[texbirds] Re: 30 minutes with a starling

  • From: Robert Reeves <birder.reeves@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Fred Collins, (Commissioner Pct. 3)" <Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:27:26 -0600

That one must have migrated from the Arkansas Big Woods.
On Jan 21, 2014 3:06 PM, "Collins, Fred (Commissioner Pct. 3)" <
Fred_Collins@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And then there was the Blue jay doing a perfect imitation of an
> Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Nacogdoches, TX in 2007. When and where did he
> learn that!
>
>
> Fred Collins, Director
> Kleb Woods Nature Center
> 20303 Draper Road,Tomball TX 77377
>
> Harris County Precinct 3
> Steve Radack Commissioner
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Sinclair
> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 4:19 PM
> To: Clay Taylor
> Cc: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: 30 minutes with a starling
>
> At least that was the same continent.
> Back in the mid '90's at the Tulsa Zoo a Northern Mockingbird would
> regularly imitate a European Blackbird!  The zoo had no record of that
> species ever being at the zoo.
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Clay Taylor
> <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Last year I was in Cape May, NJ, and a Starling on the wires did a
> perfect
> > "wit-weet!" of a Curve Billed Thrasher.   There were two other birders
> > present, and we all looked at each other in amazement.   I shouted at the
> > Starling "WHERE did you hear THAT?"
> >
> > It would not tell me.....
> >
> > Clay Taylor
> > Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> > Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Jan 18, 2014, at 12:21 PM, "Heidi Trudell"
> > > <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Matt and I were loitering in front of the library this morning and
> > > noted that only ONE native bird was detectable during that time: a
> > > Ruby-crowned Kinglet. House Sparrows, Eurasian Collared Doves, Rock
> > > Pigeons (high count for the year: four), and Eurasian Starlings all
> > > put on a good show. Chickens were heard only.
> > >
> > > We're still debating whether or not the Curve-billed Thrasher and
> > > Common Nighthawk calls came from another starling, but here's what
> > > one starling had to say (not in any particular order):
> > > Killdeer - most frequent non-starling vocalization Scaled Quail
> > > Ladder-backed Woodpecker (?) tapping wren spp.
> > > Northern Mockingbird scold call
> > > ...yesterday it was making curlew vocalizations.
> > >
> > > There are a few other snippets that it is mumbling to itself that
> > > sound promising, but I guess we'll have to wait for it to belt them
> > > out at an audible level.
> > >
> > > Happy trails,
> > > -h
> > >
> > > Heidi Trudell
> > > Marathon, TX
> > >
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