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Subject: whip poor will
From: Don Simons <Don.Simons(AT)ARKANSAS.GOV>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 7:47am
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The whip-poor-will I found last week is still sitting on a least one
egg. This morning I kept my distance for photographs and she did not
flush. My research says they usually have two eggs and incubate for 19
days.
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Don R. Simons, CHI
Park Interpreter
Mount Magazine State Park
16878 HWY 309 South
Paris, AR 72855
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Subject: Cook's Landing
From: Jim Dixon <jamesdixonlr(AT)ATT.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 10:59am
I went to Cook's Landing to try to see the Provost's Painted Bunting. I
did not but I did see a Least Tern and this odd goose in the backwater.
I'm guessing it is a leucistic Canada Goose.
http://www.jamesdixon.us/Gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=2141
--
Jim Dixon
Little Rock, AR
www.JamesDixon.us
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Subject: Re: Skurrlz
From: HAWK Center <hawkcenter(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 12:16pm
<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:=
9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id=3D"comp=
Text">I have recently seen them foraging on the plum trees in my yard.=
I think they're opportunists :)<br><br>Here are the summe=
r foods per the=20=
following reference:<br><br><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">American Wil=
dlife & Plants<br><span style=3D"font-style: italic;">A Guide=
to Wildli=
fe Food Habits</span></span><span style=3D"font-style: italic;"> </span><br=
>by Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim, & Arnold L. Nelson<b=
r>pp 233-2=
34<br>Eastern Fox Squirrel - <span style=3D"font-style: italic;">Sciurus ni=
ger</span><br><br>Two or three per cent of insect food - various stages of =
beetles and lepidoptera - seems a normal part of the diet in spring and sum=
mer. However, two specimens collected n Georgia in April c=
ontained 10=
0% insect material, about half noctuid larvae and half may beetles.<br><br>=
Plant food: <br><br>Apple<br>Ash<br>Beech<br>Bittersweet<br>Blackberry<br>B=
lackgum<br>Black Locust<br>Blueberry<br>Buckwheat<br>Butternut<br>Cherry (w=
ild)<br>Chokeberry (also known as choke cherry)<br>Corn<br>Dogwood<br>Elm, =
bud and seed<br><font size=3D"3"><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Fungus<=
br></span></font>Grape<br>Greenbrier<br>Hackberry<br>Hickory<br>Hop-hornbea=
m<br>Huckleberry<br>Maple, bud and seed<br>Mulberry<br>Oak<br>Osage-orange<=
br>Pine<br>Raspberry<br>Serviceberry (also known as Sarvisberry)<br>Soybean=
<br>Strawberry<br>Sycamore<br>
Tuliptree<br>Walnut, Black<br>Wheat<br>Willow<br><br>So, it looks like mush=
rooms are indeed, a documented source of food. Hope this s=
atisfies yo=
ur curiousity. The book is an excellent reference!!<br><br=
>Lynne Slat=
er<br>HAWK Center (Helping Arkansas Wild "Kritters")<br>www.hawkcenter.org<;=
br>Russellville, Arkansas<br><br><br><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px =
solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original M=
essage-----
<br>From: "George R. Hoelzeman" <uiogd(AT)arkansas.net>
<br>Sent: Jun 27, 2008 9:18 PM
<br>To: ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
<br>Subject: Skurrlz
<br><br>I'm not 100% certain, but I think one of the fox squirrels around t=
he house was noshing on a mushroom this evening. Didn't have the optics ha=
ndy, and he was <br>about 150 ft away, but it looked like he was working ov=
er a cap - I could see the stem next to him. He ran off with something lar=
gish in his mouth - looked like a <br>mushroom cap.<br><br>Is this possible=
forage for squirrels?<br><br>George (n. Conway Co. wondering just what is =
going on with those bush-tailed tree rats anyway)<br></uiogd(AT)arkansas.net><=
/blockquote></body>
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Subject: Re: Painted Bnumting East of Cook's Landing
From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net" <keithnewton@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 6:33pm
I was wanting to ride that trail already, so I thought I would look
for this bird while I was there. When I got to the area of plumb
thickets, I rode from West to East along that stretch, and when I
turned around, a bird flew out that I took to be an Orchard Oriole,
but I only saw it in flight. Now that I have consulted Sibley, I
suspect it was also a PB. I wasn't sure what the call was like, so I
just started trying to spot anything that called. Well, the first
one I found was him. I was trying to get a photo, but the bright sun
on the outer leaves of the plumb thicket and wind made it hard to
find focus and metering, so I didn't get anything worth showing. When
it flew, it went toward a large cottonwood about 200 yds North. Three
scissor-tailed flycatchers soon caught my attention by flying into
one of the saplings planted on the N side of the trail along there
right after that.
