[CT Birds] CTBirds Digest, Vol 341, Issue 2
Nancy Specht
naspecht at snet.net
Thu Jan 31 18:18:03 EST 2008
Jan 31, 1:30 -2:00PM
New Haven Harbor
Birds of note:
Buffleheads
Red-breasted mergansers
Black Ducks
West Haven Boat Launch
Hundreds of Greater Scaup
Nancy Specht
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> 1. East Rock Park, 1/31/08 (Kevin Burgio)
> 2. Bill and Claudia Ahrens (Roger & Betty Robb)
> 3. Redpolls in E. Hartford (Dasinger, Andrew M UTPWR)
> 4. Maine Great Gray Owl Possibly Hit By Car & In Rehab
> (Tim Antanaitis)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:23:30 -0500
> From: Kevin Burgio <kevinburgio at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] East Rock Park, 1/31/08
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> 7:30 - 10:00 am
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> Golden-crowned Kinglet (5+)
> Belted Kingfisher (I got a wonderful look at him catching and
> eating a fish about 20 yards away from me)
> Hooded Merganser (5 male, 4 female)
> Common Merganser (1 male, 2 female)
> Downy, Hairy, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers (all on one tree at the
> same time)
> House Finch (a group of at least 10-15+)
> Great Blue Heron
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> Other normal birds (white-breasted nuthatch, mallards, tufted
> titmouse, black-capped chickadee, white-throated sparrow, northern
> cardinal, blue jay, etc)
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> Kevin Burgio
> Hamden
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:57:46 -0800
> From: "Roger & Betty Robb" <brrobb at comcast.net>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Bill and Claudia Ahrens
> To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
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> Can anyone send me contact information for Bill and Claudia
> Ahrens? I would like to contact them regarding their sighting of a
> Crowned Slaty Flycatcher in Panama this past December.
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> Thanks,
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> Roger Robb
> Springfield, Oregon
> brrobb at comcast.net
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:12:23 -0500
> From: "Dasinger, Andrew M UTPWR" <andrew.dasinger at UTCPower.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Redpolls in E. Hartford
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> This winter on my way to work I'm always scanning crabapple trees with
> fruit (I suspect many of you are doing the same). I watched one
> particularly fruit-laden tree in Glastonbury remain untouched this
> winter, then suddenly, a few days ago, I noticed it was stripped bare.
> Perhaps some of the birds from farther north are working their way
> farther south and to lower elevations. Then today going to work I
> saw a
> flock of small birds silhouetted on some birch trees that are planted
> around the Pratt & Whitney Customer Training Center (East
> Hartford). Of
> course I turned around, and found 18 Com. Redpolls feeding on catkins.
>
> Andrew Dasinger
> South Glastonbury
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:23:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tim Antanaitis <timant123 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Maine Great Gray Owl Possibly Hit By Car & In
> Rehab
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> From: owner-maine-birds(AT)mainebirding.net =
> [mailto:owner-maine-birds(AT)mainebirding.net] On Behalf Of Sean Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:44 AM
> To: Avian Haven; mainebirds
> Subject: Re: [MAINE-BIRDS] Great Gray Owl update
>
> This is one of the reasons I didn't go to look at the GGO.
> I =
> went to see the one in Milford in Feb. '06 and frankly, many of the =
> birders there were acting like idiots, standing around chattering
> loudly =
> and certainly distracting the owl from its necessary business of
> HEARING =
> its prey so it could eat and survive. One birder even had a loudly =
> barking dog in its parked car within 50 feet of the owl. =20
> Derek Lovitch addressed some of the issues at the time =
> regarding owls and proper birding etiquette. Owls need very special =
> consideration when being watched in wintertime, more so than any
> other =
> type of bird. I'm not saying that everyone who went to see the owl
> was =
> acting inappropriately, but I'm certain after seeing what went on in =
> Milford with the GGO there that there were more than a few "trophy =
> hunters" who were making things miserable for the owl.=20
>
> Sean Smith
> Bangor
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Avian Haven=20
> To: maine-birds(AT)mainebirding.net=20
> Cc: ehynes(AT)maineaudubon.org=20
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:59 AM
> Subject: [MAINE-BIRDS] Great Gray Owl update
>
> Eric is correct; we have the owl. We were contacted by the =
> property owner early yesterday afternoon, and asked to come for the =
> bird. Our understanding is that it was hit by a car (not one
> driven by =
> a birder) on Sunday, but eluded capture at that time.
> Subsequently, it =
> was more stationary and easier to approach than previously. By =
> yesterday morning, the bird was on the ground and apparently unable
> to =
> fly more than a few feet.
>
> Our first radiograph shows no apparent fractures, but the
> bird is =
> extremely emaciated. This may be due at least in part to a heavy =
> parasite load, but the property owner feels that the bird was
> harassed =
> by some visitors. We understand that he intends to communicate his =
> concerns to Maine Audubon. =20
>
> Meanwhile, we can report that the bird survived the night.
> We've =
> treated the parasites and implemented an emaciation recovery
> protocol; =
> however, it is too soon to offer a prognosis.
>
> Diane Winn & Marc Payne
> Avian Haven, Freedom, ME
> www.avianhaven.org=20
>
> At 08:34 AM 1/30/2008, you wrote:
>
> I have received a second hand report that the GGOW in
> Jackson =
> was captured yesterday by Avian Haven and taken away to be x-rayed
> as it =
> may have been hit by a car several days ago. If I learn more I will =
> pass it along but it is no longer on Bog Road in Jackson.
> =20
> Eric Hynes
> Staff Naturalist / Gilsland Farm Center Manager
> Maine Audubon
> 20 Gilsland Farm Road
> Falmouth, ME 04105
> 207-781-2330 ext. 237
> ehynes(AT)maineaudubon.org
> www.maineaudubon.org
> =20
> =20
>
> Ross Geredien
> Good Migrations Photography
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> 1-610-850-5035
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