[wisb] Re: Misc. Waukesha Co. ID help, etc...
- From: Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 16:10:03 -0500
In case anyone is interested...
No conclusive word on the thrush photo - probably best left unID'd
But an out of state birder helped me with the call. CERULEAN WARBLER.
Definitely sounds right and fits what I saw (black necklace) and the presence
way up in the canopy.
-Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
> From: mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Misc. Waukesha Co. ID help, etc...
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 12:06:58 -0500
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> Just some belated ID help request and minor reportage from Waukesha Co.
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> I went to Kettle Moraine South last Saturday to the Scuppernong Ski/Hiking
> Trail. There was a fair amount of activity, but did not see warbler #s I'd
> seen earlier in the month. But the forest vegetation was so grown that it was
> pretty hard to see a lot that a few weeks ago would have been more visible.
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> I did at one point though have a hawk swoop onto a limb in the forest
> (medium-sized and stocky, not scrawny). Got a brief look at it and I'm still
> learning hawks but think I know what it was. The predominant colors were a
> darker sootier brown and white and as the bird flew off the tail appeared
> fanned and had a thick single solid stripe. It soon flew off, attacked by a
> blue jay if I recall. Can't remember now whether it was a dark or light band,
> but my guess is that it was a broad-winged hawk. Does that sound right?
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> Also had this bird:
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> http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2822043050059461204cosDHy
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> I only saw it through some brush and never got a good look, but is this good
> enough to say veery? No apparent contrast between tail/body, overall
> rufous/brown and no extensive spotting.
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> Finally had a group of these way up high in the canopy on the trail. I could
> not get a close look but thought I saw a black necklace at one point on one
> of them. Can anyone ID by sound? Very short clip and the call is in the last
> couple seconds (you won't be able to see anything in the video). It is kind
> of a few repeated sounds followed by a quick buzz and that is it. Any ideas?
> Probably something easy but...
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzFShoNHorM
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> Also of note (or maybe not?) was a pileated woodpecker. I notice some range
> maps show them absent from SE Wisconsin but there seem to be plenty of
> sightings in eBird of them there. Are they just really localized in SE
> Wisconsin or are they much less common than in elsewhere in the state?
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> As a bonus, here's a video I took in our woods of some blue jays dive-bombing
> a poor great horned owl. My view was always obstructed as you'll see, but it
> looks like this is likely one of the juveniles.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKkJeJUxcGU
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> By the way, some interesting articles on cougars lately. Several cougar
> sightings this year already and one just killed a cow for the first time in
> 100 years or so. The DNR is apparently making plans for their eventual
> "return" to WI. As for the cow-killing cougar, they are talking about
> euthanizing it, but personally I hope it slips away.
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> http://tinyurl.com/297ogom (Wis. State Journal article)
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> http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/94219264.html (Mil. JS article on cow
> killing)
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> And black bear sightings are on the rist in SW Wisconsin:
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> http://dnr.wi.gov/news/BreakingNews_Lookup.asp?id98
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> -Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
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