two flew too, I think I located another roosting 
location 

Cattle Egret (3, while talking to Dan Kaiser and Jim Sullivan who I met for the 
first time) 

Great Egret (12), 
Great Blue Heron (X)
Killdeer (8)
Purple Martin (6+) (colony near Beehunter check-in station, didn't stop to 
count them) 

Barn Swallow (30+) (everywhere as usual, but I saw one group of at least thirty 
on a telephone wire as I was leaving Beehunter via 200S.) 

Tree Swallow (40+) (large flocks on wires everywhere later in the evening)
Red Tailed Hawk (1,BH5)
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (6)
Orchard Oriole (8)
Willow Flycatcher (8)
Bell's Vireo (8)
Eastern Kingbird (11)
Indigo Bunting (X)
Yellow Warbler (10, including fledglings)
Common Yellowthroat (X)
Gray Catbird (X)
Brown Thrasher (X)
Field Sparrow (X)
Song Sparrow (X)
Dickcissel (12)
Northern Bobwhite (X, just about everywhere again)


http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/finch/suta039.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/v/bevi055.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/v/bevi045.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/v/bevi046.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/rap/nobo020.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/fly/eaki008.jpg.html
http://vw.homelinux.net/g2/main.php/v/birds/or/ybcu021.jpg.htm (from earlier in 
the week) 


Vern

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Subject: Muscatatuck NWR
From: David Crouch <david AT PROGRADE.NET>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:38:58 -0400
A nice summer morning at the Refuge, warm and no breeze but fairly  
pleasant conditions from 7:30 to 10:00 AM. I stayed North of the  
East / West road and South of the Visitor Center and wound up with 51  
species. The highlight was my FOY visual of Yellow-billed Cuckoo.  
Watched that bird rummaging through Willow trees for nearly ten  
minutes at about 30 yards distance. A large percentage of my Warbler  
observations (except for Common Yellowthroat) were visual and some  
were really close as the Passerines were more into feeding mode rather  
than singing. The list:

Great Blue Heron		15
Green Heron			5
Canada Goose		42
Wood Duck			83	Many of this year's class now big as mother.
Turkey Vulture			1	Very little wind.
Wild Turkey			2	Adult female with one small juvie.
Killdeer				14
Mourning Dove		9
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	1
Chimney Swift			3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	1
Red-headed Woodpecker	2
Red-bellied Woodpecker	3
Northern Flicker		1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 	3
Willow Flycatcher		1
Eastern Phoebe		2
Eastern Kingbird		3
Red-eyed Vireo		2
White-eyed Vireo		1
Blue Jay				2
American Crow		4
Tree Swallow			21
Tufted Titmouse		1
Carolina Chickadee		2
Carolina Wren			3	One fledgling following an adult.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1
Eastern Bluebird		1
American Robin 		15
Wood Thrush			2
Gray Catbird			11
Brown Thrasher		6	At least two young.
European Starling		13
Prairie Warbler			2
Prothonotary Warbler	3
American Redstart		2	A pair.
Northern Parula		1
Common Yellowthroat	16
Yellow-breasted Chat	7
Summer Tanager		1
Northern Cardinal		5
Indigo Bunting			12
Eastern Towhee		2
Field Sparrow			5
Chipping Sparrow		2	Carrying food.
Henslow's Sparrow		1
Song Sparrow			4
Brown-headed Cowbird	7
Red-winged Blackbird	X
Common Grackle		X
American Goldfinch		6


River Otter			4	All adult size. Cruising in remaining water in M5.
W.T. Deer			2	One a spotted fawn

Dave Crouch
Seymour

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Subject: NW Ind 27Jun09
From: "Kenneth J. Brock" <kj.brock AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:37:04 -0500
Today (27 June 09) Susan Bagby, John Cassady, Jeff McCoy and I birded  
on the lakefront before venturing to Kingsbury FWA and finishing up at  
Michigan City Harbor.

The day’s target bird was Marbled Godwit, but we had to settle for a  
Least Sandpiper (our first fall migrant). We are in the summer  
doldrums, but appearance of the Least Sandpiper was most encouraging  
(better days are ahead).

HIGHLIGHTS

BEVERLY SHORES (Beverly Drive & Kemil Rd lot)
Green Heron (9)
Red-shouldered Hawk (2)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1)
Red-headed Woodpecker (6)
E. Wood-Pewee (3)
Willow Flycatcher (10)
Great-crested Flycatcher (3)
White-eyed Vireo (3)
Yellow-throated Vireo (2 adults feeding 4 young in the nest)
Marsh Wren (6)
Veery (2)
Wood Thrush (3)
Gray Catbird (26)
Yellow Warbler (21)
Am. Redstart (10)
BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER (1 male)
Common Yellowthroat (23)
Summer Tanager (1 male, Kemil Road lot)
Swamp Sparrow (4)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1)
Indigo Bunting (7)

COWLES BOG (trail east of north lot)
E. Wood-Pewee (2)
Willow Flycatcher (1)
Yellow-throated Vireo (2 singing)
Sedge Wren (1)
Wood Thrush (1 singing)
Scarlet Tanager (1 singing)

PORTAGE LAKEFRONT PARK
Osprey (1)
Caspian Tern (11)
Bank Swallow (60 est)

GRANT & CHASE STREET WETLANDS, GARY (flooded fields west of Grant &  
south of I-80 & 94).
Mute Swan (2 adults)
Mallard (female & 8 downy chicks)
Hooded Merganser (3)
Great Egret (3)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (2 adults)
Great Egret (5)
Osprey (1)
Killdeer (11 plus 2 downy chicks)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
N. Rough-winged Swallow (3)

GLEASON PARK, GARY
Great Egret (4)
Killdeer (20)
Least Sandpiper (1- our first fall migrant)
Baltimore Oriole (1 male)

KINGSBURY FWA
Osprey (1)
Virginia Rail (1)
Common Moorhen (1)
Sandhill Crane (2)
E. Wood-Pewee (2)
Carolina Wren (1)
Wood Thrush (1)
Common Yellowthroat (16)

PIERCE ROAD (St Joseph Co)  Not only was there no water, but the  
fields were sufficiently dry to have been plowed.

MICHIGAN CITY HARBOR
Ring-billed Gull (1 juv, our first of the season)
Caspian Tern (25)
Barn Swallow (40 est)

Ken Brock
Chesterton, IN



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Subject: Newton County, 6/27 a.m.
From: Robert Hughes <rhughes.enteract AT RCN.COM>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:20:04 -0500
I spent the morning poking around northern Newton County. I checked 
Kankakee Sands, Conrad Savannah, LaSalle Fish & Wildlife Area, and a 
few places along the Kankakee River east of US 41. I did not do 
Willow Slough proper. The density of Dickcissels and Grasshopper 
Sparrows at Kankakee Sands was very impressive. I also had good 
numbers of Blue Grosbeaks and Henslow's Sparrows. Notable misses 
include Carolina Wren and White-eyed Vireo. Here's some of what I 
heard or saw (these numbers are actual counts, not estimates):

Northern Bobwhite - 12
Upland Sandpiper - 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Cuckoo sp. - 4, flying over while driving
Red-headed Woodpecker - 11
Eastern Kingbird - 13
Willow Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 11
Warbling Vireo - 15
Bell's Vireo - 4
Sedge Wren - 3
House Wren - 47
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 6
Wood Thrush - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Gray Catbird - 38
Brown Thrasher - 7
Prothonotary Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 68
Yellow-breasted Chat - 6
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Eastern Towhee - 21
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
Field Sparrow - 48
Chipping Sparrow - 19
Grasshopper Sparrow - 37
Henslow's Sparrow - 11
Vesper Sparrow - 4
Lark Sparrow - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 7
Indigo Bunting - 60
Dickcissel - 93 (actually, probably an undercount, but you get the 
point; they were ubiquitous)
Orchard Oriole - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 2
Eastern Meadowlark - 15

The Upland Sandpiper put on quite a show for me. I heard the bird 
calling as it flew over my parked car on 600W just south of 400N. I 
did my best wolf whistle Upland Sandpiper imitation and the bird 
circled around, wings fluttering, and landed on a telephone wire not 
more than 25 feet away. It sat there for a minute or 2, staring at me 
the whole time. Upland Sans have become so difficult to find in the 
Chicago area that I was thrilled to see this bird.

