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18 Mar Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown Bird Call [] 18 Mar Museum open house ["Hinshaw, Janet" ] 18 Mar OT: Lichen You [Keith Saylor ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown Bird Call [Steve Malson ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! [Elvera Shappirio ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! [curt powell ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! ["Sally K Scheer" ] 18 Mar Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! [] 18 Mar Re: OT: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE Michigan? [Ken and Robin Ballard ] 18 Mar Unknown bird call -HELP! ["Melody Bond" ] 18 Mar yard robins ["Cendra Lynn" ] 18 Mar OT: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE Michigan? ["The Farmers" ] 17 Mar Oman trip report [Karl Overman ] 17 Mar Pt. Mouillee SGA - Wednesday afternoon [Jerry Jourdan ] 17 Mar Substandard white-cheeked geese, Pleasant Lk Rd, Washtenaw Co. 3/17 ["Dan Sparks-Jackson" ] 17 Mar Volunteers Needed to Census Michigan's Rare Birds ["Tom Funke" ] 17 Mar Tonight: Galapagos is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Mar. 17, 7:30pm, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 17 Mar Rusty Blackbirds, Lima Twp., Washtenaw Co. 3/16&17 ["Dan Sparks-Jackson" ] 16 Mar arrivals in West Central MI [Suzanne Vedder ] 16 Mar Galapagos is Washtenaw Audubon free event, Wed., Mar. 17, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 17 Mar Ottawa Auto Tour Question [] 16 Mar Enviro Ed position at LSNC ["Francie Krawcke" ] 16 Mar Re: AW: Canada Geese ["TC Greywolf" ] 16 Mar AW: Canada Geese [jochen roeder ] 16 Mar Canada Geese ["TC Greywolf" ] 16 Mar Re: Great opportunities for young birders (Cornell Lab Event) [Andy Johnson ] 16 Mar Re: Great opportunities for young birders (Cornell Lab Event) [Andy Johnson ] 16 Mar Holland Ponds - sitting herons plus Ring-Necked Ducks ["Robert Setzer" ] 15 Mar ducks are in trees ["The Farmers" ] 15 Mar Re: RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 15 Mar Re: RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS [Mike Goethe ] 15 Mar Re: Pelicans breeding in MI question ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 15 Mar RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS [Thomas Schlack ] 15 Mar Re: Pelicans breeding in MI question ["Mersereau, Jacques" ] 15 Mar Pelicans breeding in MI question [Pat Burden ] 15 Mar Great opportunities for biders in high school. Check this out! [] 14 Mar Dawsons Millstone Beaudette Pond 3-13-10 [Joy Barron ] 14 Mar Red-breasted Merganser, Lenawee Co. [Kristen Columbus ] 14 Mar Washtenaw Audubon Society Waterfowl Trip Report [] 14 Mar Re: Salamander reports from NAP ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 14 Mar Waterfowl and other birds - Jackson county [Don Henise ] 14 Mar Hooded Mergansers in Southern Jackson County ["bflylady27 AT netzero.com" ] 14 Mar Salamander reports from NAP [] 14 Mar Purple Martins ["bflylady27 AT netzero.com" ] 13 Mar Phoebe and frogs at Haehnle [Lathe Claflin ] 13 Mar Tree Swallows - Gallup Park [Ray Stocking ] 13 Mar REMINDER: Washtenaw Waterfowl, tomorrow (Sunday), 8 a.m. EDT [Monty Brown ] 13 Mar Searching for Bald Eagles in today's on-line NY Times [Catherine Carroll ] 12 Mar Re: FOS Song Sparrow [Bruce McCulloch ] 12 Mar FOS Song Sparrow [Joy Barron ] 12 Mar not novel, but joyful ["Cendra Lynn" ] 12 Mar Backyard Cowbird and spring - Oakland Co. ["Robert Setzer" ] 12 Mar SIGHTINGS: MACOMB COUNTY [Thomas Schlack ] 12 Mar RE: American Woodcock ["Fred Kaluza" ] 12 Mar SIGHTINGS: MACOMB COUNTY [Thomas Schlack ] 12 Mar [enviromich] [] 12 Mar RE: Signs of Spring [Joy Barron ] 12 Mar TV's! [laurent fournier ] 11 Mar Journey North Whooping Cranes Spring 2010 ["Russell Emmons" ] 11 Mar American Woodcock [James Fox ] 11 Mar Wildflower blog, part 2 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 11 Mar Kensington Geese [James Fox ] 11 Mar Salamander walk - date to be announced ["Richard Neubig" ] 11 Mar Carolina Wrens start nest ["bflylady27 AT netzero.com" ] 11 Mar Galapagos is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Mar. 17, 7:30pm, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 11 Mar tundra swan migration [] 11 Mar Disturbing item USA today........BIRD ABUSE [Thomas Schlack ] 11 Mar All's Quiet on Ford Lake [] 11 Mar OT : interesting story about an "all black" king penguin [laurent fournier ] 10 Mar OT - Spring Salamander Migration ["Vincent Ste-Marie" ] 10 Mar The Flying Goldeneyes are in town - Scaup! Scaup! ["Robert Setzer" ] 10 Mar Manchester [David Allen ] 10 Mar Re: OT: Washtenaw Co. honeybee [lisalk ] 10 Mar Ford Lake - The Eagle Has Landed, Again - Shoveler [] 10 Mar RE: Owls in Michigan question ["Russell Emmons" ] Subject: Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:04 -0400 Melody, One other bird song in the robin/cardinal/titmouse group would be Carolina Wren....since you compared with those and specified no buzzy tones. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:43 AM Subject: [birders] Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! > What about a Pine Siskin? Fits the description perfectly. > Dea > > Quoting Melody Bond : > >> how frustrating. nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no luck. but >> the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see which tree it >> was coming from. ARRGGH!! >> >> a zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out that >> last E... for example. and maybe that should not be a z in the >> beginning, there was no "buzz, really". >> somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even >> toned. very distinctive. kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a titmouse, >> i'm pretty sure of it. NOT a cardinal or robin. >> >> HELP~!!! >> >> ********************************************************** >> Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not >> be used for urgent or sensitive issues >> >> >> --- >> * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html >> * photo sharing site - >> http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html >> >> * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to >> lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject >> line. To >> resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. >> >> > > > > **************************************************** > Deaver D. Armstrong > City Ornithologist > Natural Area Preservation > Field Operations Service Unit > Public Services Area > City of Ann Arbor > 1831 Traver Rd. > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > 734-794-6627 > **************************************************** > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown Bird Call From: wrwalt AT umich.edu Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:48:29 -0400 This sounds like a good candidate for junco to me. I have been fooled by their alternative call before, and it would be hard to describe, but sounds a bit like your description here. -Rocky Ann Arbor --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Museum open house From: "Hinshaw, Janet" <jhinshaw AT umich.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:10 -0400 Saturday March 27 2-4pm For all the birders who have not had a chance to see behind the scenes at the Museum of Zoology you have your big chance coming up! Building on last fall's "Behind the Scenes" event, the museums will host another behind the scenes event. This time it will be a Ruthven-only event, featuring the four museums in the Ruthven Building (Zoology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Exhibits) plus Herbarium representation within the Ruthven Building. This event will occur on Saturday March 27, from 12-4 PM, in concurrence with the Exhibit Museum's annual Discovery Day, which this year highlights collections and research in science museum. Tours will be 1/2 hour, and by floor, so you can do any or all - Mollusk/Fish, Herps/Insects, or Bird/Mammal. You will get a chance to see the collections, which include study skins (stuffed) birds and mammals, skeletons, and fluid preserved (jars) specimens, a short talk on what collections are for, the types of research done, etc., and chances to ask questions and maybe see your favorite bird. There will also be a talk by John Klausmeyer, the Exhibit Museum artist "Paleontological Reconstructions: Bringing The Past To Life." I hope to see you all there! Janet Hinshaw ph: 734-764-0457 Bird Division Collection Manager    fax: 734-763-4080 Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 1109 Geddes Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 USA http://www.ummz.umich.edu/birds/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: OT: Lichen You From: Keith Saylor <kfsaylor AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:45:12 -0400 From the Lichen Groove Yard to make your afternoon just a little better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQaEI9fKZc -- Keith F. Saylor Michigan Nature Association Eastern Upper Peninsula Representative Great Lakes Island Steward P.O. Box 11 St Ignace, MI 49781 Cell Phone: 517.388.0013 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown Bird Call From: Steve Malson <steve AT masoncommunitychurch.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:33:33 -0400 Great Horned Owl with laryngitis? Steve Malson steve AT masoncommunitychurch.net 517-281-0961 Verizon --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: Elvera Shappirio <eshap AT umich.