FreeLists / va_co_birding / [va_co_birding] Re: screaming into the void...

["C. Michael Stinson" <cms@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I guess we can get a bit more cheeky on this list.

> Are they
> migrating up (or down) the Appomattox River? Where do they come from?

> Eggs.  Don't you have a Ph.D. in ornithology?

Actually it's in "Environmental Biology" but of course it's amazing how
relevant birds are to every aspect of "environmental biology." Fortunately
for me my advisors agreed that such was the case, anyway.

>
>  Why can't I find a Brown-headed Nuthatch in Prince Edward County?
>
> Probably looking in the wrong places?

Well, there are only 2,437,109 pine trees in the county and I have started
on my third round of looking in every single one of them.

I've recently received good
> documentation of a BHNU in Albemarle, photos included.  This is
interesting to me.

Yeah, seriously - you know about our episode in Pulaski County, of course.
And I've seen them in Appomattox County. It's not like I've birded in those
places more than in Prince Edward. And they've been recorded numerous times
in Campbell.

>
> What counties in Virginia don't have records for Chuck-will's-Widows? and
> how many counties actually have any solid evidence for the occurrence of
any
> of the caprimulgids that occur there (something besides verbal reports)?
>
> As far as I know, there is no CWWI record for Fauquier, though Ken Bass
used
> to report them from Quantico, and a small chunk of that base sits in
Fauquier.
>  I'm the unofficial keeper of things Fauquier (a self appointed title).

That would be UK-T-FAUQ for short? You say it out loud, not me.

Of course we have the BBA maps to give a rough starting point for answering
some of these questions (e.g. where CWWI breed), I know. But besides the
fact that these maps are dated now, look at the big holes in the maps for a
species like Chucks and you'll see why I ask the question.

> Well, instead of taking up an hour of time, I think we should each pick
ten
> birds we think can be closed out.  Since I'm going first, I'm taking the
easy
> ones.  I'll leave non-native species off my list.
>

Well, I could list the ten species that I am closest to closing out. But
I'll not. Let's just say that I can provide evidence to back up the
placement of Mourning Dove and Turkey Vulture on that list, but I have a
couple of others that are about as high on my list that aren't on yours at
all.

>
> Can we just pass a hat around and get Fenton Day a computer already?  He
> needs to be on this list.
>
Larry please tell Fenton we are talking about him -

CMS


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