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Subject: [birders] Re: Wild Turkey in backyard on Dixboro across from
south end of Botanical Gardens
From: "Tony Unwin" <niwnu(AT)aol.com>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 12:56pm
I used to live on Clark rd east of LeForge a year ago - and there was a
sizable flock of about 22-24 turkeys that frequented the fields there -
the birds would venture as far as the corn field on the north-east corner
of the round-about ay Superior to the nature conservancy at Prospect and
Geddes - there were also a couple of domestic white turkeys in the mix
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Subject: [birders] Bald Eagle Sighting
From: "Dave Blank" <David.Blank(AT)Comcast.net>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 6:03pm
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My wife and I spotted a mature bald eagle flying from Barton Shore Drive
across the river at 4:58 p.m. It landed and stayed in the trees along the
shoreline on the other side.
David Blank
Barton Hills
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Subject: [birders] Re: Wild (White) Turkeys
From: "Richard Neubig" <rneubig(AT)med.umich.edu>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 8:03pm
Hi birders,
We've had a flock of turkeys in our yard (Scio Twp, NW of Ann Arbor - off of E.
Delhi) for the last 3-4 years. There are a number of white phase turkeys in the
group. In researching it - and getting feedback from other birders members - I
discovered that the white ones are really color phase or color morph of wild
turkeys and are not domestic or domestic hybrids. They are also sometimes known
as silver or, I believe smokey turkeys, - not smoked ;)
I am uploading some photos that I took on Thanksgiving morning (amusing timing)
when the flock went through our yard. You can see photos of both the standard
black and the white ones mixed in. Some photos aren't the greatest but show the
group. http://www.pbase.com/rneubig/turkeys
Last week we counted 22 turkeys as they wandered through. About 1/3 were white.
Rick
Rick Neubig RNeubig(AT)umich.edu
Department of Pharmacology University of Michigan
Phone (734) 763-3650 FAX (734) 763-4450
Personal web site
http://warbler.med.umich.edu
Center for Chemical Genomics
http://lsi.umich.edu/ccg
>>> "Tony Unwin" <niwnu(AT)aol.com> 3/20/2010 12:56 PM >>>
I used to live on Clark rd east of LeForge a year ago - and there was a
sizable flock of about 22-24 turkeys that frequented the fields there -
the birds would venture as far as the corn field on the north-east corner
of the round-about ay Superior to the nature conservancy at Prospect and
Geddes - there were also a couple of domestic white turkeys in the mix
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Subject: [birders] First Day of Spring - Gray Jay - Video
From: Keith Saylor <kfsaylor(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 8:36pm
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Hello Everyone,
I hear it snowed today in southern Michigan. I spent the day around Seney in
the UP with sunny skies, the temp around 32 degrees with a light breeze. I
didn't see many birds (I wasn't there to watch birds) but a couple Gray Jay
showed themselves. Here's a link to the video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39314977@N08/4448580583/
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Keith F. Saylor
Michigan Nature Association
Eastern Upper Peninsula Representative
Great Lakes Island Steward
P.O. Box 11
St Ignace, MI 49781
Cell Phone: 517.388.0013
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Hello Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I hear it snowed today in southern Michi=
gan. I spent the day around Seney in the UP with sunny skies, the temp arou=
nd 32 degrees with a light breeze. I didn't see many birds (I wasn'=
t there to watch birds) but a couple Gray Jay showed themselves. Here's=
a link to the video:</div>
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s/39314977@N08/4448580583/</a></span><br clear=3D"all">
<br>-- <br>Keith F. Saylor<br>Michigan Nature Association<br>Eastern Upper =
Peninsula Representative<br>Great Lakes Island Steward<br>P.O. Box 11<br>St=
Ignace, MI 49781<br>Cell Phone: 517.388.0013<br>
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Subject: [birders] Red-breasted Mergs, Northern Shrike, Jackson
County
From: Don Henise <don_henise(AT)ntm.org>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 8:42pm
Two Red-breasted Mergansers were on Portage Lake (Jackson) today and a Northern
Shrike was seen on Arnold Road just north of Thorn Lake (Watkins Lake on some
maps).
We saw a number of waterfowl but they were scattered at various locations today.
Some of the highlights were Northern Pintail at Haehnle Sanctuary, Green-winged
Teal on the south side of Cutler Road, Common Goldeneye on Portage Lake.
Thorn/Watkins Lake had its normal Canvasbacks, Redheads, and Ring-necks as well
as a few American Wigeon.
Don & Robyn Henise
Librarians
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
don_henise(AT)ntm.org
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Subject: [birders] Re: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE
Michigan?
From: Crystal Keller <crystal(AT)kellerfarm.com>
Date: 20 Mar 2010 9:30pm
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Most - well over half - of the squirrels in our neighborhood are
black. They are the same size and shape as our fox squirrels.
Crystal Keller
Four Lakes Subdivision
Nine Mile and Rushton
Green Oak Township, Livingston County
On Mar 18, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Allen T. Chartier wrote:
John,
I believe that Fox and Gray Squirrels will hybridize (I've seen Grays
with brown backs and top of tail), and perhaps some backcross might
produce what you saw.
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:12 AM
Subject: [birders] OT: Anyone know of melanistic fox squirrels in SE
Michigan?
Except for the fact that squirrels share the feed I put out for birds,
this observation and question is Off-Topic.
For the past couple of years, we've occasionally had melanistic Gray
Squirrels at our feeders. Their smaller size and jerkier movements
marked them as Grays, rather than Fox Squirrels. Today, however, a
"black" squirrel that was feeding here had interspersed orangish-brown
hairs characteristic of Fox Squirrels. Its eyes were totally black,
and the prevailing color of the entire pelt when seen by naked eye at
80 feet was black. Through my 7X bins, the foxy-colored hairs were
quite obvious on all of the animal's surface that I could see. The
animal's size and movements were typical of an Eastern Fox Squirrel.
Although a black-backed melanistic form within the Southern Fox
Squirrel is apparently quite common in forests that experience
frequent fires, I have never read about melanism in the Eastern Fox
Squirrel found in Michigan. Has anyone on this list run across this
color variant?
John Farmer
Milan
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