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Subject: [birders] No March Butterflies--None!
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 9:16am
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The first butterflies of the 2008 Season in southeast Michigan finally show=
ed up on April 2 and 3. On April 2 Faye Stoner found two Mourning Cloaks at=
Leonard's Preserve in southwest Washtenaw County near Manchester. The next=
day I had 12 Mourning Cloaks and 1 Eastern Comma in a woodlot Dhu Varren W=
oods in Ann Arbor.
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These are incredibly late, first season sightings for butterflies by recent=
standards. In checking back through the records of the Greater Washtenaw C=
ounty Survey, every year since 1994 one or more butterflies were reported i=
n the month of March. One year we even had a February butterfly! The weathe=
r in March was pretty weird. There was much more snow than normal and fewer=
sunny days. Temperatures were almost always in the below normal range and =
the very few times it got up into 50's--when over-wintering butterflies suc=
h the Mourning Cloak or the Eastern Comma could potentialy emerge from thei=
r hibernation to fly around--the woods were either still covered with snow =
or the day was cloudy and windy.
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It will be interesting to see whether the butterfly season catches up more =
back to normal as Spring progresses.
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Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Subject: [birders] Ospreys in Kensington
From: "Sherlock, Ken" <KSherlock(AT)ahla.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 10:44am
I noticed a pair of ospreys nesting on a platform in the Huron River in
Kensington near the Milford Road entrance yesterday. I was fortunate
enough to have one of the pair fly nearby with a fish in its talons.
Ken Sherlock
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Subject: [birders] More Spring Arrivals
From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 7:49am
Yesterday I had a Flicker on the telephone pole doing
his "Wicka-Wicka-Wicks" thing. He also flew down and
checked out a nestbox that's there. He went inside
for a minute then flew out and resumed calling from a
higher treetop. Unfortunately, Starlings had entered
that same box 1/2 hour earlier so now they both know
it's available and I'm sure the Starlings will do
their best and probably win out without my
intervention. Even though I can keep the Starlings
away, it's tough to get the Flicker to accept the box
after their eggs were tossed out by the Starlings once
already last year. Fred in Warren
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Subject: [birders] falcon web cam
From: laurent fournier <laurentfournier2003(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 4:59am
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Hi All
Two pelegrine falcons are nesting in a tower owned by a power company, in Fort
Wayne (where my week job is). A web cam was installed and can be checked at:
http://www.aep.com/environmental/education/falconcam/birdcam.asp
I found pretty interesting that logos of DNR and the power company are visible
on the back of the nest. After the "Ford Stadium", here is the
"Indianamichiganpower nest"
Have a great birding week end
Laurent Fournier
Cell : 1 734 709 3153
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Subject: [birders] ADMIN - sbcglobal test
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 2:21pm
Ignore if you do not have an sbcglobal.net email address.
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If you have an sbcglobal.net email address, please reply to this email
(i.e., offlist) to confirm that you received it.
Bruce
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Bruce M. Bowman
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan
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Subject: [birders] Hummingbird arrival map
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 2:37pm
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Hummingbird enthusiasts,
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have reached southern Indiana and central =
Kentucky (www.hummingbirds.net/map.html). They will be in Michigan soon! =
Once they arrive, I'll be mapping the reports on my own website at: =
http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/Data2008.htm. I hope you will report =
your arrivals to me at the e-mail address below if you haven't already =
reported them to <hummingbirds.net>. I typically suggest putting out =
your hummingbird feeder(s) no later than April 15 as the earliest =
confirmed arrival in the state is April 8, though I do also have a few =
unconfirmed March reports (not this year!). If you see a hummingbird =
before April 15, please try to obtain a photo! And, last year saw a =
record number of April reports in the UP too.
Thanks!
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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You may wonder how it weighs the food.=20
It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird.=20
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Subject: [birders] Re: Turkeys in my Canton Neighborhood
From: "John Lowry" <john(AT)kingbird.org>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 6:38pm
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Turkeys are around. It surprises me how much they move. My guess is =
that you have some turkeys!
John
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From: Suzanne Vedder=20
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:05 PM
Subject: [birders] Turkeys in my Canton Neighborhood
My 10 y.o. son came in at dusk saying that he and two other boys had =
followed some wild turkeys through our neighborhood (Pickwick Village, =
Barchester and Lilley). I questioned him thoroughly (big, brown and =
gray-headed birds) and we got in the car and relocated the 2 birds. They =
did look an awful lot like turkeys, but I would be surprised if thats =
what they really were. It was getting dark and I could not make out much =
detail. Their head silhouettes hinted more of a thick, decurved bill. =
Several years ago, we saw an exotic or domestically raised bird of =
similar size that was some type of pheasant or peahen in the area. (The =
birds eventually headed to the woodlots west of Lilley between Ford and =
Hanford - and they were quite adept at flight.)
Either way, there were turkeys in our 'hood tonight... whether it was =
the birds or the crazy people chasing them!
Suzanne in Canton
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Subject: [birders] Since we're talking Turkey: photo uploaded
From: Parula100(AT)aol.com
Date: 4 Apr 2008 8:08pm
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On my way to Crane Creek yesterday morning I came across 2 Wild Turkeys (at
least I assume they were wild) displaying and gobbling along the side of Route
2. They seemed oblivious to the fact that I drove right up alongside them. I
took a number of photographs of them, but this one's my favorite. Only a
mother (or another Turkey) could love this face!
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html
Darlene Friedman
Novi
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