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:29:53 -0400 Carolina Wren? Ellie On Mar 18, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Melody Bond wrote: > how frustrating. nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no > luck. but the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see > which tree it was coming from. ARRGGH!! > > a zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out > that last E... for example. and maybe that should not be a z in the > beginning, there was no "buzz, really". > somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even > toned. very distinctive. kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a > titmouse, i'm pretty sure of it. NOT a cardinal or robin. > > HELP~!!! > > ********************************************************** > Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should > not be used for urgent or sensitive issues > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the > Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: curt powell <curt.curt AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:28:00 -0700 (PDT) If not a Titmouse, then perhaps a Carolina Wren? ________________________________ From: Sally K Scheer To: birders AT umich.edu Cc: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Thu, March 18, 2010 11:21:47 AM Subject: [birders] Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! Doesn't sound quite right to me. We have lots of pine siskins up north at our place and they are more constant in the rising tone of the call instead of a two tone sound like this looks to be from the letters Melody gave us. Sorry I have no substitute guess for the ID but I'd recommend listening to the Stokes CDs for pine siskin before either accepting or rejecting them as the "culprits". Sally K Scheer Village Corner, Inc 601 S Forest Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Wine Staff Hours 9-6 Monday-Saturday 12-5 Sunday vx:734-995-1818  fx: 734-995-1826 Follow us on Twitter at /winemouse for Dick /winerat2 for Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:43 AM Subject: [birders] Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! > What about a Pine Siskin? Fits the description perfectly. > Dea > > Quoting Melody Bond : > >> how frustrating.  nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no luck.  but the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see which  tree it was coming from.  ARRGGH!! >> >> a  zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out  that last E... for example.  and maybe that should not be a z in the beginning, there was no "buzz, really". >> somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even toned.  very distinctive.  kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a  titmouse, i'm pretty sure of it.  NOT a cardinal or robin. >> >> HELP~!!! >> >> ********************************************************** >> Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should  not be used for urgent or sensitive issues >> >> >> --- >> * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html >> * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html >> >> * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to >> lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the  Subject line. To >> resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. >> >> > > > > **************************************************** > Deaver D. Armstrong > City Ornithologist > Natural Area Preservation > Field Operations Service Unit > Public Services Area > City of Ann Arbor > 1831 Traver Rd. > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > 734-794-6627 > **************************************************** > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:21:47 -0400 Doesn't sound quite right to me. We have lots of pine siskins up north at our place and they are more constant in the rising tone of the call instead of a two tone sound like this looks to be from the letters Melody gave us. Sorry I have no substitute guess for the ID but I'd recommend listening to the Stokes CDs for pine siskin before either accepting or rejecting them as the "culprits". Sally K Scheer Village Corner, Inc 601 S Forest Ave Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Wine Staff Hours 9-6 Monday-Saturday 12-5 Sunday vx:734-995-1818 fx: 734-995-1826 Follow us on Twitter at /winemouse for Dick /winerat2 for Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:43 AM Subject: [birders] Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! > What about a Pine Siskin? Fits the description perfectly. > Dea > > Quoting Melody Bond : > >> how frustrating. nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no luck. but >> the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see which tree it >> was coming from. ARRGGH!! >> >> a zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out that >> last E... for example. and maybe that should not be a z in the >> beginning, there was no "buzz, really". >> somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even >> toned. very distinctive. kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a titmouse, >> i'm pretty sure of it. NOT a cardinal or robin. >> >> HELP~!!! >> >> ********************************************************** >> Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not >> be used for urgent or sensitive issues >> >> >> --- >> * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html >> * photo sharing site - >> http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html >> >> * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to >> lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject >> line. To >> resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. >> >> > > > > **************************************************** > Deaver D. Armstrong > City Ornithologist > Natural Area Preservation > Field Operations Service Unit > Public Services Area > City of Ann Arbor > 1831 Traver Rd. > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > 734-794-6627 > **************************************************** > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: ddarm AT umich.edu Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:43:52 -0400 What about a Pine Siskin? Fits the description perfectly. Dea Quoting Melody Bond : > how frustrating. nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no luck. > but the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see which > tree it was coming from. ARRGGH!! > > a zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out > that last E... for example. and maybe that should not be a z in the > beginning, there was no "buzz, really". > somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even > toned. very distinctive. kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a > titmouse, i'm pretty sure of it. NOT a cardinal or robin. > > HELP~!!! > > ********************************************************** > Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should > not be used for urgent or sensitive issues > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the > Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > **************************************************** Deaver D. Armstrong City Ornithologist Natural Area Preservation Field Operations Service Unit Public Services Area City of Ann Arbor 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-794-6627 **************************************************** --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: OT: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE Michigan? From: Ken and Robin Ballard <ballards88 AT verizon.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:47:36 -0400 The greater Lansing area has both red-brown Fox Squirrels and Black Squirrels. When we lived there over 16 years ago, we had a mother fox squirrel bring her 4 babies to our window ledge feeder, 3 were brown and one was black. At the same time, my daughter was living east of Okemos, where both types were abundant. She reported seeing mixed colors, including one brown squirrel with a black tail, and a black squirrel with a brown head. Ken and Robin Ballard St. Johns, MI On 3/18/2010 12:12 AM, The Farmers wrote: > Except for the fact that squirrels share the feed I put out for birds, > this observation and question is Off-Topic. > For the past couple of years, we've occasionally had melanistic _Gray_ > Squirrels at our feeders. Their smaller size and jerkier movements > marked them as Grays, rather than Fox Squirrels. Today, however, a > "black" squirrel that was feeding here had interspersed orangish-brown > hairs characteristic of Fox Squirrels. Its eyes were totally black, > and the prevailing color of the entire pelt when seen by naked eye at > 80 feet was black. Through my 7X bins, the foxy-colored hairs were > quite obvious on all of the animal's surface that I could see. The > animal's size and movements were typical of an Eastern Fox Squirrel. > Although a black-backed melanistic form within the Southern Fox > Squirrel is apparently quite common in forests that experience > frequent fires, I have never read about melanism in the Eastern Fox > Squirrel found in Michigan. Has anyone on this list run across this > color variant? > John Farmer > Milan > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Unknown bird call -HELP! From: "Melody Bond" <mbond AT med.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:04:42 -0400 how frustrating. nowhere insight, scanned trees with bins, no luck. but the sound was so clear and loud, tho too distant to see which tree it was coming from. ARRGGH!! a zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE zuREEE, very fast, maybe i should take out that last E... for example. and maybe that should not be a z in the beginning, there was no "buzz, really". somtimes four, sometimes three in a row - pretty constant and even toned. very distinctive. kind of a "bell" tone to it, NOT a titmouse, i'm pretty sure of it. NOT a cardinal or robin. HELP~!!! ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: yard robins From: "Cendra Lynn" <cendra AT digitalrealm.