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Subject: Warblers at Allsop Park
From: Leslie Keith Koller <les_koller(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 12:04am
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Anyone know where the mixed flock of warblers Dan talked about is =
located? I know it's late, but if you can respond before daylight :-) =
I will try for the birds again tomorrow morning....
Thanks,
Leslie
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Subject: Cleburne Co. migration count
From: Michael Verser <ozarkwildbird(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 6:47am
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I had 105 species on Saturday's Cleburne Co. Migration Count. Actually the vast
majority of these birds were either resident or had already stopped migrating
and were on breeding territory. Of the 21 species of warblers, 15 were on
territory. High lake level has flooded the road along Middle Fork of Little Red
and kept me from getting to the Cleburne Co. Cerulean spot. Northern Waterthrush
and Mouuuurning Warbler were missed even though they were yard birds earlier in
the week. Baybreasted must be a trans-Cleburne migrant this year.
Only shorebirds were: 1 Killdeer and 1 Spotted.
The day ended a little early when, as I attempted to wait out the rain near
Sandiff (Northern Cle. Co.), my wife called to tell we were under a tornado
warning and a hail storm was on the way. Made it to the garage just as the hail
and torrential rain started. I watched the rain gage on up to over 1 inch in
less than 30 minutes.
Bo Verser
Heber Springs
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Subject: Allsopp Park
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:26am
I birded Allsopp Park this morning, this time with Leslie Koller. We
found the mixed species flock and got the Canada Warbler. We also
saw the Swainson's Warbler. When I left Leslie he was still hoping
for the Mourning Warbler to make an appearance.
The mixed species flock has been roving around the south side of the
park. From the parking lot take the asphalt trail uphill (south)
until you see a grassy path that leads to a grassy clearning on the
right. This area is just downhill (north) of Kavanaugh. The flock
and the Swainson's range around this area, especially in the trees
just to the south and east of the clearing. Be familiar with the
songs of Canada and Swainson's before you go.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Common Yellow-throat
From: Dottie Boyles <ctboyles(AT)aristotle.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 9:14am
Yesterday morning Mom discovered a Common Yellow-throat in the backyard. It is
staying close to a family of Carolina Wrens and running in and out of the azalea
bushes eating worms.
After I got home from a doctors appointment, we both watched it for about an
hour. It finally came out of the azaleas and into the grass for a couple of
minutes. Too Cute!
Besides the family of wrens, we also have a fledgling Mockingbird, Downey
Woodpecker and House Sparrows. We've never had so many fledglings at one time
in the backyard.
One of the baby House Sparrows has gotten hooked on suet. When the Downey
family came in this morning to feed their baby, the House Sparrow came over,
fluttered and tried to beg food from the Downey parents. No luck though.
Dottie Boyles
Little Rock
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Subject: FW: [LABIRD-L] Cassin's Sparrow, etc.
From: "Steven W. Cardiff" <scardif(AT)LSU.EDU>
Date: 14 May 2008 9:39am
Arbirders-
FYI just in case anyone's interested, a Cassin's Sparrow was found at
Bossier City, LA (first LA record) this past weekend and was still being
seen as of yesterday.
Steve Cardiff
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From: Buford Myers <bmyers990(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Reply-To: Buford Myers <bmyers990(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:58 -0500
To: <LABIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.LSU.EDU>
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Cassin's Sparrow, etc.
Labird,
Today Curt Sorrells and I went to Bossier City. We met Terry Davis and
proceeded to the location near the end of Viking Road just before noon. We
were rewarded with a short look at the Cassin's Sparrow on the fence
surrounding the gas tank, and then a longer look. Curt got video, and Terry
made audio recordings. While on the fence, the bird sang both truncated
versions of its song (lacking the terminal couple of notes) and full
versions. When not on the fence, it spent most of its time invisible in the
Johnson Weed and other vegetation to the left of the farm road, between that
road and the wheat field. Others have already commented on Terry's
extraordinary auditory acuity in hearing and recognizing the bird's song
while Terry was driving and with the bird well downwind. I'll just add that
there were numerous dickcissels singing there. Their songs don't resemble
the Cassin's, but they certainly contributed plenty of background noise,
making his feat even more remarkable.
We left there and went to Cane's Landing. The territorial Willow Flycatchers
which Terry had previously located there were not very vocal or cooperative,
but eventually we obtained a couple of responses to ipod, including one
pretty good look. In addition, Terry spotted the nest of a Warbling Vireo,
in a cottonwood tree (the tree?) where he and the Boslers had seen a bird
carrying nesting material the day before.
