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Subject: Re: What bird heard on the Master's golf broadcast?
From: Fred Land <adliii(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:59am
Hi, Sylvia;
You're description makes me think of a red-wing blackbird, since a rusty hinge
has been the best comparison I've known for its call, but that shouldn't be an
exotic call for you. However, IDing the bird call in question is one thing, and
knowing whether the bird you heard was actually anywhere near the Masters
Tournament is another. I'll have to do some digging for the documentation, but
I recall reading about an instance several years ago where another sharp-eared
birder heard the call of a distinctly eastern bird at a PGA tournament at a
surprisingly western course location. The network involved fessed up that much
of the background sound was being mixed in to the live sound from pre-recorded
sources. The sound engineers involved liked the sound of the bird in the
recording, and didn't much care if that bird belonged anywhere near where the
pictures were being shot.
It's certainly a great exercise in bird song identification, but the "magic of
television" makes it likely that you'll never know whether the particular bird
was live or Memorex. (OK, I'm dating myself here)
Fred Land
Decatur GA
----- Original Message ----
From: Sylvia Wright <sylvia.wright(AT)COMCAST.NET>
To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:41:31 PM
Subject: [GABO-L] What bird heard on the Master's golf broadcast?
Dear Georgia birders,
I was watching the Master's golf tournament on TV at my home in California
yesterday, and heard a bird call. I was hoping you might have ideas on its ID. I
can test your suggestions at one of the audio sites online.
The call I heard was loud and clear, one note, sustained on the same pitch for
maybe one second. (Heard at same time: mourning doves.) The best comparison I
could come up with was that it sounded like the metallic note produced by the
big swings in public playgrounds, where the swing is suspended by a thick chain
from a steel bar. The swing goes back and forth and the chain rubs on the bar --
creeek, creeek, creeek, creeek.
It's probably one of your common birds there, but it sounds exotic out here.
Many thanks, and good birding,
Sylvia Wright
Davis, Calif.
Latitude: 38.546502 / Longitude: -121.698913
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Subject: Re: What bird heard on the Master's golf broadcast?
From: Fred Land <adliii(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 2:23am
Hi again;
Guess I should have done the web search first, so that I would have got my east
and west straight, but here's a link a reprint of a Washington Post article by
D'Vera Cohn from Sept. 2, 2002.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pardo/birds/archive/archive5/msg00867.html
You can find the original at the Post by searching "Botching the Birdies", but
it's not a free download (a plug for the NY Times who has stopped charging for
this service, but it doesn't look like they picked up this article).
Fred Land
Decatur GA (and a long-time professional at using sound and pictures to create
alternative realities)
----- Original Message ----
From: Sylvia Wright <sylvia.wright(AT)COMCAST.NET>
To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 12:41:31 PM
Subject: [GABO-L] What bird heard on the Master's golf broadcast?
Dear Georgia birders,
I was watching the Master's golf tournament on TV at my home in California
yesterday, and heard a bird call. I was hoping you might have ideas on its ID. I
can test your suggestions at one of the audio sites online.
The call I heard was loud and clear, one note, sustained on the same pitch for
maybe one second. (Heard at same time: mourning doves.) The best comparison I
could come up with was that it sounded like the metallic note produced by the
big swings in public playgrounds, where the swing is suspended by a thick chain
from a steel bar. The swing goes back and forth and the chain rubs on the bar --
creeek, creeek, creeek, creeek.
It's probably one of your common birds there, but it sounds exotic out here.
Many thanks, and good birding,
Sylvia Wright
Davis, Calif.
Latitude: 38.546502 / Longitude: -121.698913
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Subject: Wood Thrush on the Master's
From: Vicki DeLoach <VLDELOACH(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:01am
We heard a Wood Thrush on the Master's several times this weekend ... so at
least that bird was correct.
Real yard: male Indigo Bunting back on a feeder right now, and
White-throated Sparrows are singing in the yard this morning, our last winter
hold-outs.
Vicki DeLoach
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Subject: Summer Tanager, American Redstart and More
From: Tfshead <tfshead(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:20am
Yesterday morning we had our FOTY summer tanager here at the house. We've had
one nesting here many of the 15 years we lived in these woods.
Then, while enjoying the tanager as it sat for 15 minutes or more up in one of
the trees, we saw an American redstart. I heard the redstart calling again this
morning.
We've been waiting for our wood thrush, and a walk up to the garden yesterday
produced one! We have not yet heard it singing in the mornings, but it was
there scratching in the brush.
