Date: 4/10/24 11:30 am From: DAVID PARHAM <000004014062b2df-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Eclipse Birding observations
Here in Woodlands Edge in West Little Rock, all birds stopped singing except for one persistent Robin. Guess he had to rock in the treetops all day long, as the song goes!
David Parham
> On Apr 10, 2024, at 11:32 AM, Jodi Morris <mjodimorris...> wrote:
>
> In Broadmoor Neighborhood in Little Rock, I had a Mockingbird that wouldn’t shut up during totality and his song really seemed loud in the absence of others’ voices. We do have a resident Great Horned Owl in the POA Park bordering my yard. I did not hear him hoot, but he must have stirred. His tree was mobbed by crows and jays as soon as Totality ended.
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 6:32 PM Anderson, Leif - FS, AR <000002b0bc8b0106-dmarc-request...> <mailto:<000002b0bc8b0106-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
>> Greetings all,
>>
>> The last 3 days I ‘ve had the pleasure of being a volunteer for some neat bioacoustic eclipse research. Led by Douglas Barron and his undergrad student Colton Morris, from AR Tech University.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had 3 interesting bird observations.
>>
>> During the partial portion of the eclipse 2 White-throated Sparrows stopped feeding/calling/singing and flew up into a Cedar bush. They stayed on the “roost” until after totality then resumed their normal feeding behavior.
>>
>>
>>
>> The end of totality “Dawn chorus” at 1:54pm was just as good as our normal dawn chorus.
>>
>>
>>
>> About 4 min into totality a Barred Owl started calling.
>>
>>
>>
>> Holla Bend NWR hosted about 800 eclipse visitors, many of whom were birders/ nature lovers from all over the country, Canada and even a birding family from the Czech Republic.
>>
>>
>>
>> , Leif
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
>>
>> To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list, click the following link:
>> http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa-UARKEDU.exe?SUBED1=ARBIRD-L&A=1 >>
>
> To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list, click the following link:
> http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa-UARKEDU.exe?SUBED1=ARBIRD-L&A=1 >