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:18:07 -0400 The robins have come to the ground, which means these, at least this pair, have decided to stick around. They're deciding where to put up a nest and enjoying all the fresh worms. My flicker made his arrival known today, screaming his head off. With these guys carrying on and my window open, it truly has become spring. I just hope next week's cold doesn't nip the tree buds. Our silver maples are fluffing already. Cendra Lynn, Spring Watcher OWS, A2 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: OT: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE Michigan? From: "The Farmers" <ajf-jlf AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:12:14 -0400 Except for the fact that squirrels share the feed I put out for birds, this observation and question is Off-Topic. For the past couple of years, we've occasionally had melanistic Gray Squirrels at our feeders. Their smaller size and jerkier movements marked them as Grays, rather than Fox Squirrels. Today, however, a "black" squirrel that was feeding here had interspersed orangish-brown hairs characteristic of Fox Squirrels. Its eyes were totally black, and the prevailing color of the entire pelt when seen by naked eye at 80 feet was black. Through my 7X bins, the foxy-colored hairs were quite obvious on all of the animal's surface that I could see. The animal's size and movements were typical of an Eastern Fox Squirrel. Although a black-backed melanistic form within the Southern Fox Squirrel is apparently quite common in forests that experience frequent fires, I have never read about melanism in the Eastern Fox Squirrel found in Michigan. Has anyone on this list run across this color variant? John Farmer Milan --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Oman trip report From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:49:14 -0400 I finally put together a trip report on my January birding excursion to Oman which is the southeast corner of Arabia. Oman is becoming a popular destination for European birders and American birders should consider it as well given its interesting mix of Asian, African and Western Palearctic birds. The trip report is on my website at http:// web.me.com/karloverman/Site/Trip_Reports/Entries/2010/1/1_Entry_1.html Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. www.karloverman.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Pt. Mouillee SGA - Wednesday afternoon From: Jerry Jourdan <jourdaj AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:18:03 -0400 I took a bike ride up the Middle Causeway late this afternoon to enjoy the unseasonably warm and sunny weather. Walpatich Unit: A pair of Greater Scaup few Common Grackles, Redwinged Blackbirds and Canada Geese Lautenschager Unit The huge sink hole has been dug out, and currently the path to the unit has been blocked by an even bigger hole and mounds of dirt. Nearby fields of the Long Pond Unit are flooded but little in the way of waterfowl Long Pond Unit Several pair of Green-winged Teal Redhead American Wigeon Vermet Unit Hundreds of Redhead American Wigeon Northern Pintail Ringnecked Duck Green-winged Teal American Coot Canada Goose Greater and Lesser Scaup American Tree Sparrows Gadwall Northern Shovelers Bufflehead Humphries Unit (formerly called the Lead Unit) Pied-billed Grebes calling/courting American Wigeon Redhead Mute Swans Had a fly-over Sandhill Crane Northern Harrier 3 Bald Eagles (adult) Cell 4 Pair of juvenile Great Black-backed Gulls 2-dozen Bufflehead Common and Red-breasted Mergansers Common Goldeneye Cell 3 Empty North end of Vermet 2 juvenile Bald Eagle Common Grackles Huron River Canvasbacks 2-dozen Bufflehead Greater and Lesser Scaup Ruddy Ducks Common Mergansers Bald Eagle That's about all.... Jerry Jourdan --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Substandard white-cheeked geese, Pleasant Lk Rd, Washtenaw Co. 3/17 From: "Dan Sparks-Jackson" <sparksjackson AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:06:28 -0400 Following up on 'TC Greywolf's' post about smallish Canada Geese at Scio Church X Parker Roads, I spotted 4-5 geese I think I'm willing to call "Cackling" in the fields just east of Schneider Road as viewed from Pleasant Lake Road. This location is in Freedom Township, and is most easily scoped from a reasonably wide gravel pull-out on the south side of Pleasant Lake Road at the top of hill ~0.2 mile east of Schneider Road. (This is the same viewpoint the Greater White-fronted Geese, etc., were seen from most frequently last March.) As viewed at 30x, the birds were remarkably smaller (about 2/3 size as compared to the surrounding Canadas), and had dinky bills and very short necks. They were not as obviously 'mallard-like' as I would prefer, but I usually only pick up on that gestalt when I see the two species swimming alongside one another. This situation was terrestrial viewing only. I'd love to hear others' opinions of these geese should anyone spot them again. Dan S-J --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Volunteers Needed to Census Michigan's Rare Birds From: "Tom Funke" <tfunke AT michiganaudubon.org> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:40:50 -0400 ****Please join us and help spread the word! Forward to those who think may be interested. Monitor today's birds so we can enjoy them in the future!**** Volunteers Needed to Census Michigan's Rare Birds Michigan Audubon is seeking individuals with a passion for bird conservation to help find Michigan's rare birds. As a bird census volunteer, you will be trained on surveillance and monitoring methods for a specific species or habitat in order to help document the presence of rare birds. In addition, volunteer Bird Census Coordinators are needed in order to help us recruit and train volunteer bird monitors throughout the State of Michigan. If you are passionate about bird conservation, organized, outgoing, dynamic, and can be trained to run a training yourself, we encourage you to contact us! Michigan Audubon seeks to fill in the gaps in order to cover species not currently part of surveillance or monitoring programs. This will be accomplished by training individuals as a Bird Census Coordinator by species and region. These coordinators will then recruit, train, and facilitate volunteers in the monitoring of a particular species (and in some cases, a group of species or even habitat type) in an area of Michigan. Birds considered for 2010 include Kirtland Warbler, Piping Plover, Cerulean Warbler, Peregrine Falcon, and Sandhill Crane. Species considered for inclusion in 2011 and subsequent years may include Common Loon, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden-winged Warbler, and Red-headed Woodpecker along with others. Michigan Audubon will hold four informational meetings in order to find interested birders and answer questions about monitoring Michigan's birds. The first will be held at the Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative Ornithological Congress in Petoskey on Saturday, April 10th at 10:00 a.m. Other orientations will be held at the Kalamazoo Nature Center on June 8th, 6:00 p.m.; Mattheai Botanical Garden in Ann Arbor on April 21st ,6:00 p.m.; and April 14th in Marquette at 7:00 PM in the Community Room of the Peter White Public Library. Please RSVP if you plan on attending. If you cannot attend and are interested in becoming a volunteer coordinator or volunteer monitor, please contact Thomas Funke, Director of Conservation at (c) 269.275.0004 or (w) 517.886.9144 or email tfunke AT michiganaudubon.org. RSVP for Petoskey session at www.mibci.org . Michigan Audubon's mission is to connect people and birds for the benefit of both. We are Michigan's first conservation organization, established in 1904. ### Thomas Funke, director of conservation Michigan Audubon www.michiganaudubon.org 6011 West St. Joseph Highway, Suite 403 Lansing, MI 48917 O: 517-886-9144 C: 269-275-0004 F: 517-886-9466 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Tonight: Galapagos is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Mar. 17, 7:30pm, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:15:58 -0700 (PDT) Birders and friends, Please join us tonight for the free program below. This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm Exploring the Galapagos Islands Join Bob Pettit for a tour of the remote Galapagos Islands. Famous as Darwin’s laboratory for his theory of evolution, the islands contain unique species developed in isolation from the rest of the world. Bob Pettit teaches biology at Monroe Community College, is president of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, and is a board member of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you need more information about the program. Directions to the Botanical Gardens: http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. Hope to see you there. Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society www.washtenawaudubon.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Rusty Blackbirds, Lima Twp., Washtenaw Co. 3/16&17 From: "Dan Sparks-Jackson" <sparksjackson AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:28 -0400 The Dancer/Trinkle/Steinbach/Easton Roads loop is proving reliable for Rusty Blackbirds again this spring. I had about 10 individuals at the wooded wetland on the west side of Steinbach between Trinkle and Easton Roads yesterday, and another loner stalking the thin ice of the wetlands on the north side of Easton Road. Also of note was my second lepidopteran of the season (some dark brown postage-stamp-sized butterfly without yellow wing-edges) at the same location. This morning there was a flock of better than a dozen Rusty Blackbirds flipping soggy leaves in the wet woodland at the NW intersection of Dancer and Trinkle Roads (just north of the aforementioned 'loop'). Another singing individual was heard south of Trinkle Road opposite Trinkle Marsh. Another 6-10 Rusties were still foraging at the Steinbach location again, too. The sunshine really had them gasping out their creaky, burbly little songs. Lastly, an Eastern Meadowlark was belting out two variations of his song from atop a roadside tree on the south side of Easton Road. Nice to see anything as colorful as a meadowlark's plumage these days, doubtlessly a harbinger of more chromatic days ahead. Dan S-J --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: arrivals in West Central MI From: Suzanne Vedder <suzeev AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Haven't been on the list lately so I don't know what has been reported down state. Here around my Big Rapids yard, I've had RW Blackbirds, Meadowlarks (seen, not heard until this week) and Killdeer since early last week. Grackles seemed to have come in around Friday. I also heard my first Sand Hill Cranes last Wednesday, and then again yesterday. Today was the first I've heard Song Sparrows. Bluebirds and Robins are singing away as well. I'm also still hearing Horned Larks, but no Snow Buntings since last week. Gotta love Spring! Suzanne Vedder --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Galapagos is Washtenaw Audubon free event, Wed., Mar. 17, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Birders and friends, Please join us for the free program below. This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm Exploring the Galapagos Islands Join Bob Pettit for a tour of the remote Galapagos Islands.  