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Subject: [birders] Junco and a bald-Headed
From: "bflylady27(AT)netzero.net" <bflylady27@netzero.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 12:31am
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I still have a junco and also a bald-headed male red-wing blackbird. Co=
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Subject: [birders] RE: hair tearing
From: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 2:27am
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Cendra,
The more I bird, and watch other birders, the more I think that luck,
patience and skill are all elements of one thing. It takes a lot of time
watching birds to get good at identifying them. And the more comfident one
becomes with identifying common birds, the more easily he'll notice
something out of place. Many people expect to walk outside and see replicas
of the pictures in their field guides, which don't exist.
There is no piece of gear, no magical field guide, no shortcut to spending a
lot of time actually watching birds and getting to know them. The people
who know the most and more easily identify more birds under difficult
conditions, are the people who have put in the most time learning how to do
it. So, when one of those people has a rare bird perch in front of them,
don't curse your bad luck, but wonder instead if you would have recognized
it if it had landed in front of you. Have you spent the time studying
hundreds or thousands of the common birds that the rare one resembles, so
you're ready to make the right call in that moment?
I can tell you from observing really good birders through the years that
they're usually not the ones talking about their birding exploits, but the
quiet ones with their binoculars aimed at something.
I love the Branch Rickey (Brooklyn Dodgers GM) quote, "Luck is the residue
of design." It fits a lot of situations, including this one. Determine to
learn the birds one encounter at a time, spend as much time in the field as
possible, and try to learn habits and habitats as well as physical traits.
Forget spending more on equipment until what you're using is holding you
back. And expect branches and leaves, the sun, insects, hot and cold
weather, and everything else in nature to challenge you constantly.
As for bird photography, I don't do it anymore. After I saw Andreas Kanon
walk out of LeFurge Woods covered with mud in mid-March, and he told me he
had been stretched out in the frozen swamp to get pictures of Red-winged
Blackbirds, I figured I'd stick with watching them -- especially since my
photos would never be as good as his. I'm just not committed enough to be
really good at it, and if I'm not really good, why not just look at someone
else's pictures? Check out www.kanonphoto.com for a really excellent
confluence of luck, patience, skill and equipment.
Jim McDonald
Ypsilanti
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From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1(AT)comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:10 AM
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Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
Cendra,
As you'll discover as you get more into our shared obsession, birding
requires luck (50%), patience (25%), skill (15%), and equipment (10%).
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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From: Cendra <mailto:cendra(AT)digitalrealm.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:49 AM
Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
Oh, come on! Birds don't hold still long enough to sort all that out!! I'm
still upset about the sparrows, which I thought was one species. I finally
saw one that held still long enough for me to memorize its patterns, and of
course it fits nothing in the bird book! Everything else flies into a tree
directly behind another branch, or lands in a great position for me to view
it for about one second, or is placed so I have to look directly into the
sun.
Seriously, I think some of you are making this up! And the ones of you who
get those amazing photographs must have some kind of special power that gets
the bird to hold still long enough for you to get it in focus. That one a
few days back that was taken of a wood duck through a maze of branches just
blew me away. Clearly some people on this list either have great
imaginations or special gifts.
The Muggle Birder,
Cendra Lynn
OWS, A2
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Subject: [birders] Time in the field (was Hair tearing)
From: Julie Craves <jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 6:26am
I certainly agree with Jim. There is no substitute for being in the
field, or in fishing parlance, "line time in the water." (Also
applicable is Wayne Gretsky's quote, "You miss 100% of the shots you
don't take.") I'd add to that, you also have to be really patient, and
slow down.
Every year, after posting the various birds seen at UM-Dearborn on a
survey, I get complaints from people who seem to not quite believe me
(or whomever was doing the daily survey) because they couldn't find the
same birds. My survey route is a less than a mile roughly around the
lake on campus. Even when there are only a few birds around, it takes me
nearly an hour. I do a lot of standing, and when I'm moving, I'm going
very slowly.
Finally, rather than miraculous electronic field guides, we might take a
cue from many Europeans or Brits, who don't take a field guide in the
field, but only a notebook. They take copious notes and make sketches,
and work from there to later identify birds. It forces one to really
look at and learn about birds, including behavior and variations in
plumage. It's completely worthwhile to do this even with common birds.
There's always something to learn, if not appreciate.
I've read an account Kenn Kaufman wrote about birding with Rich Stallcup
and some others. Rich was on a bird, which the others looked at briefly
and were then impatient to move on to find "better" birds.
"C'mon, Rich," they said, "You've seen a million American Redstarts."
"Yes," Rich replied, "but I've never seen THIS one."
> Cendra,
>
> The more I bird, and watch other birders, the more I think that luck,
> patience and skill are all elements of one thing. It takes a lot of time
> watching birds to get good at identifying them. And the more comfident one
> becomes with identifying common birds, the more easily he'll notice
> something out of place. Many people expect to walk outside and see replicas
> of the pictures in their field guides, which don't exist.
>
> There is no piece of gear, no magical field guide, no shortcut to spending a
> lot of time actually watching birds and getting to know them. The people
> who know the most and more easily identify more birds under difficult
> conditions, are the people who have put in the most time learning how to do
> it. So, when one of those people has a rare bird perch in front of them,
> don't curse your bad luck, but wonder instead if you would have recognized
> it if it had landed in front of you. Have you spent the time studying
> hundreds or thousands of the common birds that the rare one resembles, so
> you're ready to make the right call in that moment?
>
> I can tell you from observing really good birders through the years that
> they're usually not the ones talking about their birding exploits, but the
> quiet ones with their binoculars aimed at something.
>
> I love the Branch Rickey (Brooklyn Dodgers GM) quote, "Luck is the residue
> of design." It fits a lot of situations, including this one. Determine to
> learn the birds one encounter at a time, spend as much time in the field as
> possible, and try to learn habits and habitats as well as physical traits.
> Forget spending more on equipment until what you're using is holding you
> back. And expect branches and leaves, the sun, insects, hot and cold
> weather, and everything else in nature to challenge you constantly.
