Date: 5/25/18 9:14 am From: George Reasoner <ruddyduck37...> Subject: Re: [birders] snowy owl along m-50
I observed the Snowy Owl on the same morning at that location, but I also only had my phone's camera. I did see him fly from what I believe is a gas line marker to the porta-john, and the back and wings appeared pure white.
Best regards, George
George Reasoner <nb8l...>
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." George Washington Carver
On Fri, May 25, 2018, 11:15 AM wilsonri101 <wilsonri101...> wrote:
> Right near the roadside on the north side atop a porta john. West of > Cabela's, east of Britton, slightly east of Downing Rd. Taken from phone so > not much detail. Around 11:00 am Wednesday. > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/000c01d3f43b%2446602430%24d3206c90%24%40net > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/optout. >
Date: 5/25/18 9:03 am From: NAPBirds <NAPBirds...> Subject: [birders] OT: Job posting with Natural Area Preservation
Hello Birders and Friends, The City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation, where I work, is hiring a Conservation Crew Worker. Please see the job posting attached to this email if you or someone you know is interested. Good birding,
Join us for Pollinator Week Help NAP improve pollinator habitat! Saturday, June 23 9 a.m. to noon, Barton Nature Area Saturday, June 23 1 to 4 p.m., Kuebler Langford Nature Area Sunday, June 24, 9 a.m. to noon, Bluffs Nature Area Sunday, June 24, 1 to 4 p.m., Olson Park For more information check out the NAP Stewardship Calendar<http://www.a2gov.org/NAPevents>, Or contact NAP at 734.794.6627 or <NAP...><mailto:<NAP...>
Date: 5/25/18 8:16 am From: wilsonri101 <wilsonri101...> Subject: [birders] snowy owl along m-50
Right near the roadside on the north side atop a porta john. West of Cabela's, east of Britton, slightly east of Downing Rd. Taken from phone so not much detail. Around 11:00 am Wednesday.
Date: 5/25/18 7:42 am From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> Subject: [birders] Red-bellied woodpecker and Baltimore Oriole oranges
I've been putting out oranges for the Baltimore orioles and I've been leaving the old ones in a feeder near the feeder to provide more orange to bring in the orioles. Today I noticed a red-bellied woodpecker happily eating the insects off the old oranges.
The gist of it is that the ancestors of all modern birds are a small number of ground-dwelling clades. The Cretaceous extinction essentially wiped out forests globally, leaving all then-extant arboreal clades up the creek without a paddle. Arboreal lifestyles in modern birds re-emerged as the forests gradually re-established themselves.
Date: 5/24/18 6:24 pm From: Jerry Jourdan <jourdaj...> Subject: [birders] RUFF, RED KNOT and SNOWY OWL @ Pt. Mouillee SGA, Monroe Co.
This evening, Thursday, May 24, 2018, at 5:30 pm I found a juvenile / female-type RUFF in the shorebird cell just SE of the PumpHouse at Pt. Mouillee SGA. The bird was foraging among 16 WHIMBREL and another 16 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. The Ruff was showing buff neck and spotting along flank, and a mix of basic and fresh feathers on back. It was later refound (7:30pm) while viewing a RED KNOT that appeared after the Whimbrel left.
Also seen were:
600+ Dunlin 1 White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Plovers 1 RED KNOT
Out in Cell 5 I refound the SNOWY OWL that was photographed yesterday along the North Causeway. The bird was panting from the heat, had a brownish hue overall, but otherwise still looked relatively healthy. I can honestly say that I was sad to see it, though. I wish it well...
I will post photos / videos soon on blog and eBird.
Date: 5/24/18 10:00 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Join the Stinchfield Woods breeding birds survey, Saturday, June 2, 7 to 11:45 am
The Annual Stinchfield Woods breeding birds is a Washtenaw Audubon Society-sponsored field trip that takes place on Saturday, June 2, from 7 am to about 11:45 am. Stinchfield Woods is 777 acres of conifer plantations and stands of native hardwoods, mostly oaks and hickories. The count typically yields species such as Pine and Black-throated Green Warblers, Blue-headed Vireos, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hooded Warblers, Ovenbirds, and Acadian Flycatchers.
Stinchfield Woods is a mostly hearing event, that is, you won't see but you'll hear the birds. We assign birders to groups led by veteran birders who will help you identify bird songs and calls. This is a great venue for getting started on learning bird songs.
Stinchfield's vegetation is dense and its trails are confusing. If you know your way through Stinchfield, please come help us with the count. Maps will be available.
The count starts at 7 am. We assemble in front of the classroom at the Observatory, divide into groups that hike Stinchfield Woods trails, and reassemble around 10:45 am to compile a list of all birds seen/heard by all groups. We will also post the list to the Birders listserv and update the Stinchfield web page that has 15 years of count data ( http://ylime.people.si.umich.edu/stinchfield.html).
To drive to Stinchfield Woods from Ann Arbor, drive north on US-23 and exit onto North Territorial Road (exit 49). Turn left (west) onto North Territorial and drive about 8.5 miles to Dexter-Pinckney Road. Turn right (north) onto Dexter-Pinckney Road and drive about 1.5 miles to Stinchfield Woods Road. Turn left (west) onto Stinchfield Woods Road and drive about 1 mile to the north entrance (this entrance is on your left driving westbound on Stinchfield Woods Road). The gate will be open. Turn left (south) into Stinchfield Woods and drive up the hill and bear to your right toward the top of the hill. Park your car at the Observatory near the classroom.
I hope you will join the count at 7 am on Saturday, June 2. Please message me (<ylime...>) or Mary Wise (<auntyem...>) so we can divide volunteers into teams, assign tasks (leader, recorder, listener, etc.) and get an estimate of the number of people attending for snacks, maps, lists, etc. You can also decide to come at the last moment and just show up at 7 am on Saturday, June 2. Dress for the weather, hilly trails, and bring insect repellent. If you have questions, do not hesitate to message me at <ylime...>
Please consider joining this unique birding event!
Date: 5/23/18 8:48 pm From: Barbara Lucas <blgreensource...> Subject: [birders] do you have photos for "Green Room" shows?
Dear Birders,
My name is Georgia Gintowt and I am currently an intern working with Barbara Lucas on her CTN television and WEMU radio shows called “The Green Room”, where we discuss topics relating to environmental awareness. One of the TV shows we just finished taping was about landscaping for birds and features Cathy Theisen as our guest. An upcoming show we are working on is about local birds, and Juliet Berger will be our guest speaker. We are wondering if anyone has any good resolution photos they care to share of the following birds, so we can show them on screen to illustrate what the guest is discussing in the interview:
Turkey vulture
Bald eagle
Hummingbird
Oriole
Hawk or flycatcher on a perch
Pileated woodpecker
Fox sparrow
House sparrow
Eastern Bluebird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
American Woodcock
American Robin
European Starling
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
We can get all of these photos online, but we like to showcase the work of many great photographers in our local birding community! Any photos that we use will be credited with your name in the credits. Please send me photos you’d like to share by June 15. My email is: <georgiag455...> <mailto:<georgiag455...> . Thank you very much, and hope to hear from you all soon!
Date: 5/23/18 7:11 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] Lake St. Clair Metropark banding report - May 4-18, 2018
Birders and banders,
I have just updated my blog with results and highlights from 4 days of banding in early May. It was a wild ride, with weather challenges, lots of birds, and lots of highlights.
See the most recent eBird Rare bird alert below.
Dea
Deaver D. Armstrong
<ddarm...>
Let's go birding......
A New Field Ornithology Class will start in APRIL of 2018
To register or learn more please go to
http://www.miavianexperience.org Enter site, then go to Programs via the menu, then select Field Classes
Date: 5/23/18 5:03 am From: Bryn Martin <brynmartin...> Subject: [birders] WAS Weekend birdwalk
If you will be around, consider joining up with us this Saturday...
Spring Migration Walk in the Arboretum
Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 8:00am
Join us on the weekend of Memorial Day for a special weekend edition of our Thursday morning walks in the Arb. These leaderless walks are a great opportunity to join with other birders of all skill levels. In addition to the birds, the Arb’s trees and other plants offer delights of their own. Park and meet at the Riverview Court cul-de-sac off Geddes Road at 8:00 a.m.; the walk will end around 11:00 a.m., but participants can leave whenever they prefer.
Date: 5/22/18 1:03 pm From: Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...> Subject: Re: [birders] White Pelicans south of Grosse Ile today
We had 3 white pelicans at Ottawa NWR on Sunday.
Janet Hinshaw ph: 734-764-0457 Bird Division Collection Manager fax: 734-998-0038 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 USA
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
> Birders, > > Since early April, I have been part of a team conducting floral and faunal > surveys on Sugar Island, southeast of Grosse Ile, which is a recent > acquisition for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. The island > is closed to public access. Our team has the required research permit. A > boat has been contracted to take us out there, leaving from a marina in > Gibraltar. It is a 3.5 mile ride, passing between Celeron Island and the > southern tip of Grosse Ile. The birds have been fairly interesting on this > short trip, with loons and Horned Grebes fairly common last month, as well > as a variety of waterfowl species. Today (May 22), I was surprised by an > unusual sight. From a distance, it looked like a couple of Bald Eagles were > circling over a small raft of Mute Swans. As we got closer, the eagles > turned out to be Great Blue Herons (!), and the swans were American White > Pelicans (6). They flew off to the south, toward Lake Erie Metropark, where > I saw 7 pelicans more than a week ago when viewing the Pacific Loon. Good > bird for Wayne County. > > Allen T. Chartier > Inkster, Michigan > Email: <amazilia3...> > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mihummingbirdguy/collections/ > Website: www.amazilia.net > Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/ > > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAFoKnJUYh9bYRzyxynu_ > BZs3%3DF9%3Dsy%3DEcmK5hzwBCJ4%<3DGtbgpA...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAFoKnJUYh9bYRzyxynu_BZs3%3DF9%3Dsy%3DEcmK5hzwBCJ4%<3DGtbgpA...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/optout. >
Date: 5/22/18 12:29 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] White Pelicans south of Grosse Ile today
Birders,
Since early April, I have been part of a team conducting floral and faunal surveys on Sugar Island, southeast of Grosse Ile, which is a recent acquisition for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. The island is closed to public access. Our team has the required research permit. A boat has been contracted to take us out there, leaving from a marina in Gibraltar. It is a 3.5 mile ride, passing between Celeron Island and the southern tip of Grosse Ile. The birds have been fairly interesting on this short trip, with loons and Horned Grebes fairly common last month, as well as a variety of waterfowl species. Today (May 22), I was surprised by an unusual sight. From a distance, it looked like a couple of Bald Eagles were circling over a small raft of Mute Swans. As we got closer, the eagles turned out to be Great Blue Herons (!), and the swans were American White Pelicans (6). They flew off to the south, toward Lake Erie Metropark, where I saw 7 pelicans more than a week ago when viewing the Pacific Loon. Good bird for Wayne County.
Date: 5/22/18 9:37 am From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Tomorrow, Issues of the Environment on WEMU,89.1 FM Interview re: Delisting of the Kirtland's Warbler from the US Endangered Species Act
Birders and Friends, Also on the radio, at about the same time as the Michigan Radio Morning Edition Mornings in Michigan feature, which I messaged about earlier this morning, will be an interview of me, with David Fair of Issues of the Environment, about the delisting of the Kirtland's Warbler. You can hear it at 6:49 and 8:49 on WEMU, 89.1 FM. http://wemu.org/programs/isues-environment See the website if you miss it airing at those times! It rains, it pours bird radio features!!
Good birding,
Juliet Berger President, Washtenaw Audubon Society
Date: 5/22/18 4:12 am From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] "Mornings in Michigan" goes Birding with Washtenaw Audubon
Birders and Friends, Rebecca Williams and the crew from Michigan radio, came birding with WAS at the Arb and recorded the sounds for the Mornings in Michigan radio feature. It was so fun to have them out with us on May 10th, which was a peak migration morning. The feature will be aired during Morning Edition on Michigan radio, at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday May 23-- at 91.7 FM Ann Arbor/Detroit, 104.FM West Michigan, 91.1 Flint. If you miss it, here is the link to find it on the Michigan Radio website. http://michiganradio.org/term/mornings-michigan-series Good birding, and listening!
Date: 5/21/18 5:19 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Washtenaw Audubon's Tuesday Evening Birders Meets Tomorrow at Miller Park and Ride
Birders and friends, Please read to the bottom of this post if planning to come to Tuesday Evening Birders tomorrow.
Please accept my apology for those of you who came to Miller Park and Ride last week, only to NOT find us there. Last Tuesday, we met at the Plymouth Rd. Park and Ride, but I believe it was somewhat ambiguous in our posting, and some of you ended up, both in the wrong spot, and without any way to reach any WAS board members to ask where we were. So sorry for the inconvenience!! Thanks to Taylor Myatt for leading us last week, and for all the good birds, especially the Black-billed Cuckoo, and the Least Bittern! Sorry for the additional confusion about that Least Bittern at LeFurge Preserve. Audio confirmation by several expert birders, changed our ID back to at least one Least Bittern the next day-- Please adjust your eBird lists and field notes accordingly. Below are our eBird checklists for the evening, with great photos by Mike Sefton.
In any case, this Tuesday, tomorrow, May 22, TEB meets at the Miller Rd. at M-14 Park and Ride, at 6:00 p.m. for a 6:15 p.m. sharp departure. We will be traveling together, in carpools, to Embury Road, where crack birder, Ben Hack, and I will be guiding you through the wonderful birds on that road. You may meet us there around 6:40 if going straight to Embury. Be prepared for a bit of a hike, as we'll likely leave our cars near the beginning of the road, and bird most of the road on foot. The road is several miles long, so we may walk up to 3 miles between the out and back stretch. Wear appropriate footwear, wear bug repellent, dress for the weather, as it will get cooler in the evening, and brings snacks and water if you think you'll need them. We'll stay there until dark, or until the Eastern Whip-poor-will sings, whichever comes first!!
Good birding, and see you tomorrow night, at 6:00 pm SHARP!!! Juliet Berger
Date: 5/21/18 4:00 pm From: Mary Alice H <mholz0226...> Subject: Re: [birders] Oriole
That is really kinda cool! Glad you didn't get hurt☺ I still have Orioles
coming and am trying to keep the jelly out...
On May 21, 2018 5:56 PM, "Bob Bethune" <bobbethune...> wrote:
I once had a barn swallow actually hit the top of my head as it was trying
to drive me away from its nest. Problem was, I didn’t know where the nest
was, so I didn’t know which way to go!
On Monday, May 21, 2018, 'P. swanson' via Birders <birders...>
wrote:
I once had a barn swallow actually hit the top of my head as it was trying
to drive me away from its nest. Problem was, I didn’t know where the nest
was, so I didn’t know which way to go!
On Monday, May 21, 2018, 'P. swanson' via Birders <birders...>
wrote:
> Just dive-bombed by a male oriole while filling feeders! Was so close I
> could feel it on my ear and hair!
> Penny S.
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Date: 5/21/18 11:29 am From: NAPBirds <NAPBirds...> Subject: RE: [birders] need ID help with this birdsong
Hi Mary,
My guess whenever folks mention flutelike and mature trees, is Baltimore Oriole. They can sing many beautiful flutelike melodies.
Best,
Juliet Berger
From: Mary James <mljames...>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 2:00 PM
To: <birders...>
Subject: [birders] need ID help with this birdsong
Hello, I bird-listen more than I bird-watch, as I live under tall trees in western Washtenaw county and have trouble seeing small birds (the eagle that's visited my yard was easy to see, however....)
Over the weekend I was serenaded by a beautiful singer, whose most typical call, in a round, fluty voice, was four short (eighth?) notes. I played the tune on my piano and it was b-g-e-d. I couldn't find anything similar in the Merlin app, though my approach was hardly exhaustive.
Date: 5/21/18 10:59 am From: Mary James <mljames...> Subject: [birders] need ID help with this birdsong
Hello, I bird-listen more than I bird-watch, as I live under tall trees in western Washtenaw county and have trouble seeing small birds (the eagle that's visited my yard was easy to see, however....)
Over the weekend I was serenaded by a beautiful singer, whose most typical call, in a round, fluty voice, was four short (eighth?) notes. I played the tune on my piano and it was b-g-e-d. I couldn't find anything similar in the Merlin app, though my approach was hardly exhaustive.
Any two-legged singers out there who can identify this? I even tried to do a voice recording but of course when I got near, the bird refused to perform.
Date: 5/20/18 12:06 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Washtenaw Audubon Society Belle Isle Field Trip Report
Birders,
Belle Isle was hopping with birds today, and Allen Chartier, our field trip
leader, helped us hear and see them all!
Below is our bird list, over 80 spp., including a Connecticut Warbler,
which was a lifer for most of us in the group. After the trip broke up but
before several of us left the island we discovered a Red-throated Loon,
just south of the Yacht Club. Follow the link to our eBird checklist
online to see pictures of the Red-throated Loon and audio of the
Connecticut Warbler. More pics will be added in time, so check back for
more fun. We had 19 spp. of warblers, many of which will be added in
photos soon.
Thanks so much to Allen Chartier, whose amazing ears and quick spotting,
got us on so many, many birds.