Famous as Darwin’s laboratory for his theory of evolution, the islands contain unique species developed in isolation from the rest of the world.  Bob Pettit teaches biology at Monroe Community College, is president of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, and is a board member of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor.  Call 677-3275 if you need more information about the program.  Directions to the Botanical Gardens: http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. Hope to see you there. Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society www.washtenawaudubon.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ottawa Auto Tour Question From: mck426 AT comcast.net Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:11:37 +0000 (UTC) Greetings! I'm considering going to Ohio for the Auto Tour to see ducks.  Has anyone been down there lately and what are my chances of seeing some? Mary Attitude is a choice. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Enviro Ed position at LSNC From: "Francie Krawcke" <francie AT lesliesnc.org> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:51:34 -0400 Please post or pass along: Leslie Science and Nature Center 2 Positions Openings: Program Coordinator - spring season/summer camp Program Coordinator - weekend and evening The Leslie Science and Nature Center is a private non-profit organization environmental education organization. We provide programming for children and their families. We offer programs year-round often seven days a week, including weekends and evenings. LSNC is looking to hire 2 experienced program coordinator staff that have knowledge of local flora and fauna, experience with children and are passionate about the environment. We are hiring for the spring season and summer camp with a possible extension. The second position will be for weekend and evening programs (mostly birthday parties) and other duties and programs where needed, additionally with a possible extension. Program Coordinator: teaching/planning, including field trips, scout programs (two hour and overnight), birthday parties, school outreach programs, public programs, camps, and possible raptor care and handling responsibilities. During the summer and when Ann Arbor public schools have days off or vacations we offer a nature day camp. The Program Coordinator is responsible for creating, planning and teaching our camps while working in tandem with other staff. The Program Coordinator will be responsible for making sure that the activities are designed well, fun, follow with our environmental education mission, and are safe The Program Coordinator will work close to 40 hours a week in the summer months and during some of the fall and most of the spring. There will be part-time work in winter as well. This position requires being on your feet all day, lifting heavy items, cleaning, hiking up to two hours at a time, and canoeing on the river. The Program Coordinator is directly responsible to the Education Director. The pay rate is $9.75 an hour. Please send your resume and cover letter to jobs AT lesliesnc.org. Call 997-1553 with any questions you may have. We are looking to hire immediently. Please submit your information as soon as possible. We will no longer accept resumes after March 31. Thank you, Francie Krawcke Raptor Specialist and Co-Camp Director Leslie Science and Nature Center 734-997-1075 Become a LSNC member at www.lesliesnc.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: AW: Canada Geese From: "TC Greywolf" <tcmaya2004 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:05:45 -0400 Thanks so much for the info! The group I saw (that separated itself from the other, larger geese) were definitely not "mallard" size - a good clarification. I'm going to swing by today and see if they're still around and try to get some comparison photos. Thanks again! --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: AW: Canada Geese From: jochen roeder <joroeder AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:45:17 -0700 (PDT) To the best of my knowledge, three forms (two species) of Canada Goose are seen more or less regularly in SE Michigan: The local breeders are very large, well, the familiar golf course form (Giant Canada Goose, Branta canadensis maxima), and they can be seen year-round. During the migration periods (now), you will sometimes also find flocks of a somewhat smaller subspecies that breeds around Hudson Bay (B. c. interior – Hudson Bay Canada Goose). As I said, they are smaller and have a more delicate bill, but that's only obvious (if obvious at all) in direct comparison. Some of these birds are marked with colour bands around their neck. Within these migrating flocks of Hudson Bay Canada Geese, you may sometimes find very few (singles, pairs) Richardson's Cackling Geese (B. h. hutchinsii – Richardson’s or Hutchins’s Cackling Goose), which are obviously much smaller than both forms mentioned above and almost reminiscent of Mallards. I hope that was of help, but am sure others can provide more detailed information or even check the birds on the Parker Rd., Scio Church ponds. Happy birding trails, Jochen --- TC Greywolf schrieb am Di, 16.3.2010: > Von: TC Greywolf > Betreff: [birders] Canada Geese > An: birders AT umich.edu > Datum: Dienstag, 16. März, 2010 07:18 Uhr > Has anyone ever seen Richardson's in > the area?  I drove by the Parker Rd., > Scio Church ponds the other day and there were noticeably > smaller (and > smaller billed) Canada Geese floating about. > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu > send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu > with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfĂĽgt ĂĽber einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Canada Geese From: "TC Greywolf" <tcmaya2004 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:18:20 -0400 Has anyone ever seen Richardson's in the area? I drove by the Parker Rd., Scio Church ponds the other day and there were noticeably smaller (and smaller billed) Canada Geese floating about. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Great opportunities for young birders (Cornell Lab Event) From: Andy Johnson <andysj531 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:11:14 -0700 (PDT) I just wanted to reinforce this recommendation. I attended the Lab Event last summer, and it was the best thing I've ever done with a long weekend. You get to know so many of the Lab's staff and learn so much about what they do. There are plenty of little birding forays, but it's main focus is on exploring careers in ornithology (e.g. we all got to go out in the field and film with one of those gigantic cinema cameras that fills the frame with a goldfinch 7 miles away, and experiment with field recording techniques). Best thing ever, so yes, definitely pass it along. Andy Johnson Original message: ________________________________ From: about birding/birdwatching in southeast Michigan and vicinity digest To: birders digest recipients Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:06:19 AM Subject: birders digest: March 15, 2010 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to once again host The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event, which will be held August 12 - 15 , 2010 in Ithaca, New York. The Young Birders Event aims to bring together teenagers with a passion for birds who are interested in pursing a career with birds. The young birders will meet people who have successful careers that involve birds in a variety of ways from ornithological researchers to tour leaders, to audio specialists and computer scientists. High school aged young birders are invited to fill out our application form and return it for review by April 15th 2010. Ten young birders will be selected and notified in late April. Please share this information with any young birders you know! Link: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/YB2009 or have a look at http://www.aba.org/yb/ for what the ABA has to offer. Please pass this along to young birders that you know. Dea --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Great opportunities for young birders (Cornell Lab Event) From: Andy Johnson <andysj531 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:11:14 -0700 (PDT) I just wanted to reinforce this recommendation. I attended the Lab Event last summer, and it was the best thing I've ever done with a long weekend. You get to know so many of the Lab's staff and learn so much about what they do. There are plenty of little birding forays, but it's main focus is on exploring careers in ornithology (e.g. we all got to go out in the field and film with one of those gigantic cinema cameras that fills the frame with a goldfinch 7 miles away, and experiment with field recording techniques). Best thing ever, so yes, definitely pass it along. Andy Johnson Original message: ________________________________ From: about birding/birdwatching in southeast Michigan and vicinity digest To: birders digest recipients Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:06:19 AM Subject: birders digest: March 15, 2010 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to once again host The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event, which will be held August 12 - 15 , 2010 in Ithaca, New York. The Young Birders Event aims to bring together teenagers with a passion for birds who are interested in pursing a career with birds. The young birders will meet people who have successful careers that involve birds in a variety of ways from ornithological researchers to tour leaders, to audio specialists and computer scientists. High school aged young birders are invited to fill out our application form and return it for review by April 15th 2010. Ten young birders will be selected and notified in late April. Please share this information with any young birders you know! Link: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/YB2009 or have a look at http://www.aba.org/yb/ for what the ABA has to offer. Please pass this along to young birders that you know. Dea --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Holland Ponds - sitting herons plus Ring-Necked Ducks From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:28:28 -0400 Here's a new "ramble". The GBH are sitting. Are they tired of standing or incubating? And we never saw RND here before. http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: ducks are in trees From: "The Farmers" <ajf-jlf AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:34:42 -0400 At least in the singular. Saw our first house-hunting Wood Duck hen atop the nest box behind the house yesterday. John Milan, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:17:35 -0400 Tom, They're definitely at Metro Beach Metropark (often hear them when we get there early for banding), and I'm sure they're at Wetzel SGA. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schlack" To: Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: [birders] RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS > Does anyone know where I might find some AMERICAN WOODCOCKS in Macomb > County or Eastern Oakland County? > > Tom Schlack > Sterling Heights > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. 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Subject: Re: RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS From: Mike Goethe <michael.goethe AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:44 -0400 We've seen them at Stony Creek Metropark in the past. -- Mike Goethe Macomb Audubon Society Web Editor Rochester Hills, MI http://www.macombaudubon.org On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Thomas Schlack wrote: > Does anyone know where I might find some AMERICAN WOODCOCKS in Macomb > County or Eastern Oakland County? > > Tom Schlack > Sterling Heights > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Pelicans breeding in MI question From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:37:25 -0400 Re: [birders] Pelicans breeding in MI questionJacques, American White Pelicans have oversummered at Pte. Mouillee some years as well, but no evidence of breeding was found. They can be secretive, but in most colonies in the Great Plains they are numerous but very isolated. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Mersereau, Jacques To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 12:28 PM Subject: [birders] Re: Pelicans breeding in MI question I know Seney Wildlife Refuge in Germfask, MI (Middle of UP) had a group of white pelicans hanging around last spring/summer. What I don't know is if they nested and raised any chicks. HTH, Jacques On 3/15/10 12:05 PM, "Pat Burden" wrote: Last fall, I was very happy to see the White Pelicans at Pt. Mouillee SGA. A question came up in a conversation over the weekend as to whether or not White Pelicans breed in MI. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RFI: MACOMB COUNTY/EASTERN OAKLAND COUNTY AMERICAN WOODCOCKS From: Thomas Schlack <tschlack AT wowway.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:05:29 -0400 Does anyone know where I might find some AMERICAN WOODCOCKS in Macomb County or Eastern Oakland County? Tom Schlack Sterling Heights --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Pelicans breeding in MI question From: "Mersereau, Jacques" <jacmer AT umich.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:28:40 -0400 I know Seney Wildlife Refuge in Germfask, MI (Middle of UP) had a group of white pelicans hanging around last spring/summer. What I don't know is if they nested and raised any chicks. HTH, Jacques On 3/15/10 12:05 PM, "Pat Burden" wrote: Last fall, I was very happy to see the White Pelicans at Pt. Mouillee SGA. A question came up in a conversation over the weekend as to whether or not White Pelicans breed in MI. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Pelicans breeding in MI question From: Pat Burden <tallerpat AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:05:59 -0400 Last fall, I was very happy to see the White Pelicans at Pt. Mouillee SGA. A question came up in a conversation over the weekend as to whether or not White Pelicans breed in MI. I did a 1 year search of the birders archives and found confirmation that there has been confirmed breeding on islands in Lake Michigan, just off Menominee and Delta counties. I also did a search for any breeding atlas information about this but could not come up with anything. Has there been any breeding or attempted breeding evidence by the small population that seems to be making the Pointe Mouillee area their home? I appreciate your input. Pat Burden Yale, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Great opportunities for biders in high school. Check this out! From: ddarm AT umich.edu Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:31 -0400 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to once again host The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event, which will be held August 12 - 15 , 2010 in Ithaca, New York. The Young Birders Event aims to bring together teenagers with a passion for birds who are interested in pursing a career with birds. The young birders will meet people who have successful careers that involve birds in a variety of ways from ornithological researchers to tour leaders, to audio specialists and computer scientists. High school aged young birders are invited to fill out our application form and return it for review by April 15th 2010. Ten young birders will be selected and notified in late April. Please share this information with any young birders you know! Link: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/YB2009 or have a look at http://www.aba.org/yb/ for what the ABA has to offer. Please pass this along to young birders that you know. Dea **************************************************** Deaver D. Armstrong City Ornithologist Natural Area Preservation Field Operations Service Unit Public Services Area City of Ann Arbor 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-794-6627 **************************************************** --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Dawsons Millstone Beaudette Pond 3-13-10 From: Joy Barron <coolsweetjoy AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:52:42 -0400 Greetings Birders ~ Ten adventurous souls from the Macomb Audubon Society braved the rains yesterday and visited Beaudette Pond. The birding trip was led by Colleen Traylor. Colleen's daughter, Lisa, spotted a Kingfisher after we heard it call out. Waterfowl seen at the pond included: Mallards Wood Ducks Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Ring-necked Ducks Redhead Canvasback Photos available for viewing: http://www.photoshop.com/user/JB527/?trackingid=BTAGC&rlang=en_US&galleryid=9162fabcf0df4037a880234e20941684&wf=sharegrid Joy Barron Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Red-breasted Merganser, Lenawee Co. From: Kristen Columbus <kebc77 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:05:26 -0700 (PDT) Birders, A single male red-breasted merganser was seen in Red Mill Pond in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co. this afternoon. Red Mill Pond is on the west side of N. Evans Street, north of Brown Street. He was close enough so that we could get a really good view of him with our spotting scope. Russell and Kristen Columbus (Lenawee Co.) --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Washtenaw Audubon Society Waterfowl Trip Report From: ddarm AT umich.edu Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:23:57 -0400 Twenty hearty souls spent Sunday morning making stops along the Huron River and were able to turn up a nice diversity of waterfowl. The numbers at Ford Lake and Barton Pond were definitely down from yesterday's scouting trip, but we found the same birds at Gallup (plus another Ruddy male) that we had seen the day before; Highlights: At the West Lake Belleville site (east side of Rawsonville road, just south of the Huron River) we had wonderful looks at one of the 2 BALD EAGLES that Harold Eyster spotted. Ford Lake: RUDDY DUCK pair, Canvasbacks, and our only HORNED GREBE of the trip (nice spotting, Darlene!). near Ford Lake- AMERICAN COOT Gallup Park (in the shallower inlet area near Furstenberg_ just west of the parking areas before the wooden bridge): GADWALL, Pied-billed Grebe, Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, NORTHERN SHOVELER (and a nicely spotted Belted Kingfisher( Darn, Harold! How did you see that one??) Complete list of waterfowl/birds seen: Mute Swan Canada Goose (Graylag Goose- a very nice,teachable moment!) Wood Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Gadwall Canvasback Ring-necked DUck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe American Coot Other birds seen or heard by someone on the trip: Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture Great Blue Heron Belted Kingfisher Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse American Robin Song Sparrow Red-winged blackbird Common Grackle House Finch House Sparrow E. Starling If folks have numbers or something to add to our list, please send me an email. In spite of the weather , we had a nice variety of birds. Thanks to all the superstars with the great eyes and to those who shared their scopes. Dea **************************************************** Deaver D. Armstrong City Ornithologist Natural Area Preservation Field Operations Service Unit Public Services Area City of Ann Arbor 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-794-6627 **************************************************** --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: Salamander reports from NAP From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:48:48 -0400 If anyone gets any reports of Tiger Salamanders, I'd love to know....very hard to find in SE Michigan. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 1:36 PM Subject: [birders] Salamander reports from NAP > Updates from our staff: > From Black Pond Woods: > 11 spotteds; 2 blue-spotteds, 2 red-backeds?, All but 1 in the pond. > More tomorrow??? > Comments form D. Mifsud, herpetologist: > Great news Dave (and everyone else)! Glad you all got out and had fun. > Last night really was just the start of things. Sean and I were out > last night as well and actually observed courting and males > salamanders hanging around spermatophore waiting for females. A good > night for all! > > > > ~~I'll post any other reports I hear about. > Dea > > > **************************************************** > Deaver D. Armstrong > City Ornithologist > Natural Area Preservation > Field Operations Service Unit > Public Services Area > City of Ann Arbor > 1831 Traver Rd. > Ann Arbor, MI 48105 > 734-794-6627 > **************************************************** > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject > line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Waterfowl and other birds - Jackson county From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:46:28 -0400 We had a great day looking for waterfowl with Cody Porter on Saturday, mainly in eastern Jackson County. Most of the larger lakes are still frozen, but beginning to thaw around the edges. Thorn Lake had some open water in the western half, but the eastern side was still solid. The best locations today were Norvell Lake, Haehnle Sanctuary and Concord Mill Pond. We tallied a total of 20 waterfowl species for the day. I'll list them at the bottom of the message. Besides waterfowl we relocated the Northern Mockingbird on Palmer Road. It has been hanging around in front of the first couple of houses on the right side as you come off of Austin Road and round that first curve. Also there was an adult Bald Eagle sitting on the nest that is visible from Cutler Road. Waterfowl: Canada Geese Snow Goose - 1 fly over on Palmer road with a few Canadas Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan - 2 at Haehnle Wood Duck - I along Palmer road - 2 at Concord Mill Pond American Black Duck - 2 at Palmer Road, 2 at Wooster Road section of Haehnle Mallard American Wigeon - about 6 from Palmer Road Northern Pintail - 5 flyovers at Palmer Road Green-winged Teal - about 8 flying over the Cutler Road Area Northern Shoveler - 2 at Norvell Lake seen from Austin Road, 2 at Wooster Road Canvasback - 20 on Olcott Lake Ring-necked Duck - there were a few almost anywhere there was open water - 96 in the small pond on Seymour road just South of Smith Road Lesser Scaup - 3 on Olcott Lake, 4 at Haehnle, 10 at Concord Mill Pond Bufflehead - 4 at Norvell Lake, 4 at Concord Mill Pond Common Goldeneye - 3 at Norvell Lake, 2 at Portage Lake Common Merganser - 15 at Norvel, 15+ at Concord Hooded Merganser - 8 at Haehnle Pied-billed Grebe - 2 at Concord American Coot - 1 at Haehnle Don & Robyn Henise Librarians New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org --- * To unsubscribe from jax-birds AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE JAX-BIRDS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE JAX-BIRDS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Hooded Mergansers in Southern Jackson County From: "bflylady27 AT netzero.com" <bflylady27@netzero.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:36:47 GMT Two pair of mergansers are sitting on the edge of the ice at Crispell, looking at the wood duck house. Connie ____________________________________________________________ Love Spell Click here to light up your life with a love spell! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=N4KYEHvyJL5itBP9uQoE8QAAJ1Gisp6VJ-wd6RsB-PvIKohnAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARwAAAAA= --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Salamander reports from NAP From: ddarm AT umich.edu Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:36:15 -0400 Updates from our staff: From Black Pond Woods: 11 spotteds; 2 blue-spotteds, 2 red-backeds?, All but 1 in the pond. More tomorrow??? Comments form D. Mifsud, herpetologist: Great news Dave (and everyone else)! Glad you all got out and had fun. Last night really was just the start of things. Sean and I were out last night as well and actually observed courting and males salamanders hanging around spermatophore waiting for females. A good night for all! ~~I'll post any other reports I hear about. Dea **************************************************** Deaver D. Armstrong City Ornithologist Natural Area Preservation Field Operations Service Unit Public Services Area City of Ann Arbor 1831 Traver Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 734-794-6627 **************************************************** --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Purple Martins From: "bflylady27 AT netzero.com" <bflylady27@netzero.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:46:00 GMT Get ready. The martins have been reported in Indiana. Connie ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=J97KsHpcx3ahMRQOBZqEigAAJ1Gisp6VJ-wd6RsB-PvIKohnAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA= --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Phoebe and frogs at Haehnle From: Lathe Claflin <lathe.claflin AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:33:26 -0500 Greetings, While walking along the Portage River dike near Wooster Rd. yesterday afternoon Ron Hoffman and I saw an Eastern Phoebe hunting insects.  We also heard a few spring peepers and some chorus frogs.  Now spring is here! Lathe -- Lathe Claflin eastern Jackson County --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Tree Swallows - Gallup Park From: Ray Stocking <rstocking AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:18:42 -0500 Dea Armstrong and I had three Tree Swallows at Gallup Park this morning. We also had the following birds at this location: Hooded Merganser Lesser Scaup Greater Scaup (possible) Common Goldeneye Northern Shoveler (3) Buffelhead Rudy Duck Gadwall Canada Goose Mallard Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle It was a great day to be outside (if you were a duck!). Wet, windy and cold. But great duck watching!!! Ray --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: REMINDER: Washtenaw Waterfowl, tomorrow (Sunday), 8 a.m. EDT From: Monty Brown <fieldtrips AT washtenawaudubon.org> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:23:38 -0500 SE Michigan Birders, Don't forget that Dea Armstrong of Washtenaw Audubon and Ann Arbor NAP will be leading a field trip tomorrow to search for migrating waterfowl of all kinds. This is a free event, and registration is not necessary. Participants need to get to the Sears parking lot at Briarwood Mall near sign #6 by 8:00 a.m. The return time will depend on conditions, but will be between 12:00 and 2:00. PLEASE NOTE: Daylight Savings Time starts tonight, and clocks will spring an hour ahead. If you forget the time change, you will arrive an hour late and miss out! Please bring your spotting scope if you have one. Please also bring a drink and a snack, and dress for variable weather. Monty Brown Field Trip Coordinator Washtenaw Audubon Society http://www.washtenawaudubon.org/fieldtrips.php --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Searching for Bald Eagles in today's on-line NY Times From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:45:04 -0500 Birders, There is an interesting little video in the on-line NY Times today. http://www.nytimes.com/ Scroll down to the Videos (about 1/2 way down the home page) and searching for the Bald Eagle is the second video - I think the little thumbprint says "N.Y. Region." Cathy Carroll Dearborn, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: FOS Song Sparrow From: Bruce McCulloch <flavus94 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:46:26 -0800 (PST) Cool.  I heard one late last week while walking the dog, and caught a very fleeting glimpse. BRM, Canton ________________________________ From: Joy Barron To: birders AT umich.edu Sent: Fri, March 12, 2010 4:31:05 PM Subject: [birders] FOS Song Sparrow Greetings Birders ~ I just had my first of the seaon Song Sparrow in the yard. Joy Barron Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: FOS Song Sparrow From: Joy Barron <coolsweetjoy AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:31:05 -0500 Greetings Birders ~ I just had my first of the seaon Song Sparrow in the yard. Joy Barron Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: not novel, but joyful From: "Cendra Lynn" <cendra AT digitalrealm.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:14:17 -0500 Suddenly two days ago the world in our neighborhood was full of bird sound. After a dearth of eight weeks, with the occasional nuthatch and chickadee, we now are awash with cardinals, blue jays, robins who are staying, finches, spring songs of winter birds, and birds I don't know. I'm still listening for my flicker, and the squirrels are yelling their heads off at each other, my dogs, and occasionally even at the birds. When spring pops, instead of edging in one degree at a time, there is such a rush of endorphins! It's worth every dark hour and snowflack we've lived through to get this total glut of joy. Disney World moves north! Cendra Lynn, Gleeful Birder OWS, A2 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Backyard Cowbird and spring - Oakland Co. From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:45 -0500 I had a Brown-headed Cowbird at my feeders yesterday for the first time this year. I am now getting regular Red-winged Blackbird visitors, and many are buzzing in the treetops. Robins are bouncing around on the now-exposed grass. Chickadees and Goldfinches are telling each other that winter is over. Geese are honking in flyovers. A few of my male goldfinches are really getting bright - like just in the last week! All the sounds - turn it up! It seemed to be almost instantaneous! Spring forth! "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: SIGHTINGS: MACOMB COUNTY From: Thomas Schlack <tschlack AT wowway.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:42 -0500 In an earlier posting this morning, I forgot to mention another nice FOS at the DNR access site. In addition to the BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, there were 2 KILLDEER. Tom Schlack Sterling Heights --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: American Woodcock From: "Fred Kaluza" <fkaluza AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:03:06 -0500 I would gladly work with the "Jonna Properties" group as part of a community clean-up effort to tidy-up the marsh but I get the feeling they did the project as a tax-write-off or as a requirement for wet-land remediation in exchange for having destroyed some ecosystem somewhere else instead of a true act of voluntary contribution to restoration. If anyone knows better then let's get the community and users of the marsh boardwalk to chip in for an hour or so on a lunch-hour or a weekend to pull-out the trash before nesting begins. -----Original Message----- From: James Fox [mailto:93fox AT earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:55 AM To: Fred Kaluza Subject: Re: [birders] American Woodcock I haven't seen any Wood Ducks around yet. Yeah, there is a lot of garbage there and the phragmites is really taking over. I am a bit worried that there might not be any Chorus Frogs this year because it is just getting too polluted. I did hear them last year. James On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:42 PM, Fred Kaluza wrote: > James, any signs of Wood Ducks in my two big boxes out there? I > missed my opportunity to clean-out the boxes this winter so I can > either > leave them as is or put on my waders again. > > How are things looking at the marsh? It was rather depressing last > fall when the water got low and you could see all the trash that > jerk people > threw in around the little cupola/boathouse/wedding-thing or > whatever you > call those things. > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Fox [mailto:93fox AT earthlink.