Then I moved on down the trail W to where Cambell trail comes in,
where I found an indigo bunting. After waiting a long time for it to
come out for a better look, I use my sure-fire method of getting /
missing a good shot, by putting on a macro lens and going after some
bumble bees on passion-flower. Sure enough, it moved in close and out
in the open. Of course by the time I changed lenses and struggled to
focus in macro and too small aperture, it was gone.
I went back to where I had seen the Painted earlier, and there was
Craig and Dale. While we were standing there chatting, I mentioned
that I had found it by searching for the singing bird, and that I
hope I would remember it. Craig pulled out his mp3 and played it,
and the next thing we knew, Dale said "There it is" It had flown
into one of the planted saplings about 12' away. I grabbed for my
camera, and once again I was so far off on what I needed to be set up
for, that I missed it. But Dale got a couple of really nice shots
that I hope she will share.
Keith Newton,
LR. AR
On Jun 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Craig Provost wrote:
>
> This afternoon Dale and I biked the River Trail [the ENTIRE River
> Trail-
> dcp]. East of Cook's Landing and just East of the 6.25 mile
> marker, we saw
> a Painted Bunting by some wild plums. We thought we heard two of
> them, but
> one was in plain sight and very close. This was less than 1 Mile
> West of:
> the Burns Park side of the Trail.
> I had not noticed anyone reporting one there before.
>
> Craig and Dale Provost,
> Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Re: Painted Bunting East of Cook's Landing
From: Dale Provost <dprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 9:00pm
Attached are photos of the Painted Bunting. After we left Keith, Craig and
I were biking east, and I heard a Painted Bunting singing. I presume (but
do not know) that it was the same one we saw with Keith. It was in the same
tree in which we had seen it yesterday: the sapling is one of those to the
left of the path as you are going east from mile marker 6.25. The tree has
a brown plastic around its trunk. Like yesterday, the Bunting then flew
across the path into the plum thicket on the river side of the path.
Since it was singing both days, does that mean it is nesting in the area?
If so, since singing now, does that suggest it is on its second brood?
Two of the photos at: http://www.pbase.com/daleprovost/image/99439853
Dale Provost
----- Original Message -----
From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net" <keithnewton(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Painted Bnumting East of Cook's Landing
>I was wanting to ride that trail already, so I thought I would look for
>this bird while I was there. When I got to the area of plumb thickets, I
>rode from West to East along that stretch, and when I turned around, a
>bird flew out that I took to be an Orchard Oriole, but I only saw it in
>flight. Now that I have consulted Sibley, I suspect it was also a PB. I
>wasn't sure what the call was like, so I just started trying to spot
>anything that called. Well, the first one I found was him. I was trying
>to get a photo, but the bright sun on the outer leaves of the plumb
>thicket and wind made it hard to find focus and metering, so I didn't get
>anything worth showing. When it flew, it went toward a large cottonwood
>about 200 yds North. Three scissor-tailed flycatchers soon caught my
>attention by flying into one of the saplings planted on the N side of the
>trail along there right after that.
>
> Then I moved on down the trail W to where Cambell trail comes in, where I
> found an indigo bunting. After waiting a long time for it to come out for
> a better look, I use my sure-fire method of getting / missing a good
> shot, by putting on a macro lens and going after some bumble bees on
> passion-flower. Sure enough, it moved in close and out in the open. Of
> course by the time I changed lenses and struggled to focus in macro and
> too small aperture, it was gone.
>
> I went back to where I had seen the Painted earlier, and there was Craig
> and Dale. While we were standing there chatting, I mentioned that I had
> found it by searching for the singing bird, and that I hope I would
> remember it. Craig pulled out his mp3 and played it, and the next thing
> we knew, Dale said "There it is" It had flown into one of the planted
> saplings about 12' away. I grabbed for my camera, and once again I was so
> far off on what I needed to be set up for, that I missed it. But Dale
> got a couple of really nice shots that I hope she will share.