Mac
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Subject: Mourning Warbler
From: Mel White <lrbobwhite(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:06am
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You know, if you just sit in one place long enough, probably everything will
show up eventually. I just had a female Mourning Warbler hanging around my back
yard for a couple of minutes. That was a first for my yard, and I think it makes
94. I finally added Acadian Flycatcher last week, but I still haven't been able
to coax a Pileated to stop by.
Mel White
Little Rock
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Subject: Re: strange dove
From: scarterart <scarterart(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:32am
Please remember to list the location of the sighting. Which Ruby Tuesday
and where?
S. Carter
Conway, AR
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From: "Teresa Mathews" <landerson005(AT)CENTURYTEL.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:20 PM
Subject: strange dove
> Tuesday evening about 6:30pm was a very strange mourning dove. It was on
> the
> sidewalk besides Rudy Tuesday's driveway. It was the body and head of a
> mourning dove, and a white ring of about 3 inches wide around its neck
> with a
> line of black above it close to the bill and eye. Leif said it could be a
> hybrid between a rock pigeon and a mourning dove.
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Subject: Craighead
From: Richard Baxter <dickbaxter100(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:51am
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Twenty warblers this morning at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro:
Tennessee
Nashville
Yellow
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia
*Cape May*
BT Green
Blackburnian
Pine
Palm
Bay-breasted
Black-and-white
Redstart
Ovenbird
Kentucky
*Mourning*
Yellowthroat
Wilson's
*Canada*
Chat
Also, Veery, Gray-cheeked, Swainson's and Wood thrushes and a *Black-billed
Cuckoo*.
Good birding!
Dick Baxter
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Subject: Re: Allsopp Park
From: Patricia Braddy <pabraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:51am
I, too was at Allsopp this morning arriving around 7:30am and birded
until about 9:15am but did not see Dan or Leslie. I had 2 mixed
flocks on either side of the main trail just south of the grassy
clearing. In one flock on the west side of the creek I had Northern
Parula, American Redstart, Wilson's and Magnolia. On the east side of
the main trail and south of the grassy clearing I had Chestnut-sided
Warbler and Magnolia. I was looking for the Swainson's and Mourning
but missed both of them.
On May 14, 2008, at 8:25 AM, Dan Scheiman wrote:
I birded Allsopp Park this morning, this time with Leslie Koller. We
found the mixed species flock and got the Canada Warbler. We also saw
the Swainson's Warbler. When I left Leslie he was still hoping for
the Mourning Warbler to make an appearance.
The mixed species flock has been roving around the south side of the
park. From the parking lot take the asphalt trail uphill (south)
until you see a grassy path that leads to a grassy clearning on the
right. This area is just downhill (north) of Kavanaugh. The flock
and the Swainson's range around this area, especially in the trees
just to the south and east of the clearing. Be familiar with the
songs of Canada and Swainson's before you go.
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Allsop Park this morning...
From: Leslie Keith Koller <les_koller(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 11:33am
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Decided to try for the warblers at Allsopp Park this morning, and unless =
you have read the earlier reports, you'll NEVER believe what I was able =
to pish up! I had already searched the area where the Black-billed =
Cuckoo had been seen, and had started up the asphalt path, which I had =
never walked before. I went a few hundred yards up the path, listening =
intently and looking for any kind of movement. So I gave up and decided =
to pish a little. After a few minutes, I thought I heard something =
(someone?) pishing back. I looked further up the trail, and here came =
Dan Scheiman! He was kinda going "Pssst!!! Les! They're up here!"
Lucky for me Dan heard me flailing away,cause I followed him up to the =
area and got my first look ever look at Swainson's Warbler. Not a =
textbook look, but I got the brown head and watched it call. I had it =
on my list as "heard only"...now I've finally seen it. It was a state =
bird for me, as was the Canada Warbler we found just before that.
Dipped on the Mourning Warbler, but gives me a reason to go back Friday!
Great day to be out birding!
Leslie Koller
Benton, Saline Co, Arkansas
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Subject: Big Woods Birding Festival, Saturday May 17
From: Dan Scheiman <birddan(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 11:47am
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This Saturday, May 17th is the annual Big Woods Birding Festival in Clarendon.
In addition to food, folks, and fun, Mel White and I will be leading bird walks.
Meet near the booth where you buy tickets and t-shirts.
