Date: 7/26/24 4:15 pm From: Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Anhinga at Bald Knob NWR
It was. We especially enjoyed spending time with Matt and Josh. Patty
-------- Original message --------From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Date: 7/26/24 5:41 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Re: Anhinga at Bald Knob NWR
Sounds like a great day!
On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 09:55:08 AM CDT, Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Matt and Josh Matlock and their parents to show them the highlights at the refuge this morning. Our last stop was Birch Pond where we found an Anhinga. Birch Pond is on the road running south of Huntsman near the low water bridge. No night herons seen there, though. Info on birding the refuge: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L218758 Patty McLean and Michael Linz
Date: 7/26/24 3:35 pm From: Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Little Rock port this morning
Here's some birding info on the Little Rock Port location. https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L2472534Patty McLean
-------- Original message --------From: DAVID PARHAM <000004014062b2df-dmarc-request...> Date: 7/26/24 5:25 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Re: Little Rock port this morning Hi Cindy,Is the address 7500 Lindsay Road?Thanks,DavidSent from my iPadOn Jul 26, 2024, at 12:48 PM, CK Franklin <meshoppen...> wrote:
Lots of mud continues. Many shorebirds present. Most are Least Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, & Killdeer. I would not be surprised if there are a couple of ringers in that mass of birds. Shorebirds are not my strong suit.
Of note:
Least Terns continue
Three Semipalmated Plovers
Date: 7/26/24 3:25 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Anhinga at Bald Knob NWR
Sounds like a great day!
On Friday, July 26, 2024 at 09:55:08 AM CDT, Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Matt and Josh Matlock and their parents to show them the highlights at the refuge this morning. Our last stop was Birch Pond where we found an Anhinga. Birch Pond is on the road running south of Huntsman near the low water bridge. No night herons seen there, though. Info on birding the refuge: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L218758 Patty McLean and Michael Linz
Date: 7/26/24 10:48 am From: CK Franklin <meshoppen...> Subject: Little Rock port this morning
Lots of mud continues. Many shorebirds present. Most are Least Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, & Killdeer. I would not be surprised if there are a couple of ringers in that mass of birds. Shorebirds are not my strong suit.
Of note:
Least Terns continue
Three Semipalmated Plovers
Date: 7/26/24 7:55 am From: Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Anhinga at Bald Knob NWR
Michael and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Matt and Josh Matlock and their parents to show them the highlights at the refuge this morning. Our last stop was Birch Pond where we found an Anhinga. Birch Pond is on the road running south of Huntsman near the low water bridge. No night herons seen there, though. Info on birding the refuge: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L218758Patty McLean and Michael Linz
On the question of "Where's Waldo?" (In this case, Orrick Road), let me put in a plug for this amazing online tool. It's Arkansas Birding Hotspots ... and here's the direct link to Orrick Road, one of over 1700 Arkansas hotspots: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L7916968The link above includes a list of bird species seen there, directions, tips for birding and other important information to benefit birders.We still need information and habitat photos for a few hundred hotspots, so if you have time, please consider submitting for those you're familiar with ... or go visit a local spot that's needing info/photos. All submissions are reviewed by an Editor prior to going live, and pictures can be taken via your cellphone. A big THANK YOU to the folks who have already submitted this important information! It benefits all of us. https://birdinghotspots.org/region/US-ARPatty McLean Conway AR
-------- Original message --------From: Cynthia Patton <00000151b1cba27b-dmarc-request...> Date: 7/23/24 6:47 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Re: BBWD location I know I am terribly old fashioned, but I find a bit more info than the road name ( info similar to what Sandy sent, or the county etc) can be very helpful. Google has led us on some “wild goose chases” where we have ended up at fishing camps and in the middle of pastures. Just my preference I guess.Sent from my iPadOn Jul 23, 2024, at 3:01 PM, Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:Thanks to everyone. Appreciate it.Sent from my iPadOn Jul 23, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:Orrick Road is in the river valley near the Alma water treatment plant. You can google map the directions. On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:Sorry, but up here in Fayetteville, I have no idea where Orrick Road is.Sent from my iPadOn Jul 23, 2024, at 1:51 PM, Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> wrote:
I saw 2 adult black-bellied whistling ducks with 5 chicks today in a pond just west of the water treatment ponds along Orrick Rd.
Date: 7/23/24 9:57 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 23
It started off overcast, mild, and calm with a little fog, turning partly cloudy and warm with some wind, on the survey today. 61 species were found. Pretty much the usual notable stuff including great looks at Least Bitterns and King Rails. If you want to see these two species I recommend the observation platform on Pintail Lake and being there early and observing the area around you for a couple hours. The most interesting thing to me today was finding a singing Field Sparrow. We used to have them breeding at Red Slough in the summer but its probably been 10 years since I saw or heard one during the summer. This is probably due to habitat change. Here is my list for today:
I know I am terribly old fashioned, but I find a bit more info than the road name ( info similar to what Sandy sent, or the county etc) can be very helpful. Google has led us on some “wild goose chases” where we have ended up at fishing camps and in the middle of pastures. Just my preference I guess.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 23, 2024, at 3:01 PM, Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
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> Thanks to everyone. Appreciate it.
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>>> On Jul 23, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
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>> Orrick Road is in the river valley near the Alma water treatment plant. You can google map the directions.
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>>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
>>> Sorry, but up here in Fayetteville, I have no idea where Orrick Road is.
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>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>> On Jul 23, 2024, at 1:51 PM, Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> wrote:
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>>>> I saw 2 adult black-bellied whistling ducks with 5 chicks today in a pond just west of the water treatment ponds along Orrick Rd.
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Date: 7/23/24 1:01 pm From: Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> Subject: Re: BBWD
Thanks to everyone. Appreciate it.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 23, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
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> Orrick Road is in the river valley near the Alma water treatment plant. You can google map the directions.
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>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
>> Sorry, but up here in Fayetteville, I have no idea where Orrick Road is.
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>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>> On Jul 23, 2024, at 1:51 PM, Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> wrote:
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>>> I saw 2 adult black-bellied whistling ducks with 5 chicks today in a pond just west of the water treatment ponds along Orrick Rd.
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Orrick Road is in the river valley near the Alma water treatment plant. You
can google map the directions.
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> Sorry, but up here in Fayetteville, I have no idea where Orrick Road is.
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> I saw 2 adult black-bellied whistling ducks with 5 chicks today in a pond
> just west of the water treatment ponds along Orrick Rd.
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Date: 7/23/24 11:54 am From: Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> Subject: Re: BBWD
Sorry, but up here in Fayetteville, I have no idea where Orrick Road is.
Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 23, 2024, at 1:51 PM, Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> wrote:
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> I saw 2 adult black-bellied whistling ducks with 5 chicks today in a pond just west of the water treatment ponds along Orrick Rd.
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Date: 7/22/24 4:05 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Red-tailed Hawks and rat poisons
Thanks for posting this. I shared it on facebook. These killers need to be stopped before we have another DDT type crash of raptor and other species. Ironical miss-step on the part of business, since many raptors kill rodents, and are part of their control.
On Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 09:10:09 AM CDT, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
“A wildlife clinic run by Tufts University found that 100% of 43 red-tailed hawks admitted to the clinic from 2017 to 2019 carried rodenticides. All died.”
‘It’s really scary’: How rat poisons are wreaking havoc on raptors and other wildlife
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Date: 7/21/24 11:03 am From: Karen Holliday <ladyhawke1...> Subject: ASCA field trip Bois D’Arc WMA
Saturday, July 20, was the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas's field trip to the Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMA. We were extremely lucky to have mild temperatures in the 80s, rare for the middle of July. Our targets were Gallinules, Anhingas, the large Egret and Heron rookerys, and hopefully an alligator or two. Our first stop was McDonald's in Hope. It had the usual gang of Great-tailed Grackles foraging for french fries, plus a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, a Mississippi Kite, Barn Swallows, Fish Crows, and House Sparrows. At Bois D’Arc WMA, our group of 12 started birding at the first parking area left off the gravel road going to the main boat launch and dam. At the grassy peninsula that extends out into the lake, there is water on both sides full of vegetation, which the Gallinules really like. We saw and heard several Purple and Common Gallinules, plus Anhingas, Western Cattle Egrets, Little Blue and Green Herons. While standing at the end of the peninsula, we started hearing a deep rumbling very close. After hearing it a couple of times, I decided it was an alligator and big, and was probably a female guarding her nest or babies. I went into bossy trip leader mode and ordered everyone off the peninsula and up to higher ground. The gator tracked us, moving through the water next to edge and rumbling as we walked off the peninsula. Once we were off the peninsula, that satisfied the gator who stopped rumbling. We never saw it because it stayed in the water in the reeds. Later in the morning, we did see a very large gator and a smaller one out in the main part of the lake. At the other boat ramps, it's always exciting to see the several rookery trees full of Cattle Egrets on nests, with Black-crowned Night-Herons and Snowy Egrets mixed in. We estimated a total of 650 Cattle Egrets. A single White Ibis flew in carrying food. Life bird for one birder. Along the gravel road at the base of the dam, we saw and heard Painted and Indigo Buntings, Eastern Kingbirds, White-eyed Vireos, Chats, and Common Yellowthroats. Barn Swallows, Northern Rough-winged, and one Tree Swallow worked the lake, including a fly-by of an adult Bald Eagle. We counted 39 Great Egrets scattered around the lake. We ended our trip with lunch at Tailgaters in Hope, enjoying their excellent hamburgers and milk shakes. Our final trip total was 51 species. Karen Holliday ASCA Field Trip Coordinator
Date: 7/21/24 7:59 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Red-tailed Hawks and rat poisons
Dr Kannan, thanks for sharing. Raptors are not he only ones species impacted by the careless use of rodenticides. Rodenticides are an $5.27 Billion business. A Billion pounds are used in the Untied States each year and much of that is dispersed in raptor habitat. Rodenticides are pesticides that kill rodents which include not only rats and mice, but also squirrels, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, and beavers. These dead animals are consumed by other species through the food chain. Rodenticides are incredibly toxic in all forms and can cause bleeding, kidney failure, seizures or even death when ingested by pets, foxes, coyotes, and other species that might consume it. Joe T. Stevens the furbearer Wildlife Biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife had his dog die from drinking water from a stock pond where agriculture runoff had drained. The Vet School at Texas A & M University could not save his dog. People need to be aware of the dangers and damage they do.
Jerry
From: Ragupathy Kannan
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2024 9:09 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Red-tailed Hawks and rat poisons
“A wildlife clinic run by Tufts University found that 100% of 43 red-tailed hawks admitted to the clinic from 2017 to 2019 carried rodenticides. All died.”
‘It’s really scary’: How rat poisons are wreaking havoc on raptors and other wildlife
‘It’s really scary’: How rat poisons are wreaking havoc on raptors and other wildlife
Supertoxic rodenticides can accumulate in birds, mammals, and insects, even killing some. Scientists want to understand the damage—and limit it
Date: 7/21/24 7:09 am From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Red-tailed Hawks and rat poisons
“A wildlife clinic run by Tufts University found that 100% of 43 red-tailed hawks admitted to the clinic from 2017 to 2019 carried rodenticides. All died.”
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Date: 7/19/24 4:21 pm From: Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> Subject: Re: Definition of Bird-watching
Don't forget, Meyers is telling jokes. There is no bad PR.
Allan
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
<0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Actually, I was puzzled - his ideas seemed to miss the point - he just
> didn't get it.
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> On Friday, July 19, 2024 at 02:42:24 PM CDT, JACQUE BROWN <
> <bluebird2...> wrote:
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> Meyers actually rambled on for a while about the subject, it was that I
> was screaming at. Along the lines of "try it before you knock it, dude"!
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> On Thursday, July 18, 2024, 04:55:38 PM CDT, Jonathan Perry <
> <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
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> Actually, as someone whose entire adult career was as a
> psychologist/therapist, I rather liked that. Peeping into someone’s life
> and pointing at the things we needed to change.
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> Sent from my iPad
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> On Jul 18, 2024, at 4:38 PM, JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> wrote:
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> I saw this on Seth Meyers, I was screaming at the TV. Jacque Brown,
> Centerton
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> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 02:44:32 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <
> <akcmueller...> wrote:
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> According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
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> The skill of being a peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
>
> --
> Allan Mueller (It)
> 20 Moseley Lane, Conway, AR
> Home of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm
> 501-339-8071
> *BLOG* birdsnonsense.blogspot.com
> Pura Vida
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Pura Vida
Date: 7/19/24 1:33 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Least Terns
I was greatly cheered by this sign - so much better than the old one, shot full of bullet holes. This seems to speak of renewed interest and concern - Yay! We did seen these terns earlier this year, right over the river across from this sign. One seemed to be attempting to mate with another that was sitting on something out in the river.
On Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 03:54:09 PM CDT, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
LEAST TERNS nest on islands all along the Arkansas River. I saw this sign this morning at Frog Bayou Wildlife Management Area near Alma. Least Tern nests on several islands in the Arkansas River near Frog (as well as elsewhere along the river). These terns can often be seen foraging along the river from Frog, especially from the public boat ramp and Denman Road. The terns also form post-nesting season roosts in the immediate area. AG & F has been a long term partner with other government agencies trying to protect Inland Least Terns that have suffered much from various kinds of human disturbance of their nesting islands, plus the loss of these nesting islands due to various projects designed to improve barge traffic on the river. I’ll just go ahead and say it: in my view, this sign is a good sign with a good message that if considered can make our world a better place for everyone, including these terns.
Date: 7/19/24 1:27 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Roadrunner in Action
This is very interesting. I have always been impressed with the gentleness of rabbits - of all the creatures that come to or near the feeders, they have been not only the least aggressive, but never aggressive. So I too wonder about it...Also, unusual roadrunner behavior - years ago, walking on a country road, I saw a roadrunner on a trampoline. It seemed to be foraging for fallen acorns.
On Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 05:55:51 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
We have always had roadrunners in our yard, but since the huge snow storm a few years ago they have been absent, that is until this year. We are very happy to welcome them back.
We have metal cans in our yard to store bird seed, and adjacent to the cans we have suet tied to a tree.
This afternoon a roadrunner was sitting on one of the cans looking for lunch in the form of a bird feeding on the suet. Sure enough, the roadrunner jumped up and grabbed a chickadee from the suet.
The roadrunner with a chickadee in its beak, jumped to the ground, likey feeling good about his upcoming meal. As soon as he hit the ground a nearby rabbit quickly turned around and chased the roadrunner. The rabbit kept after the roadrunner until he left the yard, taking cover in the woods. The roadrunner did not fly and seemed to be going full out to evade the rabbit.
Why did the rabbit care about the roadrunner? Maybe a response to chase any predator? Or the chickadee was a good friend?
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Pura Vida
Date: 7/19/24 12:50 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Definition of Bird-watching
Actually, I was puzzled - his ideas seemed to miss the point - he just didn't get it.
On Friday, July 19, 2024 at 02:42:24 PM CDT, JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> wrote:
Meyers actually rambled on for a while about the subject, it was that I was screaming at. Along the lines of "try it before you knock it, dude"!
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, 04:55:38 PM CDT, Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
Actually, as someone whose entire adult career was as a psychologist/therapist, I rather liked that. Peeping into someone’s life and pointing at the things we needed to change.
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 18, 2024, at 4:38 PM, JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> wrote:
I saw this on Seth Meyers, I was screaming at the TV. Jacque Brown, Centerton
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 02:44:32 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
The skill of beinga peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
--
Allan Mueller (It)
20 Moseley Lane, Conway, ARHome of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm501-339-8071BLOG birdsnonsense.blogspot.com
Pura Vida
Date: 7/19/24 12:42 pm From: JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> Subject: Re: Definition of Bird-watching
Meyers actually rambled on for a while about the subject, it was that I was screaming at. Along the lines of "try it before you knock it, dude"!
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, 04:55:38 PM CDT, Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
Actually, as someone whose entire adult career was as a psychologist/therapist, I rather liked that. Peeping into someone’s life and pointing at the things we needed to change.
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 18, 2024, at 4:38 PM, JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> wrote:
I saw this on Seth Meyers, I was screaming at the TV. Jacque Brown, Centerton
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 02:44:32 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
The skill of beinga peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
--
Allan Mueller (It)
20 Moseley Lane, Conway, ARHome of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm501-339-8071BLOG birdsnonsense.blogspot.com
Pura Vida
Date: 7/19/24 8:03 am From: hilltower12 <000001ab5bb2c0b4-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Joe's snake photo on the cover of JAAS
Dear Dr. Kannan,This is another fascinating editon of the Journal of the AAS. Thanks for sharing!.Barry BennettFayetteville
-------- Original message --------From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Date: 7/19/24 8:35 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Joe's snake photo on the cover of JAAS The recent Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science issue has Joe Neal's photo of the Graham's Crayfish Snake on the cover. Also see lots of interesting Arkansas bird papers and one on the role of iNaturalist in biodiversity documentation and education in Arkansas.Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science | University of Arkansas, FayettevilleJournal of the Arkansas Academy of Science | University of Arkansas, Fay...<p>The Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science (JAAS) is the major publication of the Academy. The Journal of...
Date: 7/19/24 7:18 am From: Ed Laster <elaster523...> Subject: Re: Least Terns
While some of the islands may have been disturbed by barge traffic, many of the islands were formed by using the dredged material to create the islands. A marina operator in the Morrilton area was instrumental in getting this done, at least in his area, by working with the different government agencies.
