Had a new variety of OBBA observation on Sunday - my husband saw a baby
Red-eyed Vireo in the beak of a Blue Jay.  The parents were not happy.  Not
the most pleasant way to confirm Red-eyed Vireo, but every species counts.
Unfortunately, he was unable to follow the Blue Jay to a nest of its own to
confirm this species as well ;-)

I think this ranks up their with our previous most unpleasant confirmation.
When we were atlasing in Oklahoma, we found a very freshly killed Western
Meadowlark that had impaled itself on a barbed wire fence.  The
confirmation came because close observation of the bird (yes, we pick up
dead birds) demonstrated a "highly vascularized brood patch."  (And yes, we
had been bird banders and knew what to look for.)

Have others confirmed species in interesting ways?


On a related subject - please consider joining us for blockbusting this
coming weekend near Chesterhill (SE Ohio).  We'll be there from Friday
evening through Sunday.  No guarantees of any Wild Kingdom events, but
we'll have free food and lodging for all volunteers.

Janet
Athens OH


Janet S. Duerr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
241 Life Sciences Research Facility
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Tel.:740-597-1921(office)
Tel.:740-597-1923(lab)
FAX:740-593-0300

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