Good birding,
Juliet Berger
Belle Isle, Wayne, Michigan, US
May 20, 2018 6:52 AM - 1:08 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.104 mile(s)
Comments: JB. Sky 3. Wind 2 52-63 F. WAS field trip with Allen
Chartier, Trip Leader.
83 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10
Trumpeter Swan 1 Flyover. Trumpeting. Black bill. Seen by whole group.
Later seen in interior lagoon just south of the Nature Center.
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 7
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Red-throated Loon 1 Pics. Very pale bird with upturned bill. Gray
strip from back of head and through neck to back. Very pale cheeks with
white up over the eye. With Allen Chartier and confirmed by Caleb Putnam by
photo.
Seen south of the Yacht Club and moving down the beach towards the Bridge
when last seen. Most of the WAS group had left by the time this bird was
spotted.
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 5
Osprey 2
Killdeer 4
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 2
Common Tern 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 5
Willow Flycatcher 3
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 4
Least Flycatcher 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 21
Red-eyed Vireo 20
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 10
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 16
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 6
Wood Thrush 9
American Robin 25
Gray Catbird 12
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 5
Northern Waterthrush 1
Tennessee Warbler 28
Nashville Warbler 1
Connecticut Warbler 1 At the Kirtland’s Warbler Spot from 2017. North
side of Central Ave. 150 yds from the bridge over creek. Heard by the whole
group
Common Yellowthroat 18
American Redstart 15
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 6
Bay-breasted Warbler 8
Blackburnian Warbler 8
Yellow Warbler 50
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 10
Canada Warbler 6
Wilson's Warbler 3
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1 In field at first Comfort Station south of the
Nature Center.
Song Sparrow 5
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Scarlet Tanager 1 Male silent.
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Orchard Oriole 4
Baltimore Oriole 36
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Common Grackle 20
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 30
Date: 5/19/18 7:53 am From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] WAS Belle Isle Birding Trip with Allen Chartier
Birders and Friends,
Please join Washtenaw Audubon at this wonderful park in the Detroit River, this Sunday, May 20, at 7:00 a.m. Belle Isle expert, and masterful birder and bird bander, Allen Chartier will lead us. We meet at the Nature Center.
Belle Isle is the jewel of the Detroit parks system, and it is now a Michigan State Park. In spring migration the woods there can be full of migrating birds. Up to 20 warbler species in a day can be seen, making this nearby locale nearly as good as the more famous hotspots of Magee Marsh and Point Pelee, but without the crowds or hassle of border crossings. Migration should still be going strong in the third week of May, and we'll cover as much of the island as we can looking for flocks of warblers, thrushes, sparrows, and around the perimeter of the island any lingering water birds. Around this time in 2017, a birder found the island's first ever Kirtland's Warbler. Maybe we'll get lucky!
Join us and trip leader Allen Chartier. Meet at the Nature Center at 7:00 a.m.
Date: 5/19/18 7:06 am From: madxofaa <madxofaa...> Subject: [birders] Re: House Sparrows attacking House Wren box
Thank you to all who offered advise. As I live in the middle of a city neighborhood, shooting the sparrows is not really an option. Anyway I don't think I am capable of killing a bird, even an invasive one - though I have thought of swinging a badminton racket at them. As the box is hanging from a slender branch in a river birch tree, the halo solution is not practical.
I've noticed very few visits from the sparrows the past 2 days -- perhaps conditioning from my clapping at them. Or they finally established their nests elsewhere. We'll see if this trend continues.
I did a purchase a metal ring from Wild Birds Unlimited, as recommended by Carol Dubritsky, to shrink the hole from 1-1/4" to 1-1/8" as well as to prevent any potential chipping away at the hole.
If I do decide it is needed I want to ensure that I do not disturb the nest or discourage the wrens. I will use this event to inspect the nest. I plan to do the installation is three steps separated by some time:
1. hold up the ring to mark the screw holes 2. make pilot holes, preferably with an awl, using a drill only if wood is too hard 3. attach the ring
Let me know if you believe this to be too risky at this time. ..Bob Maddox
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 2:22 PM, madxofaa <madxofaa...> wrote:
> I need advice on how to stop aggressive House Sparrows from trying to get > into newly occupied House Wren box. > Though they are too big to fit, they poke their heads in and may be trying > to remove the nest. > I also saw a sparrow dive-bomb the female Wren as she was trying to enter > the box. > The male is trying bravely to fend off the sparrows. > When I can I either run outside or open the window and clap my hands, > which scares off the sparrows but not the wrens. But the sparrows > eventually return. > I am afraid that the wrens will either abandon their nest, or one of them > will not survive. > > Please offer any thoughts on what to do. > ..Bob Maddox (Ann Arbor) >
Date: 5/19/18 6:19 am From: <baikalteal13...> <baikalteal13...> Subject: [birders] Oakland Audubon Field Trip to Algonac State Park - Sunday May 20, 2018
Folks, Just a quick heads up about this outing. To walk the trails at Algonac State park, it is advisable to have rubber boots, as the water level on the trails is sometimes several inches deep (at least as reported by officials there). Regular hiking shoes will suffice when we go to Harsen's Island. However, since Algonac has some very interesting habitats (Oak Savanna and Lake Plain prairie), it should be worthwhile. Also have plenty of bug spray available. Also, when we travel to Harsen's Island, we intend to carpool and split the $10 ferry charge per vehicle. So plan on that if you want to do that part of the trip. The leader will explain when we are on site. Thanks. Hope to see some of you tomorrow. Don Burlett
Date: 5/19/18 2:36 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Reminder: OAS field trip May 20th, Algonac State Park and Harsen's Island
Sunday, May 20, 2018 7:30am-1:00pm. Algonac State Park and Harsen’s Island
Leader: Don Burlett (<baikalteal13...>)
Meet in the parking lot of Algonac State Park, just north of Algonac along
Route 29. We'll bird the park early in the day, checking out several
different habitats. Then in the late morning, we'll head back down to the
Harsen's Island Ferry and carpool over to the island to bird the variety of
lakeside habitats there, hoping to see Black Terns and other birds. We'll
visit the St. Clair Flats Wildlife area along the way. Bring a lunch or
snack as finding someplace to eat takes time and effort. A state park pass
is required. Please contact the leader to help work out carpooling
opportunities to avoid a long string of vehicles.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome.
http://www.oaklandaudubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years
Date: 5/18/18 4:34 pm From: 'P. swanson' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] Hummer in the Conservatory-- Released!!!
Just in time.
> On May 18, 2018, at 4:19 PM, 'Parula100' via Birders <birders...> wrote:
>
> What wonderful news!
>
> Darlene Friedman
> Novi
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 18, 2018, at 4:07 PM, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Birders,
>> Here is a forwarded message from one of Washtenaw Audubon's newest members, and staff person at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Murphy Harrington. The Matthaei Hummingbird is free, and you can see it on the attached video!
>>
>> Thanks again to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens staff for looking after her all of these months. All of us at Washtenaw Audubon and City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation are grateful to you for your kindness to this beautiful bird, and for putting up with all the fuss we made over her!
>>
>> Good birding,
>>
>> Juliet Berger
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Murphy Harrington <mharrin...>
>> Date: Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:49 PM
>> Subject: Hummer in the Conservatory
>> To: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>
>>
>>
>> Hello Juliet!
>>
>> I heard from some of the staff that the WAS had expressed concern about our hummingbird in the conservatory. This week Mason, Paul, and I decided to try removing some of the panels from the roof in hopes of encouraging her to take off. And it was a great success! I just wanted to let you know in case you received questions from anyone about whether or not progress had been made.
>>
>> I attached the video we got of her taking off! It's not the greatest quality, but I think the excitement shows through the grainy video.
>>
>> I hope you have a good weekend!
>>
>> Happy birding,
>>
>> --
>> Murphy Harrington
>>
>> Natural Areas/Horticultural Technician
>> University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
>>
>> “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." - Aldo Leopold
>>
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Date: 5/18/18 2:02 pm From: 'Scott Jennex' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] RFI: Golden-winged warblers in MI
John,
Big Creek Road is a phenomenal birding destination and has a great mix of northern and southern nesting warblers. In my experience, Golden-winged Warbler in particular is typically actually easier to find on Manor Road (the east-west road at the north end of Big Creek Rd).
Enjoy,
Scott Jennex
Ferndale, MI
-----Original Message-----
From: guthriej <guthriej...>
To: Birders <birders...>
Sent: Fri, May 18, 2018 4:50 pm
Subject: [birders] RFI: Golden-winged warblers in MI
Hi, we are two west coast birders who have spent the past few days at Magee Marsh and are thinking about spending the weekend in Michigan looking for a Golden-winged warbler since neither of us have ever seen one and might not have another chance for a few years.
Ebird reports seems indicate Big Creek Rd Auble SF might be our best bet without driving 500 miles but if anyone has any advice or tips we would be very grateful. Please contact me via email or on this list.
Date: 5/18/18 1:51 pm From: <guthriej...> Subject: [birders] RFI: Golden-winged warblers in MI
Hi, we are two west coast birders who have spent the past few days at Magee Marsh and are thinking about spending the weekend in Michigan looking for a Golden-winged warbler since neither of us have ever seen one and might not have another chance for a few years.
Ebird reports seems indicate Big Creek Rd Auble SF might be our best bet without driving 500 miles but if anyone has any advice or tips we would be very grateful. Please contact me via email or on this list.
Date: 5/18/18 1:25 pm From: marla andersen <gavimm9...> Subject: Re: [birders] Hummer in the Conservatory-- Released!!!
Yay!!!! Now she can answer the call of the wild as Mother Nature
intended. So happy she has been liberated and that she was so well cared
for thanks to staff at the gardens. None the worse for wear 'cept a little
light on frequent flyer miles.....
Marla in Howell
On Fri, May 18, 2018, 4:07 PM Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
> Dear Birders,
> Here is a forwarded message from one of Washtenaw Audubon's newest
> members, and staff person at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Murphy Harrington.
> The Matthaei Hummingbird is free, and you can see it on the attached video!
>
> Thanks again to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens staff for looking after her
> all of these months. All of us at Washtenaw Audubon and City of Ann Arbor
> Natural Area Preservation are grateful to you for your kindness to this
> beautiful bird, and for putting up with all the fuss we made over her!
>
> Good birding,
>
> Juliet Berger
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Murphy Harrington <mharrin...>
> Date: Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:49 PM
> Subject: Hummer in the Conservatory
> To: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>
>
>
> Hello Juliet!
>
> I heard from some of the staff that the WAS had expressed concern about
> our hummingbird in the conservatory. This week Mason, Paul, and I decided
> to try removing some of the panels from the roof in hopes of encouraging
> her to take off. And it was a great success! I just wanted to let you know
> in case you received questions from anyone about whether or not progress
> had been made.
>
> I attached the video we got of her taking off! It's not the greatest
> quality, but I think the excitement shows through the grainy video.
>
> I hope you have a good weekend!
>
> Happy birding,
>
> --
> Murphy Harrington
>
> Natural Areas/Horticultural Technician
> University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
>
> *“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When
> we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with
> love and respect." - Aldo Leopold *
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Date: 5/18/18 1:19 pm From: 'Parula100' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] Hummer in the Conservatory-- Released!!!
What wonderful news!
Darlene Friedman
Novi
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 18, 2018, at 4:07 PM, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
>
> Dear Birders,
> Here is a forwarded message from one of Washtenaw Audubon's newest members, and staff person at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Murphy Harrington. The Matthaei Hummingbird is free, and you can see it on the attached video!
>
> Thanks again to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens staff for looking after her all of these months. All of us at Washtenaw Audubon and City of Ann Arbor Natural Area Preservation are grateful to you for your kindness to this beautiful bird, and for putting up with all the fuss we made over her!
>
> Good birding,
>
> Juliet Berger
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Murphy Harrington <mharrin...>
> Date: Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:49 PM
> Subject: Hummer in the Conservatory
> To: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>
>
>
> Hello Juliet!
>
> I heard from some of the staff that the WAS had expressed concern about our hummingbird in the conservatory. This week Mason, Paul, and I decided to try removing some of the panels from the roof in hopes of encouraging her to take off. And it was a great success! I just wanted to let you know in case you received questions from anyone about whether or not progress had been made.
>
> I attached the video we got of her taking off! It's not the greatest quality, but I think the excitement shows through the grainy video.
>
> I hope you have a good weekend!
>
> Happy birding,
>
> --
> Murphy Harrington
>
> Natural Areas/Horticultural Technician
> University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
>
> “We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." - Aldo Leopold
>
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Date: 5/18/18 1:08 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Hummer in the Conservatory-- Released!!!
Dear Birders,
Here is a forwarded message from one of Washtenaw Audubon's newest members,
and staff person at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Murphy Harrington. The
Matthaei Hummingbird is free, and you can see it on the attached video!
Thanks again to the Matthaei Botanical Gardens staff for looking after her
all of these months. All of us at Washtenaw Audubon and City of Ann Arbor
Natural Area Preservation are grateful to you for your kindness to this
beautiful bird, and for putting up with all the fuss we made over her!
Good birding,
Juliet Berger
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Murphy Harrington <mharrin...>
Date: Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:49 PM
Subject: Hummer in the Conservatory
To: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>
Hello Juliet!
I heard from some of the staff that the WAS had expressed concern about our
hummingbird in the conservatory. This week Mason, Paul, and I decided to
try removing some of the panels from the roof in hopes of encouraging her
to take off. And it was a great success! I just wanted to let you know in
case you received questions from anyone about whether or not progress had
been made.
I attached the video we got of her taking off! It's not the greatest
quality, but I think the excitement shows through the grainy video.
I hope you have a good weekend!
Happy birding,
--
Murphy Harrington
Natural Areas/Horticultural Technician
University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
*“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When
we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with
love and respect." - Aldo Leopold *
Date: 5/18/18 10:28 am From: NAPBirds <NAPBirds...> Subject: RE: [birders] Re: Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrid (Brewster's Warbler) at the Arb today
Prothonotary Warbler continues from Furstenberg Nature area, where it was located, approximately, yesterday when we first observed it. Possibly another individual was later found singing at the Beach at the Arb.
Roger Wykes heard and saw the Prothonotary this morning at 7:30 a.m.
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From: <juliet.berger...> <juliet.berger...>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 7:00 AM
To: <birders...>
Subject: [birders] Re: Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrid (Brewster's Warbler) at the Arb today
Also seen at the Arb, along the river, Prothonotary Warbler, last seen singing at the. Beach. Many Tennessee Warblers and Indigo Buntings. It was a magical day.
Juliet Berger
Sent from my iPhone
On May 17, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...><mailto:<juliet.berger...>> wrote:
Birders and Friends,
At the downslope trail east of the entrance to the first Boardwalk. High in the trees (with Tennessee and Bay-breasted Warbler) singing the Golden-winged Warbler song. (Bee Buzz Buzz, Bee Buzz Buzz Buzz)The bird had a golden crown, which I observed when it bent forward while feeding, and a black eye line, just as the Blue-winged warbler has, but with a whitish face, like a Golden-winged, and without any trace of black mask or bib. A Blue-winged would have a yellow face, with that eye line connecting the lores and the back of the eye. This bird had a white/light colored underside and a grayish back. I did not observe the wings, so I don't know if it had yellow or white wingbars, but either color is acceptable in the Brewster's. A cool bird to see and hear...we all wished we had better looks, but it is what it is. Later in the breeding season, we'll see birds like this in Michigan, in the Northern Lower Peninsula, or in the UP, on breeding territory in scrubby, second growth land, in a habitat shared by both the Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warbler. Who knows which species his mate will be, or maybe another hybrid? It is a mystery. We expect as the years go by, because the Blue-winged Warbler outcompetes the Golden-winged for territory, and mates, the Blue-winged and Golden-winged, so close genetically that they share 99.97 % of the same genes, will cease to be two separate species, and the specific beauty of the Golden-winged Warbler may be lost from the earth.
See this interesting article from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which also includes some images of both species and the hybrids.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/mixed-wing-warblers-golden-wings-and-blue-wings-are-99-97-percent-alike-genetically/
See our eBird checklist from today's Thursday Morning Spring Migration Walk at the Arb, and join us next week or the week after, as we wrap these walks on May 31, until the Fall.
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45768116
Date: 5/18/18 8:51 am From: 'Melissa Pappas' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Orioles and Milkweed
A quick note to suggest that everyone who can plant swamp milkweed should do so. Not only have we had our first monarch butterflies feed on it when it blooms, the orioles are crazy about the stems. I leave the dead stems up until the new growth appears every year, and the orioles in the area are peeling the dead, long strands of bark for their nesting material. It's been fascinating watching them go to the base of the stalks, work their bills up and down until the bark starts to peel away, and then pull up strands as long as they can.
Melissa PappasHamburg Township, Livingston County, MI
Blog: http://colmel.wordpress.com/ "If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience." ~ Woodrow Wilson
Date: 5/18/18 3:59 am From: <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Re: Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrid (Brewster's Warbler) at the Arb today
Also seen at the Arb, along the river, Prothonotary Warbler, last seen singing at the. Beach. Many Tennessee Warblers and Indigo Buntings. It was a magical day.