Ed Laster
Little Rock
> On Jul 18, 2024, at 3:53 PM, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> <Least Tern sign at Frog July 18 2024 edited.jpg>
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> LEAST TERNS nest on islands all along the Arkansas River. I saw this sign this morning at Frog Bayou Wildlife Management Area near Alma. Least Tern nests on several islands in the Arkansas River near Frog (as well as elsewhere along the river). These terns can often be seen foraging along the river from Frog, especially from the public boat ramp and Denman Road. The terns also form post-nesting season roosts in the immediate area. AG & F has been a long term partner with other government agencies trying to protect Inland Least Terns that have suffered much from various kinds of human disturbance of their nesting islands, plus the loss of these nesting islands due to various projects designed to improve barge traffic on the river. I’ll just go ahead and say it: in my view, this sign is a good sign with a good message that if considered can make our world a better place for everyone, including these terns.
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Date: 7/19/24 6:34 am From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Joe's snake photo on the cover of JAAS
The recent Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science issue has Joe Neal's photo of the Graham's Crayfish Snake on the cover. Also see lots of interesting Arkansas bird papers and one on the role of iNaturalist in biodiversity documentation and education in Arkansas.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Date: 7/18/24 6:52 pm From: Jack and Pam <00000064a46c579c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Merlin Audio ID: How to Merlin Mindfully
Merlin and I went for a walk early yesterday morning. Merlin alerted me to a Redstart, which I was able find and then proved that we have three Common Yellowthroat territories in our field/prairie when I thought there was only one. Next Merlin boldly announced “Pigmy Owl!”Jack StewartAt Erbie on the Buffalo
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On Thursday, July 18, 2024, 3:36 PM, Taylor Long <00000455b6b08e87-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Former Arkansas eBird Reviewer Nick Anich just wrote this very helpful article about how to use Merlin Bird ID mindfully in the context of eBirding. He's writing from the perspective of birds in Wisconsin, but it might as well be Arkansas. Here's the link to the article, but it's so helpful that I thought I'd copy the text here so everyone reads it.
Happy eBirding,
-Taylor Long
Merlin Audio ID: How to Merlin Mindfully
By Nick Anich
If you’ve never played around with it, the Merlin Bird ID is a rather amazing app for your smartphone that identifies bird songs in real time.
There are a lot of benefits to this, as it’s a great way for new birders to start learning about bird calls and realizing what birds are around. If you are traveling, it can alert you to calls of species that you might not be familiar with. Even for experienced birders, it can sometimes alert you to species that you may have otherwise not heard.
But here’s the thing: IT’S NOT PERFECT. If you assume it is 100% accurate and add every bird Merlin suggests into your eBird checklist, it can get you into trouble.
Ask an eBird reviewer who processes flagged records what they think of this tool and you may be more likely to hear groans than applause.
We have no idea the accuracy rate of Merlin overall, which probably depends on location and habitat, but if you assume it’s 90% accurate, then 1 of 10 birds it identifies is wrong. Which means if you go birding and it suggests 30 species for you, then 3 of those species are wrong. If it’s 80% accurate, 6 of those 30 species are wrong.
So we suggest Merlining Mindfully! Do not just report every bird that Merlin suggests!
Endeavor to get a look at every species it suggests, especially if that species is unusual.
Here are some tips, based on our experience, of what Merlin is good at and struggles at.
Merlin Excels at:
Common Species
Merlin is only as good as the information that has been fed to it. As such, it seems to be much more familiar with common species than rare ones.
Species with very regular songs and calls
Songs that are always the same, think Black-throated Green Warbler or Eastern Phoebe, seem to be easy for it.
Chip notes/Night flight calls
Merlin is surprisingly good at short call notes, and can return accurate results for things like Savannah Sparrow and Yellow Warbler, which often very good birders can recognize but fly under the radar of many birders.
Merlin Struggles with:
Variable songs
Songs with complex structure, lengthy songs, birds that mimic other species, songs and calls that are more plastic and less consistent. Here is a partial list of some species that are occasionally problematic.
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Other species that mimic
European Starling
Blue Jay
Trillers (sometimes)
Worm-eating Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Warbler
Confusing Warblers
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Finches
American Goldfinch/Common Redpoll
Vireos
Philadelphia Vireo
(Merlin was confusing Philadelphia Vireo with Red-eyed Vireo so often that it has now been removed as an option)
Species that can have variable calls or scolding calls
Barred Owl
Eastern Meadowlark
Carolina Wren
Uncommon vocalizations
If you are hearing an alternate or not often heard vocalization, Merlin may not register it, or may confuse it with something else.
Rare species
Many rare species may not come up at all. If your location is set correctly, in many cases the system intentionally does not even report these as results. In some cases it will suggest a call is a more common species.
Data-poor Areas
Across much of the United States, Merlin “knows” most of the species, but in other countries or in areas of the United States where the bar chart is thinner, Merlin has less to work with and may be less accurate.
What Should You Do?
We aren’t anti-Merlin, it’s a really fun and potentially very useful tool. You should just Merlin Mindfully!
- Make sure Merlin has permission to see your location
- Try to get a look at any unusual species reported by Merlin
- Don’t report species that were only detected by Merlin
- “Merlin IDed it” is NOT a valid comment for a flagged record ([but please do attach the Merlin audio to your checklist](https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000825713-uploading-media#anchorAudioGuidelines))
- “Merlin IDed it 20 times” is not any more useful — when Merlin is being tricked, it can get tricked repeatedly
- If you enter a species on your checklist and it is flagged as rare, stop and think whether you saw that species or it was only Merlin that suggested it
Ultimately, Merlin is a tool, and tools can be misused. Instead, use it to make you aware of potential species in the area, to learn songs and calls of the birds around you, and help you visually find more species. But please don’t blindly submit its outputs to your eBird checklists.
Date: 7/18/24 4:03 pm From: Taylor Long <00000455b6b08e87-dmarc-request...> Subject: BROWN BOOBY near Morrilton today, Thu July 18
A BROWN BOOBY was photographed by Nathan Mansor today on the Arkansas
River near Morrilton around 1:00 PM. Here's the eBird checklist:
<https://ebird.org/checklist/S187588868>
The location used in the eBird checklist looks to be precise
(35°10'20.9"N 92°52'10.1"W <https://maps.app.goo.gl/qypQfGqci8HukEGA9>)
and is in the middle of the river, which means the observer was likely
traveling by boat. I'm not seeing great access by road to that portion
of the river so good luck to anyone brave enough to go try to relocate
this bird!
Date: 7/18/24 3:55 pm From: Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> Subject: Roadrunner in Action
We have always had roadrunners in our yard, but since the huge snow storm a few years ago they have been absent, that is until this year. We are very happy to welcome them back.
We have metal cans in our yard to store bird seed, and adjacent to the cans we have suet tied to a tree.
This afternoon a roadrunner was sitting on one of the cans looking for lunch in the form of a bird feeding on the suet. Sure enough, the roadrunner jumped up and grabbed a chickadee from the suet.
The roadrunner with a chickadee in its beak, jumped to the ground, likey feeling good about his upcoming meal. As soon as he hit the ground a nearby rabbit quickly turned around and chased the roadrunner. The rabbit kept after the roadrunner until he left the yard, taking cover in the woods. The roadrunner did not fly and seemed to be going full out to evade the rabbit.
Why did the rabbit care about the roadrunner? Maybe a response to chase any predator? Or the chickadee was a good friend?
-- Allan Mueller (It) 20 Moseley Lane, Conway, AR Home of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm 501-339-8071 *BLOG* birdsnonsense.blogspot.com Pura Vida
Date: 7/18/24 2:55 pm From: Jonathan Perry <jonathanperry24...> Subject: Re: Definition of Bird-watching
Actually, as someone whose entire adult career was as a psychologist/therapist, I rather liked that. Peeping into someone’s life and pointing at the things we needed to change.
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> I saw this on Seth Meyers, I was screaming at the TV. Jacque Brown, Centerton
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> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 02:44:32 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
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> According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
>
> The skill of being a peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
>
> --
> Allan Mueller (It)
> 20 Moseley Lane, Conway, AR
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> Pura Vida
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Date: 7/18/24 2:38 pm From: JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> Subject: Re: Definition of Bird-watching
I saw this on Seth Meyers, I was screaming at the TV. Jacque Brown, Centerton
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 02:44:32 PM CDT, Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> wrote:
According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
The skill of beinga peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
--
Allan Mueller (It)
20 Moseley Lane, Conway, ARHome of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm501-339-8071BLOG birdsnonsense.blogspot.com
Pura Vida
Date: 7/18/24 1:54 pm From: Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Least Terns
[cid:98044189-aefc-45ea-a271-8d992a365767]
LEAST TERNS nest on islands all along the Arkansas River. I saw this sign this morning at Frog Bayou Wildlife Management Area near Alma. Least Tern nests on several islands in the Arkansas River near Frog (as well as elsewhere along the river). These terns can often be seen foraging along the river from Frog, especially from the public boat ramp and Denman Road. The terns also form post-nesting season roosts in the immediate area. AG & F has been a long term partner with other government agencies trying to protect Inland Least Terns that have suffered much from various kinds of human disturbance of their nesting islands, plus the loss of these nesting islands due to various projects designed to improve barge traffic on the river. Ill just go ahead and say it: in my view, this sign is a good sign with a good message that if considered can make our world a better place for everyone, including these terns.
Date: 7/18/24 1:36 pm From: Taylor Long <00000455b6b08e87-dmarc-request...> Subject: Merlin Audio ID: How to Merlin Mindfully
Greetings Birders,
Former Arkansas eBird Reviewer Nick Anich just wrote this very helpful
article about how to use Merlin Bird ID mindfully in the context of
eBirding. He's writing from the perspective of birds in Wisconsin, but
it might as well be Arkansas. Here's the link to the article
<https://ebird.org/region/US-WI/post/merlin-audio-id-how-to-merlin- mindfully>, but it's so helpful that I thought I'd copy the text here so
everyone reads it.
Happy eBirding,
-Taylor Long
Merlin Audio ID: How to Merlin Mindfully
By Nick Anich
If you’ve never played around with it, the Merlin Bird ID is a rather
amazing app for your smartphone that identifies bird songs in real time.
There are a lot of benefits to this, as it’s a great way for new birders
to start learning about bird calls and realizing what birds are around.
If you are traveling, it can alert you to calls of species that you
might not be familiar with. Even for experienced birders, it can
sometimes alert you to species that you may have otherwise not heard.
But here’s the thing: IT’S NOT PERFECT. If you assume it is 100%
accurate and add every bird Merlin suggests into your eBird checklist,
it can get you into trouble.
Ask an eBird reviewer who processes flagged records what they think of
this tool and you may be more likely to hear groans than applause.
We have no idea the accuracy rate of Merlin overall, which probably
depends on location and habitat, but if you assume it’s 90% accurate,
then 1 of 10 birds it identifies is wrong. Which means if you go birding
and it suggests 30 species for you, then 3 of those species are wrong.
If it’s 80% accurate, 6 of those 30 species are wrong.
So we suggest Merlining Mindfully! Do not just report every bird that
Merlin suggests!
Endeavor to get a look at every species it suggests, especially if that
species is unusual.
Here are some tips, based on our experience, of what Merlin is good at
and struggles at.
Merlin Excels at:
Common Species
Merlin is only as good as the information that has been fed to it. As
such, it seems to be much more familiar with common species than rare
ones.
Species with very regular songs and calls
Songs that are always the same, think Black-throated Green Warbler or
Eastern Phoebe, seem to be easy for it.
Chip notes/Night flight calls
Merlin is surprisingly good at short call notes, and can return accurate
results for things like Savannah Sparrow and Yellow Warbler, which often
very good birders can recognize but fly under the radar of many birders.
Merlin Struggles with:
Variable songs
Songs with complex structure, lengthy songs, birds that mimic other
species, songs and calls that are more plastic and less consistent. Here
is a partial list of some species that are occasionally problematic.
Mimids
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Other species that mimic
European Starling
Blue Jay
Trillers (sometimes)
Worm-eating Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Warbler
Confusing Warblers
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Finches
American Goldfinch/Common Redpoll
Vireos
Philadelphia Vireo
(Merlin was confusing Philadelphia Vireo with Red-eyed Vireo so often
that it has now been removed as an option)
Species that can have variable calls or scolding calls
Barred Owl
Eastern Meadowlark
Carolina Wren
Uncommon vocalizations
If you are hearing an alternate or not often heard vocalization, Merlin
may not register it, or may confuse it with something else.
Rare species
Many rare species may not come up at all. If your location is set
correctly, in many cases the system intentionally does not even report
these as results. In some cases it will suggest a call is a more common
species.
Data-poor Areas
Across much of the United States, Merlin “knows” most of the species,
but in other countries or in areas of the United States where the bar
chart is thinner, Merlin has less to work with and may be less accurate.
What Should You Do?
We aren’t anti-Merlin, it’s a really fun and potentially very useful
tool. You should just Merlin Mindfully!
* Make sure Merlin has permission to see your location
* Try to get a look at any unusual species reported by Merlin
* Don’t report species that were only detected by Merlin
* “Merlin IDed it” is NOT a valid comment for a flagged record ([but please do
attach the Merlin audio to your
checklist](<https://support.ebird.org/en/support/solutions/articles/48000825713- uploading-media#anchorAudioGuidelines))>
* “Merlin IDed it 20 times” is not any more useful — when Merlin is being tricked,
it can get tricked repeatedly
* If you enter a species on your checklist and it is flagged as rare, stop and
think whether you saw that species or it was only Merlin that suggested it
Ultimately, Merlin is a tool, and tools can be misused. Instead, use it
to make you aware of potential species in the area, to learn songs and
calls of the birds around you, and help you visually find more species.
But please don’t blindly submit its outputs to your eBird checklists.
My knee jerk reaction was to experience as a Zoologist attempting to classify the insects to orders and families using my rusty skills from a 40 plus year graduate entomology course. By the 40th of several hundred plates, I should have re evaluated my attempts to “list” and starting to appreciate. But I soldiered on and enjoyed the diversity of the animals represented while classifying g them
Next time I need to go and just appreciate the art in nature the artist has collected. Incredible. Insects are the most common with Lepidopterans and Coleopterans most prevalent. A few plates of Odonates and Hymenoptera and a few designs with insects of several orders and familie arranged in intricate and fabulous designs. Also a fair number of herps and birds. Birds arranged in designs showing colors and feather patterns.
A third visit could be to go and let your mind just totally trip on the colors of the butterflies and beetles. Forget the art in nature and be wowed by the colors.
Vertebrates are collected from zoos and labs from specimens already dead. Exhibit says insects are sustainably collected.
Jim Morgan
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> On Jul 17, 2024, at 9:54 PM, N Rock <4rockbird...> wrote:
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> I saw it last month. Going again next week. It is exquisite.
>
> Nancy Rock
> Shell Knob, MO
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> On July 17, 2024, at 9:08 PM, Nancy Felker <felker.nancy...> wrote:
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> The exhibit at Crystal Bridges currently is fascinating and I think everyone on this list would enjoy it. However, it is scheduled to end July 29. Many birds and bird feathers are featured.
> Nancy
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> I saw it last month. Going again next week. It is exquisite.
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Date: 7/17/24 8:17 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Limpkins?
This is exactly what I have been wondering. I enjoyed reading all the interesting comments on the mystery.
On Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 09:34:11 PM CDT, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Sandy B.
Date: 7/17/24 7:54 pm From: N Rock <4rockbird...> Subject: Re: Exquisite Creatures
I saw it last month. Going again next week. It is exquisite.
Nancy Rock
Shell Knob, MO
On July 17, 2024, at 9:08 PM, Nancy Felker <felker.nancy...> wrote:
The exhibit at Crystal Bridges currently is fascinating and I think everyone on this list would enjoy it. However, it is scheduled to end July 29. Many birds and bird feathers are featured.
Nancy
Garfield
Date: 7/17/24 7:34 pm From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Costa Rica AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
With 12 people signed up, there are only three seats available for this tour, priced now around $2300 for Dec 14-21. Please spread the word and support the AAS trust.
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On Thursday, July 4, 2024, 12:05 PM, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you know, we have had several nature and birding tours to raise funds for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust. They have raised over $17,000 for the trust, whose endowment supports bird conservation and research mostly in Arkansas.
I hereby announce our third Costa Rica birding and nature tour. Price is $2830 excluding air for double occupancy. The tour is intended for 15 keen naturalists and birders only. This tour is expected to raise $1500 for the trust, which will be donated in memory of our beloved friend the late Prof. Kim Smith who started our Costa Rica tour program.
Highlights include:
*Visit to cloud forests for Resplendent Quetzals and toucanets*Batsu birding photography gardens for dozens of hummingbirds*Boating safari in the largest mangrove forests in Costa Rica for caimans, monkeys, and myriads of forest and water birds*Night walk for owls and herps*Carara National Park for the Scarlet Macaw and other birds*Birding tractor tour*Tapir Valley birding and dips in ecotermales hot springs*Arenal Volcano and its unique ecosystems*About 250 species of birds
See attached brochure for more information. If interested, please email me.
KannanChair, AAST
The exhibit at Crystal Bridges currently is fascinating and I think everyone on this list would enjoy it. However, it is scheduled to end July 29. Many birds and bird feathers are featured.
Nancy
Garfield
I’ll accept this token and any other fabulous bird photos people have taken
recently.
Also, great reminder that I need to get out and record today’s ebird
checklist. Anyone else doing a checklist a day?
