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3 Jul RFI: Historic Mockingbird sightings in Washtenaw County [Jacco Gelderloos ]
2 Jul more babies ["Sally K Scheer" ]
2 Jul babies ["Sally K Scheer" ]
2 Jul RE: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle [The Allens ]
2 Jul OT : Plant a tree in Michigan [laurent fournier ]
02 Jul Fwd: Plant a Tree for Michigan State Parks ["Karen Cleveland" ]
2 Jul grassland bird populations ["Bruce Robertson" ]
2 Jul RE: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle ["Heidi Dodson" ]
2 Jul Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
1 Jul Re: ID Help [CATHERINE CARROLL ]
1 Jul ID Help []
1 Jul Holland Ponds update ["Robert Setzer" ]
1 Jul Re:Bobolinks [Roger Kuhlman ]
1 Jul bobolinks [Sherri Smith ]
1 Jul OT: Inappropriate posting [Dan Ezekiel ]
1 Jul RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds [Roger Kuhlman ]
30 Jun Re: Bobolinks and gentleman farmer [lisalk ]
30 Jun RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds []
30 Jun RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds [John Lowry ]
30 Jun RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds ["Fred Kaluza" ]
30 Jun Re: Huge declines in UK woodland birds ["Richard Neubig" ]
30 Jun Re: Huge declines in UK woodland birds [David Allen ]
30 Jun Re: Bobolinks and horses [David Allen ]
30 Jun Huge declines in UK woodland birds [Ray Stocking ]
29 Jun Re: Bobolinks []
29 Jun Bobolinks [lisalk ]
29 Jun Off topic: Can mosquitoes bite frogs? []
29 Jun Re: Dickcissel, Bobolink and Northern Mockingbird in Manchester Township ["Melody Bond" ]
29 Jun RFI Newberry Burn [Matt Andrews ]
29 Jun WX: Return to Spring [Dave Sing ]
29 Jun Re: Cricket Frogs in Lyndon Twp. []
29 Jun A few interesting birds at and near the Ann Arbor Landfill in Pittsfield Township []
29 Jun Fwd: DNR Reaching New Audiences With Twitter and Facebook — Join Us Today ["Karen Cleveland" ]
29 Jun Cricket Frogs in Lyndon Twp. ["CJ McDonald" ]
28 Jun Re: dark-phase broadwing - Ann Arbor ["Richard Neubig" ]
28 Jun binoculars ["Bruce Robertson" ]
28 Jun dark-phase broadwing - Ann Arbor ["Richard Neubig" ]
28 Jun Fw: FINAL Monarch Migration Update: June 27, 2009 ["bflylady27 AT netzero.com" ]
28 Jun Climate Change Atlas and Bird Distribution ["Charles Owens" ]
9 Jun Birding trip: Michigan to Sandpoint, Idaho [Catherine Carroll ]
27 Jun OUTDOOR YARD BIRD MONITOR MOTHER NATURE []
27 Jun MAS Bird Trip to Lapeer Water Tower Park []
27 Jun Western Meadowlark and more on Sharon Valley Road. Washtenaw, County []
27 Jun Dickcissel, Bobolink and Northern Mockingbird in Manchester Township ["Bob Arthurs" ]
27 Jun OT: Promethea Moth [Robert Collins ]
27 Jun The Polish Swan, a white morph of the Mute Swan []
26 Jun The Polish Swan, a white morph of the Mute Swan []
26 Jun My Holland pics now organized and my yellow Orchard Oriole ["Robert Setzer" ]
26 Jun Re: ENVIRO: Whitefish Point update, BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE [Ken and Robin Ballard ]
26 Jun Another Orchard Oriole in western Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ]
26 Jun ENVIRO: Whitefish Point update []
26 Jun Books to donate [Kris Parnicky ]
26 Jun Re: birders digest: June 25, 2009 [Sherri Smith ]
26 Jun new yard bird ["Barbara Lohr_Ward" ]
26 Jun RE: Henslow's galore ["LaHaie, Ivan J." ]
25 Jun RE: Henslow's galore ["CJ McDonald" ]
25 Jun upland sandpiper up north []
25 Jun Photo web-site ["Robert Epstein" ]
25 Jun buried binocular treasure = reward ["Bruce Robertson" ]
25 Jun Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI [CATHERINE CARROLL ]
25 Jun Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior ["Cendra" ]
25 Jun Henslow's galore []
25 Jun Trumpeter Swans and other birds 6/24 8:00-9:30 PM [Elvera Shappirio ]
25 Jun OT: Volunteers needed [Julie Craves ]
25 Jun Rich's Loons [Diane Pruden ]
25 Jun Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI [CATHERINE CARROLL ]
25 Jun Giving away books on birding [Kris Parnicky ]
24 Jun Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI []
24 Jun Western Meadowlark (and others) - Washtenaw County - 6/24/09 - Yes [Jacco Gelderloos ]
24 Jun Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior ["The Farmers" ]
24 Jun City vs. Country Herons ["Monica Archibald" ]
24 Jun Western Meadowlark - Washtenaw County - 6/23/09 - Yes []
23 Jun Possible White Pelicans ["Tom Shehan" ]
23 Jun RE: Embury Road []
23 Jun Oak Openings Preserve ["James Fox" ]
23 Jun dickcissel ["Bruce Robertson" ]

Subject: RFI: Historic Mockingbird sightings in Washtenaw County
From: Jacco Gelderloos <jjgelderloos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:21:09 -0700 (PDT)
Good afternoon all,
I'm putting together something on the status and occurrence patterns of 
Northern Mockingbirds in Washtenaw County. If you're willing (and able) to 
share your sightings with me, please send me the following details: 

* Date
* Location (address/nearest intersection/township-section)
* Specifics of the sightings (# seen, singing/nesting/etc.)
Thank you very much for your help,
Jacco


      

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Subject: more babies
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:57:12 -0400
A hen turkey and at least 6 fluffy chicks just strolled thru the front 
"yard". They have yet to visit the feeder area as they have sometimes in the 
past.
Sally Scheer
North of Rogers City
Presque Isle & Bearinger Townships
on the Shore of Lake Huron


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Subject: babies
From: "Sally K Scheer" <winerat AT villagecorner.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:54:12 -0400
We have parents feeding young: white breasted nuthatch and downy woodpecker 
parents visit our suet block and feed their young from it.

The nuthatch flies to the nearby white pine tree and stuffs the suet in the 
wing-fluttering baby's mouth. The downy grabs a chunk and encourages the 
young to join him on the suet block. Sometines the young is successful, 
sometimes they have to find another spot that's more stable. Each time the 
young downy pecks at the chunk in the parent's beak. Different strokes? or 
maybe just dictated by the age of the baby or the size of the chunk of suet?

Sally Scheer
North of Rogers City
Presque Isle & Bearinger Townships
on the Shore of Lake Huron


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Subject: RE: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle
From: The Allens <blallen AT broadstripe.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:55:13 -0400
Not in  my area;  the state came through yesterday and cut all the  
grass lands down on Tophith Rd (part of Waterloo Rec. Area) and in so  
doing, destroyed nesting sites of many birds including one late  
nesting mallard that I knew of.  Sad.

Bob Allen
On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Heidi Dodson wrote:

> Birders,
>
> So is the current budget tightening by the state and municipalities  
> of benefit to bobolinks because a lot more grass is being allowed  
> to grow and go to seed?
>
> Heidi Dodson
> Ann Arbor
>
> From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1 AT comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Kik
> To: Allen Chartier
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:38 AM
>
> Allen we have tried several times to post this to the birders list  
> but have failed.
> Could you please post this on behalf of the Naturezoo staff?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Kik | Zookeeper - Belle Isle Nature Zoo
> Detroit Zoological Society | 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd. | Royal Oak, MI 48067
> Phone: (313) 852-4056 || Fax: (313) 331-2012
> rkik AT dzs.org
>
> Celebrating & Saving Wildlife
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> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> In the high grassy field on the east end of Belle Isle near the  
> lighthouse
> are several singing, displaying male bobolinks as well as females.  
> They
> have been there since mid-June.
> Presumably they are breeding, first time for Belle Isle since? (Anyone
> know?) The grass they are using was left to grow long but it  
> appears that
> Detroit Parks and Recreation is beginning to mow so see them on  
> Belle Isle
> while you can.
>
> -- 
> Thanks!
>
> Victoria Taylor Sluder, C.I.G.
> HCMA Park Interpreter
> Belle Isle Nature Zoo
> victoria.sluder AT metroparks.com
> o(313) 852-4056
> c(248) 860-4392
> f(313) 331-2012
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Subject: OT : Plant a tree in Michigan
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
The DNR of natural ressources is trying to get as manyinternet users to click 
on the odwalla web site (not an oax!). Each click brings 1$ to plant treesin 
the state parks of michigan (michigan is one of 11 states that can beneficiate 
from this). Look at the following link: 



http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10365-215848--,00.html


Sorry if this post isoff topic, I just thought it might be good for the 
birds..... 




Laurent




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Subject: Fwd: Plant a Tree for Michigan State Parks
From: "Karen Cleveland" <clevelandk1 AT michigan.gov>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:12:30 -0400

>>> Cheryl Greaney 07/02/2009 12:03 PM >>>
Michigan State Parks and Recreation Areas are in competition with 10 other 
states for $100,000 being donated by Odwalla. Less than $16,000 remains up for 
distribution. All it takes is a click to vote for Michigan. There is a small 
write up on the DNR Recreation, Camping and Boating page at the following link: 

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10365-215848--,00.html 

Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule at home and vote for 
Michigan. And pass on the word. This money can only be spent on trees. 


Thank you.

Cheryl Greaney
Promotional Agent
Parks and Recreation Division
517-373-0399
Greaneyc AT michigan.gov 


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Subject: grassland bird populations
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1 AT msu.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:42:08 -0400
All, 

 

This is only tangentially relevant to Heidi's email, but I just thought I'd
share a few observations from my grassland bird surveys this year. Henslow's
Sparrow, Sedge Wren and Bobolink (obligate grassland bird species)
populations seem to be down across the state. In part, I believe this is
related to the effect of the heavy snowfall last winter of the vegetation.
The heavy snow flattened tall grass down so effectively that it formed
highly impenetrable mats, preventing growth of vegetation by blocking
downward sunlight and physically blocking upward growth. Switchgrass is the
tallest, most important species in this effect and even switchgrass is
growing very slowly this year. Many patches that formerly held populations
of these species greened up late and had very little habitat structure once
they did. I would guess that the late green-up alone probably discouraged
settlement by many birds. Still, species like Sedge Wren are notorious for
relocating their breeding territories mid-season so we may yet see them move
back in. 

 

Even so, there are locations where this effect was minimal, or where the
habitat structure still seems very appropriate for one or all of these
species and they are still absent. As such, it is my feeling that harsh
winter conditions in the south may have had some negative effects upon the
wintering survival of these birds. 

 

Anyways, just thought I'd share some impressions. 

 

Best, 

 

Bruce

 

  _____  

From: Heidi Dodson [mailto:heidi.dodson AT comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:24 AM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] RE: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle

 

Birders,

 

So is the current budget tightening by the state and municipalities of
benefit to bobolinks because a lot more grass is being allowed to grow and
go to seed?  

 

Heidi Dodson

Ann Arbor

 

From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1 AT comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:47 AM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Richard Kik   

To: Allen   Chartier 

Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:38 AM

 

Allen we have tried several times to post this to the birders list but have
failed.

Could you please post this on behalf of the Naturezoo staff?

 

Thanks


  

Richard Kik | Zookeeper - Belle Isle Nature Zoo

Detroit Zoological Society | 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd. | Royal Oak, MI 48067

Phone: (313) 852-4056 || Fax: (313) 331-2012 

  rkik AT dzs.org

 

Celebrating & Saving Wildlife

 

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______________________________________________________________________

 

In the high grassy field on the east end of Belle Isle near the lighthouse
are several singing, displaying male bobolinks as well as females. They
have been there since mid-June.
Presumably they are breeding, first time for Belle Isle since? (Anyone
know?) The grass they are using was left to grow long but it appears that
Detroit Parks and Recreation is beginning to mow so see them on Belle Isle
while you can.

-- 
Thanks!

Victoria Taylor Sluder, C.I.G.
HCMA Park Interpreter
Belle Isle Nature Zoo
victoria.sluder AT metroparks.com
o(313) 852-4056
c(248) 860-4392
f(313) 331-2012

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Subject: RE: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle
From: "Heidi Dodson" <heidi.dodson AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:24:09 -0400
Birders,

 

So is the current budget tightening by the state and municipalities of
benefit to bobolinks because a lot more grass is being allowed to grow and
go to seed?  

 

Heidi Dodson

Ann Arbor

 

From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1 AT comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:47 AM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Richard Kik   

To: Allen   Chartier 

Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:38 AM

 

Allen we have tried several times to post this to the birders list but have
failed.

Could you please post this on behalf of the Naturezoo staff?

