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23 May Sanderling ["LNeumann" ] 23 May RE: night time birds - Francisco, IN [jeremy ross ] 23 May night time birds - Francisco, IN [jeremy ross ] 23 May Franke Park [James Haw ] 23 May Gibson Lake Area: Phalarope, Stilt Sandpipers [Evan Speck ] 22 May Deam Lake State Park & Borden, Clark, US-IN Scout for 5/25 Beckham trip 9a-12p www.beckhambirdclub.org [g heath ] 22 May Friendship Road Eastern Whip-poor-wills May 22, 2013 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 22 May Goose Pond area ["Whitehead, Donald R." ] 22 May Nesting Prothonotary Warblers- Harrison-Crawford SF [Del Striegel ] 22 May Re: Photo Sharing information ["Sanderson, Ryan J" ] 21 May White-rumped Sandpiper - LaGrange Co., Cont. ["Sam Plew" ] 21 May White-rumped Sandpiper - LaGrange Co. ["Sam Plew" ] 21 May Lake Co. traps Connecticut, Mourning, Canada, Orange-crowned, BT-Blue and Flycatchers [john kendall ] 21 May Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 21, 2013 [Brendan Grube ] 21 May Illiana Birds: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow/Hammond Bird Sanctuary ["Carolyn A. Marsh" ] 21 May 05/21: White-rumped Sandpiper ["LNeumann" ] 21 May 05/20: Eastern Whip-Por-Will ["LNeumann" ] 21 May Franke Park Summer Tanager [John Winebrenner ] 21 May Warrick Co. - Alder Flycatcher & salamander question ["Meredig, John" ] 21 May Cool Creek Park, Hamilton County, Westfield, IN, May 21, 2013 ["Angelo J. Dattilo" ] 21 May Dunes State Park, May 17, 2013 ["Angelo J. Dattilo" ] 21 May Rock Wren, May 17, 2013 ["Angelo J. Dattilo" ] 21 May late Redheads [Peter Scott ] 20 May Illiana Birds: Prothonotary Warbler, Hammond Bird Sanctuary ["Carolyn A. Marsh" ] 21 May Photo Sharing information ["Sanderson, Ryan J" ] 20 May Rock Wren...still NO [] 20 May Rock Wren - NO [Spencer Jablonski ] 20 May Celery Bog this morning ["Michael L. P. Retter" ] 20 May Eagle Creek Canada Warblers ["Sanderson, Ryan J" ] 20 May Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 20, 2013 [Brendan Grube ] 20 May Rock Wren 5/20/13 - NO ["Sam Plew" ] 20 May Dearborn County Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers [Bob Decker ] 20 May Ripley County Nighthawk [Bob Decker ] 20 May Elkhart Osprey May 19, 2013 [Judith Ferrell ] 20 May Vanderburgh Co. - Eagle Slough ["Meredig, John" ] 20 May SW Indiana May 19 2013 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 20 May Eagle Marsh - 5/19 [Jennifer Manning ] 19 May Monroe County [Southern Indiana Birder ] 19 May Eagle Creek Park, Sunday May 19, 2013 ["Don Williams" ] 19 May Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 18, 2013 [Brendan Grube ] 19 May Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 17, 2013 [Brendan Grube ] 19 May Johnson County Cattle Egret [bob carper ] 19 May Krider's Red Tailed Hawk ["LNeumann" ] 19 May Limberlost area [James Haw ] 19 May Fort Harrison, May 19 [Don Gorney ] 19 May Rock Wren - 5-19 yes and photos [Jeff Moore ] 19 May Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne [] 19 May Prophetstown State Park ["Russ Allison" ] 19 May Warrick Co. - Connecticut & Canada Warbler ["Meredig, John" ] 19 May Eagle Slough late migrants; Connecticut Warbler [Evan Speck ] 19 May Rock Wren yes on Sunday at 11:40 ["Sam Plew" ] 19 May Vanderburgh Co. - cedar waxwing flocks [Dan Collins ] 19 May RFI several species [Jeff Moore ] 19 May Least Terns at Cane Ridge WMA May 18 2013 [Lee Sterrenburg ] 18 May shrike is back and shorebirds too -Patoka NWR [jeremy ross ] 18 May Brown County - Stone Head Nature Preserve Open House - May 19th [Susan Hengeveld ] 19 May FW: eBird Report - Gary, 300 West Beach Road, May 18, 2013 [doug gerbracht ] 19 May FW: eBird Report - Miller Beach (Lake Co.), May 18, 2013 [doug gerbracht ] 18 May Franklin County Redstart, Magnolia Warbler [Bob Decker ] 18 May Fwd: Rock Wren yes on Saturday [] 18 May LaGrange/Elkhart County Big Day Results 5/17 and 5/18 ["Sam Plew" ] 18 May Rock Wren availability update ["Sam Plew" ] 18 May Lakefront (18-May-2013) Olive-sided Flycatcher ["Kenneth J. Brock" ] 18 May Swallow-tailed Kite, Porter Beach [Brendan Grube ] 18 May May 18 Sodalis Nature Park [] 18 May Re: Rock Wren yes on Saturday [] 18 May Fox Island [James Haw ] 18 May Eagle Slough May 18th [Tim Griffith ] 18 May 05/18: Red-necked Phalarope ["LNeumann" ] 18 May Rock Wren-LaGrange Co. ["Mike P. Maxwell" ] 18 May LaGrange Co. Willet ["Sam Plew" ] 18 May 5/18 yard Yellow-billed Cuckoo + Spizella question [Bryce Robeson ] 18 May Green Heron; "yard bird" catch-up SW Monroe Co [Terri Greene ] 18 May Coordinates Correction ["Randy Pals" ] 18 May Rock Wren - Directions Refinement ["Randy Pals" ] 18 May Connecticut Warblers, Eagle Creek Park ["Sanderson, Ryan J" ] Subject: Sanderling From: "LNeumann" <landonneumann AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:40 -0400 Here is lists from the last two days. The highlight was today, which was a Sanderling at 600W. Another notable was a Mourning Warbler at the River Bluff Trail yesterday. Migration has definitely started to slow down. 05/22 River Bluff Trail Great Blue Heron 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 1 Cliff Swallow 4 Carolina Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 3 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 5 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Mourning Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird 5 American Goldfinch 1 05/23 River Bluff Trail Chimney Swift 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 5 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 2 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 5 600W Probably will be dried up by Sunday unless it rains Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 1 Semipalmated Plover 6 Spotted Sandpiper 3 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Sanderling 1 Molting into breeding plumage. Very white bird overall with sandy colored head, scapulars and coverts. A little bit of rufous on the tertails and primaries. A little bit a streaking on the breast, but barely any. Had a black short bill and black legs. Also had the staple behavior that Sanderling ususally shows that involvings running around alot. Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 2 Horned Lark 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 15 Landon Neumann Logansport, Cass County Subject: RE: night time birds - Francisco, IN From: jeremy ross <jeremy.ross AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:39:19 -0400 guess I shoulda put that NAAMP is North American Amphibian Monitoring Program; it's a "frog listening" route From: jeremy.ross AT hotmail.com Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:13 -0400 Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] night time birds - Francisco, IN To: in-bird-l AT list.indiana.edu I am a NAAMP volunteer and on last nights route I kept count of the birds I heart calling at night. I thought it was neat that these birds aren't all nocturnal birds. I thought it was kinda neat to hear these at night, when they should be in bed.... 2- kildeer 1- grasshopper sparrow 1 - meadowlark 2- canada geese 1 - screech owl 2- barred owls 1- GB heron 1- YB chat 1- mallard NO night jars!!! Jeremy Ross Petersburg, IN Subject: night time birds - Francisco, IN From: jeremy ross <jeremy.ross AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:04:13 -0400 I am a NAAMP volunteer and on last nights route I kept count of the birds I heart calling at night. I thought it was neat that these birds aren't all nocturnal birds. I thought it was kinda neat to hear these at night, when they should be in bed.... 2- kildeer 1- grasshopper sparrow 1 - meadowlark 2- canada geese 1 - screech owl 2- barred owls 1- GB heron 1- YB chat 1- mallard NO night jars!!! Jeremy Ross Petersburg, IN Subject: Franke Park From: James Haw <jhawillet AT aol.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 13:44:49 -0400 (EDT) Frannie Headings, Doug Rood, Marisa Windell and I spent an hour and 45 minutes in Franke Park on this cool, cloudy morning before increasing wind and approaching rain caused us to leave. There were few migrants evident but several good birds: Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 just N of frog pond Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-thr. Hummingbird 1 E. Wood Pewee 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 perched in dead tree jct. of road N of frog pond and BMX track, calling; great look Willow-Alder type flycatcher 10 Least Flycatcher 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Swainson's Thrush 1 Cedar Waxwing 1 my FOS! Am. Redstart 4 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 3 Summer Tanager 2 N of frog pond where road to BMX track joins it; apparent pair Heard from my yard: Swainson's Thrush 1, Tennessee and Black-thr. Green Warblers 1 each, Am. Redstart 2 Jim Haw Subject: Gibson Lake Area: Phalarope, Stilt Sandpipers From: Evan Speck <carroll656 AT msn.