Well stated. Thanks Kenn
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Topics of the day:
1. Pied-billed Grebe a 'frogivore'
2. common loon
3. Rare bird reports next Monday (2)
4. California Gull, Conneaut Harbor 3/27
5. Wayne County Shorebirds 3/27/13
6. Tappan Lake, Harrison, Ohio
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:41:31 -0400
From: Leslie Sours <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Pied-billed Grebe a 'frogivore'
During the summer of 2011's rail fest at Glacier Ridge Metro Park, I watched=
a very young pie-billed grebe catch and eat a frog. It took about 20 minut=
es to devour, with a lot of dropping the frog, diving to retrieve it, mangli=
ng it, and tearing off manageable portions. It was an impressively large fr=
og for such a petite (yet tough) youngster. Looks like your grebe just gobb=
led it!
Leslie, Columbus
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:59:38 -0400
From: =?windows-1252?Q?Linda_Woolard?= <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: common loon
Watched a common loon catch 4 fish and swim back and forth for some time.=
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Also saw a horned grebe catch a fish in the same area. There were 2 horne=
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grebes today although I have seen up to six in the past 2 weeks. Also sa=
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2 pied-billled grebes. Yesterday saw a beautiful male wood duck up close.=
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All of this at Harbor Hills- Maple Bay - part of Buckeye Lake.
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:09:52 +0000
From: Kenn Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Rare bird reports next Monday
Next Monday is April 1st: April Fool's Day. Based on past experience, it'=
s likely that some birders will celebrate the day by posting reports of o=
utlandish rare birds on various listserves.
These April Fool's jokes are all in good fun, as long as you're in the kn=
ow. They're usually written in such a way that the more experienced birde=
rs can recognize them as jokes immediately. The problem is that new birde=
rs are more likely to be taken in by them. To a new birder, no matter how=
intelligent, there's nothing self-evident about the fact that a Black-ta=
iled Gull from Asia is a plausible vagrant to Ohio while a Yellow-winged =
Tanager from Mexico is not. I have seen unfortunate cases in which brand-=
new, eager birders, excited about discovery and learning, have been trick=
ed by these April Fools jokes and have been publicly embarrassed. Any jok=
e that selectively targets the beginners is a bad idea, because we need t=
o encourage those new birders. Bird conservation is an uphill struggle, a=
nd birds need all the friends
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