 

Thanks


  

Richard Kik | Zookeeper - Belle Isle Nature Zoo

Detroit Zoological Society | 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd. | Royal Oak, MI 48067

Phone: (313) 852-4056 || Fax: (313) 331-2012 

  rkik AT dzs.org

 

Celebrating & Saving Wildlife

 

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______________________________________________________________________

 

In the high grassy field on the east end of Belle Isle near the lighthouse
are several singing, displaying male bobolinks as well as females. They
have been there since mid-June.
Presumably they are breeding, first time for Belle Isle since? (Anyone
know?) The grass they are using was left to grow long but it appears that
Detroit Parks and Recreation is beginning to mow so see them on Belle Isle
while you can.

-- 
Thanks!

Victoria Taylor Sluder, C.I.G.
HCMA Park Interpreter
Belle Isle Nature Zoo
victoria.sluder AT metroparks.com
o(313) 852-4056
c(248) 860-4392
f(313) 331-2012

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Subject: Fw: Bobolinks on Belle Isle
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:57 -0400
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Richard Kik 
To: Allen Chartier 
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:38 AM


Allen we have tried several times to post this to the birders list but have 
failed. 

Could you please post this on behalf of the Naturezoo staff?

Thanks
        
     Richard Kik | Zookeeper - Belle Isle Nature Zoo
      Detroit Zoological Society | 8450 W. 10 Mile Rd. | Royal Oak, MI 48067
      Phone: (313) 852-4056 || Fax: (313) 331-2012 
      rkik AT dzs.org

      Celebrating & Saving Wildlife 


This email contains information from the sender that may be confidential, 
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If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying, 
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printed. 

______________________________________________________________________

In the high grassy field on the east end of Belle Isle near the lighthouse
are several singing, displaying male bobolinks as well as females. They
have been there since mid-June.
Presumably they are breeding, first time for Belle Isle since? (Anyone
know?) The grass they are using was left to grow long but it appears that
Detroit Parks and Recreation is beginning to mow so see them on Belle Isle
while you can.

-- 
Thanks!

Victoria Taylor Sluder, C.I.G.
HCMA Park Interpreter
Belle Isle Nature Zoo
victoria.sluder AT metroparks.com
o(313) 852-4056
c(248) 860-4392
f(313) 331-2012


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Subject: Re: ID Help
From: CATHERINE CARROLL <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:27:11 -0400 (EDT)
KM, Check your field guide for the possibility of Eastern Towhee. 


Cathy Carroll 
Dearborn, MI 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: MARSACKATOM AT aol.com 
To: birders AT umich.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:43:49 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [birders] ID Help 


This evening I looked out my window and saw what I thought was a robin, smaller 
possibly, eating the old cherries I had put out under a tree.  The only thing 
was, this bird had a white spot about the size of a dime on both wingtips.  
Any help?  Thanks, KM 



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Subject: ID Help
From: MARSACKATOM AT aol.com
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:43:49 EDT
This evening I looked out my window and saw what I thought was a robin,  
smaller possibly, eating the old cherries I had put out under a tree.  The  
only thing was, this bird had a white spot about the size of a dime on both  
wingtips.  Any help?  Thanks, KM
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Subject: Holland Ponds update
From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:32:50 -0400
Well, the heron kids are leaving - fast! We at least hope they chose to
leave, rather than being blown out by the fierce storms that hit Macomb Co.
at the end of last week. We went there Monday morning (June 29) for a couple
of hours. Following our normal pattern, we walked the long way to the
rookery - i.e., down the main road to Waterfowl Pond, around west toward the
treatment plant, then back to the rookery. Species list follows.

 

All of the heron nests look fine (truly amazing architecture to build with
"chopsticks"!). The oldest (top) nest (where "Junior" lived) now has only
one kid in it instead of the original "fab four". Other kids in the same
tree were also missing from the nests. The kids that are left are actively
flapping, lifting off, and thinking about leaving home (I presume.). On
another set of nests, we watched a kid actually leave home (something I had
wanted to see!), then fly a circle route and come back to the nest (I really
wondered if they left forever once they lifted off, or just practiced). 

 

So . now what? Are the parents teaching them to fish? How do they find each
other? Or, maybe, do they stay home until a parent comes to take them on a
"special fishing expedition" (and then "dumps them" after the lesson)? How
do they learn? Yes, always questions!!!

 

Soon we will see empty nests. We felt sad already (yes, I know it is silly!)
that "our kids" were leaving home- what will it be like without seeing the
kids when we go to Holland Ponds? But, what a wonderful spring to be able to
witness the entire heron nesting process for the first time!!!! What a
treasure!

 

Species list:

 

Chickadees

RWBBs

Robins

Tree Swallows (both parents feeding kids in some nest boxes - decent pics -
mostly the parents do not even go into the box anymore - guess the kids are
getting big and waiting at the door with open mouths!)

Cedar Waxwing

Great Egret

Catbirds (several - these are like Cendra's Robins to us - they talk to us,
and they are unafraid! They tell us many stories - we just wish we
understood!)

Bluebirds

Jays

Eastern Kingbird - in the same place by the shelter, but this time eating a
moth! - (decent pic! Cool!)

Possible Orchard Oriole sighting, but too brief to be sure

Cardinals (heard)

Some dinky bird - prob. Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

Downy Woodpecker

Grackles

Goldfinches

Wood ducks (finally saw some again!  It looked like nursery school or an
extended family -one female and seven fairly large kids)

Green Heron flying (another birder briefly saw one fishing)

 

And we saw a few dinky toads still hopping around in shaded areas between
lakes. We especially enjoyed seeing parents with a "dinky kid" passing along
their fascination with nature! The kid loved the toads (and, BTW, was not
allowed to touch).

 

It's always fun!!! We never know what we will see.

 

(I have not posted pics yet.)

 

Cheers!

 

"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!

 



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Subject: Re:Bobolinks
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:42:26 -0400
By hay are we talking about alfalfa-clover mixes? If so, I didn't know they had 
a significant protein content. 


 

I thought the cutting of alfalfa-clover mixes was maximized on quantity and 
re-growth potential of the crop. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

 


::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 


Sherri Wrote:

 

Lisa,
Farmers cut hay to maximize protein content.  No one wants to feed  
their cows or horses worthless hay.  So they have to do it when they  
do or it loses value fast.  It won't be easy to convince a farmer to  
delay cutting.
Sherri Smith


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Subject: bobolinks
From: Sherri Smith <grackle AT umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:01:08 -0400
Lisa,
Farmers cut hay to maximize protein content.  No one wants to feed  
their cows or horses worthless hay.  So they have to do it when they  
do or it loses value fast.  It won't be easy to convince a farmer to  
delay cutting.
Sherri Smith

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Subject: OT: Inappropriate posting
From: Dan Ezekiel <ezekiel AT aaps.k12.mi.us>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:01:18 -0400
The second half of this posting (the screed against Pres. Obama) is  
clearly out of bounds for birders.  Roger, you are entitled to your  
opinion (and you are a terrific birder and butterflyer), but at the  
very minimum, this posting should have been labeled OT!

Happy Birding,

Dan Ezekiel

On Jul 1, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Roger Kuhlman wrote:

> Deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems put  
> a terrible burden on the biodiversity of birds and other animals.  
> What causes deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native  
> ecosystems? How about human overpopulation and ecologically  
> excessive consumption of natural resources! Yet President Obama and  
> the current political elites that rule this country favor and are  
> putting into place demographic policies that will continue and in  
> the near future greatly increase the high human population growth  
> rates in the United States of adding more than 3 million people each  
> year to our population. By 2050 our country could easily approach a  
> total population of 500 million people! Just think about what 500  
> million people in America living the average American lifestyle of  
> excessive consumption will do for both the American and Worldwide  
> environments.
>
> If you want more deforestation, fewer natural habitats, and less  
> biodiversity, by all means go with Obama's policies of high human  
> population growth in America.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> 7/1/2009
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Subject: RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 11:17:36 -0400
Deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems put a terrible 
burden on the biodiversity of birds and other animals. What causes 
deforestation and loss of natural habitats and native ecosystems? How about 
human overpopulation and ecologically excessive consumption of natural 
resources! Yet President Obama and the current political elites that rule this 
country favor and are putting into place demographic policies that will 
continue and in the near future greatly increase the high human population 
growth rates in the United States of adding more than 3 million people each 
year to our population. By 2050 our country could easily approach a total 
population of 500 million people! Just think about what 500 million people in 
America living the average American lifestyle of excessive consumption will do 
for both the American and Worldwide environments. 


If you want more deforestation, fewer natural habitats, and less biodiversity, 
by all means go with Obama's policies of high human population growth in 
America. 


Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/1/2009


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Subject: Re: Bobolinks and gentleman farmer
From: lisalk <lisalk AT umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:36:43 -0400
Thanks to all who shared their perspectives and
suggestions.  The land user/conservator/owner is
well off.  He maintains several hundred acres,
some of which are mowed regularly  (Some are wooded,
and some are wetland.)  He has been trying to sell
off most of these lands for some years.

Lisa



Quoting David Allen :

> I'd say it is worth a try. If the farmer is sympathetic to birds,  
> they might be willing.
>
> However,  I will note that the odds are stacked against you in Michigan.
>
> First, cutting hay is a very closely timed event.  The farmer needs  
> almost a week of sunshine.  The hay is cut and raked.  It then has  
> to sit for a day to dry.  Then it is flipped over and has to sit for  
> another day to dry the other side.  Finally, the hay is baled.  The  
> profit margin is very slim.
>
> Also, Michigan is a very big horse State.  Horse owners are usually  
> chomping at the bit to get that first cut and prices are high, which  
> means profits are higher for the farmer.
>
> Unlike cows, horses must have fairly high quality hay, no mould or  
> decay.  By springtime the winter stores are running low in the barn.  
>  Cows can get by with old nasty hay, but this will colic a horse.
>
> Even if the farmers are not necessarily motivated by the financial  
> incentive, the horse owners are piling on the pressure.  Often  
> stable owners have long relationships with the farmers they buy hay  
> from.  So you can imagine if a friend and business associate is  
> begging you to cut, and you'll get a good price, and you can start  
> your second cut earlier...It is very difficult to say no.  As a  
> farmer with no investment in bird conservation, would you want to  
> see your friends' horses go hungry or potentially colic...Or, would  
> you want to provide nesting habitat for a bird?
>
> Personally, I am sympathetic to the needs of the birds and I am not  
> trying to make a case for the farmers to cut early.  However, I do  
> want you to know some of the obstacles you are up against.
>
> David A
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: lisalk 
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Cc: birders AT umich.edu
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:16:58 PM
> Subject: [birders] Bobolinks
>
> Thanks to all who post, especially about bobolinks, of
> late.  These birds seem to be far less prevalent than,
> say, in our grandparents' day.  Bobolinks could be more
> plentiful if those who "make hay" would cut the fields
> later in the season--after the sun shines many times.
> Sadly, we saw only two males over the weekend, in the
> now-mowed fields south of Ferry, off Wickersham, in
> Ironton's Marion Twp.
>
> How might I bring this up with the gentleman farmer or
> anyone else who raises hay and cuts it before the boblinks
> have time to raise their young?
>
> I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
> Quoting ddarm AT umich.edu:
>
>> While I was checking out the hay fields off of Stone School Road, I  
>> found a WILD TURKEY family (I saw one adult and 10 or so young that  
>> could fly well enough to get out of my way).
>> I also found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the pond at the  
>> landfill site but NO Surf Scoter. A few Hooded Mergs were still  
>> there as well.
>>
>> The entire time I was in the ag fields, I thought I was hearing a  
>> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Eventually I figured it was across the  
>> street and confirmed what I was hearing when the bird perched in a  
>> dead tree across from 4745 Stone School Road. This tree is on the  
>> roadside edge of the Morgan Woods Nature Area of Pittsfield  
>> Township. There is a large field there but it is currently planted  
>> with the wrong "crop" to attract Bobolinks (that nest across the  
>> street). The only birds I saw in the field were Red-winged  
>> blackbirds.
>> Also was hearing a Scarlet Tanager in the woods west of the field.
>> Looks like it could be an interesting place but access will be a  
>> bit "wild" for now.
>> Dea
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************
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>> City Ornithologist
>> Natural Area Preservation
>> Field Operations Service Unit
>> Public Services Area
>> City of Ann Arbor
>> 1831 Traver Rd.
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>> 734-794-6627
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Subject: RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: richard.e.chase AT comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:33:31 +0000 (UTC)

I just finished reading Anita Sanchez's The Teeth of the Lion , a small book 
about dandelions published in 2006 .  She comments, 




"It's estimated that more than seven million wild birds are killed by the 
aesthetic use of lawn pesticides in the United States, every year.  Aesthetic 
use:  that doesn't mean agricultural pesticides to grow food crops.  That 
means the use of pesticides to make our lawns and gardens look nice.  




   "Seven million wild birds, dead.  To get rid of, among other things, 
dandelions." 




Reports I've seen suggest that ten times that number die from agricultural 
pesticides.  We got rid of DDT, and it's encouraging that EPA this 
year banned carbofuran.  But pesticides still take a toll on birds. 






