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Updated on Monday, November 26 at 09:58 PM ET
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Gloria

I plan on doing a "demo" Pawnee NG Christmas Bird Count circle.  

I usually lead a few winter raptor trips (Northern Weld County)--we usually do 
pretty well for quantity and quality of raptors.

You are more than welcomed to join us ... I'll post dates here.
Gary

Subject: North Poudre Reservoir #3 (Colorado) revisited
From: Gloria Pike 
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:59:

After Gary Lefko's post my husband and I thought we'd take a short trip down
south of Cheyenne today to see if we could spot any of the birds Gary
mentioned. We did see birds on the reservoir but since we don't own a
spotting scope we weren't able to ID anything but California Gulls,
Mallards, and hundreds upon hundreds of noisy Canada geese.

However, the day proved most rewarding, nonetheless, as we DID see:

American Kestrel - both male and female, we saw at least 10 in different
locations
Northern Harrier - both male and female (first adult male I'd ever seen!)
Rough-legged Hawk - Lifer!
Blue Jay - 2
Northern Flicker - 3
Red-tailed hawk - 1
and...
one gorgeous Bald Eagle circling over the reservoir.


Easily the most birds of prey I've ever seen in one day, and they were all
quite close, mostly circling over the roads and fields or sitting on wires.
We saw the Harriers hovering and looking for prey in the fields and being
quite acrobatic.

If anybody out there knows any other good spots to see birds in winter (I
don't have access to a feeder, sadly), I'm always interested in new places
to explore.


~ Gloria Pike,
Cheyenne, WY~

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After Gary Lefko's post my husband and I thought we'd take a short trip down
south of Cheyenne today to see if we could spot any of the birds Gary
mentioned. We did see birds on the reservoir but since we don't own a
spotting scope we weren't able to ID anything but California Gulls,
Mallards, and hundreds upon hundreds of noisy Canada geese.

However, the day proved most rewarding, nonetheless, as we DID see:

American Kestrel - both male and female, we saw at least 10 in different
locations
Northern Harrier - both male and female (first adult male I'd ever seen!)
Rough-legged Hawk - Lifer!
Blue Jay - 2
Northern Flicker - 3
Red-tailed hawk - 1
and...
one gorgeous Bald Eagle circling over the reservoir.


Easily the most birds of prey I've ever seen in one day, and they were all
quite close, mostly circling over the roads and fields or sitting on wires.
We saw the Harriers hovering and looking for prey in the fields and being
quite acrobatic.

If anybody out there knows any other good spots to see birds in winter (I
don't have access to a feeder, sadly), I'm always interested in new places
to explore.


~ Gloria Pike,
Cheyenne, WY~

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Bob,

 

Thank you for these great photographs. This is so cool. I wonder if this is
a first record for Wyoming. If not,

there must only be a few others before this one.

 

Guess what?  On Saturday I saw a barn owl flying across the high prairie on
my way to Hutton Lake.

I also saw, at close range, a pair of Golden Eagles feeding on a freshly
killed fawn antelope carcass.

 

Once before, on beaver rim outside of lander on the way to Jeffrey city, I
saw a mature Golden Eagle attack

an antelope fawn and try to kill it.

 

Therefore, I think that these two eagles may have killed this fawn as well.

 

Sure is great to be a birder,

 

Drew P. Arnold

 


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Wyobirders

This morning at approximately 8:45 am , temp 12 degrees F, from our window
on the Wind River about 2 miles west of Riverton Wyoming,  wife Suzanne
noticed a dark hawk  out the window in a cottonwood tree in front of the
house /over  the river apparently hunting along the river.. Mallards,
Muskrats?  This hawk proved to be a Harris's Hawk viewed from no more that
30 to 40 feet for an extensive period of time.  Chickadees and Juncos showed
little fear of this hawk as they would accipiters.

 

 

I immediately (shaking mind you) grabbed our digital Sony point and shoot
and shot a couple of  ID photos thru the  right ocular lens of my binoculars
and later the scope.

 

The bird remained for at least 20 minutes while I able to get out the scope
and be able to take better photos as you can see in attachments.  If you
want to see photos of the bird you can call me or email me and I will get
them to you.

 

 

About the bird:

Legs and wings showed no evidence of bands or tags or jesses used by
falconers.  No compressed or worn feathers on head from a hood often used by
falconers.

The Hawk remained for about 20 minutes revealing the broad white tail band
and when it flew showed a broad white band that extended over the top of the
tail feathers onto the rump extending around the bird to white on the belly
below the legs to the dark tail feathers.  The red on the upper wing coverts
extensive.. Tail feathers looked varied in length but by wing extension tail
is long.  We were able to contact local falconers Steve Platt and D Fustos
about Harris's Hawks and they say they know of no captive hawks of this
species in the region.