Juliet Berger
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 17, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
>
> Birders and Friends,
>
> At the downslope trail east of the entrance to the first Boardwalk. High in the trees (with Tennessee and Bay-breasted Warbler) singing the Golden-winged Warbler song. (Bee Buzz Buzz, Bee Buzz Buzz Buzz)The bird had a golden crown, which I observed when it bent forward while feeding, and a black eye line, just as the Blue-winged warbler has, but with a whitish face, like a Golden-winged, and without any trace of black mask or bib. A Blue-winged would have a yellow face, with that eye line connecting the lores and the back of the eye. This bird had a white/light colored underside and a grayish back. I did not observe the wings, so I don't know if it had yellow or white wingbars, but either color is acceptable in the Brewster's. A cool bird to see and hear...we all wished we had better looks, but it is what it is. Later in the breeding season, we'll see birds like this in Michigan, in the Northern Lower Peninsula, or in the UP, on breeding territory in scrubby, second growth land, in a habitat shared by both the Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warbler. Who knows which species his mate will be, or maybe another hybrid? It is a mystery. We expect as the years go by, because the Blue-winged Warbler outcompetes the Golden-winged for territory, and mates, the Blue-winged and Golden-winged, so close genetically that they share 99.97 % of the same genes, will cease to be two separate species, and the specific beauty of the Golden-winged Warbler may be lost from the earth.
> See this interesting article from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which also includes some images of both species and the hybrids.
> https://www.allaboutbirds.org/mixed-wing-warblers-golden-wings-and-blue-wings-are-99-97-percent-alike-genetically/ >
> See our eBird checklist from today's Thursday Morning Spring Migration Walk at the Arb, and join us next week or the week after, as we wrap these walks on May 31, until the Fall.
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45768116 >
> Good birding,
>
> Juliet Berger
> Washtenaw Audubon Society
Date: 5/17/18 7:39 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler Hybrid (Brewster's Warbler) at the Arb today
Birders and Friends,
At the downslope trail east of the entrance to the first Boardwalk. High in the trees (with Tennessee and Bay-breasted Warbler) singing the Golden-winged Warbler song. (Bee Buzz Buzz, Bee Buzz Buzz Buzz)The bird had a golden crown, which I observed when it bent forward while feeding, and a black eye line, just as the Blue-winged warbler has, but with a whitish face, like a Golden-winged, and without any trace of black mask or bib. A Blue-winged would have a yellow face, with that eye line connecting the lores and the back of the eye. This bird had a white/light colored underside and a grayish back. I did not observe the wings, so I don't know if it had yellow or white wingbars, but either color is acceptable in the Brewster's. A cool bird to see and hear...we all wished we had better looks, but it is what it is. Later in the breeding season, we'll see birds like this in Michigan, in the Northern Lower Peninsula, or in the UP, on breeding territory in scrubby, second growth land, in a habitat shared by both the Blue-winged and Golden-winged Warbler. Who knows which species his mate will be, or maybe another hybrid? It is a mystery. We expect as the years go by, because the Blue-winged Warbler outcompetes the Golden-winged for territory, and mates, the Blue-winged and Golden-winged, so close genetically that they share 99.97 % of the same genes, will cease to be two separate species, and the specific beauty of the Golden-winged Warbler may be lost from the earth. See this interesting article from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which also includes some images of both species and the hybrids. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/mixed-wing-warblers-golden-wings-and-blue-wings-are-99-97-percent-alike-genetically/
See our eBird checklist from today's Thursday Morning Spring Migration Walk at the Arb, and join us next week or the week after, as we wrap these walks on May 31, until the Fall. https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45768116
Date: 5/17/18 3:19 pm From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman...> Subject: [birders] Mourning Warbler at Dolph Nature Area (Ann Arbor)
I heard and saw my first Mourning Warbler of the year Thursday Morning at Dolph Nature area in Ann Arbor. The bird was in the heavy thickets of vegetation along the smaller enclosed body of water where a Mute Swan is nesting. From the Wagner Road parking lot go east and cross the wooden bridge until you reach the area where the a trails splits to the north.
Typically Mourning Warbler along with Connecticut Warbler are thicket lovers and they have become increasingly hard to find in Nichol's Arboretum where Arb artificial landscaping practices put a very high premium on the destruction and uprooting all thickets to be found at the site. That makes me mad. Don't you just love chainsaws, leaf blowers, artificial designer fires, and intensive removal of thickets to do restoration of park-like appearances.
Date: 5/17/18 8:17 am From: 'Craig Perdue' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Belle Isle trip
Hi everyone,
I am still looking for a ride to the WAS Belle Isle trip this Sunday, 20 May. Will meet you anywhere in the Ann Arbor/Ypsi area. Thanks for your attention.
Craig Perdue734-262-0998
Date: 5/17/18 6:39 am From: 'michael wells' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Fw: [birders] Bobolinks at Indian Springs Metropark
Hi All,
Viewed 4 Bobolinks in the field East of the kids playscape facing the White Lake Twp. SE Michigan National Weather Service Doppler tower.Also 1 Henslow's Sparrow in same field. Acadian and Willow Flycatcher's showed up at the park this week also.
Both species May 16th 7:45 PM.
Best of Regards, Michael Wells, LIC
6481 Springfield Ln.
Clarkston, Mi. 48346
248-625-3089
On Thursday, May 17, 2018 9:33 AM, "LaHaie, Ivan" <ilahaie...> wrote:
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Hello Kurt, I am contacting you on list to let everyone know Washtenaw Audubon Society is sponsoring a birding field trip to Belle Isle in Detroit, on May 20th, led by Allen Chartier. We meet at 7 a.m. at the Nature Center.
Hope to see you there Juliet Berger President, Washtenaw Audubon Society
On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Kurt Anderson <empidonax1...> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm going to be attending a conference in Detroit May 19th-24th and was > looking to do some birding in the area, most likely the morning of May > 20th > (this Sunday). I have some ideas where to go, but am interested in some > local company, since it is always more fun to go out with people who know a > particular area. If anyone is free and interested, you can contact me off > list at the email listed below. > > Best, > > Kurt > > -- > Kurt E. Anderson, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Graduate Advisor for Continuing Students, EEOB Graduate Program > Spieth 3380 > Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology > University of California > Riverside, CA 92521 > USA > > Phone: +1 (951) 827-2499 > Lab: +1 (951) 827-7398 > Fax: +1 (951) 827-4286 > Email: <kurt.anderson...> > Webpage: http://eeob.ucr.edu/eeobdeptfaculty/anderson.html > <http://www.biology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/Anderson.html> > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAC275zxKPH5D_% > <2BhN61PN73a8em4a5yZy43WNn4Hz-QjVt6jwRg...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/CAC275zxKPH5D_%<2BhN61PN73a8em4a5yZy43WNn4Hz-QjVt6jwRg...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/optout. >
Date: 5/16/18 7:57 pm From: Don Henise <kiskadee3...> Subject: [birders] Chuck-will's-widow - Sharonville SGA - Norvell Township, Jackson County
Robyn and I heard the Chuck-will's-widow at the location it was heard last year; along the east side of Fishville Road, 6 tenths of a mile north of Easudes Road and just south of the s-curve. It was calling at 9:40 when we reached that spot and called for about 5 minutes. It could have been calling earlier, but we were listening farther south from where it had been reported earlier this week. There were at least 5 Whip-poor-wills calling along Fishville. I did attempt to record the CWWI call, but there was a lot of Gray Tree Frog and Spring Peeper competition, so I'm not sure if I captured it. I'll work on that recording tomorrow and add it to my eBird checklist if successful.
This is now the 8th consecutive year that Chuck-will's-widow has been heard in this area. It was first discovered in 2011 by Craig Robson and Heidi Doman.
Date: 5/16/18 4:07 pm From: Kurt Anderson <empidonax1...> Subject: [birders] Birding near Detroit?
Hello,
I'm going to be attending a conference in Detroit May 19th-24th and was looking to do some birding in the area, most likely the morning of May 20th (this Sunday). I have some ideas where to go, but am interested in some local company, since it is always more fun to go out with people who know a particular area. If anyone is free and interested, you can contact me off list at the email listed below.
Best,
Kurt
-- Kurt E. Anderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate Advisor for Continuing Students, EEOB Graduate Program Spieth 3380 Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology University of California Riverside, CA 92521 USA
Date: 5/16/18 8:45 am From: LaHaie, Ivan <ilahaie...> Subject: [birders] Whip-poor-will
I've had one singing in the woods behind the house at around 9:30 pm the last two nights. Always great to have them return - doesn't happen every year.
Date: 5/16/18 7:44 am From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Tonight: “My Birding Mentor” is free Washtenaw Audubon program, Weds., May 16, 7:30pm, Ann Arbor, all invited
Birders and friends,
>
> Please join us tonight for the following free program at the beautiful U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor. You do not have to be a Washtenaw Audubon member to attend.
>
> Wednesday, May 16, 7:30pm
>
> Like Father, Like Son: the Autobiography of a Birder
>
> Ray Stocking shares the story of his unusual introduction to bird watching some 25 years ago. During his senior year in college, with very little birding experience and no binoculars, Ray's father, Jerome Stocking, asked Ray to join him in an overnight birding trip. This was the trip that would alter Ray’s world forever, during which he discovered the one bird that changed his life. Ray’s presentation includes 25 years of father-and-son birding, some of their hundreds of life birds, travels near and far, and the day when the father and the son reversed their roles.
> Ray Stocking is the current Board Chair for Michigan Audubon and a past president of the Washtenaw Audubon Society. Ray helped develop birding programs for the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad, which continues to inspire young grade school students on the joys of our feathered friends. Ray resides in Ann Arbor with his wife and their two teenage children.
>
> This program is free and open to the public. Membership is not required, though we would welcome your membership to help with our environmental and educational activities. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. For more information on free Washtenaw Audubon programs and field trips, go to
> www.washtenawaudubon.org
>
> Hope to see you this Wednesday at 7:30pm.
>
> Mike Sefton
> Washtenaw Audubon
Date: 5/16/18 5:23 am From: Chipperatl10 <chipperatl10...> Subject: Re: [birders] juvenile hawk in Tappan school yard?
Red-tailed Hawk with that belly-band.
Gordon Green
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 16, 2018, at 7:01 AM, Monica Liebert <ml2mi...> wrote:
>
> We have a red tail hawk couple that hunt Tappan and St. Francis school yards and I've been told they have nested somewhere nearby. On Sunday, in the rain, I saw a really large apparent juvenile hawk of some stripe (actually dappled) in a tree snag on the Washtenaw edge of Tappan school grounds, and last night it was sitting in one of the trees on the north edge of the school yard. Lots of alarm calls from other birds which alerted me, and a pair of crows eventually dive bombed the hawk to make it move to across Washtenaw (where is settled again!).
>
> The hawk has a really small tail, and I didn't hear any Red Tail type calls, but I have been hearing "chuckles" more like Cooper's sounds. If this is a juvenile Cooper, it is really large.
>
> So what's the diagnosis? I'll keep any eye out to see if I can see it in flight.
>
> Monica
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Date: 5/16/18 4:02 am From: Monica Liebert <ml2mi...> Subject: [birders] juvenile hawk in Tappan school yard?
We have a red tail hawk couple that hunt Tappan and St. Francis school yards and I've been told they have nested somewhere nearby. On Sunday, in the rain, I saw a really large apparent juvenile hawk of some stripe (actually dappled) in a tree snag on the Washtenaw edge of Tappan school grounds, and last night it was sitting in one of the trees on the north edge of the school yard. Lots of alarm calls from other birds which alerted me, and a pair of crows eventually dive bombed the hawk to make it move to across Washtenaw (where is settled again!).
The hawk has a really small tail, and I didn't hear any Red Tail type calls, but I have been hearing "chuckles" more like Cooper's sounds. If this is a juvenile Cooper, it is really large.
So what's the diagnosis? I'll keep any eye out to see if I can see it in flight.
Date: 5/15/18 8:54 pm From: 'Dawn Swartz' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Birds seen May 15 2018 at County farm Park
Birds seen may 15 2018 at County farm Park on the S curves down the hill which look out on Washtenaw Avenue.
Actually the connector trail between marker 10 and Marker 11.
B. Oriole 5
N. Cardinal 2
Chipping Sparrow
Catbird
Indigo Bunting
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
LeastFlycatcher
Goldfinch-2
American Robin-3
Nesting 15 feet in a tree adjacent to fitness station number three.
Mourning dove-2
Tennessee warbler-2
House Finch
Red wing blackbird 2 at least
Song sparrow
Tree swallow 2
Bluebird 2
Palm Warbler
Up the hill more toward marker number seven was found another pair of robins and a single Bluejay, a Philadelphia vireo and I think that same old gray cat bird that couldn’t keep quiet.
Whoever said to Bird the edges was exactly right. Here I had two swamps a Meadow, a Farm and field old growth trees and new growth as well.
Not bad for a half hour huh?
Happy Birding and remember during migration never be w/o your binos!
Dawn Swartz
Sent from my iPhone so please excuse the brevity :')
Date: 5/15/18 7:00 pm From: George Reasoner <nb8l...> Subject: [birders]
While birding at Hidden Lake Gardens near Tipton today, I heard two Barred Owls calling to each other.
Best regards, George
George Reasoner <nb8l...>
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in." George Washington Carver
Date: 5/15/18 2:23 pm From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] My Birding Mentor is free Washtenaw Audubon program, Weds., May 16, 7:30pm, Ann Arbor, all invited
Birders and friends,
Please join us for the following free program at the beautiful U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor. You do not have to be a Washtenaw Audubon member to attend.
Wednesday, May 16, 7:30pm
Like Father, Like Son: the Autobiography of a Birder
Ray Stocking shares the story of his unusual introduction to bird watching some 25 years ago. During his senior year in college, with very little birding experience and no binoculars, Ray's father, Jerome Stocking, asked Ray to join him in an overnight birding trip. This was the trip that would alter Ray’s world forever, during which he discovered the one bird that changed his life. Ray’s presentation includes 25 years of father-and-son birding, some of their hundreds of life birds, travels near and far, and the day when the father and the son reversed their roles.
Ray Stocking is the current Board Chair for Michigan Audubon and a past president of the Washtenaw Audubon Society. Ray helped develop birding programs for the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad, which continues to inspire young grade school students on the joys of our feathered friends. Ray resides in Ann Arbor with his wife and their two teenage children.
This program is free and open to the public. Membership is not required, though we would welcome your membership to help with our environmental and educational activities. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. For more information on free Washtenaw Audubon programs and field trips, go to
www.washtenawaudubon.org <http://www.washtenawaudubon.org/>
Date: 5/15/18 11:23 am From: madxofaa <madxofaa...> Subject: [birders] House Sparrows attacking House Wren box
I need advice on how to stop aggressive House Sparrows from trying to get into newly occupied House Wren box. Though they are too big to fit, they poke their heads in and may be trying to remove the nest. I also saw a sparrow dive-bomb the female Wren as she was trying to enter the box. The male is trying bravely to fend off the sparrows. When I can I either run outside or open the window and clap my hands, which scares off the sparrows but not the wrens. But the sparrows eventually return. I am afraid that the wrens will either abandon their nest, or one of them will not survive.
Please offer any thoughts on what to do. ..Bob Maddox (Ann Arbor)
Date: 5/15/18 6:43 am From: Andy Dettling <dendroica...> Subject: [birders] White-eyed Vireo Oakwoods MP
Singing and seen from the Yellow Horse Trail. Take the first right and then first left. Could be a breeding bird, no tapes. You will need knee waders and mosquito protection.
Date: 5/15/18 2:57 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Reminder: OAS field trip Wednesday May 16
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 7:30am-11:00am. All Saints Cemetery and Preserve
Leader: Don Burlett (<baikalteal13...>)
Meet near the administration building just in from the entrance off Nelsey,
just south of Andersonville Rd. 4401 Nelsey Rd Waterford, MI 48329. We’ll
proceed to bird the grounds and the preserve. There is a grassy field area
and some water and trees provide habitat. This will be our first visit to
this site.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome.
http://www.oaklandaudubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years
Date: 5/14/18 5:38 pm From: Jack Smiley <jackrsmiley...> Subject: [birders] Bobolinks are Back!
Yesterday, while picking some asparagus from my garden plot at the Conservancy Farm, a few Bobolinks chose to serenade me as they flew overhead. How sweet their song!
Also, a neighbor to the Farm reports that two Dickcissels have been visiting her bird feeder.
Jack Smiley
P.S. If anyone would be interested in a plot in the Community Organic Garden, please contact me. We have a number of plots available--all of which present prime viewing opportunities. : ) You can also read up on the requirements of the Community Organic Garden by visiting SMLC's web site at www.smlcland.org .
Our group of ten WAS birders (who were joined by a few others here and there throughout the day) were almost the first to arrive at Magee Marsh during Sunday morning's cold, rainy weather. When the rain stopped at 8 am, almost birds were swinging low on branches of bushes, shrubs, trees, or foraging on the ground. Cape May, Black-throated green, Black-throated blue, Blackburnian, Northern Parula, and Chestnut-sided warblers (both males and females) were numerous and mostly at eye level or below. It was a really bonanza for birders but stressful for hungry birds anxious to fuel up and continue their migration farther north to their summer nesting grounds.
