[birdky] Re: RPT: Miscellaneous notes
- From: "Mark Monroe" <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:51:00 -0400
Couple of follow-ups to Brainard's post.
Woodcocks returned last night (after vanishing for a week) to the tree
nursery behind my home and were again displaying.
I've realized an artifact of the quiz photo made me goof at least one
of my duck ID's (and explained why it looked funny), but my overall
list of guesses remains the same.
Also, I finally heard back from the Bird Banding Lab regarding
Northern Saw-whet Owl recaptures from this previous fall.
Captured a total of 91 (89 new) during October/November.
1 Young Female recaptured on Oct 29 was from Port Rowan, Ontario,
first banded on Oct 12.
1 Young Female recaptured on Oct 30 was from Lakefield, Ontario, first
banded on Oct 7.
2 birds that we first banded this season were also sadly later
recovered. One was found dead as a window strike about 1.3 mi west of
the banding site in a sub-division 2 weeks after it was banded. About
3 weeks after it was first captured, another bird had returned north
approximately 30 miles where it was hit by a car on a highway in Scott
County, Indiana, and later died from its injuries. This 'rebound'
back north was a notable pattern this year with many recaptures across
the eastern US.
Mark Monroe
Louisville, KY
On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS
KNPC) <Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> I figured I'd provide my "solution" = "best guesses" to the waterfowl photo
> quiz early next week.
>
> The Lexington Reservoir Long-tailed Duck has not been seen since March 3rd.
>
> Following last Saturday's snow storm, Don Martin reported a couple of flocks
> of "about 50" Snow Buntings up in Boone County on Sunday.
>
> Last Sunday Matt Stickel and I had at least 3 Pine Siskins in my mother's
> yard in Louisville. It was interesting that they were not at the feeders,
> but instead were foraging on white cedar cones and elm buds!
>
> I attempted to net Saw-whet Owls again in Jefferson County on Wednesday
> night with no luck in 5 hours. Conditions seemed good but no birds.
>
> Also on Wednesday evening, I was surprised that a few of us did not hear any
> American Woodcocks on the family farm, where there had been at least 3-5
> performing several nights before (and before the big snow). I am assuming
> that they found the deep snow too much to contend with and high-tailed it
> back south? It will be interesting to see if any more reappear in the next
> week.
>
> bpb, Frankfort
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