>
> As for bird photography, I don't do it anymore. After I saw Andreas Kanon
> walk out of LeFurge Woods covered with mud in mid-March, and he told me he
> had been stretched out in the frozen swamp to get pictures of Red-winged
> Blackbirds, I figured I'd stick with watching them -- especially since my
> photos would never be as good as his. I'm just not committed enough to be
> really good at it, and if I'm not really good, why not just look at someone
> else's pictures? Check out www.kanonphoto.com for a really excellent
> confluence of luck, patience, skill and equipment.
>
> Jim McDonald
> Ypsilanti
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Julie A. Craves
Rouge River Bird Observatory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
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Subject: [birders] gt crested flycathcer
From: keitay(AT)umich.edu
Date: 2 May 2008 8:12am
Species moving through the backyard here on the west side of Ann Arbor.
But a Great Crested Flycatcher working the oak trees seems just a bit
on the early side.
Keith T.
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Subject: [birders] Re: unusual visitors to feeders
From: theduckpen(AT)att.net
Date: 2 May 2008 12:37pm
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Harry,
We had an overwintering YR Warbler this past season (in eastern Kent County),
and I saw the bird on two different suet feeders behind our house. But mostly it
would eat the suet 'crumbles' that had fallen to the ground.
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Greetings all,
A couple of weeks ago, when the weather was on the cool side, we had a
Yellow-Rumped Warbler feeding from our suet cake. I'd never heard of that
before. Today, twice, we have had an Indigo Bunting feeding from our thistle
feeder. Is this something others have experienced, or do we just have wierd
birds here?
Harry Wallin
Sunfield Township,
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Subject: [birders] Baltimore Oriole
From: mszedenits <mszedenits(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 9:11am
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Just saw a Baltimore Oriole at my hummingbird feeder.
Margaret
Prospect near Ford
Superior Township, Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Re: Bald Red-Wing Blackbird
From: mszedenits <mszedenits(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 10:00am
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I went poking around and found this article about bald birds.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/BaldBirds.htm
Margaret
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 7:15 PM, mszedenits <mszedenits(AT)gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the red-wing blackbirds at my feeders has a bald head. Is some
> kind of mite? Should I be worried about the other birds at the feeders?
>
> Thanks,
> Margaret Szedenits
> Prospect near Ford
> Superior Township, Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Cassidy road at Dusk; Blue Jay (Jay! Jay! Jay!)
invasion
From: Dave Sing <dsing(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 10:01am
Howdy. Did a slow drive down Cassidy with numerous stops at dusk
last night. Really nice variety, only
moderate numbers. At the Wintergreen Park watched the resident
Pileateds at the old roost tree having
a head-bobbing and neck-waving party, accompanied by a host of
singing birds, including Wood thrush,
Towhee, Rose-breasted grosbeak, first Scarlet T. (Chick! burrrr),
Yellow warbler, Hooded, Blue-wing,
Pine, first American redstart, slews of gnatcatchers and the
occasional mad gobble of Wild turkey.
As dusk fell Barred owls began to bark at each other, stopping to ask
who was cooking. At the
old ponds (north side along the esker) there were singing Common
yellowthroats and a Purple finch,
along with a pair of Hooded mergansers and a Kingfisher. Lots of
birds in the lower canopy were
flashing by unidentified in the gloaming.
Yesterday afternoon and again this morning the yard and environs in
Chelsea have been basically
mobbed with small groups of Blue jays, all talky and loud. One bird
is doing a perfect Broad-winged
hawk; lots of the morse code/monkey talk and various whistles and
grunts, and the emphatic
titular calls clanging through the treetops. Nothing new otherwise
in the yard this morning.
And best of all perhaps was a single male Chestnut-sided warbler
foraging the flowering Redbud trees
right in front of Taubman/Med Sci II as I walked to the office
~9AM. He was right at head height and
allowed for a real close look, completely nonplussed by the whir of
human activity all around it.
Hooray! It's May! DBS Chelsea MI
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Subject: [birders] Re: Brewster's Warbler Crosswinds Marsh
From: mck426(AT)comcast.net
Date: 2 May 2008 2:03pm
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I need some help here. What is a Brewster's Warbler? I couldn't find him in
the Sibley. Is this bird the Blue-winged/Golden-winged product?
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From: "Daryl & Gail Aspery" <gr8gray(AT)wowway.com>
I had a great look at a Brewster's Warbler this evening at the intersection of
the bald eagle and blue heron trail
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Subject: [birders] Re: field guides
From: Barbara Fiddes <nuthatch45(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 7:24am
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I just picked up a couple of used guides from www.textbooks.com to give to my
niece.
Other than a big yellow USED sticker that peels off, the books are current and
like new.
(Sibley, Peterson, ) are $9, free shipping
Barb
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Subject: [birders] Re: Time in the field (was Hair tearing)
From: Dave Sing <dsing(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 10:36am
Julie; That's it exactly. DBS
At 06:26 AM 5/2/2008, Julie Craves wrote:
>"C'mon, Rich," they said, "You've seen a million American Redstarts."
>
>"Yes," Rich replied, "but I've never seen THIS one."
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Subject: [birders] Yardbirds
From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 7:39am
I also have a balding Red-Winged Blackbird that's been
here for a couple weeks anyway. Yesterday, had the
first Chipping Sparrow and today...first Rose-Breasted
Grosbeak and half a dozen White-Crowned Sparrows.
Meanwhile...thousands of American Toad pollywogs have
sprouted in the pond in the last week! Although
seemingly remarkably adept at avoiding drying areas, I
noticed (and felt bad) for a couple that were
struggling in little damp pockets of mud. That's
nature in action. If they all lived it would not be
natural either. Fred in Warren
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Subject: [birders] White-eyed Vireo - Hamburg Twp.
From: John Lowry <john(AT)kingbird.org>
Date: 2 May 2008 10:54am
Birders,
White-eyed Vireo was a new yard bird this morning among the many new
arrivals (big push overnight - can't wait to hear what was recorded at
the hotspots!).