Sarah
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM Galen <perkinsgalen...> wrote:
> Here’s a pic of the 2022 Bald Knob Limpkin to lighten the mood 😅
>
> Thanks,
>
> Galen Perkins
>
>
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> [image: image0.jpeg]
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> On Jul 17, 2024, at 8:32 PM, Mitchell Pruitt <mitchellpruitt24...>
> wrote:
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>
> From the moderator, END THIS CONVERSATION. If parties would like to
> continue off list, that is your own decision. It shall cease here now,
> though.
>
> This conversation began largely informative and could have been useful. It
> is a shame we cannot all have conversations about things that have a great
> effect on birds, their habitats, and conservation. But clearly that is not
> feasible.
>
> Back to birds only,
>
> Mitchell Pruitt
> List Moderator
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 19:26 Daniel Mason <millipede1977...>
> wrote:
>
>> You added more and intentional condescension there... and talk about bias
>> while using bias.
>> What do you want people to learn? What's important?
>> The age of the earth?
>> You mock people that don't believe in science. There's a few problems
>> with that. 1. The science you believe changes often, and you blindly
>> believe the new revelations as they come out... feeling pretty confident
>> that what you know to be true is true. You cannot prove it. Articles and
>> studies... conclusions keep changing. Science one showed the earth was the
>> center of the universe. If you doubted that, you'd be mocked. The age of it
>> all, what we say it is, has changed many, many times.
>> It's an inconsequential thing to argue about. But, it cannot be proven,
>> which is why the data changes.
>> I watched an "educational" program on PBS once, about space, and the age
>> of the universe.
>> They talked about known distances to objects, based on light, and
>> science, and math... I believe in science and math... Math is solid.
>> Science is pliable. When they talk about a solar system a million light
>> years away, they're talking about data that's a million years old. We're
>> seeing something that WAS... not that is.
>> They claim to have picked up on sugar molecules in a galaxy far, far
>> away, while they still don't know everything that's in our own galaxy. It's
>> fascinating.
>> While they were talking about all this data, all these "facts" that they
>> can prove by measuring light... they also talked about how they believe in
>> dark matter, and that it can distort light... and how light can also BEND
>> around objects. So, EXTREMELY old information that might also be altered by
>> dark matter, etc... and somehow, we "know" how old everything is.
>>
>> Why is the argument so important? How is it related to birds?
>> There are Christians way more intelligent and educated than you that
>> don't have the same scientific beliefs you do.
>> There's actual science that proves more and more of what the bible says.
>> The flood explains things better than any world science does. And how much
>> faith does it take to believe that somehow EVERYTHING in the universe
>> exploded and created order in the process?
>> Anyone that doesn't believe in God, NONE of this should matter. Because,
>> there's no point, no purpose. If our planet burns to ashes, why care? It's
>> inconsequential.
>>
>> Al Gore had science that showed we'd have NO polar ice caps by now...
>> climate forecasts have not come true, over and over again. Rising sea
>> levels have been spoken of for DECADES and we're not really seeing it.
>> We've had REALLY bad hurricane seasons int he past where they said we'd for
>> sure have a worse one the next year because of global warming, only... that
>> never happened...
>> EVERYTHING that happens is not global warming. A cooler year than normal?
>> A warmer one? More snow? Less snow? Literally ANY phenomena that happens,
>> it's global warming.
>> SO much of that is actually impossible to fully understand or study.
>> And again, none of it matters.
>> Are humans killing the planet?
>> Yes. VERY few Christians doubt that. There are some die hard ANGRY
>> Christians that are just like the die hard ANGRY liberals... so, when you
>> say global warming this and that, and we must do this and that... they
>> react, foolishly, and try to pretend nothing is happening.
>> But, the liberals are often talking about things that aren't happening
>> quite the way they say. They have "facts" about how many species go extinct
>> every year... only, that list, those numbers... they're based on
>> ASSUMPTIONS of species going extinct that we didn't even know about. So,
>> the numbers are actually fake.
>> Science... it's manipulated.
>> You don't know all you think you do. The people that have actually
>> studied it make a lot of assumptions. LOTS of circumstantial evidence.
>> Stuff that used to be called "theory," when science was honest, is now
>> fact, even though it's not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
>> I could go on... but, none of it matters.
>>
>> You might as well not respond. You feel it's useless to try and teach
>> anyone anymore. It makes much more sense to find a group(where you assume
>> EVERYONE thinks the same way you do) to rant and complain. "they" "them"
>> "those people..."
>> that ATTITUDE wont help you educate a single person.
>>
>> NOBODY here has a clue(only speculations) about the limpkins. People are
>> gung ho to call it global warming... but as was stated already, MORE birds
>> were on the move earlier in the year last year. IF global warming were the
>> cause, we should see this trend increase.
>> It's fun to discuss and debate the causes. Science is interesting. I love
>> a good mystery.
>> But, MILLIONS of people(all those people on your side) are blindly
>> blaming everything on what they're TOLD to blame it on.
>> BOTH sides are FULL of uneducated people blindly following what they're
>> told.
>> STOP pointing fingers at the other side, or the church, etc.
>> This kind of talk has no place here.
>> And, as I've tried stating many times over the years...
>> IF.... IF IF IF IF IF you actually want to make anything better.... You
>> HAVE to drop the attitude and name calling and finger pointing. You have to.
>>
>> I could go on... but, I'm the minority here. Very few(there are some)
>> appreciate my opinions, so, the people that MOCK Christians and
>> conservatives get a free pass here.
>> When I ever speak up, sometimes just to ask that we drop the rhetoric and
>> get back to the birds, then all of the sudden other people take notice and
>> try to end the conversation.
>> WHY do such conversations start in the first place?
>> You're not helping your own cause. You're just going to fuel bitterness
>> amongst yourselves.
>> And that's a fact.
>> On 7/17/2024 6:41 PM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
>>
>> Facts can seem condescending if one is part of the statistics. With the
>> amount of information available from all sources today, whether it be about
>> birds, climate, or other subjects, people have to want to learn. Without
>> the desire they cannot be taught. Teachers at all levels on any subject or
>> level, know and experience this frustration. If you ask “why don’t people
>> want to learn?” you get 6.7 million information hits. For many people
>> curiosity and the desire to want to know was killed at a young age. Another
>> impediment to learning is the misinformation they have been taught through
>> their churches. Most of the 92 million people that do not believe in
>> science, it is because it goes against what they are taught in church and
>> proclaiming I have faith shuts the mind to learning other things. We have
>> 140 million people that believe the Earth is 10,000 years old and people
>> have been here only 6,000 years. Our 344,000 recognized protestant
>> congregations are led by 276,000 uneducated ministers. Even ministers
>> educated in seminaries and church colleges were taught with the specific
>> biases of that denomination and very few desire to recognize the errors
>> being taught. Any church member could get more correct insight from the
>> publications of theological professors that have spent a career of teaching
>> and doing biblical research.
>>
>> Even when people know the information, only one in 100 will use it and
>> the rest is filed away in their crinkled cranium like a joke on a computer
>> hard drive. When I started my career in wildlife management over 60 years
>> ago, I thought if people knew better and what to do, they would do better.
>> I was wrong. I have taught at High School, College and professional levels.
>> I have provided over 1,218 papers and articles and 2,449 presentations at
>> the local, state, and national levels. I have spoken and provided
>> information on wildlife and conservation to over 146,600 people, and sent
>> out over 500,000 informational emails with the illusion that it might
>> change peoples minds and behavior. Anyone that tries to teach understands
>> that there are barriers to learning. Regardless of who is trying to teach,
>> people have the choice to learn or not to learn. Information and
>> misinformation is available on any subject and one has to be smart and
>> informed enough to know the difference. However, too many will choose to
>> remain uninformed and will not learn or do better until they choose to do
>> so.
>>
>> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> Hot Springs, AR
>>
>> *From:* Daniel Mason
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 3:34 PM
>> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
>> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>>
>>
>> How do you teach those people without sounding so condescending?
>>
>> Let's keep this about birds please.
>>
>> Daniel Mason
>> On 7/17/2024 2:22 PM, Jerry Davis wrote:
>>
>> Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many still in
>> denial and will not recognize that anything is happening with climate
>> change. In addition we have 92 million people that do not believe in
>> science and 40% of the population does not want to be confused with facts.
>>
>> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> Hot Springs, AR
>>
>> *From:* Ragupathy Kannan
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
>> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
>> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>>
>> Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year 2100,
>> according to the best available data collected by the IPCC. Here is a
>> useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology class. It uses
>> IPCC data.
>>
>> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>>
>> Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the
>> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
>>
>> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >>
>>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >>
>> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor
>> mailto:<00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> Please see
>>
>>
>> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/storyline-attribution-just-so-stories-about-weather-events/ >>
>> The IPCC , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has not detected
>> anything out of the ordinary with sea level rise.
>>
>> Also see
>>
>> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-fueled-extreme-weather >>
>> For some basic definitions. This is part of a new series, the second
>> installment is
>> here
>> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/schrodingers-climate-cat >>
>> Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the
>> East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to
>> this phenomenon.
>>
>> Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not
>> migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters
>> froze.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed, Jul 17,
>> 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
>>
>> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail
>> specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they
>> are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal
>> species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal
>> wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated
>> with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing
>> better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure
>> others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and
>> I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
>>
>> Adam Schaffer
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason mailto:<millipede1977...> >> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people
>> speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet
>> have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my
>> opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something
>> had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
>> little, they went everywhere.
>> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to
>> shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal
>> the other year?
>> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the
>> population gets a little crowded for their liking.
>> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though.
>> Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
>> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just
>> simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than
>> that.
>>
>> Daniel Mason
>> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>>
>> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
>>
>> Sandy B.
>>
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From the moderator, END THIS CONVERSATION. If parties would like to
continue off list, that is your own decision. It shall cease here now,
though.
This conversation began largely informative and could have been useful. It
is a shame we cannot all have conversations about things that have a great
effect on birds, their habitats, and conservation. But clearly that is not
feasible.
Back to birds only,
Mitchell Pruitt
List Moderator
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 19:26 Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
> You added more and intentional condescension there... and talk about bias
> while using bias.
> What do you want people to learn? What's important?
> The age of the earth?
> You mock people that don't believe in science. There's a few problems with
> that. 1. The science you believe changes often, and you blindly believe the
> new revelations as they come out... feeling pretty confident that what you
> know to be true is true. You cannot prove it. Articles and studies...
> conclusions keep changing. Science one showed the earth was the center of
> the universe. If you doubted that, you'd be mocked. The age of it all, what
> we say it is, has changed many, many times.
> It's an inconsequential thing to argue about. But, it cannot be proven,
> which is why the data changes.
> I watched an "educational" program on PBS once, about space, and the age
> of the universe.
> They talked about known distances to objects, based on light, and science,
> and math... I believe in science and math... Math is solid. Science is
> pliable. When they talk about a solar system a million light years away,
> they're talking about data that's a million years old. We're seeing
> something that WAS... not that is.
> They claim to have picked up on sugar molecules in a galaxy far, far away,
> while they still don't know everything that's in our own galaxy. It's
> fascinating.
> While they were talking about all this data, all these "facts" that they
> can prove by measuring light... they also talked about how they believe in
> dark matter, and that it can distort light... and how light can also BEND
> around objects. So, EXTREMELY old information that might also be altered by
> dark matter, etc... and somehow, we "know" how old everything is.
>
> Why is the argument so important? How is it related to birds?
> There are Christians way more intelligent and educated than you that don't
> have the same scientific beliefs you do.
> There's actual science that proves more and more of what the bible says.
> The flood explains things better than any world science does. And how much
> faith does it take to believe that somehow EVERYTHING in the universe
> exploded and created order in the process?
> Anyone that doesn't believe in God, NONE of this should matter. Because,
> there's no point, no purpose. If our planet burns to ashes, why care? It's
> inconsequential.
>
> Al Gore had science that showed we'd have NO polar ice caps by now...
> climate forecasts have not come true, over and over again. Rising sea
> levels have been spoken of for DECADES and we're not really seeing it.
> We've had REALLY bad hurricane seasons int he past where they said we'd for
> sure have a worse one the next year because of global warming, only... that
> never happened...
> EVERYTHING that happens is not global warming. A cooler year than normal?
> A warmer one? More snow? Less snow? Literally ANY phenomena that happens,
> it's global warming.
> SO much of that is actually impossible to fully understand or study.
> And again, none of it matters.
> Are humans killing the planet?
> Yes. VERY few Christians doubt that. There are some die hard ANGRY
> Christians that are just like the die hard ANGRY liberals... so, when you
> say global warming this and that, and we must do this and that... they
> react, foolishly, and try to pretend nothing is happening.
> But, the liberals are often talking about things that aren't happening
> quite the way they say. They have "facts" about how many species go extinct
> every year... only, that list, those numbers... they're based on
> ASSUMPTIONS of species going extinct that we didn't even know about. So,
> the numbers are actually fake.
> Science... it's manipulated.
> You don't know all you think you do. The people that have actually studied
> it make a lot of assumptions. LOTS of circumstantial evidence. Stuff that
> used to be called "theory," when science was honest, is now fact, even
> though it's not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
> I could go on... but, none of it matters.
>
> You might as well not respond. You feel it's useless to try and teach
> anyone anymore. It makes much more sense to find a group(where you assume
> EVERYONE thinks the same way you do) to rant and complain. "they" "them"
> "those people..."
> that ATTITUDE wont help you educate a single person.
>
> NOBODY here has a clue(only speculations) about the limpkins. People are
> gung ho to call it global warming... but as was stated already, MORE birds
> were on the move earlier in the year last year. IF global warming were the
> cause, we should see this trend increase.
> It's fun to discuss and debate the causes. Science is interesting. I love
> a good mystery.
> But, MILLIONS of people(all those people on your side) are blindly blaming
> everything on what they're TOLD to blame it on.
> BOTH sides are FULL of uneducated people blindly following what they're
> told.
> STOP pointing fingers at the other side, or the church, etc.
> This kind of talk has no place here.
> And, as I've tried stating many times over the years...
> IF.... IF IF IF IF IF you actually want to make anything better.... You
> HAVE to drop the attitude and name calling and finger pointing. You have to.
>
> I could go on... but, I'm the minority here. Very few(there are some)
> appreciate my opinions, so, the people that MOCK Christians and
> conservatives get a free pass here.
> When I ever speak up, sometimes just to ask that we drop the rhetoric and
> get back to the birds, then all of the sudden other people take notice and
> try to end the conversation.
> WHY do such conversations start in the first place?
> You're not helping your own cause. You're just going to fuel bitterness
> amongst yourselves.
> And that's a fact.
> On 7/17/2024 6:41 PM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
>
> Facts can seem condescending if one is part of the statistics. With the
> amount of information available from all sources today, whether it be about
> birds, climate, or other subjects, people have to want to learn. Without
> the desire they cannot be taught. Teachers at all levels on any subject or
> level, know and experience this frustration. If you ask “why don’t people
> want to learn?” you get 6.7 million information hits. For many people
> curiosity and the desire to want to know was killed at a young age. Another
> impediment to learning is the misinformation they have been taught through
> their churches. Most of the 92 million people that do not believe in
> science, it is because it goes against what they are taught in church and
> proclaiming I have faith shuts the mind to learning other things. We have
> 140 million people that believe the Earth is 10,000 years old and people
> have been here only 6,000 years. Our 344,000 recognized protestant
> congregations are led by 276,000 uneducated ministers. Even ministers
> educated in seminaries and church colleges were taught with the specific
> biases of that denomination and very few desire to recognize the errors
> being taught. Any church member could get more correct insight from the
> publications of theological professors that have spent a career of teaching
> and doing biblical research.
>
> Even when people know the information, only one in 100 will use it and the
> rest is filed away in their crinkled cranium like a joke on a computer hard
> drive. When I started my career in wildlife management over 60 years ago, I
> thought if people knew better and what to do, they would do better. I was
> wrong. I have taught at High School, College and professional levels. I
> have provided over 1,218 papers and articles and 2,449 presentations at the
> local, state, and national levels. I have spoken and provided information
> on wildlife and conservation to over 146,600 people, and sent out over
> 500,000 informational emails with the illusion that it might change peoples
> minds and behavior. Anyone that tries to teach understands that there are
> barriers to learning. Regardless of who is trying to teach, people have
> the choice to learn or not to learn. Information and misinformation is
> available on any subject and one has to be smart and informed enough to
> know the difference. However, too many will choose to remain uninformed and
> will not learn or do better until they choose to do so.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
>
> *From:* Daniel Mason
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 3:34 PM
> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>
>
> How do you teach those people without sounding so condescending?
>
> Let's keep this about birds please.
>
> Daniel Mason
> On 7/17/2024 2:22 PM, Jerry Davis wrote:
>
> Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many still in
> denial and will not recognize that anything is happening with climate
> change. In addition we have 92 million people that do not believe in
> science and 40% of the population does not want to be confused with facts.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
>
> *From:* Ragupathy Kannan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>
> Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year 2100,
> according to the best available data collected by the IPCC. Here is a
> useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology class. It uses
> IPCC data.
>
> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >
>
>
>
> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>
> Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the
> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
>
> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >
>
>
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> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor
> mailto:<00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Please see
>
>
> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/storyline-attribution-just-so-stories-about-weather-events/ >
> The IPCC , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has not detected
> anything out of the ordinary with sea level rise.
>
> Also see
>
> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-fueled-extreme-weather >
> For some basic definitions. This is part of a new series, the second
> installment is
> here
> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/schrodingers-climate-cat >
> Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the
> East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to
> this phenomenon.