Robert D. Hughes
Chicago, Illinois 

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Subject: Goose Pond
From: Christine Hedge <cloyce_hedge_392 AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:21:01 -0400
Tom Hulvershorn and I birded the Goose Pond area this morning. We were joined 
by Lou Ann Barriger. We also met Lee Sterrenburg who was leading Leland Schaum 
and a group from Elkhart & LaGrange Counties. 


The best bird of the day for us was FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK--we saw 5 in one 
flock shortly after parking along SR 59 near the north end of GP 16 (where Lee 
had directed us--as his group had already seen them). The birds were seen 
flying over the marsh several times; each time returning to land way out in the 
middle of the marsh. We noticed that the ducks appeared less frequently as the 
morning wore on (and the temperature went up). 


Highlights:

FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK--5
hooded merganser--1 with Lee and group
common loon--1 alternate plumage
pied-billed grebe--1
great egret--many
green heron--1
black-necked stilt--flying over marsh GP 16
Bell's vireo--1 GP 5 North
dickcissel--many
orchard oriole--2

Cloyce Hedge
Lebanon, IN

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Subject: Lk. Lemon - 6/26 - COTE
From: Jim Hengeveld <jhengeve AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:27:55 -0400
There was an adult COMMON TERN foraging at the east end of Lk. Lemon  
this afternoon and evening.

Last Saturday (6/20), there were 3 CASPIAN TERNS foraging in the east  
bay.

........Jim & Susan




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Unionville, IN  47468

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Subject: Alder Flycatcher in Putnam County
From: Brad Jackson <jacksonbk1 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:59 -0700
While atlassing the Roachdale block on Wednesday, June 24th, at about 11:00 AM, 
I found an Alder Flycatcher singing its wee-bee-OH song. The location was 2 
miles south and 1 mile west of Roachdale. This is one mile west of CR 250E on 
the north side of CR 1100N. The habitat was a grove of medium pines (species?) 
which has behind it a stand of young sycamores. The bird was in the pines, but 
close to the back. There is a gate with a lane leading straight back through 
the pines to the sycamores. The flycatcher was along the lane, and therefore 
easily heard from the road. 


Brad Jackson
Fishers IN


      

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Subject: Goose Pond FWA June 25 morning
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:18:14 -0400
Yesterday morning (June 25 2008) I did some birding at Goose Pond FWA  
in Greene County before the TV crews arrived at mid-day.

A quick drive around to various Goose Pond Units looking for flying  
Black Terns in the early morning and not produce any.  I checked out  
Main Pool East, accessed from behind the Wilder Farms grain elevators  
and from the ruined metal bridge at the north end of CR 1200 W.   
Later I walked part way along the eastern levee of Main Pool West.   
These ventures were a follow up to Matt Bredeweg’s report of 3 Black- 
bellied Whistling-Ducks flying into Main Pool East on Tuesday June 23.

Once again there was no sign of the Roseate Spoonbill with the Great  
Egrets and Cattle Egrets in the north end of Main Pool West.

Weather: continued hot and very humid; clear skies with haze,  
temperature already up to 91 F before noon; wind variously SW and NW,  
mostly around 3-8 mph.

A few results:

GPFWA MAIN POOL EAST:
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK 1   flew off high going east, heading in the  
direction of Beehunter Marsh
Whistling-duck sp unidentified 1    landed in the south end in haze,  
not found again after it set down
Bald Eagle 1 adult
Willow Flycatcher 1
Bell’s Vireo 2
Blue Grosbeak 2    singing males

The Fulvous Whistling-Duck that flew away eastward beyond MPE in mid  
morning was likely a different individual from the two Fulvous  
Whistling-Ducks that Dave Crouch later watched in GP16 while TV  
filming was going on.

GPFWA MAIN POOL WEST, walking on the eastern levee in the heat:
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 13
CATTLE EGRET 25   in trees near the double ditches
Black-necked Stilt 8
American Coot 5

The Pied-billed Grebes and American Coots on the east side of Main  
Pool West are likely not the same birds we have been watching on the  
west side of MPW from parking lots along State Road 59.  It is a long  
way to the other side.

GPFWA at the DNR BARN OFFICE on State Road 59:
Warbling Vireo 1
Wood Thrush 1   singing in 1000 Island Woods across the highway,  
first time I’ve ever heard one from there

GPFWA UNIT GP12:
Cooper’s Hawk 1    brown juvenile

--Lee Sterrenburg
Bloomington









  
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Subject: Salamonie Reservoir
From: Jhawillet AT AOL.COM
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:46:29 EDT
A long half day on a hot Friday produced 80 species at Salamonie Reservoir  
and Salamonie River State Forest.  Although singing has noticeably dropped  
off, there was enough to record the majority of the area specialties.  I  
found nothing unexpected, but it was a pleasant morning with some good birds  
recorded.
 
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Hawk:  Cooper's 2, Red-tailed, Am. Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1
Woodpecker:  Red-bellied, Downy, Hairy, N. Flicker, Pileated 1
E. Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher 5
Willow Flycatcher 5
E. Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
E. Kingbird 1
Vireo:  White-eyed 3, Yellow-throated 1, Warbling 3, Red-eyed
Blue Jay
Am. Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Swallow:  Tree, N. Rough-winged, Cliff (fledglings at dam), Barn
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-br. Nuthatch
Wren:  Carolina, House
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
E. Bluebird
Wood Thrush 2
Am. Robin
Gray Catbird
N. Mockingbird 1
Eur. Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler:  N. Parula 2, Yellow 6, Yellow-throated 2, Pine 2 (one on  each 
side of main State Forest road about 100 yards west of Fire Lane 2),  Cerulean 
1, Ovenbird 1, Kentucky 3, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded 5,  Yellow-breasted 
Chat 3
Summer Tanager 1 (singing from south of main State Forest road about 100  
yards W of fire lane 2)
Scarlet Tanager 2
E. Towhee
Sparrow:  Chipping, Field, Vesper 1, Grasshopper 2, Henslow's 1,  Song
N. Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel 2
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Oriole:  Orchard 1, Baltimore 2
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow
 
Jim Haw
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Subject: Goose Pond 20 Jun
From: Jeff McCoy <jeffmccoy AT EMBARQMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:40:13 -0300
Saturday, 20 June, 2009
I spent the entire day at Goose Pond birding with Lee Sterrenburg in the
early morning, Rob Ripma the rest of the morning, then Lee again all
afternoon.  I also ran into Jim Haw and his Ft. Wayne contingent briefly in
the late morning.  We covered as much area as we could given the extreme
flooded conditions and many closed roads and we located most of the recently
reported rarities but failed to find any new exciting birds.