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 10:46:49 -0500 I birdied the Gibson Lake area yesterday afternoon. The highlight was a molting Wilson's Phalarope, a pair of alternate Stilt Sandpipers, a Short-billed Dowitcher and Black-necked Stilts on the flooded field on Hwy 65 a mile south of 64. Cane Ridge is now full of water, so no shorebirds. Three Least Terns now along with continuing L Scaup, Redheads, and a Forster's Tern. Wilson's Phalarope: http://www.flickr.com/photos/especkphotos/8795851872/ Stilt Sandpiper: http://www.flickr.com/photos/especkphotos/8795863254/ Evan Speck Evansville Gibson Lake Area, Gibson, US-IN May 22, 2013 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) 43 species Canada Goose 15 Mallard 2 Blue-winged Teal 2 Redhead 4 Lesser Scaup 5 Continuing Ruddy Duck 3 Northern Bobwhite 4 Great Blue Heron 8 Turkey Vulture 5 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Semipalmated Plover 3 Killdeer 12 Black-necked Stilt 14 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Stilt Sandpiper 2 Alternate. Photos on Flickr. Short-billed Dowitcher 1. Too far for decent Px Wilson's Phalarope 1. Photos Least Tern 3 Cane Ridge. Forster's Tern 1 Rock Pigeon 2 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 5 White-eyed Vireo 1 Bell's Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo 2 Horned Lark 3 Tree Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 3 Cliff Swallow 5 Brown Thrasher 1 Common Yellowthroat 5 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Grasshopper Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 4 Indigo Bunting X Dickcissel 15 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Eastern Meadowlark 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Subject: Deam Lake State Park & Borden, Clark, US-IN Scout for 5/25 Beckham trip 9a-12p www.beckhambirdclub.org From: g heath <kyradmanbb AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Deam Lake State Park, Clark, US-IN May 22, 2013 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments:     David Stewart, and Gerald Heath    Partly cloudy, sl breeze,  70 degs   List 373 61 species Canada Goose  12 Wood Duck  1 Mallard  1 Pied-billed Grebe  1 Great Blue Heron  1 Black Vulture  1 Turkey Vulture  8 Cooper's Hawk  1 Bald Eagle  1     Seen by Gerald 3mi from park on the way to trip Killdeer  6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo  X Chimney Swift  2 Belted Kingfisher  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  X Downy Woodpecker  X Hairy Woodpecker  X Northern Flicker  6 Pileated Woodpecker  3 Eastern Wood-Pewee  X Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  X Eastern Phoebe  3 Great Crested Flycatcher  X Eastern Kingbird  4 Warbling Vireo  8 Red-eyed Vireo  X Blue Jay  7 American Crow  6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow  5 Tree Swallow  2 Barn Swallow  2 Carolina Chickadee  8 Tufted Titmouse  3 White-breasted Nuthatch  X Carolina Wren  2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1 Eastern Bluebird  5 American Robin  10 Gray Catbird  X Northern Mockingbird  1 Brown Thrasher  7 European Starling  10 Cedar Waxwing  6 Ovenbird  X Hooded Warbler  X Pine Warbler  X Prairie Warbler  X Yellow-breasted Chat  1 Eastern Towhee  5 Chipping Sparrow  3 Field Sparrow  X Song Sparrow  X Scarlet Tanager  1 Northern Cardinal  5 Indigo Bunting  4 Red-winged Blackbird  120 Eastern Meadowlark  X Common Grackle  5 Brown-headed Cowbird  4 Orchard Oriole  1 Baltimore Oriole  X American Goldfinch  X View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14211998 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Part II: Borden; so of rd. entering town from west, Clark, US-IN May 22, 2013 9:00 AM Protocol: Incidental (Just Gerald) Comments:     Immature 2nd or 3 rd year bald eagle in yard eating prey/carrion?? 1 species Bald Eagle  1     immature 2nd or 3rd year bird View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14209725 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Scout for 5/25 Beckham trip 9a-12p info via www.beckhambirdclub.org Subject: Friendship Road Eastern Whip-poor-wills May 22, 2013 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT indiana.edu> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 22:51:59 -0400 Friendship Road, Monroe, US-IN May 22, 2013 8:55 PM - 9:40 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Going to the end of Friendship Road to listen for night birds. No Chuck-will's-widow heard. Three Eastern Whip-poor-wills, two of which put on a show. 2 species Eastern Whip-poor-will 3 2 singing by 20 minutes after sunset. One of them landed and sang in the gravel track beyond the right hand cable and another arrived and landed beside it. The 2 interacted, at one juncture one of the two interacting birds appeared to jump up on the other one. All the while the third Eastern Whip-poor-will was singing in the distance. The original singer on the gravel flew closer and landed beneath the cable, sang about 20 times there, then flew directly at me, circled around my head, and landed on a nearby branch, where it did another singing series before moving off to a more distant singing perch. I used a small flashlight and binoculars to watch the 2 interacting Whip-poor-wills. I departed at 45 minutes after sunset with the more distant of the original 2 still singing. No Chuck-will's-widow, only the three Whip-poor-wills for night birds. Brown Thrasher 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14212407 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Out of curiosity I clocked the mileage from the end of Friendship Road to my house. My current Subaru registered the same distance my former green Subaru did, 2.7 miles. --Lee Sterrenburg Bloomington Subject: Goose Pond area From: "Whitehead, Donald R." <whitehea AT indiana.edu> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:55 -0400 This morning Bob Dodd, Mark Sheehan, and I birded a number of localities in the Goose Pond complex - a very windy day, so passerines were a trial. But, we avoided all of the rain that was forecast. Not a bad day. The highlights: 100S (E of Beehunter): Canada Goose - 12 No. Bobwhite - 5 Turkey Vulture - 1 Killdeer - 6 Willow Flycatcher - 1 E. Phoebe - 1 E. Kingbird - 2 Bell's Vireo - 2 Warbling Vireo - 2 Tree Swallow - 6 Barn Swallow - 8 E. Bluebird - 2 Gray Catbird - 1 No. Mockingbird - 2 Brown Thrasher - 2 Yellow Warbler - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 4 Chipping Sparrow - 2 Field Sparrow - 4 Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 Blue Grosbeak - 1 Indigo Bunting - 5 Dickcissel - 8 E. Meadowlark - 45 many Red-wings and grackles BH4/5: Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 5 No. Bobwhite - 4 Great Blue Heron - 5 Green Heron - 1 Bald Eagle - 1 (adult - carrying a large fish towards the E - young not in nest. Apparently fledged.) Killdeer - 4 Great Horned Owl - 1 (flew from ground into tree line near remnants of old house) No. Flicker - 1 Willow Flycatcher - 3 E. Phoebe - 1 E. Kingbird - 2 Bell's Vireo - 4 Warbling Vireo - 3 Purple Martin - 3 Tree Swallow - 4 Barn Swallow - 5 House Wren - 2 E. Bluebird - 2 Gray Catbird - 2 Brown Thrasher - 3 Yellow Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 12 Field Sparrow - 5 Blue Grosbeak - 1 Indigo Bunting - 4 Dickcissel - 3 E. Meadowlark - 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Orchard Oriole - 2 Baltimore Oriole - 2 many Red-wings and grackles Am. Goldfinch - 8 GP9/10: Canada Goose - 6 Gadwall - 1 Mallard - 4 Blue-winged Teal - 2 No. Shoveler - 1 Double-cr. Cormorant - 5 Great Blue Heron - 12 Great Egret - 7 Am. Kestrel - 1 Am. Coot - 2 Black-necked Stilt - 6 Tree swallow - 8 Brown Thrasher - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 14 Field Sparrow - 6 E. Meadowlark - 6 GP13: Mallard - 5 Great Egret - 2 Black-necked Stilt - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 GP11: Canada Goose - 2 Mallard - 3 Cliff