>
> Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not
> migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters
> froze.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed, Jul 17,
> 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
>
> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists.
> I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding
> invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like
> ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think
> saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate
> change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better
> inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others
> can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m
> eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
>
> Adam Schaffer
>
> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason mailto:<millipede1977...> > wrote:
>
>
>
> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people
> speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet
> have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my
> opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something
> had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
> little, they went everywhere.
> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to
> shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal
> the other year?
> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the
> population gets a little crowded for their liking.
> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though.
> Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just
> simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than
> that.
>
> Daniel Mason
> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>
> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
>
> Sandy B.
>
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You added more and intentional condescension there... and talk about
bias while using bias.
What do you want people to learn? What's important?
The age of the earth?
You mock people that don't believe in science. There's a few problems
with that. 1. The science you believe changes often, and you blindly
believe the new revelations as they come out... feeling pretty confident
that what you know to be true is true. You cannot prove it. Articles and
studies... conclusions keep changing. Science one showed the earth was
the center of the universe. If you doubted that, you'd be mocked. The
age of it all, what we say it is, has changed many, many times.
It's an inconsequential thing to argue about. But, it cannot be proven,
which is why the data changes.
I watched an "educational" program on PBS once, about space, and the age
of the universe.
They talked about known distances to objects, based on light, and
science, and math... I believe in science and math... Math is solid.
Science is pliable. When they talk about a solar system a million light
years away, they're talking about data that's a million years old. We're
seeing something that WAS... not that is.
They claim to have picked up on sugar molecules in a galaxy far, far
away, while they still don't know everything that's in our own galaxy.
It's fascinating.
While they were talking about all this data, all these "facts" that they
can prove by measuring light... they also talked about how they believe
in dark matter, and that it can distort light... and how light can also
BEND around objects. So, EXTREMELY old information that might also be
altered by dark matter, etc... and somehow, we "know" how old everything is.
Why is the argument so important? How is it related to birds?
There are Christians way more intelligent and educated than you that
don't have the same scientific beliefs you do.
There's actual science that proves more and more of what the bible says.
The flood explains things better than any world science does. And how
much faith does it take to believe that somehow EVERYTHING in the
universe exploded and created order in the process?
Anyone that doesn't believe in God, NONE of this should matter. Because,
there's no point, no purpose. If our planet burns to ashes, why care?
It's inconsequential.
Al Gore had science that showed we'd have NO polar ice caps by now...
climate forecasts have not come true, over and over again. Rising sea
levels have been spoken of for DECADES and we're not really seeing it.
We've had REALLY bad hurricane seasons int he past where they said we'd
for sure have a worse one the next year because of global warming,
only... that never happened...
EVERYTHING that happens is not global warming. A cooler year than
normal? A warmer one? More snow? Less snow? Literally ANY phenomena that
happens, it's global warming.
SO much of that is actually impossible to fully understand or study.
And again, none of it matters.
Are humans killing the planet?
Yes. VERY few Christians doubt that. There are some die hard ANGRY
Christians that are just like the die hard ANGRY liberals... so, when
you say global warming this and that, and we must do this and that...
they react, foolishly, and try to pretend nothing is happening.
But, the liberals are often talking about things that aren't happening
quite the way they say. They have "facts" about how many species go
extinct every year... only, that list, those numbers... they're based on
ASSUMPTIONS of species going extinct that we didn't even know about. So,
the numbers are actually fake.
Science... it's manipulated.
You don't know all you think you do. The people that have actually
studied it make a lot of assumptions. LOTS of circumstantial evidence.
Stuff that used to be called "theory," when science was honest, is now
fact, even though it's not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.
I could go on... but, none of it matters.
You might as well not respond. You feel it's useless to try and teach
anyone anymore. It makes much more sense to find a group(where you
assume EVERYONE thinks the same way you do) to rant and complain. "they"
"them" "those people..."
that ATTITUDE wont help you educate a single person.
NOBODY here has a clue(only speculations) about the limpkins. People are
gung ho to call it global warming... but as was stated already, MORE
birds were on the move earlier in the year last year. IF global warming
were the cause, we should see this trend increase.
It's fun to discuss and debate the causes. Science is interesting. I
love a good mystery.
But, MILLIONS of people(all those people on your side) are blindly
blaming everything on what they're TOLD to blame it on.
BOTH sides are FULL of uneducated people blindly following what they're
told.
STOP pointing fingers at the other side, or the church, etc.
This kind of talk has no place here.
And, as I've tried stating many times over the years...
IF.... IF IF IF IF IF you actually want to make anything better.... You
HAVE to drop the attitude and name calling and finger pointing. You have to.
I could go on... but, I'm the minority here. Very few(there are some)
appreciate my opinions, so, the people that MOCK Christians and
conservatives get a free pass here.
When I ever speak up, sometimes just to ask that we drop the rhetoric
and get back to the birds, then all of the sudden other people take
notice and try to end the conversation.
WHY do such conversations start in the first place?
You're not helping your own cause. You're just going to fuel bitterness
amongst yourselves.
And that's a fact.
On 7/17/2024 6:41 PM, <jwdavis...> wrote:
> Facts can seem condescending if one is part of the statistics. With
> the amount of information available from all sources today, whether it
> be about birds, climate, or other subjects, people have to want to
> learn. Without the desire they cannot be taught. Teachers at all
> levels on any subject or level, know and experience this frustration.
> If you ask “why don’t people want to learn?” you get 6.7 million
> information hits. For many people curiosity and the desire to want to
> know was killed at a young age. Another impediment to learning is the
> misinformation they have been taught through their churches. Most of
> the 92 million people that do not believe in science, it is because it
> goes against what they are taught in church and proclaiming I have
> faith shuts the mind to learning other things. We have 140 million
> people that believe the Earth is 10,000 years old and people have been
> here only 6,000 years. Our 344,000 recognized protestant congregations
> are led by 276,000 uneducated ministers. Even ministers educated in
> seminaries and church colleges were taught with the specific biases of
> that denomination and very few desire to recognize the errors being
> taught. Any church member could get more correct insight from the
> publications of theological professors that have spent a career of
> teaching and doing biblical research.
> Even when people know the information, only one in 100 will use it and
> the rest is filed away in their crinkled cranium like a joke on a
> computer hard drive. When I started my career in wildlife management
> over 60 years ago, I thought if people knew better and what to do,
> they would do better. I was wrong. I have taught at High School,
> College and professional levels. I have provided over 1,218 papers and
> articles and 2,449 presentations at the local, state, and national
> levels. I have spoken and provided information on wildlife and
> conservation to over 146,600 people, and sent out over 500,000
> informational emails with the illusion that it might change peoples
> minds and behavior. Anyone that tries to teach understands that there
> are barriers to learning. Regardless of who is trying to teach, people
> have the choice to learn or not to learn. Information and
> misinformation is available on any subject and one has to be smart and
> informed enough to know the difference. However, too many will choose
> to remain uninformed and will not learn or do better until they choose
> to do so.
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
> *From:* Daniel Mason
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 3:34 PM
> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>
> How do you teach those people without sounding so condescending?
>
> Let's keep this about birds please.
>
> Daniel Mason
>
> On 7/17/2024 2:22 PM, Jerry Davis wrote:
>> Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many
>> still in denial and will not recognize that anything is happening
>> with climate change. In addition we have 92 million people that do
>> not believe in science and 40% of the population does not want to be
>> confused with facts.
>> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> Hot Springs, AR
>> *From:* Ragupathy Kannan
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
>> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
>> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
>> Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year
>> 2100, according to the best available data collected by the IPCC.
>> Here is a useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology
>> class. It uses IPCC data.
>>
>> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>>
>> Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from
>> the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
>>
>>
>>
>> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >>
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
>> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >>
>> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor
>> mailto:<00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>> Please see
>> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/storyline-attribution-just-so-stories-about-weather-events/ >> The IPCC , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has not
>> detected anything out of the ordinary with sea level rise.
>> Also see
>> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-fueled-extreme-weather >> For some basic definitions. This is part of a new series, the
>> second installment is
>> here
>> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/schrodingers-climate-cat >> Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much
>> of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often
>> quite prone to this phenomenon.
>> Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are
>> not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once
>> the waters froze.
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed,
>> Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
>>> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail
>>> specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in
>>> trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I
>>> also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are
>>> having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater
>>> intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate
>>> change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing
>>> better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates.
>>> I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is
>>> different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin
>>> later this summer. Time will tell.
>>> Adam Schaffer
>>>
>>>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason
>>>> mailto:<millipede1977...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading
>>>> everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global
>>>> warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so
>>>> many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always
>>>> suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have
>>>> dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
>>>> little, they went everywhere.
>>>> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt
>>>> due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter
>>>> supply than normal the other year?
>>>> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse
>>>> more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
>>>> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me
>>>> curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other
>>>> year? Was pretty wild.
>>>> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully
>>>> not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully
>>>> investigating further than that.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Mason
>>>>
>>>> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>>>>> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any
>>>>> reports.
>>>>> Sandy B.
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>>>
>>>> --
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Date: 7/17/24 4:42 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Facts can seem condescending if one is part of the statistics. With the amount of information available from all sources today, whether it be about birds, climate, or other subjects, people have to want to learn. Without the desire they cannot be taught. Teachers at all levels on any subject or level, know and experience this frustration. If you ask “why don’t people want to learn?” you get 6.7 million information hits. For many people curiosity and the desire to want to know was killed at a young age. Another impediment to learning is the misinformation they have been taught through their churches. Most of the 92 million people that do not believe in science, it is because it goes against what they are taught in church and proclaiming I have faith shuts the mind to learning other things. We have 140 million people that believe the Earth is 10,000 years old and people have been here only 6,000 years. Our 344,000 recognized protestant congregations are led by 276,000 uneducated ministers. Even ministers educated in seminaries and church colleges were taught with the specific biases of that denomination and very few desire to recognize the errors being taught. Any church member could get more correct insight from the publications of theological professors that have spent a career of teaching and doing biblical research.
Even when people know the information, only one in 100 will use it and the rest is filed away in their crinkled cranium like a joke on a computer hard drive. When I started my career in wildlife management over 60 years ago, I thought if people knew better and what to do, they would do better. I was wrong. I have taught at High School, College and professional levels. I have provided over 1,218 papers and articles and 2,449 presentations at the local, state, and national levels. I have spoken and provided information on wildlife and conservation to over 146,600 people, and sent out over 500,000 informational emails with the illusion that it might change peoples minds and behavior. Anyone that tries to teach understands that there are barriers to learning. Regardless of who is trying to teach, people have the choice to learn or not to learn. Information and misinformation is available on any subject and one has to be smart and informed enough to know the difference. However, too many will choose to remain uninformed and will not learn or do better until they choose to do so.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Daniel Mason
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 3:34 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
How do you teach those people without sounding so condescending?
Let's keep this about birds please.
Daniel Mason
On 7/17/2024 2:22 PM, Jerry Davis wrote:
Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many still in denial and will not recognize that anything is happening with climate change. In addition we have 92 million people that do not believe in science and 40% of the population does not want to be confused with facts.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Ragupathy Kannan
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year 2100, according to the best available data collected by the IPCC. Here is a useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology class. It uses IPCC data.
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to this phenomenon.
Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters froze.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
Daniel Mason
On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
How do you teach those people without sounding so condescending?
Let's keep this about birds please.
Daniel Mason
On 7/17/2024 2:22 PM, Jerry Davis wrote:
> Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many still
> in denial and will not recognize that anything is happening with
> climate change. In addition we have 92 million people that do not
> believe in science and 40% of the population does not want to be
> confused with facts.
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
> *From:* Ragupathy Kannan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Re: Limpkins?
> Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year
> 2100, according to the best available data collected by the IPCC.
> Here is a useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology
> class. It uses IPCC data.
>
> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
>
> Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the
> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
>
>
>
> <https://sealevel.nasa.gov/ipcc-ar6-sea-level-projection-tool> >
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >
> On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor
> <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
> Please see
> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/07/16/storyline-attribution-just-so-stories-about-weather-events/ > The IPCC , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has not
> detected anything out of the ordinary with sea level rise.
> Also see
> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-fueled-extreme-weather > For some basic definitions. This is part of a new series, the
> second installment is
> here
> https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/schrodingers-climate-cat > Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much
> of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often
> quite prone to this phenomenon.
> Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are
> not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once
> the waters froze.
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed, Jul
> 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
>> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail
>> specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in
>> trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I
>> also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are
>> having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater
>> intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate
>> change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing
>> better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates.
>> I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is
>> different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later
>> this summer. Time will tell.
>> Adam Schaffer
>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason
>>> <millipede1977...> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading
>>> everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global
>>> warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so
>>> many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always
>>> suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have
>>> dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
>>> little, they went everywhere.
>>> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt
>>> due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter
>>> supply than normal the other year?
>>> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse
>>> more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
>>> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me
>>> curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other
>>> year? Was pretty wild.
>>> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully
>>> not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully
>>> investigating further than that.
>>>
>>> Daniel Mason
>>>
>>> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>>>> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any
>>>> reports.
>>>> Sandy B.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
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>>>>
>>> --
>>> Daniel Mason
>>>
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>>>
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Daniel Mason
Date: 7/17/24 12:44 pm From: Allan Mueller <akcmueller...> Subject: Definition of Bird-watching
According to late night TV host Seth Meyers bird watching is:
The skill of being a peeping Tom combined with the thrill of pointing.
-- Allan Mueller (It) 20 Moseley Lane, Conway, AR Home of the Arkansas State Champion Winged Elm 501-339-8071 *BLOG* birdsnonsense.blogspot.com Pura Vida
Date: 7/17/24 12:23 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Thank you. This can be very insightful. There are still too many still in denial and will not recognize that anything is happening with climate change. In addition we have 92 million people that do not believe in science and 40% of the population does not want to be confused with facts.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Ragupathy Kannan
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:37 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year 2100, according to the best available data collected by the IPCC. Here is a useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology class. It uses IPCC data.
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to this phenomenon.
Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters froze.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <mailto:On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=> wrote:
If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
Adam Schaffer
On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
Daniel Mason
On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Sea levels are projected to increase by about a meter by the year 2100, according to the best available data collected by the IPCC. Here is a useful NASA tool I have used for my climate change biology class. It uses IPCC data.
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
|
|
|
| | |
|
|
|
| |
IPCC AR6 Sea Level Projection Tool
Visualize and download global and local sea level projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report.
| |
|
|
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 1:06 PM, Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
For some basic definitions. This is part of a new series, the second installment isherehttps://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/schrodingers-climate-cat
Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to this phenomenon.
Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters froze.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
Adam Schaffer
On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
Daniel Mason
On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Sandy B.
Please bear in mind that land subsidence is a problem along much of the East and Gulf Coasts. Sandy and marshy areas are often quite prone to this phenomenon.
Limpkins are appearing far outside their normal range. They are not migratory and have been found in distressed conditions once the waters froze.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <[<000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...>](mailto:On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 9:53 AM, Adam Schaffer <<a href=)> wrote:
> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
>
> Adam Schaffer
>
>> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
>> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
>> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
>> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
>> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
>>
>> Daniel Mason
>>
>> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>>
>>> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
>>>
>>> Sandy B.
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Date: 7/17/24 10:09 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Fw: Limpkins?
From: Dawn Carrie
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 12:04 PM
To: <jwdavis...>
Subject: Re: Fw: Limpkins?
They have moved into Texas as well and are a not uncommon site in SE TX. We even had one this past winter at our banding site on Cook's Branch, 7 miles south of Montgomery, TX.
Dawn
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 11:57 AM <jwdavis...> wrote:
From: Ragupathy Kannan
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 11:24 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Dr. Van Remsen of LSU told my undergrad research team (which just submitted a paper on this rapid expansion) that last summer was an exceptionally bad drought in Louisiana, which apparently drove these birds north and elsewhere. Here is part of his email from earlier this spring (I boldened a part for emphasis). --Kannan
"Limpkin is a permanent resident here now and is presumably breeding throughout southern Louisiana. Nesting has been documented several times. Your birds could be coming from the exploding Louisiana population for sure — there is no way to know for sure, but we must have many thousands of them by now, and their reproductive success must be exceptionally high for them to have increased so rapidly. What may also have contributed to the invasion of AR and other states is that summer 2023 was by far the hottest and driest of any summer in recorded weather history. Many wetlands dried up completely, many of those for the first time in anyone’s memory. There was at least one concentration of more than 100 individuals in the Creole marshes visible from just one spot on the highway during the height of the drought— these were presumably refugees from habitat no longer suitable....." --Van Remsen
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On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 9:34 PM, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Dr. Van Remsen of LSU told my undergrad research team (which just submitted a paper on this rapid expansion) that last summer was an exceptionally bad drought in Louisiana, which apparently drove these birds north and elsewhere. Here is part of his email from earlier this spring (I boldened a part for emphasis). --Kannan
"Limpkin is a permanent resident here now and ispresumably breeding throughout southern Louisiana. Nesting has been documented severaltimes. Your birds could be coming fromthe exploding Louisiana population for sure — there is no way to know for sure,but we must have many thousands of them by now, and their reproductive successmust be exceptionally high for them to have increased so rapidly. What may also have contributed to theinvasion of AR and other states is that summer 2023 was by far the hottest anddriest of any summer in recorded weather history. Many wetlands dried up completely, many ofthose for the first time in anyone’s memory. There was at least one concentration of more than 100 individuals in theCreole marshes visible from just one spot on the highway during the height ofthe drought— these were presumably refugees from habitat no longer suitable....." --Van Remsen
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On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 9:34 PM, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Sandy B.