The bird has been calling steadily from the roadside at the bend just
before my house (11606 Centennial Dr).
Also noted (seen or heard):
Blue-headed Vireo
Magnolia Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow Warbler
plus the residents...
Also, Sean Bachman had a very brief look at what may have been a
female Summer Tanager in the same location this morning. He wasn't
convinced, but the description doesn't leave much else as a possibility.
I hope you are/were able to get out this morning. It was hopping!
Good birding!
John Lowry
john(AT)kingbird.org
Hamburg Twp.
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Subject: [birders] Am. Bittern & Ovenbird Canton Yardbirds!
From: ANDREW DETTLING <dendroica(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 8:39am
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Hello,
I was in the pond in my backyard looking for migrants and found an OVENBIRD
singing, a new yard bird and FOY for me. On the way out I was watching a
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and as I tracked it flying, it directed me to an AMERICAN
BITTERN right in my small pond/marsh! How exciting! I might have even gotten a
bird that the holy Julie Craves' yard has not seen. I was able to get some
poor pictures as well.
I second Julie's comments about getting out in the field, where ever you can,
even if it isn't a great location. Birds have wings and can go where ever they
choose!
Andy Dettling
Canton, MI
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Subject: [birders] Dearborn birds; another Summer Tanager
From: Julie Craves <jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 12:13pm
A nice day today, not huge numbers, but new arrivals and nice variety. I
had 62 species.
A beautiful (but silent) male Summer Tanager was in the first garden by
the Fairlane Estate patio. There was also the first Cape May Warbler of
spring in the same location. Other first-of-season species were Least
Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, and Lincoln's Sparrow. Blue Jays were really
on the move. I had over 200, and most of the time I did not have a clear
view of the sky. Many more orioles and catbirds as well.
--
Julie A. Craves
Rouge River Bird Observatory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128
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Subject: [birders] Re: field guides
From: "Paul S. Wolberg" <pswolberg(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 12:15pm
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I just checked www.textbooks.com <http://www.textbooks.com>, the price
was $11 plus $4.99 shipping, $15.99, for a used book.
Amazon
<http://www.amazon.com/Sibley-Field-Guide-Eastern-America/dp/067945120X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209744514&sr=1-2>
is $13.57 plus $3.99 shipping, $17.56, for a new one. Free shipping at
textbooks.com
is only on orders of $25 or more, same at Amazon. I'm not trying to
shill for Amazon, just thought
folks might want to know - for an extra $1.57 you can get a new copy.
Barbara Fiddes wrote:
> I just picked up a couple of used guides from www.textbooks.com
> <http://www.textbooks.com> to give to my niece.
>
> Other than a big yellow USED sticker that peels off, the books are
> current and like new.
>
> (Sibley, Peterson, ) are $9, free shipping
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> Barb
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Subject: [birders] Canton & Kalamazoo
From: "Bruce McCulloch" <flavus94(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 12:25pm
I was in Kalamazoo for most of the week. With an eleven month old daughter
who sleeps until 8:30, I decided to stay local to minmize travel times.
Anyway, on April 29, the K. Nature Center was a bit slow, but two of the
three warbler species were Lousiana waterthrush and prothonotary (the
other was yellow-rumped). Yesterday, the waterthrush and yellow-rumped
were still there along with Nashville, blue-winged, black-throated green,
yellow, ovenbird, and common yellowthroat.
This morning in the protected area behind the house in Canton: ovenbird,
Nashville, black-throated green,and yellow, along with a singing wood
thrush!!
BRM,
Canton
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Subject: [birders] Traffic Updates for Crane Creek and Point Pelee
From: "Ray Stocking" <rstocking(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 1:10pm
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Birders,
Two important traffic updates I received today will impact both Point Pelee
and Crane Creek birders this weekend and into next week:
Crane Creek: I-75 South from I-280 will be closed or have significant delays
this weekend. This will impact those who use US-23 North to get home.
Alternate route should be I-75 North to I-275. I tried checking to Google
for more details but they just don't have a good site with additional
details that I could see. I heard this on WJR this morning. Just beware
and plan ahead.
Point Pelee: (From MDOT) Beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, May 5 and ending at
7 p.m. on Friday, May 9, crews will close the eastbound I-96 slip ramp to
the Ambassador Bridge, and from the Ambassador Bridge to northbound I-75.
The closure is necessary for bridge work in the area. Traffic to the
Ambassador Bridge will be directed to the West Service Drive to West Grand
Blvd. Traffic leaving the Ambassador Bridge will be detoured to Bagley to
Rosa Parks to northbound I-75.
I would appreciate any updates on both drives form those who trek to either
locations within the next week.
Thanks,
Ray
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Subject: [birders] birds and biofuels---seeking corn!
From: "Bruce Robertson" <roberba1(AT)msu.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 1:24pm
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Dear Birders,
I want to thank all of those who responded to our request for research sites
for our project looking at the biodiversity consequences of biofuels crops.
Thank you all for your tolerance of this message on the listserv as well. We
are finding more prairie and switchgrass sites (but still short). However,
we have neglected to find corn fields of sufficient size (>40 acres). If any
of you folks happen to know farmers who are growing corn this season in
patches of this size, especially if they are in SW and south-central
Michigan, we would be very grateful for any contacts or advice. The outreach
flier for the project describing the scope of our activity at study sites
follows this message. I can tell you that I will certainly keep a keen eye
out for rare birds this summer and that I won't bother this listserv again
with these requests..
Thank you and good birding,
Bruce Robertson
Postdoctoral Fellow
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University
3700 East Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
<mailto:roberba1(AT)msu.edu> roberba1(AT)msu.edu
<mailto:brucerobertson(AT)hotmail.com> brucerobertson(AT)hotmail.com
206-718-9172 (cell)
269-671-4485 (FAX)
MSU Biofuel Research: Can Cellulosic Ethanol Crops Enhance Conservation?
