Hello Everyone,
Can someone please advise me about a spotting scope? My husband purchased me one for a gift, but it seems to be intended for watching sporting events. I would only want to use it for watching birds. It has an 18x by 36x zoom and is made by Promaster. Would this be appropriate for watching birds at far distances? I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Nancy Ortman
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There are 9 messages totalling 459 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Purple Finches, again (2)
2. Shaker Lakes NC 9/12 and 9/13
3. Orange-crowned Warbler Downtown Columbus
4. Miss Kite still there?
5. Kites have flown the coop
6. Purple Finches, - questions (2)
7. Buck Creek SP (Clark County) Caesar Creek SP (Warren County) Buff-breasted
Sandpipers
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:25:41 -0400
From: Kenn Kaufman
Subject: Purple Finches, again
As I mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, Purple Finches are moving
through northwestern Ohio in impressive numbers. Kim and I have seen /
heard them just about everywhere that we've been outdoors in Ottawa County
over the last few days. And I know that one highly skilled observer had
small numbers flying over central Columbus a couple of days ago, so the
flight isn't just confined to the northwest. These birds are very easy to
overlook -- listen carefully for their callnotes, a metallic "pik," and
watch for them at feeders, where they appear a little more chunky and
short-tailed than the omnipresent House Finches (and with some plumage
differences, of course -- check your field guide). This may be an
exceptionally good flight year for Purple Finches and I hope that birders
will keep notes on when / where they show up.
Kenn Kaufman
Rocky Ridge, Ohio
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:05:48 -0400
From: ben fambrough
Subject: Shaker Lakes NC 9/12 and 9/13
Migrants seen from the boardwalk this morning (9/13) at the Shaker Lakes Nature Center:
A great day for flycatchers
Yellow-bellied
Olive-sided (I have at least one here annually in the fall)
Empidonax--pretty confident about Willow (giving it's call note)
Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo
Warblers
Nashville (giving bursts of partial song)
Chestnut-sided
Black-throated Green
Blackpoll
Redstart
Ovenbird
Wilson's
Thrushes
Swainson's
Birds banded yesterday (9/12) included many of the above:
Yellow-bellied Flycatchers (2)
Philadelphia Vireo
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Scarlet Tanager (female)
Northern Waterthrush (a recapture)
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ben Fambrough, un chef sans cuisine
Cleveland Heights
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:44:28 -0400
From: Bruce Miller
Subject: Orange-crowned Warbler Downtown Columbus
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Columbus, OH
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:24:57 -0400
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Subject: Miss Kite still there?
Hi,
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but it's a long drive from Chardon; could anyone confirm whether the Kite=
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are still in residence, or have moved on?
Thanks,
Marilyn Rohr
Chardon, Ohio
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:11:44 -0400
From: "McCormac, Jim"
Subject: Kites have flown the coop
Hi all,
I just spoke with the manager of the Brass Ring golf course, home of our
now famous Mississippi Kites. Apparently no one has seen the birds for
over a week, and I would say they are long gone. The guys that work on
the course daily know these birds well and have been good sources of
information, and their lack of recent sightings would certainly seem to
indicate the kites have headed south.
It will be interesting to see whether they return to Ohio next May and
nest again.
Jim
Jim McCormac
Ohio Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Rd., G-3
Columbus, Ohio 43229
614-265-6440
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Miss Kite still there?
Hi,
I would like to head to the Hocking County golfcourse to see the Kites,=20
but it's a long drive from Chardon; could anyone confirm whether the
Kites=20
are still in residence, or have moved on?
Thanks,
Marilyn Rohr
Chardon, Ohio
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:20:23 -0400
From: Allen Chartier
Subject: Re: Purple Finches, again
I have had Purple Finches in several locations in southeastern Michigan
(where they do not breed) in the past week or so; about the earlies I've had
them in nearly 20 years.
Allen Chartier
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Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food.
You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't.
It just eats another hummingbird.