Regarding the probable Mottled Ducks, a possible strategy for getting a
confirming photo, based on our experience on this day, would be to wade out
into south Main Pool West from Hwy. 59 along the ditch where there is a
slight elevation and stop frequently to scan for Mallard heads poking up out
of the weeds.  A very high powered lens or digiscoping set-up would be
required.

Here are the highlights:

FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK 4 (either these birds were following us around all
day or there are more than 4 on the property; we noted 2-3 birds near the
tern island in south Main Pool West in the morning, 3 birds way over in GP8
around mid-day, and at least 4 birds at various spots along Hwy. 59 in the
afternoon)
Mallard 90+ (mostly in large flock in south MPW)
PROBABLE MOTTLED DUCK 3 (as Rob and I were watching from the tern island at
the northern terminus of CR1200W at 9:15am, a deer put up the large Mallard
flock in the flooded grassland in south MPW and we counted 3 smaller darker
birds, one of which I was able to see well enough through my scope to note
the thin white border to the speculum; later, Lee and I were wading out into
south MPW around 7:30pm when we realized that the huge Mallard flock was
only about 100-120 yds ahead of us and they were all at attention with their
heads raised just above the weeds; but before we could get our scopes on
them to scan for a possible Mottled they all took off and we found only one
smaller darker bird, and it did show a thin white border to the speculum)
NORTHERN PINTAIL 1 (drake among the above Mallard flock in flight in the
morning)
Hooded Merganser 2 (fem)
Pied-billed Grebe (many; but noted one on nest in north MPW)
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Least Bittern 3 (GP9, 16, & 7)
Great Egret 64
LITTLE BLUE HERON (ad; GP8)
CATTLE EGRET 37 (several small groups seen in early morning and again in
late afternoon but this was the max. seen together roosting in northeast
MPW; a short-lived high count for the property with Lee's count of 55 on the
24th)
Black-crowned Night-Heron 7 (all ad.'s; GP10S)
ROSEATE SPOONBILL 1 (seen almost continually from mid-morning with the
Oskay's of Indianapolis to late afternoon with a couple from Colorado that
detoured here to seek out this bird on a trip further eastward - two FWDU's
made a low fly-over while we were watching "pinkie' and they were extremely
impressed!)
Common Moorhen 5 (1 heard and 1 seen in GP16, 1 heard in GP7, and 2 heard in
MPW along 59)
American Coot 5 (all in north MPW incl. 2 sitting on nests)
Black-necked Stilt 20+ (incl. 16 seen flying together in one flock over MPW)
Spotted Sandpiper 1
WILSON'S SNIPE 5 (flying over south MPW seen from bridge on CR1200W in
groups of 3 and 2; this is the highest summer count for Goose Pond)
Caspian Tern 4 (2 seen earlier but 4 were hunting over GP10S early evening)
LEAST TERN 3 (2 flew by with a Black Tern just north of the tern island from
the east at mid-morning and while I was watching one of them a pair flew by
so there were probably at least 4 birds; we saw a pair flying over GP8 and
GP16 throughout the afternoon)
Black Tern 1 (above sighting plus several sightings later over GP16)

Good birding,
Jeff McCoy
Columbia City, Indiana
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Subject: House Wrens, Pine Siskin report, butterflies, spoonbill video,
From: Don Gorney <dongorney AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:48:16 -0700
After a multi-year absence I finally put back a Gilbertson nest box in the back 
yard this spring.  House Wrens quickly found it and there are now at least five 
House Wren nestlings in the box.  A song Sparrow has been feeding its young in 
the yard this past week.  


A friend, Earl Miller, that lives near me on the NE side of Indianapolis had a 
PINE SISKIN at his feeder on June 22.  I asked him to keep me posted about 
additional sightings or if he sees young.  


On June 23 I had a real treat when I briefly glimpsed a Zebra Swallowtail 
moving through my yard. I rarely see this species in the Indianapolis area. On 
June 24 I saw a dark butterfly enter the garage and then fly through the open 
window of my vehicle. It was a Mourning Cloak. After removing it from the car 
it continued on its way. Speaking of butterflies. Upcoming counts include 
Monroe County (June 27), Noble County (July 2), Goose Pond FWA (July 11), and 
Big Oaks NWR (July 18). 


I located the Roseate Spoonbill segment on Fox59's website. It is at the 
following link: 



http://www.fox59.com/video/?clipId=3904184&topVideoCatNo=96918&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv 


The segment is under the "videos" category on the website. If the above link 
does not work you can try this link and then look through the available videos 
for it: http://www.fox59.com/video/ 



Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
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Subject: Re: Goose Pond News Coverage
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:24:44 -0700
 
I thought the WISH-TV segment, especially, was very well done!
 
Bernie Sloan
Bloomington

--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Don Gorney  wrote:


From: Don Gorney 
Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Goose Pond News Coverage
To: IN-BIRD-L AT LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:12 PM


Lee Sterrenburg gave me a heads up about the news reports to air on June 25 in 
the Indy market on the Goose Pond FWA Roseate Spoonbill.  So, I set my DVD 
recorder up to record the segments.  I may have gotten one newscast but I found 
it online anyway.  The second newscast - Indy Fox 59 - I did not get because 
the story ran in the second 1/2 hour of an expanded newscast and I did not have 
my recorder running.  It is also not on their website (at least yet).  I 
thought both the Channel 8 (WISH) and Channel 59 (Fox affiliate) stories were 
well done and Lee Sterrenburg and Brad Feaster were excellent spokesmen.  I 
liked the Channel 8 coverage because Jim Sullivan was given explicit credit for 
his photos and there is a cameo of Dave Crouch.  These news stories really give 
a boost to Linton and to Goose Pond FWA.  


The spoonbill is no longer being seen but both species of whistling-ducks are 
around for those patient enough to catch them in flight or lucky enough to find 
them on the ground.  Here are some news items about the spoonbill.  The first 
link contains the newscast video segment and is worth watching. 


WISH-TV Channel 8, Indianapolis


http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/indiana/Rare_bird_spotted_near_Bloomington_20090625 


Indianapolis Star

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906250423

Greene County Daily World

http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1549421.html


Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
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Subject: Goose Pond News Coverage
From: Don Gorney <dongorney AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:12:18 -0700
Lee Sterrenburg gave me a heads up about the news reports to air on June 25 in 
the Indy market on the Goose Pond FWA Roseate Spoonbill. So, I set my DVD 
recorder up to record the segments. I may have gotten one newscast but I found 
it online anyway. The second newscast - Indy Fox 59 - I did not get because the 
story ran in the second 1/2 hour of an expanded newscast and I did not have my 
recorder running. It is also not on their website (at least yet). I thought 
both the Channel 8 (WISH) and Channel 59 (Fox affiliate) stories were well done 
and Lee Sterrenburg and Brad Feaster were excellent spokesmen. I liked the 
Channel 8 coverage because Jim Sullivan was given explicit credit for his 
photos and there is a cameo of Dave Crouch. These news stories really give a 
boost to Linton and to Goose Pond FWA. 


