1. Help with Hardy Warbler
Several years ago we had a Pine Warbler over-winter here. We hung a suet
feeder horizontally by attaching it to a board and using chains for a
hanging basket which we attached to the board with hooks. He really seemed to
appreciate it. Good luck.
Barb Kaplan
Peninsula
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Topics of the day:
1. Help with ID of hardy warbler at my feeder
2. Provenance of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
3. The Ohio Cardinal
4. Subject: Help with ID of hardy warbler at my feeder.
5. Akron/PLX 12/5
6. Gibberish posts digestion issues :-D
7. Flicker behavior
8. Inniswood Metro Gardens' Christmas Bird Count
9. Purple Sandpipers on South Bass Island
10. Am. tree sparrows
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:23:15 -0500
From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Help with ID of hardy warbler at my feeder
Ray,
You're quite right, your bird is a Pine Warbler. This is among the
hardiest of warblers, and it is probably the species most likely to
show up at feeders in winter. Among the field marks for identifying
your bird would be the unmarked back, the wing-bars showing only a
moderate amount of contrast, the gray edges on the tertials, and the
face pattern with pale crescents above and below the eye and a
well-defined dark lower edge to the cheek patch.
Very few Pine Warblers are found in Ohio in the average winter. If
you're located within one of the Christmas Bird Count circles, I'm
sure the compiler would be eager to know if the warbler sticks around
through the day of the count. Regardless, though, congratulations on
hosting this hardy bird and on having documented it so well.
Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor, OH
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:43:08 -0500
From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Provenance of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Hello Birders,
Regarding the whistling-duck at Bluffton: Of course there are other
factors to consider as well, but I don't think that the bird's
tameness is any strike against considering it a wild bird. In places
where unquestionably wild Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks are common,
such as Texas and Arizona, they seem to be among the waterfowl that
adapt most quickly to the presence of humans. On the central Texas
coast, it's not unusual to see flocks of BBWDs come flying in to
backyard ponds, or waddling up onto lawns, waiting to be fed. They
seem to "tame up" even more rapidly than park-pond Mallards in places
where they're not molested.
Interestingly, in some areas of the tropics where they are actively
hunted, these whistling-ducks are extremely wary and hard to approach.
In one heavily settled area of the llanos in Venezuela, I seldom saw
whistling-ducks at all in daylight, when they seemed to be in hiding;
I only heard them calling as they flew over at night! So this
species seems to be able to adapt to different levels of disturbance,
and its behavior may be only as wary as necessary. I don't see
anything suspicious in the fact that the Bluffton bird became as
approachable as its Mallard companions.
Kenn Kaufman
Oak Harbor, OH
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:46:33 -0500
From: OOS <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: The Ohio Cardinal
Hello Fellow Birders:
I hope that everyone is enjoying the early winter weather. It has brought
over 100 Pine Siskins to my feeders down here in Hocking County, along with
plenty of other wintering feathered friends.
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Good birding to all of you!
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Executive Director
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 08:59:32 -0500
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Subject: Help with ID of hardy warbler at my feeder.
Ray,
My first impression of your warbler was that it was a female Pine Warbler,
but on enlarging it I noticed a pale area below and curling behind the
auriculars (ear patch), which suggested Cape May Warbler. But, the lack of
streaks eliminates Cape May so I'm back to female Pine. It is just my
impression, but it seems that the majority of wintering Pine Warbler photos
from the Upper Midwest that I've seen are of likely males, showing bright
yellow and green coloration. It seems that females don't linger northward
very often. We have a male Pine Warbler still lingering in Michigan's Upper
Peninsula right now.
Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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From: "Ray Silvey" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:44 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Subject: Help with ID of hardy warbler at my feeder.
> This little darling has been coming around for the last two weeks and I
> have
> ignored him, thinking he/her was a Goldfinch. Today he landed on the
> sunflower
> seed feeder attached to the window and I realized he was a warbler.
But
> what
> kind ?
>
> I first thought Orange-crowned, but now I am leaning towards Pine
Warbler.
> He
> is unstreaked underneath and white except for a bit of light yellow near
> the
> sides and at the top of the breast. The nape and back are olive-grey.
> Unfortunately, there is not much color in the photos due to shooting
> through
> the window on a grey sky day. I didn't want to enhance the color and
> give a
> false cast.
>
> I'd love to hear your advice.
>
> http://www.raysrock.com/warbler_unknown_1DS3_14504_columbus_oh.jpg
> http://www.raysrock.com/warbler_unknown_1DS3_14513_columbus_oh.jpg
>
> Oh btw, that's a Red-breasted woodpecker sharing the suet feeder.
