Date: 3/18/21 12:25 am From: Deepa Mohan <mohandeepa...> Subject: Re: In a lighter vein
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I am thoroughly enjoying these anecdotes. It seems birding is the same everywhere! We all have similar anecdotes of twig-birds, leaf-birds, and oh-my-goodness-is-that-what-it-actually-is birds.
However, I must share one incident from my St Louis birding.. Our group leader was playing a bird call, and we were all excited when we got a response. Playing the call at intervals, and getting a response each time, we climbed the rise...and met another group of birders, climbing up from the other side, playing the call and excited at getting a response.
( Here, in India, because of the large number of birders, playing bird calls is generally frowned upon, though surreptitiously done sometimes.)
And though I am not a "numbers" birder, I would like to share this list from a recent visit to a lake on the outskirts, where three kinds of Crakes (Rallidae or Rail family) we're easily visible. It was one of the few occasions I've clocked a century in a single morning! Not all of the birds may be familiar to you (except to those, on this list-serv, who have visited India), but you will certainly recognize several. (And if you are not interested...just delete!)
On Thu, 18 Mar, 2021, 07:30 Dianne & Steve Kinder, < <000000023c9fba03-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> WARNING: This message has originated from an External Source. This may be > a phishing expedition that can result in unauthorized access to our IT > System. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, > clicking links, or responding to this email. > I don't know how many times Larry Lade and I have spotted a Leaf Bird up > in a tree! Probably the best, or worst, though was the "Cow Chip" bird at > Quivira NWR. We were scanning a Praire Dog town for Burrowing Owls and > there was a dried cow pile that had been turned up on it's side. Looked > very "Owl Like" for a little while. Fun to remember those kind of things! > > Steve Kinder > > > On Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 04:45:18 PM CDT, Dorcas Wanner < > <dewanner...> wrote: > > > WARNING: This message has originated from an External Source. This may be > a phishing expedition that can result in unauthorized access to our IT > System. Please use proper judgment and caution when opening attachments, > clicking links, or responding to this email. > Years ago in one of Bill Rowe's classes, on a field trip, he trained his > scope on a duck far out on a pond. He invited each of us to look and > identify the duck. We each dutifully looked and made our best guess. There > were 8 or 10 of us. After much discussion, someone became suspicious. > Sure enough it was a decoy! > > ------------------------------ > *The Missouri Birding Society's Wild Bird Discussion Forum* > Archives <https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html> / Subscription > options <https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1> / MBS > Website <http://mobirds.org> / Email the list owners > <mobirds-l-request...> > > ABA Birding Code of Ethics <http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html> > > ------------------------------ > *The Missouri Birding Society's Wild Bird Discussion Forum* > Archives <https://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html> / Subscription > options <https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1> / MBS > Website <http://mobirds.org> / Email the list owners > <mobirds-l-request...> > > ABA Birding Code of Ethics <http://www.aba.org/about/ethics.html> >
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