   Dick Chase 

   Ann Arbor 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Lowry"  
To: birders AT umich.edu 
Cc: birders AT umich.edu 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:38:33 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [birders] RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds 

Although the trend may not be new, the accelerated demise in the past 30 years 
shouldn't really catch anyone off guard.  I predict more bird species will go 
extinct in the next hundred years than the past hundred years.  We are losing 
habitat quality and biodiversity all over the world.  It is very easy to see 
deforestation and habitat degradation whether from satellite images, or on a 
drive out into "the country" on any local road.  I don't think the birds have 
much of a chance.  And don't get me started on turtles. 



Anyone who wants a basic understanding of how we are wiping out biodiversity 
should read "Song of the Dodo" by David Quammen. 



John Lowry 






On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Fred Kaluza wrote: 





            I’ve read several books on what North America was like 
before people came here but I know nothing about how many plants and animals 
have become extinct since humans moved to Europe from   Africa.  I can’t 
believe this trend in   Europe   is something new.  Fred in   Warren. 





From:   Ray Stocking [ mailto:rstocking AT gmail.com ]   
Sent:   Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:33 AM 
To:   birders AT umich.edu 
Subject:   [birders] Huge declines in   UK   woodland birds 

The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the   UK.  A 
30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its population has 
fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species have also declined 
significantly, many of which overwinter in tropical west Africa where their 
habitat is being destroyed.  Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and willow 
warbler all crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie and 
collared dove, increased.  These startling trends in the populations of some 
of the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British Trust for 
Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered data on 49 species 
between 1967 and 1999. 


THE LOSERS 
Nightingale down 95% 
Common starling down 91% 
Linnet down 89% 
Lesser redpoll down 85% 
Spotted flycatcher down 83% 
Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82% 
Whitethroat down 81% 
Willow tit down 77% 
Yellowhammer down 77% 
European turtle dove down 76% 
Tree pipit down 75% 
Eurasian woodcock down 70% 
Marsh tit down 68% 
Common cuckoo down 63% 
Dunnock down 57% 
Willow warbler down 52% 
Song thrush down 47% 
Bullfinch down 39% 

The results of the survey have not been reported before. 

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Subject: RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: John Lowry <john AT kingbird.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:38:33 -0400
Although the trend may not be new, the accelerated demise in the past  
30 years shouldn't really catch anyone off guard.  I predict more bird  
species will go extinct in the next hundred years than the past  
hundred years.  We are losing habitat quality and biodiversity all  
over the world.  It is very easy to see deforestation and habitat  
degradation whether from satellite images, or on a drive out into "the  
country" on any local road.  I don't think the birds have much of a  
chance.  And don't get me started on turtles.

Anyone who wants a basic understanding of how we are wiping out  
biodiversity should read "Song of the Dodo" by David Quammen.

John Lowry


On Jun 30, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Fred Kaluza wrote:

>             Ive read several books on what North America was like  
> before people came here but I know nothing about how many plants and  
> animals have become extinct since humans moved to Europe from  
> Africa.  I cant believe this trend in Europe is something new.   
> Fred in Warren.
>
> From: Ray Stocking [mailto:rstocking AT gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:33 AM
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Huge declines in UK woodland birds
>
> The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the  
> UK.  A 30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its  
> population has fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species  
> have also declined significantly, many of which overwinter in  
> tropical west Africa where their habitat is being destroyed.   
> Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and willow warbler all  
> crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie and  
> collared dove, increased.  These startling trends in the populations  
> of some of the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British  
> Trust for Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered  
> data on 49 species between 1967 and 1999.
>
> THE LOSERS
> Nightingale down 95%
> Common starling down 91%
> Linnet down 89%
> Lesser redpoll down 85%
> Spotted flycatcher down 83%
> Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82%
> Whitethroat down 81%
> Willow tit down 77%
> Yellowhammer down 77%
> European turtle dove down 76%
> Tree pipit down 75%
> Eurasian woodcock down 70%
> Marsh tit down 68%
> Common cuckoo down 63%
> Dunnock down 57%
> Willow warbler down 52%
> Song thrush down 47%
> Bullfinch down 39%
>
> The results of the survey have not been reported before.
>
> Full Story: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8125000/8125339.stm 

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Subject: RE: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: "Fred Kaluza" <fkaluza AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:57:42 -0400
            I've read several books on what North America was like before
people came here but I know nothing about how many plants and animals have
become extinct since humans moved to Europe from Africa.  I can't believe
this trend in Europe is something new.  Fred in Warren.

 

  _____  

From: Ray Stocking [mailto:rstocking AT gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:33 AM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Huge declines in UK woodland birds

 

The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the UK.  A
30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its population has
fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species have also declined
significantly, many of which overwinter in tropical west Africa where their
habitat is being destroyed.  Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and
willow warbler all crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie
and collared dove, increased.  These startling trends in the populations of
some of the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British Trust for
Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered data on 49 species
between 1967 and 1999.

THE LOSERS
Nightingale down 95%
Common starling down 91%
Linnet down 89%
Lesser redpoll down 85%
Spotted flycatcher down 83%
Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82%
Whitethroat down 81%
Willow tit down 77%
Yellowhammer down 77%
European turtle dove down 76%
Tree pipit down 75%
Eurasian woodcock down 70%
Marsh tit down 68%
Common cuckoo down 63%
Dunnock down 57%
Willow warbler down 52%
Song thrush down 47%
Bullfinch down 39%

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Subject: Re: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig AT med.umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:10:23 -0400
That's interesting but the point about West Africa seems to be a big red 
herring. Many of the worst hit birds (starling, linnet, redpoll) mainly or 
exclusively winter in Europe not Africa. 


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>>> Ray Stocking  06/30/09 8:33 AM >>>
The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the UK.  A
30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its population has
fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species have also declined
significantly, many of which overwinter in tropical west Africa where their
habitat is being destroyed.  Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and
willow warbler all crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie
and collared dove, increased.  These startling trends in the populations of
some of the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British Trust for
Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered data on 49 species
between 1967 and 1999.

THE LOSERS
Nightingale down 95%
Common starling down 91%
Linnet down 89%
Lesser redpoll down 85%
Spotted flycatcher down 83%
Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82%
Whitethroat down 81%
Willow tit down 77%
Yellowhammer down 77%
European turtle dove down 76%
Tree pipit down 75%
Eurasian woodcock down 70%
Marsh tit down 68%
Common cuckoo down 63%
Dunnock down 57%
Willow warbler down 52%
Song thrush down 47%
Bullfinch down 39%

The results of the survey have not been reported before.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8125000/8125339.stm 


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Subject: Re: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: David Allen <whiteoakart AT att.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:41:10 -0700 (PDT)
This is very unfortunate news.  And I am sorry to read this.

But now for something completely different:

Maybe it has to do with how much the coconuts weigh and whether there are 
European swallows or African swallows. And the average wind speed. And whether 
migratory birds watch Monty Python. 


I'm sorry.  I couldn't resist.




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From: Ray Stocking 
To: birders AT umich.edu
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:33:25 AM
Subject: [birders] Huge declines in UK woodland birds

The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the UK. A 
30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its population has 
fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species have also declined 
significantly, many of which overwinter in tropical west Africa where their 
habitat is being destroyed. Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and willow 
warbler all crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie and 
collared dove, increased. These startling trends in the populations of some of 
the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British Trust for 
Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered data on 49 species 
between 1967 and 1999. 


THE LOSERS
Nightingale down 95%
Common starling down 91%
Linnet down 89%
Lesser redpoll down 85%
Spotted flycatcher down 83%
Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82%
Whitethroat down 81%
Willow tit down 77%
Yellowhammer down 77%
European turtle dove down 76%
Tree pipit down 75%
Eurasian woodcock down 70%
Marsh tit down 68%
Common cuckoo down 63%
Dunnock down 57%
Willow warbler down 52%
Song thrush down 47%
Bullfinch down 39%

The results of the survey have not been reported before.

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Subject: Re: Bobolinks and horses
From: David Allen <whiteoakart AT att.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:36:24 -0700 (PDT)
I'd say it is worth a try. If the farmer is sympathetic to birds, they might be 
willing. 


However,  I will note that the odds are stacked against you in Michigan.  

First, cutting hay is a very closely timed event. The farmer needs almost a 
week of sunshine. The hay is cut and raked. It then has to sit for a day to 
dry. Then it is flipped over and has to sit for another day to dry the other 
side. Finally, the hay is baled. The profit margin is very slim. 


Also, Michigan is a very big horse State. Horse owners are usually chomping at 
the bit to get that first cut and prices are high, which means profits are 
higher for the farmer. 


Unlike cows, horses must have fairly high quality hay, no mould or decay. By 
springtime the winter stores are running low in the barn. Cows can get by with 
old nasty hay, but this will colic a horse. 


Even if the farmers are not necessarily motivated by the financial incentive, 
the horse owners are piling on the pressure. Often stable owners have long 
relationships with the farmers they buy hay from. So you can imagine if a 
friend and business associate is begging you to cut, and you'll get a good 
price, and you can start your second cut earlier...It is very difficult to say 
no. As a farmer with no investment in bird conservation, would you want to see 
your friends' horses go hungry or potentially colic...Or, would you want to 
provide nesting habitat for a bird? 


Personally, I am sympathetic to the needs of the birds and I am not trying to 
make a case for the farmers to cut early. However, I do want you to know some 
of the obstacles you are up against. 


David A




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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:16:58 PM
Subject: [birders] Bobolinks

Thanks to all who post, especially about bobolinks, of
late.  These birds seem to be far less prevalent than,
say, in our grandparents' day.  Bobolinks could be more
plentiful if those who "make hay" would cut the fields
later in the season--after the sun shines many times.
Sadly, we saw only two males over the weekend, in the
now-mowed fields south of Ferry, off Wickersham, in
Ironton's Marion Twp.

How might I bring this up with the gentleman farmer or
anyone else who raises hay and cuts it before the boblinks
have time to raise their young?

I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks,
Lisa




Quoting ddarm AT umich.edu:

> While I was checking out the hay fields off of Stone School Road, I found a 
WILD TURKEY family (I saw one adult and 10 or so young that could fly well 
enough to get out of my way). 

> I also found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the pond at the landfill site but 
NO Surf Scoter. A few Hooded Mergs were still there as well. 

> 
> The entire time I was in the ag fields, I thought I was hearing a RED-HEADED 
WOODPECKER. Eventually I figured it was across the street and confirmed what I 
was hearing when the bird perched in a dead tree across from 4745 Stone School 
Road. This tree is on the roadside edge of the Morgan Woods Nature Area of 
Pittsfield Township. There is a large field there but it is currently planted 
with the wrong "crop" to attract Bobolinks (that nest across the street). The 
only birds I saw in the field were Red-winged blackbirds. 

> Also was hearing a Scarlet Tanager in the woods west of the field.
> Looks like it could be an interesting place but access will be a bit "wild" 
for now. 

> Dea
> 
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Subject: Huge declines in UK woodland birds
From: Ray Stocking <rstocking AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:33:25 -0400
The nightingale has effectively vanished from woodlands across the UK.  A
30-year survey of British woodland birds has found that its population has
fallen by more than 95%. Seventeen other bird species have also declined
significantly, many of which overwinter in tropical west Africa where their
habitat is being destroyed.  Numbers of starling, linnet, bullfinch and
willow warbler all crashed, while 12 species, including the blackcap, magpie
and collared dove, increased.  These startling trends in the populations of
some of the UK's best known woodland birds comes from the British Trust for
Ornithology's (BTO) Common Bird Census, which gathered data on 49 species
between 1967 and 1999.

THE LOSERS
Nightingale down 95%
Common starling down 91%
Linnet down 89%
Lesser redpoll down 85%
Spotted flycatcher down 83%
Lesser spotted woodpecker down 82%
Whitethroat down 81%
Willow tit down 77%
Yellowhammer down 77%
European turtle dove down 76%
Tree pipit down 75%
Eurasian woodcock down 70%
Marsh tit down 68%
Common cuckoo down 63%
Dunnock down 57%
Willow warbler down 52%
Song thrush down 47%
Bullfinch down 39%

The results of the survey have not been reported before.

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Subject: Re: Bobolinks
From: ddarm AT umich.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:46:16 -0400
There are ways. The ag fields and the capped areas of the landfill  
site are areas that we have been able to negotiate late mow times.  
With "private" folks, it could be more difficult as the first hay cut  
is the most desirable. There is some evidence that a first cut in late  
May/before June 2 (at least in Vermont) allows birds to rebuild a  
second nest and fledge young between June 1 and mid-July. I am not  
completely sure this is a solution here in Michigan, but worth taking  
a look at. The farmers are PAID to cut prior to June 1 ($135 per acre)  
and this comes from the National Resources Conservation Service (a  
branch of the US Agriculture Department.
Here is a link.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090628/NEWS02/90627005/Farmers-help-save-songbirds-&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL 


Suzy Heiny of the Legacy Land Conservancy brought this to my  
attention. We'll definitely be looking in to it. Let me know if you'd  
like to be involved.