 

 

Birders Sharon and Dan Orange came over and after looking around the area
for the  bird it had gone but after an hour returned to the house where it
finally landed in tree allowing us good frontal views from the roof of the
house and nearby trees.

 

 

Bob  and Suzanne Hargis 

Riverton

 


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For those (and other WYOBIRDers) who attended the Northern Colorado Lakes 
tour an update for North Poudre Reservoir #3 just south of Cheyenne near 
Wellington.

Seen today

White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Brant
Snow Goose (15 +/- including blue form 3 +/-)

In last week or so
Greater White-Fronted Goose
Black Scoter

Of note, there was some ice on the reservoir with the open water in the 
middle of reservoir providing the closest views of the fall.

Also, a Black-legged Kittiwake in Cherry Creek State Park for last week 
(Denver).  Chatfield Reservoir State Park currently has 18(!) Tundra Swans.

The reservoir is very, very abundant with waterfowl.

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
I am a Colorado Birder, are you?
http://ColoradoBirder.ning.com/

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My apologies.  I was so excited, I neglected to sign my name and location.

Elaine Baumann
Copper Mountain near Shoshoni, WY

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On Sunday, Nov. 18, we saw 3 Rose Breasted Grosbeaks eating sunflower 
seeds.  We thought this was quite late for them to be migrating to Central 
America.  It's cold here!  The male is STILL here!  (Saturday Nov. 24)  I've 
tried to take some pictures through the window, but I don't have a telephoto 
lense.  Pictures turn out fair.....not great.
It's great to see them......but maybe I should go outside and point which 
direction "south" is!  
Any comments on this unusual bird this time of year?

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As noted earlier by others, several hundred Canada Geese have been flying 
over with the arrival of the cold front this week. I ordinarily would not have 
noticed, probably, but, when you are out shoveling snow in single digit 
temperatures, any distraction is welcome.

Thanksgiving Day we noted the following in the yard, on or around feeders and 
on the heated bird bath:

Juncos - Oregon (4), Pink-sided (3) and Slate-colored (1)
Blue Jay (2)
Robin
Townsend's Solitaire
Red-shafted Flicker
Mountain Chickadee
Downy Woodpecker
House Finches (about 25) 
House Sparrows (4)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (2)

A week ago, from the 15th to the 17th, a Sharp-shinned Hawk took up 
temporary residence in the yard, leading to a significant decrease in feeder 
food consumed by other birds.

Good birding to all!

Chuck Seniawski
Cheyenne

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Yesterday I had a new yard bird - first time seen in my back yard.  I saw a
very black bird and thought "Oh, no, not Common Grackles in the winter,
too."  But closer examination through the binocs. and consulting my bird
books, it turned out to be a Brewer's Blackbird!
 
Other species seen were:
A. Robin
E. Starling
E. C.-Dove - 14 (My non-birding husband has started counting these doves to
see if we get the same number!)
RS Flicker
House Sparrows
House Finches
DE Juncos
AND a Townsend's Solitaire flew into the pond for a drink.

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Hutton Lake, S of Laramie

A late, great Western Grebe
Ferruginous Hawk painted with the palette of reds, whites and browns of the
snowy prairie beneath it
Tundra Swans 
Coots � tough birds from birth � the parents preferentially feed the
brightest (which is why the chicks have those bright red heads)
Horned Larks (which we all agree would be a much more appropriate state
bird, right?)
and the ususal suspects... under a clear blue windless sky.

Happy Thanksgiving,  Dave McDonald
 
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David B. McDonald              dbmcd AT uwyo.edu
Dept. Zoology & Physiology, Dept.  E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
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Office: BioSci 413; Lab. BioSci 441
http://www.uwyo.edu/dbmcd/mcd.html
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Greetings birders and Happy Thanksgiving
  A survey of the gull flock at the JTL pond south of the landfill  produced 
a first year glaucous gull this morning.  Most other gulls were  ring-billed 
with a few herring as well.  Most of the waterfowl have moved  through.  Many 
goose flocks were heard yesterday flying above the snow  flurries.  Good 
birding to all.
Chris Michelson
Casper, WY
 



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Jim Downham and I went to look for K 158 yesterday and didn't find it on Ray Lk 
East, Ray Lk, Ray Lk Marsh or Dry Lake. Perhaps it headed south ahead of the 
cold front. There were 9 tundras ( incl. 2 juv.) at Ray Lk Marsh, and 31 on Dry 
Lk, only about a quarter of what we counted 10 days ago. If anyone sees this 
swan further south, please let us know. 

eva crane
Lander

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WyoBirders:

    Since I almost never go outside, my birding is virtually all virtual....