>
> Keith Newton,
> LR. AR
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Craig Provost wrote:
>
>>
>> This afternoon Dale and I biked the River Trail [the ENTIRE River Trail-
>> dcp]. East of Cook's Landing and just East of the 6.25 mile marker, we
>> saw
>> a Painted Bunting by some wild plums. We thought we heard two of them,
>> but
>> one was in plain sight and very close. This was less than 1 Mile West
>> of:
>> the Burns Park side of the Trail.
>> I had not noticed anyone reporting one there before.
>>
>> Craig and Dale Provost,
>> Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Re: Painted Bunting East of Cook's Landing
From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net" <keithnewton@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 9:33pm
Great shots Dale. I can't believe I was right there with my camera
and missed that. I guess I will just go curl up in a ball in a corner
somewhere now. ;-) Thanks for sharing that. It is even better than I
though it would be after viewing the LCD out in the Sun. K
On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Dale Provost wrote:
> Attached are photos of the Painted Bunting. After we left Keith,
> Craig and I were biking east, and I heard a Painted Bunting
> singing. I presume (but do not know) that it was the same one we
> saw with Keith. It was in the same tree in which we had seen it
> yesterday: the sapling is one of those to the left of the path as
> you are going east from mile marker 6.25. The tree has a brown
> plastic around its trunk. Like yesterday, the Bunting then flew
> across the path into the plum thicket on the river side of the path.
>
> Since it was singing both days, does that mean it is nesting in the
> area? If so, since singing now, does that suggest it is on its
> second brood?
>
> Two of the photos at: http://www.pbase.com/daleprovost/image/99439853
>
> Dale Provost
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net"
> <keithnewton(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 6:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Painted Bnumting East of Cook's Landing
>
>
>> I was wanting to ride that trail already, so I thought I would
>> look for this bird while I was there. When I got to the area of
>> plumb thickets, I rode from West to East along that stretch, and
>> when I turned around, a bird flew out that I took to be an
>> Orchard Oriole, but I only saw it in flight. Now that I have
>> consulted Sibley, I suspect it was also a PB. I wasn't sure what
>> the call was like, so I just started trying to spot anything that
>> called. Well, the first one I found was him. I was trying to get
>> a photo, but the bright sun on the outer leaves of the plumb
>> thicket and wind made it hard to find focus and metering, so I
>> didn't get anything worth showing. When it flew, it went toward a
>> large cottonwood about 200 yds North. Three scissor-tailed
>> flycatchers soon caught my attention by flying into one of the
>> saplings planted on the N side of the trail along there right
>> after that.
>>
>> Then I moved on down the trail W to where Cambell trail comes in,
>> where I found an indigo bunting. After waiting a long time for it
>> to come out for a better look, I use my sure-fire method of
>> getting / missing a good shot, by putting on a macro lens and
>> going after some bumble bees on passion-flower. Sure enough, it
>> moved in close and out in the open. Of course by the time I
>> changed lenses and struggled to focus in macro and too small
>> aperture, it was gone.
>>
>> I went back to where I had seen the Painted earlier, and there
>> was Craig and Dale. While we were standing there chatting, I
>> mentioned that I had found it by searching for the singing bird,
>> and that I hope I would remember it. Craig pulled out his mp3
>> and played it, and the next thing we knew, Dale said "There it
>> is" It had flown into one of the planted saplings about 12'
>> away. I grabbed for my camera, and once again I was so far off on
>> what I needed to be set up for, that I missed it. But Dale got a
>> couple of really nice shots that I hope she will share.
>>
>> Keith Newton,
>> LR. AR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Craig Provost wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> This afternoon Dale and I biked the River Trail [the ENTIRE
>>> River Trail-
>>> dcp]. East of Cook's Landing and just East of the 6.25 mile
>>> marker, we saw
>>> a Painted Bunting by some wild plums. We thought we heard two
>>> of them, but
>>> one was in plain sight and very close. This was less than 1
>>> Mile West of:
>>> the Burns Park side of the Trail.
>>> I had not noticed anyone reporting one there before.