Dea







Quoting lisalk :

> Thanks to all who post, especially about bobolinks, of
> late. These birds seem to be far less prevalent than,
> say, in our grandparents' day. Bobolinks could be more
> plentiful if those who "make hay" would cut the fields
> later in the season--after the sun shines many times.
> Sadly, we saw only two males over the weekend, in the
> now-mowed fields south of Ferry, off Wickersham, in
> Ironton's Marion Twp.
>
> How might I bring this up with the gentleman farmer or
> anyone else who raises hay and cuts it before the boblinks
> have time to raise their young?
>
> I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
> Quoting ddarm AT umich.edu:
>
>> While I was checking out the hay fields off of Stone School Road, I  
>> found a WILD TURKEY family (I saw one adult and 10 or so young that  
>> could fly well enough to get out of my way).
>> I also found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the pond at the  
>> landfill site but NO Surf Scoter. A few Hooded Mergs were still  
>> there as well.
>>
>> The entire time I was in the ag fields, I thought I was hearing a  
>> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Eventually I figured it was across the  
>> street and confirmed what I was hearing when the bird perched in a  
>> dead tree across from 4745 Stone School Road. This tree is on the  
>> roadside edge of the Morgan Woods Nature Area of Pittsfield  
>> Township. There is a large field there but it is currently planted  
>> with the wrong "crop" to attract Bobolinks (that nest across the  
>> street). The only birds I saw in the field were Red-winged  
>> blackbirds.
>> Also was hearing a Scarlet Tanager in the woods west of the field.
>> Looks like it could be an interesting place but access will be a  
>> bit "wild" for now.
>> 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
>> ****************************************************
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>
>
>
>



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Subject: Bobolinks
From: lisalk <lisalk AT umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:16:58 -0400
Thanks to all who post, especially about bobolinks, of
late.  These birds seem to be far less prevalent than,
say, in our grandparents' day.  Bobolinks could be more
plentiful if those who "make hay" would cut the fields
later in the season--after the sun shines many times.
Sadly, we saw only two males over the weekend, in the
now-mowed fields south of Ferry, off Wickersham, in
Ironton's Marion Twp.

How might I bring this up with the gentleman farmer or
anyone else who raises hay and cuts it before the boblinks
have time to raise their young?

I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks,
Lisa




Quoting ddarm AT umich.edu:

> While I was checking out the hay fields off of Stone School Road, I  
> found a WILD TURKEY family (I saw one adult and 10 or so young that  
> could fly well enough to get out of my way).
> I also found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the pond at the landfill  
> site but NO Surf Scoter. A few Hooded Mergs were still there as well.
>
> The entire time I was in the ag fields, I thought I was hearing a  
> RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Eventually I figured it was across the street  
> and confirmed what I was hearing when the bird perched in a dead  
> tree across from 4745 Stone School Road. This tree is on the  
> roadside edge of the Morgan Woods Nature Area of Pittsfield  
> Township. There is a large field there but it is currently planted  
> with the wrong "crop" to attract Bobolinks (that nest across the  
> street). The only birds I saw in the field were Red-winged blackbirds.
> Also was hearing a Scarlet Tanager in the woods west of the field.
> Looks like it could be an interesting place but access will be a bit  
> "wild" for now.
> Dea
>
>
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> City Ornithologist
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Subject: Off topic: Can mosquitoes bite frogs?
From: brapai AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:42:52 -0400
Friends:



I took a photo of a frog today. It's in a little pool of rainwater on the side 
of a rural road. The thing that amazes me is that the photo clearly shows three 
mosquitoes on the frog. So, here's the question: Can mosquitoes extract blood 
through the skin of a frog? 





Chris? Anybody else?




Thanks for your time.




Bill Rapai

Grosse Pointe





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Subject: Re: Dickcissel, Bobolink and Northern Mockingbird in Manchester Township
From: "Melody Bond" <mbond AT med.umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:58 -0400
Two bobolinks flying over head in Howell near balloon fest today.


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Subject: RFI Newberry Burn
From: Matt Andrews <m.andrews32 AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:04:07 -0500
I will be visiting northern Michigan starting at the end of this week and am
hoping to find some UP specialties, I'm not sure if this part of the state
is usually covered on this list or not but any information would be a great
help.

Where is the Newberry burn located? I have seen some posts on here about the
Black-backed Woodpeckers using this area as well as other boreal species.

Any additional information on recent sightings of the following species
would be great too:

Black-backed Woodpecker
Spruce Grouse
Boreal Chickadee

Thanks!

Matt Andrews
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Subject: WX: Return to Spring
From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:55:35 -0400
WX:  Howdy.  If it were December we'd be talking about an Arctic 
outbreak with Lake Effect.  IN June, we're looking at a
serious drop in temps and afternoons with pop-up showers - a big, 
deep, cold low is spinning over the Upper Lakes,
drawing down chilly air and keeping the air unstable enough for an 
afternoon squall or two.  Expect high's in the
60's for Tuesday through Thursday, with much cooler stuff Up 
North.  This fine respite from Summer will ease by week's
end, with sunshine and temps back up to normal by Friday.  At any 
rate, a very cool period on tap - it's nice to shut off
the fans and the AC this time of year.  Cheers  DBS  Chelsea MI


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Subject: Re: Cricket Frogs in Lyndon Twp.
From: baba007 AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:47:58 -0400
 There were thousands of little frogs (smaller than .5 inches) around the pond 
here.? Could these have been Cricket frogs?? When you stepped along the shore, 
thousands of tiny frogs were leaping around. 

Barb J
Farmington Hills


 


 

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Subject: [birders] Cricket Frogs in Lyndon Twp.














I followed up a tip 
from Bob Arthurs tonight and found singing Blanchard's Cricket Frogs at Joslin 
Lake in western Washtenaw County.? The frogs are at the southern end of the 
lake, in the?marshes near the boat ramp.? 


?


The cricket 
frog?is a state threatened species.? This represents my first 
encounter with this once-common frog in five years of exploring Washtenaw 
County.? 


?


The access road is 
on Boyce Rd., between Joslin Lake Rd. and Roepke Rd.? This isn't more than 
a couple miles from the northern end of Embury Road.


?


?


Jim 
McDonald


Ypsilanti? 


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Subject: A few interesting birds at and near the Ann Arbor Landfill in Pittsfield Township
From: ddarm AT umich.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:32:57 -0400
While I was checking out the hay fields off of Stone School Road, I  
found a WILD TURKEY family (I saw one adult and 10 or so young that  
could fly well enough to get out of my way).
I also found a single GREATER YELLOWLEGS at the pond at the landfill  
site but NO Surf Scoter. A few Hooded Mergs were still there as well.

The entire time I was in the ag fields, I thought I was hearing a  
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Eventually I figured it was across the street  
and confirmed what I was hearing when the bird perched in a dead tree  
across from 4745 Stone School Road. This tree is on the roadside edge  
of the Morgan Woods Nature Area of Pittsfield Township. There is a  
large field there but it is currently planted with the wrong "crop" to  
attract Bobolinks (that nest across the street). The only birds I saw  
in the field were Red-winged blackbirds.
Also was hearing a Scarlet Tanager in the woods west of the field.
Looks like it could be an interesting place but access will be a bit  
"wild" for now.
Dea


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Subject: Fwd: DNR Reaching New Audiences With Twitter and Facebook — Join Us Today
From: "Karen Cleveland" <clevelandk1 AT michigan.gov>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:21:29 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 29, 2009

Contact: Mary Dettloff, 517-335-3014

DNR Reaching New Audiences with Twitter and Facebook Accounts -- Join
Us Today

The Department of Natural Resources has joined the social networking
community, utilizing the power of Twitter and Facebook to interact with
a new generation of outdoor enthusiasts. Office of Communications staff
are now posting content daily to keep followers up-to-date on
outdoors-related news, while also uploading pictures from the field and
providing quick answers to questions from followers. 

The hundreds of people already following the DNR's Facebook page and
two Twitter accounts are testament to the fact that social networking is
an effective way to distribute natural resources information to the
general public in a fun, interactive format that is not dependent on
media coverage or deadlines, said DNR Public Information Officer Mary
Dettloff. 

DNR posts on Twitter include headlines from daily press releases,
wildfire updates, the weekly fishing report, events from the DNR
calendar, and answers to questions from those who sign up to become
Followers. Two Twitter accounts have been created; one main account for
the entire state, along with an Upper Peninsula-specific account.

The DNR's Facebook page also provides links to news releases, along
with expanded information on DNR events, photo albums and a forum for
answering questions from Facebook Fans, which has created an online
conversation directly between the DNR and its Facebook Fans.

Answered questions on the Facebook page have included how to find
hunting license lottery results and what to do about tent caterpillars.
People who sign up to be Fans of the DNR's Facebook page will receive
invitations to DNR events and can post their own stories and photos from
their outdoor adventures.

The DNR has created two interactive photo albums for outdoor
enthusiasts to share their photos of having fun in the outdoors - Catch
of the Day and What Did You Do Outside Today. The Catch of the Day album
will feature photos from DNR fans showing off their catch while out
fishing in Michigan. The What Did You Do Outside Today album will
feature photos of fans participating in their favorite outdoor
activities - hunting, camping, hiking, mountain biking, trail riding,
birdwatching, kayaking and canoeing - just to name a few. Photos can be
emailed to Debbie Munson Badini, the DNR’s UP communications
representative and Facebook coordinator, at munsonbadinid AT michigan.gov
for inclusion in the albums. Photos also can be posted directly by fans
to the DNR’s Wall on Facebook.

“Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are changing the
way companies and governmental agencies communicate with their
audiences, and we are embracing these changes at the DNR,” Dettloff
said. 

To see DNR updates on Twitter, go to www.twitter.com/mdnr for the main
DNR page, or www.twitter.com/mdnrup for the Upper Peninsula page. These
Twitter updates, known as "Tweets," can be seen without an account, but
to automatically receive updates, it is necessary to sign up for an
account and choose to "follow" the DNR Twitter accounts.

To find the DNR on Facebook, go to:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michigan-Department-of-Natural-Resources/88660114244. 

The DNR's Facebook page can be viewed without signing up for a Facebook
account, but to post comments or photos, an account is needed.

The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use
and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future
generations.

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Subject: Cricket Frogs in Lyndon Twp.
From: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77 AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:19:50 -0400
I followed up a tip from Bob Arthurs tonight and found singing Blanchard's
Cricket Frogs at Joslin Lake in western Washtenaw County.  The frogs are at
the southern end of the lake, in the marshes near the boat ramp.  
 
The cricket frog is a state threatened species.  This represents my first
encounter with this once-common frog in five years of exploring Washtenaw
County.  
 
The access road is on Boyce Rd., between Joslin Lake Rd. and Roepke Rd.
This isn't more than a couple miles from the northern end of Embury Road.
 
 
Jim McDonald
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Subject: Re: dark-phase broadwing - Ann Arbor
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig AT med.umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:39:14 -0400
Hi all,
I shared all of my photos with Allen Chartier and he thinks that the dark 
coloration in the picture that I posted is probably just lighting as many of 
the others did show some light barring. So it sounds as if it is probably not a 
true dark phase. 


Exciting for a while! If anyone else wants to look at the originals, I can send 
you a link to the 40 MB download. 

Rick

Rick Neubig                                 RNeubig AT umich.edu 
Department of Pharmacology       University of Michigan 
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FAX   (734) 763-4450

Personal web site
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Center for Chemical Genomics 
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>>> "Richard Neubig"  06/28/09 6:30 PM >>>
Hi all,
Yesterday off of E. Delhi (NW of Ann Arbor), I was able to get a photo of a 
bird that I think was a dark-phase broad-winged hawk. 


Check it here:
http://www.pbase.com/rneubig/image/114381783/large 

Comments on the ID are welcome.
Rick

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Subject: binoculars
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1 AT msu.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:15:12 -0400
I want to thank those of you who went looking for my binocular from the
bottom of my heart. You are kind kind people. Alas, the treasure still
awaits somewhere.

 

Bruce Robertson 
Postdoctoral Fellow

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station

Michigan State University

3700 East Gull Lake Drive

Hickory Corners, MI 49060

 

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Subject: dark-phase broadwing - Ann Arbor
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig AT med.umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:30:58 -0400
Hi all,
Yesterday off of E. Delhi (NW of Ann Arbor), I was able to get a photo of a 
bird that I think was a dark-phase broad-winged hawk. 


Check it here:
http://www.pbase.com/rneubig/image/114381783/large 

Comments on the ID are welcome.
Rick

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Subject: Fw: FINAL Monarch Migration Update: June 27, 2009
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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:27:59 GMT

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Subject: FINAL Monarch Migration Update: June 27, 2009
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:34:20 -0400

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FINAL Monarch Migration Update: June 27, 2009
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FINAL Migration News
The migration has now moved into Manitoba and the northernmost sighting 
stands at latitude 50 North. Monarchs have moved as far east as Nova 
Scotia where people have seen monarchs at longitude 63 East. It has been 
a cool, wet, summer so far in most of the monarch's northern breeding 
range. The monarch population will get larger with each generation this 
summer, but cool temperatures slow the monarch's development. Let's see 
if the slow start to this year's breeding season seems to affect the 
number of monarchs we see later this summer.

Thank You!
Thank you for helping to track the monarch's spring migration from 
Mexico. The observations you and other volunteers contribute to Journey 
North provide a real-time, dynamic view of the timing and pathways of 
monarch migration. The historic records provide baseline data of spring 
migration (since 1995) and fall migration (since 2002). This information 
helps scientists understand the monarch's migration pathways and 
critical times of passage. We hope you will join us again in 
August--hardly one month from now--when the first signs of fall 
migration appear!