Richard Crossley, author of the Crossley ID Guides, spotted a BLACK-THROATED GREY WARBLER east of the tower and a birder stampede to this location was immediately underway. We waited for a while, eventually joining the mob scene, but failing to see this rarity. A few hours later, our WAS group was birding beyond the bridge that begins the big loop. A birder spotted the rarity, calling it out within earshot, and we were close enough so that almost all of us WAS birders saw it. Although this bird was motoring east at breakneck speed, quick-on-the-draw Dave Amamoto got a snapshot <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45676666> of this rare warbler that he posted to our eBird list at https://ebird.org/view/ checklist/S45676666. Way to go Dave!
We spotted a PHILADELPHIA VIREO close to a Warbling vireo so we could contrast the former's delicate yellow coloring to drabness of the latter. Northern Waterthrush were loud and boisterous so everyone got on their big, lusty song, and saw a couple of birds firsthand. Both Blue-winged and Canada warblers were onesies but all got good, long looks.
In mid afternoon, we motored to the new Howard Marsh where Dunlins and Black-bellied plovers were in full breeding plumage. Three species each of terns and gulls were in view. Thanks to Jessica Adamczck and Dave for taking the lead here because their field trip leader was fading, eventually revived with an ice cream fix at nearby DJ's.
Special thanks to Dave for compiling the lists, and to all WAS birders who helped one another find this and that bird. Despite bad weather at the start, we had a fantastic and memorable day!
Key: H = Howard Marsh, B = Boardwalk at Magee, E = Estuary Trail at Magee, no code = bird seen at 2 or 3 locations.
Canada goose 10 H Trumpeter swan 2 B Northern shoveler 1 H Wood duck 2 B Mallard 3 Lesser scaup 1 H Double-crested cormorant 9 Bald eagle 3 B Great blue heron 5 E Great egret 3 E
Pied-billed grebe 1 H Osprey 2 H American coot 6 H Sandhill crane 1 H Black-bellied plover 5 H Killdeer 2 H Bonaparte's gull 50 H Ring-billed gull 18 H Herring gull 4 Common tern 1 E
Caspian tern 8 H Sterna sp. 2 H Great horned owl 1 E Eastern screech owl 1 B Ruby-throated hummingbird 3 B Downy woodpecker 1 B Red-bellied woodpecker 1 B Empid sp. 1 E Great-crested flycatcher 1 E Eastern kingbird 2 H
Philadelphia vireo 1 B Warbling vireo 11 Purple martin 1 H Tree swallow 25 Barn swallow 10 H Swallow sp. 6 H House wren 8 Horned lark 2 H Ruby-crowned kinglet 1 B Veery 4 B
Swainson's thrush 8 Hermit thrush 1 (seen by Dave only) B American robin 8 Grey catbird 20 Ovenbird 3 B Northern waterthrush 6 B Blue-winged warbler 1 B Black-and-white warbler 3 B Prothonotary warbler 3 B Tennessee warbler 8 B
Nashville warbler 5 B Common yellowthroat 5 American redstart 8 B Cape May warbler 20 Northern parula 10 Magnolia warbler 8 Bay-breasted warbler 9 Blackburnian warbler 12 B Yellow warbler 14 Chestnut-sided warbler 16
Blackpoll warbler 4 Black-throated blue warbler 14 Palm warbler 3 B Yellow-rumped warbler 4 BLACK-THROATED GREY WARBLER 1 B Black-throated green warbler 20 Canada warbler 1 B Wilson's warbler (seen by Dave only) 1 B Lincoln's sparrow 4 B White-crowned sparrow 1 E
Chipping sparrow 1 E Field sparrow 1 E White-throated sparrow 8 Swamp sparrow 2 B Song sparrow 2 H Scarlet tanager 1 E Northern cardinal 3 Rose-breasted grosbeak 2 B Baltimore oriole 5 Red-winged blackbird 29
All,
I rarely post however I believe you will find Lon Horwedel's bird photography most rewarding! I don't mind saying that I have some responsibility for his new passion of birding.....he made it to the marsh Sunday evening. His talent is evident and he has a wicked sense of humor.If I have not shared the link correctly, you can find/follow him on Facebook: Lon Horwedel
Happy Birding:)Leanne ChadwickLon Horwedel
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From: Scott Manly <manlyrs...>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 9:53 AM
To: Birders <birders...>; Bob Bethune <bobbethune...>
Subject: Re: [birders] Request for assistance - recordings of migrating Mourning Warbler songs
For comparison, are you interested in songs on territory? Living in Saskatchewan on the edge of the boreal forests, I found breeding birds singing on territory last year and I believe I have recordings of them.
Scott Manly
Shellbrook, SK
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From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...><mailto:<bobbethune...>> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 7:46:13 AM
To: Birders
Subject: Re: [birders] Request for assistance - recordings of migrating Mourning Warbler songs
The first thought that occurs to me would be to go to the Macauley Library website and work through their 529 recordings of mourning warblers. Each of their recordings is tied to a specific date/time stamp and geo location. Since they are audio recordings, the regiolects could be identified directly. Mapping that data should be useful.
On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, Jay Pitocchelli <jpitocch...><mailto:<jpitocch...>> wrote:
It is year 4 of this project and I am writing once again to post an opportunity to participate in a Citizens Science Project that involves recording migrating Mourning Warbler songs. I am interested in whether different song populations of Mourning Warblers (Western, Eastern, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland) migrate together or separately to their respective areas of the species’ breeding range. All you need is a smartphone with a voice recording app and some luck. The web page link below describes the project and how to make recordings on your Smartphone in more detail. There is also a link to the map with previous year’s results based on recordings from many volunteers.
20th Annual Garlic Mustard Weed Out Day
Help us remove invasive garlic mustard from our parks!
Saturday, May 19, 9 a.m. to noon, in 6 locations
For more information check out the NAP Stewardship Calendar<http://www.a2gov.org/NAPevents>,
Or contact NAP at 734.794.6627 or <NAP...><mailto:<NAP...>
From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2018 10:40 AM
To: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>
Cc: <birders...>
Subject: Re: [birders] Yesterday's Northern Goshawk report at Dolph Park-- Must be an error in ID
Birders,
I don't have contact info for Christopher Dick, who generated this report. If anyone knows him, please forward his contact info to me.
There is a Cooper's Hawk nest at that exact location. There is no way these birds would tolerate a Gos in there territory. This week we witnessed them showing a Peregrine Falcon out of their area, in a dramatic way.
Lots of frantic flight, and screaming.
A female Coop can look a whole lot like a Gos in the proper light. This one is a really big girl!
Date: 5/14/18 4:48 am From: Diana <dlkaamitwin...> Subject: Re: [birders] Washtenaw May Count was yesterday
Thank you for all you are doing Juliet!
Diana Kern
Via IPhone
> On May 13, 2018, at 10:39 PM, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
>
> Thanks and high fives to all the volunteers who birded yesterday in Washtenaw, despite cold temps, and thunderstorms off and on all day. I'll be posting our results in the next several weeks, but did not want to wait until then to express my appreciation for all the hard work and good birds.
>
> Our new system of an eBird account for each Township seems to be working, and I will have the count compiled as soon as everyone has submitted and shared their eBird checklists with the appropriate eBird usernames.
> See www.washtenawaudubon.org for more details and watch for the full report.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Juliet Berger
> President, Washtenaw Audubon Society
> Compiler, Washtenaw May Count
>
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Date: 5/13/18 7:39 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Washtenaw May Count was yesterday
Thanks and high fives to all the volunteers who birded yesterday in Washtenaw, despite cold temps, and thunderstorms off and on all day. I'll be posting our results in the next several weeks, but did not want to wait until then to express my appreciation for all the hard work and good birds.
Our new system of an eBird account for each Township seems to be working, and I will have the count compiled as soon as everyone has submitted and shared their eBird checklists with the appropriate eBird usernames. See www.washtenawaudubon.org for more details and watch for the full report.
Good birding,
Juliet Berger President, Washtenaw Audubon Society Compiler, Washtenaw May Count
My apologies if this does not meet posting requirements for this listserve,
On my way home from visiting family in Ohio, I saw a male Red-winged Blackbird get hit and by a car in front of me.
It was flopping around on the road as I went by. I turned around in a driveway to get the poor bird.
As I was coming upon the bird after turning around, a female Red-wing flew in and landed next to the seemingly lifeless body of the male.
She walked around him, flapping her wings and poking at him. She then grabbed one of his wings and tried to pull him off the road.
She couldn’t drag him very far and then flew off.
I’ve seen a dog do something similar when another dog got hit by a car, grabbing the injured dog by the collar and dragging it off the road. But this is the first time I’ve ever seen a bird do as such.
Jeff Schultz
Este correo electrónico está en español cuando no estás buscando
I just had a fly-by of a hummingbird through the yard. It briefly inspected the seed feeders and suet before buzzing off. Too bad the sugar water was still cooling otherwise the feeders would have been out for (presumably) him.
Date: 5/13/18 7:59 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Oakland Audubon Society: Upcoming field trips May 16 and May 20
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 7:30am-11:00am. All Saints Cemetery and Preserve
Leader: Don Burlett (<baikalteal13...>)
Meet near the administration building just in from the entrance off Nelsey,
just south of Andersonville Rd. 4401 Nelsey Rd Waterford, MI 48329. We’ll
proceed to bird the grounds and the preserve. There is a grassy field area
and some water and trees to provide habitat. This will be our first visit
to this site.
Sunday, May 20, 2018 7:30am-1:00pm. Algonac State Park and Harsen’s Island
Leader: Don Burlett (<baikalteal13...>)
Meet in the parking lot of Algonac State Park, just north of Algonac along
Route 29. We'll bird the park early in the day, checking out several
different habitats. Then in the late morning, we'll head back down to the
Harsen's Island Ferry and carpool over to the island to bird the variety of
lakeside habitats there, hoping to see Black Terns and other birds. We'll
visit the St. Clair Flats Wildlife area along the way. Bring a lunch or
snack as finding someplace to eat takes time and effort. A state park pass
is required. Please contact the leader to help work out carpooling
opportunities to avoid a long string of vehicles.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome.
http://www.oaklandaudubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Year
Date: 5/13/18 2:16 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Important: Pouring rain will stall our start at Magee Marsh this morning (bring a book to read in the car)!
It's really raining hard at Magee Marsh this morning. I'm still meeting at the Park-and-Ride at 5:50 am because I'm committed to the trip. I will meet field trip goers at the Warbler Display at 7:15 am but we will wait in our cars for the driving rain to stop. It might slow down at 8:30 am when I meet the second wave of field trip goers at the Warbler Display. We will plot our strategy and it will depend on the rain but it's really coming down hard this morning.
Please bring a book or something quiet to do in the car because we will wait until the rain slows down.
Date: 5/12/18 7:40 am From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> Subject: Re: [birders] Yesterday's Northern Goshawk report at Dolph Park-- Must be an error in ID
He has updated the checklist to show Cooper’s.
On Friday, May 11, 2018, Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
> https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45524055 >
> Birders,
> I don't have contact info for Christopher Dick, who generated this
> report. If anyone knows him, please forward his contact info to me.
> There is a Cooper's Hawk nest at that exact location. There is no way
> these birds would tolerate a Gos in there territory. This week we witnessed
> them showing a Peregrine Falcon out of their area, in a dramatic way.
> Lots of frantic flight, and screaming.
> A female Coop can look a whole lot like a Gos in the proper light. This
> one is a really big girl!
>
> Good Birding,
>
> Juliet Berger
>
> --
> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at
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Date: 5/12/18 5:48 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Meeting at Magee Marsh tomorrow, Sunday, May 13, for the WAS field trip
For those traveling to Magee Marsh tomorrow, Sunday, May 13, for the WAS field trip, we will have two meeting times at the Warbler Display at the west entrance to the boardwalk:
1. We will meet at the Warbler Display at 7:15 am to gather, use the facilities, and start birding. If I am not there to greet you, we were delayed driving to Magee (it happens even on a Sunday morning). Please be patient and we will get there. Birding is almost always great at this entrance so scan the trees, bushes, and ground for birds.
2. We will check the Warbler Display at 8:30 am to gather, use the facilities, and continue birding.
If you are concerned about meeting up, please message me, and we will exchange cell phone numbers in a private email message. Many thanks and see you soon!
Date: 5/11/18 6:42 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Time error for part of Washtenaw Audubon's Field Trip to Magee Marsh on Sunday May 13
Birders and friends, Our carpool to Magee Marsh does meet at 5:50 a.m. from the Plymouth Rd. Park and Ride, at US-23 in Ann Arbor, with a 6 a.m. departure. However, we will meet Karen Markey and the rest of the carpoolers at the "Warbler Display" at Magee Marsh's WEST boardwalk entrance at about 7:15 am., for those who don't meet at the Park and Ride. Please adjust your schedules accordingly. The website may say 8:30, but should say 7:15 a.m. for meeting at Magee.
Good birding, and dress warmly. On these cold days in May, the warblers are often low and close, feeding near the ground where it is warmer and there are bugs. So the birding can be spectacular!
Good birding,
Juliet Berger President, Washtenaw Audubon Society
Date: 5/11/18 11:59 am From: lisalk lisalk <lisalk...> Subject: [birders] Nesting bird in west pond, Gallup Park
West of canoe livery, across GP road, beyond first observation deck (w/green public-use scope.). Nest is on a small (1'x1'?) island of sticks, midway between deck and cattails to west. Could barely make out bird w/bins in rain. Seemed small (grebe?), w/pointed yellowish beak-bill and ruddy breast. Dark (black? brown?) head. In midst of swooping swallows.
Thanks, and good birding! Lisa Lava-Kellar Ann Arbor
Date: 5/11/18 6:26 am From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Yesterday's Northern Goshawk report at Dolph Park-- Must be an error in ID
Birders, I don't have contact info for Christopher Dick, who generated this report. If anyone knows him, please forward his contact info to me. There is a Cooper's Hawk nest at that exact location. There is no way these birds would tolerate a Gos in there territory. This week we witnessed them showing a Peregrine Falcon out of their area, in a dramatic way. Lots of frantic flight, and screaming. A female Coop can look a whole lot like a Gos in the proper light. This one is a really big girl!
Date: 5/11/18 3:58 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Final reminder: WAS Field Trip to Magee Marsh on Sunday, May 13
Please join me for a Washtenaw Audubon Society field trip to Magee Marsh this Sunday, May 13. We will carpool from the Plymouth Road park-and-ride parking lot at 5:50 am, leave the lot at 6 am sharp. (This lot is at the southwest intersection of US-23 and Plymouth Road.) Please do not arrive late at the park-and-ride lot because we could be gone!
Alternatively, you can meet me and the rest of the carpoolers at the "Warbler Display" at Magee Marsh's WEST boardwalk entrance at about 7:15 am. I plan to return in late afternoon, possibly making a stop at a nearby marsh (e.g., Metzger, Maumee, Howard) if an unusual bird is reported there, but individual drivers and their carpools may arrange to come back sooner.
Sunday's forecast has changed since my first message about this trip. It will be colder with thunderstorms ending as we arrive in the morning, temperatures starting in the low 50s and rising to barely low 60s, and ENE winds. It will be cold! Such winds can blow across Lake Erie making Magee downright frigid! Bring a hat, warm jacket, gloves, scarf, insect repellent, lunch, and plenty of water or fluids for hydration. Magee Marsh is boardwalk so athletic shoes/sneakers should be fine.
Except for the Breakfast Guy on the Friendship Trail, there is NO food or drink for sale at Magee Marsh or anywhere nearby -- please pack a LUNCH along with plenty of WATER and your favorite snacks and soft drinks.
If you have questions, please message me at ylime AT umich.edu. See you at the Plymouth Road park-and-ride carpark at 5:50 am or at the Magee Marsh warbler display at 7:15 am this Sunday, May 13.
PS. Messaging me that you are meeting me at the Plymouth Road park-and-ride lot would be helpful so that I know you will be joining the trip.
Date: 5/11/18 2:52 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Reminder OAS Events: Young Birders Saturday May 12 and Magee Marsh field trip Saturday May 12
Young Birders event Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9:00am-12:00pm. Hawk Woods
Nature Center.
May 12 marks International Migratory Bird Day. Birds that have spent winter
in the tropics are now returning to the north to breed. Learn about the
hazards of migration through games and other activities. In addition take a
hike to see some of the amazing warblers returning to Michigan. One of the
most famous Michigan warblers will be highlighted – the Kirtland’s Warbler.
Snacks and educational materials will be provided. To register for this
event please see the instructions on the Young Birders page on our website.
Contact Kathleen Dougherty for details at <kad8186...>
Field trip Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8:00am-1:00pm. Magee Marsh and
Environs. Leader:
Don Burlett <baikalteal13...>
We'll meet at the west end of the parking lot along the lake at Magee Marsh
at first light for those who desire and again at 8 AM. This day will be one
of wandering the boardwalk (among the crowds) and visiting several other
sites in the area looking for many species. Depending on the weather, this
could be a spectacular day. Bring a lunch or snack and water as stopping
and leaving the site to find food is always an inconvenience.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome. http://www.oaklandaud ubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years!