Cellulosic ethanol production promises greatly increased energy efficiency
and could be a win-win for farmers, soil and water conservation, wildlife,
and the environment. Michigan State University researchers are examining how
different biofuels crops may affect conservation outcomes. They are studying
the impact of potential biofuels crops on song and game bird numbers,
beneficial insects, and soil microbes. They are currently looking for sites
throughout southern Michigan to conduct these studies. Ideal sites would
have a pure (or nearly pure) stand of switchgrass, a mixed grass and
wildflower planting (for example a mixed prairie, CRP or Pheasants Forever
type planting) and a nearby conventional corn field. Ideally, each would be
at least 5 acres in size and within 2 miles of each other. The switchgrass
and mixed prairie stands should be well established, i.e. at least 3 years
old. From May to October a small team of researchers will periodically visit
each site to survey bird, insect and soil microbe communities. They
anticipate about 12 visits to each field during the year. All information
will be kept confidential and landowners will not be identified without
prior permission. If you or someone you know has questions about the project
or might be interested in participating, please contact Lauren Bailey (517)
432-5282 e-mail: bailey65(AT)msu.edu. Or Bruce Robertson: roberba1(AT)msu.edu
MSU Biofuel Research: Can Cellulosic Ethanol Crops Enhance Conservation?
Ethanol and biodiesel produced from plant materials, called biofuels, are
increasingly in the news these days. Most ethanol in the US is currently
produced from corn grain; however, new technologies are coming on-line to
produce ethanol from cellulosic plant materials (stalks, leaves, woody stems
etc.). Cellulosic ethanol production promises greatly increased energy
efficiency and could be a win-win for farmers, soil and water conservation,
wildlife, and the environment.
With funding from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State
University is examining how different biofuels crops may affect conservation
outcomes. We are studying the impact of corn, switchgrass and mixed stands
of prairie grasses and wildflowers on bird, insect and microbial
communities. We believe that well chosen biofuel crops could enhance song
and game bird numbers, increase numbers of beneficial insects and favor soil
microbes that help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
We Need Your Help Locating Research Sites
We are currently looking for sites throughout southern Michigan to conduct
these studies. Ideal sites would have a pure (or nearly pure) stand of
switchgrass, a mixed grass and wildflower planting (for example a prairie
restoration, CRP or Pheasants Forever type planting) and a nearby
conventional corn field. Ideally, each field should be at least 5 acres in
size, and be within 2 miles of each other. The switchgrass and mixed prairie
stands should be well established, i.e. at least 3 years old.
Sampling Procedures
From May to October a team of 4-5 MSU researchers will periodically visit
the site to conduct surveys of bird, insect and soil microbe communities.
Bird sampling will consist of counts of singing and nesting birds, insects
will be sampled by passive sticky and bowl traps, and microbes by taking 1
inch soil cores. We anticipate 12 visits to each field during the year. In
the fall we will harvest several small areas (about 2 square yards in size)
to determine the amount of plant material produced above ground. All
information will be kept confidential and landowners will not be identified
without prior permission.
If you or someone you know has questions about the project or might be
interested in participating, please contact Lauren Bailey (517) 432-5282
e-mail: bailey65(AT)msu.edu.
Project Team
Dr. Doug Landis, Entomology, Dr. Doug Schemske, Plant Biology, Dr. Tom
Schmidt, Microbiology, Mary Gardiner, Research Associate, Lauren Bailey,
Research Assistant.
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Subject: [birders] Peregrine Falcons in Downtown Jackson
From: "Don Henise" <don_henise(AT)ntm.org>
Date: 2 May 2008 1:31pm
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When Connie Spots and Nancy Lapinski were working on the lights out
project for downtown Jackson, they heard "rumors" that there was a
Peregrine Falcon hanging around. On our way through downtown this
morning we searched the buildings and found not 1, but 2 Peregrine
Falcons sitting way up near the top of the 17 story Jackson County Tower
Building at 120 West Michigan Avenue:
(http://www.co.jackson.mi.us/departments/facilities/Tower.asp)=20
=20
The birds were sitting on the north side of the building, one on the
northwest corner and one near the northeast corner.
=20
I've uploaded a couple of poor pictures to my Grove Street site.
=20
http://www.grovestreet.com/PicPage.do?id=3D1270093=20
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http://www.grovestreet.com/PicPage.do?id=3D1270094=20
=20
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Don Henise
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Librarian
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
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Subject: [birders] Re: unusual visitors to feeders
From: "kjser" <kjser(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 1:54pm
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Yeap, had a male & female YR nibbling at the suet crumbles that drop
onto my deck railing for last 2 days. Fun to watch
Karen in Livonia
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From: theduckpen(AT)att.net [mailto:theduckpen(AT)att.net]
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 8:38 AM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Cc: Opa Max Roha; John & Mary Wallin; Joshua Wallin; Pete Wallin
Subject: [birders] Re: unusual visitors to feeders
Harry,
We had an overwintering YR Warbler this past season (in eastern Kent
County), and I saw the bird on two different suet feeders behind our
house. But mostly it would eat the suet 'crumbles' that had fallen to
the ground.
--
Bob Tarte, author of "Fowl Weather"
Info and photos at: www.bobtarte.com
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Greetings all,
A couple of weeks ago, when the weather was on the cool side, we had a
Yellow-Rumped Warbler feeding from our suet cake. I'd never heard of
that before. Today, twice, we have had an Indigo Bunting feeding from
our thistle feeder. Is this something others have experienced, or do we
just have wierd birds here?
Harry Wallin
Sunfield Township,
Northwest corner of Eaton County, MI
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Subject: [birders] Cerulean Warbler, Waterloo SRA, Washtenaw Co. 5/2
From: "Dan Sparks-Jackson" <sparksjackson(AT)aol.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 2:06pm
At least one singing male Cerulean Warbler has returned to the 'Sylvan
Springs' valley along McClure Road west of the WSRA HQ. He was singing up
a storm and offering decent views (albeit in so-so lighting) this morning.