The spoonbill is no longer being seen but both species of whistling-ducks are 
around for those patient enough to catch them in flight or lucky enough to find 
them on the ground. Here are some news items about the spoonbill. The first 
link contains the newscast video segment and is worth watching. 


WISH-TV Channel 8, Indianapolis


http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/indiana/Rare_bird_spotted_near_Bloomington_20090625 


Indianapolis Star

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009906250423

Greene County Daily World

http://gcdailyworld.com/story/1549421.html


Don Gorney
Indianapolis, IN
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Subject: Fox 59 - Roseate Spoonbill
From: Chad Williams <chaderz911 AT MSN.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:52:32 -0400
Just saw a nice clip on FOX 59 News about the Roseate Spoonbill at Goosepond. 
Lee & Brad - Good Job! 


Check out my Birding progress at: www.indianabirder.blogspot.com


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Subject: Twin Swamps, Hovey Lake, Beehunter Marsh 6/24
From: "Wilkins, Vern W" <vwilkins AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:23:46 -0400
I finally made a trip down south, primarily to see the Twin Swamps area. This 
was more a hiking trip than a birding trip, so I didn't keep track of numbers 
of birds seen. I visited several other Nature Conservancy properties and 
sections of the Ohio River while I was down there, but didn't see anything 
significantly different than what I listed for each of the locations below, 
except maybe the dozens of Turkey Vultures. I was hoping find Mississippi KItes 
along the river and/or Yellow-Crowned Night Herons in the swamps, but I only 
heard two Yellow-Crowned Night Herons at Twin Swamps. This is the second time 
I've made a modest attempt to find the Kites or at least been birding in areas 
where Kites could be expected. The first was in early June at Lincoln State 
Park, but so far I've been rained out on one Kite day and the temperatures were 
near 100 on the second and I only spent a short time around any areas they 
might be seen. While driving around the general Point Township area, I did 
notice that there were quite a few Dickcissels and I also spotted two Lark 
Sparrows (both in the Point Township Complex, but far apart). Both birds were 
on telephone wires over barren fields, with crops just starting to come up. 


Twin Swamps (didn't arrive until about 10:30am) Conditions were surprisingly 
dry but the heat wasn't too bad yet. No water until near the end of the 
boardwalk. 


Wood Duck (2)
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (two heard fairly close to the platform, but they 
never came within sight). 

Red Shouldered Hawk (1)
Acadian Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
Scarlet Tanager
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Yellow-Breasted Chat
Prairie Warbler
Northern Parula
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-Bellied Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Yellow-Throated Vireo
Red Eyed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted TItmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Common Grackle

Hovey Lake

Most of the above birds were seen or heard around Hovey Lake also. The only 
additions are included below. I stopped at several places around the lake and 
hiked the Rail Marsh Levee in temperatures that had to be close to a 100 at 
mid-afternoon. Still there were some impressive numbers for most of the birds 
below and the Prothonotary Warblers. 


DC Cormorant (1)
Green Heron (1)
Great Egret (12)
Great Blue Heron 
Eastern Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chimney Swift

Beehunter Marsh

I stopped for just a few minutes at Beehunter Marsh on the way home. I only 
parked at BH5, walked a bit up and down the road, and a bit around the marsh. I 
was there from about 7:00-8:30pm and the bird activity was impressive. Many 
pairs of Yellow-Billed Cuckoos, Orchard Orioles, Yellow-Breasted Chats, and 
Common Yellowthroats. Many other common birds seen, but I didn't keep close 
track of the usual stuff. There was a really impressive number of Bobwhite 
Quail, including many out running around on the gravel roads, some with their 
young. Their calls could be heard everywhere between the two small bridges on 
200s, along BH5. I also drove back down the farmhouse road and scared up a 
Great Horned Owl that had been perched somewhere around the house. I saw 
several pairs of ducks flying around in the distance, but they were all too 
far, and light was getting too poor, for me to identify any of them. 



Vern
Bloomington, IN

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Subject: Goose Pond Fulvous Pair
From: David Crouch <david AT PROGRADE.NET>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:01:48 -0400
This morning I arrived at Goose Pond at 9:00 AM in hopes of seeing the  
recently re-spotted Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. No confirming  
sightings were made but a distinct highlight was a 50 minute long  
scope view of a pair of Fulvous Whistling-Duck approximately 200 yards  
West of SR59 in GP16 at the double ditches viewing area. This view was  
from 12:40 PM to 1:30PM and included some swimming, much preening and  
limited naptime. As it evolved I was able to share those views with a  
team from WISH-TV who were just South of my location doing an  
interview with Lee Sterrenburg. I had called and informed Lee of the  
Fulvous pair so when he had completed his interview he sent them my  
way. The scope (and binoc) views were great but it remains to be seen  
on tonight's early news how good the TV film views may be.

This twosome has been at Goose Pond since the first Fulvous sighting  
and all indications are that they are a mating pair. It would  
obviously be incredible news if they were to successfully breed at  
Goose Pond. I suppose stranger things have happened. Other highlights  
only:

Pied-billed Grebe	1	In GP9
American Coot		1	In GP9
Great Egret		27	15 in flight in MPW while 12 were feeding in GP16


Dave Crouch
Seymour

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Subject: Indian Springs BBA BWWA AMRE PIWA
From: Amy Kearns <greenpertplus AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:01:25 -0400
Highlights from my Martin county Indian Springs breeding bird atlas block (in 
Crane) today: 

1 singing male Black-and-white Warbler

Also singing Cerulean, Prairie, Blue-winged, Hooded, Pine, Prothonatory, 
Yellow- 

throated, Kentucky Warblers & Ovenbirds

An agitated pair of American Redstarts up close, with another Redstart singing 
distantly

Adult Broad-winged Hawk dive bombing an adult Red-tailed Hawk right over my 
Jeep

A male Northern Parula singing around a beakful of bugs while searching for 
more bugs to add

Agitated Blue Grosbeak pair, crests all raised & alarm calling, the female with 
a 

beakful of delicious bugs

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird apparently taking a bath in the dew on 
tree leaves.  She never stopped flying, but hovered over each leaf one by 
one, water flying everywhere, and vocalizing the entire time.  I had never 
seen this before and it was very interesting to watch.



I forgot to mention in yesterday's post about Perry county that I saw a Blue-
gray Gnatcatcher feeding a fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird nearly 3x its size.

Amy Kearns
Mitchell

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Subject: Newton Co: Blue Grosbeak
From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:40:38 -0700
Hi all,
 
Thurs 25-June-09: Willow Slough FWA/TNC Kankakee Sands, Newton Co; IN: 
0500-1030H (1/2 W + 12 D)_Cld_73-88_W 0-5_Muskrat(2)_E Cottontail(3)_Red 
Squirrel_Water level up. 

 
I started early at TNC Kankakee Sands Unit L and K, then headed to Willow 
Slough FWA HQ, and finally the Prairie Chicken Refuge with short stops 
inbetween.  Birds of note: Am Bittern, N. Harrier, BB Cuckoo, N. Mockingbird, 
Summer Tanager, Blue Grosbeak, Lark Sparrow, and W. Meadowlark. 