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:24 PM > To: birders AT umich.edu > Subject: [birders] American Woodcock > > I heard my first American Woodcock of the year peenting at about nine > tonight at the American Center Marsh. As far as I could tell it never > left the ground. Maybe the Woodcocks at the marsh plan on being > normal this year, last year I didn't hear them start peenting until > late May. At about five I stopped by and saw the Canvasback that Mike > Mencotti reported earlier in the afternoon. I was a bit surprised > that I didn't head any chorus frogs tonight, maybe it was a bit too > windy for them. > > James Fox > Farmington Hills > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the > Subject line. > To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: SIGHTINGS: MACOMB COUNTY From: Thomas Schlack <tschlack AT wowway.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:45:54 -0500 This morning at the DNR access site an the end of the Clinton River, I had 3 FOS. The 3rd best siting: BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. The 2nd best siting: BELTED KINGFISHER (on the south side of S. River Rd, perched on a sailboat spar ..in dry dock....overlooking the water). And the best siting: an EASTERN MEADOWLARK (on the grassy parking lot median as soon as you enter the access area). The ice on both sides of the point is pretty much gone. Visibility was poor due to the fog, but there were close up views of : MANY CANVASBACKS RING-NECKED DUCKS BOTH SCAUPS Tom Schlack Sterling Heights --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: [enviromich] From: marsackatom AT aol.com Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:40:34 -0500 We must stope the gravel company from getting the land, lovely land in waterloo..it was in the Jackson Patriot..I know little about it but we cant let it happen...I am rushing to work, but I am sure someone else can fill us all in. Very important. KM --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Signs of Spring From: Joy Barron <coolsweetjoy AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:33:31 -0500 Greetings Birders ~ I had my first Red-Winged Black Bird today in the median on the fence along Hall Road (M59) in Clinton Twp on Wed. There was also a flock of 26 Robins out in the field by the elementary school feeding off worms in the grass and 1 Kildeer this afternoon. Joy Barron Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: TV's! From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:36:46 -0800 (PST) Saw about 50 Turkey Vultures last night, driving on Huron Parkway (Ann Arbor), in 2 flocks (kettles?) of 25.    Laurent Fournier Cell : 1 734 709 3153 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Journey North Whooping Cranes Spring 2010 From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland AT pasty.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:25 -0500 More on migrating Whooping Cranes for those interested! Russ Emmons, St. Clair county http://www.learner.org:80/jnorth/crane/spring2010/Update031210.html --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: American Woodcock From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:24:26 -0500 I heard my first American Woodcock of the year peenting at about nine tonight at the American Center Marsh. As far as I could tell it never left the ground. Maybe the Woodcocks at the marsh plan on being normal this year, last year I didn't hear them start peenting until late May. At about five I stopped by and saw the Canvasback that Mike Mencotti reported earlier in the afternoon. I was a bit surprised that I didn't head any chorus frogs tonight, maybe it was a bit too windy for them. James Fox Farmington Hills --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Wildflower blog, part 2 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:38:37 -0500 Birders, The second, of two wildflower-oriented blogs has now been posted to my site. If interested, Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Kensington Geese From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:31:25 -0500 I tried unsuccessfully for the Greater White-fronted Goose at Kensington today. I did find two Snow Geese and two Cackling Geese in the same spot though. Waterfowl variety was very good and I saw most of the species that Lyle Hamilton saw on Tuesday as well as two Ruddy Ducks. I have posted a complete list of the waterfowl and a really bad picture of the Snow and Cackling Geese on my blog. The birds were too far off for my camera but I was able to get nice scope views of the grin patches on the bills of the Snow Geese and the steep foreheads and stubby bills of the Cackling Geese. James Fox Farmington Hills http://michiganbirder.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Salamander walk - date to be announced From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig AT med.umich.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:05:47 -0500 Hi all, I contacted the interpreters at Hudson Mills and here is what they said: Hello Rick, We are also looking forward to the salamander migration. We've contacted Ed Sanchez and he is willing to come out as well. Though he'll be gone for a couple weeks near the end of March. Hopefully the salamander migration will not occur while he is gone. We're relying on his expertise to predict the best time. When he tells us, we will send a mass email out on the birders list and call or email any others that want to leave their phone number or email with us. It'll be a short notice program, so hopefully we'll see you then. Thank you for your interest! Kim Sherwin HCMA Park Interpreterkim.sherwin AT metroparks.com Rick Neubig RNeubig AT umich.edu Department of Pharmacology University of Michigan Phone (734) 763-3650 FAX (734) 763-4450 Personal web site http://warbler.med.umich.edu Center for Chemical Genomics http://lsi.umich.edu/ccg ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Carolina Wrens start nest From: "bflylady27 AT netzero.com" <bflylady27@netzero.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:18:19 GMT This morning I had both wrens on the deck and one of them was holding nesting material. Connie ____________________________________________________________ Nutrition Improve your career health. Click now to study nutrition! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=S6yTd9I5yEE_YuEO45LxuwAAJ1Gisp6VJ-wd6RsB-PvIKohnAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASQwAAAAA= --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Galapagos is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Mar. 17, 7:30pm, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:06:52 -0800 (PST) Birders and friends, Please join us for the free program below. This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm Exploring the Galapagos Islands Join Bob Pettit for a tour of the remote Galapagos Islands. Famous as Darwin’s laboratory for his theory of evolution, the islands contain unique species developed in isolation from the rest of the world. Bob Pettit teaches biology at Monroe Community College, is president of the Holiday Beach Migration Observatory, and is a board member of Whitefish Point Bird Observatory. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you need more information about the program. Directions to the Botanical Gardens: http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. Hope to see you there. Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society www.washtenawaudubon.org --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: tundra swan migration From: sforstner AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:45:47 +0000 (UTC) If you would like to see the huge tundra swan migration near Grand Bend Ontario ( sixty miles north of Sarnia), try this link for a report on daily numbers. Some years the number there at one time is as high as 15000. Quite a sight. www.lclmg.org/lclmg/Museums/LambtonHeritageMuseum/MigrationReport/tabid/128/Default.aspx --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Disturbing item USA today........BIRD ABUSE From: Thomas Schlack <tschlack AT wowway.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:44:30 -0500 In yesterday's USA Today there was a disturbing article about Saffron Finch abuse. I had not heard of these birds before reading the article. If you want more information go to: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/pets/2010-03-10-finchfights10_ST_N.htm Tom Schlack Macomb County --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: All's Quiet on Ford Lake From: <Nancy.Hooper AT usc-bt.