The leaves seem to be coming out early this spring, and this process will
likely accellerate thanks to today's rain, so unobstructed views of these
treetop denizens is a limited-time opportunity.
Other migrants detected at this locale and/or the Discovery Center
included: Blackburnian, Nashvilles, N. Waterthrush, Black-throated Greens,
Black & Whites, Blue-winged, Palms, Yellow, and Yellow-rumped Warblers,
Ovenbirds, Common Yellowthroats, and Blue-headed Vireos.
Dan S-J
p.s. I was delighted to discover a second Sandhill Crane hatchling ambling
along with the parents and sibling at my workplace today. I completely
missed the second lil feller yesterday despite multiple investigations.
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Subject: [birders] Re: Hearing issues (was Re: hair tearing)
From: "Russell Emmons" <birdeland(AT)pasty.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 2:07pm
Eric: At my age I can appreciate and agree with your serious comments here.
I rate hearing, sight, and general good health right at the top of the list.
Up there also has to be time constraints---ie: work, business, family
issues.
Being at the right place at the right time also high up. (that could be
classed under skill and luck both!) As for equipment, in that I would
include vehicle, financial and other resources. Much of that could be
compensated though by the stated skill, luck, patience, and good health!
Most of my "equipment" would be considered sub-par so at this point in my
life I know upgrade would definetly help! High-tech, Highly efficient
equipment would of course then compensate for diminished health, sight,
hearing, time, but not necessarily for skill, luck, and patience!
I agree hard work does make "luck'----up to a point! Thereafter
circumstances (such as above health, sight, hearing, resources, and
equipment) are limiting!) So as Eric states about appreciating good hearing,
I would add, eyesight, health, time, and resources! Not all are fortunate
but still are motivated to do the best they can nevertheless with what they
have!
Russ Emmons, St. Clair county
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From: <eba(AT)umich.edu>
To: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: [birders] Hearing issues (was Re: hair tearing)
> The hearing issue is one that I find particularly frustrating. I have
> enough hearing loss that I miss a lot, and it certainly reduces what I am
> able to find when I'm out on the woods or fields. I've got hearing aids
> which I use sometimes; I even have a mode which I use particularly for
> detecting bird calls, but they also are excellent in detecting airplanes,
> helicopters, road traffic, construction equipment (really significant in
> the Arb right now) and wind & waves -- at least, when they're working.
> When they're not, they're worse than a nuisance, and I leave them at home.
> Unfortunately, there isn't much that the medical world can do for folks
> with hearing loss yet, other than provide these rather finicky gadgets,
> and unfortunately, medical insurance isn't very good at covering the
> initial cost and maintenance in this country. So I just do as well as I
> can with the sensitivity that remains. I'm still learning new calls, but
> it's a much slower process since I don't hear them as well or as often,
> and I miss lots of opportunities to find birds that I might otherwise have
> a chance of seeing.
>
> What I can't understand is these folks walking or running through the Arb
> with earphones plugged into their ears, replacing the natural sounds with
> some other stuff that they could hear anyplace else where there aren't
> natural sounds to appreciate. What a waste! If you have good hearing,
> appreciate it! When you lose it, there isn't very much you can do about
> it except to try to adapt.
>
> Eric Arnold
> Ann Arbor
>
>
>
> --On Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:04 PM -0400 "Bruce M. Bowman"
> <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Allen-
>>
>> I can't agree with you there. Birding skills are learned through
>> spending a lot of time in the field (etc., etc.). Good eyesight and good
>> hearing are things you have or you don't have. Yes :-), I guess you
>> could say eyes and ears are equipment, but in that case you'd need to up
>> that 10% equipment weight considerably--to 50%? 75%? (And I'd cut that
>> 50% luck weight down to about 5%. In birding, as in so many things, the
>> people who work hard make their own "luck.")
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> Copies to: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
>> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>> Date sent: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:37:54 -0400
>> Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>>
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> I think those are subsets of "skill", or perhaps "equipment" :-)
>>>
>>> Allen T. Chartier
>>> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
>>> Inkster, Michigan, USA
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>>> wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another
>>> hummingbird. -- Steven Wright =========================================
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
>>> To: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>>> Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>>
>>>
>>> > Allen-
>>> >
>>> > You left out keen senses! Good eyesight and good hearing.
>>> >
>>> > Bruce
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>>> > To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>>> > Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>> > Date sent: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:09:50 -0400
>>> > Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>>> >
>>> >> Cendra,
>>> >>
>>> >> As you'll discover as you get more into our shared obsession, birding
>>> >> requires luck (50%), patience (25%), skill (15%), and equipment
>>> >> (10%).
>>> >>
>>> >> Allen T. Chartier
>>> >> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
>>> >> Inkster, Michigan, USA
>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >> -- --- --- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet:
>>> >> www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog:
>>> >> http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com
>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >> -- --- --- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food.
>>> >> You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats
>>> >> another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright
>>> >> =========================================
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: Cendra
>>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:49 AM
>>> >> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Oh, come on! Birds don't hold still long enough to sort all that
>>> >> out!! I'm still upset about the sparrows, which I thought was one
>>> >> species. I finally saw one that held still long enough for me to
>>> >> memorize its patterns, and of course it fits nothing in the bird
>>> >> book! Everything else flies into a tree directly behind another
>>> >> branch, or lands in a great position for me to view it for about
>>> >> one
>>> >> second, or is placed so
>>> >> I
>>> >> have to look directly into the sun.
>>> >>
>>> >> Seriously, I think some of you are making this up! And the ones of
>>> >> you who get those amazing photographs must have some kind of
>>> >> special
>>> >> power that gets the bird to hold still long enough for you to get
>>> >> it
>>> >> in
>>> >> focus.
>>> >> That one a few days back that was taken of a wood duck through a
>>> >> maze
>>> >> of branches just blew me away. Clearly some people on this list
>>> >> either have great imaginations or special gifts.