With the indigo bunting and great-crested flycatcher on Saturday, it was a GREAT
and colorful birding weekend at the White Hill Shelter in Whipporwill Hollow!
Connie Head
Commerce, Jackson County, GA
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Subject: Many Goldfinches
From: Tfshead <tfshead(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:21am
Also, I have an influx of goldfinches, and all stations on the feeder and
thistle sock are occupied, with many birds waiting "in the wings"!
Connie Head
Commerce, Jackson County, GA
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Subject: Help for a visiting birder on May 5th
From: Darlene Moore <djmoore67(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 10:42am
GABOers,
I am forwarding a request I have received from a birder from New York who
wants to go birding around the "Hot Spots" in Atlanta on May 5th. I will
not be in town and therefore unable to help, but was hoping someone out
there might even be able to get her up to Kennesaw Mt for the morning. She
hopes to get up "ridiculously early" (my kinda gal) and go birding until
the afternoon or the birding get slow.
I have forwarded her email address and her message below. You can contact
me privately off list, or email her directly.
Thanks in advance.
Darlene Moore
Decatur, GA
Dekalb County
Hi,
I'm the birder from New York who interrupted your nice meal to ask about
hiring a guide to take me to some of your best birding spots when I come
to Atlanta early next month.
The work part of my trip starts with dinner on Monday, May 5. If this
birding thing works out, I would come the night before and would be
interested in going out from ridiculously early in the morning on the 5th
until late afternoon or until it's no longer productive, whichever comes
first.
If you could help me find someone who could take me around, that would be
most appreciated!
Regards,
Joan Steiner
roden(AT)mhcable.com
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Subject: Re: Blackpoll Warblers
From: Giff Beaton <giffbeaton(AT)MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:09am
GABbers- At Kennesaw Mountain our dates for Blackpoll Warblers are very
close to those reported by Georgann for Fernbank. Main movement is 24 Apr to
9 May, and the biggest numbers are 27 April to 6 May. The reason this is a
fairly late arriving warbler is that not only does the species winter only
in South America (one of only four warblers to winter that far south only)
but they all come up through the West Indies to get back to the breeding
grounds. They follow the Lesser Antilles up to the Greater Antilles, then
across to Florida, and then up the panhandle to the rest of the continent.
That takes a long time! The reason we see so few in fall is that they fly
overwater from the Maritimes of Canada NON STOP over the western Atlantic
Ocean to South America. a mind-boggling feat of 2500 miles which takes them
about 85 hours or so.
Giff Beaton
Marietta GA
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Subject: Re: Wood Thrush on the Master's
From: Jason Baumgardner <jbaum79(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:15pm
Well I was at the Masters again on Sunday and again the birds were
quite vocal. I did not hear the wood thrush Vicki mentioned, but the
birds I heard or saw included many pine warblers (only heard), many
brown headed nuthatches (actually got a look at one on a tree trunk),
many crows, a few chipping sparrows (seen and heard), a few very vocal
mockingbirds, one or two bluebirds, several red-tailed hawks, and
another hawk which did not look like a red-tail but I'm not sure what
it was. Might it have been a broad-winged? I haven't learned to ID
that one yet. I also heard one or two warbler-sounding birds, but with
my inexperience they were not recognizable to me. It was very
interesting to hear the pine warbler and chipping sparrow singing at
the same time, in order to note the difference between the two. I
didn't bother carrying binoculars, nor was I focusing on birds
primarily, as you can imagine- I was more concerned with following a
Tiger!
Jason Baumgardner
Roswell
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From: Vicki DeLoach <VLDELOACH(AT)AOL.COM>
To: GABO-L(AT)LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 9:00 am
Subject: [GABO-L] Wood Thrush on the Master's
We heard a Wood Thrush on the Master's several times this weekend ...
so at
least that bird was correct.
Real yard: male Indigo Bunting back on a feeder right now, and
White-throated Sparrows are singing in the yard this morning, our last
winter
hold-outs.
Vicki DeLoach
SE Cherokee Co./yard
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Subject: Calliope Hummingbird
From: Rick & Sandy <ricknsandy(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 12:54pm
We saw our female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD a few minutes ago. She flew into and
perched on our Black Cherry tree right outside our office, about 6 feet from
our window. We both got long looks at her before she was flushed by a couple
Eastern Bluebirds and hoards of American Goldfinch who got too close.