Swallow - 8 Yellow Warbler - 2 Double Ditches and along 59: Wood Duck - 1 Double-cr. Cormorant - 12 Common Gallinule - 1 Am. Coot - 14 Black-necked Stilt - 5 500/1220 and MPW from 1200: No. Bobwhite - 2 Double-cr. Cormorant - 16 Great Blue Heron - 21 Bald Eagle - 1 (adult) No. Harrier - 2 (1 male, 1 female - hunting together over field just W of 1200) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Am. Coot - 45 Killdeer - 4 Willow Flycatcher - 1 E. Kingbird - 2 Bell's Vireo - 1 Warbling Vireo - 1 Cedar Waxwing - 12 Yellow Warbler - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 5 Field Sparrow - 5 Savannah Sparrow - 1 Indigo Bunting - 2 Dickcissel - 4 Orchard Oriole - 1 BH2: Canada Goose - 26 Black-necked Stilt - 2 BH3: Mallard - 5 Semipalmated Plover - 3 (FOY) Black-necked Stilt - 2 Don Whitehead Bloomington whitehea AT indiana.edu Subject: Nesting Prothonotary Warblers- Harrison-Crawford SF From: Del Striegel <ddstriegel AT frontier.com> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 14:54:22 -0400 Inspected 22 Prothonotary Warbler nest boxes along Blue River this morning. One female PROW was sitting on 5 eggs, great news. I placed 8 boxes along a 400 meter section of Blue River, all eight boxes had some moss placed inside the nest boxes. Walked up on a Wild Turkey that was sitting on eggs, gave me a scare when she took off. Observed a pair of Cerulean Warblers along Blue River. > > Harrison-Crawford SF, Harrison, US-IN > May 22, 2013 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling on foot and auto > 5.0 mile > 44 species > > Wild Turkey 1 Sitting on eggs, in old farmstead > Great Blue Heron 3 > Turkey Vulture 2 > Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 nestlings in tree along Blue River > Broad-winged Hawk 1 > Mourning Dove 3 > Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Red-headed Woodpecker 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 > Acadian Flycatcher 3 > Eastern Phoebe 2 Recently fleglings at old barn > Great Crested Flycatcher 5 > Eastern Kingbird 1 > White-eyed Vireo 1 > Yellow-throated Vireo 2 > Red-eyed Vireo 3 > Blue Jay 5 > American Crow 21 > Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 > Tufted Titmouse 2 > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 > Eastern Bluebird 1 > Wood Thrush 2 > American Robin 5 > Cedar Waxwing 25 2 flocks > Ovenbird 2 > Louisiana Waterthrush 2 > Prothonotary Warbler 3 Nest box with 5 eggs > Kentucky Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 2 > Cerulean Warbler 2 Pair along Blue River, seen and heard while checking PROW boxes > Northern Parula 5 > Yellow-throated Warbler 3 > Summer Tanager 2 > Scarlet Tanager 1 > Northern Cardinal 1 > Indigo Bunting 3 > Common Grackle 5 > Brown-headed Cowbird 1 > Baltimore Oriole 1 > American Goldfinch 3 Del Striegel Floyd County > > View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14207320 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Re: Photo Sharing information From: "Sanderson, Ryan J" <ryjsand AT iupui.edu> Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 03:24:14 +0000 Please see the message Lynn sent to me; in short, there is an Indiana Audubon Society group on Flickr. One can search for it on the Flickr search function. Ryan Sanderson Indianapolis Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2013, at 11:08 PM, "Lynn Daugherty" wrote: > Wouldn't it work better if there were a public "group" like birders or Indiana birders that people could contribute their pictures to? A cursory reading of the Flickr info seems to indicate that such a group could be set up. > > Lynn Daugherty, DeMotte > ledaugh AT netnitco.net > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sanderson, Ryan J" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 9:40 PM > Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Photo Sharing information > > > Greetings Indiana Birders, > > It appears that Flickr has roled out a new layout and FREE storage space of up to 1 terabyte per person. I don't know if they'll still limit people to sharing only the most recent 200 photos or not. Nonetheless, for those that take photos, it's a great way to display them publicly; I like to share my photos and I also like to see what others are sharing. Here's the link, and I'd encourage everyone to sign up for free and share! > > http://www.flickr.com/new/ > > Ryan Sanderson > Indianapolis > Subject: White-rumped Sandpiper - LaGrange Co., Cont. From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:32:17 -0400 Birders, I apologize about the previous e-mail. I tried to use my phone... Last night I received a call from Matt Raber about a possible White-rumped Sandpiper at the 100 South - 500 West wetland. This morning, I went to the flooded pasture at 6:30. I could not find the flock of peeps. I figured the weather front pushed them on. Luckily, after school, I had the opportunity to go back to the wetland. Matt was present when I arrived. He had the flock with the White-rumped Sandpiper already found. The bird spent the first 15 minutes playing hide-and-seek in the grasses with the other 15 Least Sandpipers. Eventually, it flew near the fence line where the grass is grazed down to a mud hole. The bird was seen very well by three other birders. Good Birding, Sam Plew LaGrange, In. . This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Subject: White-rumped Sandpiper - LaGrange Co. From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:46 -0400 Birders, Last night I received a call from Matt Raber about a possible White- rumped Sandpiper at the 100 South - 500 West wetland. This morning, I went to the flooded pasture at 6:30. 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Subject: Lake Co. traps Connecticut, Mourning, Canada, Orange-crowned, BT-Blue and Flycatchers From: john kendall <jeffro595 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:22:32 -0700 (PDT) I birded Hammond Sanctuary and State Line Woods early this am.  Highlights were singing males of many warbler species; including Connecticut and Mourning at Hammond and Canada, Blackpoll, Blackburnian and a late Orange-crowned.   Out of 21 species observed, the split amongst warbler sexes was about 50-50 male to female.  I also had an American Woodcock at Hammond.  I had a total of 5 singing Alder Flycatchers between the two sites and  one Olive-sided.   Ebird lists: Hammond: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14200778 State Line: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14200905   John Kendall Valparaiso Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 21, 2013 From: Brendan Grube <grube.brendan AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:08:43 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:08 PM Subject: eBird Report - green tower, May 21, 2013 To: grube.brendan AT gmail.com green tower, Porter, US-IN May 21, 2013 5:30 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: South winds and coolish, post rain storm. 63 species Canada Goose 19 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant 19 Great Blue Heron 3 Great Egret 3 Green Heron 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Caspian Tern 2 Chimney Swift 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Eastern Kingbird 237 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue Jay 84 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Purple Martin 11 Tree Swallow 1 Bank Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 17 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Eastern Bluebird 8 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 1 Cedar Waxwing 3052 Tennessee Warbler 1 American Redstart 3 Yellow Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 Prairie Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Indigo Bunting 44 Dickcissel 4 Bobolink 31 Red-winged Blackbird 54 Common Grackle 21 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 18 House Finch 1 Red Crossbill 3 Pine Siskin 51 American Goldfinch 219 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14200924 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Illiana Birds: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow/Hammond Bird Sanctuary From: "Carolyn A. Marsh" <cmarshbird AT prodigy.