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Subject: Re: Osprey Behavior
From: JASJCSJSS(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 May 2008 6:30am
Long-time subscriber; first-time poster. My family spent the weekend of
April 18-20 in Portland, ME. Our lodging was on the seventh floor of a hotel
downtown. At 7:30 Sunday morning, I watched out the window, as several herring
and great black-backed gulls scavenged below, to see an osprey appear, swoop
down towards a dead eastern white pine tree on the perimeter of a parking lot,
grab a three-foot long dead branch still attached and near the top of the
thirty-foot tree, then circle various times while gaining altitude. The bird
eventually landed at the highest spot in the area, the top of a communications
structure atop the Eastland Park Hotel, approximately fourteen stories up. It
appeared to be adding to a nest structure.
Jerry A. Smith
Orrington, ME 04474
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: katahdinss(AT)comcast.net (Gail B. Mackiernan <katahdinss@comcast.net>)
Date: 6 May 2008 9:49am
Actually there have been no Siberian Cranes at Bharatpur since 2002, the central
population to which these birds belonged is considered to be extinct. There are
two remaining populations. The few remaining western birds winter in Iran,
probably not the safest place to be! The eastern population actually has a
longer migration route, per the Siberian Crane Wetlands Project, flying about
3000 miles from Siberian breeding grounds to their wintering areas in China.
Gail Mackiernan
Colesville, MD
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: James McAllister <macsnest(AT)MNSI.NET>
> Hi again Bill,
>
> Talking of cranes, I forgot the Siberian crane which flies from northern
> Siberia over the Himalayas and winters at Bharatpur in central India.
>
> Jim
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Subject: BIRDLIFE NEWS ALERT
From: "Carol Anderson" <mayancarol(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:13pm
New report shows EU biofuel policy likely to cause worldwide environmental
destruction
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/05/biofuels_report.html
Please tell me if this is bugging anyone. I thought this article was pretty
important. I have no idea how many of you already subscribe and I don't want
to be a pest.
--
Carol C. Anderson
San Pedro La Laguna
Guatemala
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Subject: CSU Bakersfield Owl Cam
From: Chris Van Beveren <becktravel(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 3:36pm
I have been watching the little owlets grow into big baby owls for some time.
Yesterday they had most of their feathers, but fluff around their legs and
fluffy heads. Today the nest site is empty. Did anyone see them leave the nest?
or did it happen in the dark?
Chris Van Beveren
Beck Travel
10921 Oso Ave.
Chatsworth, Ca. 91311
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Subject: RFI: Tahiti birding?
From: TAHARRISON(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 May 2008 3:39pm
Birdchatters,
I have a (very fortunate) friend who is planning a trip to Tahiti. Do you
have any birding advice for him? Specifically, any guides who could take him
out birding?
If so, please fell free to reply directly to Russ Chandler at
_erchandler(AT)aol.com_ (mailto:erchandler(AT)aol.com)
On an unrelated note, I had a birdbrained California Thrasher strolling on
the road next to my house this morning. I pulled up in my car and he wasn't
spooked. I counseled him to get the heck out of the road and go to my feeder.
Tom Harrison
Glendale, CA
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Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?What_Happened_to_My_Phoebes=3F?=
From: =?windows-1252?Q?Steve_Moore?= <steve(AT)BIRDWATCHRADIO.COM>
Date: 6 May 2008 3:44pm
My family has been watching a nest of Phoebes that was built on our gutter
pipe about twenty feet from our deck. The birds hatched approximately
twelve days ago and the parents both worked non-stop.
To our dismay all activity abruptly stopped two days ago and both parents
are completely gone. It seemed a little too soon for them all to fledge so
I just climbed up to the nest. I found four nestlings all covered with
feathers but not real flight feathers yet....all dead. They don't seem to
be maimed in any way.
Any thoughts on what may have happened? There hasn't been anything weather
related, the nest is well covered and it's hard to believe that something
would have happened to both parents at the same time? Very sad.
Thanks,
Steve Moore
Gainesville, GA
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Subject: Grosbeak crossbreed
From: Pat Burden <tallerpat(AT)aol.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 4:54pm
I have a bird in my yard that has features of both the female Rose-breasted
Grosbeak and the female Black-headed Grosbeak.? I am thinking it may be a cross
between the two.
Photos are here:
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/userhome.jsp
I have searched for photos of crosses, but have found nothing.
I would appreciate your input.
Thanks,
Pat Burden
Yale, MI
PS These pictures were taken today in my yard in southern Sanilac County,
Michigan
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Subject: Re: CSU Bakersfield Owl Cam
From: Hilary Powers <hilary(AT)powersedit.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 5:18pm
Chris Van Beveren wrote:
> I have been watching the little owlets grow into big baby owls for
> some time. Yesterday they had most of their feathers, but fluff
> around their legs and fluffy heads. Today the nest site is empty. Did
> anyone see them leave the nest? or did it happen in the dark?
Hard to tell if they're really gone or just wandered out of sight - but
I haven't seen them today, either. The time lapse video ends in the
early afternoon yesterday, and you're right, they're awfully fluffy to
have flown the nest for good. (If you let the video play out, you can
control the movement of the frame with the arrow keys and actually see
the sequence without getting seasick.)