 
I tallied 86 species in all as follows:
 
Anatidae 3 
  ¨ ¨ 33 Canada Goose ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 8 Wood Duck ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 3 Mallard ¨   
Phasianidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 3 Ring-necked Pheasant ¨   
Melagrididae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Wild Turkey ¨   
Odontophoridae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Northern Bobwhite ¨   
Phalacrocoracidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Double-crested Cormorant ¨   
Ardeidae 3 
  ¨ ¨ 2 American Bittern ¨ Unit L 
  ¨ ¨ 8 Great Blue Heron ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Green Heron ¨   
Cathartidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Turkey Vulture ¨   
Accipitridae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Northern Harrier ¨ Male; unit L at 1010H 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Red-tailed Hawk ¨   
Gruidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Sandhill Crane ¨ South of CR225N in what remains of flooded field. 
Charadriidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 16 Killdeer ¨ Mostly south of CR225N 
Columbidae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 1 *Eurasian Collared-Dove ¨ Prob; one call south of CR375S Rd. x CR500W. 
  ¨ ¨ 19 Mourning Dove ¨   
Coccyzidae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Black-billed Cuckoo ¨ 0630H rapid "po-po" South of peninsula 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo ¨   
Trochilidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird ¨   
Picidae 6 
  ¨ ¨ 9 Red-headed Woodpecker ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Downy Woodpecker ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Hairy Woodpecker ¨ HQ 
  ¨ ¨ 5 Northern Flicker ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Pileated Woodpecker ¨ Druming from HQ 
Tyrannidae 6 
  ¨ ¨ 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Acadian Flycatcher ¨ Spill-way at HQ 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Willow Flycatcher ¨ Habitat 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Eastern Phoebe ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 6 Great Crested Flycatcher ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 7 Eastern Kingbird ¨   
Vireonidae 4 
  ¨ ¨ 5 White-eyed Vireo ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 4 Yellow-throated Vireo ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 6 Warbling Vireo ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 10 Red-eyed Vireo ¨   
Corvidae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 14 Blue Jay ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 American Crow ¨   
Alaudidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Horned Lark ¨   
Hirundinidae 4 
  ¨ ¨ 42 Purple Martin ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 80 Tree Swallow ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Bank Swallow ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Barn Swallow ¨   
Paridae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 7 Tufted Titmouse ¨   
Sittidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 6 White-breasted Nuthatch ¨   
Troglodytidae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 7 House Wren ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Sedge Wren ¨ unit L 
Sylviidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ¨   
Turdidae 3 
  ¨ ¨ 7 Eastern Bluebird ¨ some young 
  ¨ ¨ 7 Wood Thrush ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 14 American Robin ¨   
Mimidae 3 
  ¨ ¨ 15 Gray Catbird ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 3 Northern Mockingbird ¨ CR400W + CR200W x 500 & 550N 
  ¨ ¨ 5 Brown Thrasher ¨   
Sturnidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 60 European Starling ¨   
Bombycillidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 9 Cedar Waxwing ¨   
Parulidae 6 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Northern Parula ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 11 Yellow Warbler ¨ 2f; w/food 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Yellow-throated Warbler ¨ 12A 
  ¨ ¨ 4 Ovenbird ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 17 Common Yellowthroat ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Yellow-breasted Chat ¨ One giving whistled clear notes in slow cadence 
"po po po po"; CR375S x CR500W; 12A 

Thraupidae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 2 Summer Tanager ¨  CR400W; CR375S
Emberizidae 7 
  ¨ ¨ 6 Eastern Towhee ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 16 Chipping Sparrow ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 14 Field Sparrow ¨ one w/food 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Vesper Sparrow ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Lark Sparrow ¨ CR200W x CR500N 
  ¨ ¨ 18 Grasshopper Sparrow ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 10 Song Sparrow ¨   
Cardinalidae 5 
  ¨ ¨ 7 Northern Cardinal ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak ¨ 1f 
  ¨ ¨ 3 Blue Grosbeak ¨ Two at Unit L; one in 1st winter plumage at Prairie 
Chicken Refuge (CR200 x 550N); photo 

  ¨ ¨ 22 Indigo Bunting ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 54 Dickcissel ¨   
Icteridae 8 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Bobolink ¨ Unit L 
  ¨ ¨ 52 Red-winged Blackbird ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 5 Eastern Meadowlark ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 1 Western Meadowlark ¨ CR400N x CR400W 
  ¨ ¨ 32 Common Grackle ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 14 Brown-headed Cowbird ¨   
  ¨ ¨ 6 Orchard Oriole ¨ 1f 
  ¨ ¨ 1 Baltimore Oriole ¨   
Fringillidae 2 
  ¨ ¨ 2 House Finch ¨ HQ 
  ¨ ¨ 31 American Goldfinch ¨   
Passeridae 1 
  ¨ ¨ 3 House Sparrow ¨   


Jed Hertz
Kankakee, IL (Kankakee Co - 60 mi South of Chicago)

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/

Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird

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Subject: Another Black-bellied Whistling-Duck report June 23
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:03:23 -0400
This morning I talked with Matt Bredeweg of the DNR staff at Goose  
Pond FWA.

Matt reported that on Tuesday (June 23 2009) he observed a 3 BLACK- 
BELLIED WHISTLING -DUCKS flying together.  He says they came from the  
direction of Unit GP10S or 1000 Island Woods and put down in Main  
Pool East.

Matt also showed me cell phone photos he had taken of 2 AMERICAN COOT  
NESTS on the eastern side of Main Pool West on June 23.   One Coot  
nest contained 7 eggs and one contained 4 eggs.

This observation brings to 4 the number of known active American Coot  
nests presently in Main Pool West, in addition to the family group of  
1 adult AMERICAN COOT with 3 juveniles that  Matt observed in Unit  
GP16 on June 22.

I just took a look at the USGS Indiana Breeding Bird Atlas web page  
for American Coot.  The Atlas page is updated through the end of  
2008.  If I read the species map correctly, the current Indiana  
Breeding Bird Atlas up through the end of 2008 shows no American Coot  
detections for the southern tier.  There is Confirmed breeding in 4  
Blocks elsewhere in the state, none of the them in the southern  
tier.  Seen in those contexts Goose Pond FWA with its 5 breeding  
pairs seems like a lush oasis for American Coots.


--Lee Sterrenburg
Bloomington

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Subject: Both Whistling-Duck Species GPFWA June 24
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:03:08 -0400
Yesterday afternoon (June 24 2009) David Ayer, Chuck Mills, and I  
birded at Goose Pond FWA in Greene County.  After David and Chuck  
departed at going on 5:50 PM I set up my camp chair at the parking  
lot across from the double ditches on State Road 59 and did a watch  
for water birds. From there one can see Units GP7 and GP16, GP8  
distantly, Main Pool West, and in the far distance Main Pool East.   
It would be an especially good view if someday an observation tower  
were built there.

I watched the evening heron and egret show until past sunset.   
Photographer Darryl Jones joined me for part of an hour during the  
evening session.

The main highlight was both species of Whistling-Ducks: 2 BLACK- 
BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCKS and 4 FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCKS.  Other birds  
of note were a new property high count of 55 CATTLE EGRETS coming in  
to evening roost and a foraging flock of 9 CASPIAN TERNS.