Although this may sound like old hat, it is not. The last time we saw her at
her nectar feeder of choice, was Monday morning, April 7, a week ago. We do
monitor that feeder, the other 2 feeders, and the yard in general, just
short of a vigil, and we have not seen her at any of the feeders, nor on any
flowers since then. We have been in the yard a lot, and have not seen or
heard her little 'clicks'. Given her frequency of being here, after a full
week, near the middle of April, we thought she was "....somewhere in the
middle of Montana".
She must be getting natural food. We do have native azaleas, both Piedmont
and Florida/flame, as well as red buckeye, coral honeysuckle, native
columbine, woodland poppy, Lenten rose, Solomon's seal (odoratum), and many
other blooming plants, mostly native. Of course these "natives" are probably
not native to the environment where she "belongs" had she not gone off
course. Still, this is her first winter/spring, period.
An update, 10 minutes later: She has gone to a second of the three feeders
which is next to the Black Cherry tree. She has briefly been at the feeder
and back into the tree, and now away from view.
Rick & Sandy Krause
Near Lilburn, Gwinnett County
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Subject: Re: Blackpoll Warblers
From: Charlie <cmmbirds(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:29pm
Hi folks,
Just to give a specific example of what Giff is saying...
My first bird banding experience, and later my first formal class,
were both at Shoals Marine Laboratory in 1992 and 1993. The lab is
located on Appledore Island, which is 8 miles off the coast of Maine.
They don't catch many (or even any) Blackpoll Warblers (BLPW)s there
in spring. However they catch hundreds of them in the fall. It is
pretty common for the island (only about 60+ acres, with no
vegetation more than 18 feet tall) to have no BLPW one day, and have
hundreds the next day. It is also typical for such an influx to hang
around for a few days to a bit over a week, as this island is what we
call a staging area for migration. The birds don't winter there, nor
do they nest there. But they stopover for a while to fatten up. So
we would catch the same individual more than once over a period of
several days. During that time, the birds get noticeably (in the
hand) fatter. In fact, some of them will gain 50 PERCENT of their
body mass! In other words, a bird that arrives weighing 12 grams,
leaves weighing EIGHTEEN! I weigh 160 lbs. Imagine if I gained 80
pounds by the end of this month. NOt good, right? (Tracey cringes,
I'm sure). Well these guys leave Appledore and the next stop is,
presumably, Cuba or thereabouts.
Pretty durn amazing, if you ask me!
So amazing, that we forget the fact that before they even get to
Appledore, they fly tens or even scores of miles over water
overnight. That fact is pretty neat, but pales in comparison to the
2nd leg of their journey.
Charlie Muise
Lamar County, GA
--- Giff Beaton <giffbeaton(AT)MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
> GABbers- At Kennesaw Mountain our dates for Blackpoll Warblers are
> very
> close to those reported by Georgann for Fernbank. Main movement is
> 24 Apr to
> 9 May, and the biggest numbers are 27 April to 6 May. The reason
> this is a
> fairly late arriving warbler is that not only does the species
> winter only
> in South America (one of only four warblers to winter that far
> south only)
> but they all come up through the West Indies to get back to the
> breeding
> grounds. They follow the Lesser Antilles up to the Greater
> Antilles, then
> across to Florida, and then up the panhandle to the rest of the
> continent.
> That takes a long time! The reason we see so few in fall is that
> they fly
> overwater from the Maritimes of Canada NON STOP over the western
> Atlantic
> Ocean to South America. a mind-boggling feat of 2500 miles which
> takes them
> about 85 hours or so.
>
>
>
> Giff Beaton
>
> Marietta GA
>
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Subject: Carter's Lake - 4/12/08
From: Joshua Spence <spencejoshua(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:52pm
Mark Goins and I spent Saturday morning at Carter’s Lake(Murray/Gilmer). We
birded about an hour at the Powerhouse fields(no LeConte’s) and about two
hours on Woodring Branch Rd. We had 69 species in all including 12 species
of warbler.