>
> RaySilvey
> North Columbus
>
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:25:20 -0500
From: Mary Anne Romito <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Akron/PLX 12/5
Sunday, Tom and I saw a flock of 22 Tundra Swans fly over our home in
Cleveland, OH. Sorry about the late post, just got too busy. No Sandhills!
Mary Anne Romito
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Bennett, Gregory
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 3:34 PM
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Subject: [Ohio-birds] Akron/PLX 12/5
It's nice to see all the sandhill crane reports, but no swans?
Springfield Lake had a large group of redheads and other divers which
included FOUR black scoters. Found a sapsucker at Mogadore and a
merlin was at Summit Lake.
Peace,
Gregory Bennett
Akron OH
"You don't have to confess; we're lookin' for you!"
- Antoine Dodson
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:23:21 -0500
From: Steve <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Gibberish posts digestion issues :-D
Before I begin, let me say that this is not an endorsement of the product,
I am simply stating that this is working for me.
I just received an email from one that was having the gibberish issues
with the posts that I sent through my Droid to Ohio Birds' listserv.
Yesterday after doing a little research, I changed my phone's email
program to a free open source program called K9...and yes it is a salute to Dr
Who...cute little dog robot icon.
It seems to have done the trick. She told me that she could now see my
posts. It is available through the Droid marketplace as "K-9 Mail". I have
switched completely over to it on my Droid for other reasons as
well...namely that I can delete everything from my trash can at one time.
If you use hotmail, there have been some bugs that have cropped up in the
past, but they seem to have a work around now.
I don't know about other smart phones, but as far as the Droid goes, it
works for me and seemingly the listserv. I imagine that it is because it is
open source that the listserv is finding it easier to deal with digesting
it.
As far as birds go, I nearly hit a turkey today in Marion over at the
corner of 203 and739.
Have a great day!
Steve
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:28:40 -0500
From: Helen Ostermiller <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Flicker behavior
We have a Flicker making the rounds of squirrel abodes (plentiful,
since the squirrels appreciate food originally intended for the
birds!), seemingly feeding. Might they be finding insects in these
leaf and stick nests high in the trees? The Flicker spent 5 - 10
minutes on the outside of a large one.
A number of years ago, I watched Flickers follow behind a Pileated
Woodpecker in our woods. My guess was that they were seeking ants
that had been overlooked, or emerged after the Pileated had moved on.
It was March, so conceivably there was sap running, though I don't
know that would interest the Flickers.
Anyone know anything about these behaviors?
Helen Ostermiller
Medina County
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:14:03 -0500
From: Jennifer Kleinrichert <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Inniswood Metro Gardens' Christmas Bird Count
Hello all -
Please note Inniswood Metro Gardens' Christmas Bird Count is on December
18th at 8 a.m., not 10 a.m. If interested in joining us, please meet at
the
garden entrance.
Good birding!
Jennifer Kleinrichert
Environmental Educator
Westerville, OH
Franklin County
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:56:05 -0500
From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lisa_Brohl?= <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Purple Sandpipers on South Bass Island
I got to take a walk out at the Scheeff East Point Nature Preserve today =
on
South Bass Island. The highlight of the day was two purple sandpipers
working along the rocky shore off Buckeye Point. I had my scope and got g=
ood
looks.
Also saw at Scheeff's:
Horned Grebes 4
Tundra Swan 2
Commmon Goldeneyes xxx
Bufflehead xx
Scaup sp. xxx
Canvasback 5
Redhead 10
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Ring-bill Gull xxx
Herring Gull xx
Greater Black-backed Gull 2
Mallard xxx
Canada Goose xxx
In Put-in-Bay Harbor:
Bufflehead xxx
Ring-neck Duck 4
Redhead 4
Mallard xxx
Canada Goose xxx
Ring-billed Gull xxx
South and East of Perry's Victory, all swimming together in the shallow b=
ay:
Tundra Swans 232=20
Canada Goose xxx
Mallards xxx
On Chapman Point Reef
Ring-billed Gull xxx
Greater Black-backed Gull 2
A beautiful blustery day!
Lisa Brohl
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:33:34 -0500
From: Kathy Mc <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Am. tree sparrows
Hi Everyone=2C
On 12/5 I had about 3 am. tree sparrows in my yard. They are still coming
a=
nd there seem to be even more of them now.
This is the second year I've had them here so much. I had them here all
win=
ter last year. Before that I would see maybe one or two
and not very often.
=20
Kathy McKibben
Bedford =
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