We assume that very few birders in Indiana have recorded both  
Whistling-Duck species in the same day.

Chuck and David spotted the 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks as they  
were driving south to leave the property. They came back and got me.   
We observed the BBWDs together.  Before I arrived Chuck briefly saw  
the 2 BBWDs flying at a great distance in the direction of Main Pool  
East.

There is no way of knowing if these are the same 2 Black-bellied  
Whistling-Ducks that were observed in the Beehunter Marsh section of  
the property on June 14. They possibly could be.

Despite prolonged views of the evening concentration of Great Egrets  
and Cattle Egrets I did not find the Roseate Spoonbill.

Time: I was there 3:35-9:40 PM.  Sunset for Linton was 9:18 PM.

Weather: Hot out in the sun.  Skies partly cloudy, very humid with an  
afternoon high temperature of 93 F at Linton, wind various W and NW  
directions mostly under 5 mph.

Selected results:

BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK 2   extreme SE corner of Unit GP7 at  
4:41-4:45 PM, observed at 84 yards from the edge of SR 59 (distance  
done with a range finder); some distant photos with a point and shoot  
camera from farther away.
FULVOUS WHISTING-DUCK 4   2 in the extreme SE end of Main Pool West  
near the Least Tern Island, 1 of them by Chuck only; the pair with  
one of them missing a flight feather or feathers in the left wing  
flew out of GP16 and into Main Pool West in the evening; the latter 2  
by Lee only.
Canada Goose 28    GP16 included 8 still in downy plumage
Mallard 42   28 Main Pool West, 14 in GP7 & GP16
Mottled duck candidate sp 1    flying with Mallards, west of the  
Least Tern Island in Main Pool West; Black-duck looking; smaller than  
Mallards with which it was flying
Blue-winged Teal 5   4 Main Pool West, 1 GP7
Northern Bobwhite 7
Pied-billed Grebe 2   GP7
Double-crested Cormorant 4   Main Pool West
Bald Eagle 1   adult Main Pool West
Least Bittern 1    adult male flying over GP16
Great Blue Heron 114   counted flying to roost in the evening
Great Egret 56   number in the evening flight; 50 MPW, 6 GP16
CATTLE EGRET 55   counted coming into evening roost, Main Pool West
Green Heron 5    4 Main Pool West; 1 GP16
Killdeer 10
Black-necked Stilt 14     10 GP16 & GP8, 4 Main Pool West
Common Moorhen 1   calling in GP16
American Coot 3    Main Pool West
CASPIAN TERN 9   a flock, all in adult alternate plumage, came from  
direction of GP10 at 9:08 PM, crossed Main Pool West and foraged over  
Main Pool East until past sunset
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1   levee at south end of Main Pool West
Red-headed Woodpecker 2   Brewer Ditch bridge on CR 1200 W at far  
south end of Main Pool West
Bell’s Vireo 2    1 GP7 levee; 1 GP8 Levee
Blue Grosbeak 2

It is possible that 5 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks were present.  After  
the 2 flew away out of GP16 together and went far off into Main Pool  
West, 1 later flew back into GP 16 that was not the individual  
missing flight feathers.  That bird did some moving around inside  
GP16 after it arrived and appeared to be staying there for the evening

Evening over LINTON, GREENE COUNTY:
Common Nighthawk 3

--Lee Sterrenburg, Bloomington, with David Ayer and Chuck Mills

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Subject: Hooded warbler nest
From: Dan Stoltzfus <DanHSt AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:05:55 EDT
Here is a report from yesterday (June 23 ) of birds seen and heard at the  
Trillium Land conservancy   which is part of the Bristol priority  block 
8463 in Elkhart county. We were pleased to find nesting confirmation for  
Hooded Warbler, a bird not often seen here in summer.  My e-bird  report;


Location:     Trillium Land Conservancy, Conley  
Observation date:     6/23/09
Notes:      Elaine Harley and I working on the Bristol 8463 Atlas block on 
the "Conley  Property".  We heard then saw Hooded Warblers, An adult male 
and an adult  female (it had some of the black pattern on the face), and saw 
them fly into  briars and bushes near base of a tree. After searching briefly 
we saw a nest  with three nestlings, (maybe four - we did not want to 
disturb the nestlings to  count them) and Elaine took some pictures. Nest was 
about 30 inches off the  ground.
Also there were two Red-eyed Vireos circling around in the area with  one 
of them continually making a begging call.
Also heard a female Wood Duck  doing the alarm call and then a Cooper's 
Hawk flew out with prey and all the  birds settled down again.
Number of species:      47

Wood Duck     4
Mallard     2
Wild  Turkey     1
Green Heron     2
Turkey  Vulture     2
Cooper's Hawk      1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     2
Chimney Swift   5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3
Red-bellied  Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker      2
Northern Flicker     1
Pileated Woodpecker   1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     4
Willow  Flycatcher     2
Great Crested Flycatcher      2
Eastern Kingbird     1
Yellow-throated Vireo   1
Warbling Vireo     1
Red-eyed Vireo   3
Blue Jay     2
American Crow   4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow      2
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse   2
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina  Wren     1
House Wren     1
Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher     2
Eastern Bluebird      2
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin      12
Gray Catbird     3
Cedar Waxwing      2
Yellow Warbler     1
Ovenbird      3
Common Yellowthroat     1
Hooded Warbler   5
Scarlet Tanager     1
Song Sparrow   2
Northern Cardinal     4
Rose-breasted  Grosbeak     1
Indigo Bunting      2
Red-winged Blackbird     16
Common Grackle   6
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
American  Goldfinch     3

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Subject: Goose Pond Black-bellied Whistling Ducks
From: "Feaster, Brad" <BFeaster AT DNR.IN.GOV>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:44 -0400
Lee Sterrenburg just called to report that he, Chuck Mills and David Ayer saw 2 
BBWD in the far south end of GP7 near HWY 59 and Brewer Ditch intersection at 
around 5:45 this evening. 


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Subject: Perry Co BWHA RSHA PIWA
From: Amy Kearns <greenpertplus AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:55:52 -0400
While working on a couple of my Perry county BBA blocks today, Noah & I 
spotted an adult Broad-winged Hawk flying up from a stream, clutching a frog 
in its talons. I didn't know they ate amphibians! This area is good for BWHA - 

it was our third of the day.  We saw the Broad-winged just off 66 on W Esary 
Rd near the town of Suphur Springs.  There is a bridge there that has nesting 
Barn Swallows under it.  These are the only Barn Swallows I have ever seen 
nesting under a bridge (although this is only my second year atlasing, and I 
can't say I spent much time under bridges before I started doing this).

Also of note in the Hoosier National near Deuchars was a very noisy juvenille 
Red-shouldered Hawk perched on the edge of a nest about 40 feet high in a 
White Oak.  The nest had many pine boughs woven into it.  We could hear 
another Red-shouldered 'answering' the juvie while we were there.

Hoosier National at Lake Celina & the Oriole trailhead are still good for Pine 
Warblers, although I didn't have as many singing today as I did earlier in 
June. 

Lake Celina also has Worm-eating Warblers and Chipping Sparrows - it is a 
good place to practice differentiating their songs from Pine Warblers.

