IN-BIRD for Saturday, February 2, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Ivory Billed Woodpecker   Connie Doud    9:34am   Sandhill Cranes   murray    4:50pm   Miller Beach 2/2   Michael Topp    4:58pm   Summit Lake State Park   SPancol(AT)AOL.COM   7:05pm   02/02/02 Stillwater p.m. ducks   michael clarke    7:57pm   Spring already?   Jim & Cathy    9:23pm

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Subject: Ivory Billed Woodpecker
From: Connie Doud <ced(AT)NETUSA1.NET>
Date: 2 Feb 2002 9:34am

    Did anyone tape the Ivory Billed Woodpecker piece on CBS last week?  I
did manage to steal a few moments to watch it, but was not set up to tape.
It was well done and thanks for the alert concerning the airing.  I have
since decided that it would make a good nucleus for a program, and would be
happy to work out some arrangement to obtain a tape copy if possible.
    By the way, if anyone is traveling near Peru, there is a mounted female
specimen in the Miami County Museum opposite the courthouse downtown.  It
was identified by Neil Case several years ago in an old collection and was
refurbished and is now displayed for the public,  Dare we hope that a live
one will emerge from the swamps?

Steve Doud
ced(AT)netusa1.net


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Subject: Sandhill Cranes
From: murray <ccmurray(AT)WICO.NET>
Date: 2 Feb 2002 4:50pm

Sat., Feb. 2, Montgomery Co., 650N, east of 150E, closer to 350E

Sandhill Cranes -- several hundred now here, many hidden from view but
quite a few visible at close binocular range

Clint Murray
Crawfordsville

PS: Don't mean to start a thread, but saw 2 Turkey Vultures and 70+ male
Red-winged Blackbirds today. Never mind what the groundhog saw, the
harbingers are here.


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Subject: Miller Beach 2/2
From: Michael Topp <mtopp7927(AT)AOL.COM>
Date: 2 Feb 2002 4:58pm

Miller Beach(7:30-9:00am cst.)2/2
    (Lake County) (concession stand)

  Highlights:

  Common Goldeneye -16
  Greater Scaup -3
  Bufflehead Duck-3
  R.B. Merganser -12
  Great Black-backed gull-1(imm.)
  LONG-TAILED DUCK-1(adult male)*
     *(The bird flew directly in,then past me at only about
    50-60 yards offshore allowing for a great view.)

                                            Michael Topp


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Subject: Summit Lake State Park
From: SPancol(AT)AOL.COM
Date: 2 Feb 2002 7:05pm

2/2    Summit Lake State Park
7       Long-eared Owls - 2 different roosts - This is the only record
         of this owl for this park that I am aware of.
27     Hooded Mergansers
500+ Canada Goose
6       Ring-necked Ducks
7       Common Goldeneye
500+  Mallards
47     Lesser Scaup
28     Gadwall
24     Coots
1       Herring Gull - uncommon for this park
30     Ring-billed Gulls
6       Bufflehead
10     Canvasback
4       Ruddy Ducks
11     Northern Pintails
2       Pied-billed Grebes
13     Green-winged Teal
1       Snow Goose
4       Black Ducks
1       Killdeer
3       Mockingbirds
16      Tree Sparrows
3       Northern Shovelers
1       Great Horned Owl
4       Bluebirds
1       Great Blue heron
1       Pileated Woodpecker - uncommon for this park

1/28     Eagle Creek Park
47      Sandhill Cranes
2        Gadwall
2        Northern Pintails
4        Common Goldeneye
1        Pied-billed Grebe
4        Common Mergansers
150+   Ring-billed Gulls
10      Hooded Mergansers

1/27    Mississinewa Reservoir
1        Red-headed Woodpecker - Miami State Rec. Area
2        Northern Pintails - Miami SRA
1        Ring-necked Duck - Miami SRA
4        Lesser Scaup - Miami
2        Common Goldeneye - Miami

1/27    Salamonie Reservoir
Dora New Holland:
While searching the pines along Dora New Holland Road for owls
1        Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1        Yellow-rumped Warbler

Fire lane # 2
1       Rough-legged Hawk (light phase) - overflight

                          Steve Pancol


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Subject: 02/02/02 Stillwater p.m. ducks
From: michael clarke <miclarke(AT)BLOOMINGTON.IN.US>
Date: 2 Feb 2002 7:57pm

Quite a nice variety of ducks at Stillwater marsh (Monroe County) this
evening including two Canvasback.
Also, a calling American Woodcock and the same immature Red-
shouldered Hawk in the same spot as a few days ago.

Here is the duck list:
Canvasback 2
American Wigeon 12
Black Duck 6
Lesser Scaup 2
Gadwall 20
Common Goldeneye 14
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck ~200
Bufflehead 2
Mallard ~45
Canada Goose ~120

At the corner of Friendship and Gross Rd. I had 8 Fox Sparrows
gathered in a tree in response to my screech-owl tape.  Also, at the
end of Friendship Rd. in the portion of the pond that can be seen from
outside the restricted area I had about 50 Mallards and
4 or 5 Northern Pintail.

Mike Clarke
Bloomington


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Subject: Spring already?
From: Jim & Cathy <cmatthews(AT)IQUEST.NET>
Date: 2 Feb 2002 9:23pm

Fellow birders- I went out this morning to feed the birds. Two song
sparrows were singing loudly and strongly. I heard some others in the
distance, but between the barking dog (mine) and the song sparrows,
could not make out what they were. Let us hope this winter remains mild.

This winter has been fantastic for observing our neighborhood Cooper's
Hawk. I was able to count it for the feeder count in December, it has
been seen by myself and my family on several occasions throughout the
Fall and Winter. One day, this bird parked itself on some landscape
edging next to our shed and stayed there for several minutes. This was
near a favorite perch for the House Sparrows and Finches.

Enjoy those birds!

Jim Matthews
Greenfield