Highlights:
Red-breasted Merganser - 3
Common Loon - 5
Horned Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Green Heron - FOTS
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Chimney Swift
Great-crested Flycatcher - FOTS
Eastern Kingbird - 2
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 3. FOTS
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Cliff Swallow ~ 20
Barn Swallow - 4
Northern Parula - 3, FOTS
Black-throated Green Warbler - 9
Yellow-throated Warbler - 7
Prairie Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler - 8
Worm-eating Warbler - 3, FOTS
Ovenbird - FOTS
Common Yellowthroat - 5
Hooded Warbler - 2, FOTS
Scarlet Tanager - FOTS
Other bird species observed, for those interested:
Canada Goose - 5
Great Blue Heron - 4
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture - 6
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker - 3
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 2
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler - 5
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 6
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Meadowlark - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 14
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch ~ 20
Joshua Spence,
Murray County
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Subject: FOTY bird
From: mocking bird <mockingbird(AT)GARDENER.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 1:53pm
Greetings all! Saw FOTY male indigo bunting on Friday and now more are
here. Still have lots of goldfinches and now just a few purple finches.
Baby season is here for sure. Lots of nesting and have had baby birds
already presented for raising. Lynn Schlup, Oconee, Ga., Washington Co.
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Subject: Ocmulgee Audubon Activities for April
From: Jim Gilreath <jsgilreath(AT)COX.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 5:07pm
Ocmulgee Audubon invites anyone interested to attend its April activities.
Monday, April 14, 7:30 PM.
Need to better understand sparrows? Charlie will present information on
this variable species at our monthly meeting at the Museum of Arts and
Sciences, 4182 Forsyth Road in Macon.
Saturday, April 19, 5:15 AM. The April field trip will be to Kennesaw
Mountain near Atlanta. The group will leave promptly at 5:15 am from the
K-Mart parking lot on Tom Hill Sr. in Macon to visit Kennesaw Mountain for
spring migrants. Contact Paul Hoinowski at 478-745-5174 for details.
Friday, April 25. RAFB Bird Tour. Bob Sargent will lead a bird watching tour
of Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins on Friday, April 25. The base
features over 2,000 acres of river swamp, creek forest, bay and gum
ponds, a small longleaf pine forest, upland hardwood forest, fields, and
lakes. Sargent’s tours typically count about 70 species, including as
many as 10 species of warblers. The tour starts at 8:00 a.m and will last
until mid-day. Contact Bob Sargent before April 21 at 478-327-3974 or email
Bob.sargent(AT)robins.af.mil if you would like to attend.
Saturday, April 26. Earth Day celebration at Ocmulgee National Monument.
Monday, May 12, 7:30 PM. OAS monthly meeting will feature Dr. Geoffrey E.
Hill, Professor of Biology at Auburn University, who will discuss evidence
of ivory-billed woodpeckers he and a team found in Florida.
NOTE: Ocmulgee Audubon Society requires that children and youth 15 years of
age and younger be accompanied by a parent or guardian on all OAS field trips.
Jim Gilreath
President, Ocmulgee Audubon
Macon, GA
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Subject: Indigo Bunting- Fots
From: Donna Seckinger <dodaseck(AT)YAHOO.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 5:36pm
Hello there,
On this chilly day I have seen my first Indigo Bunting. Always good to see the
first one. It was a male.
On Saturday I had a fots of two Pine Siskins. I have had numbers of Purple
Finch's all winter.
Today a Brown Thrasher was feeding on the suet. There are more American Gold
Finch's than I care to count. They are eating me "out of house and home" !
I am especially enjoying watching two Brown-headed Nuthatch's that are very
busy at the home-made suet.
My regards,
Donna Seckinger
Fairfield Plantation( VillaRica)
Carroll County, Ga.
DDS
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Subject: Ruby-throated hummingbird in Hapeville
From: Bob Braxton <rbraxton(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 6:37pm
Saw my First of the Season ruby-throated hummingbird at my backyard feeder
today in Hapeville. About two weeks later than last year, when it got my
first ruby-throat the end of March.
Bob Braxton
Hapeville, GA
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Subject: Blue Grosbeak
From: Verna Johnson <pres1002(AT)MSN.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 7:04pm
A male Blue Grosbeak showed up at the feeders today, as well as a second ma=
le Indigo Bunting. Just waiting for the
Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, and we'll have a full house. Yellow-rumped Warbler=
s have pretty much left, as well as the
Dark-Eyed Juncos.
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Verna Johnson
Bethlehem, GA
Barrow County
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Subject: Blue Grosbeaks FOTS
From: Shawn Heifert <shawnheifert(AT)HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 7:39pm
Activity at the feeders has been rather monotonous, the usual suspects,
including a ever steady population of molting goldfinches. However,
things got interesting today as I had two male and one female blue
grosbeaks, my first of the season. I have also has regular visits from
one male ruby throat. My bluebirds are beginning to fledge their first
brood of the season as well.