YOUR First Sighting is Still Important!
If you still have not seen your first monarch of the season, please plan 
to let us know when you do. No matter where you are located, your first 
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Subject: Climate Change Atlas and Bird Distribution
From: "Charles Owens" <vinblue AT cass.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:54:38 -0400
I was perusing the Ohio birding sight when I saw a posting by Bill Whan
regarding a National Forest website that shows current and predicted
distributions of Trees and Bird species in the U.S.  I found this
facinating so I thought I would pass this on to everyone on our list.
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/

Imagine only seeing Canada Geese during Migration and having Scissor
Tailed Flycatchers so common they become a "trash bird" in Southeastern
Michigan.

From the little town where the sky meets the strawberry fields.
Charles Owens
Blissfield Michigan

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Subject: Birding trip: Michigan to Sandpoint, Idaho
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:19:23 -0400
Birders and friends,

I'm enroute to visiting my nephew in Sandpoint, Idaho and have been  
birding along the way.  Thus far I have been able to make a blog entry  
for each day.  I hope I'll be able to continue the daily entries, but  
who knows ...  Anyway, if interested, here's what's posted so far.   
They start with Day One on June 5th and go through to today, June  
9th.  Today was my best day.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

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Subject: OUTDOOR YARD BIRD MONITOR MOTHER NATURE
From: AninaBach AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:40:17 EDT
 
ENJOY THE SOUNDS OF NATURE FROM INSIDE  YOUR HOUSE THROUGH FM RADIO 
WIRELESS STATE OF THE ART  MICROPHONE DETECTS NATURAL OUTDOOR SOUNDS 
WATER RESISTANT ~ TRANSMITS UP TO 75  FEET 
SPECIAL FILTER REMOVES UNWANTED  NOISE 
SPECIAL SENSOR SWITCH FOR LISTENING TO  NATURE SOUNDS AFTER DARK 
FOUR CHANNEL SELECTIONS FOR OPTIMAL  RECEPTION 
IDEAL FOR HANGING BY  BIRDFEEDERS 
REQUIRES 4 ~ C BATTERIES (NOT  INCLUDED)
 
 
 
 
 I have this unit and would like to make it available to other  birders.  
$20 in W. Dearborn.  eMail me and let me know if you are  interested.
 
Anina Bachrach

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Subject: MAS Bird Trip to Lapeer Water Tower Park
From: Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:45:47 EDT
Greetings Birders ~

The Macomb Audubon  Society had a bird trip to the Water Tower Park in 
Lapeer today. A Northern Flicker started off the walk. Many Kingfishers were 

seen at the  Pond.  Ed found a school of baby catfish for us in the pond.  
Along  the board walk at the back side of the pond we were lucky enough to 
spot a  Moorhen & a juvenile Green Heron (Link to pics below.

The following  birds were seen at the park:


Canada Goose      8
Great Blue Heron     2
Green  Heron     1
Turkey Vulture      1
Common Moorhen     1
Ring-billed  Gull     6
Mourning Dove      6
Belted Kingfisher     6
Downy  Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker      2
American Crow     1
Tree  Swallow     6
American Robin      6
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged  Blackbird     12
Brown-headed  Cowbird     1
American Goldfinch      1

http://www.photoshop.com/user/JB527/?trackingid=BTAGC&galleryid=4e1cccb92855
4d84985b9f5548e635ce&wf=share

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4d7fb439904ce50f611e&wf=share

Joy  Barron 
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Subject: Western Meadowlark and more on Sharon Valley Road. Washtenaw, County
From: w8liftr40 AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:46:17 +0000
Greetings Birders,

Chuck Owens and I went to Sharon Valley Rd this morning. We saw and heard the 
previously mentioned Western Meadowlark. Also had 2 Dickcissels, 5 N. 
Mockingbirds a single, Grasshopper Sparrow, Savanah Sparrows and a bunch of 
Bobolinks to name a few. 


 The coolest thing was watching/listening to one of the mockers showing off his 
talents. He imitated no less than 8 bird calls. All with remarkable and dead on 
perfection: Blue Jay, Cardinal, Chickadee, Titmouse, WB Nuthatch, Belted 
Kingfisher- just to name a few. He also did a car alarm. Impressive, indeed! 


Jeff Schultz
Sent from my Blackberry
Sent on the Sprint Now Network from my BlackBerry

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From: "Bob Arthurs" 

Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:13:22 
To: 
Subject: [birders] Dickcissel, Bobolink and Northern Mockingbird in Manchester 
Township 



I followed up on Jacco's note and went looking for field birds along Herman 
Road in far southwest Washtenaw County today. On the north side of Herman about 
1/4 mile east of Sharon Hollow Road there was a Dickcissel singing. Part of the 
time I was there it was perched on the utility wires. Further along Herman (a 
little before the 90 degree turn) there was a Bobolink perched on the wires. 
After the 90 degree turn and just before turning east again there was a 
Northern Mockingbird singing on the west side of the road - just at Deer 
Valley. 


Bob Arthurs

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Subject: Dickcissel, Bobolink and Northern Mockingbird in Manchester Township
From: "Bob Arthurs" <bob.arthurs AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:13:22 -0400
I followed up on Jacco's note and went looking for field birds along Herman 
Road in far southwest Washtenaw County today. On the north side of Herman about 
1/4 mile east of Sharon Hollow Road there was a Dickcissel singing. Part of the 
time I was there it was perched on the utility wires. Further along Herman (a 
little before the 90 degree turn) there was a Bobolink perched on the wires. 
After the 90 degree turn and just before turning east again there was a 
Northern Mockingbird singing on the west side of the road - just at Deer 
Valley. 


Bob Arthurs

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Subject: OT: Promethea Moth
From: Robert Collins <eclectics AT ameritech.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
Last March I removed one of three unknown pupae from our Spicebush. I placed it 
in a live jar and have patiently waited until today as there was an appearance. 
It was a beautiful Promethea Moth, Callosamia promethea, and was the more 
pinkish female that is sexually dimorphic from the darker male. The pupa was 
silken and wrapped in a Spicebush leaf that became quite noticeable during the 
winter months. 


BioBob

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Subject: The Polish Swan, a white morph of the Mute Swan
From: alryff AT sbcglobal.net
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:18:10 -0700 (PDT)




I am sorry that the Grove Street photo URL did not attach to my message.
I did as Bruce Bowman instructed. I attached to the URL a < before the URL and 
a > after and placed theURL ona separate line. This timeI shall try without 
the <> on the next line. 


http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html

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Subject: The Polish Swan, a white morph of the Mute Swan
From: alryff AT sbcglobal.net
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:50:25 -0700 (PDT)
I posted about the Polish Swan, a white morph of the Mute Swan, as well as the 
questionable status of the Mute Swan as a truly wild bird in Europe. Included 
are photos of Lake Saint Clair Mute Swans. Click on at 

 
Alan Ryff 

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Subject: My Holland pics now organized and my yellow Orchard Oriole
From: "Robert Setzer" <doctorbass AT comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:14:06 -0400
Birders:

 

I have been working with my photos on PBase tonight. I just learned from
list birder Richard Miller (thanks, Richard!) in his recent loon note (Whew!
Great pics! I went "up" to his other galleries as well and added his PBase
URL to my favorites) that I could set up a "tree structure" of albums
("galleries") within PBase, so I have split off the herons from other
critters we see at Holland Ponds. 

 

You can tell the galleries in PBase because the name is enclosed in double
colons fore and aft (i.e., ::Name::). You can click on any "quad-colonated"
(now that's a new term - I made it myself!) reference pic to delve into the
gallery itself.

 

As a former taxonomist, I just love the fact I can put my pics in a tree!
Hey! It's really like a "key" (previously discussed on the list), isn't it?!

 

I am finally getting pleased about how I can display and share my pics. I
have a "few" (J) more to add (especially with the herons!), but I think
organization is the first step!

 

I put my first year (yellow) Orchard Oriole (mentioned in my last note I
think) out there (lucky shot!) (see :: Holland Ponds :: > ::Other birds::
>4373.). I also put out some "bugs" and "herps" pics for which I would
appreciate IDs from you multi-faceted naturalists please. (In response, you
can reference the pic by the number included in the pic title). Please help
me out!

 

Please check out my Holland pics at:
http://www.pbase.com/doctorbass/holland_ponds

 

Note: In PBase, if you scroll down while viewing any pic, you not only get
to see the caption (i.e., "my words"), but you also have the ability to see
the pic larger or smaller by clicking on a size following "other sizes".

 

It's a start. I think it is what I need. 

 

As always, I appreciate your interest and comments! Please enjoy! I am not
the best photographer, but I am having fun living with nature again and
learning birds!

 

(And, I would also appreciate knowing if the PBase URL reference works for
you or not.)

 

"Dr. Bob"

 

"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! 

Give a man a camera and interesting subjects, and his child-like questions
may become not only interesting, but also perhaps overwhelming!

 



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Subject: Re: ENVIRO: Whitefish Point update, BILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
From: Ken and Robin Ballard <ballards88 AT verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:13:37 -0400
I just called and spoke with someone in Amy Bergland's office.  Senator 
Levin's version of the Stupak bill was introduced yesterday.  I was told 
that it is not the same as the Stupak bill, and that the speaker would 
see if I could obtain access to the language of the bill.  I left my 
email, cell phone and land line numbers.  We could probably get some 
access through Senator Levin's website, once I find it.  I was told that 
"birdwatchers" have approved the language of Senator Levin's bill.  I 
said, "Not all of us!".  Hope to learn more about the language soon.

Robin Ballard
St. Johns, MI

dombroski AT yahoo.com wrote:
> Recent developments regarding Whitefish Point require immediate action 
> from
> birders around the state:
>
> The Michigan Audubon Society Board of Directors met on June 6 and
> agreed to oppose legislation to change the land patent held by the
> Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society at least until several
> outstanding issues with the GLSHS are resolved. I sat in on this board
> meeting and was heartened to see MAS follow the lead of three  UP
> chapters who have opposed this proposed law.
>
> HR 1280, which would incorporate the 2002 Human Use/Natural Resource
> Management Plan for Whitefish Point into the GLSHS patent, and state
> that its implementation was "permitted as the intent of Congress"
> passed the U.S.  House of Representatives on June 2, as predicted in a
> previous post from Skye Haas.
>
> Senator Levin is working on a Senate version of this bill, and may
> introduce it soon. Birders need to contact Levin ASAP through his U.P.
> aide Amy Berglund and let him know that Whitefish Point is already
> overdeveloped with non-historic buildings, and that in spite of MAS
> having agreed to the Plan, we as individuals don't like it, don't
> trust the GLSHS to follow it, and don't think it should be
> incorporated into federal law.
>
> The cornerstone of the Settlement Agreement that brought forth this
> 2002 management plan was a promise by GLSHS not to in any way acquire
> property adjacent to theirs for a parking lot. GLSHS has attempted to
> get around this by having the township seek to acquire up to 2.5 acres
> of state land adjacent to WP.  To make this proposal palatable to the
> township, GLSHS has offered to reimburse the township for any expense
> associated with constructing, maintaining, or insuring the parking
> lot.  With this sort of interpretation of agreements they've entered
> into, how is the public supposed to trust them to abide by any of the
> concessions they made in the management plan?
>
> Senators Levin (and Stabenow) need to hear that such a move would
> empower GLSHS to go ahead with their development proposals while
> ignoring environmental and historical concerns. An example of how this
> might work: The Plan contains contradictions such as stating that no
> wetlands will be destroyed when additional parking spaces are created,
> yet the map provided  with the plan shows parking spaces (such as near
> the Owl's Roost gift shop) that would require removing alders (an
> obligate wetland species) to increase pavement. GLSHS would use their
> re-written patent to claim that Congress "intended" that the parking
> spaces be added, in spite of the language in the plan that contradicts
> this.
>
> The GLSHS states in their Cultural Resource/Building Use Plan (a plan
> required by the Management Plan, but that was completed with no input
> from MAS, USFWS, or the State Historic Preservation Office who called
> for the plan) that: "GLSHS is a private, non-profit corporation. Its
> real estate is not in any manner controlled by any public body or
> government entity, or held in any form of a trust for the public.
> GLSHS was deeded the property for the express purpose of
> 'interpretation and preservation of maritime history'.
>
> So, after all the public money that has gone to this organization,
> they don't owe the public anything back at all?
>
> Their Building Use Plan also states:
> "Lastly, the commission of a building use study by GLSHS, a private
> business owner, does not require that it follow any strictly
> regulatory process."
>
> Consider this statement from Page A2 of the Building Use Plan:
>
> "The principal constituents of the Museum are its members, regional
> educational institutions, divers and those who have a vested interest
> in Great Lakes shipping or have lost loved ones to shipwreck. . . .
>
> Is the general public who gave them the property and pays for
> their shipwreck diving and building renovations with their gasoline tax
> dollars, along with all the other money they've paid, somehow a
> "secondary constituent"?
>
> GLSHS is suggesting that they don't even have to let the public onto
> their property.  A January 2008 letter to Whitefish Township residents
> written by GLSHS President James Spurr says:
>
> "The Shipwreck Society does not want to prioritize its available
> parking between its paying customers and Township residents, who
> travel to Whitefish Point only to enjoy the beauty of nature."
>
> Spurr provided this during public comment at the January 2007
> meeting of the Whitefish Township Board:
>
> "We're gonna take care of our customers first. If we have to ask at
> the gate or put up a gate and charge out at at the property line, we
> will ensure that our customers have parking spots. To the extent that
> there is any extra, Whitefish Township residents are more than willing
> to enjoy the parking that is there..." [Even though Spurr claimed he
> drove up to the meeting from Kalamazoo "to help", he essentially was
> there to threaten theTownship: Either you pressure the DNR to give up
> public land for parking at Whitefish Point or we will restrict the
> parking now available to our paying customers.]
>
> In addition to the Access Agreement between Whitefish Township and
> GLSHS, in which GLSHS promises free access to all outdoor open areas
> of the Whitefish Point Light Station (an agreement that was a
> requirement of a grant they received), the Shared Use and Occupancy
> Agreement, which GLSHS must follow as a condition of their patent,
> says that the parking lot can be used by all three property owners.
> GLSHS cannot restrict parking on the parking spaces at Whitefish
> Point, though they may obtain some of their objectives by threatening
> to do so.  The GLSHS is so adamant they are private property owners
> that they have had two people arrested and charged by the county 
> with criminal
> trespass for simply walking on the museum grounds!   Though these
> cases were dismissed by the courts, the defendants spent over $12,000
> in legal fees, to prove that all law-abiding members of the public 
> have a right to enjoy Whitefish Point regardless of their political 
> positions on GLSHS development.
>
> The bottom line for me is that GLSHS has a long history that
> demonstrates that they cannot be trusted to preserve Whitefish Point
> and that they don't appreciate what the public has given to them. They
> owe it to us, the public, to follow their current property patent as
> written. We, the public, do not owe them the privilege of changing the
> patent at their request.
>
> Please call or write Amy Berglund and request that Senator Levin not
> support changing GLSHS's land patent.
>
> Contact Senator Levin at:
> Amy Berglund
> 524 Ludington Street
> Suite LL-103
> Escanaba MI 49829-3949
> phone: (906) 789-0052
> fax: (906) 789-0015
> Thank you.
> Louie Dombroski
>
>
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Subject: Another Orchard Oriole in western Washtenaw County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:52:12 -0400
Friday morning I found an Orchard Oriole on Liberty Road just east of the 
intersection with Dancer Road in western Washtenaw County. The male was singing 
right from one of the trees lining Liberty. 