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:18:23 -0600 After several manic days and nights of honking, quacking, flapping, whistling and splashing the lake is quiet. There are still some birds out there but not the number or variety previously reported. At dusk last night, hundreds of gulls arrived on the ice and made so much noise that the rest of the birds probably left to find a quiet motel room somewhere. Perhaps they'll all return today after check out. But seriously folks, if you are planning to venture out to Ford Lake, North Bay is now fully thawed (except for the lagoon at the park), so bring your scopes. The birds have really spread out. The dam at Bridge Road will likely have some open water as well. Loon Feather Point and Ford Lake Park are most likely still frozen over. This morning's highlights were another young Bald Eagle and another Great Blue Heron. Nancy --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: OT : interesting story about an "all black" king penguin From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:25:04 -0800 (PST) We are used to albinos or leucistic birds, but this one is "all black" http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/03/all-black-penguin-discovered-seems-underdressed.php  Good spring migration Laurent Fournier Cell : 1 734 709 3153 --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: OT - Spring Salamander Migration From: "Vincent Ste-Marie" <v_ste.marie AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:34 -0500 Birders, Below is an edited 're-posting' of some of Eddie Sanchez's comments regarding spring salamander migration. I don't know what Hudson Mills Metropark has in mind this year. Maybe someone can call and check into that and pass along to the rest??? Closing times and learning what day the transition from earlier to later closing will also be important to share. ----------------- Most years the salamanders start moving the last week of March, sometimes not until early April. As to timing the event, here are my guidelines: 1) Chorus frogs singing. This is usually a signal to make plans, because the frogs usually start calling about a week before the salamanders move. This is because chorus frogs prefer ponds in open meadows, which thaw first. The mole salamanders prefer vernal pools in mature hardwoods, which thaw later. 2) Night time air temps in the 40's, usually with some rain. Beware of a temporary warming spell in early March. Then the ice is likely to be on the ponds and the ground still frozen, so the salamanders won't migrate. 3) Thaw. The woodland ponds have to be ice free, or nearly so. Usually I don't go to check, but predict based on the temps and open ponds around my house. Where and what time to go? Hudson Mills Metropark: It has to be dark (need-flashlight-to-see dark) for the salamanders to start moving. This is usually after 8 PM, more like 8:30. If the park closes at 10 that is OK, but some years they move closing time to 9 pm. My most dependable spots are the vernal pools near the Oak Grove parking lot. - Enter park and make first right after kiosk. - Make first left into Oak Grove parking area. - Park all the way at the back end. - Take utility dirt road leading away from parking area until you intersect the nature trail. - Go right on the nature trail and within one hundred yards you are at the spot! - Watch your step. Do not be concerned about white light flashlights being too strong. --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: The Flying Goldeneyes are in town - Scaup! Scaup! From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:35:46 -0500 Wonderful spring day at Beaudette Park yesterday! We saw more fancy ducks than ever before. We saw hundreds of Canvasbacks, Redheads, Ring-necked Ducks, Goldeneyes, and so many more. I put a story on my blog. I think I shot a Greater Scaup for the first time. I did not expect it so far inland, but the books say it is not unusual. My Flying Goldeneyes pic is outstanding - I will say so myself. Please check it out! Hey! Just this pic is worth a click! Please enjoy my "story" on the blog! http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/3092010-flying-goldeneyes-are-in- town.html Spring forth with more of your own birding stories - I love them! BTW-OT, if anyone has or hears about a 400 mm Canon-digital-compatible telephoto for cheap, please let me know. I think I am ready. I sometimes get so frustrated with just being lucky! Old folk story . pun intended: "even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes". I'd like to sharpen my sensors to increase my odds. Go forth and bird! "Dr. Bob" Setzer Streamwood Estates, Rochester Hills (Crooks & Hamlin), Oakland County "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day." Teaching a man to "bird" is much harder! Blog: http://drbobsbirdblog.blogspot.com/ --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Manchester From: David Allen <whiteoakart AT att.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:20:46 -0800 (PST) Checked out the pond on Timberlake Rd this afternoon. Lots of Canada Geese 4 Mute Swans 4 (3 male 1 female) common mergansers 1 Bufflehead and 1 large painted turtle poking his head out only inches from the edge of the ice! David Allen Manchester, MI --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Re: OT: Washtenaw Co. honeybee From: lisalk <lisalk AT umich.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:36 -0500 Ann Arbor (the City of) allows two hives per residence. Lisa A2 Quoting Fred Kaluza : > This past Sunday morning, local (Detroit) D.J. Peter Werbe did > an interview with Royal Oak Beekeeper Rich Weiske. Reportedly, Rich stated > that his Royal Oak hives yielded the largest amounts of honey because of the > variety and quantity of available blooms in the area. Citing vast swaths of > non-bee friendly monocultures found in the agricultural areas of the state I > can see how this could be true. > > > > For more on urban/suburban beekeeping see Rich's website. > > > > Caution, I've hear that some communities prohibit keeping hives (officially) > within city limits. > > > > http://www.peterwerbe.com/ > > > > http://greentoegardens.com/ > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: Diane Pruden [mailto:dianepruden AT gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:52 PM > To: birders AT umich.edu > Subject: [birders] Re: OT: Washtenaw Co. honeybee > > > > A friend of mine in Royal Oak has a bee hive and he is thrilled that the > colony survived over the winter. A few days ago he reported that the bees > are really working over his blooming Snow Crocus, Winter Aconites and his > Witch Hazels. > > > > I still have snow covering all my flower beds so no bees yet.. > > > > Diane Pruden > > Milford > > > > > > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * > photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. > To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > > > --- > * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html > * photo sharing site - > http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html > > * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to > lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the > Subject line. To > resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. > > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: Ford Lake - The Eagle Has Landed, Again - Shoveler From: <Nancy.Hooper AT usc-bt.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:06:54 -0600 New sightings late in the afternoon include: * Northern Shoveler * American Black Duck The youngest eagle from yesterday is once again sitting on the ice, just looking around. Scared the wigeons into a noisy flight and they haven't stopped chatting since. Nancy Hooper | Managing Consultant | Detroit, North Central | BT Global Services | Mob: (734) 678-0666 | E: Nancy.Hooper AT bt.com | http://bt.ins.com --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. Subject: RE: Owls in Michigan question From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland AT pasty.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:02 -0500 Pat: I'm with Steve on this. Nesting records, breeding status, even presence of these 3 species has been poorly documented and known as these species are so secretive, reclusive and hard to find --plus not as many doing surveys, atlasing etc. get involved with nocturnal species. Short Eared Owls of course are more visible as they forage more in larger open areas and often in the daytime along with Harriers, Kestrels, Red-tail,& Rough-legged Hawks, but nestings are still difficult to find. Some indications are there may be in fact more abundance of these 3 species then is thought.(?) As I've mentioned before it will be interesting to see how these and many other species fare nowadays whenever the 2nd Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas data is finally released. In the meantime try to locate a copy of the original "The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan" 1991, Brewer, McPeek, Adams; MSU press. See pages 244-249 for accounts of these species. Breeding status in the townships on the maps was quite thoroughly verified by Atlas administration! The ranges and thus the maps of species do change.-- Why they did the 2nd MBBA! I believe it was Dan Miller et-al that found an active Long-eared nest in a Red-pine stand along Beard Rd. near Avoca some years back. You might check with him. Saw-Whets are know to utilize old Pileated and Flicker nest cavitys. We had a Saw-whet here about 3 or 4 years ago early July. Hung around for several days calling its heart out back in the woods, roosting in one of our Flicker nest boxes! I saw it a couple of times at dusk fly out from the box, across the adjacent open field and back. Probably its last ditch attempt to find a mate for the summer! (?) Russ Emmons, Casco Twp., St. Clair county ----- Original Message ----- From: "Santner, Steven" To: Cc: Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:33 PM Subject: [birders] RE: Owls in Michigan question Pat: Long-eared Owls breed in the Lower Peninsula but are very quiet and nocturnal, hence very difficult to find. I've seen only one nesting since moving here (it was in Midland Co). Short-eared Owls probably nest in the northern Lower Peninsula but are very rare. Saw-whet Owl breeds in fairly good numbers in the Lower Peninsula but is also difficult to find. It has bred in the local area since I've been here but I have not personally seen a nest. There was a pair reported at an apartment complex locally a few years ago. Steve Santner -----Original Message----- From: Pat Burden [mailto:tallerpat AT aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:16 PM To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: [birders] Owls in Michigan question Hello all of you that know better than I - Doing more research on Owls that occur in Michigan, I found that according to range maps on Cornell's website, the Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl and the Saw-whet Owl all breed in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Most of the postings I have seen speak of spotting them in the winter months. Since I have learned not to trust range maps, I am putting the question out to you: do these three species regularly breed in the lower peninsula of Michigan? Thank you. 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