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:54 -0500 21 May, 2013 - Very hard and slow birding late morning at the Hammond Bird Sanctuary since everything has leafed out. The surprise of the day was a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW that jumped into view while I walked the lakeside ridge path. The feeding station has less variety except for BLUE JAYS, GRACKLES, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS. Carolyn Marsh, Whiting, IN Subject: 05/21: White-rumped Sandpiper From: "LNeumann" <landonneumann AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:56:43 -0400 This morning Bud Dodrill and I birded a few Cass Co spots. The highlights was a White-rumped Sandpiper(first county record) and a Black Bellied Plover at the flooded field along 600W. This spot continues to produce great birds! Other notables were Canada Warbler, Alder Flycatcher, and Grasshopper Sparrow. River Bluff Trail(I birded this alone because Bud had to take his grandkids to school.) Chimney Swift 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 4 American Redstart 1 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 2 France Park/Georgetown Rd(Bud joined me here.) Canada Goose 17 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 3 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 3 American Crow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Tree Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 15 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 House Wren 1 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 5 Brown Thrasher 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 2 Cerulean Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 Henslow's Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 5 Indigo Bunting 5 Bobolink 2 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Baltimore Oriole 3 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 2 Lake Cicott Nothing of note 925W Pond Nothing of note 600W Flooded Field Mallard 3 Blue-winged Teal 3 Northern Shoveler 3 Black-bellied Plover 1 My first one in the county in 4 years. Semipalmated Plover 5 Killdeer 3 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 7 Least Sandpiper 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Larger bird compared to the Semi Sands. The bird had a slightly curved bill, a long primary projection, streaking on the breast that was well past the flanks, and it had a white supercilium. Pectoral Sandpiper 1 American Pipit 2 Highway 17 Marshes Canada Goose 7 Mallard 3 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 1 Turkey Vulture 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 4 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Carolina Wren 1 Grasshopper Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 10 American Goldfinch 1 Landon Neumann Logansport, Cass County Subject: 05/20: Eastern Whip-Por-Will From: "LNeumann" <landonneumann AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:53 -0400 Yesterday, I birded Spring Creek Nursery and checked some flooded fields in the morning. I started before dawn at Spring Creek Nursery. The highlight was a Eastern Whip-Por-Will that sang a odd song(more about that below) twice at dawn at Spring Creek. Spring Creek Nursery Canada Goose 15 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Green Heron 3 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 Barred Owl 1 Eastern Whip-poor-will 1 A distant bird that sang briefly at dawn. It sang a odd song that consisted of a loud "Whip" which followed a short pause and then it ended with the usual"Por Will." Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Tree Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Bird migrating over at 5a.m that gave off his flight call. Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 5 Brown Thrasher 1 Cedar Waxwing 1 Ovenbird 1 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Kentucky Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 3 Cerulean Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 5 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 5 Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 3 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 Highway 35 Wet Spots Highlights(Hardly any water at the shorebird area) Spotted Sandpiper 1 600W Flooded Field Semipalmated Sandpipers 2 Least Sandpiper 3 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Landon Neumann Logansport, Cass County Subject: Franke Park Summer Tanager From: John Winebrenner <jcwinebrenner AT ymail.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:17 -0700 (PDT)    Since the Rock Wren bugged out the day before I was set to go see it, I decided to go to Franke Park this morning instead. I arrived about 6:45 and was happy to hear lots of singing. Then I realized that 90% of the singing was from Robins and Cardinals, with not many other birds joining in.  There was very little activity around the frog pond this morning, with most of the birds spread out along the creek.    My best birds of the morning were two Yellow-billed Cuckoos (heard only), a nice close look at a Wilson's Warbler, and a 1st spring male Summer Tanager. The Wilson's and the Tanager were both very near the small boardwalk over the creek, at the beginning of what I refer to as the "North" woods. I'd never seen any Tanager in that transition plumage before, and I probably wouldn't have known what it was if it hadn't been vocalizing.    Though the morning seemed fairly slow, I did end up with 45 species.  Here's the list:   Canada Goose  10 Mallard  6 Turkey Vulture  1 Broad-winged Hawk  1   (heard only) Ring-billed Gull  6 Mourning Dove  2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2 Chimney Swift  4 Belted Kingfisher  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Downy Woodpecker  5 Hairy Woodpecker  2 Eastern Wood-Pewee  2 Least Flycatcher  4 Great Crested Flycatcher  3 Philadelphia Vireo  1 Red-eyed Vireo  4 Blue Jay  6 American Crow  5 Tree Swallow  4 Black-capped Chickadee  1 Tufted Titmouse  2 White-breasted Nuthatch  1 Carolina Wren   1 House Wren  3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  5 Veery  2 Swainson's Thrush  1 American Robin  10 Gray Catbird  3 European Starling  10 Common Yellowthroat  1 American Redstart  5 Yellow Warbler  2 Wilson's Warbler  1 Eastern Towhee  1 Chipping Sparrow  2 Summer Tanager  1    1st spring bird - Mostly red on head, the rest was yellow with red blotches. Heard "Pit-a tuk" call and what the Sibley app  calls the chatter call. Northern Cardinal  5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2 Indigo Bunting  2 Red-winged Blackbird  4 Common Grackle  2 Brown-headed Cowbird  2 American Goldfinch  2   John Winebrenner Fort Wayne Subject: Warrick Co. - Alder Flycatcher & salamander question From: "Meredig, John" <jm3 AT evansville.edu> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17:31 +0000 This morning's deluge right around first light put a damper (no pun intended) both on my attempt to listen to the nightjars at Gander Cemetery and on the dawn chorus in general. The silence was overwhelming until a Wood Thrush finally kicked into action around 5:20. Overall, I did not get one single solitary migrant warbler either at Gander or at 7-Hills Rd. (also missed the Cerulean there), and in fact the only migrants at all were one Swainson's Thrush at Gander and an ALDER FLYCATCHER at 7-Hills Rd. I had an Alder and a Willow vocalizing about 50 yards apart, which made for a very nice comparison. There were also scads of tiny salamanders crossing the paved section of 7-Hills Rd., which was soaking wet after all the rain. I've tried vainly to ID them with my field guides and online, but I suspect they may all be just out of the larval stage: they were precisely 2 inches long, uniform very dark olive above with no markings of any kind, paler belly with a single dark line right down the middle, and five toes on the hind feet. Any help from the herpetologists out there?? John Meredig Subject: Cool Creek Park, Hamilton County, Westfield, IN, May 21, 2013 From: "Angelo J. Dattilo" <ajdatt AT aol.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 13:13:00 -0400 (EDT) After severe storms last night, I visited CCP this morning under clear skies, from approximately 10-12 PM, and compiled a list of the following key birds: Yellow-throated warbler - 3 Chestnut-sided - 1 Northern parula - 2 Blackpoll warbler - 1 Blackburnian warbler - 1 (m) Swainsons thrush - 1 Wood thrush - 3 Acadian flycatcher - 4 Great-crested flycatcher - 2 Least flycatcher - 1 Eastern phoebe - 1 Note: all the birds were calling today unlike what I've been experiencing this Spring. Angelo J. Dattilo, L.P.G. 14706 Wheatfield Lane Carmel, IN 46032 Subject: Dunes State Park, May 17, 2013 From: "Angelo J. Dattilo" <ajdatt AT aol.