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My favorite is when I hear a Phoebe around my house.

Ipper Collens
 
RTO ITLAPD
Manufacturing Engineer
H&H Engineered Molded Products
6230 Cochran Rd
Solon, OH 44139
440.415.1814 W
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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve J.
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 9:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] First Birds

Nah, its them silly Killdeer...calling out overhead  in the middle of the night...and you can't see them...but you know that they are there. :-D

rob thorn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'll have to differ a bit with Bill on this one.  I think that it's the 
>unpredictability of the habitat that defines a true harbinger.  Sure 
>Pectorals and Louisiana Waterthrushes travel very far to get here, but 
>their habitats - mudflats and streams - are less impacted by weather 
>vagaries.  I've seen waterthrushes singing and carrying on in a stream 
>that bisected deep snow. I doubt they had much of a problem finding 
>food. Swifts are a different thing; their aerial prowess is such that a
>600 mile flight means little to them.  If conditions are bad, they just 
>turn around and fly back!
>
>No, I'm more impressed by open grassland birds like Meadowlarks, Vesper 
>& Savannah Sparrows, since they arrive when their haunts can be either 
>open or totally snow-covered.  Not only that, but fields tend to lag 
>woods in their seasonal phenology, so their first big flush of insects 
>is a long way off.  The first singing Meadowlark or Vesper Sparrow is 
>truly an act of faith, faith that the worst of winter is over.  That's 
>the sign of a true herald.
>
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