Several interesting reports from Hutton Lake (the lake itself, part of
Hutton Refuge, about 9 miles S of the cement plant).

2 swans (almost certainly Tundra)
1 (odd!) Snow Goose
1 female Surf Scoter (photo sent to me by Tim Banks, ecotourguide
extraordinaire and ex-chief of our University police)

I�m hoping actually to see a bird other than a turkey over the holiday
weekend....

Bird tidbit for the week.  Erick Greene at the Univ. of Montana did a neat
paper in the journal Nature on the plumage of first-year Lazuli Buntings.
Adult males tolerate dull yearlings as neighbors, so dull yearlings get good
territories (but lose paternity to their adult neighbors).  Bright yearlings
do fine.  Intermediate yearlings get truly lousy territories (meaning no
shrub cover) and often fail to get any mate at all.  [Greene, E., B.E. Lyon,
V.R. Muehter, L. Ratcliffe, S.J. Oliver, and P.T. Boag. 2000. Disruptive
sexual selection for plumage coloration in a passerine bird. Nature 407:
]

Moral of the story � all or none, halfway you lose.

Wish you all a happy Thanksgiving,

Dave McDonald
 
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Dept. Zoology & Physiology, Dept.  E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
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This was the best day I have had in our yard in a looooong time.
2 Mt. Chickadees
3 Black cap Chickadees
2 Townsend's Solitaires (first time ever for 2)
2 Eurasian Collared doves
1 American Robin
2 Downy Woodpeckers
3 Blue Jays
4 N. Flickers (2 were Yellow shafted)
25 House Finches
40 House Sparrows
1 Red breasted Nuthatch
3 Rock Pigeons ( had 60 that flew over a few weeks ago.  I took down the 
feeders in the yard and moved them on the deck and in a near by Crab apple, 
so I am delighted with only 3)
Ann 

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This is the first year I have participated in Project FeederWatch.  I have
had more variety of birds in my backyard since October than records show
that I have kept since 1995.  Reasons - I'm a better birder, my backyard is
nearing maturity, better bird-telegraph among the species, or I have new
windows that allow an unobstructed view of the back yard (the birds were
there, I just wasn't seeing them!).  Anyway backyard birding has been alot
of fun and PFW is great.  New fall birds for my back yard are DE Juncos, A.
Goldfinch and Mtn. Chickadee.  I get the first 2 in the spring and summer
but have not seen any of the three before in the fall in the backyard.  So
Doug F. and Dave McD., I know you watch the listings - any thoughts?
 
Today so far
A. Robin - 11
A. Goldfinch - 2
DE Junco - 6
RS Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 3
Mtn. Chickadee - 1 (daily visitor for about a month now)
Eur. Collared-Dove - 12 yesterday, 7 so far today
House Finches and House Sparrows
AND - I will be watching for Bohemian Waxwings since the Walgrens had 1.
 
Have a Happy Thanksgiving and be safe if you are traveling!
 
Rose-Mary - Casper

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Greetings,

Yesterday while I was finishing up some yard work before winter, we had a (yes 
- just one) Bohemian Waxwing in our back yard. There may have been more in the 
neighborhood, but we didn't have time to go looking. 


Bruce & Donna
Casper

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Greetings birders
  With the temperature about 60 or 20 degrees above normal and the  wind 
blowing the usual half a gale I went out to look around the Alcova  Reservoir 
area.  Although the weather did not seem like it the birds had a  distinctly 
winter look. At Grey Reef Reservoir there were a number of common goldeneye 
along 

with one drake Barrow's goldeneye.  Both male and  female hooded mergansers 
were present along with one male winter plummaged  long-tailed duck.  The 
long-tailed duck was right behind the dam.   Other ducks prsent were in small 
numbers and even the American coot were much diminished. At the trailer park 
area 

of Alcova Reservoir there was a small  flock of Bohemian waxwings.  Very few 
birds on Alcova Reservoir.   There were several rough-legged hawks found in 
the area.  Good birding to  all.
Chris Michelson
Casper, WY
 



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Today, Nov. 18, 2007 swan #K158 was all alone on the marsh called Ray Lake 
East.  There was no ice and the temp was about 61 degrees.  There were 18 
tundras on the Ray Lake marsh.