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:46 -0400 (EDT) A late post but for the record books, I visited DSP from about 6:30 to 9:30 PM on Friday and compiled the following list of birds: American redstart - 2 Black-throated green - 1 Common yellowthroat - 1 Yellow warbler - 4 Catbird - 5 (at least) Golden-crowned kinglet - 1 Wood thrush - 1 Eastern pewee - 1 Wood duck - 2 (m+f) Common nighthawk - 42+ (these birds were observed at dusk, circling about 10-20 feet above the west end of the marsh) Angelo J. Dattilo, L.P.G. 14706 Wheatfield Lane Carmel, IN 46032 Subject: Rock Wren, May 17, 2013 From: "Angelo J. Dattilo" <ajdatt AT aol.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:33:04 -0400 (EDT) My apologies for the late post. However, for the record books, at ~4:57 PM on Friday evening, I observed the Rock Wren in the same location as prior posts, behaving the same way. The bird did not vocalize at any time during my visit. Angelo J. Dattilo, L.P.G. 14706 Wheatfield Lane Carmel, IN 46032 Subject: late Redheads From: Peter Scott <Peter.Scott AT indstate.edu> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:22:39 -0400 At Wabashiki FWA, Vigo County, this morning I had ... Redhead 3 (2 females, 1 male) Lesser Scaup 1 male Northern Shoveler 10 Blue-winged Teal 10 Mallard 6 Peter E. Scott Subject: Illiana Birds: Prothonotary Warbler, Hammond Bird Sanctuary From: "Carolyn A. Marsh" <cmarshbird AT prodigy.net> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 23:27:19 -0500 20 May 20, 2013 - Actually the Hammond Bird Sanctuary had more birds in it today than previously. Lots of flycatchers, including YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. There wasn't a variety of warblers, but a definite increase in numbers, mostly AMERICAN REDSTARTS (20) MAGNOLIAS (9) Wilson's (4), CANADA WARBLERS (3), BLACK-THROATED BLUE (F) and a beautiful male BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, among others. Roger Sweets and five of his University of Indianapolis Ornithology students saw a PROTONOTARY WARBLER that I missed again. There were YELLOW-THROATED (1), RED-EYED (2), and WARBLING VIREOS (2). Saw only 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. Also met first time visitors Steve and Linda Gilstrap, Bedford, Indiana passing through to Chicago. Carolyn Marsh, Whiting, IN Subject: Photo Sharing information From: "Sanderson, Ryan J" <ryjsand AT iupui.edu> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 02:40:25 +0000 Greetings Indiana Birders, It appears that Flickr has roled out a new layout and FREE storage space of up to 1 terabyte per person. I don't know if they'll still limit people to sharing only the most recent 200 photos or not. Nonetheless, for those that take photos, it's a great way to display them publicly; I like to share my photos and I also like to see what others are sharing. Here's the link, and I'd encourage everyone to sign up for free and share! http://www.flickr.com/new/ Ryan Sanderson Indianapolis Subject: Rock Wren...still NO From: hmeyerskbirder AT aol.com Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:00 -0400 (EDT) We got there tonight about 6 pm....the family came out, told us they had not seen it since last night....we were in the numbers that did NOT get to see it, some came all the way from Indy....so at least our trip was not so far, being only 1/2 hour away....But we did recieve a consulation prize of a photo that had been taken earlier....LOL...signed the Geust book...some 140+ have come thru... Preparations for the wedding are in full swing, and they had a skid loader in the area...so the activity may have chased it off, but he did say it was panting heavily last night...so hopefully, it has headed for home....Drat! Holly Meyers Steuben County Subject: Rock Wren - NO From: Spencer Jablonski <spencer.jablonski AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 19:53:32 -0500 I was already at Shipshee with my wife planning on swinging over to see the Rock Wren before the latest update appeared. As of about 4:45pm this afternoon, the Wren was not present. The boys kindly let me go search for it for awhile, but no luck! Bummer! Spencer Jablonski LaPorte,IN Subject: Celery Bog this morning From: "Michael L. P. Retter" <mlretter AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 15:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Matt and I unsuccessfully searched for Connecticut Warbler in the hottest and most humid May morning that I can remember. Celery Bog, Tippecanoe, US-IN May 20, 2013 7:05 AM - 8:55 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.5 mile(s) Comments: surprisingly slow given the overnight southerly winds. You really do need overnight precipitation to put birds down here! 63 species Canada Goose 6 Mallard 3 Northern Shoveler 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Green Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 4 Killdeer 2 Mourning Dove 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Chimney Swift 4 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Alder Flycatcher 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 6 Warbling Vireo 4 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 4 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 House Wren 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Veery 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 5 Cedar Waxwing 6 Ovenbird 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 5 American Redstart 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 6 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14185522 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Michael L. P. Retter -------------------------- W. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN mlretter AT yahoo.com home: 765.838.3152 cell: 309.824.7317 http://xenospiza.com/ Editor, Birder's Guide American Birding Association http://www.aba.org/wingingit/ Tour Leader, Tropical Birding http://www.tropicalbirding.com/ --------------------------- Subject: Eagle Creek Canada Warblers From: "Sanderson, Ryan J" <ryjsand AT iupui.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:56 +0000 While migration is clearly waning, I was happy to come across three Canada Warblers at Eagle Creek this morning. All were found in the paths south of the skating pond. This is the area the Connecticuts have been reported over the last several days. I got a late start this morning and did not find any Connecticuts. The only other migrant warblers I found were a few Tennesses and a Black-throated Green. Most of the expected breeders were found. Ryan Sanderson Indianapolis Sent from my iPhone Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 20, 2013 From: Brendan Grube <grube.brendan AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:23:52 -0400 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:23 PM Subject: eBird Report - green tower, May 20, 2013 To: grube.brendan AT gmail.com green tower, Porter, US-IN May 20, 2013 5:30 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Strong southern wind and clear 41 species Canada Goose 9 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 6 Sandhill Crane 1 Killdeer 2 Caspian Tern 2 Chimney Swift 22 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 Eastern Wood-Pewee 9 Least Flycatcher 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 147 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 250 Purple Martin 10 Cliff Swallow 30 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 13 American Robin 1 American Pipit 1 Cedar Waxwing 4190 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 6 Indigo Bunting 47 Dickcissel 5 Bobolink 7 Red-winged Blackbird 46 Common Grackle 41 Orchard Oriole 5 Baltimore Oriole 12 Red Crossbill 8 Low flock heading West American Goldfinch 210 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14187705 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Rock Wren 5/20/13 - NO From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:39 -0400 Birders, I received a phone call from Benjiman Miller this morning. The Rock Wren was not present this morning. He said he would update me if he relocates the bird. Good Birding, Sam Plew . This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Subject: Dearborn County Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers From: Bob Decker <bdecker.bird AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:28 -0400 Very close views of the sandpipers and plovers- eventually 30-35 feet. We left as we approached- quietly- birds did not fly. (a.k.a. Old Channel Lake, Lawrenceburg), Dearborn, US-IN May 20, 2013 12:08 PM - 2:08 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: 2 walking miles Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 51 species Canada Goose 109 Wood Duck 34 Mallard 12 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Great Egret 4 Black Vulture 1 Turkey Vulture 6 Semipalmated Plover 57 Very close viewing. They did not flyway Killdeer 7 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 Western Sandpiper 1 Larger and drooping bill than the Semipalmated Sandpipers. Reddish brown color on the head and large wide reddish brown streak in the upper scapular. It's bill was dark with dark line to the eye. Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 5 Warbling Vireo 10 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 11 Purple Martin 5 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 House Wren 3 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 5 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 16 Northern Cardinal 3 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 9 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Common Grackle 11 Brown-headed Cowbird 29 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14184719 US-IN-Dearborn County, Sunman-Ester Ridge Rd, Dearborn, US-IN May 20, 2013 9:41 AM - 11:41 AM Protocol: Traveling 7.0 mile(s) Comments: Driving, some walking Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 60 species Canada Goose 9 Mallard 2 Northern Bobwhite 1 Wild Turkey 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 13 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 6 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 9 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 17 Purple Martin 2 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 3 Wood Thrush 7 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 3 Brown Thrasher 3 European Starling 6 Ovenbird 2 Blue-winged Warbler 2 Northern Parula 3 Yellow Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Eastern Towhee 6 Chipping Sparrow 3 Field Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 3 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Blue Grosbeak 2 Indigo Bunting 3 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 17 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14182900 Versailles SP, Ripley, US-IN May 20, 2013 9:35 AM - 11:35 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Walking Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 45 species Canada Goose 72 Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Barred Owl 1 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 White-eyed Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 Swainson's Thrush (Olive-backed) 1 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 3 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 1 Hooded Warbler 11 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Prairie Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Baltimore Oriole 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14182919 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Bob Decker Sent from my iPhone Subject: Ripley County Nighthawk From: Bob Decker <bdecker.bird AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:49 -0400 Versailles SP, Ripley, US-IN May 19, 2013 8:30 PM - 9:15 PM Protocol: Stationary Comments: While sitting and watching at camp. Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 30 species Mourning Dove 3 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Common Nighthawk 1 Chimney Swift 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 3 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 2 Ovenbird 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 4 Scarlet Tanager 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 5 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Baltimore Oriole 5 American Goldfinch 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14182939 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Bob Decker Sent from my iPhone Subject: Elkhart Osprey May 19, 2013 From: Judith Ferrell <jferrellwhales AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:19 -0700 (PDT) Had not seen any osprey the last couple of times that I checked the nests, but I saw 3 yesterday. At the cell tower nest northwest of Naquin's there was an osprey which seemed to be flying away from the nest. When I was watching the Haydon Park nest, I though I saw movement on the nest, but was not sure until an osprey flew in and the one on the nest stood up. --Judy Ferrell Subject: Vanderburgh Co. - Eagle Slough From: "Meredig, John" <jm3 AT evansville.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:47:42 +0000 VERY slow morning at Eagle Slough today (other than droves of robins, cardinals, and buntings)-and I was already hot and sticky at 6:30. Not only were there almost no migrants, I also managed to miss a bunch of regular residents in my three-hour sojourn. Only bird of note was Evan's MOURNING WARBLER on the north side of the lake again on the Backcountry Trail. Also managed a couple Blackburnian Warblers, Redstarts, and Blackpolls among the whopping 7 warbler species. Did not get the Alder Flycatcher from yesterday. The cacophony of robins at first light (combined with the ever-present traffic noise) made it difficult to hear anything else. Strikes me as kind of amazing that I had 32 Tennessee Warblers at Wesselman Woods on Friday and precisely 0 over the last three days. John Meredig Subject: SW Indiana May 19 2013 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT indiana.edu> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 11:27:35 -0400 Yesterday (May 19 2013) Kathy McClain and I birded at several locations in SW Indiana. We started at Eagle Slough and then stopped at Angel Mounds launch ramp on the Ohio River. We made a stop at Lincoln State Park in early afternoon. In the evening in Pike County we visited the Dillin Bottoms of Patoka River NWR and then did night birds at Unit 1 of Sugar Ridge FWA. Birds of note included 1 MISSISSIPPI KITE and 1 CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW. One ALDER FLYCATCHER at Eagle Slough was a useful find. For the second year in a row the Dillin Bottoms had a brood of Hooded Mergansers in May. This time we found 1 adult female HOODED MERGANSER with a brood of 7 downy chicks. Eagle Slough, Vanderburgh, US-IN May 19, 2013 6:40 AM - 8:25 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.1 mile(s) Comments: Lee Sterrenburg & Kathy McClain at Eagle Slough, briefly met Evan Speck on the observation platform. Unfortunately we missed the best birds Evan found after we left. 40 species Canada Goose 5 Wood Duck 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Green Heron 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Common Nighthawk 1 perched near the observation platform, spotted by Kathy Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Acadian Flycatcher 2 Alder Flycatcher 1 seen and heard singing, near the observation platform Great Crested Flycatcher 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 9 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 5 Carolina Wren 7 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 American Robin 7 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 44 included 40 in one flock Prothonotary Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Northern Parula 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 male Blackburnian Warbler 3 2 males, 1 female Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 male Blackpoll Warbler 1 female Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Eastern Towhee 2 Song Sparrow 2 Indigo Bunting 8 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 American Goldfinch 6 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14181669 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Angel Mounds State Historic SIte, Vanderburgh, US-IN May 19, 2013 8:50 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.15 mile(s) Comments: Lee Sterrenburg & Kathy McClain doing a brief hike at the launch ramp area of Angel Mounds Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Blue Jay 1 Purple Martin 1 Barn Swallow 7 Carolina Wren 2 