>>> >>
>>> >> The Muggle Birder,
>>> >> Cendra Lynn
>>> >> OWS, A2
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: Russell Emmons
>>> >> To: Sally K Scheer
>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:08 PM
>>> >> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> And to confuse things even more there is the similiar Brewers
>>> >> Blackbird with also differences in male and female and both have
>>> >> plumage differences in breeding and winter! Rustys' differences
>>> >> being the greater of the two! Breeding plumage Brewers and Rusty
>>> >> males both similiar. Most good field guides give a reliable
>>> >> detailed comparison breakdown!! Rustys have yellow eye, Male
>>> >> Brewers has whitish eye. Female Brewers always has dark eye. More
>>> >> confusing--in migration both species intermingle! Voice
>>> >> difference between the 2 species also ! Rustys breeding territory
>>> >> way north in Canada, Brewers mostly a western bird but breeding
>>> >> occurs in Michigan mostly in the northern parts!
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Russ Emmons, St. Clair county
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: Sally K Scheer
>>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:56 PM
>>> >> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Maybe you're seeing the male and the female, huh? Try this
>>> >> Cornell link for pictures of both. There's the same kind of
>>> >> difference between male and female for red-wing blackbirds too.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Rusty_Blackbird
>>> >> .html
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sally Scheer
>>> >> Clinton MI
>>> >> Bridgewater Township
>>> >> SW Washtenaw County
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>> >> From: Cendra
>>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45 PM
>>> >> Subject: [birders] FW: hair tearing
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> I really am ready to scream and tear it out because google
>>> >> images are showing me two completely different birds when I
>>> >> try to learn what rusty blackbirds look like. On
>>> >>
>>> >> http://images.google.com/images?q=rusty%20blackbirds&rls=com.micro
>>> >>
>>> >> soft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab
>>> >> =wi there are some that look black and rusty and then there
>>> >> are some birds I would have said were brown sparrows. They
>>> >> look NOTHING alike.
>>> >>
>>> >> Would someone point me to a reliable image of a rusty
>>> >> blackbird, please? I think I may have seen some in my yard
>>> >> if
>>> >> they are the black-rust ones.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Cendra Lynn
>>> >> OWS, A2
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Subject: [birders] Pheasant
From: mszedenits <mszedenits(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 2:12pm
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For the second time this week a pheasant came into my yard. This is the
first pheasant in the 8 years we have been at this house. It seemed
interested in the safflower seeds the Jays had kicked out of a feeder.
Margaret
Prospect near Ford
Superior Township, Washtenaw County
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Subject: [birders] Crane Creek today
From: "Joseph W. Brown" <josephwb(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 2:59pm
I took my wife and 2 year old son to Crane Creek today for some early
migration birding. The weather was bad - very windy and rainy for
most of our time there. Species numbers were not too bad, but
individual numbers were very low. Below are some highlights:
Black-and-white Warbler - a few
Hooded Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - a few
Yellow Warbler - many
Northern Parula - 1
Palm Warbler - many - probably the most I've ever seen in a single
outing
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 4
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
Veery - several
Hermit Thrush - several
White-crowned Sparrow - in droves
White-throated Sparrow - in droves
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Gray Catbird - many
Great Egret - many
Blue Jays - several 30+ flocks
Joseph.
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Subject: [birders] Crane Creek, May 1
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 3:25pm
Bill Dawson, Bob Kelsch, and I went to Crane Creek, Metzger
Marsh, etc., to bird yesterday, May 1. We had 18 warblers,
listed below, and 82 species total. Our birds included a late
Louisiana Waterthrush and a very early Blackpoll Warbler. (_The
Birds of Dearborn: An Annotated Checklist_ gives May 7 as the
earliest date for Blackpoll and _The Birds of Washtenaw County,
Michigan_ gives May 2.)
First of the year species for me were: Dunlin, Caspian Tern,
Least Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Northern Mockingbird, Orange-
crowned Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Bay-
breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bruce
Warblers from May 1 Crane Creek trip (18)
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
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Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan
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Subject: [birders] Re: Traffic Updates for Crane Creek and Point
Pelee
From: pavlik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 2 May 2008 7:46pm
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Google Maps: maps.google.com also has a button to get current traffic
conditions. For example, type in Toledo, OH and click the traffic button.
www.traffic.com is also an option. It requires creating an account but I don't
think there is a fee associated with it.
Tom Pavlik
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From: "Ray Stocking" <rstocking(AT)gmail.com>
Birders,
Two important traffic updates I received today will impact both Point Pelee and
Crane Creek birders this weekend and into next week:
Crane Creek: I-75 South from I-280 will be closed or have significant delays
this weekend. This will impact those who use US-23 North to get home.
Alternate route should be I-75 North to I-275. I tried checking to Google for
more details but they just don't have a good site with additional details that I
could see. I heard this on WJR this morning. Just beware and plan ahead.
Point Pelee: (From MDOT) Beginning at 7 a.m. on Monday, May 5 and ending at 7
p.m. on Friday, May 9, crews will close the eastbound I-96 slip ramp to the
Ambassador Bridge, and from the Ambassador Bridge to northbound I-75. The
closure is necessary for bridge work in the area. Traffic to the Ambassador
Bridge will be directed to the West Service Drive to West Grand Blvd. Traffic
leaving the Ambassador Bridge will be detoured to Bagley to Rosa Parks to
northbound I-75.
I would appreciate any updates on both drives form those who trek to either
locations within the next week.
Thanks,
Ray
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Subject: [birders] Nesting Hooded Mergansers -Southern Jackson County
From: "bflylady27(AT)netzero.net" <bflylady27@netzero.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 7:55pm
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I have cameras on two different mergansers sitting on eggs. Connie
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Subject: [birders] Green heron, Rochester Hills
From: "Janice E. Olesen" <jeolesen(AT)wideopenwest.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 4:09pm
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Saw a Green heron today at the detention pond not far from my condo. =
Also heard a Baltimore oriole calling in the nearby woods.