Date: 7/17/24 8:41 am From: Renn Tumlison <TUMLISON...> Subject: Fw: Limpkins?
I inadvertently sent an email about limpkins only to the last contributor, so am forwarding here.
Renn Tumlison
Emeritus Professor of Biology and Curator of Vertebrates
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR 71999
<tumlison...>
870 230 5152
________________________________
From: Renn Tumlison <TUMLISON...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 10:37 AM
To: Dawna Stirrup <drdenman...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
I think the apple snails likely were convenient but not necessary in Florida. Food habits of some species are pretty strict, with consumer anatomy and physiology adapted specifically for the food type. As mentioned, in Arkansas limpkins were found to be eating mussels. There was a presentation at the Arkansas Academy of Science last April about foraging and food handling by limpkins eating mussels at Bois d' Arc lake in Arkansas. Global warming and it's affect on coastal and inland habitats is a push for many species, but sudden eruptions and contractions in some species populations and distributions are familiar in biology, too. Understanding of limpkin biology obviously is ongoing and will be understood better with continuing observation. I'm still hoping to get my own glimpse of one in Arkansas.
Renn Tumlison
Emeritus Professor of Biology and Curator of Vertebrates
Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, AR 71999
<tumlison...>
870 230 5152
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From: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List <ARBIRD-L...> on behalf of Dawna Stirrup <drdenman...>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 10:20 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Last I read, apple snail populations are actually spreading and invading outside of Florida. There are 5 species of apple snails in Florida, but 4 of them are invasive exotics from South America. I read an article a bit back that Apple snails are now spreading out of Florida. But I haven't seen any evidence that they have spread as far as the Limpkin spread. When Limpkin first started spreading I read that they exclusively ate apple snails, but they've only been observed eating Mussels in Arkansas. So maybe our understanding of their Apple Snails obsession was flawed in some way. I hope someone is studying that so the rest of us can benefit from their hard work.
In 2022, a Limpkin was first seen in White county on July 16; they had already been seen in other parts of the state before that. In 2023, they were showing up by May. So if they're coming this year, they're very late or they are hiding really well.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 09:53 Adam Schaffer <000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...><mailto:<000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...>> wrote:
If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
Daniel Mason
On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
Date: 7/17/24 8:20 am From: Dawna Stirrup <drdenman...> Subject: Re: Limpkins?
Last I read, apple snail populations are actually spreading and invading
outside of Florida. There are 5 species of apple snails in Florida, but 4
of them are invasive exotics from South America. I read an article a bit
back that Apple snails are now spreading out of Florida. But I haven't seen
any evidence that they have spread as far as the Limpkin spread. When
Limpkin first started spreading I read that they exclusively ate apple
snails, but they've only been observed eating Mussels in Arkansas. So maybe
our understanding of their Apple Snails obsession was flawed in some way. I
hope someone is studying that so the rest of us can benefit from their hard
work.
In 2022, a Limpkin was first seen in White county on July 16; they had
already been seen in other parts of the state before that. In 2023, they
were showing up by May. So if they're coming this year, they're very late
or they are hiding really well.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 09:53 Adam Schaffer <
<000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists.
> I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding
> invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like
> ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think
> saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate
> change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better
> inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others
> can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m
> eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
>
> Adam Schaffer
>
> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
>
>
>
> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people
> speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet
> have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my
> opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something
> had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
> little, they went everywhere.
> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to
> shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal
> the other year?
> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the
> population gets a little crowded for their liking.
> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though.
> Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just
> simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than
> that.
>
> Daniel Mason
> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>
> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
>
> Sandy B.
>
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Date: 7/17/24 7:53 am From: Adam Schaffer <000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Limpkins?
If I understand correctly, limpkins are basically apple snail specialists. I assume the native Florida apple snail is in trouble but they are finding invasive snails to eat instead. I also know many coastal species like ibises and spoonbills are having trouble in their coastal wetlands. I think saltwater intrusion due to rising sea levels associated with climate change is the leading candidate. These birds are instead doing better inland maybe due to manmade habitats and warmer climates. I’m sure others can add more. I wouldn’t think anything is different about 2024 and I’m eagerly anticipating a limpkin later this summer. Time will tell.
Adam Schaffer
> On Jul 16, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Daniel Mason <millipede1977...> wrote:
>
>
> The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a little, they went everywhere.
> I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than normal the other year?
> Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the population gets a little crowded for their liking.
> I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
> I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further than that.
>
> Daniel Mason
>
> On 7/16/2024 9:33 PM, Sandy Berger wrote:
>> Are we going to have a Limpkinless summer? Haven’t seen any reports.
>>
>> Sandy B.
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Date: 7/16/24 8:37 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 16
Matt Matlock (AR), Josh Matlock (AR), and I surveyed birds today at Red Slough and found 67 species. The weather was clear, hot, and windy. Unit 44 which is just east of the middle parking lot on Red Slough road, has nice mudflats right now and as a result had eight species of shorebirds present. Juvenile gallinules everywhere. Passerines are mostly silent now. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 10
Wood Duck - 21
Pied-billed Grebe – 7
Neotropic Cormorant - 21 (12 active nests; a number of new nests have been built plus nests that have already fledged young have adult birds sitting on them.)
The last year or two, when they seemed to be invading everywhere, people
speculated that it was all about global warming. No temps on the planet
have changed enough to push so many birds in such a short time(in my
opinion) so I've always suspected there was some other reason. Something
had to have dispersed them more than normal. They didn't just spread a
little, they went everywhere.
I know that, in winter, we'll have finch and other birds irrupt due to
shortages of certain food sources. Was food in shorter supply than
normal the other year?
Or, what was the population like? Some animals will disperse more if the
population gets a little crowded for their liking.
I imagine there are other theories out there. Sure has me curious
though. Why did SO many spread out so much the other year? Was pretty wild.
I imagine there are people studying it, somewhere... hopefully not just
simply chalking it up to temperature. Hopefully investigating further
than that.
Date: 7/15/24 12:24 pm From: Barry Haas <bhaas...> Subject: Chicago Sun-Times: 3rd piping plover chick dies in 5 days at Montrose Beach
3rd piping plover chick dies in 5 days at Montrose Beach
Late Saturday, the chick was ‘lethargic and struggling’ near Montrose Beach after ‘feeding and moving normally’ throughout the day. Only one of four hatchlings remain.
Date: 7/15/24 10:55 am From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Updates from Bald Knob NWR
We just left Bald Knob after a quick run-through. In addition to the ongoing species, we had 7 American Avocets, 8 Pied-Billed Grebe, one Bank Swallow and 2-3 CAVE SWALLOWs, showing a rufous (vs white) forehead and pale throat with a dark cap. There were also several juvenile swallows that could have been Caves. Cliffs were also present. The swallows were last seen on the utility lines west of the low water bridge on Huntsman. Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/15/24 9:10 am From: Taylor Long <00000455b6b08e87-dmarc-request...> Subject: Bird ID presentation at Fayetteville Public Library: Saturday, July 27th at 2pm
Greetings Birders,
I wanted to share this upcoming Bird ID presentation I'll be giving at
the Fayetteville Public Library on behalf of NWAAS. Many of you may be
quite familiar with the birds I'll be highlighting, but if you have any
bird-curious friends in NWA, please share this information with them.
This presentation is designed for new birder recruitment!
Backyard Bird Identification: Beyond the Feeder
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Fayetteville Public Library – Walker Community Room
We can all appreciate the beauty of birds that visit our feeders, like
American Goldfinch, Northern Cardinal, and Blue Jay, but what about the
species that don't come to feeders? Northwest Arkansas hosts more than
300 different bird species throughout the year, and finding many of them
requires looking *beyond the feeder*. In this presentation, local birder
Taylor Long will highlight a handful of the most common local backyard
birds that don't readily visit feeders, covering how to identify them,
where to look for them, and what makes each one so fascinating.
Participants are invited to attend a bird walk the following morning in
The Ramble, where we'll try to find birds that are highlighted in the
presentation.
Event link: https://www.faylib.org/event/10987573
Backyard Bird Identification Outing
Sunday, July 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The Ramble – Meet at the entrance by the SW corner of the library
Local birder Taylor Long will lead this beginner-focused bird outing
through The Ramble in search of common local bird species we might not
typically see at our feeders. We'll explore the winding paths of The
Ramble and a bit of the Frisco Trail. This outing accompanies a bird
identification presentation on the previous day, but you don't have to
attend the presentation to join the outing. Meet at 9:00 AM at The
Ramble's entrance on S W Ave. Nearby parking is available in the
Library's south lot or parking garage. Participants can expect to travel
up to a mile on paved trails with some steep inclines. The outing will
last one hour, ending where we began. Please bring binoculars if you
have them; a limited number of binoculars will be available to borrow.
Event link and registration: https://www.faylib.org/event/10987584
Date: 7/11/24 3:16 pm From: CK Franklin <meshoppen...> Subject: Least Terns at Little Rock Port, Pulaski County
Four Least Terns hanging around the water in the field that is being filled in. Also of note, one Black-bellied Whistling-Duck in the smaller field & Great-tailed Grackles at the Valero/Circle K gas station.
Date: 7/11/24 9:23 am From: Taylor Long <00000455b6b08e87-dmarc-request...> Subject: NWAAS Field Trips for July, August, and September
Greetings Birders!
Here are our upcoming Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society field trips for July, August and September with links to full details where available. Note that the July trip to Chesney Prairie in Benton County is this Saturday (July 13). All trips are posted to our website at www.nwarkaudubon.org <https://www.nwarkaudubon.org>. If you'd like to be on our email list for full announcements about each field trip, email <trips...> to be added.
* Saturday, July 13, 2024 - Birds & Blooms at Chesney Prairie <https://nwaas.notion.site/Birds-Blooms-at-Chesney-Prairie- eb3db5f53d9d4dd8aef7d9b6c726823d?pvs=4> * Sunday, August 25, 2024 - Shorebirds at Kibler Bottoms & Sharp Chapel Road (RSVP: Limit 20) <https://nwaas.notion.site/Shorebirds- at-Kibler-Bottoms-Sharp-Chapel-Road- 6a59aa9f76f44cd88bc674a249d7b12f?pvs=4> * Saturday, September 14, 2024 - Shorebirds at Charlie Craig Fish Hatchery (Details coming soon)
Happy Birding, -Taylor Long NWAAS Field Trip Coordinator
Date: 7/10/24 7:08 pm From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
Well, dang. Nothing new to report. We were unable to relocate the terns after checking multiple locations this morning. Patty and Michael Back home in Conway
-------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/9/24 8:08 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: RE: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? As Michael and I were leaving SW Arkansas today, we decided to make a final stop by Beard's Bluff Rec Area at the overlook. We quickly found dozens of Black Terns and then 3 slightly larger and somewhat more streamlined dark terns mixed in, giving us a nice size comparison. These 3 were black across the topside and white underneath. Michael caught a glimpse of what looked to be a heavy dark underwing edging with a solid dark primary. This would point to SOOTY TERN but they were just too far out to confirm. As we were finishing up, we took a final look and noted 3-4 larger looking white terns. Not Forster's but larger with a different feeding style but really far away. So we're planning to go back in the morning and look for them again. We heard that a Sooty Tern was reported at Pickwick Lake in Tennessee today so it's only right that we try again. Will update with our final try sometime tomorrow. Patty and Michael -------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/9/24 12:40 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: RE: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? The current answer is Nope! We made a grand effort around Millwood Lake, Lake DeGray and Bois d'Arc Lake with no storm birds appearing for us. A big thanks to the intrepid team that joined us: Colin Dobson, Steve Warmack, Taylor Long, Sarah Morris and Kenny and LaDonna Nichols.Some super birds were found in Texas, many at Lake Conroe. Stay tuned for the next Arkansas Storm Bird Chase.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners -------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down. Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/10/24 3:00 pm From: Karen Holliday <ladyhawke1...> Subject: ASCA Field Trip July 20
Saturday, July 20 is our upcoming ASCA field trip to the Bois D’Arc Wildlife Management Area in southern Arkansas near Hope. See details below.
Below are the next two months of field trips sponsored by the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas (ASCA). You don't have to be a member of ASCA to participate. All levels of birders are welcome. We love meeting new birders! Please feel free to contact me off-list if you have any questions. Karen Holliday ASCA Field Trip Coordinator ASCA Field Trips July & August 2024July 20Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois D’Arc WMAHope, Hempstead Co. Meet at 7:00 a.m. at the south end of the commuter parking lot at the I-630/I-430 intersection at Shackleford Road in Little Rock. Address is 753 S. Shackleford Rd. At Hope, we’ll stop at the McDonalds (Exit 30 off I-30) around 8:45 a.m. for those in south Arkansas who would like to join us. Look for Great-tailed Grackles at McDonalds. We should arrive at the Bois D’Arc WMA around 9:15 a.m. Our target birds will be Purple and Common Gallinules and their chicks, Anhingas, Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks, Least Bitterns, herons, egrets, and possibly an alligator or two! Very little walking will be involved. Bring scopes, plenty of water, snacks, and lunch. It will be hot. There are several restaurants in Hope if you prefer t
o eat lunch in town. This is a full day trip. Bois D‘Arc WMA is located 10 miles south of Hope. Take Exit 30 off I-30 and go east. Continue past McDonald’s, then under the railroad overpass. At the light at the big intersection, turn right onto Hwy. 67. Go 1/3 of a mile. At the brown sign, turn left onto Hwy. 174. Take Hwy. 174 south 6 miles to the 3-way stop sign at Spring Hill. Turn right onto Hwy. 355. Go west for 4 miles. Turn right at the white wooden WMA sign just before the highway ends at the lake. Follow the paved road, then turn left onto the first gravel road down to the lake. GPS: 33.558062, -93.694239August 10Bald Knob National Wildlife RefugeBald Knob, White Co. Meet at 7:00 a.m. in North Little Rock on the east side of the Other Center, in the parking lot below McDonald’s. The Other Center is on McCain Blvd. across from McCain Mall. Take Exit 1
west off US-67/167. We’ll arrive at Bald Knob NWR headquarters building around 8:30 a.m. for those who want to meet us there. If running late, look for the line of cars parked on Coal Chute Road. This federal refuge is also a National Audubon Important Bird Area. We expect to see shorebirds, herons, night-herons, egrets, and possibly Wood Storks and Roseate Spoonbills. It will be very hot, so bring plenty of water, snacks, sunscreen, and a hat. If you have a scope, bring it. Very little walking will be involved. You can come and go at any time. There is no bathroom on-site. There is a McDonald’s just off Hwy. 67/167 at Bald Knob Exit 55. Go to www.fws.gov/baldknob/ for driving directions and more information about the refuge. GPS: 35.260233, -91.571903
Date: 7/9/24 6:41 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 9
It started off overcast and mild with light rain and wind turning partly cloudy and warm with moderate wind on the bird survey today. 56 species were found. Hurricane Beryl was a bust in Oklahoma bird-wise. It turned east before it got to Red Slough and took any good birds it was carrying with it. We only got 1.4 inches of rain from it instead of the predicted 4-7 inches. No flooding or high winds either as predicted. The heronry on Pintail Lake is full of fledglings. Gallinule chicks and juveniles everywhere also. Some early migrants were present with one Spotted Sandpiper and several Black Terns still in alternate plumage. Amazingly I found 3 American Bitterns again with two individuals following each other in flight. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 8
Wood Duck - 33
Pied-billed Grebe – 3
Neotropic Cormorant - 29 (Lots of young around now.)
Anhinga - 277 (Lots of fledging young.)
American Bittern - 3
Least Bittern - 2
Great-blue Heron - 3
Great Egret - 13
Snowy Egret - 18
Little-blue Heron - 54
Cattle Egret - 500
Green Heron - 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 6
White Ibis - 30
Black Vulture - 56
Turkey Vulture – 44
Mississippi Kite - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 3
King Rail - 2
Purple Gallinule - 70 adults
Common Gallinule - 47 adults and adult sized young.
Date: 7/9/24 6:09 pm From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
As Michael and I were leaving SW Arkansas today, we decided to make a final stop by Beard's Bluff Rec Area at the overlook. We quickly found dozens of Black Terns and then 3 slightly larger and somewhat more streamlined dark terns mixed in, giving us a nice size comparison. These 3 were black across the topside and white underneath. Michael caught a glimpse of what looked to be a heavy dark underwing edging with a solid dark primary. This would point to SOOTY TERN but they were just too far out to confirm. As we were finishing up, we took a final look and noted 3-4 larger looking white terns. Not Forster's but larger with a different feeding style but really far away. So we're planning to go back in the morning and look for them again. We heard that a Sooty Tern was reported at Pickwick Lake in Tennessee today so it's only right that we try again. Will update with our final try sometime tomorrow. Patty and Michael
-------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/9/24 12:40 PM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: RE: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? The current answer is Nope! We made a grand effort around Millwood Lake, Lake DeGray and Bois d'Arc Lake with no storm birds appearing for us. A big thanks to the intrepid team that joined us: Colin Dobson, Steve Warmack, Taylor Long, Sarah Morris and Kenny and LaDonna Nichols.Some super birds were found in Texas, many at Lake Conroe. Stay tuned for the next Arkansas Storm Bird Chase.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners -------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down. Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/9/24 5:58 pm From: Donna Haynes <00000003bd9d64d2-dmarc-request...> Subject: Bird related research study.