 

In case anyone is interested, both Liberty and Dancer roads in the vicinity 
that cut through a Oak woods there is a great place to see Banded Hairstreaks. 
The Hairstreaks there seem to spend most of their time sunning themselves from 
relatively low-lying plants and trees. It is best to look for their small 
bodies tumbling in flight until they land on vegetation. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan

6/26/2009

 

Why do the ruling Democratic Party elites act in such a detrimental manner 
towards the American working class and the American Poor by allowing and 
encouraging massive inflows of both legal and illegal, cheap foreign labor? 



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Subject: ENVIRO: Whitefish Point update
From: louie_dombroski AT yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:06:46 -0700 (PDT)

Recent developments regarding Whitefish Point require immediate action from
birders around the state:

The Michigan Audubon Society Board of Directors met on June 6 and
agreed to oppose legislation to change the land patent held by the
Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society at least until several
outstanding issues with the GLSHS are resolved. I sat in on this board
meeting and was heartened to see MAS follow the lead of three UP
chapters who have opposed this proposed law.

HR 1280, which would incorporate the 2002 Human Use/Natural Resource
Management Plan for Whitefish Point into the GLSHS patent, and state
that its implementation was "permitted as the intent of Congress"
passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 2, as predicted in a
previous post from Skye Haas.

Senator Levin is working on a Senate version of this bill, and may
introduce it soon. Birders need to contact Levin ASAP through hisU.P.
aide Amy Berglund and let him know that Whitefish Point is already
overdeveloped with non-historic buildings, and that in spite of MAS
having agreed to the Plan, we as individuals don't like it, don't
trust the GLSHS to follow it, and don't think it should be
incorporated into federal law.

The cornerstone of the Settlement Agreement that brought forth this
2002 management plan was a promise by GLSHS not to in any way acquire
property adjacent to theirs for a parking lot. GLSHS has attempted to
get around this by having the township seek to acquire up to 2.5 acres
of state land adjacent to WP. To make this proposal palatable to the
township, GLSHS has offered to reimburse the township for any expense
associated with constructing, maintaining, or insuring the parking
lot. With this sort of interpretation of agreements they've entered
into, howis the public supposed to trust themto abide by any of the
concessions they made in the management plan?

Senators Levin (and Stabenow) need to hear that such a move would
empower GLSHS to go ahead with their development proposals while
ignoring environmental and historical concerns. An example of how this
might work: The Plan contains contradictions such as stating that no
wetlands will be destroyed when additional parking spaces are created,
yet the map provided with the plan shows parking spaces (such as near
the Owl's Roost gift shop) that would require removing alders (an
obligate wetland species)to increase pavement. GLSHS would use their
re-written patent to claim that Congress "intended" that the parking
spaces be added, in spite of the language in the plan that contradicts
this.

The GLSHS states in their Cultural Resource/Building Use Plan (a plan
required by the Management Plan, but that was completed with no input
from MAS, USFWS, or the State Historic Preservation Office who called
for the plan) that: "GLSHS is a private, non-profit corporation. Its
real estate is not in any manner controlled by any public body or
government entity, or held in any form of a trust for the public.
GLSHS was deeded the property for the express purpose of
'interpretation and preservation of maritime history'.

So, after all the public money that has gone to this organization,
they don't owe the public anything back at all?

Their Building Use Plan also states:
"Lastly, the commission of a building use study by GLSHS, a private
business owner, does not require that it follow any strictly
regulatory process."

Consider this statement from Page A2 of the Building Use Plan:

"The principal constituents of the Museum are its members, regional
educational institutions, divers and those who have a vested interest
in GreatLakes shipping or have lost loved ones to shipwreck. . . .

Is the general public who gave them the property and pays for
their shipwreck divingand building renovations with their gasoline tax
dollars, along with all the other money they'vepaid,somehow a
"secondary constituent"?

GLSHS is suggesting that they don't even have to let the public onto
their property. A January 2008 letter to Whitefish Township residents
written byGLSHS President James Spurr says:

"The Shipwreck Society does not want to prioritize its available
parking between its paying customers and Township residents, who
travel to Whitefish Point only to enjoy the beauty of nature."

Spurr provided this during public comment at the January 2007
meeting of the Whitefish Township Board:

"We're gonna take care of our customers first. If we have to ask at
the gate or put up a gate and charge out at at the property line, we
will ensure that our customers have parking spots. To the extent that
there is any extra, Whitefish Township residents are more than willing
to enjoy the parking that is there..." [Even though Spurr claimed he
drove up to the meeting from Kalamazoo "to help", he essentially was
there to threaten theTownship: Either you pressure the DNR to give up
public land for parking at Whitefish Point or we will restrict the
parking now available to our paying customers.]

In addition to the Access Agreement between Whitefish Township and
GLSHS, in which GLSHS promises free access to all outdoor open areas
of the Whitefish Point Light Station (an agreement that was a
requirement of a grant they received), the Shared Use and Occupancy
Agreement, which GLSHS must follow as a condition of their patent,
says that the parking lot can be used by all three property owners.
GLSHS cannot restrict parking on the parking spaces at Whitefish
Point, though they may obtain some of their objectives by threatening
to do so. The GLSHS is so adamant they are private property owners
that theyhave had two people arrested and charged by the county withcriminal
trespass for simply walking on the museum grounds!Though these
cases were dismissed by the courts, the defendants spent over $12,000
in legal fees, to prove that all law-abiding members of the public have a right 
to enjoy Whitefish Point regardless of their political positions on GLSHS 
development. 


The bottom line for me is that GLSHS has a long history that
demonstrates that they cannot be trusted to preserve Whitefish Point
and that they don't appreciate what the public has given to them. They
owe it to us, the public, to follow their current property patent as
written. We, the public, do not owe them the privilege of changing the
patent at their request.

Please call or write Amy Berglund and request that Senator Levin not
support changing GLSHS's land patent.

Contact Senator Levin at:
Amy Berglund
524 Ludington Street
Suite LL-103
Escanaba MI 49829-3949
phone: (906) 789-0052
fax: (906) 789-0015

Thank you.
Louie Dombroski




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Subject: Books to donate
From: Kris Parnicky <kparnicky AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:15:07 -0400
Wow! What a response!!
Thank you all for your offers to accept these books. I have decided to give
the majority to the Washtenaw Audubon Society library where they will be
available to anyone.

Kris Parnicky


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Subject: Re: birders digest: June 25, 2009
From: Sherri Smith <grackle AT umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:53:30 -0400
Julie,
I'll come help.  I've never been there, how do I get there from Ann  
Arbor?
Sherri Smith
On Jun 26, 2009, at 12:09 AM, about birding/birdwatching in southeast  
Michigan and vicinity digest wrote:

>
> From: "about birding/birdwatching in southeast Michigan and vicinity  
> digest" 
> Date: June 26, 2009 12:09:32 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: birders digest: June 25, 2009
> Reply-To: "about birding/birdwatching in southeast Michigan and  
> vicinity" 
>
>
> Digest prepared for grackle AT umich.edu
> BIRDERS Digest for Thursday, June 25, 2009.
>
> 1. Giving away books on birding
> 2. Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
> 3. Rich's Loons
> 4. OT: Volunteers needed
> 5. Trumpeter Swans and other birds 6/24 8:00-9:30 PM
> 6. Henslow's galore
> 7. Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior
> 8. Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
> 9. buried binocular treasure = reward
> 10. Photo web-site
> 11. upland sandpiper up north
> 12. RE: Henslow's galore
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>
> From: Kris Parnicky 
> Date: June 25, 2009 2:44:44 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Giving away books on birding
> Reply-To: Kris Parnicky 
>
>
> Books to give away
>
> My family is downsizing and I have the following books to donate. I  
> will give them to the AADL if no one contacts me from this birding  
> list, but I offer them here first.
>
> CD Bird Song Ear Training Guide, John Feith
> Peterson First Guides: Birds
> Wading Shore Birds, Roger S. Everett
> A Birders Guide to Point Pelee, Tom Hince
> Stokes Beginners Guide to Birds
> New Yorks 50 Best Places to go Birding in and around the Big Apple,
> John Thaxton
> A Field Guide to North American Birders, Margaret Harmon
> 1001 Questions Answered about Birds, Allan D. and Helen G.
> Cruickshank
> The Sibley Guide to Bird life & Behavior
> Audubon Life List Journal
> Return of the Eagle, The Nature Conservancy
>
>
>
>
>
> From: CATHERINE CARROLL 
> Date: June 25, 2009 5:49:24 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
> Reply-To: CATHERINE CARROLL 
>
>
> Rich,
> I really cannot recall ever having seen more beautiful photos of  
> Common Loons - stunning plumage, colors, poses, etc. reveal the  
> extraordinary beauty of this bird.  Since you have captured  
> copulating loons, perhaps you can also photograph baby loons on the  
> backs of their parent(s) in a couple of weeks.
>
> Thanks for posting these.
>
> Cathy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: millerr AT umich.edu
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:04:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada  
> Eastern
> Subject: [birders] Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
>
> Some loons:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/millerr/loons
>
> (This time I'm fairly sure I got the species right, anyway.)
>
> Rich Miller
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>
> From: Diane Pruden 
> Date: June 25, 2009 10:10:49 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Rich's Loons
> Reply-To: Diane Pruden 
>
>
> Rich-
>
> I second Cathy's comments.
>
> Those are extraordinary pictures.  I can only imagine how thrilled  
> you must have been to see these wonderful birds in that beautiful  
> place!
>
> Was this on the lake where the Nettie Bay Lodge (which advertises  
> birding programs) is located?
>
> Diane Pruden
> Milford
>
>
>
> From: Julie Craves 
> Date: June 25, 2009 10:30:30 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: OT: Volunteers needed
> Reply-To: Julie Craves 
>
>
> The Rouge River Bird Observatory (er, me!) is looking for a few able- 
> bodied volunteers to do some site maintenance on Wednesday, July 1  
> at 8 AM. We will be laying down landscape cloth along about 1000  
> feet trails and anchoring it. The stuff comes in 6 foot wide, 250  
> foot long rolls, so there isn't a lot piecing together, but it will  
> require some cutting and fitting (read: you will have to bend over  
> and be trusted with a sharp object!).
>
> This project will be followed up with the more labor-intensive and  
> tedious job of covering it all with wood chips, expected to take  
> place on July 6 and 7.
>
> If you are able to help out please drop me a line. It would be an  
> enormous help and save RRBO a lot of money in the long run on  
> continuous upkeep.
>
> -- 
> Julie A. Craves
> Rouge River Bird Observatory
> University of Michigan-Dearborn
> Dearborn, MI 48128
>
> http://www.rrbo.org
> http://net-results.blogspot.com
>
>
> From: Elvera Shappirio 
> Date: June 25, 2009 10:58:22 AM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Trumpeter Swans and other birds 6/24 8:00-9:30 PM
> Reply-To: Elvera Shappirio 
>
>
> The swans were lounging by the side of Parker Rd. last evening with  
> their two young ones. While we watched they ambled across the road  
> while several cars avoided  them. All of the drivers of many cars  
> that passed by were smiling. The young ones seemed to have a little  
> trouble walking on the asphalt. They were too incredibly beautiful.
> A Marsh Wren was singing a few feet form us in the Cattails but  
> could not be seen. There were two Pied-billed Grebes on the West pond.
>
> We found the Western Meadow Lark by the house at 17029 Sharon Valley  
> Rd.
>
> Along the first quarter mile of Luckhardt Rd at 9:30PM there were  
> two singing Dickcissels. One was perched on a hay bale. The field  
> has been mowed and the road-edge trimmed so I hope they are nesting  
> in the 6 foot edge that remains along the road. There were many  
> enthusiastically singing Horned Larks in the field across the road  
> along with several Killdeers and Savannah Sparrows. Savannah  
> Sparrows were singing all along the roads.
>
> There were two Mockingbirds near the houses on the North mile of  
> Meyers Road.
> Ellie
>
>
> From: Parula100 AT aol.com
> Date: June 25, 2009 1:06:34 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Henslow's galore
> Reply-To: Parula100 AT aol.com
>
>
> I did some birding this morning in southwestern Washtenaw County.  
> The highlight was hearing at least eight Henslow's Sparrows in a  
> field on the northwest corner of Kendall Road and Jacob Road.  
> Kendall Road is not marked on DeLorme, but it is the first road  
> south of Washburne Road. This is just east of the Jackson County  
> Line. These eight birds were heard from Jacob Road and Kendall Road,  
> and I suspect there are more Henslow's farther out in this large  
> field. Also in the field were at least one Grasshopper Sparrow and a  
> Bobolink. Unfortunately, there are several mowed swaths in this  
> field, and I fear it will soon be leveled. For anyone hoping to  
> photograph a Henslow's, be advised that, not surprisingly, I didn't  
> see a single one of them.
>
> Just east of Jacob Road on Washburne Road I found Dickcissels, more  
> Grasshopper Sparrows, and a pair of Mockingbirds (the latter were at  
> 16453 Washburne Road).
>
> The Western Meadowlark and Orchard Oriole along Sharon Valley Road  
> were present and singing.
>
> The field on Luckhardt Road which previously held Dickcissels is now  
> gone--only hay bales are left :(
>
> Darlene Friedman
> Novi
>
> Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill.
>
>
>
> From: "Cendra" 
> Date: June 25, 2009 1:09:36 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior
> Reply-To: "Cendra" 
>
>
> Wow, Dave!  Thanks.
> In this hot period of all house no lake, the image is sustaining and
> uplifting.
> So glad you shared it.
>
> Cendra
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Sing" 
> To: 
> Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:21 PM
> Subject: [birders] OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior
>
>
>> Off Topic (somewhat):  Cher and I took a long sunset drive through  
>> the
>> woods out Waterloo way last evening and saw and
>> heard all kinds of wonderful things (Barred owls in multiple  
>> locations,
>> buckets of Towhees and Veery, cooperative Pileated,
>> four immature Wild Turkey running down Roe road, etc.).   Most  
>> intriguing
>> was our stop at the Sylvan Springs, where we
>> watched a Great Blue Heron and a Raccoon fishing the Middle Pond  
>> (right at
>
>> McClure).  The animals seemed to be
>> working together, or at least benefiting from each other's  
>> activity, and
>> moved basically as one as they swept the pond
>> for small fish.  The Raccoon swished back and forth, forepaws  
>> underwater
>> and busy, catching the occasional small fish
>> or tadpole and unceremoniously shoving it into its mouth.  The Heron
>> stayed aside this activity, head down and ready,
>> and snagged fish escaping the Raccoon.  This went on for ten  
>> minutes, the
>> heron and raccoon slowly working every bit
>> of the pond basically side-by side.  The Raccoon kept his tail  
>> raised out
>> of the water ever just so, and the Heron seemed
>> to wait until the Raccoon began swishing around in the water to lean
>> forward and restart his hunting pose.  So anyway,
>> it was hard not to conclude that these very different animals were  
>> hunting
>
>> cooperatively.   Really neat stuff.
>>
>> DBS  Chelsea MI
>>
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> From: CATHERINE CARROLL 
> Date: June 25, 2009 1:38:53 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
> Reply-To: CATHERINE CARROLL 
>
>
> Rich,
> That is such a bummer that two nests failed.  Probably means trouble  
> of some sort.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't think that loons nest in southern Michigan.
>
> Cathy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: millerr AT umich.edu
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:04:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada  
> Eastern
> Subject: [birders] Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
>
> Some loons:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/millerr/loons
>
> (This time I'm fairly sure I got the species right, anyway.)
>
> Rich Miller
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> From: "Bruce Robertson" 
> Date: June 25, 2009 5:23:36 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: buried binocular treasure = reward
> Reply-To: "Bruce Robertson" 
>
>
> Ive done and lost my Leica 8 x 32 binoculars. I put them on the  
> ground while doing a bird survey in some switchgrass on DNR land and  
> then I forgot to pick them up again. Ill give anyone who finds them  
> $175. I laid them on the ground in a switchgrass field within ~60m  
> of the treeline at these coordinates:
>
> 4212'5.84"N, 8410'0.77"W
>
> This is somewhat near the intersection of Fishville road where it  
> meets Curtis road. The best access to this site is hiking across a  
> field from Fishville road about  mile south of this intersection  
> where there is a parking lot. Google Earth provides great shots of  
> the area. The binoculars are black with a black strap that says  
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology on the strap.
>
> Happy hunting to anybody who is interested. Bring my babies home!
>
> Bruce Robertson
> Postdoctoral Fellow
> W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
> Michigan State University
> 3700 East Gull Lake Drive
> Hickory Corners, MI 49060
>
> roberba1 AT msu.edu
> brucerobertson AT hotmail.com
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> 206-718-9172 (cell)
> 269-671-4485 (FAX)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: "Robert Epstein" 
> Date: June 25, 2009 5:56:56 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: Photo web-site
> Reply-To: "Robert Epstein" 
>
>
> For anyone who may be interested, I've uploaded some photos of birds  
> that were taken this spring on my photo web-site.
>
> Robert Epstein
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/robepstein/
>
>
>
>
> From: keitay AT umich.edu
> Date: June 25, 2009 6:04:03 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: upland sandpiper up north
> Reply-To: keitay AT umich.edu
>
>
> For any of you in the northwest lower peninsula:
>
> Spectacular views today of upland sandpipers today on Ely Road in  
> Emmett County, just west of the back fence of the Pellston airport.  
> No need to do anything but pull up beside the old fenceposts and  
> watch them do their thing.
>
> I have seen them there for the last three years.
>
> Keith T.
>
>
> From: "CJ McDonald" 
> Date: June 25, 2009 9:15:20 PM GMT-04:00
> Subject: RE: Henslow's galore
> Reply-To: "CJ McDonald" 
>
>
> Two notes:
>
> 1.  In that same area of Washburne, there have been nesting Red- 
> headed Woodpeckers the last two years (I haven't checked this year)  
> -- in the dead trunk of a big oak surrounded by smaller trees and  
> bushes, just off the north side of Washburne, maybe 150-200 yards  
> east of Jacob
>
> 2.  I was at the field on Luckhardt yesterday, and there was a  
> Dickcissel ON one of the hay bales!
>
> Also, I saw an adult male Orchard Oriole on Ellsworth east of  
> Steinbach -- at the lowest point in the road, where there is a  
> little wetland on both sides.
>
> Jim McDonald
> Ypsilanti
>
> From: Parula100 AT aol.com [mailto:Parula100 AT aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:07 PM
> To: birders AT umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Henslow's galore
>
> Just east of Jacob Road on Washburne Road I found Dickcissels, more  
> Grasshopper Sparrows, and a pair of Mockingbirds (the latter were at  
> 16453 Washburne Road).
>
> The field on Luckhardt Road which previously held Dickcissels is now  
> gone--only hay bales are left :(
>
> Darlene Friedman
> Novi
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Subject: new yard bird
From: "Barbara Lohr_Ward" <barbward AT isr.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:10:16 -0400
Just saw a great crested flycatcher in the back yard---that is a first for me 
and a first for our yard! 

 
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Subject: RE: Henslow's galore
From: "LaHaie, Ivan J." <ivan.lahaie AT gd-ais.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:27:28 -0400
I saw a red-headed woodpecker on/around that dead oak about a month ago.

 

Ivan

 

From: CJ McDonald [mailto:cjmcd77 AT comcast.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:15 PM
Subject: RE: Henslow's galore

 

Two notes:

 

1.  In that same area of Washburne, there have been nesting Red-headed
Woodpeckers the last two years (I haven't checked this year) -- in the
dead trunk of a big oak surrounded by smaller trees and bushes, just off
the north side of Washburne, maybe 150-200 yards east of Jacob

 

2.  I was at the field on Luckhardt yesterday, and there was a
Dickcissel ON one of the hay bales!

 

Also, I saw an adult male Orchard Oriole on Ellsworth east of Steinbach
-- at the lowest point in the road, where there is a little wetland on
both sides.

 

Jim McDonald

Ypsilanti

 

________________________________

From: Parula100 AT aol.com [mailto:Parula100 AT aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:07 PM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Henslow's galore

Just east of Jacob Road on Washburne Road I found Dickcissels, more
Grasshopper Sparrows, and a pair of Mockingbirds (the latter were at
16453 Washburne Road).

 

The field on Luckhardt Road which previously held Dickcissels is now
gone--only hay bales are left :(

 

Darlene Friedman

Novi

 

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Subject: RE: Henslow's galore
From: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77 AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:15:20 -0400
Two notes:
 
1.  In that same area of Washburne, there have been nesting Red-headed
Woodpeckers the last two years (I haven't checked this year) -- in the dead
trunk of a big oak surrounded by smaller trees and bushes, just off the
north side of Washburne, maybe 150-200 yards east of Jacob
 
2.  I was at the field on Luckhardt yesterday, and there was a Dickcissel ON
one of the hay bales!
 
Also, I saw an adult male Orchard Oriole on Ellsworth east of Steinbach --
at the lowest point in the road, where there is a little wetland on both
sides.
 
Jim McDonald
Ypsilanti

  _____  

From: Parula100 AT aol.com [mailto:Parula100 AT aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 1:07 PM
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Henslow's galore


Just east of Jacob Road on Washburne Road I found Dickcissels, more
Grasshopper Sparrows, and a pair of Mockingbirds (the latter were at 16453
Washburne Road).
 
The field on Luckhardt Road which previously held Dickcissels is now
gone--only hay bales are left :(
 
Darlene Friedman
Novi

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Subject: upland sandpiper up north
From: keitay AT umich.edu
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:04:03 -0400
For any of you in the northwest lower peninsula:

Spectacular views today of upland sandpipers today on Ely Road in  
Emmett County, just west of the back fence of the Pellston airport. No  
need to do anything but pull up beside the old fenceposts and watch  
them do their thing.

I have seen them there for the last three years.

Keith T.

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Subject: Photo web-site
From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:56:56 -0400
For anyone who may be interested, I've uploaded some photos of birds that were 
taken this spring on my photo web-site. 


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Subject: buried binocular treasure = reward
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1 AT msu.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:23:36 -0400
Ive done and lost my Leica 8 x 32 binoculars. I put them on the ground
while doing a bird survey in some switchgrass on DNR land and then I forgot
to pick them up again. Ill give anyone who finds them $175. I laid them on
the ground in a switchgrass field within ~60m of the treeline at these
coordinates:

 

4212'5.84"N, 8410'0.77"W

 

This is somewhat near the intersection of Fishville road where it meets
Curtis road. The best access to this site is hiking across a field from
Fishville road about  mile south of this intersection where there is a
parking lot. Google Earth provides great shots of the area. The binoculars
are black with a black strap that says Cornell Lab of Ornithology on the
strap.

 

Happy hunting to anybody who is interested. Bring my babies home!

 

Bruce Robertson 
Postdoctoral Fellow

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station

Michigan State University

3700 East Gull Lake Drive

Hickory Corners, MI 49060

 

  roberba1 AT msu.edu

  brucerobertson AT hotmail.com

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Subject: Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
From: CATHERINE CARROLL <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:38:53 -0400 (EDT)

Rich, 

That is such a bummer that two nests failed.  Probably means trouble of some 
sort.  




Unfortunately, I don't think that loons nest in southern Michigan. 



Cathy  
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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:04:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [birders] Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI 

Some loons: 

http://www.pbase.com/millerr/loons 

(This time I'm fairly sure I got the species right, anyway.) 

Rich Miller 

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Subject: Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior
From: "Cendra" <cendra AT digitalrealm.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:09:36 -0400
Wow, Dave!  Thanks.  
In this hot period of all house no lake, the image is sustaining and
uplifting.  
So glad you shared it.