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Subject: [birders] OT: Don't Always Root for the Hawk
From: Bob Tarte <theduckpen(AT)att.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 5:02pm
I came home from work today and my wife showed me a note from a friend
of mine who happened to stop by this morning while nobody was home. He
heard a commotion out in our duck pen and found a hawk had gotten inside.
The top of the pen had been covered with very strong 'poultry netting,'
so I had assumed that it was raptor proof. And under normal
circumstance, it would have been. However, an ice fall from our barn
roof a couple of months ago tore the netting in several places, and the
patch-work repairs apparently weren't sufficient. When I went out to the
pen today, I found large rips in two places. I presume the hawk tore the
patched-together netting while attempting to get out of the pen.
We lost two ducklings, which I hate to see. But it would have been much
worse if my friend hadn't happened by at just the right time. He caught
the hawk in a net and released it. He doesn't know what breed it was.
I'll see if I can find out more when I talk to him this evening.
I love hawks. They are beautiful and deserve a meal as much as any other
creature. But I don't root for them all of the time!
--
Bob Tarte
Author of "Fowl Weather" & "Enslaved by Ducks"
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 5:32pm
Bruce,
My reply was mostly tongue in cheek, but it would make sense to consider
eyes and ears equipment. You do have to learn how to use any equipment, and
that takes practice and patience.
Learning how to move slowly is helpful, but something I see lacking in a lot
of new birders at places like Pelee and Crane Creek is the ability to simply
stay quiet, and to avoid pointing and waving arms around. Get to your zen
birding place and you'll see more...
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
To: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
> Allen-
>
> I can't agree with you there. Birding skills are learned through
> spending a lot of time in the field (etc., etc.). Good eyesight and good
> hearing are things you have or you don't have. Yes :-), I guess you
> could say eyes and ears are equipment, but in that case you'd need to up
> that 10% equipment weight considerably--to 50%? 75%? (And I'd cut that
> 50% luck weight down to about 5%. In birding, as in so many things, the
> people who work hard make their own "luck.")
>
> Bruce
>
> From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Copies to: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
> Date sent: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:37:54 -0400
> Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> I think those are subsets of "skill", or perhaps "equipment" :-)
>>
>> Allen T. Chartier
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>> how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. --
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>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
>> To: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>> Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>>
>>
>> > Allen-
>> >
>> > You left out keen senses! Good eyesight and good hearing.
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >
>> >
>> > From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>> > To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> > Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>> > Date sent: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:09:50 -0400
>> > Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
>> >
>> >> Cendra,
>> >>
>> >> As you'll discover as you get more into our shared obsession, birding
>> >> requires luck (50%), patience (25%), skill (15%), and equipment (10%).
>> >>
>> >> Allen T. Chartier
>> >> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
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>> >> may
>> >> wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another
>> >> hummingbird. -- Steven Wright
>> >> =========================================
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Cendra
>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:49 AM
>> >> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Oh, come on! Birds don't hold still long enough to sort all that
>> >> out!! I'm still upset about the sparrows, which I thought was one
>> >> species. I finally saw one that held still long enough for me to
>> >> memorize its patterns, and of course it fits nothing in the bird
>> >> book! Everything else flies into a tree directly behind another
>> >> branch, or lands in a great position for me to view it for about one
>> >> second, or is placed so
>> >> I
>> >> have to look directly into the sun.
>> >>
>> >> Seriously, I think some of you are making this up! And the ones of
>> >> you who get those amazing photographs must have some kind of special
>> >> power that gets the bird to hold still long enough for you to get it
>> >> in
>> >> focus.
>> >> That one a few days back that was taken of a wood duck through a
>> >> maze
>> >> of branches just blew me away. Clearly some people on this list
>> >> either have great imaginations or special gifts.
>> >>
>> >> The Muggle Birder,
>> >> Cendra Lynn
>> >> OWS, A2
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Russell Emmons
>> >> To: Sally K Scheer
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:08 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> And to confuse things even more there is the similiar Brewers
>> >> Blackbird with also differences in male and female and both have
>> >> plumage differences in breeding and winter! Rustys' differences
>> >> being the greater of the two! Breeding plumage Brewers and Rusty
>> >> males both similiar. Most good field guides give a reliable
>> >> detailed comparison breakdown!! Rustys have yellow eye, Male
>> >> Brewers has whitish eye. Female Brewers always has dark eye. More
>> >> confusing--in migration both species intermingle! Voice
>> >> difference
>> >> between the 2 species also ! Rustys breeding territory way north
>> >> in
>> >> Canada, Brewers mostly a western bird but breeding occurs in
>> >> Michigan mostly in the northern parts!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Russ Emmons, St. Clair county
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Sally K Scheer
>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:56 PM
>> >> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Maybe you're seeing the male and the female, huh? Try this
>> >> Cornell link for pictures of both. There's the same kind of
>> >> difference between male and female for red-wing blackbirds too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Rusty_Blackbird
>> >> .html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sally Scheer
>> >> Clinton MI
>> >> Bridgewater Township
>> >> SW Washtenaw County
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: Cendra
>> >> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:45 PM
>> >> Subject: [birders] FW: hair tearing
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I really am ready to scream and tear it out because google
>> >> images are showing me two completely different birds when I
>> >> try
>> >> to learn what rusty blackbirds look like. On
>> >>
>> >> http://images.google.com/images?q=rusty%20blackbirds&rls=com.micro
>> >>
>> >> soft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab
>> >> =wi there are some that look black and rusty and then there
>> >> are
>> >> some birds I would have said were brown sparrows. They look
>> >> NOTHING alike.
>> >>
>> >> Would someone point me to a reliable image of a rusty
>> >> blackbird, please? I think I may have seen some in my yard if
>> >> they are the black-rust ones.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Cendra Lynn
>> >> OWS, A2
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Subject: [birders] RE: hair tearing
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 5:46pm
The
> people who know the most and more easily identify more birds under
> difficult conditions, are the people who have put in the most time
> learning how to do it.