Shawn Heifert
Richmond Hill, GA
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Subject: Birding in Montezuma and Dublin Georgia
From: slaytons(AT)BELLSOUTH.NET
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:03pm
I arrived in Montezuma this morning around 11:00am and started looking for the
YH Blackbirds. I watched the Haystack and the bids on the ground for about 45
minutes and saw one immature Bird. I decided to get back in my car and just
wait. About 12:15pm a large flock of birds flew into the tree beside me. I got
out of my car and saw at least 3 YH Blackbirds. I got some good close pictures
but don't know if these are mature or immature Birds. I was just happy to get
such close up looks at them. I came back through Dublin and stopped at The
Jackson's House. Laurie said that they hadn't seen the GB Mango for 5 days.
Probably a good sign that He finally headed toward his breeding grounds. I think
all will agree that it was great while it lasted. It was cold and cloudy with a
little drizzle. But I still managed to see a few Birds. The best was a Male
Ruby-throated Hummer at one of their beautiful flowers. all in all a very good
day. Good Birding and have a blessed evening.
Steve Slayton
Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County
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Subject: Gwinnet Co birding
From: Brandon Best <sandfalcon(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:48pm
Greetings all,
I've gotten out the last two mornings despite less than promising spring
birding conditions. All the same, like most people getting out into the
field these days, I continued to add FOS species to my year list. On 13
April, I visited Little Mulberry Park for four hours, noting 48 species, low
for what I would expect for this time of year. Notable finds included:
Green Heron 3 FOS and new for my park list.
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 FOS and new for my park list.
Gray Catbird 3 FOS
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1 female
Palm Warbler 1
Ovenbird 4 on territory, FOS and new for my park list, although Joel Hitt
reported them here July 07.
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Hooded Warbler 2 FOS and new for my park list.
The four new species has now moved my park list to an even 100 species since
I started keeping track in Oct 2007. These are only my observations, but if
anyone else has spent time at this park, I would love to hear of your finds
as well.
Today, 14 April, I walked a portion of the Suwanee Creek Greenway. Notable
finds here included:
Blue-winged Teal 10 at the marshy lake in George Pierce Park
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 FOS
Scarlet Tanager 2 m&f FOS
And finally, at my house in Lawrenceville this evening I had:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 FOS
Brandon Best
Lawrenceville, GA
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Subject: Cochran Shoals 4/14/08 FOTS Cape May Warbler, Blue
Grosbeak, others
From: Ken Blankenship <kenhblankenship(AT)COMCAST.NET>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 9:55pm
Today Nathan Farnau birded The Shoals at lunchtime and I headed over after
work for a couple hours. Some nice birds today, including a gorgeous male
CAPE MAY WARBLER which fortuitously popped into my field of view for nice
long looks as I was watching a couple DOWNY WOODPECKERS harassing a RED-
HEADED WOODPECKER, who was hanging out on their nest tree. Also had a male
BLUE GROSBEAK on the west jogging trail. Nathan observed a food delivery at
the RED-SHOULDERED HAWK nest and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO carrying nesting
material. Another nice wave of swallows was out on the river. Highlights:
Wood Duck 1f, 8 ducklings
Blue-winged Teal 8
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 (fots), calling
White-eyed Vireo 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 130
Cliff Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 40
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17
Northern Parula 1m, singing
Palm Warbler 7
Common Yellowthroat 6
Summer Tanager 1 (fots), singing
Indigo Bunting 1
If you would like to receive semi-daily emails with the complete list from
Cochran Shoals, email me.
Ken Blankenship
Marietta, GA (Cobb County)
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Subject: Dark-eyed Juncos
From: Marla Mitchell <marla.mitchell(AT)GMAIL.COM>
Date: 14 Apr 2008 11:30pm
I thought all of my Dark-eyed Juncos were gone but today I had one feeding
at my feeder (possibly one just stopping for a bite while it is moving
through) It has been almost a week since I had any of the Juncos last. In my
front yard I had a pair of Robins, Mockingbird and a Brown Thrasher feeding
today and my Cardinal pair continues to visit. I have not seen my titmouse
friends for a while and I usually always have them. It kind of hurts my
feelings. Oh well, maybe I am just missing them. I know they are busy with
babies.
Take care,
Marla Mitchell
Loganville, GA (Walton County)
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