Cendra


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Sing" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: [birders] OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior


> Off Topic (somewhat):  Cher and I took a long sunset drive through the 
> woods out Waterloo way last evening and saw and
> heard all kinds of wonderful things (Barred owls in multiple locations, 
> buckets of Towhees and Veery, cooperative Pileated,
> four immature Wild Turkey running down Roe road, etc.).   Most intriguing 
> was our stop at the Sylvan Springs, where we
> watched a Great Blue Heron and a Raccoon fishing the Middle Pond (right at

> McClure).  The animals seemed to be
> working together, or at least benefiting from each other's activity, and 
> moved basically as one as they swept the pond
> for small fish.  The Raccoon swished back and forth, forepaws underwater 
> and busy, catching the occasional small fish
> or tadpole and unceremoniously shoving it into its mouth.  The Heron 
> stayed aside this activity, head down and ready,
> and snagged fish escaping the Raccoon.  This went on for ten minutes, the 
> heron and raccoon slowly working every bit
> of the pond basically side-by side.  The Raccoon kept his tail raised out 
> of the water ever just so, and the Heron seemed
> to wait until the Raccoon began swishing around in the water to lean 
> forward and restart his hunting pose.  So anyway,
> it was hard not to conclude that these very different animals were hunting

> cooperatively.   Really neat stuff.
>
> DBS  Chelsea MI
>
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Subject: Henslow's galore
From: Parula100 AT aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:06:34 EDT
I did some birding this morning in southwestern Washtenaw County. The  
highlight was hearing at least eight Henslow's Sparrows in a field on the  
northwest corner of Kendall Road and Jacob Road. Kendall Road is not marked on 

DeLorme, but it is the first road south of Washburne Road. This is just east 
of  the Jackson County Line. These eight birds were heard from Jacob Road 
and  Kendall Road, and I suspect there are more Henslow's farther out in this 
large  field. Also in the field were at least one Grasshopper Sparrow and a 
Bobolink.  Unfortunately, there are several mowed swaths in this field, and 
I fear it will  soon be leveled. For anyone hoping to photograph a 
Henslow's, be advised that, not surprisingly, I didn't see a single one of 
them. 

 
Just east of Jacob Road on Washburne Road I found Dickcissels, more  
Grasshopper Sparrows, and a pair of Mockingbirds (the latter were at 16453  
Washburne Road).
 
The Western Meadowlark and Orchard Oriole along Sharon Valley Road were  
present and singing.
 
 
The field on Luckhardt Road which previously held Dickcissels is now  
gone--only hay bales are left :(
 
Darlene Friedman
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Subject: Trumpeter Swans and other birds 6/24 8:00-9:30 PM
From: Elvera Shappirio <eshap AT umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:58:22 -0400
The swans were lounging by the side of Parker Rd. last evening with  
their two young ones. While we watched they ambled across the road  
while several cars avoided  them. All of the drivers of many cars that  
passed by were smiling. The young ones seemed to have a little trouble  
walking on the asphalt. They were too incredibly beautiful.
A Marsh Wren was singing a few feet form us in the Cattails but could  
not be seen. There were two Pied-billed Grebes on the West pond.

We found the Western Meadow Lark by the house at 17029 Sharon Valley Rd.

Along the first quarter mile of Luckhardt Rd at 9:30PM there were two  
singing Dickcissels. One was perched on a hay bale. The field has been  
mowed and the road-edge trimmed so I hope they are nesting in the 6  
foot edge that remains along the road. There were many  
enthusiastically singing Horned Larks in the field across the road  
along with several Killdeers and Savannah Sparrows. Savannah Sparrows  
were singing all along the roads.

There were two Mockingbirds near the houses on the North mile of  
Meyers Road.
Ellie

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Subject: OT: Volunteers needed
From: Julie Craves <jcraves AT umd.umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:30:30 -0400
The Rouge River Bird Observatory (er, me!) is looking for a few 
able-bodied volunteers to do some site maintenance on Wednesday, July 1 
at 8 AM. We will be laying down landscape cloth along about 1000 feet 
trails and anchoring it. The stuff comes in 6 foot wide, 250 foot long 
rolls, so there isn't a lot piecing together, but it will require some 
cutting and fitting (read: you will have to bend over and be trusted 
with a sharp object!).

This project will be followed up with the more labor-intensive and 
tedious job of covering it all with wood chips, expected to take place 
on July 6 and 7.

If you are able to help out please drop me a line. It would be an 
enormous help and save RRBO a lot of money in the long run on continuous 
upkeep.

-- 
Julie A. Craves
Rouge River Bird Observatory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128

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Subject: Rich's Loons
From: Diane Pruden <dianepruden AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:10:49 -0400
Rich-

I second Cathy's comments.

Those are extraordinary pictures.  I can only imagine how thrilled you must
have been to see these wonderful birds in that beautiful place!

Was this on the lake where the Nettie Bay Lodge (which advertises birding
programs) is located?

Diane Pruden
Milford


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Subject: Re: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
From: CATHERINE CARROLL <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:49:24 -0400 (EDT)
Rich, 
I really cannot recall ever having seen more beautiful photos of Common Loons - 
stunning plumage, colors, poses, etc. reveal the extraordinary beauty of this 
bird.  Since you have captured copulating loons, perhaps you can also 
photograph baby loons on the backs of their parent(s) in a couple of weeks. 



Thanks for posting these. 


Cathy 



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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:04:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [birders] Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI 

Some loons: 

http://www.pbase.com/millerr/loons 

(This time I'm fairly sure I got the species right, anyway.) 

Rich Miller 

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Subject: Giving away books on birding
From: Kris Parnicky <kparnicky AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:44:44 -0400
Books to give away



My family is downsizing and I have the following books to donate. I will
give them to the AADL if no one contacts me from this birding list, but I
offer them here first.



CD Bird Song Ear Training Guide, John Feith

Peterson First Guides: Birds

Wading Shore Birds, Roger S. Everett

A Birders Guide to Point Pelee, Tom Hince

Stokes Beginners Guide to Birds

New Yorks 50 Best Places to go Birding in and around the Big Apple,

John Thaxton

A Field Guide to North American Birders, Margaret Harmon

1001 Questions Answered about Birds, Allan D. and Helen G.

Cruickshank

The Sibley Guide to Bird life & Behavior

Audubon Life List Journal

Return of the Eagle, The Nature Conservancy


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Subject: Common Loons, Lake Nettie, MI
From: millerr AT umich.edu
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:04:50 -0400
Some loons:

http://www.pbase.com/millerr/loons

(This time I'm fairly sure I got the species right, anyway.)

Rich Miller

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Subject: Western Meadowlark (and others) - Washtenaw County - 6/24/09 - Yes
From: Jacco Gelderloos <jjgelderloos AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:58:34 -0700 (PDT)
Folks,
The Western Meadowlark was still present in the field between 17015 and 17029 
Sharon Valley Rd in Sharon Twp, Washtenaw County. The bird was singing from 
quite far back, but was clearly audible from Sharon Valley Rd. 

In addition to the meadowlark, there were several Northern Mockingbirds in the 
area: 1 on top of 17015 Sharon Valley, and at least 3-4 in the Deer Valley 
subdivision off Herman Rd. Other birds of note in or near this subdivision were 
Bobolink anda Grasshopper Sparrow. There was also a very likely Dickcissel in a 
field farther to the south-southwest of the sub. 

Good birding,
Jacco


      

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Subject: Re: OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior
From: "The Farmers" <ajf-jlf AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:17:10 -0400
Great observations, Dave.  Thanks for sharing!

John Farmer

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Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 12:21 PM
Subject: [birders] OT: Intra-species Hunting Behavior


> Off Topic (somewhat):  Cher and I took a long sunset drive through the 
> woods out Waterloo way last evening and saw and
> heard all kinds of wonderful things (Barred owls in multiple locations, 
> buckets of Towhees and Veery, cooperative Pileated,
> four immature Wild Turkey running down Roe road, etc.).   Most intriguing 
> was our stop at the Sylvan Springs, where we
> watched a Great Blue Heron and a Raccoon fishing the Middle Pond (right at 
> McClure).  The animals seemed to be
> working together, or at least benefiting from each other's activity, and 
> moved basically as one as they swept the pond
> for small fish.  The Raccoon swished back and forth, forepaws underwater 
> and busy, catching the occasional small fish
> or tadpole and unceremoniously shoving it into its mouth.  The Heron 
> stayed aside this activity, head down and ready,
> and snagged fish escaping the Raccoon.  This went on for ten minutes, the 
> heron and raccoon slowly working every bit
> of the pond basically side-by side.  The Raccoon kept his tail raised out 
> of the water ever just so, and the Heron seemed
> to wait until the Raccoon began swishing around in the water to lean 
> forward and restart his hunting pose.  So anyway,
> it was hard not to conclude that these very different animals were hunting 
> cooperatively.   Really neat stuff.
>
> DBS  Chelsea MI
>
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Subject: City vs. Country Herons
From: "Monica Archibald" <Monica AT InstantAssistant.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:32:11 -0400
Good Morning!

 

We moved to Howell from Warren about a year ago and have noticed a
difference between the Blue Herons. We had a large Koi/Comet pond at our old
house and we had to pretty much get within 3 feet of the Herons to scare
them off, only for them to return 5 minutes later! As a photographer, this
was sometimes cool because I got some great shots, but not good for the fish
when we weren't home. We finally got a "water scarecrow" that kept them at
bay most of the time.

 

We now have a large stocked pond at our home in Howell and the Herons visit
daily (which is ok), but we can't get within 30 feet of them without them
taking off! My husband surmises that they're more skittish because of the
fields and ponds out here where they don't have to deal with people. They're
also much smaller than the ones we saw in the city. 

 

Here's a photo of one of the city Herons that often came to visit:
http://www.grovestreet.com/PicPage.do?id=1296636  Each shingle in the photo
is 6" so you can see this bird is quite large.

 

Any thoughts? Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

 

Monica Archibald

 

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Subject: Western Meadowlark - Washtenaw County - 6/23/09 - Yes
From: lyle.hamilton AT gm.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:53:12 -0400
Birders,

I went out to 17029 Sharon Valley Road near Manchester in Washtenaw County 
last night to look for the previously posted Western Meadowlark.  I 
arrived shortly before 7 PM.  The bird could be heard from my car as I 
came to a stop along the road to park.  The bird was located within a few 
minutes on the top of one of the trees in the tree line west of and just 
behind the house.  A few minutes later the bird flew to the front yard of 
the house and landed at the top of one of the small pine trees giving good 
views.

Thanks to Maggie Jewett for originally locating this bird.

Lyle Hamilton
Howell, MI

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Subject: Possible White Pelicans
From: "Tom Shehan" <shehant AT charter.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:40:53 -0400
Birders,

 

Sitting in the Meijer's parking lot this morning in White Lake Township
(Oakland Co, M-59 east of Hartland) I spotted four very large white birds
with black wingtips flying south. The distance was well over a quarter mile
to the west of the store but I don't know what other birds they could have
been with that size and black wingtips. I was working at the time and
couldn't chase them. There are a lot of lakes south of there and Kensington
MP is not all that far away. Anyone in that area keep a lookout!

 

Tom Shehan

Hamburg Twp.

Livingston Co.

 



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Subject: RE: Embury Road
From: Coolsweetjoy AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:45:38 EDT
 
After reading Karen Markey's post yesterday, I decided  to take a walk down 
Embury Road today.  It's a great road for  birding!  Even with the heat 
today, many of the birds were still calling or  singing & flying around.    
 
Birds seen:
 
Downy Woodpeckers
Catbirds
Veeries
Blue-Winged Warblers
Pine Warblers
Cerulean Warblers
Common Yellowthroats
Yellow Warblers
Blue-Gray Gnatcathers
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Indigo Buntings
Song Sparrows
American Goldfinches
Starlings
Robins
Chickadees
Yellow-Throated Vireo
 
A Coopers Hawk came flying in and perched on a tree  branch near N. 
Territorial Road as I was leaving.  
 
Joy Barron
Clinton Twp

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Subject: Oak Openings Preserve
From: "James Fox" <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:20 -0400
I went down to Oak Openings Preserve near Toledo today to see Lark
Sparrows and Summer Tanagers.  I found both of them along Girdham Rd.  The
Lark Sparrows were in the field on the left, just north of Reed Rd. as
well as on Girdham Rd. itself.  The Summer Tanager was on the right of the
road a little further north where there are more trees.  I also heard
Cerulean, Hooded, Ovenbird, and Pine Warblers as well as a Broad-winged
Hawk near the Buehner Center.  Of those birds, the Cerulean Warbler was
the only one I saw. I posted a few pictures on my flickr site .

James Fox
Farmington Hills

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Subject: dickcissel
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1 AT msu.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:11 -0400
The Dickcissel at the Schlee WPA near Grass Lake continues. Singing is
frequent and loud.

 

Bruce Robertson 
Postdoctoral Fellow

W.K. Kellogg Biological Station

Michigan State University

3700 East Gull Lake Drive

Hickory Corners, MI 49060

 

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