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Not only do we have our usual Red Breasted Nuthatches (2) and White 
Breasted Nuthatches (2), lots of Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskins, Dark Eyed 
Juncos, and American Goldfinches, but today there are a pair of Rose-
Breasted Grosbeaks!  What a pleasant surprise.  We've had one or 2 in years 
past, but never a pair.  They probably are just passing through and won't 
hang around long, but we sure enjoy seeing these rare birds occasionally.

Elaine Baumann
Copper Mountain near Shoshoni, WY

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On November 11, 2007 I saw about 150 tundra swans on Ray Lake East, a 
marsh on State Highway 132 about 1 mile from the junction with US 287.  
While scoping the birds, I spotted one with a neck band, #K158.  On Tuesday, 
Nov. 13, Eva Crane and I went back and the same swan was still there.  After 
some emails to the right people, we found out that the swan had been banded 
on the Yukon Delta NWR NE of Bethel on 24 July, 2007.  It was an adult 
female tundra.  We were excited.  Eva got some good pics of it and has 
agreed to send them to any who would like.  Her email is 
evacrane AT wyoming.com.  It was a great week of birding.

Jim Downham

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Sorry folks

Meant to say Great Gulls in the East and Swans in the west of the state.

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Wyobirders

Jim and Bob went birding to Dry Lake east of Lander yesterday with
waterfowl of note:

 

Over  70 Tundra swans

Lesser Scaup-- several

Redheads- more than several

No. Shoveler- a few

Am. Wigeon- lots

GW Teal  --few

Canvasback -2

No. Pintail -good numbers

Ring-necked duck

Common Goldeneye--- good numbers

Hooded Merganser  -- male and female

Bufflehead-good numbers

Gadwall - many at several locations.

Several Northern Shrikes around the areas we visited.  Rough Legged hawks
have arrived in great numbers around as well

 

 

Interesting yesterday on the Wind River in front of the Hargis House.

A mature Bald Eagle cruising up the river spotted and took a large carp out
of the water. rough on rough fish.

 

Bob Hargis

Jim Downham


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Greetings birders
  A survey of the JTL ponds and Soda Lake this morning produced a few  
interesting birds. There was one surf scoter. Gulls are still present in good 

numbers, most being ring-billed but still a few California and  some herring.  
There was one Bonaparte's gull found. Light conditions were rather poor so no 

chance to be sure about Thayer's gull.  One hooded  merganser found.  Common 
goldeneye numbers are increasing while most other  ducks are decreasing.  It 
seems to me so far that the swan migration has  been poor.  Not many seen and 
not often.  So far only adults  noted.  Good birding to all.
Chris Michelson
Casper, WY
 



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So, is anyone interested in heading up to Idaho this Saturday? I could drive, 
or help with gas. (Might even bake cookies.) 


Marie Adams
Evanston, WY

       
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Tom - You should report your marker at the bird banding web page:
www.pwrc.usgs.gov.  Its a quick and easy form to fill out, and if the eagle
is logged into their database you will receive a certificate and notice
regarding where the bird was marked, when, and who marked it.  They will
also share information regarding why the bird is being marked if they have
it.

Thanks!

Pat

Pat Deibert
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wyoming Field Office


                                                                           
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Yesterday near Cody my brother saw a Golden Eagle with a wing band.  Does
anyone know if there is an agency that it should be reported to?

Tom Axthelm
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Following is a report from the Idaho list serve on a Northern Hawk Owl found in 
Rexburg about 85 miles west of Jackson Hole. I saw it this afternoon...very 
tame and easy to see. Hope it stays around for a while. Best, Susan 



Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:43:11 -0800From: susanpatla AT yahoo.comSubject: Fwd: 
[IBLE] N. Hawk Owl near RexburgTo: susan_patla AT hotmail.comNote: forwarded 
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Howdy, I just got the following message from a birding buddy about a recent N. 
Hawk Owl sighting at Beaver Dick Park near Rexburg. 

Chuck Trost
 






From: John/Tamie Parker
Date: 11/10/07 13:03:15
To: Ed Harper
Subject: Fw: hawk owl
 
 
 
Hi Ed,
I thought I would forward this so you can pass this on to Chuck Trost(?). I'll 
send any photos if I get any. 

 
John
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Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:50 AM
Subject: hawk owl

NEWS FLASH!
 
 So, whenever Neal and I go to Boise, we always stop at a county park (called 
Beaver Dick (after some trapper)) just west of Rexburg on Hwy 33, along the 
snake river. There are cottonwoods and other bushy habitat, along with a few 
planted spruces. 

 
 SO, yesterday at 4ish, we drive in and see a bird fly into the spruce next to 
the road--I scream, "hawk owl!" 