American Robin 7 European Starling 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 1 seen, and also sang around 15 times Common Yellowthroat 2 Cerulean Warbler 2 2 males interacting Yellow Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 2 Indigo Bunting 4 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14181966 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Lincoln SP, Spencer, US-IN May 19, 2013 1:15 PM - 2:20 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Lee Sterrenburg & Kathy McClain visiting Lincoln SP to look for Mississippi Kite. Forest birds generally quiet at mid-day. 24 species Turkey Vulture 18 high in view at one time over hills south and east of Lake Lincoln MISSISSIPPI KITE 1 initially seen soaring above Turkey Vultures over hills south of Lake Lincoln, eventually drifted out of sight to the east Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Eastern Kingbird 1 Red-eyed Vireo 5 American Crow 4 Barn Swallow 14 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 3 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 15 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 25 Kentucky Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 6 Indigo Bunting 6 Common Grackle 10 Baltimore Oriole 1 House Sparrow 5 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14180614 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Patoka River NWR -- Dillin Bottoms, Pike, US-IN May 19, 2013 7:50 PM - 8:50 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.2 mile(s) Comments: Lee Sterrenburg & Kathy McClain at Dillin Bottoms, hiking as far as being able to look in the second moist soil impoundment Canada Goose 11 all adults Wood Duck 15 1 adult female with brood of 7 small downy chicks, 3 pairs & 1 singleton adult flying HOODED MERGANSER 12 1 adult female with brood of 7 downy chicks, 4 adult females flying in groups of 3 and 1. There was also a brood here last year on May 14, 2012 Northern Bobwhite 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 calling Great Blue Heron 4 Green Heron 2 Mourning Dove 3 Barred Owl 1 calling Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 White-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 8 Barn Swallow 3 European Starling 7 Common Yellowthroat 3 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Song Sparrow 3 Blue Grosbeak 1 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Orchard Oriole 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14180325 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Sugar Ridge FWA, Pike, US-IN May 19, 2013 9:10 PM - 9:50 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Lee Sterrenburg & Kathy McClain trying for Chuck-will's-widow at Unit 1 of Sugar Ridge FWA, on the loop south of Pike Co CR 150 S. 4 species Canada Goose 4 Great Blue Heron 1 Barred Owl 2 CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW 1 sang for two minutes then went quiet View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14178427 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) --Lee Sterrenburg, Bloomington & Kathy McClain, Jasper Subject: Eagle Marsh - 5/19 From: Jennifer Manning <sprengelii AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 07:35:09 -0400 Eagle Marsh Trails 3, 4, northern portion of 6 to the bridge, 1 to towpath. 8:30-11:30 29 species Canada goose Mallard Great Blue Heron Green Heron American Coot Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Northern Flicker Willow Flycatcher (visual + call) Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Tree Swallow Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Yellow Warbler Common Yellow Throat Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch Jennifer Manning Allen Co. Subject: Monroe County From: Southern Indiana Birder <soinbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 22:52:53 -0400 Did some selected birding around Monroe County. The highlights were Common Nighthawk. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo flew into the tree in front of this one and was very upset. I noticed that a bird was sitting in the tree behind. First I thought it was an owling, but I think it is a Common Nighthawk. A life bird for me. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fartrader21/8755233573/in/photostream Dunlin at Fairfax SRA. I think this is the first ebird record in the county this year. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fartrader21/8755219985/in/photostream Semipalmated Plover. Also at Fairfax peninsula. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fartrader21/8755244805/in/photostream The Dunlin and Semipalmated Plover together http://www.flickr.com/photos/fartrader21/8756371088/in/photostream Forster's Tern. Three of them flying around the Fairfax peninsula. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fartrader21/8755228829/in/photostream Cheers Tommy Grav Subject: Eagle Creek Park, Sunday May 19, 2013 From: "Don Williams" <sailbird AT tds.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 22:07:25 -0700 Weather-Sunny Temp.-70's Sunday morning bird walk tallied 110 species. The list includes Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Common Moorhen American Coot Caspian Tern Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black and White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Bird walk begins at 9 AM each Sunday at the Ornithology Center, all are welcome. Don Williams Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 18, 2013 From: Brendan Grube <grube.brendan AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:48:49 -0400 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:47 PM Subject: eBird Report - green tower, May 18, 2013 To: grube.brendan AT gmail.com green tower, Porter, US-IN May 18, 2013 6:00 AM - 10:00 AM Protocol: Stationary Comments: Combination list for the 18th and 19th. Afternoon lake wind yesterday and great southern wind today into the evening. 63 species Red-breasted Merganser 1 Pacific Loon 1 Video of bird at the blog: indianadunesbirding.wordpress.net Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 17 Green Heron 3 Swallow-tailed Kite 1 Two observers had a brief scope and binocular view of this unmistakeable bird at 1/4 to 1/2 mile out. Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 1 Herring Gull 4 Caspian Tern 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Black-billed Cuckoo 1 Common Nighthawk 188 Afternoon and evening flocks over the water and dunes Ruby-throated Hummingbird 11 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 American Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 35 Warbling Vireo 1 Blue Jay 708 Purple Martin 5 Cliff Swallow 28 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Eastern Bluebird 48 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 American Pipit 5 Cedar Waxwing 557 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 4 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Palm Warbler 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Wilson's Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Henslow's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Indigo Bunting 18 Dickcissel 1 Bobolink 5 Red-winged Blackbird 31 Common Grackle 32 Orchard Oriole 2 Baltimore Oriole 28 Pine Siskin 62 American Goldfinch 45 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14177317 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - green tower, May 17, 2013 From: Brendan Grube <grube.brendan AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 21:48:14 -0400 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:30 PM Subject: eBird Report - green tower, May 17, 2013 To: grube.brendan AT gmail.com green tower, Porter, US-IN May 17, 2013 6:00 AM - 12:00 PM Protocol: Stationary 59 species Red-breasted Merganser 7 Red-throated Loon 1 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 1 Green Heron 6 Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 4 Red-tailed Hawk 5 Sandhill Crane 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 Semipalmated Plover 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Dunlin 8 Forster's Tern 2 Mourning Dove 14 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 18 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-headed Woodpecker 8 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 6 Eastern Kingbird 161 Blue Jay 720 Purple Martin 5 Cliff Swallow 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Eastern Bluebird 65 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 4 American Pipit 11 Cedar Waxwing 214 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Palm Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Summer Tanager 2 Scarlet Tanager 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 Indigo Bunting 17 Dickcissel 1 Bobolink 7 Red-winged Blackbird 11 Common Grackle 16 Orchard Oriole 8 Baltimore Oriole 35 Red Crossbill 1 immature male with big beak Pine Siskin 192 American Goldfinch 38 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14177025 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Johnson County Cattle Egret From: bob carper <bobngc2157 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:03 -0700 (PDT) Checking the flooded fields this afternoon after the usual Sunday morning birding, I observed a Cattle Egret in a flooded field SW of Franklin.  