Date: 5/10/18 8:35 pm From: Patrick Baize <pkbaize...> Subject: Re: [birders] A record-setter for me
Thats what a good spring day will do for you Congratulations
Pat B. Howell, Michigan
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Subject: [birders] A record-setter for me
To: "Birders" <birders...>
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2018, 6:12 PM
I normally don’t care how many
birds or how many species I see when I go out observing
birds; I would rather spend my time getting to know each
bird I do see as intimately as possible. However, today’s
session was remarkably productive as things go here. I
wound up seeing 25 species of birds, all on the same 5 acre
property, within the space of less than two hours. The
checklist is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45518119.
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Date: 5/10/18 3:12 pm From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> Subject: [birders] A record-setter for me
I normally don’t care how many birds or how many species I see when I go
out observing birds; I would rather spend my time getting to know each bird
I do see as intimately as possible. However, today’s session was remarkably
productive as things go here. I wound up seeing 25 species of birds, all
on the same 5 acre property, within the space of less than two hours. The
checklist is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45518119.
Date: 5/9/18 2:14 pm From: 'michael wells' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] Pine siskin continues in Clinton Township
Pine Siskin's still here in Clarkston, Michigan around my feeding area as well.
Best of Regards, Michael Wells, LIC
6481 Springfield Ln.
Clarkston, Mi. 48346
248-625-3089
On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 11:51 AM, Thierry Lach <thierry.lach...> wrote:
Over the last couple of days I've still been seeing a single pine siskin at my finch feeder in Clinton Township. I haven't been able to determine if it is a single individual or multiple solitary individuals.
Date: 5/9/18 11:18 am From: Maxine Biwer <mxnbiwer...> Subject: [birders] Re: small thrush question
Thanks for all the responses. It sounds like the bird I saw was most likely a Swainson's Thrush or a Gray-cheeked Thrush. It did not have any red on it, so not a Hermit Thrush. It was a beautiful bird, glad I got to see it.
Max
On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Maxine Biwer <mxnbiwer...> wrote:
> Hi, > > I had a small thrush in my backyard yesterday, with a grayish back, and > spectacular spotted chest. > Does anyone know what it's likely to be, migrating (I assume) through an > Ann Arbor backyard? > > thanks, > > Max >
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Date: 5/9/18 10:07 am From: NAPBirds <NAPBirds...> Subject: RE: [birders] small thrush question
Hello Maxine,
Gray-cheeked and Swainson’s Thrushes are the most common migrants this time of year, with grayish backs. The Swainson’s is more abundant. Hermit thrushes are also possible but tend to migrate earlier.
allaboutbirds.org gives you some good comparison photos.
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Subject: [birders] small thrush question
Date: 5/9/18 7:45 am From: Maxine Biwer <mxnbiwer...> Subject: [birders] small thrush question
Hi,
I had a small thrush in my backyard yesterday, with a grayish back, and spectacular spotted chest. Does anyone know what it's likely to be, migrating (I assume) through an Ann Arbor backyard?
Date: 5/9/18 7:22 am From: Dan Ezekiel <dan.ezekiel24...> Subject: [birders] Fwd: Hooded warbler, Lyndon Twp, Washtenaw
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
> Easily heard and seen just south of the hiking trail that comes off the parking area at the end of Lindley Rd. Half a mile or so west of the parking area, where the trail crosses a north-south trail. When you pass the second metal barrier, you’re halfway to the spot. Also many other nice birds. Happy birding! DE
>
> Sent from my iPhone
Date: 5/8/18 10:58 am From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Washtenaw May Count is this weekend
Hello Birders and Friends, Our Washtenaw Co. May Bird Count is May 12, this Saturday. If you have not yet found a place to help out with this event, please contact me, and I will assign you where you are most needed. Details are on our website, but the gist of it is, we have eBird accounts set up for all Townships in Washtenaw County, and everyone should know where they are birding, check in with the area leader to get an assignment, and share your personal eBird checklists with the TWP in which you bird. Put the TWP name in the comments section for extra thoroughness. Feeder watchers within the County, same drill, share your eBird checklists from your feeder with the appropriate area leader depending upon which TWP you live in.
See www.washtenawaudubon.org for more details including all TWP usernames for sharing.
Good Birding,
Juliet Berger President, Washtenaw Audubon Society Compiler Washtenaw May Count
Date: 5/8/18 8:53 am From: <fkaluza...> Subject: Re: [birders] Orioles are all wrong!
I liked last years a lot better because I spent time learning to reproduce them very closely. The ones this year are boring by comparison. Maybe these punks all have lip rings or tongue studs or something. :)
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On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 11:49, Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...> wrote:
Chances are your birds are different than the ones you had last year. The males have individual songs and can be quite different. Some are only a few notes and some are much longer. Females also sing, although not as complex songs as the males.Here is some information from Cornell's Birds of North America:
Males on adjacent territories often have matching song repertoires, or at least several identical songs or notes (Beletsky 1982a). Edinger (Edinger 1985) suggested that such neighbors might be siblings or unrelated birds from nearby nests who learned from the same adult(s).
Although both these alternatives suggest early song-learning, some males (not all neighbors sing similar songs) may be able to learn songs later and adjust their singing to that of neighbors after territories have been set up (Edinger 1985). Some changes in song occur in adult birds; Clawson (Clawson 1980) noted that although the songs of yearling (in first potential breeding season) and older males were similar with respect to 6 variables considered separately, it was possible to differentiate songs of the 2 age groups using discriminant function analysis of all 6 variables together.
Janet Hinshaw ph: 734-764-0457Bird Division Collection Manager fax: 734-998-0038University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyResearch Museums Center3600 Varsity DriveAnn Arbor, MI 48108-2228 USA http://lsa.umich.edu/ummz/birds/ On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 10:34 AM, <fkaluza...> <fkaluza...> wrote:
What kind of bad habits do those birds learn wherever they overwinter? Their musical call (around here) is completely different than it was last year and...as I recall, last year's was a little different than the year before. Do your orioles sound the same as you remember? Could strong winds have brought birds from different regions into areas they've not been dominant in before?
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Date: 5/8/18 8:51 am From: Thierry Lach <thierry.lach...> Subject: [birders] Pine siskin continues in Clinton Township
Over the last couple of days I've still been seeing a single pine siskin at my finch feeder in Clinton Township. I haven't been able to determine if it is a single individual or multiple solitary individuals.
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Date: 5/8/18 8:49 am From: Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...> Subject: Re: [birders] Orioles are all wrong!
Chances are your birds are different than the ones you had last year. The males have individual songs and can be quite different. Some are only a few notes and some are much longer. Females also sing, although not as complex songs as the males. Here is some information from Cornell's Birds of North America:
Although both these alternatives suggest early song-learning, some males (not all neighbors sing similar songs) may be able to learn songs later and adjust their singing to that of neighbors after territories have been set up (Edinger 1985 <https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/balori/references#REF3455>). Some changes in song occur in adult birds; Clawson (Clawson 1980 <https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/balori/references#REF53493>) noted that although the songs of yearling (in first potential breeding season) and older males were similar with respect to 6 variables considered separately, it was possible to differentiate songs of the 2 age groups using discriminant function analysis of all 6 variables together.
Janet Hinshaw ph: 734-764-0457 Bird Division Collection Manager fax: 734-998-0038 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Research Museums Center 3600 Varsity Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228 USA
Date: 5/8/18 8:08 am From: Andrew Tillinghast <andrewtillinghast...> Subject: Re: [birders] New level of absurdity in the Arb (Ann Arbor)
I agree. Levels of nest parasitism by human babies has decimated local populations of neotropical songbirds. Last year I witnessed a vireo feeding grubs to a huge, towheaded baby dominating the nest. Truly heartbreaking!
Andrew Tillinghast Ann Arbor
On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 9:23 AM JOHN PARKER <parkerj15...> wrote:
> I concur. There are too many children being born in the Arb. > > John Parker > > Waterford, MI > > On May 7, 2018 at 3:33 PM Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman...> wrote: > > Unbelievably Arb (Nichol's Arboretum) authorities are now using leaf > blowers to artificially manipulate and cultivate vegetation in the > Arboretum (Ann Arbor). This nonsense is nothing but an Environmental > diversion and has minimal connection with preserving natural habitats and > native ecosystems as these people so piously claim. If you really want to > do that, you would put most (all?) of your efforts into stopping Human > Population growth and decreasing Human impacts drastically on the natural > environment both in the United States and Worldwide. Messing around with > small artificial landscapes with a few native plants ain't going to cut it. > > > Roger Kuhlman > > Ann Arbor, Michigan > > > Healthy populations of birds and butterflies both locally, nationally, and > internationally are heavily dependent on large scale highly interconnected > natural habitats filled with rich biodiversity. > > > > > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<DM5PR14MB143354EC00BC8712F3CCA54FC59B0...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<DM5PR14MB143354EC00BC8712F3CCA54FC59B0...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/optout. > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<269262331.98988.1525785797889...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<269262331.98988.1525785797889...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/optout. > -- Sent from a cell phone so please read leniently.
Date: 5/8/18 7:35 am From: <fkaluza...> <fkaluza...> Subject: [birders] Orioles are all wrong!
What kind of bad habits do those birds learn wherever they overwinter? Their musical call (around here) is completely different than it was last year and...as I recall, last year's was a little different than the year before. Do your orioles sound the same as you remember? Could strong winds have brought birds from different regions into areas they've not been dominant in before?
Woodies passed me by in a flash this year. Weird weather seems to have stymied nesting attempts of cavity-nesting ducks this year. Very little interest and no takers (to date) in any of the offered housing.
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Had our usual pair show up yesterday in the woods around the house.
Date: 5/8/18 6:40 am From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Tonight: free Washtenaw Audubon field trip, all welcome
Welcome all Washtenaw and other Birders,
This evening's 'Tuesday Evening Birders' field trip will start at the Miller Road Park and Ride. All Washtenaw (and other) birders are welcome to attend.
PLEASE BE PROMPT, the sun sets at 8:40-ish and we have a lot of ground to cover in the available daylight hours.
The caravan will start at 6pm and drive to the following locations which were scouted out in advance :
*Parker Road Marsh (Scio Church Road and Parker Road)
* Brauer Preserve
* Sutton Lake
* Pleasant Lake
* Pleasant Lake Marsh areas (South side of Pleasant Lake on Hieber Rd)
* Steinbach Road south of W Ellsworth Road
Pair up with others to minimize the number of vehicles in the caravan. Bring working walkie talkies to call out birds as we drive. Have a full tank of gas if you plan to drive.
Here is the web link for this evening’s field trip and others :
Date: 5/8/18 6:23 am From: JOHN PARKER <parkerj15...> Subject: Re: [birders] New level of absurdity in the Arb (Ann Arbor)
I concur. There are too many children being born in the Arb.
John Parker
Waterford, MI
> On May 7, 2018 at 3:33 PM Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman...> wrote:
>
> Unbelievably Arb (Nichol's Arboretum) authorities are now using leaf blowers to artificially manipulate and cultivate vegetation in the Arboretum (Ann Arbor). This nonsense is nothing but an Environmental diversion and has minimal connection with preserving natural habitats and native ecosystems as these people so piously claim. If you really want to do that, you would put most (all?) of your efforts into stopping Human Population growth and decreasing Human impacts drastically on the natural environment both in the United States and Worldwide. Messing around with small artificial landscapes with a few native plants ain't going to cut it.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
> Healthy populations of birds and butterflies both locally, nationally, and internationally are heavily dependent on large scale highly interconnected natural habitats filled with rich biodiversity.
>
Date: 5/7/18 8:42 pm From: Alice Elliott <alelliot...> Subject: [birders] Help Prevent Window Collisions During Migration
Hey folks,
It's been quite a busy listserv lately, so I'll make this quick.
I come to you as the co-founder of Washtenaw Safe Passage
<https://www.facebook.com/washtenawsafepassage> (and this year, an intern
at the Bird Center of Washtenaw County). We work to reduce window strikes
across Washtenaw County and beyond.
*What You Can Do*
Since birds see reflections, not glass, you need to break up that
reflection. And a *single falcon decal isn't enough!* There must be enough
decals so that the birds will not try to fly around them. To prevent
collisions, decals must be spaced every 2 inches: the “2 x 2 rule”, as
published by the American Bird Conservancy.
Products like Feather Friendly, Acopian BirdSavers, ABC BirdTape, and more
are designed to prevent bird strikes, and can easily be found with a quick
Google search:
For those more concerned with aesthetics, window films offer an elegant
alternative:
For the artistically inclined, tempera paint offers a washable way to make
your windows bird-safe and beautiful:
(*Note that the left window is NOT bird safe! See the big open spaces
between the purple birds? But it will be safe when the artist finishes
painting the white dots.)*
If you find that a bird has hit your window, please call the *Bird Center
of Washtenaw County* immediately: 734-761-9640. We are open from 7 AM to 9
PM; if you can't reach us, please keep the bird in a box, away from light
and noise, and handle it as little as possible. *Do not feed or water the
bird*.
Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions, either about
volunteering with Safe Passage (we always need more people!) or about
making your windows bird-safe. I love helping people with this issue, so I
am always happy to provide consultation on windows. You can reach me at
<aliceell...> You can also follow Washtenaw Safe Passage on Facebook
by clicking here <https://www.facebook.com/washtenawsafepassage>!
Thank you for helping make the skies safe for birds!
-Alice
PS Lights are important too! In fact, thanks to the tireless advocacy of
many who came before me, Ann Arbor has a resolution in place for high-rises
<https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Parks-Recreation/NAP/birds/Pages/SafePassage.aspx>,
at night, to turn off their lights on the fifth floor and above during
migration. However, due to the fact that Washtenaw County is mostly
low-rises (and thus does not have as much of an issue with nocturnal
collisions), Washtenaw Safe Passage focuses more on window strikes.
Date: 5/7/18 6:43 pm From: 'Suzanne (Moses/Vedder) Mason' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] New Yard Bird
This morning I looked up at my feeder and saw a bird I've not even seen around here. I knew right away what it was, but was in disbelief. No mistaking the Red-headed Woodpecker! I now officially have seen all 7 lower peninsula Michigan woodpeckers in my yard. I took pictures but they aren't very good... I won't send unless someone asks.
Orioles, Grosbeaks, indigo Buntings, Thrashers, Catbirds, Bobolink, and all kinds of sparrows are here too (with lingering Tree sparrows and Juncos). Not so much on the warblers yet. Turkeys have taken over my yard as their personal hangout. They're in and out most of the day coming up to my deck and house. Had 5 toms at one time, all puffed up and gorgeous... but the hens could care less!
Suzanne in Big Rapids
On Monday, May 7, 2018 8:03 PM, Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> wrote:
Coming around a corner on a trail near the marshes around Duck Lake in Livingston County, I came upon a pair of sandhill cranes beautifully lit by the late afternoon sun. Upon getting the binoculars on to them, I noticed two beautiful little brown fledglings poking around beside mama. The family slowly ambled off down the trail together.--
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Date: 5/7/18 5:03 pm From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> Subject: [birders] Sandhill crane pair with fledglings
Coming around a corner on a trail near the marshes around Duck Lake in Livingston County, I came upon a pair of sandhill cranes beautifully lit by the late afternoon sun. Upon getting the binoculars on to them, I noticed two beautiful little brown fledglings poking around beside mama. The family slowly ambled off down the trail together.
Date: 5/7/18 2:54 pm From: Tait, Mag <mtait...> Subject: Re: [birders] That Banded Piping Plover, Lake Saint Clair Metropark, April 2018
Remarkable series of photos!
Sent from my iPhone
On May 7, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Alan Ryff <alryff...><mailto:<alryff...>> wrote:
The following is information about that banded Piping Plover at Lake Saint Clair Metropark 22-30 April 2018.
It foraged for the most part along the broken interface of lawn grass and open sandy beach, probably detecting the subterranean earthworms by feeling them through its feet and/or hearing them. With its bill it then either dug or pulled the worms out of the sand. After eating several worms, the plover returned to the shoreline. See photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snow-shadow/
On 4 May Vince Cavalieri, a Certified Wildlife Biologist, at the East Lansing Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, responded to my question about the origin of the banded Piping Plover at Lake Saint Clair Metropark during 22-30 April 2018:
". . . I assume you are talking about a male plover that actually bred in Green Bay last year. That in itself is kind of a remarkable story. The USACE and Brown County, Wisconsin developed a project to recreate a series of islands that once existed in Green Bay prior to the 1970s. They used dredge from the Fox River and made a series of cells within dikes. Kind of by accident one of the cells kind of turned into good piping plover habitat and it first attracted 1 pair in 2016 and then somewhat remarkably 4 pairs in 2017. The male you saw was part of the 4th pair that developed a nest out on Cat Island last year. I assume it was just stopping by Lake St. Clair Metropark on its way back to Cat Island, but we shall see! The whole Cat Island project has been a tremendous success for shorebirds as there have been I think over 30 species spotted using it as a stopover location including some other rare species like Red Knot and Hudsonian Godwit."
On 5 May Alice Van Zoeren, who manages e-mail for the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team, <plover...><mailto:<plover...> added to Vince's information:
"We don't know when or where this fellow hatched since he wasn't banded as a chick. As Vince noted he returned to breed last summer (2017) at Cat Island in Green Bay, WI."