 
 Indeed, there we were in central Idaho, looking at a northern hawk owl (we had 
just seen one in Canada and so its looks were fresh in our minds). I took about 
50 pictures of it. Too bad about the bad lighting, but we did get a few good 
shots when the sun poked thru the clouds. 

 
    CRAZY!!!!
 
    cheers, ryneal
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Yesterday near Cody my brother saw a Golden Eagle with a wing band. Does anyone 
know if there is an agency that it should be reported to? 


Tom Axthelm
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This morning I had a young male Red Crossbill. Would have missed it completely 
if it had not flown into my neighbor's car window, with a distinctive "thud". 
When I investigated, I saw what it was. I was very relieved, when after a few 
minutes he regained his senses and flew off into a tree. 


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Hello Wyobirders,
 Mark and I spent the morning fishing at North Crow Reservoir and observed only 
two birds on the water, a Western Grebe and a Common Loon. And I'm really sure 
it wasn't one of the more exotic loons! 

 North Crow Reservoir is north of Happy Jack Road and west of Curt Gowdy State 
Park, back about 5 miles on gravel. It is now supervised by the state parks 
people. 

Barb Gorges
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Of note today,  119 tundra swans on the marsh on Highway 132 between 
Highway 287 and Ethete.  Also on the marsh:  pintail, shoveler, mallard, 
widgeon, coot, geese, ringbill, bufflehead, pied billed grebe, red head, common 

merganser, red headed merganser, bonaparte's gull, ringbilled gull.  There was 
quite a bunch of birds there today.

Jim Downham

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My first gray-crowned rosy finch appeared yesterday sitting on my deck
railing, eyeing the sunflower seed below.  It didn't stay long and I had no
repeat visitors this a.m.  Typically I have a couple hundred spend the
winter at my feeders, much to the delight of my strictly inside cats (there
are always lots of smudges on the inside of the windows by the feeders!).

Pat, Buford WY

Pat Deibert
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Slow birding today from East side of Ocean Lake north to badlands northeast
of Pavillion, Wy.   On to Bass Lake and then several overlooks on the west
side of Boyden Lake.

 

Slow birding for sure.   All the great ducks are avoiding West/Central
Wyoming for the fine spots like Soda Lake and Cheyenne.. 

 

Birds of note

 

Many Redheads and a number of Canvsback and Ring-necked Ducks at Bass Lake.
among the thousands of coots.

Several groups of Goldeneyes at Boysen west.  

Prairie falcon there too

 

First bunch of Rough-legged Hawks today.. at least 7 individuals.

 

Northern Shrike 2 today

 

A flock of Am. Tree Sparrows present in the bushes around Boysen Lake.

 

2 Golden Eagles

 

Huge flock of immature/female mixed Red-winged Blackbirds.

 

4 Pacific Loons seen at Ocean Lake and 2 more at Boysen from Sand Mesa
overlook

 

2 Common Loons at Ocean Lake tool

 

 

Slow day but fun 

 

 

Bob Hargis

Jim Downham

 


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Mallard (lots)
Canada Goose (a few)
American Coot (a few)
Northern Shoveler (about 2 or 3 maybe?)
Bufflehead (2 or 3)
American Crow (3)
White rock dove (it's still hanging out there)
Black-billed Magpie (1)

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Hi everyone,

Have a new bird in my yard. A Western Scrub Jay seems to be moving in, has 
been storing peanuts and sunflower seeds all day. It showed up yesterday and 
hasn't left the yard since, shows very little fear of me so I've had good luck 
shooting pictures of it. I had one several years ago but he just stopped to 
feed and moved on. 

Francis Bergquist
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Greetings Wyoming birders,

I have subscribed to this list in advance of a trip to Wyoming planned for
December.  This will not be a birding trip, by any means, as most of my
activities will be planned by those I'm visiting.  But, as always, I'll
have my bins with me and I'll be "on the lookout"!  And there may arise an
occasional foray specifically for birds, one never knows.

My name is Carlton Schooley and I'm currently living in West Virginia. 
I've been birding the last 15 or so years, but I've never had time for
intensive field study.  I do pretty well with the common birds of the
Eastern US, but have never been West at all.

My request is mainly for which new birds an Easterner like me might
encounter in Wyoming in December.  My rough itinerary is as follows:

1st week of December - Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs areas
2nd week of December - Laramie to Green River
3rd week of December - Riverton area
4th week of December - Worland to Cody

Which non-eastern birds would be common enough at this time of year that
I'd be likely to see them even on a casual birding venture like this? 
Which would be possible but not so common?  Which would be possible but
even less likely?  Which would be possible but long shots?

