[missbird] Re: Painted Bunting in Clinton, MS

  • From: Ken Hackman <khackman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Nick Gault <sailingstnick@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 22:43:19 -0500

They are indeed nesting.  All three of these males seemed to be on territory, 
and I have been watching them at this location for eight years now.

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> On May 21, 2014, at 9:26 PM, Nick Gault <sailingstnick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Ken, wasn't it you who had painted bunting sightings in Madison County a few 
> years ago? I seem to recall they were nesting up there. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 21, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Ken Hackman <khackman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I had three different Painted Bunting males in Madison County inside Madison 
>> City limits Sunday, in what was my first time to go out birding since my 
>> surgery.  I didn't last long, and couldn't walk far, but I enjoyed it.
>> 
>> The birds were all in the Bozeman Rd. Area near Madison Station Elementary.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On May 21, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Mark Goodman <sps642460@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Everyone
>>> 
>>> If you are interested in breeding birds, we ran a state-wide bird breeding 
>>> project a few years ago.  He is the link to that page:
>>> 
>>> http://130.18.140.19/atlas/
>>> 
>>> Mark Goodman
>>> Starkville
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Frank Hensley 
>>>> <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Last night I found a male Painted Bunting on the east side of Clinton. He 
>>>> was sitting on a barbed wire fence at  the National Park wetland 
>>>> restoration between Cynthia Road and the Natchez Trace, just northeast of 
>>>> the intersection of Cynthia and Magnolia Road. I took a couple of voucher 
>>>> photos.  I see only one other record of a Painted Bunting in Hinds County 
>>>> on eBird.  
>>>> 
>>>> I went back this morning but did not see the bird. I'll check again 
>>>> regularly this week and report whether I find him.
>>>> 
>>>> Frank Hensley
>>>

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