It's worth while checking out the Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team, especially their captive-breeding program in conjunction with the Detroit Zoo staff at the Michigan Biological Station near Pellston, Michigan.
http://www.greatlakespipingplover.org/
Date: 5/7/18 2:36 pm From: Alan Ryff <alryff...> Subject: [birders] That Banded Piping Plover, Lake Saint Clair Metropark, April 2018
The following isinformation about that banded Piping Plover at Lake Saint Clair Metropark 22-30 April 2018. Itforaged for the most part along the broken interface of lawn grass and opensandy beach, probably detecting thesubterranean earthworms by feeling them through its feet and/or hearing them. With its bill it then either dug or pulledthe worms out of the sand. After eatingseveral worms, the plover returned to the shoreline. See photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snow-shadow/
On 4 May VinceCavalieri, a Certified Wildlife Biologist, at the East Lansing Field Office of the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService, responded to my question about the origin of the banded Piping Ploverat Lake Saint Clair Metropark during 22-30 April 2018: ".. . Iassume you are talking about a male plover that actually bred in Green Bay lastyear. That in itself is kind of a remarkable story. The USACE andBrown County, Wisconsin developed a project to recreate a series of islandsthat once existed in Green Bay prior to the 1970s. They used dredge fromthe Fox River and made a series of cells within dikes. Kind of byaccident one of the cells kind of turned into good piping plover habitat and itfirst attracted 1 pair in 2016 and then somewhat remarkably 4 pairs in2017. The male you saw was part of the 4th pair that developed a nest outon Cat Island last year. I assume it was just stopping by Lake St. ClairMetropark on its way back to Cat Island, but we shall see! The whole CatIsland project has been a tremendous success for shorebirds as there have beenI think over 30 species spotted using it as a stopover location including someother rare species like Red Knot and Hudsonian Godwit."
On 5 May Alice Van Zoeren, who manages e-mail for the GreatLakes Piping Plover Conservation Team, <plover...> to Vince's information: "We don't know when or wherethis fellow hatched since he wasn't banded as a chick. As Vince noted hereturned to breed last summer (2017) at Cat Island in Green Bay,WI." It's worth while checking out theGreat Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team, especially their captive-breedingprogram in conjunction with the Detroit Zoo staff at the Michigan BiologicalStation near Pellston, Michigan.http://www.greatlakespipingplover.org/Alan Ryff
Date: 5/7/18 1:57 pm From: Mary Alice H <mholz0226...> Subject: [birders] Nest parasitization or ?.
Hi, all, I have a question for all the experts on this list. Two or three weeks ago, I observed a robin busily constructing a nest in the arbor vitae by our front door. A few days later I found a robins egg, undamaged, on the front porch. A couple days later, no parent on the nest, I peeked in and discovered one robin egg in the nest along with 5 darker speckled eggs which I assumed (wrongly, it seems) to be cowbird eggs. Cowbird are around and I thought I glimpsed one coming into the tree once.
Actually, it is a grackle! I'm over run with them this year. Do grackles take over robin nests? If not, what happened? If the robin egg hatches, what then?
Date: 5/7/18 12:33 pm From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman...> Subject: [birders] New level of absurdity in the Arb (Ann Arbor)
Unbelievably Arb (Nichol's Arboretum) authorities are now using leaf blowers to artificially manipulate and cultivate vegetation in the Arboretum (Ann Arbor). This nonsense is nothing but an Environmental diversion and has minimal connection with preserving natural habitats and native ecosystems as these people so piously claim. If you really want to do that, you would put most (all?) of your efforts into stopping Human Population growth and decreasing Human impacts drastically on the natural environment both in the United States and Worldwide. Messing around with small artificial landscapes with a few native plants ain't going to cut it.
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Healthy populations of birds and butterflies both locally, nationally, and internationally are heavily dependent on large scale highly interconnected natural habitats filled with rich biodiversity.
Date: 5/7/18 9:04 am From: Sally K. Scheer <winerat...> Subject: [birders] head to head over the jelly and other yard birds
Used an old two layer metal soap dish (well washed, of course) tied to the railing of our deck to serve up this year's grape jelly for all comers. The top layer of the dish is brought in each night to discourage coon depredation. This setup is working better than old dishes or commercial nectar feeders.
Interesting visitors to this jelly dish this morning were a red bellied woodpecker and the usual oriole. Unusual? Yes, because I had never before seen these two birds face to face across a three-inch dish. The red bellied made one half-hearted jab at the oriole and then they both went back to the pile of grape jelly.
Other morning pleasures were two white crowned sparrows on the deck floor pecking at black sunflower seeds and two rose breasted grosbeaks on the feeders and the railing for the same seeds.
Folks, I don't typically post any activity in my yard but today was a good day. I walked my yard for about 90 minutes and had a nice time. 42 species including two Eastern Towhees at my feeders, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, 7 warblers (Orange-crowned, Tennessee, Nashville, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Common Yellowthroat), several White-crowned Sparrows and many other usuals. I also confirmed a number of nesters in my boxes or on my house or real close to the house (bluebirds, chickadees, robin, house finch, eastern phone, house sparrow and tree swallow). My "nature preserved concept seems to be working. No hummers yet.
Don Burlett
I’ve spoken to Paul Girard, Collections/Natural Areas Specialist at Matthaei, and he tells me (as Bob Grese told me earlier) that all of the roof vents actually have screens on them, and it would be an arduous process to remove one or 2—might not be done until mid to late summer. So she’s getting out through the open glass, only to be repelled by the screen. He is going to try to leave a door open into the staff work area, and then more doors open to the outside, in hopes she will find her way out. Otherwise, in the next several weeks, we may need to try to get Allen Chartier, our resident Hummingbird expert, out to capture, band and release her. As we spoke, Paul Girard was watching her flying around the ceiling looking for a way out.
20th Annual Garlic Mustard Weed Out Day
Help us remove invasive garlic mustard from our parks!
Saturday, May 19, 9 a.m. to noon, in 6 locations
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From: Rosemary Ziemba <rzie...>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2018 7:37 AM
To: Angela Cobas <angnix...>
Cc: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...>; <birders...> <birders...>
Subject: Re: [birders] Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory Hummingbird
Hi, I saw the hummingbird back in the cactus section of the conservatory on friday April 27. In prior weeks, I'd seen her in all three sections of the conservatory and also watched her flying out and back in through the open vents in the roof in the cactus house.
Here's to spring! Rosemary
On May 6, 2018 9:43 PM, "Angela Cobas" <angnix...><mailto:<angnix...>> wrote:
I looked and I looked for her for quite awhile (I'm assuming she was in the greenhouses by the desk and store area) but did not see her today.
Angela Cobas
On Sun, May 6, 2018, 9:33 PM Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...><mailto:<juliet.berger...>> wrote:
I spoke with a front desk person at Matthaei today, when I was out at the Gardens, and she referred me
to a Horticultural specialist, whose email address she provided. The desk clerk seemed to recall seeing her a week or two ago.
I'll contact him, but no one seems to know what's up with the hummingbird.
Juliet Berger
On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Bob Bethune <bobbethune...><mailto:<bobbethune...>> wrote:
What do the people who work at there report?
Date: 5/7/18 5:37 am From: 'P. swanson' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Orioles and hummingbirds
Will be unable to feed orioles and hummers at all this season thanks to squirrels draining and knocking down all my feeders. It happens within minutes of putting them up.
Can’t locate them anywhere but on my deck.
Penny S.
Date: 5/7/18 5:10 am From: Scott Smith <painless...> Subject: [birders] Snowy Owl
Well I had a surprise yesterday! While driving west on M-50 from Dundee into Briton I saw what at first I believed to be a white bag on the top of a telephone pole one mile exactly east of the city limits of Briton. As it turned out it was an adult snowy owl watching traffic go by. Wow! I may have seen this same owl a number of months ago in roughly the same area. It was reported off and on all winter. I never thought to be seeing one so late. I thought it was great seeing a male Indigo Bunting under the feeder in the morning but this was Great! Scott Smith
Hi, I saw the hummingbird back in the cactus section of the conservatory on friday April 27. In prior weeks, I'd seen her in all three sections of the conservatory and also watched her flying out and back in through the open vents in the roof in the cactus house. Here's to spring! Rosemary
On May 6, 2018 9:43 PM, "Angela Cobas" <angnix...> wrote:
I looked and I looked for her for quite awhile (I'm assuming she was in the greenhouses by the desk and store area) but did not see her today.
Angela Cobas
On Sun, May 6, 2018, 9:33 PM Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
Date: 5/7/18 3:39 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Planning for the WAS Field Trip to Magee Marsh on Sunday, May 13
Please join me for a Washtenaw Audubon Society field trip to Magee Marsh this Sunday, May 13. We will carpool from the Plymouth Road park-and-ride parking lot at 5:50 am, leaving the lot at 6 am sharp. Please do not arrive late at the park-and-ride lot because we could be gone!
Alternatively, you can meet me and the rest of the carpoolers at the "Warbler Display" at Magee Marsh's WEST boardwalk entrance at about 7:15 a.m. I plan to return in late afternoon, possibly making a stop at nearby Metzger Marsh or Maumee Bay State Park, but individual drivers and their carpools may arrange to come back sooner. Bring a hat, insect repellent, lunch, and plenty of water or fluids for hydration. There is NO food or drink for sale at Magee Marsh or anywhere nearby -- please pack a LUNCH along with plenty of WATER and your favorite snacks and soft drinks. (Last year, there was a breakfast truck on one of the trails ... I don't know whether it will be selling coffee and snacks there this year but this trip's objective is birding, not snacking.)
Looking at the long-range forecast for Sunday, May 13, I would suggest you plan for a warm start in the low 60s, getting warmer with temperatures reaching the low 70s, beautiful south winds (coaxing birds to Magee), and with the threat of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Bring a hat, insect repellent, poncho or rain jacket, and sunscreen, and layer your clothes for both cool and warm conditions. Magee Marsh is boardwalk so athletic shoes/sneakers should be fine.
If you have questions, please message me at ylime AT umich.edu. See you at the Plymouth Road park-and-ride carpark at 5:50 am or at the Magee Marsh warbler display at 7:15 am this Sunday, May 13.
PS. Messaging me that you are meeting me at the Plymouth Road park-and-ride lot would be helpful so that I know you will be joining the trip.
Date: 5/7/18 2:57 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Oakland Audubon Society Young Birders Event May 12
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9:00am-12:00pm. Hawk Woods Nature Center.
May 12 marks International Migratory Bird Day. Birds that have spent winter
in the tropics are now returning to the north to breed. Learn about the
hazards of migration through games and other activities. In addition take a
hike to see some of the amazing warblers returning to Michigan. One of the
most famous Michigan warblers will be highlighted – the Kirtland’s Warbler.
Snacks and educational materials will be provided. To register for this
event please see the instructions on the Young Birders page on our website.
Contact Kathleen Dougherty for details at <kad8186...>
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome. http://www.oaklandaud ubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years!
Date: 5/7/18 2:12 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Oakland Audubon Society upcoming events May 8 and 12
Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 6:30 P.M. Heritage Park Farmington Hills, Nature Walk. Join us for our annual spring Nature Walk held instead of our monthly meeting. Meet in the parking lot near the Nature Center and Spicer House. 24915 Farmington Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48336. We have reserved the South Shelter for refreshments after the walk.
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 8:00am-1:00pm. Magee Marsh and Environs. Leader: Don Burlett <baikalteal13...> We'll meet at the west end of the parking lot along the lake at Magee Marsh at first light for those who desire and again at 8 AM. This day will be one of wandering the boardwalk (among the crowds) and visiting several other sites in the area looking for many species. Depending on the weather, this could be a spectacular day. Bring a lunch or snack and water as stopping and leaving the site to find food is always an inconvenience.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome. http://www.oaklandaud ubon.org/
Thank you, Phil Bugosh Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years!
I spoke with a front desk person at Matthaei today, when I was out at the Gardens, and she referred me to a Horticultural specialist, whose email address she provided. The desk clerk seemed to recall seeing her a week or two ago. I'll contact him, but no one seems to know what's up with the hummingbird. Juliet Berger
On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> wrote:
Date: 5/6/18 3:38 pm From: Tait, Mag <mtait...> Subject: Re: [birders] Metro Beach Before Birding Was Cool
Thanks for sharing! I always enjoy your perspective.
Sent from my iPhone
On May 6, 2018, at 5:01 PM, Alan Ryff <alryff...><mailto:<alryff...>> wrote:
Excuse my usage of Metro Beach in this communication. For those who have been birding before birding was cool, Metro Beach rolls off the tongue with greater affection than Lake Saint Clair Metropark. My first visit to Metro was in 1960. In that year I was ready to expand beyond Saint Clair Shores with its remnant patches of wet woods and seasonally flooded fields. I hitch-hiked up Jefferson from my neighborhood at 10 Mile Road. I was only 13. There was no talk of stranger danger. (Though once, a guy picked me up with a fresh bullet wound in the upper arm.)
In those days Metro didn't have much of a nature trail, just a short loop for the most part through what was then Cottonwood saplings and brushy patches of Sandbar Willow. The best way to get around was to wade through the cattails. Any risk added to the fun. I thought nothing of crossing truly deep mudflats where more than once I temporarily lost my shoes. And all of this was done without the distraction of smart phones and Ebird alerts.
Birding was not a lister's game. Who heard of lisitng? For a whole year or two I did not see a bird watcher at Metro. Rather, birding was a learning curve. Birding wasn't the big bucks of today: cheap binouclars that barely functioned by today's standards, a pocket-sized notebook stained with non water-resistant ink, and a Peterson tucked in an empty binoc-case. And what sights I had on those first visits: Blue-winged Teals, Common Gallinules, Soras, Virgina and King Rails, all of these with their broods; Black Terns nesting on floating boards, Marsh Wren nests, and an unprotected colony of Common Terns at what is now Huron Point. (Eventually a miniature train track for the public's pleasure was allowed to replace the terns.) As long as the grass wasn't cut in the wide expanse along the south marsh, the Upland Sandpipers stayed. The results: muddy shoes, wet jeans, an over-sized plaid shirt covered with bugs and the smell of dripping muck. Think of those poor souls in their clean cars kind enough to give me a ride back to Saint Clair Shores.
Going green, protecting the environment and its wildlife--forget it. There were more significant things of cultural and social value in my working-class neighborhood--the top ten on the radio, sports, sports and more sports, baseball cards, wicked-looking shoes, Lucky Strikes and Camel packs, bubble gum, greasy hair with a curly waterfall complete with a DA.
Thus I of no social standing wandered alone through Metro Beach's watery wilderness--mastering bird identification, before birding was cool.
Alan
Saint Clair Shores
Washtenaw Audubon goes to Magee Marsh on Sunday, May 13, with 6 a.m. departure. Make it to the Plymouth Rd. Park and Ride at US-23, and you'll be able to ride with someone in a carpool. Karen Markey is our leader extraodinaire!! Good birding!! Juliet Berger
On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Christine Cavedoni <tcavegirl22...> wrote:
> Any possibility I could obtain a ride to Magee from some kind birder any > day this week ? This would be the highlight of my spring > Live near Packard and Stadium and am a bus rider by choice.I would meet > anybody in Ann Arbor area > Thank you in advance, Christina phone ,,7349979055 > > On Sun, May 6, 2018, 1:39 PM <juliet.berger...> wrote: > >> Hello Julie >> Let me welcome you to A2 and encourage you to check out Washtenaw Audubon >> on our website and see the field trips and programs we have coming up this >> spring and summer. >> I hope to meet you at the next good bird. >> Juliet Berger >> Washtenaw Audubon Society >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On May 6, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Julie M <julie...> wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> I am a VERY new birder here in A2, and went to Magee Marsh on Friday. It >> was a lot of fun, not crowded at all even with an 11:30a arrival. I had >> many wonderful little warblers ID for me by the other very friendly birders >> there. It was so amazing to see all these tiny little beautiful birds >> right at eye level. Magnolia, Tenessee, Nashville, Blackburnian, Cerulean, >> Yellow, Black and White and I was told the Golden Winged that was pointed >> out was a very rare one! >> >> There were some food trucks set up at the Ottawa NWR right next door, and >> I did the auto tour. Near the shore there on the tour I was told there was >> a yellow billed cuckoo and two soras but I did not see them. >> >> I am an amateur radio operator and find that operating radio portable at >> parks is a fine companion to birding. I really can't HELP but bird now >> when I'm outdoors. Great hobby. I enjoy everyone's posts here, thank you >> >> Julie >> K8VOX >> >> -- >> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at >> www.glc.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Birders" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to birders+<unsubscribe...> >> To post to this group, send email to <birders...> >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/group/birders/. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/1d9800e1-89de-46a9- >> <a379-cf8bb085a98c...> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<1d9800e1-89de-46a9-a379-cf8bb085a98c...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at >> www.glc.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Birders" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to birders+<unsubscribe...> >> To post to this group, send email to <birders...> >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/group/birders/. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/69466D37-2F98-493F- >> <A071-B3D125E1F09F...> >> <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<69466D37-2F98-493F-A071-B3D125E1F09F...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ >> great-lakes.net/d/optout. >> >
Date: 5/6/18 2:01 pm From: Alan Ryff <alryff...> Subject: [birders] Metro Beach Before Birding Was Cool
Excuse my usage of Metro Beach in this communication. For those who have been birding beforebirding was cool, Metro Beach rolls off the tongue with greater affection than LakeSaint Clair Metropark. My first visit to Metro was in 1960. In that year I was ready to expand beyondSaint Clair Shores with its remnant patches of wet woods and seasonally floodedfields. I hitch-hiked up Jefferson from my neighborhood at 10 Mile Road. I was only 13. There was no talk of stranger danger. (Though once, a guy picked me up with a freshbullet wound in the upper arm.)