The first walk starts at 7 AM. Mel and I will take the group onto the levee on
the edge of town. Each year we get orioles, buntings, warblers and more. Then
at 8:30 Mel will lead a second group along the levee and I'll take a group to
Lousisiana Purchase State Park where a boardwalk makes birding the swamp easy.
Prothonotary Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and Acadian Flycatchers are
regulars.
It is peak of migration. Who knows what we may see. Also, Little Rock Zoo will
be bringing their birds of prey.
More details can be found at
http://ar.audubon.org/Events_BigWoodsBirdingFestivalApril24th2008.html
See you there!
Dan Scheiman
Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Warblers continue at Allsopp
From: Hope Coulter <hopecoulter99(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 1:44pm
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The mixed flocks of warblers continued all morning at Allsopp, outdoing =
even the mixed flocks of birders who were chasing them. Thanks, Dan, =
for your helpful post that made me decide to stop in for what I thought =
was going to be a brief scan, which turned into a stay so long that the =
same dog-walkers were coming around again. Canada, Swainson's, =
Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Tennessee, and Redstarts were in little flocks =
up and down the hillside from the clearing to the base of the trail, =
usually mixed with chickadees and titmice (and gnats). The Mourning =
Warbler was most reliably at the base of the trail. Lia Lent also had a =
Wilson's, and yesterday Leslie Peacock pished up an Ovenbird, both of =
which I missed today. But maybe this weather will have them in a =
holding pattern.
Hope Coulter
Little Rock
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Subject: Cooper's Hawk nest at Lake Fayetteville
From: Joe Neal <jneal(AT)FS.FED.US>
Date: 14 May 2008 5:22pm
David Chapman, who lives near Lake F'ville and birds it regularly (and I
think is working on a comprehensive bird list for it) told me about an
active Cooper's Hawk nest there. I went out there Sunday and collected some
images of a bird on the nest, I assume incubating, about 40 feet up in a
blackjack oak. The nest isn't far from a popular running, walking, hiking,
biking, skateboarding, etc. trail, next door to the marina. It keeps a
"sharp eye" on all the goings on, as you might image...I have an image of
it to share if you request it directly from me (jneal(AT)fs.fed.us). -Joe
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Subject: Birds and climate change
From: Janine Perlman <jpandjf(AT)SWBELL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 6:03pm
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Two research articles that may be of interest:
Pointed Wings, Low Wingloading and Calm Air Reduce Migratory Flight =
Costs in Songbirds
http://www.plosone.org:80/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002154 =
Available free online.
and=20
Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild =
Bird Population
http://www.sciencemag.org:80/cgi/content/abstract/320/5877/800?sa_campaig=
n=3DEmail/toc/9-May-2008/10.1126/science.1157174
If you want this article in its entirety, please email me.
Janine Perlman
Alexander Mt., Saline Co.
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Subject: Allsopp in the Afternoon
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 14 May 2008 6:53pm
We visited Allsopp Park this afternoon and encountered two sizable
mixed flocks. The Swainson's Warbler was in the first; a splendid male
Blackburnian Warbler graced the second. Both flocks contained several
American Redstarts and Magnolia and Chestnut-sided Warblers. There
were Philadelphia, Warbling, and Red-eyed Vireos in the second flock.
It might be a good idea to refresh your recollection regarding the
differences between Red-eyed Vireo and Swainson's Warbler and also
between female Magnolia and Canada Warbler. We had one Black-and-white
Warbler in a third, somewhat smaller, mixed flock. Of the warblers
mentioned in previous Allsopp posts today we did not see Ovenbird,
Tennessee Warbler, or Canada Warbler. We also missed Mourning Warbler
which was our main target species. Swainson's Warbler was a state bird
for Pat and a life bird for Skip.
Dennis and Patricia Braddy and Skip
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's
too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
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Subject: Arbirds website
From: Lyndal York <lrbluejay(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:56pm
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Dear Arbirders,
The masthead on the Arbird website (official site of the Arkansas Audubon
Society), www.arbirds.org , has been updated thanks to the efforts of David
Luneau. The bird image in the upper left now changes each time you log on to the
site ... well, it is a stochastic process so you may actually get the same
picture. If you wish a little slide show, you can repeatedly click the reload
button on your browser. The smaller thumbnails have also been changed and will
be refreshed after an interval.
We think this will work with any browser. Let me know if you have a browser
that will not rotate the images in the upper left corner of the masthead. Mac
users .... any problems?
I plan to put a small slide show in the area now occupied by the Anna's
Hummingbird providing people sent me their photos.