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Subject: new link for Grosbeak pictures
From: Pat Burden <tallerpat(AT)aol.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:21pm
Apparently I posted the wrong link before.? I am very sorry.? This should work
without signing in, etc.
http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=88715
Thanks,
Pat
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Subject: Re: The Toughest Migration of Them All
From: Chuck & Lillian <misclists(AT)att.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 7:13pm
The Northern Wheatear - I have read - has the longest annual migration of any
passerine. From their wintering grounds in South Africa, they migrate both
northeast and northwest, many of them entering into the Arctic New World moving
eastward from Siberia as well as westward from Iceland. It is believed (or
known) that these two routes actually cross one another in central Canada.
Cranes can soar and terns can sleep on the water; the wheatear does neither.
Chuck Almdale
North Hills, CA
At 12:03 AM 5/6/2008, BIRDCHAT automatic digest system wrote:
>Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 13:21:25 -0500
>From: Bill Saur <bsaur(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject: The Toughest Migration of Them All
>
>Hello:
>This time of year with bird migration on my mind, I decided to write an article
entitled "The Toughest Migration of Them All". My vote goes to the Demoiselle
Crane and if anybody knows of a tougher one they might consider leaving behind a
comment. The article is posted here:
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Subject: New Orleans French Quarter Birding information
From: "Chuck & Jaye Otte" <otte2(AT)cox.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:26pm
I'll be in New Orleans for meetings in a couple of weeks. I'm staying in the
middle of the French Quarter and will be car-less. Any suggestions on
locations for birding would be greatly appreciated. I'll have an afternoon
evening and a morning to spend padding my Louisiana list.
Thanks for any insight anyone can share!
Chuck
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Subject: Re: CSU Bakersfield Owl Cam
From: Hilary Powers <hilary(AT)powersedit.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 9:13pm
Ann Patmythes-Keys wrote:
> Hi Owlet watchers!!!
> I just visited the site and one owlet is there. I did visit the site
> about this time yesterday and they were both there. Then
> one took off with the other just watching it fly. It came back and then
> they both took off for some exercise. Do you feel that
> the mother is still providing them with food?
If they're anything like peregrines, yes - peregrine parents bring their
kids takeout whenever they yell for it, from the time they fledge until
they're ready to move away - often 6 weeks or more.
Makes sense - instinct can do only so much; hunting still has elements
of a learned skill, and it'd waste the parents' investment to cut the
young birds off before they're ready to feed themselves. They don't have
to worry about boomerang kids; young raptors have all the incentive they
need to strike out on their own, built in.
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Subject: Re: CSU Bakersfield Owl Cam
From: Chris Van Beveren <becktravel(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 10:40pm
I checked about 7:30PM and one owlet, the youngest I think, was visible for 15
minutes, then I saw him, or her, jump off the ledge - whether into the abyss, or
just into the vine you can see growing up to the nest area, I do not know. I
have no way of knowing this for sure, but I had the feeling the mother owl was
out there, calling to it to make the jump.
Goodbye little owls. See you next year, Mama Owl. Stay safe, I will miss you.
Chris Van Beveren
Beck Travel
10921 Oso Ave.
Chatsworth, Ca. 91311
Phone: 818-998-3122
Fax: 818-998-3588
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----- Original Message ----
From: Hilary Powers <hilary(AT)POWERSEDIT.COM>
To: BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 9:14:11 PM
Subject: Re: [BIRDCHAT] CSU Bakersfield Owl Cam
Ann Patmythes-Keys wrote:
> Hi Owlet watchers!!!
> I just visited the site and one owlet is there. I did visit the site
> about this time yesterday and they were both there. Then
> one took off with the other just watching it fly. It came back and then
> they both took off for some exercise. Do you feel that
> the mother is still providing them with food?
If they're anything like peregrines, yes - peregrine parents bring their
kids takeout whenever they yell for it, from the time they fledge until
they're ready to move away - often 6 weeks or more.
Makes sense - instinct can do only so much; hunting still has elements
of a learned skill, and it'd waste the parents' investment to cut the
young birds off before they're ready to feed themselves. They don't have
to worry about boomerang kids; young raptors have all the incentive they
need to strike out on their own, built in.
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Subject: Re: New Orleans French Quarter Birding
information
From: Chris Van Beveren <becktravel(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 10:47pm
You could try Louis Armstrong Park, which is just across the street from the
northwest side of the Quarter, so reachable on foot. Also, the St Charles
Streetcar runs to the southwest for several miles, passing Tulane University and
the Zoo, and there are some open areas with trees out there. The Quarter itself
is quite built out, not much there except for pigeons in front of the church on
the main square.
You could start with those, although someone who knows New Orleans better than
as a visitor could probably give you more suggestions.
Chris Van Beveren
Beck Travel
10921 Oso Ave.
Chatsworth, Ca. 91311
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----- Original Message ----
From: Chuck & Jaye Otte <otte2(AT)COX.NET>
To: BIRDCHAT(AT)LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 8:27:10 PM
Subject: [BIRDCHAT] New Orleans French Quarter Birding information
I'll be in New Orleans for meetings in a couple of weeks. I'm staying in the
middle of the French Quarter and will be car-less. Any suggestions on
locations for birding would be greatly appreciated. I'll have an afternoon
evening and a morning to spend padding my Louisiana list.
Thanks for any insight anyone can share!
Chuck
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Chuck & Jaye Otte mailto:otte2(AT)cox.net
613 Tamerisk
Junction City Kansas USA 66441
785-238-8800
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