In those days Metro didn't have much of anature trail, just a short loop for the most part through what was then Cottonwoodsaplings and brushy patches of Sandbar Willow. The best way to get around was to wade through the cattails. Any risk added to the fun. I thought nothing of crossing truly deep mudflatswhere more than once I temporarily lost my shoes. And all of this was done without the distractionof smart phones and Ebird alerts.
Birding was not a lister's game. Who heard of lisitng? For a whole year or two I did not see a birdwatcher at Metro. Rather, birding was a learning curve. Birding wasn't the big bucksof today: cheap binouclars that barely functioned by today's standards, a pocket-sizednotebook stained with non water-resistant ink, and a Peterson tucked in an empty binoc-case. And what sights I had on those first visits: Blue-wingedTeals, Common Gallinules, Soras, Virgina and King Rails, all of these withtheir broods; Black Terns nesting on floating boards, Marsh Wren nests, and anunprotected colony of Common Terns at what is now Huron Point. (Eventually a miniature train track for thepublic's pleasure was allowed to replace the terns.) As longas the grass wasn't cut in the wide expanse along the south marsh, the Upland Sandpipers stayed. Theresults: muddy shoes, wet jeans, an over-sized plaid shirt covered with bugs and thesmell of dripping muck. Think of thosepoor souls in their clean cars kind enough to give me a ride back to SaintClair Shores.
Going green,protecting the environment and its wildlife--forget it. There were more significant things of culturaland social value in my working-class neighborhood--the top ten on the radio, sports, sports and more sports, baseball cards,wicked-looking shoes, Lucky Strikes and Camel packs, bubble gum, greasy hair with a curlywaterfall complete with a DA.
Thus Iof no social standing wandered alone through Metro Beach's watery wilderness--mastering birdidentification, before birding was cool.Alan
SaintClair Shores
Date: 5/6/18 1:55 pm From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Hudson Mills field trip report: Few migrants but plenty of special summer residents
Today's WAS field trip to Hudson Mills Metropark yielded few migrating birds but plenty of special summer residents. A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH burst into song on the opposite shore of the Huron River; Norka recorded his song and uploaded it to this trip's eBird checklist <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45373909>. Nearby a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER not only sang but took a bath for all of us to see on the Hudson Mills side of the river's shoreline; see snapshots <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45373909> taken by Norka S, Dan F, and Len S also on eBird. We saw a whopping four BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS, and both <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45373909> song and images are available on eBird. All had great looks at Indigo Bunting, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Bluebird, and Yellow-throated vireo.
Thanks to Dave M, Jim L, and Faye S for carrying my scope from time to time, to Norka S for compiling the checklist, to Juliet B for answering the hard questions the leader passed onto her, and to all birders for helping their fellow birders find birds darting to, fro, hither, and yon.
Below is a complete list of birds seen or heard by the group. It's a long list, totaling 65 species, and few birders in the group got them all.
Thanks to our hard-working birders group, and let's do this again in fall!
Hudson Mills Metropark, Washtenaw, Michigan, US May 6, 2018 7:49 AM - 12:19 PM Protocol: Traveling 5 miles 65 species
Canada Goose 4 Mallard 3 Wild Turkey 2 Heard only ... gobble gobble gobble! Double-crested Cormorant 7 Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sandhill Crane 3 Killdeer 4
Hello Julie
Let me welcome you to A2 and encourage you to check out Washtenaw Audubon on our website and see the field trips and programs we have coming up this spring and summer.
I hope to meet you at the next good bird.
Juliet Berger
Washtenaw Audubon Society
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 6, 2018, at 8:51 AM, Julie M <julie...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am a VERY new birder here in A2, and went to Magee Marsh on Friday. It was a lot of fun, not crowded at all even with an 11:30a arrival. I had many wonderful little warblers ID for me by the other very friendly birders there. It was so amazing to see all these tiny little beautiful birds right at eye level. Magnolia, Tenessee, Nashville, Blackburnian, Cerulean, Yellow, Black and White and I was told the Golden Winged that was pointed out was a very rare one!
>
> There were some food trucks set up at the Ottawa NWR right next door, and I did the auto tour. Near the shore there on the tour I was told there was a yellow billed cuckoo and two soras but I did not see them.
>
> I am an amateur radio operator and find that operating radio portable at parks is a fine companion to birding. I really can't HELP but bird now when I'm outdoors. Great hobby. I enjoy everyone's posts here, thank you
>
> Julie
> K8VOX
>
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Date: 5/6/18 6:01 am From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Today: Birds of Peru is free Washtenaw Audubon talk, THIS SUNDAY, May 6, 2:30pm, Ann Arbor, all invited
Birders and friends,
Please join us this afternoon for the following free program this Sunday, May 6, at 2:30pm at the beautiful U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor. You do not have to be a Washtenaw Audubon member to attend.
Sunday, May 6, 2:30pm
Gunnar Engblom on Birds, Birding, and Bird Conservation in Peru
Join Gunnar Engblom, a noted birding guide and expert on Peruvian birds and birding, for an interesting and insightful program on combining birding, culture, history, and gastronomy during birding trips in
Peru. Gunnar is the owner of Kolibri Expeditions, which is the tour company that Washtenaw Audubon used on our highly successful trip to Peru a few years ago. Peru has confirmed sightings of 1801 species of birds. Gunnar has seen most of them, and has some wonderful photographs. Gunnar also has some interesting thoughts on the future of birding which he will share with us.
This program is free and open to the public. Membership is not required, though we would welcome your membership to help with our environmental and educational activities. Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. For more information on free Washtenaw Audubon programs and field trips, go to
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Date: 5/6/18 5:51 am From: Julie M <julie...> Subject: [birders] magee marsh trip
Hello all,
I am a VERY new birder here in A2, and went to Magee Marsh on Friday. It was a lot of fun, not crowded at all even with an 11:30a arrival. I had many wonderful little warblers ID for me by the other very friendly birders there. It was so amazing to see all these tiny little beautiful birds right at eye level. Magnolia, Tenessee, Nashville, Blackburnian, Cerulean, Yellow, Black and White and I was told the Golden Winged that was pointed out was a very rare one!
There were some food trucks set up at the Ottawa NWR right next door, and I did the auto tour. Near the shore there on the tour I was told there was a yellow billed cuckoo and two soras but I did not see them.
I am an amateur radio operator and find that operating radio portable at parks is a fine companion to birding. I really can't HELP but bird now when I'm outdoors. Great hobby. I enjoy everyone's posts here, thank you
My first today too , in Howell, along with a male Baltimore OrioleDenise Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 9:21 PM, Juliet Berger<juliet.berger...> wrote: First here at my feeder, a male, and at Dolph Park, in Ann Arbor, a female Ruby-throated, while searching in vain for the Yellow-throated Warbler.Juliet Berger On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Bruce Tanner <bet110...> wrote:
Just made the first sighting for the season of a male humming bird at out feeder in Ingham County.
Okemos, MI
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I wonder if any of us have seen the Ruby-throated Hummingbird female that spent the winter inside the Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory, in the last few days. We are going to have to try to capture and release her if she doesn't find her way out on her own. It is time for her to be away to wherever she came from!! Allen Chartier has volunteered to help her out if necessary. Please report to this list if you have seen the bird at Matthaei, in the Conservatory, in the next several days and weeks. Then we'll formulate a plan based upon whether she has found her way out or not.
First here at my feeder, a male, and at Dolph Park, in Ann Arbor, a female Ruby-throated, while searching in vain for the Yellow-throated Warbler. Juliet Berger
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Date: 5/5/18 2:25 pm From: Michael L. Parow <mlparow...> Subject: [birders] Wild Turkeys
I know everyone's excited about the warblers, but I drove by the farm field on the NW corner of Zeeb and Scio Church, and I saw approximately 10 Wild Turkeys including one that was displaying. This was at 5pm today. --mike
Date: 5/5/18 10:12 am From: Curt Powell <curt.curtp...> Subject: [birders] Ann Arbor Warblers this morning - 6 Orange-Crowned, N Parula, Cape May etc
Hi,
This may be my only outing this Spring, so I'm gonna post! First went to Dolph, which was slow, but netted ten warbler species, highlighted by a nice, near eye level Blackburnian.
Then I parked at the entrance to Furstenburg Park at Geddes, so I could bird there, and then walk the S. Side of the River to the Arb, all of which I did.
The entrance to Furstenburg was very nice (And by this i mean the areas surrounding the two bridges.) There was one Orange-Crowned right near the entrance, and then 3 together at the far end of the second bridge. At this spot there were also two N Parulas, (one persistently near eye-level),a Tennessee Warb, among many palms and Yellow-Rumps and a smattering of other things.
I then walked to the Arb and walked around inside the Arb and saw almost no migrants. Past the W end of Dow Prairie, W of the Pines, where there is a path up to the railroad tracks, where one can cross to the other side (although they are making it more difficult), there was a flock of Warblers, with maybe 10 Palms, and a gorgeous bright Cape May, and two more Orange-Crowned!
Date: 5/4/18 7:15 pm From: Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> Subject: [birders] Dolph Park Kirtland's Warbler and the NAP Work Day tomorrow
Hello Birders and Friends, By now most birders in SE Michigan are aware that a Kirtland's Warbler was discovered at Dolph Park, in Ann Arbor, and was seen by MOBS of birders. It was last seen on the far Northeast side of the park, actually out of the park boundaries. With favorable winds and no rain predicted, the bird is likely to complete its migration tonight, but it is always worth checking in the morning, to see if it is still there.
I want to let you all know that Natural Area Preservation Division of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation, (NAP) where I work as the ornithologist, has a restoration workday planned at Dolph Park tomorrow, so there are likely to be a dozen or more volunteers in amongst the trees South of First Sister Lake, from 1-4:00 pm, probably pulling garlic mustard, in this beautiful area full of wildflowers, to give the flowers a chance to stay healthy and spread. Please be courteous to each other and know we all care for the health of Dolph Park and it's flora and fauna, and birds, of course. The workday leaders have been updated that tomorrow may be especially full of warblers and birders, so they will know to expect you!!
Date: 5/4/18 6:01 pm From: smiller179 <smiller179...> Subject: [birders] Dolph: large development proposed for north end
To all those birders now enjoying the birds and lakes of Dolph Park, please be aware that a 95 unit senior housing development has been proposed to abut the north end of First Sister Lake on a currently undeveloped 3.5 acre parcel. Walking the trail in search of the Kirtland’s today, just north of Porter Street, one can easily see the flagging tape associated with the development. The site is zoned single-family residential, but rezoning has been requested. Anyone with concerns about this development who wishes to express them can write to the City Planning Commission or can connect with those in the park neighborhood opposed to the Lockwood Development.
Date: 5/4/18 5:44 pm From: <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Re: Best places to bird tomorrow A2...
Today's south winds switch to the west tonight, and the sky will clear. Perhaps this will be an incentive for today's migrating birds to head farther north on a cloudless night. Also the winds will calm down tonight, which might push today's migrating birds that don't head north and tomorrow's new arrivals higher in the trees. These are just guesses.
Dolph's trees and vegetation generally are low, woody, and dense. The Arb's trees and vegetation generally are high; however, few trees and bushes anywhere have totally leafed out. So it may be a matter of style. Do you want to look high into the Arb's tall trees or low into Dolph's spindly bushes and trees?
When Dea and I birded Dolph today, we noticed that tomorrow is a "work day" at Dolph so birding might be interrupted by busy work crews. Whatever you do, get out there and enjoy a great spring day!
* * * * * * * * * * Karen Markey <ylime...>
On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:32:03 PM UTC-4, angela c wrote: > > I really want to hit the best places ... LSNC and Black Pond Woods ... > Dolph ... The Arb >
Date: 5/4/18 5:43 pm From: Dan Ezekiel <dan.ezekiel24...> Subject: Re: [birders] Kirtland's warbler photos from Dolph Park on Ann Arbor's west side
I was about to give up when I saw Norka come by in search of the KW. I told her she is so good I knew she would find it for me. Within 5 min., she located it in the middle of the trail ahead of us! What a stunning bird in the bright sunlight, just a few feet away....
Happy Birding, Everyone!
DE
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 6:54 PM, <ylime...> wrote:
> Thanks to Roger Kuhlman for finding the Kirtland's Warbler (KW) and Mike > Sefton for telling us the bird's location in Dolph Park. After birding at > Dolph all morning, Dea and I were enjoying a sit-down lunch nearby and saw > Mike's message. Leisurely, we returned to Dolph and searched the location. > We relocated the stunning male KW in the brush on a rarely-used trail, and > I snapped photos. A photo is attached and more are at our eBird checklist > online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45258901. > <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45258901> > > Rarely have I experienced such a fallout. Arriving at Dolph at 8:20 am, > Dea and I started up the entrance to Dolph on Parklake Road and notice a > steady stream of birds darting from south to north. We followed them > throughout the park, Dea observing that birds were mostly on the northeast > side of the park, where it was wetter and there was more vegetation. An > awesome day with 18 warblers total on our morning and afternoon lists ... > that's about half of the warblers we can see here in Michigan! > > * * * * * * * * * * * > Karen Markey > <ylime...> > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/6edc932f-07a9-4acb- > <b45f-db4dcb823df1...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<6edc932f-07a9-4acb-b45f-db4dcb823df1...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/optout. >
Date: 5/4/18 5:25 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [birders] Pine Siskin Behavior
Terry,
Today I captured and banded a male Pine Siskin that was showing physiological signs of breeding. In 2009, when they bred widely across southern Michigan, they had fledged young before the end of May.
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Terry Hoenle <terry_hoenle...> wrote:
> Pine Siskins are still hanging around in my yard, which is very unusual. > First time I've had them at the same time as Northern Orioles. I'm > guessing they couldn't have fledglings already, could they? I just > observed what looked like two females - one was feeding the other which was > flapping it's wings like a fledgling. Anyone have any thoughts on this > behavior? > > Terry > > -- > Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at > www.glc.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Birders" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to birders+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <birders...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/group/birders/. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/DM5PR01MB2234134F87F3AFE693AA4 > <26AFD860...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<DM5PR01MB2234134F87F3AFE693AA426AFD860...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/ > great-lakes.net/d/optout. >
Date: 5/4/18 5:01 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] Yellow-throated Warbler at Lake St. Clair Metropark
Birders,
A Yellow-throated Warbler was singing all morning today adjacent to the Nature Center at Lake St. Clair Metropark. I had too many birds to band to try to see it, but in early afternoon Tom Heatley was able to photograph it in front of the Nature Center.
Date: 5/4/18 4:56 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] Lake St. Clair Metropark bird banding report - April 20-29, 2018
Birders and Banders,
I have posted a summary, including photo highlights, from 4 days of banding in Lake April at my station in southeastern Michigan. the trend, as was the case for early April, is late lingering winter species.
Banding results from today (May 4) where we were experiencing the third day of a "soft" fallout, will be posted in a week or two, once I catch my breath, so stay tuned and check back.
Date: 5/4/18 4:32 pm From: Edward Lewandowski <ocbirdguy...> Subject: [birders] Birds around
Wayne
LEMP was incredible this afternoon.
The high west winds pushed the birds to eye level and to the edge of Lake Erie in high quantity.
Pacific Loon still present down the path from the Hawk Watch boat launch and out to the large boardwalk.
Philly Vireo a unexpected surprise.
Carolina Wren calling at the trailhead
Oakland
I found a female Cerulean at the Red Oaks nature center on the east path.
Macomb
I didn’t get to chase but the Macombers are busy looking at a Yellow Throated Warbler this afternoon courtesy of Tom Heatley I believe.
Date: 5/4/18 4:32 pm From: Angela Cobas <angnix...> Subject: [birders] Best places to bird tomorrow A2...
I really want to hit the best places tomorrow for Global Big Day... LSNC and Black Pond Woods is now literally my backyard, but seriously should I check out Dolph? The Arb? Oh, and I am still planning on coming to the trip on Sunday too to finally meet some fellow birders!
Date: 5/4/18 3:55 pm From: <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Kirtland's warbler photos from Dolph Park on Ann Arbor's west side
Thanks to Roger Kuhlman for finding the Kirtland's Warbler (KW) and Mike Sefton for telling us the bird's location in Dolph Park. After birding at Dolph all morning, Dea and I were enjoying a sit-down lunch nearby and saw Mike's message. Leisurely, we returned to Dolph and searched the location. We relocated the stunning male KW in the brush on a rarely-used trail, and I snapped photos. A photo is attached and more are at our eBird checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45258901. <https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45258901>
Rarely have I experienced such a fallout. Arriving at Dolph at 8:20 am, Dea and I started up the entrance to Dolph on Parklake Road and notice a steady stream of birds darting from south to north. We followed them throughout the park, Dea observing that birds were mostly on the northeast side of the park, where it was wetter and there was more vegetation. An awesome day with 18 warblers total on our morning and afternoon lists ... that's about half of the warblers we can see here in Michigan!