This was posted to our Arkansas Borders FB page. I thought some could be interested.
"Hi all, my research team at University of Toronto does work on how learning about the natural world benefits the brain 🐦🧠. If you're interested in contributing, here are details about a short new study on birds, open to all regardless of experience. For info on past research, articles & interviews, see www.birdingstudies.com (more details in image/comments). Thanks! (*message approved by admins*)"
Date: 7/9/24 3:21 pm From: Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Nobody ever called me that ...
MAYSVILLE: Way out on the outer fringes of ever-growing Northwest Arkansas City. Historically it was part of several Tallgrass Prairies. Beaty Prairie ran along modern State Highway 72, roughly between Gravette and Maysville then into Oklahoma. Wet Prairie was an extension, just a little northeast of Maysville and at a slightly higher elevation.
Most of my birding trips involve both of these former prairies. I slow drive the graded county roads, stopping for birds and native plants. I think it may look a little weird to some folks, to see an older, gray-haired stranger, stopping and starting, sometimes getting out of the car, often with a camera and binoculars around my neck.
Back in the old days, they might have thought me a revenuer or some such. Im not sure what I look like in 2024, though one man told me he didnt want me looking at his cows.
This is all intro to a funny thing from a trip to these former prairies a few days ago. A birdy trip, as is often the case, including a Swainsons Hawk. Heres my eBird submission: https://ebird.org/checklist/S186178947<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS186178947&data=05%7C02%<7Carbird-l...>%7C66ec34fb3d61455d709a08dca0656601%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C638561604597004065%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jtI4%2FF%2FrojVQbdmCiJE5NEkAmbgYHaMqBOBxcerIFJw%3D&reserved=0>.
I had stopped in several places along Leonard Ranch Road, looking at the Tallgrass Prairie relicts that survive in the road right-of-way. One spot had a lot of Indian Hemp, in flower, with the flowers attended by numerous butterflies of several species especially skippers. A fellow came by me in a pick up, stopped, backed up.
Can I help you, he asked.
Thanks but probably not unless you are a skipper butterfly expert I replied. I was trying to be funny.
He had a sort of black on his face, and replied, Ive been called a lot of things in my life, but never that! and drove off without further comment.
Date: 7/9/24 12:59 pm From: Jeremy Cohen <jeremy3cohen...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
A sooty tern was just found on the Tennessee river in west Tennessee about
80 miles east of Arkansas, so there's hope that there are some undetected
birds in AR as well. Keep looking!
On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 2:02 PM Cheryl Johnson <cjbluebird...>
wrote:
> Many thanks for your efforts and for your report.
> Sent from cjbluebird
>
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2024, at 12:40 PM, Patty McLean <plm108...> wrote:
>
>
> The current answer is Nope! We made a grand effort around Millwood Lake,
> Lake DeGray and Bois d'Arc Lake with no storm birds appearing for us. A big
> thanks to the intrepid team that joined us: Colin Dobson, Steve Warmack,
> Taylor Long, Sarah Morris and Kenny and LaDonna Nichols.
>
> Some super birds were found in Texas, many at Lake Conroe. Stay tuned for
> the next Arkansas Storm Bird Chase.
>
> Patty McLean and Michael Linz
> The Roadrunners
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Patty McLean <plm108...>
> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: <ARBIRD-L...>
> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
>
> There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near
> Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for
> rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is
> producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit
> with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts.
>
> Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is
> welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the
> lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for
> anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any
> rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication
> platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here:
> https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230 >
> The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central
> Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most
> storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes,
> depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.
>
> Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything
> and then come down.
>
> Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the
> storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas
> River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake.
>
> Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast
> or even from further out in the Gulf.
>
> Patty McLean and Michael Linz
> The Roadrunners
>
>
>
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Date: 7/9/24 12:00 pm From: Cheryl Johnson <cjbluebird...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
Many thanks for your efforts and for your report.
Sent from cjbluebird
> On Jul 9, 2024, at 12:40 PM, Patty McLean <plm108...> wrote:
>
>
> The current answer is Nope! We made a grand effort around Millwood Lake, Lake DeGray and Bois d'Arc Lake with no storm birds appearing for us. A big thanks to the intrepid team that joined us: Colin Dobson, Steve Warmack, Taylor Long, Sarah Morris and Kenny and LaDonna Nichols.
>
> Some super birds were found in Texas, many at Lake Conroe. Stay tuned for the next Arkansas Storm Bird Chase.
>
> Patty McLean and Michael Linz
> The Roadrunners
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Patty McLean <plm108...>
> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: <ARBIRD-L...>
> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
>
> There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts.
>
> Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230 >
> The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.
>
> Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down.
>
> Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake.
>
> Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.
>
> Patty McLean and Michael Linz
> The Roadrunners
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list, click the following link:
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Date: 7/9/24 10:40 am From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
The current answer is Nope! We made a grand effort around Millwood Lake, Lake DeGray and Bois d'Arc Lake with no storm birds appearing for us. A big thanks to the intrepid team that joined us: Colin Dobson, Steve Warmack, Taylor Long, Sarah Morris and Kenny and LaDonna Nichols.Some super birds were found in Texas, many at Lake Conroe. Stay tuned for the next Arkansas Storm Bird Chase.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
-------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down. Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/9/24 8:25 am From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I sent a message to Merlin with this question. Hopefully they will send me a response. Tawny Antpitta is still not showing up on Merlin for me.
________________________________
From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: The Birds of Arkansas Discussion List <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/8/24 9:08 pm From: Jack and Pam <00000064a46c579c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: gardening for birds and wildlife
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 09:46:44 PM CDT, Jack and Pam <jackstewart_us...> wrote:
This is a beutiful presentation, but I'm dismayed that there is no mention of window collisions and the necessity of making windows visible to birds before steps are taken to attract birds to a yard. Research is showing that there may be more harm than good if birds are attracted to a habitat without window collision prevention and/or where a cat is allowed outside. The article mentions Dr Tallamay but not his recent article about this very zero sum game.
Love the pack rat story, Joanie!
Jack Newton County ()
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 07:34:45 PM CDT, Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Joe, thanks for posting this! I have a funny hazelnut story - it includes Chickasaw Plums. I planted several hazelnuts on my land - have to haul water but still they flourished. One year there was a very good crop of plums. "This will be a real treat for some little animal," I thought. Well, it was! Some time later I noticed something awry with my bookcase (I have lots of books, the bookcase covers the north wall.) Upon investigation I found a pack rat had stored the plums behind the books. Appalled, I tossed them out (the plums, not the books!). They were replaced. Back and forth this battle continued. The plums dried out. Finally, I thought I had won - but then came the crop of hazelnuts! The bookshelf was still the preferred storage area. In spite of this minor set-back, I am really glad I planted the hazelnuts. Also easy to grow, and of great benefit to wildlife are viburnums, dogwoods (there are multiple species), hawthorns - so many possibilities. I like shrubs because they are easy, give quick results, and are used by many. But please plant milkweeds for the monarchs. Also easy - stop mowing!
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 04:52:23 PM CDT, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Some good news for all manner of wildlife in Northwest Arkansas City: AMERICAN HAZELNUT shrubs are making their nuts in various shady spots. We saw them yesterday in Lake Atalanta Park in Rogers. July 7, 2024. They occur widely around Arkansas, too. If you are considering native plant species for your yard, this would be one to consider. Current issue (summer 2024) of “Living Bird,” quarterly magazine published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, includes a poster insert by National Wildlife Federation, “Garden for Wildlife.” Poster subject matter involves attractive illustrations of birds and native plants that attract them with the message “Support birds with bird-friendly garden plants.” Lots of suggestions for various habitats. Cornell Lab offers an inexpensive self-paced online course, “Growing Wild: Gardening for Birds and Nature.” You can download the poster and obtain more info about the course here:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/attract-birds-gardening-native-plants-insects/.
| | To Bring Birds to Your Garden, Grow Native Plants: Here's How to Get StartedNative plants offer a wild-foods bonanza for birds that helps draw more species into a yard.www.allaboutbirds.org |
Date: 7/8/24 7:46 pm From: Jack and Pam <00000064a46c579c-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: gardening for birds and wildlife
This is a beutiful presentation, but I'm dismayed that there is no mention of window collisions and the necessity of making windows visible to birds before steps are taken to attract birds to a yard. Research is showing that there may be more harm than good if birds are attracted to a habitat without window collision prevention and/or where a cat is allowed outside. The article mentions Dr Tallamay but not his recent article about this very zero sum game.
Love the pack rat story, Joanie!
Jack Newton County ()
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 07:34:45 PM CDT, Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Joe, thanks for posting this! I have a funny hazelnut story - it includes Chickasaw Plums. I planted several hazelnuts on my land - have to haul water but still they flourished. One year there was a very good crop of plums. "This will be a real treat for some little animal," I thought. Well, it was! Some time later I noticed something awry with my bookcase (I have lots of books, the bookcase covers the north wall.) Upon investigation I found a pack rat had stored the plums behind the books. Appalled, I tossed them out (the plums, not the books!). They were replaced. Back and forth this battle continued. The plums dried out. Finally, I thought I had won - but then came the crop of hazelnuts! The bookshelf was still the preferred storage area. In spite of this minor set-back, I am really glad I planted the hazelnuts. Also easy to grow, and of great benefit to wildlife are viburnums, dogwoods (there are multiple species), hawthorns - so many possibilities. I like shrubs because they are easy, give quick results, and are used by many. But please plant milkweeds for the monarchs. Also easy - stop mowing!
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 04:52:23 PM CDT, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Some good news for all manner of wildlife in Northwest Arkansas City: AMERICAN HAZELNUT shrubs are making their nuts in various shady spots. We saw them yesterday in Lake Atalanta Park in Rogers. July 7, 2024. They occur widely around Arkansas, too. If you are considering native plant species for your yard, this would be one to consider. Current issue (summer 2024) of “Living Bird,” quarterly magazine published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, includes a poster insert by National Wildlife Federation, “Garden for Wildlife.” Poster subject matter involves attractive illustrations of birds and native plants that attract them with the message “Support birds with bird-friendly garden plants.” Lots of suggestions for various habitats. Cornell Lab offers an inexpensive self-paced online course, “Growing Wild: Gardening for Birds and Nature.” You can download the poster and obtain more info about the course here:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/attract-birds-gardening-native-plants-insects/.
| | To Bring Birds to Your Garden, Grow Native Plants: Here's How to Get StartedNative plants offer a wild-foods bonanza for birds that helps draw more species into a yard.www.allaboutbirds.org |
Date: 7/8/24 5:34 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: gardening for birds and wildlife
Joe, thanks for posting this! I have a funny hazelnut story - it includes Chickasaw Plums. I planted several hazelnuts on my land - have to haul water but still they flourished. One year there was a very good crop of plums. "This will be a real treat for some little animal," I thought. Well, it was! Some time later I noticed something awry with my bookcase (I have lots of books, the bookcase covers the north wall.) Upon investigation I found a pack rat had stored the plums behind the books. Appalled, I tossed them out (the plums, not the books!). They were replaced. Back and forth this battle continued. The plums dried out. Finally, I thought I had won - but then came the crop of hazelnuts! The bookshelf was still the preferred storage area. In spite of this minor set-back, I am really glad I planted the hazelnuts. Also easy to grow, and of great benefit to wildlife are viburnums, dogwoods (there are multiple species), hawthorns - so many possibilities. I like shrubs because they are easy, give quick results, and are used by many. But please plant milkweeds for the monarchs. Also easy - stop mowing!
On Monday, July 8, 2024 at 04:52:23 PM CDT, Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Some good news for all manner of wildlife in Northwest Arkansas City: AMERICAN HAZELNUT shrubs are making their nuts in various shady spots. We saw them yesterday in Lake Atalanta Park in Rogers. July 7, 2024. They occur widely around Arkansas, too. If you are considering native plant species for your yard, this would be one to consider. Current issue (summer 2024) of “Living Bird,” quarterly magazine published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, includes a poster insert by National Wildlife Federation, “Garden for Wildlife.” Poster subject matter involves attractive illustrations of birds and native plants that attract them with the message “Support birds with bird-friendly garden plants.” Lots of suggestions for various habitats. Cornell Lab offers an inexpensive self-paced online course, “Growing Wild: Gardening for Birds and Nature.” You can download the poster and obtain more info about the course here:https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/attract-birds-gardening-native-plants-insects/.
| | To Bring Birds to Your Garden, Grow Native Plants: Here's How to Get StartedNative plants offer a wild-foods bonanza for birds that helps draw more species into a yard.www.allaboutbirds.org |
Date: 7/8/24 4:18 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
Sorry - I did mean RIGHT! My dyslexia messes with me - sorry it ended up messing with others!!!
On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 04:59:04 PM CDT, Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
Sandy
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer, and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings. The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp, pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it was not as dark overall.
Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass, notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
Date: 7/8/24 4:16 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
I am slow in responding, as I do not have WiFi. It was not at the boat ramp. You have to continue right on the road, past the loud water pump. Soon after that, the road forks. Take the left turn (not straight ahead). Follow this road around a bend to the right. Soon there will be a parking lot. From the lot, just walk straight, keep going past the next crossroads. However, nobody has seen the grebe, and a merganser was seen instead. The bird we saw came close, and we had a good look. Still, we might have made a mistake - the merganser certainly is similar according to Matthew's description, but the picture did not look like the bird we saw.
Matthew - I was hoping you would try to find it!
On Friday, July 5, 2024 at 07:37:11 PM CDT, Boyce Wofford <bfwoff...> wrote:
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| Frog Bayou WMAPDF Document · 3.2 MB |
|
This map is dated somewhat. Doesn’t include all the new wet unit numbers on Sharp Chapel and Blackland Roads. Parking area is on the NE corner of Unit 4.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 5, 2024, at 6:23 PM, Cynthia Patton <00000151b1cba27b-dmarc-request...> wrote:
On Jul 5, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Karen Garrett <kjgarrett84...> wrote:
Does anyone have a link to a map showing River Rd and the boat launch? Google Maps has nothing.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
Sandy
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer, and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings. The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp, pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it was not as dark overall.
Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass, notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
Date: 7/8/24 10:34 am From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
Colin Dobson is already at Millwood Lake and found a TRICOLORED HERON and CAVE SWALLOWS at the Okay Levee section. No storm birds yet. Patty and Michael
-------- Original message --------From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Date: 7/8/24 10:00 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds? There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down. Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/8/24 9:03 am From: Lynn Risser <lynnkrisser...> Subject: Re: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
Thank you for the timely article, and I am excited for those going on the field trip to Millwood--really looking forward to the trip report.
This email did remind me that several years ago many of us recommended the best birding books we had read. Immediately after my email, I realized I had left out the book that is by far the book I use the most, the book that is permanently open on my dining room table: James and Neal's Arkansas Birds.
I am happy to correct that mistake now.
On Mon, Jul 8, 2024, 10:00 AM Patty McLean <plm108...> wrote:
> There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near > Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for > rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is > producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit > with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. > > Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is > welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the > lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for > anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any > rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication > platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: > https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230 > > The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central > Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most > storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, > depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm. > > Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything > and then come down. > > Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the > storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas > River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. > > Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast > or even from further out in the Gulf. > > Patty McLean and Michael Linz > The Roadrunners > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ARBIRD-L list, click the following link: > http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa-UARKEDU.exe?SUBED1=ARBIRD-L&A=1 >
Cargo of Birds to Arkansas, the Hurricanes in 2008 and the Swept Clean Hypothesis
Douglas A. James, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Kimberly G. Smith, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleJoseph C. Neal, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleJohn G. Hehr, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Abstract
Three hurricanes in the hurricane season of 2008 brought to Arkansas several unusual marine and other birds from southerly locations. There were 10 species noted, totaling 44 individual birds. Sooty Terns, numbering 15, were the most numerous. Laughing Gulls were next in abundance. In the mix of birds there was only 1 new species for the state, a Least Grebe. The hurricanes brought vastly different cargos of birds, and two hypotheses relating to how hurricanes transport birds are proposed. The findings supported the "swept clean" hypothesis over the "blown through" hypothesis.
Recommended Citation
James, Douglas A.; Smith, Kimberly G.; Neal, Joseph C.; and Hehr, John G. (2010) "Cargo of Birds to Arkansas, the Hurricanes in 2008 and the Swept Clean Hypothesis," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 64, Article 18.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol64/iss1/18
On Monday 8 July, 2024 at 10:00:45 am GMT-5, Patty McLean <plm108...> wrote:
There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts.
Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230 The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.
Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down.
Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake.
Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.
Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/8/24 8:00 am From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Will Beryl Bring us Some Birds?
There's a small team of us who are planning to survey Millwood Lake near Texarkana tomorrow morning after Beryl passes over. We'll be looking for rare coastal birds that are brought in by the storm. Currently Beryl is producing heavy rain and strong wind, and Texarkana is expected to get hit with 10 inches of rain and up to 20 mph wind gusts. Safety first in these conditions and anyone who would like to join us is welcome. We will meet at the Beard's Bluff Overlook at 7 a.m. to scan the lake. When conditions improve, we'll spread out around the lake to look for anything unusual, and we'll stay connected through a WhatsApp channel. Any rare birds will be quickly reported to ARBIRD and via other communication platforms. Info and directions to Beard's Bluff here: https://birdinghotspots.org/hotspot/L127230The current path of the eye will go over Millwood and cut through Central Arkansas, exiting the state west of Jonesboro. Preliminary data shows most storm birds are found on the eastern and northern edges of hurricanes, depending on whether the birds are entrained or pushed by the storm.Of course, the easiest thing to do is to wait to see if we find anything and then come down. Or another option is to consider check other large water bodies in the storm's path through Arkansas: Bois d'Arc Lake, Lake DeGray, the Arkansas River in the LR/NLR area and even Greers Ferry Lake. Again, stay safe and get the word out if you find a rarity from the coast or even from further out in the Gulf.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/7/24 3:25 pm From: DUNN, JANE <DUNNJ...> Subject: Re: Panama AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
In looking at the descriptions of the lodging, am I correct in determining that only breakfasts are included? That would mean we would need to be prepared to buy the other meals by the meal. Am I correct?