I'll appreciate any and all help.  And will be in touch with the group
during my trip, as able, with questions and to let you know what I've
encountered.

Thanks so much, in advance,
Carlton Schooley
now at Canaan Valley, WV
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Greetings birders
  A survey of Soda Lake this afternoon after the overcast started to  break 
up but before the wind started again produced some interesting  birds.  The 
black scoter from yesterday was not relocated.  A surf  scoter found yesterday 
was still present today.  One long-tailed duck was  found.  The large gull 
population of yesterday was gone. A small group of white-fronted geese flew 
over 

but did not stop.  Good birding to  all.
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Contact:
Barb Gorges, 
Cheyenne - High Plains Audubon Society

For Immediate Release - Nov. 5, 2007

Wyoming toad topic of Audubon talk Nov. 20

 The Wyoming toad, found only in Albany County, will be the topic of a free 
public lecture sponsored by the Cheyenne - High Plains Audubon Society 7 p.m., 
Nov. 20 in the Willow Room of the Laramie County Public Library, 2200 Pioneer 
Ave. 


 Guest speakers Jan McKee and Jason Palmer of the US Fish and Wildlife Service 
will discuss the toad's history and future and how it is an example of 
declining amphibian populations worldwide. Once a common sight in wetlands on 
the Laramie Plains in the 1950s, it was listed as endangered in 1984 and 
thought to be extinct in the wild by 1994. A successful captive breeding and 
release program is helping it make a comeback. 


 The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information about this 
and other Audubon activities, please call Mark Gorges, . 


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Greetings birders
  Despite the winds in Casper this morning a survey of Soda Lake  produced 
some interesting birds. The highlight was a single female black scoter. There 

were also a flock of about 20 snow geese which flew off  toward the west.  
Many gulls which were mostly ring-billed but a few  California and a few 
herring. There were some which defied identification. Greater scaup, lesser 
scaup, 

canvasback, American widgeon,  gadwall, northern shoveler, northern pintail, 
bufflehead, ruddy duck,  ring-necked duck, eared grebe and Canada goose were 
all present.  Good  birding to all.
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Today I went elk hunting on Green Mountain, which is near Jeffrey City. Usually 
it is snow covered by now, and this year it is still bare. I was surprised to 
see a flock a about 100 Bohemian Waxwings. It seems early to see them, and 
during winters this mild sometimes they don't show up at all. I also saw the 
first Rough-legged Hawk of the fall. 


There were not many birds up there, and the other spices that I saw were 
Mountain Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Raven, Crow, and Solitaire. 


Tom Axthelm
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Hopefully move/stick around for next week's trip ...

Red-necked Grebe (Loveland)
Pacific, Common, Red-throated Loon (Lower Weld County)
Yellow-billed, Common Loon (Larimer)
Black Scoter (Larimer)

Thanks
Gary Lefko, Nunn/CO
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Right after I posted yesterday's report, the small birds exploded out of the 
back yard, with one of them followed closely by a sharp-shinned hawk. A short 
time later, the small birds were back again.

Follow-up on my "mystery" birds of yesterday -- originally thought to perhaps 
be juvenile chipping sparrows (although it's a bit late for them). This morning 
I 

spotted a male with the same facial characteristics and he stayed in view long 
enough for me to confirm him as a Cassin's Finch. My "mystery" birds, lacking 
the rosy color, are likely females. 

Chuck Seniawski
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Today, the usual visitors:

House Sparrow
Crow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Chickadee
House Finch
Juncos -- Oregon, Pink-sided, Slate-colored, White-winged
Townsend's Solitaire

Also, a Robin and, for the first time in many years, a Common Redpoll. 

Also three of what appear to be juvenile Chipping Sparrows, following the 
illustration in the National Geographic guide -- they're a lot like the female 
house finches (striped front), but have two clear buffy or cream-colored 
stripes on their face, one above and the other below a dark brown facial stripe 

that runs across their eyes. No distinctive striping on the head -- just a 
broad 

dark brown stripe. They have a dark, nearly black, bill. So far, they're a 
little 

too skitterish to sit for a photo.

Wednesday, also two American Goldfinches in their winter finery.

Chuck Seniawski
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Hi everyone, The Sundance Christmas Count Dates are set for Dec. 29th. 
alternate date Jan. 5th.in case of a snowstorm on the 29th.(Hah) We will again 
meet at the conoco in Sundance to hand out routes. Everyone is invited to help 
count our birds. for more information contact Jean or Jennifer at  
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Hi everyone, The Sundance Christmas Count Dates are set for Dec. 29th. 
alternate date Jan. 5th.in case of a snowstorm on the 29th.(Hah) We will again 
meet at the conoco in Sundance to hand out routes. Everyone is invited to help 
count our birds. for more information contact Jean or Jennifer at  
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Jean's posting reminded me of the Merlins in the Riverton area.  We have
been seeing them in various parts of town since October 21.  At our house
there have been Merlins for the past week.. Can always tell when they are in
the area when there are no Juncos or White-crowns on the ground seed out in
the open.   

