Those interested in the praying mantis can go to www.ppulse.com and click "the Regulars" in the middle of the blue line across the top of the page, then click Door to Nature to see three photos and read Roy's story about the mantis. The Peninsula Pulse also put one of Roy's photos on the cover. You can only do this for one more day before the new edition comes out tomorrow. We are having a rather nice passage of migrants here today, too; a ruby-crowned kinglet, yellow-bellied sapsucker, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler and black-throated green warbler and 59 sandhill cranes in a nearby field. Charlotte & Roy Lukes Door County Egg Harbor, WI Read Roy's nature stories in Door to Nature online at www.ppulse.com and Outdoors In Door at http://doorcountyliving.com -----Original Message----- From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of paul bruce Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:09 PM To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [wisb] Surprise sighting, +mantis commentary Good afternoon, my birding family. Man, did I make out like a bandit this a.m. Stopped at the Nature Conservancy next to Osh. North HS. 27 species were recorded in just 30 minutes. Some of them quite awesome! It started good to fair then just opened up at the end. A mess of chipping sparrows were at the entrance, plus robins, then around the first bend got both kinglets, swamp sparrow, com. yellowthroat, catbird, waxwings, then further on the way, dowwny wood. and sapsucker, both nuthatches, juncos, wh-throated sparrows, then even further, WOW, purple finch, hermit thrush, yel-rump warblers, goldfinches, phoebe, cardinals, winter wrens, and the avia de resistance, an immature BLUE-HEADED VIREO !!! This session of birding was just insanely awesome. What stinks is missing my target, Fox Sparrow. As for the mantis stuff. When this first came to Wisbird I verified this as OffTopic, so it remains. I just feel this insect sighting is just too big of a thing to ignore, so therefore, sharing this incredible find with my Wisbird friends would be a most appreciative gesture. Thanking Tom Sykes, Bettie (birdMom to my north), I am Paul Bruce, Oshkosh Winnebago Co. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.