The proposed Panama trip to the Canopy Tower has brought up a question. I enjoyed my trip there several years ago, but age has taken a toll on my back and knees, so is there any assisted means of getting upstairs?
Thanks, Jame Dunn
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Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2024 11:49:08 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Panama AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
Sorry, are are already booked (since January) for a 10 day Southern Costa Rica guided birding adventure in October. Hope you get your 15! It is truly a great place to bird and see great scenery..
JT
On Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 09:03:53 AM CDT, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all, we have five interested so far in the Costa Rica tour. If we dont get at least 10, I may switch to Panamas famous CanopyTower which is slightly cheaper (see below). I can make Panama happen for a minimum of 8 people. https://canopytower.com/our-tours/the-birds-of-the-canopy-tower/
Dec 18-24, 2024
6 nights all-inclusive birding package, price per person in single and double room US$2,651.48
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, 12:05 PM, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you know, we have had several nature and birding tours to raise funds for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust. They have raised over $17,000 for the trust, whose endowment supports bird conservation and research mostly in Arkansas.
I hereby announce our third Costa Rica birding and nature tour. Price is $2830 excluding air for double occupancy. The tour is intended for 15 keen naturalists and birders only. This tour is expected to raise $1500 for the trust, which will be donated in memory of our beloved friend the late Prof. Kim Smith who started our Costa Rica tour program.
Highlights include:
*Visit to cloud forests for Resplendent Quetzals and toucanets
*Batsu birding photography gardens for dozens of hummingbirds
*Boating safari in the largest mangrove forests in Costa Rica for caimans, monkeys, and myriads of forest and water birds
*Night walk for owls and herps
*Carara National Park for the Scarlet Macaw and other birds
*Birding tractor tour
*Tapir Valley birding and dips in ecotermales hot springs
*Arenal Volcano and its unique ecosystems
*About 250 species of birds
See attached brochure for more information. If interested, please email me.
I read recent friendly online reminders from Will Britton and Rhett Raibley about the need to be cautious when identifying dark ibis to species. There are currently several at Bald Knob of which Michael and I picked out at least one Glossy (showing the bluish facial markings). They mostly appear to be juvenile birds (with lots of white exposed along the neck and a varied colored bill). These being mostly young birds makes it virtually impossible to identify to species this time of year because both the young Glossy and young White-faced have brown eyes and darker facial features, making them look almost identical. Generally the young White-faced doesn't get a reddish eye or pink facial skin until late winter, so we can't rule out a young White-faced being in the mix at this time of year. With all this in mind, it's best to submit these and any dark ibis found this time of year as Glossy/White-faced Ibis unless you clearly see the facial markings that separate these two species. We have updated our eBird lists accordingly and encourage others to do so.Happy Birding, Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 7/7/24 9:49 am From: Joe Tucker <000001df0ca37a3b-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Panama AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
Sorry, are are already booked (since January) for a 10 day Southern Costa Rica guided birding adventure in October. Hope you get your 15! It is truly a great place to bird and see great scenery..
JT
On Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 09:03:53 AM CDT, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all, we have five interested so far in the Costa Rica tour. If we don’t get at least 10, I may switch to Panama’s famous CanopyTower which is slightly cheaper (see below). I can make Panama happen for a minimum of 8 people. https://canopytower.com/our-tours/the-birds-of-the-canopy-tower/
Dec 18-24, 20246 nights all-inclusive birding package, price per person in single and double room US$2,651.48
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, 12:05 PM, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you know, we have had several nature and birding tours to raise funds for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust. They have raised over $17,000 for the trust, whose endowment supports bird conservation and research mostly in Arkansas.
I hereby announce our third Costa Rica birding and nature tour. Price is $2830 excluding air for double occupancy. The tour is intended for 15 keen naturalists and birders only. This tour is expected to raise $1500 for the trust, which will be donated in memory of our beloved friend the late Prof. Kim Smith who started our Costa Rica tour program.
Highlights include:
*Visit to cloud forests for Resplendent Quetzals and toucanets*Batsu birding photography gardens for dozens of hummingbirds*Boating safari in the largest mangrove forests in Costa Rica for caimans, monkeys, and myriads of forest and water birds*Night walk for owls and herps*Carara National Park for the Scarlet Macaw and other birds*Birding tractor tour*Tapir Valley birding and dips in ecotermales hot springs*Arenal Volcano and its unique ecosystems*About 250 species of birds
See attached brochure for more information. If interested, please email me.
KannanChair, AAST
Date: 7/6/24 12:08 pm From: Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> Subject: A Good Morning at Beaver Lake Nursery Pond
I arrived at about 6:30 and walked clockwise around the pond, nothing much, but a couple of very plain Pine Warblers until I got to the American Sycamore at the first major bend, The tree held a pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, gnatcathers, a bright male Prothonotary, a couple of Pine Warblers with one showing a bit of dull yellow on the throat, and a couple of Yellow-throated Warblers. I have not seen that many YTWAs this year, so they were a real treat. One of the cuckoos caught a very long green caterpillar.
As I went a few steps further a male Scarlet Tanager landed near by. I think it was probably a bird hatched last year because the flanks were greenish and the bird looked a bit orangeish. Its upper back had a few feathers that looked like they were about to fall off. I think it was molting back into basic plumage.
I was wondering where the Orchard Orioles were, but they soon appeared. One bird. Looked small, with a shorter tail. I can now understand. Why they are sometimes confused with warblers.
Red-eyed and White-eyed Vireos, a young Baltimore Oriole flashing the Orange in its tail.
Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Kingbirds, Great-cresteds, phoebes, and pewees.
Nothing rare, but a lot of very cooperative birds showing off their splendor, well except for the Pine Warblers, made for a wonderful morning.
Date: 7/6/24 7:03 am From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Panama AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
Hi all, we have five interested so far in the Costa Rica tour. If we don’t get at least 10, I may switch to Panama’s famous CanopyTower which is slightly cheaper (see below). I can make Panama happen for a minimum of 8 people. https://canopytower.com/our-tours/the-birds-of-the-canopy-tower/
Dec 18-24, 20246 nights all-inclusive birding package, price per person in single and double room US$2,651.48
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
On Thursday, July 4, 2024, 12:05 PM, Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you know, we have had several nature and birding tours to raise funds for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust. They have raised over $17,000 for the trust, whose endowment supports bird conservation and research mostly in Arkansas.
I hereby announce our third Costa Rica birding and nature tour. Price is $2830 excluding air for double occupancy. The tour is intended for 15 keen naturalists and birders only. This tour is expected to raise $1500 for the trust, which will be donated in memory of our beloved friend the late Prof. Kim Smith who started our Costa Rica tour program.
Highlights include:
*Visit to cloud forests for Resplendent Quetzals and toucanets*Batsu birding photography gardens for dozens of hummingbirds*Boating safari in the largest mangrove forests in Costa Rica for caimans, monkeys, and myriads of forest and water birds*Night walk for owls and herps*Carara National Park for the Scarlet Macaw and other birds*Birding tractor tour*Tapir Valley birding and dips in ecotermales hot springs*Arenal Volcano and its unique ecosystems*About 250 species of birds
See attached brochure for more information. If interested, please email me.
KannanChair, AAST
Date: 7/6/24 4:05 am From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou NO
It appears the bird in question is a young Hooded Merganser. Photos have
been taken by two people. If someone else gets a different photo of a grebe
we’ll let you know.
Thank you Joan for posting your observance.
Sandy
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
<0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a
> Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will
> be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat
> ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left
> instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park
> at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until
> you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an
> odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets
> eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer,
> and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings.
> The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a
> Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp,
> pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It
> looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it
> was not as dark overall.
>
> Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the
> egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass,
> notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned
> NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
>
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Date: 7/5/24 7:57 pm From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
Before you come, it’s possible the bird seen was a young Hooded Merganser.
I’ve seen a photo taken by Cheryl Childers.
Sandy
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 5:21 PM Karen Garrett <kjgarrett84...> wrote:
> Does anyone have a link to a map showing River Rd and the boat launch?
> Google Maps has nothing.
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
>
>> Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
>> <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>
>>> Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a
>>> Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will
>>> be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat
>>> ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left
>>> instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park
>>> at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until
>>> you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an
>>> odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets
>>> eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer,
>>> and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings.
>>> The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a
>>> Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp,
>>> pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It
>>> looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it
>>> was not as dark overall.
>>>
>>> Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the
>>> egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass,
>>> notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned
>>> NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
>>>
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> On Jul 5, 2024, at 5:21 PM, Karen Garrett <kjgarrett84...> wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone have a link to a map showing River Rd and the boat launch? Google Maps has nothing.
>
>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
>> Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
>>
>> Sandy
>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>>> Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer, and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings. The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp, pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it was not as dark overall.
>>>
>>> Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass, notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
>>>
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Date: 7/5/24 3:21 pm From: Karen Garrett <kjgarrett84...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
Does anyone have a link to a map showing River Rd and the boat launch?
Google Maps has nothing.
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:
> Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
>
> Sandy
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
> <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
>
>> Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a
>> Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will
>> be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat
>> ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left
>> instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park
>> at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until
>> you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an
>> odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets
>> eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer,
>> and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings.
>> The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a
>> Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp,
>> pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It
>> looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it
>> was not as dark overall.
>>
>> Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the
>> egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass,
>> notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned
>> NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
>>
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Date: 7/5/24 2:59 pm From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
Did you mean go right at the boat ramp?
Sandy
On Fri, Jul 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM Carol Joan Patterson <
<0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a
> Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will
> be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat
> ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left
> instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park
> at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until
> you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an
> odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets
> eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer,
> and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings.
> The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a
> Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp,
> pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It
> looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it
> was not as dark overall.
>
> Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the
> egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass,
> notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned
> NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
>
> ------------------------------
>
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Date: 7/5/24 2:09 pm From: JACQUE BROWN <bluebird2...> Subject: Re: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
That sounds very much like a Least Grebe.
I remember years ago there was a Least Grebe found at the Centerton fish hatchery after a Hurricane. It was there over a week if I recall. I saw it catching food and eating it and it would fly short distances.
Hurricane Beryl may bring in some Hurricane birds if it follows the track that is currently predicted. Jacque Brown, Centerton
On Friday, July 5, 2024, 01:58:38 PM CDT, Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer, and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings. The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp, pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it was not as dark overall.
Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass, notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
Date: 7/5/24 11:58 am From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Least Grebe at Frog Bayou
Just returned from birding at Frog Bayou. We saw what seemed to be a Least Grebe. This is a very rare bird, and I am hoping photographers will be able to get a picture. Heading down River Road, turn left at the boat ramp. Continue past the very loud pump, where road forks, turn left instead of going straight. Road takes right angle at pump station. Park at parking lot, and walk straight back along path. Continue straight until you come to wet area fairly far back. We saw many egrets, but there was an odd duck-like bird behind a couple of Snowy Egrets. Most of the egrets eventually flushed, but an immature Yellow-crowned NIght-heron flew closer, and landed near-by. It was beginning to get faint adult face markings. The little mystery bird had actually come much closer. It was near a Mallard, but much smaller. It was a plain gray grebe, with a thin, sharp, pretty long bill. Its tail was cocked It had white in the wings. It looked like a non-breeding bird, as its throat had a touch of white, and it was not as dark overall.
Farther back and after road turned left, we came upon a field where the egrets had apparently flown, some were in trees. In the tall grass, notable shorter than a near-by Great Blue Heron, we saw 6 Yellow-crowned NIght-herons. Later, another flew over coming from a different direction.
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny are listed.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
To: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
See if it is under The tawny antpitta or western tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/4/24 11:56 am From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
My Ebird life list calls it Tawny still. Strange that it is there in Ebird but not Merlin. Maybe there is a glitch in my Merlin app.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 1:12 PM
To: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
Try searching by scientific name in case they changed the name. I saw and photographed this bird March 9 in Ecuador and it is listed in the Ecuador Field Checklist as Tawny Antpitta.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny are listed.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
To: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
See if it is under The tawny antpitta or western tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/4/24 11:13 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
Try searching by scientific name in case they changed the name. I saw and photographed this bird March 9 in Ecuador and it is listed in the Ecuador Field Checklist as Tawny Antpitta.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny are listed.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
To: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
See if it is under The tawny antpitta or western tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
> I believe Tawny has been split into several species.
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>
> wrote:
>
>> When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny
>> are listed.
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>> *From:* <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
>> *To:* Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>;
>> <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
>> *Subject:* Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
>>
>> See if it is under The *tawny antpitta* or western *tawny antpitta*
>> (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It
>> is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
>>
>> Jerry Wayne Davis
>> Hot Springs, AR
>>
>> *From:* Brian Carlson
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
>> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
>> *Subject:* Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
>>
>> I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and
>> Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them
>> in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all
>> bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone
>> know what might be the issue?
>>
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Date: 7/4/24 11:04 am From: Bo Verser <bo.verser1...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I believe Tawny has been split into several species.
On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 12:46 PM Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>
wrote:
> When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny
> are listed.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
> *To:* Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>;
> <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
>
> See if it is under The *tawny antpitta* or western *tawny antpitta*
> (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It
> is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
>
> Jerry Wayne Davis
> Hot Springs, AR
>
> *From:* Brian Carlson
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
> *To:* <ARBIRD-L...>
> *Subject:* Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
>
> I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and
> Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them
> in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all
> bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone
> know what might be the issue?
>
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Date: 7/4/24 10:46 am From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
When I search for antpitta 54 show up but neither Tawny nor Western Tawny are listed.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 12:39 PM
To: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
See if it is under The tawny antpitta or western tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/4/24 10:40 am From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
See if it is under The tawny antpitta or western tawny antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Brian Carlson
Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2024 11:03 AM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/4/24 10:05 am From: Ragupathy Kannan <0000013b0ad14faf-dmarc-request...> Subject: Costa Rica AAST fundraising birding and nature tour Dec 2024
Hi all,
As many of you know, we have had several nature and birding tours to raise funds for the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust. They have raised over $17,000 for the trust, whose endowment supports bird conservation and research mostly in Arkansas.
I hereby announce our third Costa Rica birding and nature tour. Price is $2830 excluding air for double occupancy. The tour is intended for 15 keen naturalists and birders only. This tour is expected to raise $1500 for the trust, which will be donated in memory of our beloved friend the late Prof. Kim Smith who started our Costa Rica tour program.
Highlights include:
*Visit to cloud forests for Resplendent Quetzals and toucanets*Batsu birding photography gardens for dozens of hummingbirds*Boating safari in the largest mangrove forests in Costa Rica for caimans, monkeys, and myriads of forest and water birds*Night walk for owls and herps*Carara National Park for the Scarlet Macaw and other birds*Birding tractor tour*Tapir Valley birding and dips in ecotermales hot springs*Arenal Volcano and its unique ecosystems*About 250 species of birds
See attached brochure for more information. If interested, please email me.
KannanChair, AAST
Date: 7/4/24 9:04 am From: Brian Carlson <brianrcarlson...> Subject: Merlin missing Tawny Antpitta
I was checking Merlin to see which antpitta species are in Colombia and Ecuador and noticed that the Tawny Antpitta is not listed. I have seen them in both countries and it used to be listed in Merlin. I selected for all bird packs and I do have those 2 countries in my bird packs. Does anyone know what might be the issue?
Date: 7/3/24 7:40 pm From: <arbour...> <arbour...> Subject: Red Slough Bird Survey - July 3
Shaney Gulick (TX), Laura Spurlock (TX), and I surveyed birds today at Red Slough and found 68 species. The weather was partly cloudy and hot with a light wind. I did not catch the morning flight out of the heronry like I usually do but decided to start first looking for woodland Passerines along the north part of Red Slough road. Not much singing going on anymore and I missed numerous warbler species that I know were there. Best highlights today were 3 American Bitterns and one adult Tricolored Heron. The American Bitterns I'm sure are probably nesting. I have been seeing them regularly in several places. The whole area is covered in recently fledged herons, egrets, Anhingas, and Neotropic Cormorants. Broods of gallinules (both species) are everywhere you look. Here is my list for today:
Black-bellied Whistling Duck - 7
Wood Duck - 11
Pied-billed Grebe – 4
Neotropic Cormorant - 22
Anhinga - 155
American Bittern - 3
Great-blue Heron - 10
Great Egret - 41
Snowy Egret - 181
Little-blue Heron - 71
Tricolored Heron - 1
Cattle Egret - 800
Green Heron - 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 11
White Ibis - 52
Black Vulture - 12
Turkey Vulture – 8
Mississippi Kite - 6
Red-shouldered Hawk - 6
Purple Gallinule - 82 adults
Common Gallinule - 58 adults and adult sized young.