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Had a Merlin fly over today but it did not seem to upset the birds in my 
feeders. Only 1 Gray-crowned rosy finch. 27 Pine siskins, 1 goldfinch and 20 or 
so House Sparrows. Jean Adams, Sundance, Wy. 


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Had a Merlin fly over today but it did not seem to upset the birds in my 
feeders. Only 1 Gray-crowned rosy finch. 27 Pine siskins, 1 goldfinch and 20 or 
so House Sparrows. Jean Adams, Sundance, Wy. 


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 This edition of Bird Banter appeared Oct. 31, 2007 in the Wyoming 
Tribune-Eagle. Please contact the author at 
bgorges4 AT msn.com for permission to reprint it in hard 
or virtual copy, for commercial or non-profit use. Thanks. Photos of Great 
Black-backed Gulls are available. 


In search of great black-backed gulls

By Barb Gorges

 

 I had a target bird for our trip to northeastern Massachusetts early in 
October. No, it wasn't a clay pigeon, but it was a bird I wanted to see. 


 Houghton Mifflin sent me a review copy of the Peterson Reference Guides series 
volume "Gulls of the Americas" by Steve Howell and John Dunn. It has 500 large 
pages-it's not meant to be a field guide-of which multiple photos of the 36 
gull species of this hemisphere in all their various plumages fill 300 pages. 


 Whenever I had to wait on the phone at my desk the last few months, I would 
peruse the photos, accounts and range maps. Knowing a trip to the North Shore 
(north of Boston) was coming up, I checked for a new gull species I might see. 


 The great black-backed gull caught my attention because it might be easy to 
identify. It's the largest gull in the world, according to Howell and Dunn. And 
of two black-backed gull species on the east coast, it's the one with pink 
legs. 


 The upshot of reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull is that I noticed gulls, 
tried to identify gulls and gave up gulls by age 16. So it was much to my 
surprise that another literary connection gave me my first look at a great 
black-back. 


 We went to Salem for the day and walked over to the House of Seven Gables that 
inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel. Tickets were $13 each for a 30-minute 
tour. We balked and followed other tourists down a side street for a great view 
over the fence. We were also at the edge of the harbor and when I turned 
around, there were a couple of great black-backed gulls. Yreka! 


 The next day, out on the half-mile long breakwater in Gloucester Harbor, at 
Massachusetts Audubon's Eastern Point Sanctuary, great black-backs were lined 
up on the slabs of granite, dozens of them imperturbable as people passed 
within five feet. 


 I overheard one woman tell another what pests they were, pooping on her boat 
cover. Oh no, my target bird turned out to be a trash bird-too common and pesky 
to be appreciated by the locals. 


 Of the 33 photos of great black-backed gulls in the gull guide, I wonder if 
the photographers were able to stand as close to their subjects as we were. 
Even the few herring gulls were patient, their yellow eyes glinting at me. 


 It was quite another experience to have a chickadee with a glint in its eye 
hover five inches from Mark's nose later that day when we found our way to 
Ipswich River Audubon Sanctuary, a few miles southwest of Ipswich. 


 It was way too muggy and hot for the middle of an October afternoon-and autumn 
so far had been too warm for the trees to have changed color much. 


 We expected the birds to be quiet, but as soon as we stepped from field to 
forest, we were surrounded by a flock, including the one that inspected Mark. 


 How odd. Was it some kind of enchanted chickadee? And wasn't that other 
inquisitive bird some kind of titmouse? Why couldn't I find one like it in my 
field guide? 


 The next day, while waiting for our son to finish classes at Worcester 
Polytechnic Institute, we explored Mass Audubon's (as the state organization is 
known informally) Broadmeadow Brook sanctuary near Worcester. 


 The woman at the desk explained the Ipswich River sanctuary was known for its 
tame chickadees that will eat out of your hand. 


 Oh no, if only we'd known the local custom! Now there's a whole flock that 
thinks birders from Wyoming are stingy. 


 Broadmeadow Brook turned out to have invisible birds. For 15 minutes we 
listened to a flock making loud chipping calls high in the trees, but we never 
caught sight of one single bird. However, the bird checklist mentioned tufted 
titmouse. I looked in my field guide again-but no tufted titmouse listed. 