At the Ft. Smith meeting the AAS Board approved a photo gallery of bird
pictures taken by AAS members.
So, please send me your good bird pictures as they can be used in numerous
places on the the website.
Lyndal York
AAS Webmaster
Little Rock
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Subject: strange dove in Russellville, AR
From: Teresa Mathews <landerson005(AT)CENTURYTEL.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 9:26pm
on the side walk between Dixie Cafe and Ruby Tuesday's off of Hwy 7 near the
I40
exit 84, in Russellville, AR
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Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - May 14
From: David Arbour <arbour(AT)WINDSTREAM.NET>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:16pm
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It was a very wet, rainy day today on the Red Slough Bird survey. I =
wasn't able to get out of my vehicle until 12:30 because of the =
continuous rain. 94 species were found today. Highlight was finding a =
flock of 40 Common Terns feeding on Otter Lake. There were 3 other =
species of terns feeding there as well. The unit 15 drawdown for =
shorebird habitat is going good with variety and numbers of shorebirds =
increasing. The Mottled Duck was still present on unit 15 also. The =
female Purple Gallinule is still sitting on her nest. Apparently =
Bittern Lake is covered in gallinules this year as they are being seen =
all over it. Watched an aggressive Moorhen attack and chase a coot away =
from its nesting territory then a few minutes later I saw one attacking =
a Purple Gallinule. Saw two of our Hooded Merganser young today in unit =
30. They are already flying and on their own. We hatched out 3 broods =
of Hoodies from our Wood Duck boxes this year. Here is a complete list =
of all found:=20
Canada Goose - 1
Wood Duck - 19
Mallard - 8
Mottled Duck - 1 male (unit 15)
Blue-winged Teal - 14
Northern Shoveler - 4
Hooded Merganser - 2 juv.
Pied-billed Grebe - 21
Neotropic Cormorant - 1 (Otter Lake)
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Anhinga - 6
American Bittern - 6 (appear to be nesting in Bittern Lake again.)
Least Bittern - 5 (Bittern Lake & unit 31)
Great Blue Heron - 6
Great Egret - 7
Snowy Egret - 5
Little Blue Heron - 35
Tricolored Heron - 1 adult (unit 15)
Cattle Egret - 36
White Ibis - 1000 (flock feeding in unit 16W)
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 1
Mississippi Kite - 1
King Rail - 2 (unit 30 & 16W)
Purple Gallinule - 3 (Bittern Lake; one sitting on nest.)
Common Moorhen - 12
American Coot - 5
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Semipalmated Plover - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 8
Greater Yellowlegs - 14
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 4
Least Sandpiper - 8
Pectoral Sandpiper - 2
Dunlin - 28
Stilt Sandpiper - 77
Short-billed Dowitcher - 22
Wilson's Phalarope - 7
Least Tern - 14
Caspian Tern - 5
Black Tern - 175
Common Tern - 40 (Otter Lake)
Mourning Dove - 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Alder Flycatcher - 4
Willow Flycatcher - 2
Least Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 22
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Bell's Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
American Crow - 4
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Bank Swallow - 15
Cliff Swallow - 7
Barn Swallow - 15
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 41
Tennessee Warbler - 2
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler - 9
Prothonotary Warbler - 4
Mourning Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 12
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 4
Savannah Sparrow - 5
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 5
Northern Cardinal - 12
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 15
Painted Bunting - 3
Dickcissel - 25
Bobolink - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 35
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 11
Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
Odonates (Poor weather for them.):
Fragile Forktail
Orange Bluet
Common Pondhawk
Blue Dasher
Black Saddlebags
Herps:
American Alligator - 3
Pallid Spiny Softshell
Red-eared Slider
Missouri River Cooter
Orange-striped Ribbon Snake
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Broad-banded Watersnake
Cajun Chorus Frog
Eastern Gray Tree Frog
Green Treefrog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bullfrog
Good birding!
David Arbour
De Queen, AR
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Personal Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/sloughbirder
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Subject: Birds at Erbie
From: Jack and Pam <jackstewart_us(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 May 2008 11:43pm
Some good birds at Erbie along the Buffalo National
River today. My 3 mile walk produced 68 species
including the following highlights:
Black-billed Cuckoo
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Prairie Warbler and Blue-winged Warbler seem to be on
territory in the usual spots. Although I heard a
Swainson's Warbler over a week ago, none seem to have
stayed. The river cane was pretty much flattened by
the flooding.
Jack Stewart
On the Buffalo National River
at Erbie
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