Date: 5/4/18 3:15 pm From: Terry Hoenle <terry_hoenle...> Subject: [birders] Pine Siskin Behavior
Pine Siskins are still hanging around in my yard, which is very unusual. First time I've had them at the same time as Northern Orioles. I'm guessing they couldn't have fledglings already, could they? I just observed what looked like two females - one was feeding the other which was flapping it's wings like a fledgling. Anyone have any thoughts on this behavior?
Date: 5/4/18 2:56 pm From: Mary Wise <auntyem...> Subject: Re: [birders] Re: [se-mi-birdlist] Kirkland’s Warbler, Dolph Park, Ann Arbor, 12:15pm, 4 May
Several of us just had the bird slightly north of Dea’s pin drop. It was
last seen flitting north and we lost track of it. At one point it flew to
within 4’ of where I was standing!
Mary
On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 2:19 PM ddarm ddarm <ddarm...> wrote:
Date: 5/4/18 12:46 pm From: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> Subject: Re: [birders] Best oriole feeder options
Hauling this thread back onto the rails, I think I'll just stick to my old
oriole feeder, which has places for jelly, for fruit, and if I decide to
use it, for nectar. So it's out there right now. We'll see what the orioles
think of my black raspberry jelly from the batch I made last fall. They'd
better like the oranges - I bought them for me!
On Thu, May 3, 2018, 22:40 Juliet Berger <juliet.berger...> wrote:
Date: 5/4/18 11:33 am From: Eve Wilson <evew...> Subject: [birders] Robins
I can tell the robins are building their nests because my bird bath is filled with mud! Happens every year at this time when they like to wash the mud off their bellies 😁
Eve Ann Arbor
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> On May 4, 2018, at 1:01 PM, 'Mike Sefton' via se-mi-birdlist <se-mi-birdlist...> wrote:
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> Roger Kuhlman had a KIWA at c. 12:15 at Dolph Park in Ann Arbor on the trail heading north on the west side of the park that parallels the back yards of the houses. Just beyond the open area north of the brambles. No photo, alas, but bird was walking ten feet from Roger, so a good look.
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Date: 5/4/18 11:18 am From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman...> Subject: [birders] Kirtland Warbler at Dolph Nature Area
I had great views of a Kirtland Warbler walking the ground of the understory and later the trail about 10 feet ahead of me in Dolph park about noontime. The location was the extreme western section of the nature area. To get there you have to walk on the west in back of several houses until you reach an opening with houses on both the west and north. Then get up on a small rise and continue north along a makeshift trail a tenth or two tenths of a mile.
I had gone there hoping to see a White-eyed Vireo because they have often hung out there in the past. As I was returning from as far as you can take the trail, I noticed a good-sized warbler walking on the ground with an intense yellow throat and breast. Black streaks were only on the sides of the breasts and it had half white eye arcs above and bellow on the blackish face. There was blackish striping on the back and the bird was tail dipping as it walked on the ground. Truly it was one very beautiful bird.
Date: 5/4/18 11:17 am From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: Re: [birders] CORRECTION:Kirtland’s Warbler, Dolph Park, Ann Arbor, 12:15pm, and 2:16pm, 4 May
Kirtland’s, not Kirkland’s. Too much shopping at Costco.
Just relocated by Dea Armstrong at 2:16pm.
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> On May 4, 2018, at 1:01 PM, 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> wrote:
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> Roger Kuhlman had a KIWA at c. 12:15 at Dolph Park in Ann Arbor on the trail heading north on the west side of the park that parallels the back yards of the houses. Just beyond the open area north of the brambles. No photo, alas, but bird was walking ten feet from Roger, so a good look.
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Date: 5/4/18 10:18 am From: ddarm ddarm <ddarm...> Subject: [birders] Fwd: eBird -- Dolph Nature Area -- May 4, 2018
Here is our checklist from this am and we didn’t even see the Kirkland’s!
Dea
Deaver D. Armstrong
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Karen Markey <ylime...>
> Date: May 4, 2018 at 1:15:40 PM EDT
> To: Armstrong Dea <ddarm...>
> Subject: eBird -- Dolph Nature Area -- May 4, 2018
>
> Dolph Nature Area
> May 4, 2018
> 8:44 AM
> Traveling
> 1.75 miles
> 238 Minutes
> All birds reported? Yes
> Comments: South winds with gusts up to 30 mph. Dea and I agreed this
> was the most extraordinarily birdy day in Dolph ever. We covered the
> whole park but most birds were on east (wetter) side of park in deep
> cover low or on ground on the (Pine) ridge trail. At the start,Birds
> flying in large numbers low to ground and northward.
> Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.5 Build 36
>
> 4 Canada Goose
> 2 Mute Swan
> 4 Mallard
> 1 Great Egret
> 1 Turkey Vulture
> 2 hawk sp.
> 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
> 1 Downy Woodpecker
> 1 Northern Flicker
> 1 Empidonax sp.
> 1 Eastern Phoebe
> 1 Yellow-throated Vireo
> 2 Blue-headed Vireo
> 1 Warbling Vireo
> 11 Blue Jay
> 4 American Crow
> 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
> 1 Tree Swallow
> 6 Black-capped Chickadee
> 8 Tufted Titmouse
> 4 White-breasted Nuthatch
> 1 House Wren
> 1 Carolina Wren
> 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> 40 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
> 3 Swainson's Thrush
> 1 Hermit Thrush
> 8 American Robin
> 1 Gray Catbird
> 1 Ovenbird
> 1 Northern Waterthrush
> 1 Blue-winged Warbler
> 7 Black-and-white Warbler
> 3 Tennessee Warbler
> 3 Orange-crowned Warbler
> 35 Nashville Warbler
> 4 American Redstart
> 4 Northern Parula
> 3 Magnolia Warbler
> 3 Blackburnian Warbler
> 12 Yellow Warbler
> 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
> 45 Palm Warbler -- 2nd most numerous species in park.
> 125 Yellow-rumped Warbler -- Conservative Estimate. Most numerous
> species in park.
> 5 Black-throated Green Warbler
> 3 White-crowned Sparrow
> 22 White-throated Sparrow
> 1 Song Sparrow
> 2 Eastern Towhee
> 15 Northern Cardinal
> 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> 3 Baltimore Oriole
> 20 Red-winged Blackbird
> 8 Brown-headed Cowbird
> 10 Common Grackle
> 2 House Finch
> 6 American Goldfinch
>
> Number of Taxa: 57
>
>
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Date: 5/4/18 10:01 am From: 'Mike Sefton' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] Kirkland’s Warbler, Dolph Park, Ann Arbor, 12:15pm, 4 May
Roger Kuhlman had a KIWA at c. 12:15 at Dolph Park in Ann Arbor on the trail heading north on the west side of the park that parallels the back yards of the houses. Just beyond the open area north of the brambles. No photo, alas, but bird was walking ten feet from Roger, so a good look.
Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor
Date: 5/4/18 9:57 am From: Will Weber <will...> Subject: [birders] Attention Hawkwatchers: Conference Invitation and Call for Papers
The Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) is seeking program proposals for our 15th conference, “Soaring Toward the Future: New Challenges in Raptor Migration” to be held in Detroit, Michigan, on October 12-14, 2018. We are actively seeking proposals, especially on these topics of special interest, including:
· Raptor population trends
· Possible shifts in migration patterns: routes and timing
· Raptor telemetry and technological advances
· Conservation issues and threats facing raptors
· Education initiatives, including young hawkwatchers
· Challenges to sustaining and maintaining hawkwatch sites
· Weather patterns and migration in a changing climate
· Advances in raptor identification in the field
· Raptor photography
Key dates
The deadline to submit a proposal is May 11, 2018. You will be notified by June 11, 2018 if your proposal is chosen.
Submission Requirements
In no more than 150 words, please summarize and describe your presentation and indicate how it fits within the topics of special interested noted above. If your proposal covers topics other than these, please describe why you think it should be selected. If selected, this description will be included in the conference program. Please describe the technical or audio/visual needs for your presentation as well as its proposed length. We anticipate that most presentations will be brought to conference on flash drives that will be loaded onto a PC laptop.
Send your submission or direct any questions to <brown...> For all general inquiries, please contact: <jane...>
Conference Details
The conference will be conveniently located at the Detroit Airport Marriott.
Kate Davis, author and founder of the nonprofit Raptors of the Rockies, is our opening keynote speaker. She will talk about her 30 years as a raptor educator at schools throughout the west. Todd Katzner, research biologist, will be our Saturday evening keynote speaker. He will talk about his research with eastern Golden Eagles and how little was known about their migration ecology.
Field trips are planned to the Detroit River Hawkwatch, Holiday Beach Bird Observatory (Ontario), Marshlands Museum, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge visitor’s center, and more!
Please visit www.hmana.org to learn more about our work, and we hope you will join us in Detroit in October!
Date: 5/4/18 8:47 am From: ddarm ddarm <ddarm...> Subject: [birders] Major fallout at Dolph this am
Was going on when we arrived st 8:30. Still going. Outstanding! D
Deaver D. Armstrong <ddarm...>
Let's go birding......
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Date: 5/4/18 6:57 am From: smiller179 <smiller179...> Subject: [birders] nice spot just outside Dolph
After a fairly quiet trip through part of Dolph, I exited onto Porter street to where it dead ends over First Sister Lake and happened across an active spot:
male blackburnian low in shrubs
palm warbler
yellow-rumpeds
yellows
bay-breasted (further down the path behind the houses that leads into Dolph: the “sparrow spot")
ruby-crowned kinglet
white throated sparrow
phoebe
vireo (type?)
one orange-crowned, I believe, inside the park (central section) and scattered yellows, myrtles, palm, green heron, orioles, abundant warbling vireos, orioles, catbirds etc..
Date: 5/4/18 5:04 am From: Phil Bugosh <peb729...> Subject: [birders] Reminder: OAS events May 5 and 8
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 7:30am-12:00pm. Crosswinds Marsh and Oakwoods
Metropark. Leader: Jeff Stacey <jdstacey...>
Meet at the main parking lot at Crosswinds Marsh at 27600 Haggerty Rd., New
Boston, MI 48164. We’ll explore this park for a bit and then make a short
drive over to Oakwoods Metropark. Between the two parks we’ll have a very
good mix of habitat. A Metroparks annual pass or daily fee is required for
Oakwoods Metropark.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 6:30 P.M. Heritage Park Farmington Hills, Nature
Walk. Join us for our annual spring Nature Walk held instead of our monthly
meeting. Meet in the parking lot near the Nature Center and Spicer House.
24915 Farmington Rd. Farmington Hills, MI 48336. We have reserved the South
Shelter for refreshments after the walk.
Please see our website for details about upcoming events. You do not have
to be a member to participate. Everyone is welcome. http://www.oaklandaud ubon.org/
Thank you,
Phil Bugosh
Oakland Audubon Society - Celebrating 60 Years!
Date: 5/4/18 3:59 am From: Karen Markey <ylime...> Subject: [birders] Final reminder: WAS field trip to Hudson Mills Metropark, Sunday, May 6, 7:45 am
This is a final reminder for the WAS-sponsored tour of spring migrants at Hudson Mills Metropark on Sunday, May 6. We will meet at 7:45 am sharp at the flagpole in the front of the Activity Center. If the entry booth is unmanned, you can purchase a $10 daily parking permit from Metropark staff at the Activity Center.
Sunday morning's forecast is for showers forecast in the morning and west winds. It's two days away so let's hope the showers will come earlier or later in the day. Be prepared for wet, dewy trails, grass, and fields. We will do lots of hiking, stalking, standing, and circling back over the same trails. No pets are allowed on the nature trails. Please, no strollers either.
From Ann Arbor's northeast side, I drive to Hudson Mills as follows: head north on US-23 and take exit 49, North Territorial Road. Turn left (west) onto North Territorial and drive about eight to nine miles. A few hundred feet after passing Huron River Drive, turn left (south) into Hudson Mills Metropark. Take the second right into a large carpark that ends at the big Activity Center. If you reach Dexter-Pinckney Road (where there's a drive-through coffee shop), you have driven too far west on North Territorial.
We will bird until the bird activity slows down, usually around 11 am. You can leave the group at any time. Just ask me how to hike back to the Activity Center's carpark. If you have questions, please message me ASAP.
Date: 5/3/18 8:11 pm From: NAPBirds <NAPBirds...> Subject: RE: [birders] Arb has scads of watblers
Here's our eBird Checklist from the Arb today, which was amazing! https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45217641 So many warblers, thrushes, and the first vireos, grosbeaks, both Orioles and a final Scarlet Tanager. Juliet
________________________________________ From: <juliet.berger...> [<juliet.berger...>] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 10:14 AM To: <birders...> Subject: [birders] Arb has scads of watblers
After rain, BLUE-winged, Cape May, b and W, Blackburnian, Northern Waterthrush etc! Juliet Berger
We had a great yard day too. Orioles at the Nectar feeders, galore.
Here's a link to our eBird checklist with some fun photos from my husband,
Scott Huizenga
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45226111
Juliet Berger
Washtenaw Audubon
On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:25 PM, outfresh via Birders <
<birders...> wrote:
> I think everyone was just backed up by weather and they all headed up here
> on Tues pm, making Wed THE day! The present weather will likely keep there
> here until it clears, so keep the feeders full so they can replenish for
> the journey ahead.
>
> Cathy Theisen, DVM
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merrily Hart <merrilyhart...>
> To: birding list <birders...>
> Sent: Thu, May 3, 2018 11:52 am
> Subject: Re: [birders] Best oriole feeder options
>
> I have Orchard Orioles for the first time at my feeders today, along with
> the Baltimore Orioles, Rose Breasted Grosbeaks and hummingbirds that
> arrived yesterday.
>
> Any explanation for the appearance of Orchard Orioles in places they have
> not previously visited?
>
> Merrily Hart
> Ann Arbor, south side
>
> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:16 AM, outfresh via Birders <
> <birders...> wrote:
>
> We put out orange halves and grape jelly at 4 different locations. Staring
> yesterday, we have 6 Baltimores and 4 Orchards, and are renewing feeding
> stations twice daily! Have never had more than one orchard previous to
> this, so a great treat!
>
> Cathy Theisen, DVM
> www.cathythevet.net
> 734-864-2381
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> You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janet Hinshaw <jhinshaw...>
> To: Bob Bethune <bobbethune...>; birders <birders...>
> Sent: Thu, May 3, 2018 10:28 am
> Subject: Re: [birders] Best oriole feeder options
>
> We like the flat disk kind with wells for jelly. The orioles will drink
> sugar water, but usually only for a few weeks in the spring. Then they stop
> coming, at least at our house. If you want them to come all summer, put out
> grape jelly. We usually don't even put the sugar water in, just the jelly.
> Previously we had trouble with the orioles sabotaging the hummingbird
> feeders. They pull off the wasp guards so they can drink. Once we put out
> the jelly, they stopped bothering the hummingbird feeders.
>
> Janet Hinshaw ph:
> 734-764-0457
> Bird Division Collection Manager fax: 734-998-0038
> University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
> Research Museums Center
> 3600 Varsity Drive
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> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Bob Bethune <bobbethune...> wrote:
>
> I have an empty shepherds crook among my feeders in my backyard which it
> would seem to me could be well used for an oriole feeder. I’d appreciate
> any pointers on picking the best oriole feeder for that application.
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Since Tuesday the 1st a singing L. Waterthrush in and around woodland marsh's east of hike/bike trail by Mile Marker 3.25. Year after year, same location and always one of my first Warblers of the year! Another notable is a singing Prothonotary Warbler near the 6.0 mile marker on hike/bike trail. Also got a great look at a Kestrel flying over the field near mile marker 3.75.
Wow, what a difference the last couple of days has made for the mass migration in full swing for so many species!!! Gotta love it!
Best of Regards, Michael Wells, LIC
6481 Springfield Ln.
Clarkston, Mi. 48346
248-625-3089
Birds at or near the feeder at 11451 Fairlane Dr., South Lyon, MI. It’s been an amazing day! All birds counted as I sat working at my computer this afternoon.
ROBIN foraging in the yard
At the feeders:
CARDINALS (2)
GOLDFINCHES (7)
TITMOUSE
INDIGO BUNTING (very unusual, visited for 2 days so far.)
RED BELLIED WOODPECKER (2)
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (3)
CAROLINA WREN
CHICKADEES (2)
HOUSE FINCHES (2)
ROSE-BREASTED GROSSBEAK
BLUEJAYS (4)
WHITE THROATED SPARROWS (3)
DOWNEY WOODPECKER
MOURNING DOVEs (2)
WB NUTHATCH
BALTIMORE ORIOLE (male, arrived minutes before I sent this message.)
We back up to the Natural Rivers District along the SE branch of the Huron River in Section 27, Green Oak Township, Livingston County.
A New Field Ornithology Class will start in APRIL of 2018
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