Date: 7/3/24 10:40 am From: Ragan Sutterfield <000003499a91e99c-dmarc-request...> Subject: July ASCA Meeting: Kevin Krajcir on Banding
Next Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m. Kevin Krajcir will be our presenter for the meeting of the Audubon Society of Central Arkansas. Kevin Krajcir is a conservation biologist with the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. Kevin recently set up a banding station at the Little Rock Audubon Center to bring central Arkansas into several national projects including a Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) study and a Monitoring of Neotropical Migrants study, as well as a long-term exploration of the effects of bird-friendly land management practices. The banding station began capturing birds this past spring. In this presentation Kevin will share about banding, how work at the Little Rock station has gone so far, and the hopes for these and other studies going forward.
Date: 7/2/24 3:17 pm From: Joseph Neal <0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> Subject: WASHED IN THE SONG OF A WOOD THRUSH (DEVIL’S DEN)
Best time to go to Devils Den State Park was today. I was about the only person there. Well, a few others, but very little traffic. Entered the Den from West Fork side (Highway 170). I started at the top of the mature mainly hardwood forests of the Boston Mountains, then slow-worked down to Lee Creek. Lots of places to stop, pull off, investigate. Heres a link to my eBird submission: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184999745<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS184999745&data=05%7C02%<7Carbird-l...>%7C34ed32bcf0264a1900fe08dc9ae4ca34%7C79c742c4e61c4fa5be89a3cb566a80d1%7C0%7C0%7C638555554633406276%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=q8ghE55FExR7Xq%2BqvqyFAgXkPPIUzXkhPWyukS0yRD0%3D&reserved=0>.
Some agitated birds including a Black-and-white Warbler turned out to be response to a Broad-winged Hawk. I just saw it as it took off. Thought Id missed it, but it then perched nearby, on a utility line, for a satisfying view. Had a similar look at a male Summer Tanager. Also on a wire, where the sun illuminated its feathers and eye.
Cliff Swallows nest under the bridge over Lee Creek. When I was last in the park (June 18), the bridge was being repaired. Didnt see many swallows and assumed this years nesting was probably a flop. But the repairs are finished and there was a real congregation of swallows saw one big flush of maybe 50 birds in the air at once. Young are still being fed in mud jugs attached under the bridge.
For the first time in my memory, there were no campers in Area A. It was just me, a couple of Eastern Pheobes and the throaty song of a Scarlet Tanager floating down from the ridge above. Thats what you get with drought, temps in mid-90s, and a mid-week visit. Perfect for birding. I can actually hear things in this situation that I cant hear when there is a lot of background noise. What a joy to hear Yellow-throated Warblers.
I tallied 5 Wood Thrushes on my slow descent from the Boston Mountains plateau to Lee Creek valley. It is a personal high count for me in the park. I could hear flute notes caressing limbs and leaves of oaks, hickories and dogwoods, over the sandstone, lichen-encrusted boulders left over from 300 million years ago.
The beauty of it all. Staggering. Refreshing. As though our old world, with all its cares and troubles, is begun again. Washed in the song of a Wood Thrush.
Ok ok ok. Stop already. I don't know the man or where he found it. I know he didn't disturb an active nest. He thought he was being nice giving it to me after finding it on the ground. I thought it might be useful for a teacher but if that's illegal excuse me. Geeeez people. It's too hot to have people jumping on me for an innocent question.
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Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 5:07:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Mystery solved
I know there are some teachers/researchers/curators on this so thats why I posted it. Otherwise some animal will likely tear it up. It is quite impressive.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:57:54 PM
To: Karen Konarski-Hart <karen...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Mystery solved
It is illegal to keep a nest after the birds are gone or to impact a nest when occupied by eggs or young birds. Old nest used to be a good training aid in school. The teacher could bring in an abandoned nest, have the kids look at it, take it apart and then ask them to reassemble it. The children with fingers and hands cannot do what a bird does without either.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Karen Konarski-Hart
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Mystery solved
Finally my yard man said one of his workers found it & thought I'd like it. So glad it wasn't a cuckoo cuckoo. It's still a nice nest if anyone is a collector.
I know there are some teachers/researchers/curators on this so thats why I posted it. Otherwise some animal will likely tear it up. It is quite impressive.
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From: <jwdavis...> <jwdavis...>
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:57:54 PM
To: Karen Konarski-Hart <karen...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Mystery solved
It is illegal to keep a nest after the birds are gone or to impact a nest when occupied by eggs or young birds. Old nest used to be a good training aid in school. The teacher could bring in an abandoned nest, have the kids look at it, take it apart and then ask them to reassemble it. The children with fingers and hands cannot do what a bird does without either.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Karen Konarski-Hart
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Mystery solved
Finally my yard man said one of his workers found it & thought I'd like it. So glad it wasn't a cuckoo cuckoo. It's still a nice nest if anyone is a collector.
Date: 7/1/24 2:58 pm From: Jerry Davis <jwdavis...> Subject: Re: Mystery solved
It is illegal to keep a nest after the birds are gone or to impact a nest when occupied by eggs or young birds. Old nest used to be a good training aid in school. The teacher could bring in an abandoned nest, have the kids look at it, take it apart and then ask them to reassemble it. The children with fingers and hands cannot do what a bird does without either.
Jerry Wayne Davis
Hot Springs, AR
From: Karen Konarski-Hart
Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 4:46 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Mystery solved
Finally my yard man said one of his workers found it & thought I'd like it. So glad it wasn't a cuckoo cuckoo. It's still a nice nest if anyone is a collector.
Finally my yard man said one of his workers found it & thought I'd like it. So glad it wasn't a cuckoo cuckoo. It's still a nice nest if anyone is a collector.
The nest remains a mystery. I even asked my yard people about it. The material looks like hay????? Any nest sleuths are welcome to visit & offer an opinion.
422 N Cedar (SW corner of Cedar & Lee).
Nest is right next to the yellow gas post in front of the hedge.
Wish there was a way for someone to preserve it. It's so perfect.
Karen.
Barry Haas from the deep woods just west of Little Rock
P.S. We still have a little wood duck activity with three adult female wood ducks on our small pond yesterday evening. One of the three exited our west nest box, and spent about 50 minutes on the pond before reentering the nest box. One of the three appearing to be a first year bird based on the very faint white area around the eyes. The latest fledging event I see in my records was on July 11, 2009. Last year it was June 29. We shall see if this leads to our final fledging event of 2024.
It is just so perfect absolutely no damage or sign of predation of chicks or eggs and the grass isnt from anywhere in my yard that I can tell. I would have expected a predator or weather incident would have done some damage.
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Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 11:41:49 PM
To: Karen Konarski-Hart <karen...>; <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Re: Weird question
Sounds like maybe a nest was taken from a tree by a hawk or owl maybe going after the adult in the nest, and the nest and baby fell after the nest was lifted into the sky from someplace nearby.
John Sommer - General Manager
Wild Birds Unlimited - Little Rock
1818 North Taylor Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
501-666-4210
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Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 6:52:52 PM
To: <ARBIRD-L...> <ARBIRD-L...>
Subject: Weird question
So this perfect nest is sitting in front of my hedge on the very busy corner of Cedar & Lee. Doesn't appear to be damaged in any way or appear to be fallen. Nor any signs of eggs or chicks. I would say robin since they usually build one around here in the spring but obviously in an elevated place. I'm out here every day & have seen no activity up or down. Just this sudden perfect nest on the ground today.
Also oddly in the back yard next to a water pan I had set on the ground yesterday was an undamaged dead juvenile robin (spotted breast full size). Feathers weren't even mussed.
Are these alien robins? Should I be afraid? All very odd. Karen Hart. Hillcrest Little Rock
Sounds like maybe a nest was taken from a tree by a hawk or owl maybe going after the adult in the nest, and the nest and baby fell after the nest was lifted into the sky from someplace nearby.
John Sommer - General Manager
Wild Birds Unlimited - Little Rock
1818 North Taylor Street
Little Rock, AR 72207
501-666-4210
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Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 6:52:52 PM
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Subject: Weird question
So this perfect nest is sitting in front of my hedge on the very busy corner of Cedar & Lee. Doesn't appear to be damaged in any way or appear to be fallen. Nor any signs of eggs or chicks. I would say robin since they usually build one around here in the spring but obviously in an elevated place. I'm out here every day & have seen no activity up or down. Just this sudden perfect nest on the ground today.
Also oddly in the back yard next to a water pan I had set on the ground yesterday was an undamaged dead juvenile robin (spotted breast full size). Feathers weren't even mussed.
Are these alien robins? Should I be afraid? All very odd. Karen Hart. Hillcrest Little Rock
So this perfect nest is sitting in front of my hedge on the very busy corner of Cedar & Lee. Doesn't appear to be damaged in any way or appear to be fallen. Nor any signs of eggs or chicks. I would say robin since they usually build one around here in the spring but obviously in an elevated place. I'm out here every day & have seen no activity up or down. Just this sudden perfect nest on the ground today.
Also oddly in the back yard next to a water pan I had set on the ground yesterday was an undamaged dead juvenile robin (spotted breast full size). Feathers weren't even mussed.
Are these alien robins? Should I be afraid? All very odd. Karen Hart. Hillcrest Little Rock
Date: 6/29/24 10:50 am From: Patty McLean <plm108...> Subject: Glossy Ibis at Bald Knob NWR
Four Glosssy Ibis have shown up in Cell 1, directly across Huntsman Rd from the silos. They've shown up sporadically over the last few weeks. They seem to favor eating the crawdads in the field. Not seen were spoonbills nor avocets but many white pelicans, egrets and herons are present as well as some Black-necked Stilts.. Yes, it's very hot and dusty out there. Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Adam's story is sad. MIKIs often catch cicadas and similar prey with their feet from midair and even eat them from their feet while in flight. Let's hope the bird shook off the hook.Kannan
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Subject: Re: Mississippi Kite This reminds me, at the Arkansas Audubon Society Halberg Ecology camp we watched a Mississippi Kite attack a treble hook fishing lure stuck in the electrical line above the lake. The hook got embedded in his foot and he was stuck dangling there for a bit. It was quite the sad affair. He eventually got free but still had the hook stuck in his foot. The optimists in the group hoped he could free the hook from his foot without getting the other hooks stuck in his face. Here’s to hoping. Take care of your line and lures!
Adam Schaffer
On Jun 28, 2024, at 1:22 PM, Robin Buff <robinbuff...> wrote:
I saw a Mississippi Kite today flying near the VA Hospital in Fayetteville and another one flying over exit 67A in Fayetteville around noon today.
Robin Buff
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM jonathanperry24 <jonathanperry24...> wrote:
At around 9:50 this morning, I saw a Mississippi Kite soaring near the intersection of Crossover and Township in Fayetteville. This is the second year in a row we've seen them there.
Speaking of Mississippi Kites- I was able to get some video of 3 of them last week near Altus. I see them fairly often around here. Here is a link to the YouTube video I made.
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Subject: Re: Mississippi Kite
This reminds me, at the Arkansas Audubon Society Halberg Ecology camp we watched a Mississippi Kite attack a treble hook fishing lure stuck in the electrical line above the lake. The hook got embedded in his foot and he was stuck dangling there for a bit. It was quite the sad affair. He eventually got free but still had the hook stuck in his foot. The optimists in the group hoped he could free the hook from his foot without getting the other hooks stuck in his face. Here’s to hoping. Take care of your line and lures!
Adam Schaffer
On Jun 28, 2024, at 1:22 PM, Robin Buff <robinbuff...> wrote:
I saw a Mississippi Kite today flying near the VA Hospital in Fayetteville and another one flying over exit 67A in Fayetteville around noon today.
Robin Buff
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM jonathanperry24 <jonathanperry24...><mailto:<jonathanperry24...>> wrote:
At around 9:50 this morning, I saw a Mississippi Kite soaring near the intersection of Crossover and Township in Fayetteville. This is the second year in a row we've seen them there.
Date: 6/28/24 11:22 am From: Robin Buff <robinbuff...> Subject: Re: Mississippi Kite
I saw a Mississippi Kite today flying near the VA Hospital in
Fayetteville and another one flying over exit 67A in Fayetteville around
noon today.
Robin Buff
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM jonathanperry24 <jonathanperry24...>
wrote:
> At around 9:50 this morning, I saw a Mississippi Kite soaring near the
> intersection of Crossover and Township in Fayetteville. This is the second
> year in a row we've seen them there.
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Date: 6/28/24 7:59 am From: jonathanperry24 <jonathanperry24...> Subject: Mississippi Kite
At around 9:50 this morning, I saw a Mississippi Kite soaring near the intersection of Crossover and Township in Fayetteville. This is the second year in a row we've seen them there.
David Oakley and I made a trip to Logan Springs Preserve this morning. High on the to-do list was checking gravel bars and rocky shallows along Osage Creek for dragonflies. The Preserve is in Benton County, west of Tontitown.
First stop was the new bridge over Osage Creek. Lots of dragons here and there (Eastern Pond Hawk, Common Whitetail, Slaty Skimmer, etc), but no convenient way for a couple of old guys to get to the creek.
While looking for a clear path down to Osage Creek, we stirred up a robust colony of Cliff Swallows. Theyre nesting under the bridge.
From Osage bridge we went onto the main section of the preserve. There met Charles McCoy of The Nature Conservancy. We walked around several ponds, complete with mowed trails and bridges, and stirred up a bunch more dragons. A female Red-winged Blackbird with food in her bill didnt appreciate our disturbance. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting all singing.
We got to talking about Prothonotary Warblers. Wound up in the shady picnic area, beside an Osage Creek oxbow. Picnic tables in the shade. Wonder of wonders, a dock that provides a full view of the oxbow.
Green Frogs plunking. Prothonotary Warbler right there! Also, Acadian Flycatcher.
Many individuals and businesses have contributed to creating this preserve. One that caught my eye was the dock itself, a donation by the Crook family of Pack Rat Outdoor Center in Fayetteville. I was in Pack Rat recently shopping for a birthday present. It was searing sun and blazin hot outside. Nice and cool inside Pack Rat.
Id noticed solar panels on the roof. I asked the fellow who checked us out what percentage of the AC was actually being generated on the roof while we were there 80%! And he said at times they exceeded that and sent power back into the system!
I see the future in this trying to deal with global warming. And here at Logan Springs Preserve, protecting key aspects of our natural history while allowing individual citizens like David Oakley and I to enjoy nature relatively unspoiled.
On the way out we made a brief stop near the gushing flow of Logan Spring coming out from Logan Springs National Wildlife Refuge. One of the great wonders of nature. Right here in our back yard.
Date: 6/26/24 8:04 pm From: Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: Bald Knob Update
Thanks for this interesting update. I hadn’t realized that the stilts bred there, though we always see them (July, August, September).
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 08:03:40 PM CDT, Patty McLean <plm108...> wrote:
DUCKSAt least three Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Cell 1 and two Northern Pintails in Cell 3. We also had a female Hooded Merganser and two Pied-billed Grebes.
WADERSAt least one of the Roseate Spoonbills stuck around for a second day but not seen since yesterday. But lots of other interesting birds:
A few hundred Little Blue Herons of many colors and ages, mostly in Cell 1 and in other fields east of there. Also many Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons feeding on the juicy invertebrates.
At least ten Green Herons close to Ditch 13.
~150 American White Pelicans in Cells 1 and 2 including young ones.
SHOREBIRDSSeveral newly fledged Black-necked Stilts in one of the fields on Huntsman Rd between the silos and Ditch 13. These are likely the only ones with successful nests this season.
We had one Pectoral and 13 Lesser Yellowlegs mixed in with dozens of the ubiquitous Killdeer today, so migration must be underway.
Stay tuned.
Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
DUCKSAt least three Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks in Cell 1 and two Northern Pintails in Cell 3. We also had a female Hooded Merganser and two Pied-billed Grebes.WADERSAt least one of the Roseate Spoonbills stuck around for a second day but not seen since yesterday. But lots of other interesting birds:A few hundred Little Blue Herons of many colors and ages, mostly in Cell 1 and in other fields east of there. Also many Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons feeding on the juicy invertebrates.At least ten Green Herons close to Ditch 13.~150 American White Pelicans in Cells 1 and 2 including young ones. SHOREBIRDSSeveral newly fledged Black-necked Stilts in one of the fields on Huntsman Rd between the silos and Ditch 13. These are likely the only ones with successful nests this season. We had one Pectoral and 13 Lesser Yellowlegs mixed in with dozens of the ubiquitous Killdeer today, so migration must be underway. Stay tuned.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
Date: 6/26/24 2:05 pm From: Jerry Butler <jerrysharon.butler...> Subject: Birder from the Netherlands
Some of you may be familiar with "Birding Pal" It is a website that connects birders all over the world with one another. Currently I am the only birder from Arkansas that is listed.
I recently received this message through Birding Pal.
"From 9 Sep to 11 Sep 2024 I am attending the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics in Stuttgart. I will stay in Little Rock. I read that you live not very far from there. I always try to combine a conference with birding. It would be great if I could bird together with you in the area. It could be before or after the conference. I was thinking to go birding for 2 or 3 days. I am 48 years old and Dutch. I live in Wageningen, The Netherlands. I am a plant molecular biologist and also do several projects with rice, hence the conference. One of my hobbies is birding. I have been birding in the North-East of the US. Never South. I am sure I can get a lot of LIFERs there :-). Hope to hearing from you soon whether you like to accompany me with birding and have time. With kind regards, Wladimir Tameling""
As it happens I will be in Mexico during part of Wladimir's visit. He is coming here September 5. Are the birders in central arkansas who could host him with me. Sounds fun to me. I'll be here early in his visit but not after Sept 10. If so, please contact me. Peace and Birds Jerry Butler <jerrysharon.butler...>
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