 Duh! At home, in my hurry to pack and get to the airport, I'd picked up my 
favorite field guide, Sibley's western guide, which is not adequate back east. 


 For a week we explored the northeast quarter of Massachusetts, an area 
approximately the size of our Laramie County. And still, we didn't see 
everything or spend enough time anywhere. 


 We avoided Boston and most museums and attractions this trip in favor of 
natural areas, accidentally finding Harvard Forest, where signs invite hikers 
to follow a trail through the hemlocks. 


 We visited four Mass Audubon sanctuaries, including the tiny one on Marblehead 
Neck surrounded by houses. There are 40 more, for a total of 32,000 acres. 
There are also a number of state parks and forests. 


 Away from the cities, along the small, winding roads, there is the occasional 
yellow sign cautioning "Thickly Settled" when approaching some tiny hamlet. 


 The area is thick with trees as well. I have to say that though I enjoy trees 
as much as anyone, I was happy to return to the Great Plains where they can be 
individually contemplated and birds are neither enchanted nor invisible. 


 And here at home, if the great black-backed gull chooses to make its first 
Wyoming visit, having already been as far as Colorado a few times, there aren't 
a lot of yacht covers to ruin. 


 

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Have you ever seen a bird take a STEAM bath?  I hadn't until this morning.
When the rising sun began to warm up the side walk and the board fence,
steam began rising.  I saw an Eurasian Collared-Dove sitting on a fence slat
with steam rising around him/her and the bird seemed to be enjoying it.  A
bit later I saw a Blue Jay in the steam who unlike the dove was looking for
peanuts and seemed more interested in filling his/her stomach than enjoying
the steam!  
 
The Stellar's Jay came back for a visit this morning, also, checking out the
peanut supply.

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This thread makes the suggestion that perhaps this interesting bird might
decide to show up at Hereford Ranch.

Thanks
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Thanks a bunch everybody for solving that one!
I did see and identify a Townsend's Solitaire once up in the hills, I think
the fact that I wasn't expecting one down here is what threw me off. : )

Excellent!


~Gloria Pike,
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Gloria et al, 

Here's a couple pics of a Townsend's that I took while at Yellowstone NP this 
summer. 

Note the variation in plumage. This bird doesn't have the wing bar but rather 
has a wing spot. The white eye ring doesn't show in this pic either. do note 
the white tail bars though. 



http://web.mac.com/stoneageoutpost/Site/My_Albums/Pages/Townsends_Solitaire.html 



Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County
http://web.mac.com/stoneageoutpost/Site/RC_Birds.html
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 ----------------------------------------> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:29:> From: little_blue_birdie AT MSN.COM> Subject: Re: Cheyenne, 10-29> To: 
WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>> Gloria et al,>> there's no question that it is a 
Townsend's Solitaire. Your first picture is probably the best one.> Note the 
small beak, prominent white eye ring, long tail, wing bars, overall gray 
appearance, similar to a robin in size, whiteish around the tail, plus the fact 
that it's sitting at the very top of the tree. every one of these details 
scream Solitaire. GISS (generall impression of shape and size) also says 
Solitaire.> I find them to be rather common in WY. When I was at Yellowstone NP 
this summer, you couldn't miss them.>> Here in WI, there's supposed to be 
Solitaires at a nearby State park. I'm still looking.> They're fun birds and 
always a nice find. Then again, I always love finding thrushes.>> Happy 
Birding! --Chris W, Richland County WI> 
http://web.mac.com/stoneageoutpost/Site/RC_Birds.html> 
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Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:11:> From: gloriapike AT GMAIL.COM> Subject: 
Cheyenne, 10-29> To: WYOBIRDS AT HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>> At Lion's park we saw> TONS 
of mallards> Canada geese> 3 N. Shoveler (?)> 1 American coot> 1 Brown Creeper> 
1 white Rock Pigeon, clearly domestic and possibly lost.> Oh, and I kind of 
have a mystery bird. A couple of days ago at Lions park we spotted a rather 
plain, gray bird perched prominently on a wire giving a single-note call. It 
had a prominent white eye-ring, appeared to have an all-dark beak, and a 
longish tail. It was pretty much gray all over as far as I could tell, although 
the throat appeared to be a lighter shade. It was a bit smaller than a robin, 
I'd say, but definitely not a tiny bird.> We saw the bird again literally right 
outside our front door, sitting atop a tree in our yard. Devon managed to snap 
some quick photos, which I've linked to below. It was late in the afternoon, so 
the sun was setting at the time.> Can anybody help?> 
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