>>>
>>> Craig and Dale Provost,
>>> Little Rock, AR
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Subject: Re: Painted Bunting East of Cook's Landing
From: Dale Provost <dprovost(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: 29 Jun 2008 9:41pm
Thanks, Keith. I just put my camera on full auto when I am in the field. I
let the camera do it all for me. I had been taking some photos last evening
and had it on shutter priority for the first few shots. Thank heavens I
noticed, because those came out over-exposed.
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net" <keithnewton(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Painted Bunting East of Cook's Landing
> Great shots Dale. I can't believe I was right there with my camera and
> missed that. I guess I will just go curl up in a ball in a corner
> somewhere now. ;-) Thanks for sharing that. It is even better than I
> though it would be after viewing the LCD out in the Sun. K
>
>
> On Jun 29, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Dale Provost wrote:
>
>> Attached are photos of the Painted Bunting. After we left Keith, Craig
>> and I were biking east, and I heard a Painted Bunting singing. I
>> presume (but do not know) that it was the same one we saw with Keith.
>> It was in the same tree in which we had seen it yesterday: the sapling
>> is one of those to the left of the path as you are going east from mile
>> marker 6.25. The tree has a brown plastic around its trunk. Like
>> yesterday, the Bunting then flew across the path into the plum thicket
>> on the river side of the path.
>>
>> Since it was singing both days, does that mean it is nesting in the
>> area? If so, since singing now, does that suggest it is on its second
>> brood?
>>
>> Two of the photos at: http://www.pbase.com/daleprovost/image/99439853
>>
>> Dale Provost
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "keithnewton(AT)sbcglobal.net"
>> <keithnewton(AT)SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>> To: <ARBIRD-L(AT)LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 6:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: Painted Bnumting East of Cook's Landing
>>
>>
>>> I was wanting to ride that trail already, so I thought I would look
>>> for this bird while I was there. When I got to the area of plumb
>>> thickets, I rode from West to East along that stretch, and when I
>>> turned around, a bird flew out that I took to be an Orchard Oriole,
>>> but I only saw it in flight. Now that I have consulted Sibley, I
>>> suspect it was also a PB. I wasn't sure what the call was like, so I
>>> just started trying to spot anything that called. Well, the first one
>>> I found was him. I was trying to get a photo, but the bright sun on
>>> the outer leaves of the plumb thicket and wind made it hard to find
>>> focus and metering, so I didn't get anything worth showing. When it
>>> flew, it went toward a large cottonwood about 200 yds North. Three
>>> scissor-tailed flycatchers soon caught my attention by flying into one
>>> of the saplings planted on the N side of the trail along there right
>>> after that.
>>>
>>> Then I moved on down the trail W to where Cambell trail comes in,
>>> where I found an indigo bunting. After waiting a long time for it to
>>> come out for a better look, I use my sure-fire method of getting /
>>> missing a good shot, by putting on a macro lens and going after some
>>> bumble bees on passion-flower. Sure enough, it moved in close and out
>>> in the open. Of course by the time I changed lenses and struggled to
>>> focus in macro and too small aperture, it was gone.
>>>
>>> I went back to where I had seen the Painted earlier, and there was
>>> Craig and Dale. While we were standing there chatting, I mentioned
>>> that I had found it by searching for the singing bird, and that I hope
>>> I would remember it. Craig pulled out his mp3 and played it, and the
>>> next thing we knew, Dale said "There it is" It had flown into one of
>>> the planted saplings about 12' away. I grabbed for my camera, and once
>>> again I was so far off on what I needed to be set up for, that I
>>> missed it. But Dale got a couple of really nice shots that I hope she
>>> will share.
>>>
>>> Keith Newton,
>>> LR. AR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Craig Provost wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> This afternoon Dale and I biked the River Trail [the ENTIRE River
>>>> Trail-
>>>> dcp]. East of Cook's Landing and just East of the 6.25 mile marker,
>>>> we saw
>>>> a Painted Bunting by some wild plums. We thought we heard two of
>>>> them, but
>>>> one was in plain sight and very close. This was less than 1 Mile
>>>> West of:
>>>> the Burns Park side of the Trail.
>>>> I had not noticed anyone reporting one there before.
>>>>
>>>> Craig and Dale Provost,
>>>> Little Rock, AR
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