And among these people, the ones who have the best eyesight and the best
hearing will find and identify more birds. As Eric implied, if you can't
hear a bird you will many times walk right by it, unaware of its
presence. Certainly if it is at all distant, you will have no clue that
it's in the vicinity. Similarly, if your vision isn't good enough to
detect a slight movement that others will see, you will not be aware of
the presence of a bird.
Bruce
From: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77(AT)comcast.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] RE: hair tearing
Date sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 02:27:21 -0400
Send reply to: "CJ McDonald" <cjmcd77(AT)comcast.net>
> Cendra,
>
> The more I bird, and watch other birders, the more I think that luck,
> patience and skill are all elements of one thing. It takes a lot of time
> watching birds to get good at identifying them. And the more comfident
> one becomes with identifying common birds, the more easily he'll notice
> something out of place. Many people expect to walk outside and see
> replicas of the pictures in their field guides, which don't exist.
>
> There is no piece of gear, no magical field guide, no shortcut to spending
> a lot of time actually watching birds and getting to know them. The
> people who know the most and more easily identify more birds under
> difficult conditions, are the people who have put in the most time
> learning how to do it. So, when one of those people has a rare bird perch
> in front of them, don't curse your bad luck, but wonder instead if you
> would have recognized it if it had landed in front of you. Have you spent
> the time studying hundreds or thousands of the common birds that the rare
> one resembles, so you're ready to make the right call in that moment?
>
> I can tell you from observing really good birders through the years that
> they're usually not the ones talking about their birding exploits, but the
> quiet ones with their binoculars aimed at something.
>
> I love the Branch Rickey (Brooklyn Dodgers GM) quote, "Luck is the residue
> of design." It fits a lot of situations, including this one. Determine
> to learn the birds one encounter at a time, spend as much time in the
> field as possible, and try to learn habits and habitats as well as
> physical traits. Forget spending more on equipment until what you're using
> is holding you back. And expect branches and leaves, the sun, insects,
> hot and cold weather, and everything else in nature to challenge you
> constantly.
>
> As for bird photography, I don't do it anymore. After I saw Andreas Kanon
> walk out of LeFurge Woods covered with mud in mid-March, and he told me he
> had been stretched out in the frozen swamp to get pictures of Red-winged
> Blackbirds, I figured I'd stick with watching them -- especially since my
> photos would never be as good as his. I'm just not committed enough to be
> really good at it, and if I'm not really good, why not just look at
> someone else's pictures? Check out www.kanonphoto.com for a really
> excellent confluence of luck, patience, skill and equipment.
>
> Jim McDonald
> Ypsilanti
>
> _____
>
> From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1(AT)comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:10 AM
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>
>
> Cendra,
>
> As you'll discover as you get more into our shared obsession, birding
> requires luck (50%), patience (25%), skill (15%), and equipment (10%).
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
> Inkster, Michigan, USA
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cendra <mailto:cendra(AT)digitalrealm.net>
> To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:49 AM
> Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>
> Oh, come on! Birds don't hold still long enough to sort all that out!!
> I'm still upset about the sparrows, which I thought was one species. I
> finally saw one that held still long enough for me to memorize its
> patterns, and of course it fits nothing in the bird book! Everything else
> flies into a tree directly behind another branch, or lands in a great
> position for me to view it for about one second, or is placed so I have to
> look directly into the sun.
>
> Seriously, I think some of you are making this up! And the ones of you
> who get those amazing photographs must have some kind of special power
> that gets the bird to hold still long enough for you to get it in focus.
> That one a few days back that was taken of a wood duck through a maze of
> branches just blew me away. Clearly some people on this list either have
> great imaginations or special gifts.
>
> The Muggle Birder,
> Cendra Lynn
> OWS, A2
>
>
>
>
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Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 6:03pm
As far as considering eyes and ears as equipment is concerned, and the
need to learn how to use "any equipment," yes, you try to make the best
use possible of what you've got, whether it's good binocs or bad binocs,
good eyesight or bad eyesight, good hearing or bad hearing. The VERY
important difference between these types of equipment, though, is that
with money you can upgrade your optics (etc.) considerably--i.e., you can
match the best that ANYONE ELSE has. The amount that eyeglasses and
hearing aids will help you is very limited, though, in this sense
(especially, as Eric mentioned, hearing aids). Money will not get you up
to where people with good eyesight and hearing are. People with poor
eyesight or hearing are at a permanent disadvantage.
Bruce
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
Date sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 17:32:59 -0400
Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> Bruce,
>
> My reply was mostly tongue in cheek, but it would make sense to consider
> eyes and ears equipment. You do have to learn how to use any equipment,
> and that takes practice and patience.
>
> Learning how to move slowly is helpful, but something I see lacking in a
> lot of new birders at places like Pelee and Crane Creek is the ability to
> simply stay quiet, and to avoid pointing and waving arms around. Get to
> your zen birding place and you'll see more...
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
> Inkster, Michigan, USA
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> Steven Wright =========================================
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
> To: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
>
>
> > Allen-
> >
> > I can't agree with you there. Birding skills are learned through
> > spending a lot of time in the field (etc., etc.). Good eyesight and
> > good hearing are things you have or you don't have. Yes :-), I guess
> > you could say eyes and ears are equipment, but in that case you'd need
> > to up that 10% equipment weight considerably--to 50%? 75%? (And I'd cut
> > that 50% luck weight down to about 5%. In birding, as in so many
> > things, the people who work hard make their own "luck.")
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> > To: birders(AT)umich.edu
> > Copies to: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
> > Subject: [birders] Re: FW: hair tearing
> > Date sent: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:37:54 -0400
> > Send reply to: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> >
> >> Bruce,
> >>
> >> I think those are subsets of "skill", or perhaps "equipment" :-)
> >>
> >> Allen T. Chartier
> >> amazilia1(AT)comcast.net
> >> Inkster, Michigan, USA
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> >> wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another
> >> hummingbird. -- Steven Wright =========================================
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
> >> To: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1(AT)comcast.net>
> >> Cc: <birders(AT)umich.edu>
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:49 PM
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