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Subject: baby turkeys can swim...
From: Don & Judy <waterfall(AT)HBEARK.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 2008 8:14am
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As we waded across the creek this evening the dog stopped & looked =
upstream. There, about 50 feet away, was a hen turkey with 4 babies =
following behind on a gravel bar, midstream. She froze & I noticed her =
palest of violet legs & head, her beautiful muted plumage, her startled =
awareness of us. A moment later the hen turned & flew back up onto the =
sloping bank, clucking sharp warnings to her chicks. One by one each =
turned & flew as far as a ball of fluff could muster & one by one each =
fell short of their mother's flying leap to the slope & plopped into the =
flowing water between the gravel bar & the bank. Damn. We remained still =
but I raised my binoculars, worried about their tiny bodies, their =
webless toes, their precious lives. Would I need to save them from =
drowning & what if some were underwater? Instead what I saw was that =
they were buoyantly swimming, bobbing like ducklings & paddling with =
their gigantic webless feet, upstream & around the curve of the bank =
beyond my view. Put dog on leash & go up there, make sure no one is =
still in the water. These are baby turkeys for the love of pete; who =
ever heard of turkeys swimming? Much flapping ensued as the mother, =
hidden in foliage, clucked commands to the little swimmers clambering up =
the bank. I arrived at the site of their departure & heard rustling in =
the deep foliage, clucks receding uphill into the woods. No babies were =
in the water, no babies were underwater...baby turkeys can swim!
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Subject: Re: baby turkeys can swim...
From: Cheryle Sytsma <shalom(AT)CYBERBACK.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 2008 8:22am
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Great report!
thanks for sending this...
cheryle sytsma
vilonia
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From: Don & Judy=20
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU=20
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:16 AM
Subject: baby turkeys can swim...
As we waded across the creek this evening the dog stopped & looked =
upstream. There, about 50 feet away, was a hen turkey with 4 babies =
following behind on a gravel bar, midstream. She froze & I noticed her =
palest of violet legs & head, her beautiful muted plumage, her startled =
awareness of us. A moment later the hen turned & flew back up onto the =
sloping bank, clucking sharp warnings to her chicks. One by one each =
turned & flew as far as a ball of fluff could muster & one by one each =
fell short of their mother's flying leap to the slope & plopped into the =
flowing water between the gravel bar & the bank. Damn. We remained still =
but I raised my binoculars, worried about their tiny bodies, their =
webless toes, their precious lives. Would I need to save them from =
drowning & what if some were underwater? Instead what I saw was that =
they were buoyantly swimming, bobbing like ducklings & paddling with =
their gigantic webless feet, upstream & around the curve of the bank =
beyond my view. Put dog on leash & go up there, make sure no one is =
still in the water. These are baby turkeys for the love of pete; who =
ever heard of turkeys swimming? Much flapping ensued as the mother, =
hidden in foliage, clucked commands to the little swimmers clambering up =
the bank. I arrived at the site of their departure & heard rustling in =
the deep foliage, clucks receding uphill into the woods. No babies were =
in the water, no babies were underwater...baby turkeys can swim!
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Subject: Ivory-billed Woodpecker
From: clemmysmu(AT)YAHOO.COM
Date: 13 Jun 2008 10:37am
I and others are confused on how the Smithsonian
Institution could approve some of the innuendos,
stances and disruptions in various venues that Gray
Graves of the Institution seems to relish.
Gary: "Ever wonder what professional biologists think
about the ivory-bill evidence (or lack thereof)? "
I mean really---- insulting our intelligence that
there is no evidence for the Ivory-billed when
individual presentations of evidence can be weak to
strong shows a general desire by Gary (the
Smithsonian?) to throw out data, he can or can't
forcibly refute, by calling it non-existent.
How sad that he does not have the slightest respect
for his employer (unless they have approved his
spokesman like stance for the Smithsonian), the
scientific community and the public's good sense to
see that an open mind is warranted on the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker, a species that has always been exceedingly
difficult to document even during times we all agree
it existed.
How sad, on many fronts.
T. Anthony
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Subject: Recurvirostra americana
From: kenny nichols <kingbird101(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 2008 7:49pm
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At least one American Avocet continues at Bald Knob NWWR. There are three
large ponds just north of the grain bins that will be drawn down starting
next month for shorebird habitat. The avocet was at the north end of the
west pond. I would guess it to be a male due to the very slight upturn to
the bill. In this same pond were 3 Ring-necked Ducks (all males), 1 male
American Wigeon, 2 Gadwall and 10 Pintails (1f and 9m).
Good birding!
Kenny Nichols
Cabot, AR
kingbird101(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Re: baby turkeys can swim...
From: Lynn Nowell <lnowell(AT)CENTURYTEL.NET>
Date: 13 Jun 2008 8:26pm
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Cute story. Baby mocking birds can swim also. I had a premature =
fledgling on the ground in my back yard, but didn't know it. I startled =
the baby and if dashed in to the pool. It did fine swimming to the pool =
edge but I helped out over the ledge. The baby swam at least 4 feet =
just fine!!! When I lifted it the baby hit the bushes, and I left the =
yard. Mom or Dad one was close by. I hope the baby was tended to and =
lived. Don't know what nest the baby came from, and it probably would =
have upset others in the nest if I had tried to replace it anyway. I =
replace baby martins if they jump early, but have never had luck with =
any other birds. Does anyone have experience with premature fledglings?=20
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From: Cheryle Sytsma=20
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU=20
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:23 AM
Subject: Re: baby turkeys can swim...
Great report!
thanks for sending this...
cheryle sytsma
vilonia
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Don & Judy=20
To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU=20
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:16 AM
Subject: baby turkeys can swim...
As we waded across the creek this evening the dog stopped & looked =
upstream. There, about 50 feet away, was a hen turkey with 4 babies =
following behind on a gravel bar, midstream. She froze & I noticed her =
palest of violet legs & head, her beautiful muted plumage, her startled =
awareness of us. A moment later the hen turned & flew back up onto the =
sloping bank, clucking sharp warnings to her chicks. One by one each =
turned & flew as far as a ball of fluff could muster & one by one each =
fell short of their mother's flying leap to the slope & plopped into the =
flowing water between the gravel bar & the bank. Damn. We remained still =
but I raised my binoculars, worried about their tiny bodies, their =
webless toes, their precious lives. Would I need to save them from =
drowning & what if some were underwater? Instead what I saw was that =
they were buoyantly swimming, bobbing like ducklings & paddling with =
their gigantic webless feet, upstream & around the curve of the bank =
beyond my view. Put dog on leash & go up there, make sure no one is =
still in the water. These are baby turkeys for the love of pete; who =
ever heard of turkeys swimming? Much flapping ensued as the mother, =
hidden in foliage, clucked commands to the little swimmers clambering up =
the bank. I arrived at the site of their departure & heard rustling in =
the deep foliage, clucks receding uphill into the woods. No babies were =
in the water, no babies were underwater...baby turkeys can swim!
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Subject: More Red-cockaded Woodpecker Video
From: Dennis Braddy <dmbraddy(AT)MAC.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 2008 11:25pm
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I captured video of the activity at a different and more successful
Red-cockaded Woodpecker nest cavity on Buffalo Road this morning. The
edited two-minute version is accessible via the Arkansas Birder Video
page, as an iTunes podcast (search for "birds in motion"), and on the
YouTube ArkansasBirder Channel.
Dennis Braddy
Little Rock, AR
http://www.arkansasbirder.net
"Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end." - Stephen
Hawking
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