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Subject: Last spring in Arctic may cause breeding failure
From: "Hopkins, Edward M" <hopkinse AT PURDUE.EDU>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:46:12 -0400
  Canadians report a very late spring in the Arctic.  See article below:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/big-chill-in-churchill
-47992231.html

The recent, late-migrant shorebirds, such as recent White-rumped
Sandpipers, made have really been early-returning, unsuccessful
breeders.

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West Lafayette, IN 

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Subject: Dunes SP 6/24/09: probable Mississippi Kite
From: Brad Bumgardner <bumgbj01 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:56:17 -0500
 

Greetings,

 

A few hikers showed up for a very hot, humid, and uncomfortable walk to Mt. Tom 
and back at the Dunes State Park this morning (6/24/09). No real bird activity 
going on in the heat, but a few notables are worth mentioning. 


 

Mississippi Kite- 1 (probable, see note*)

Yellow-billed Cuckoo- 1 (my FOY!)

Summer Tanager- 1 (base of Mt. Holden)

Black-throated Green Warbler- 1 (singing male at base of Mt. Tom, previously 
reported by Tim Hill. Photo at link below) 


http://www.flickr.com/photos/25731905 AT N07/3657235621

*At 11:20am, we were walking back up the Nature Center walkway when a slender 
bird of prey appeared from above the trees, probably 100 feet up. It circled 
briefly before cruising away and out of sight, never flapping it's wings. Total 
time was probably only 4 seconds. Notable were very long, slender wings. They 
appeared longer than any falcon. The body was slender, and the tail was 
noticeably long, even more so than typical accipiters. The tail was never 
flared out, and had a very slim look. The complete underside was uniformly 
light gray to dirty white, with no obvious field marks. Not having much 
experience with MIKI, I feel 95% confident it was one, but not confident enough 
to say for certain, given the brief look. I never had a chance to get 
binoculars on it. Comments welcome. 


 
 
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Chesterton, IN
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Subject: BBS routes - Spencer & Newberry
From: Jim Hengeveld <jhengeve AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:19:39 -0400
On Sunday & Monday (6/21 & 6/22), respectively, Susan & I ran the  
Spencer & Newberry BBS routes.  The Spencer route runs north mainly  
through eastern Owen and western Morgan Counties while the Newberry  
route runs south through much of western Greene Co., ending up in NE  
Daviess Co.

The highlight of the Spencer route was a singing ROSE-BREASTED  
GROSBEAK on a stop just north of Gosport in Owen Co.

Highlights from the Newberry route included 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES  
(1 on a stop + 2 others, including a total of 2 calling birds), 2 LARK  
SPARROWS just no. of and just so. of Newberry, and 2 VESPER SPARROWS  
in between stops just no. of Newberry.

Selected species from the Spencer route:

   -18 No. Bobwhites
   -3 Am. Kestrels
   -5 Yellow-b. Cuckoos
   -7 Red-headed Woodpeckers
   -6 Cliff Swallows
   -1 Wood Thrush
   -7 Cedar Waxwings
   -4 Yellow-br. Chats
   -1 ROSE-BR. GROSBEAK
   -5 Blue Grosbeaks

Spencer route:

   -2 Wild Turkeys - our first for this route
   -48 No. Bobwhites
   -7 Am. Kestrels
   -3 EUR. COLLARED-DOVES - all in Newberry in so. Greene Co.
   -5 Yellow-b. Cuckoos
   -3 Red-headed Woodpeckers
   -2 E. Wood-Pewees - each in postage-stamp tracts of woods
   -4 Willow Flycatchers
   -19 Cliff Swallows - at a total of 4 different stops - seem to be  
increasing
   -2 No. Rough-w. Swallows
   -2 Wood Thrushes
   -1 Cedar Waxwing
   -1 No. Parula
   -13 Yellow-br. Chats
   -2 LARK SPARROWS - Greene Co.
   -14 Grasshopper Sparrows
   -2 VESPER SPARROWS - Greene Co.
   -60 Dickcissels
   -12 Blue Grosbeaks

Jim & Susan Hengeveld
Unionville, IN

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Subject: Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne
From: zzedpowers AT AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:45:26 -0400
Often when I bird Eagle Marsh, I'm on my way home from somewhere else; thus, I 
found myself there in the middle of a hot afternoon, which surely cut down on 
activity. 


I'm still thrilled by by the apparent range expansion by Dickcissels, The ones 
I counted today were in a different part of the 700 acre propery than the ones 
I reported a week or so ago. 


Wood Duck???? 3
Mallard???? 24
Pied-billed Grebe???? 2
Great Blue Heron???? 3
Great Egret???? 2
Green Heron???? 1
Red-tailed Hawk???? 1
Killdeer???? 4
Mourning Dove???? 4
Willow Flycatcher???? 1
Warbling Vireo???? 2
American Crow???? 1
Tree Swallow???? 4
House Wren???? 2
American Robin???? 7
Gray Catbird???? 1
Yellow Warbler???? 2
Common Yellowthroat???? 2
Chipping Sparrow???? 1
Song Sparrow???? 9
Northern Cardinal???? 1
Indigo Bunting???? 4
Dickcissel???? 15
Red-winged Blackbird???? 50
Common Grackle???? 2
Brown-headed Cowbird???? 3
American Goldfinch???? 2
House Sparrow???? 4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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Allen County

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Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatch,porter county
From: jeanette girton <brennie8 AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:15:06 -0700
I just had a very noisy Red-breasted Nuthatch in my yard in Valparaiso.The bird 
was pretty high up in the BassWoods,but was still interested in the Pishing 
sound coming from the ground 50ft below it. 

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Subject: Fox Island
From: Jhawillet AT AOL.COM
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:04:32 EDT
I recorded 58 species in Fox Island County Park, Allen Co., early on a hot  
morning.  Mosquitoes were numerous in the woods, though I have seen worse  
at Fox Is., and deer flies were numerous in the more open areas.  The  
BELL'S VIREO continues on territory in the field west of the park  entrance.  
From the east end of the east-west trail through the middle of  the field, go 
to the point where the trail curves slightly to the left  (south).  At the 
south end of this curve, there is a wooden bird box on the  north side of the 
trail.  The Bell's was some distance to the south at this  point.  Otherwise 
the list was about what one would expect, with a few  misses:
 
Wood Duck 2
Am. Woodcock 2
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 2
Woodpecker:  Red-bellied 7, Downy 15, Hairy 4, N. Flicker 1, Pileated  1
Flycatcher:  E. Wood Pewee 13, Acadian 13, Willow 1
Vireo:  White-eyed 1, Bell's 1, Yellow-throated 3, Warbling 5,  Red-eyed 12
Blue Jay 6
N. Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-br. Nuthatch 10
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 33
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16
Veery 1
Wood thrush 5
Am. Robin 29
Gray Catbird 29
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 5
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-throated Warbler 4 highest-ever summer count for Fox Is., ties  
all-time high at any season
Am. Redstart 4
Prothonotary 2 one S side of dune E of entrance, one at quaking bog (new  
location)
Kentucky 1 E end just W of tank trap
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 field S of lake
Scarlet Tanager 3
E. Towhee 4
Sparrow:  Chipping 2, Field 6, Song 5
N. Cardinal 32
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 24
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 19
Baltimore Oriole 8
House Finch 1
Am. Goldfinch 25
House Sparrow 2
 
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Subject: (No Sightings) IAS Fall Event- Call for Presenters
From: Brad Bumgardner <bumgbj01 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:51:39 -0500
Greetings,

With summer in high gear, it will not be long until the Indiana Audubon Fall 
Event in the Dunes comes October 2-4. Many great bird activities are planned 
throughout the entire weekend. If you haven't yet, please mark your calendar 
the first weekend in October. 16 miles of hiking trails in a blaze of orange, 
yellow, and red let unspoiled nature and authentic character revive our spirits 
as we search out all those things that make birding the dunes so spectacular. 