---Steven Wright
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From: "Kenn Kaufman"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:25 AM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Purple Finches, again
> As I mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, Purple Finches are moving
> through northwestern Ohio in impressive numbers. Kim and I have seen /
> heard them just about everywhere that we've been outdoors in Ottawa County
> over the last few days. And I know that one highly skilled observer had
> small numbers flying over central Columbus a couple of days ago, so the
> flight isn't just confined to the northwest. These birds are very easy to
> overlook -- listen carefully for their callnotes, a metallic "pik," and
> watch for them at feeders, where they appear a little more chunky and
> short-tailed than the omnipresent House Finches (and with some plumage
> differences, of course -- check your field guide). This may be an
> exceptionally good flight year for Purple Finches and I hope that birders
> will keep notes on when / where they show up.
>
> Kenn Kaufman
> Rocky Ridge, Ohio
>
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:46:03 -0400
From: "William H. Fissell"
Subject: Re: Purple Finches, - questions
Folks,
I have been very interested by the reported purple finch sightings, as I
have not been able to attract them to feeders, either in Ohio or SE
Michigan, despite good numbers seen at nearby feeders on occasion. My
feeder setup consists of two feeding stations about 100 feet apart, each
with separate thistle, sunflower, millet and water supplies. The
feeders usually attract house and goldfinches in good numbers, titmice,
chickadees, nuthatches (though no red-breasted ones yet here in Ohio)
cardinals, jays, chipping, song, and fox sparrows. The Brecksville yard
list broke 50 this week with common nighthawks, and I just got here this
year.
Any special tips for attracting purple finches or pine siskins, two
species I have always wanted and never gotten? I have a few Norway
Spruces in with the silver maples.
Also, does the appearance of red-breasted nuthatches and purple finches
now imply anything about grosbeaks and crossbills later this winter?
best,
Bill
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:52:39 -0400
From: "Donald Morse, Jr."
Subject: Re: Purple Finches, - questions
I had seen a Purple Finch at the birdbath (completely ignoring the feeders)
on Sept. 2nd (Clermont Co.). It was present for two days. I have not seen
it since. Not many Cincinnati area records for early Sept.
As for attracting Pine Siskins, I have had flocks as high as 150+ in my yard
at one time. This is a large # I know for so far south. They (both siskins
and purple finches) like water. Sometimes, they would come to the water and
completely ignore the Nyjer seed. I think one big factor that is
overlooked, is that there is a good number of native sweet gum trees
around. I have seen them get at the seed balls of this tree. I also have
white pine, Norway spruce and blue spruce (and some red and Scottish pines
in the nearby woods).
Red-breasted Nuthatch is still around.
--
Donald Morse, Jr.
New Richmond, OH
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On 9/13/07, William H. Fissell wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I have been very interested by the reported purple finch sightings, as I
> have not been able to attract them to feeders, either in Ohio or SE
> Michigan, despite good numbers seen at nearby feeders on occasion. My
> feeder setup consists of two feeding stations about 100 feet apart, each
> with separate thistle, sunflower, millet and water supplies. The
> feeders usually attract house and goldfinches in good numbers, titmice,
> chickadees, nuthatches (though no red-breasted ones yet here in Ohio)
> cardinals, jays, chipping, song, and fox sparrows. The Brecksville yard
> list broke 50 this week with common nighthawks, and I just got here this
> year.
>
> Any special tips for attracting purple finches or pine siskins, two
> species I have always wanted and never gotten? I have a few Norway
> Spruces in with the silver maples.
>
> Also, does the appearance of red-breasted nuthatches and purple finches
> now imply anything about grosbeaks and crossbills later this winter?
>
> best,
>
> Bill
>
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:20:43 -0400
From: Rick Asamoto
Subject: Buck Creek SP (Clark County) Caesar Creek SP (Warren County) Buff-breasted Sandpipers
There was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the beach at Buck Creek State Park
this evening
along with 4 Least Sandpipers, 2 Caspian Terns, a few hundred Ring-billed
Gulls,
and 1 Herring Gull.
Also, Shane Egleston called to let me know the Buff-breasted Sandpiper he
found on
Tuesday at the Caesar Creek beach was still there today.
Rick Asamoto
Miamisburg
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