 

Programs and sessions will cover many birding related topics, with special 
presentations by Dr. Kenneth Brock on Saturday night. Friday night participants 
can view an encore presentation of "Birding the Big Year," with the great state 
birder and storyteller John Kendall. 


 

There are many other great programs lined up, but there are also a few slots 
still remaining for our Hoosier bird enthusiasts to showcase the great skill 
and passion that exists in Indiana. If you have that special skill that you'd 
be willing to share, please email me at bumgbj01 AT hotmail.com. We are really 
wanting to share the interests and passions that so many birders here possess. 
Whether it be bird photography, ID, bird feeding tips, and more, please 
consider offering a short program for this great weekend. 


 

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Chesterton, IN


 

 


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Subject: Lake County Tricolored Heron - Yes
From: marty jones <indth33 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:07:59 -0700
I visited the Hammond Cinder Flats at 5:00 pm, Monday June 22nd and located the 
previously reported Tricolored Heron.  This bird was first found on May 30th by 
Jeff McCoy.  Thanks to all who posted directions.  

 
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Subject: Goose Pond FWA June 21 '09
From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT INDIANA.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:03:49 -0400
Yesterday morning (June 21 2009) Margaret Londergan and I visited  
Goose Pond FWA in Greene County.  We were mostly doing a tour about  
how to bird the property.  We did not spend a lot of effort on trying  
to hunt up the current rarities.  Driving was somewhat restricted by  
flooding, with a part of County Road 200 S west of State Road 59  
still under water.

We missed the Roseate Spoonbill.  Dan Kaiser and Ray Troyer reported  
seeing the ROSEATE SPOONBILL at 6:30 AM as it was arriving with a  
flock of Great Egrets. They reported that the Spoonbill and Great  
Egrets flew eastward over the northern part of Main Pool West,  
possibly heading toward Main Pool East.

Given the date in June the avian surprise was 4 FORSTER’S TERNS  
foraging over GP7, GP16, and Main Pool West. We saw the terns along  
with Darel Heitkamp, Dan Kaiser, and Ray Troyer.  Observed from the  
parking lot across from the double ditches along State Road 59.

That makes four species of terns observed at GPFWA in two days: the  
Forster’s Terns on June 21 to go along with the Least Terns, Caspian  
Terns, and the Black Tern that Jeff McCoy and I observed the day  
before on June 20 (Jeff will post details).

Time: 8:05 AM-12:40 PM

Weather: skies clear to partly cloudy; temperature to the mid 80s F  
and very humid; winds mostly calm, with periods of W and NW breeze to  
about 5 mph.

A few birds of note the day:

FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK 1   flew from GP16 into the south end of Main  
Pool West
Mallard 75+    in the air in one flock over the south end of Main  
Pool West, observed from the double ditches parking lot; no Mottled  
Duck candidates seen in the group
Blue-winged Teal 5    3 Main Pool West, 2 GP16
Least Bittern 1    flying over Unit GP7
Pied-billed Grebe 6    3 Main Pool West, 1 of them sitting on a nest;  
3 in GP9
Double-crested Cormorant 1   GP16
Great Egret 59     included 51 individually counted on one scope scan  
from the bridge on CR 1200 W at the far south end of Main Pool West
CATTLE EGRET 19     landed briefly in a tree in the south end of Main  
Pool West, observed from the double ditches parking lot
Green Heron 3     2  Main Pool West, 1 GP16
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1   juvenile standing in CR 100 S at  
Beehunter Marsh Unit BH5S
American Kestrel 2    1 CR 25 S at GP11N; 1 along SR 59 at the north  
end of MPW
Common Moorhen 1   calling in GP16
American Coot 5     Main Pool West, 2 sitting on nests, both with a  
mate delivering food items or additional nesting material
FORSTER’S TERN 4   3 adults & 1 first summer, foraging over GP7,  
GP16, & Main Pool West
Willow Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 2    GP11S, pair at the Black Creek Bridge
Northern Mockingbird 1    GP11S at the parking lot on CR 1400 W.  A  
pair of Northern Mockingbirds (at least) seems to be colonizing this  
stretch of the Black Creek riparian corridor.
Blue Grosbeak 4

On the way to Goose Pond FWA we saw a bizarre looking bird perched on  
a power wire east of Bloomfield.  It had the apparent shape and morph  
and feel of an Eurasian Collared-Dove. That is why I turned around  
and stopped to look at it.  The overall pale gray color was somewhat  
like Eurasian Collared-Dove but it had some yellowish wash added to  
the pale gray.  It had no black collar, and the black and white under  
tail pattern of Eurasian Collared-Dove was completely missing.  The  
bill was pink, not dark, indicating perhaps some leucistic traits?   
The eyes also appeared to be pink.  A strange bird.

Also, two COMMON NIGHTHAWK reports from the day before, June 20:

3 over downtown Bloomfield in Greene County in the morning, before  
sunrise
2 over downtown Linton in Greene County in the evening

At GOOSE POND FWA today, June 22 2009, by Matt Bredeweg of the DNR  
staff (as forwarded by Property Manager Brad Feaster):

An adult American Coot with 3 partly grown juveniles in GP16
A Blue-winged Teal with at least 6 young in GP7
A Mallard with a "handful" of young in GP16
A single Common Moorhen in GP16

--Lee Sterrenburg and Margaret Londergan
Bloomington

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Subject: Eagle Creek Park Sunday June 21, 2008
From: John Ulmer <remlu AT TDS.NET>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:59:14 -0400
78 to 85  degrees with no breeze. 85 species were tallied for the day 
and the list included --

Common Loon
Double Crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Coopers Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barred Owl
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Bird walks begin each Sunday at the Nature Center, all are welcome to 
join in.
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Subject: Tippecanoe Indiana Breeding BIrd Atlas Blocks, 6/20-21
From: "Hopkins, Edward M" <hopkinse AT PURDUE.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:08:06 -0400
  I covered four blocks over the weekend.  For the most part, the
variety was routine.  In the Lafayette E Block, I had two singing
Prothonotary Warblers that I was able to boost to the Probable category.
They are in a seasonal swamp along Sagamore Pkwy on the W side of the
Conservation Club or just W of the railroad overpass.
  In the Lafayette W Block, I was covering the Purdue Forestry & Natural
Resources Farm (former PU Horticulture Apple Orchard).  I had the
following singing species:
Henslow's Sparrow, 1
Grasshopper Sparrow, 1
Dickcissel, 3
Blue Grosbeak, 1
This is the only atlas block of seven that I do in Tippecanoe County
that has HESP or BLGR.  Other than at Prophetstown State Park, I am not
aware of any HESP breeding sites in Tippecanoe County.  The BLGR was
singing along N Sharon Chapel Rd just NE of the entrance to the FNR
Farm.

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Ed Hopkins
West Lafayette, IN 

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