Another nearby flooded field had 20 Semipalmated Plovers and 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Bob Carper Franklin Subject: Krider's Red Tailed Hawk From: "LNeumann" <landonneumann AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:42:55 -0400 This afternoon while outside in the yard I had a Krider’s Red Tailed Hawk flying north. The bird was extremely pale on its underwings with only a little brown on the edge of its primaries, the tail had some red to it, and the upperwing of the bird had large white patches of its primaries white. Landon Neumann Logansport, Cass County Subject: Limberlost area From: James Haw <jhawillet AT aol.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 19:59:33 -0400 (EDT) Attempting too much,I headed for the Limberlost area this morning hoping for shorebirds. No luck; habitat either dried up or covered with grass and weeds. I wore out physically and returned home to rest earlier than intended. But the morning was not a total loss; I added 2 annuals, 2 Adams Co. birds, and 2 Jay Co. birds in my abbreviated foray. Abbreviations below: BL: Baltzell-Lenhart State Nature Preserve, Adams Co. LBS: Limberlost Bird Sanctuary, Jay Co. LS: Limberlost Swamp Wetland Preserve, Adams and Jay Cos. MP: ACRES' Munro Preserve, Adams Co. (drove by it, did not walk) LM: Loblolly Marsh, Jay Co. (drove by it only) some other species along roads in Adams Co. (ADC) and Jay Co. (JC) Canada Goose 2 LM Mallard LS (ADC) 1, LS (JC) 5 Blue-winged Teal 1 LS (ADC) Great Blue Heron 1 LS (ADC) Green Heron 1 LM Turkey Vulture ADC Killdeer 3 LS (ADC), 1 LM Spotted Sandpiper 3 LS (ADC), 1 LS (JC) Least Sandpiper 2 LS (ADC) Rock Pigeon ADC Mourning Dove 1 BL Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 LBS Red-bellied woodpecker 2 BL, 1 LBS Downy Woodpecker 2 BL, 1 LBS N. Flicker 1 BL, 1 LS (ADC) E. Wood Pewee 1 BL, 1 LBS Willow Flycatcher 1 LBS, 2 LM E. Kingbird 1 LBS Warbling Vireo 1 LM Red-eyed Vireo 3 BL, 2 LBS, 1 MP Blue Jay 1 BL, 2 LBS Am. Crow 2 LBS Barn Swallow ADC White-br. Nuthatch 2 BL, 1 LBS House Wren 1 LBS Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 BL, 1 LM Wood gthrush 1 MP Am. Robin 5 LBS, 2 LS (ADC), 1 LM Gray Catbird 2 LBS, 1 LM Brown Thrasher 1 ADC Eur. Starling ADC, JC Tennessee Warbler 2 BL, 2 LBS Yellow Warbler 1 LBS, 3 LM Magnolia Warbler 1 BL Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 JC (co. bird for me) Cape May Warbler 1 BL (co. bird for me) Blackpoll Warbler 1 BL (co. bird for me) Common Yellowthroat 2 LBS, 1 LS (ADC), 2 LS (JC), 5 LM Canada Warbler 1 LBS (co. bird for me; get the impression my county warbler lists in Adams and Jay are spotty?) Summer Tanager 1 BL my FOS Chipping sparrow 1 LM Field Sparrow 4 LBS, 1 LM Vesper Sparrow 1 ADC Savannah Sparrow 3 LS (JC), 1 LS (ADC) Song Sparrow 1 BL, 1 LBS, 1 LM N. Cardinal 1 BL, 1 LBS Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 LBS Indigo Bunting 2 BL, 2 LBS, 2 LM Dickcissel 1 LS (ADC), 3 LS (JC), 1 LM my FOS Red-winged Black bird 10 LS (ADC), 4 LS (JC), 7 LM E. Meadowlark 1 LS 9ADC) Common Grackle ADC, JC Brown-heded Cowbird 1 BL, 1 LBS Orchard Oriole 1 JC Baltimore Oriole 2 LBS Am. Goldfinch 2 LBS House Sparrow 2 LBS Jim Haw Subject: Fort Harrison, May 19 From: Don Gorney <dongorney AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:56:24 -0700 (PDT) A group of about 40 people attended the Sunday morning bird walk at Fort Harrison State Park, Indy, on May 19.  The large group necessitated a slightly shorter walk with more of an effort focused on seeing certain birds.  The change in style resulted in fewer birds seen or heard so the day's total was just 57.  As was evident yesterday, migration is winding down.  Highlights included excellent looks at Prothonotary Warbler, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Indigo Bunting, and an Eastern Phoebe taking food to its nest.  Not included below are species reported by others including Black-billed Cuckoo, Northern Flicker, and Mourning Warbler.  The Mourning was heard near Delaware Lake parking lot by Mark Rhodes.  My Sunday morning list: Canada Goose  25 Mallard  3 Great Blue Heron  4 Turkey Vulture  2 Mourning Dove  2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2 Chimney Swift  4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  4 Belted Kingfisher  1 Red-bellied Woodpecker  4 Downy Woodpecker  3 Pileated Woodpecker  1 Eastern Wood-Pewee  2 Acadian Flycatcher  1 Alder Flycatcher  1 Eastern Phoebe  2 Great Crested Flycatcher  2 Eastern Kingbird  1 Warbling Vireo  2 Red-eyed Vireo  5 Blue Jay  1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1 Tree Swallow  1 Barn Swallow  2 Carolina Chickadee  7 Tufted Titmouse  2 White-breasted Nuthatch  2 House Wren  1 Carolina Wren  2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  12 Swainson's Thrush  2 Wood Thrush  1 American Robin  11 Gray Catbird  3 European Starling  8 Cedar Waxwing  15 Louisiana Waterthrush  1 Prothonotary Warbler  2 Tennessee Warbler  5 Common Yellowthroat  1 Cerulean Warbler  1 Northern Parula  1 Yellow Warbler  3 Yellow-throated Warbler  1 Black-throated Green Warbler  1 Eastern Towhee  2 Chipping Sparrow  4 Field Sparrow  2 Song Sparrow  1 Summer Tanager  2 Northern Cardinal  10 Indigo Bunting  3 Red-winged Blackbird  7 Brown-headed Cowbird  6 Orchard Oriole  1 Baltimore Oriole  4 American Goldfinch  6 The last Sunday morning spring bird walk at Fort Harrison will be on May 26.  Meet at 8am at Delaware Lake parking lot.  Don Gorney Director of Bird Conservation and Education Amos Butler Audubon Indianapolis, IN 317.501.4212 dongorney AT yahoo.com amosbutleraudubon.org Subject: Rock Wren - 5-19 yes and photos From: Jeff Moore <merlin46783 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:55:54 -0400 David Lupke and I made the trip up for the Rock Wren and had little trouble seeing it. Only three other people showed up in the couple hours we spent there. It preferred to hang out around the wagon most of the time and was sitting in the shade under it when we left around 11am. I posted a couple of shots from the couple hundred I took (thank heaven for digital) along with one of my old slides of the 1st Indiana Rock Wren. Jeff Moore Roanoke, IN http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmoore/ Subject: Eagle Marsh, Ft Wayne From: zzedpowers AT aol.com Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 15:48:15 -0400 (EDT) A belated report. I walked Trail 2 from the Pump Road to the end, hoping for shorebirds, but there were almost none. Eagle Marsh, Allen, US-IN May 17, 2013 3:35 PM - 5:05 PM Protocol: Traveling 2.7 mile(s) 31 species Canada Goose 10 Mallard 10 Blue-winged Teal 2 Great Blue Heron 6 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sora 2 Sandhill Crane 2 Most previous reports have been flyovers; these were on the ground. Something to keep an eye on. Killdeer 5 Lesser Yellowlegs 4 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Tree Swallow 2 Bank Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 2 Marsh Wren 4 American Robin 15 Gray Catbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 11 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 12 Northern Cardinal 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 100 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14171829 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Ed Powers Allen County Ed Powers Allen County Subject: Prophetstown State Park From: "Russ Allison" <grounds11 AT frontier.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:22 -0400 Finally had a day to go birding. Got about 4 hours at the Park. Great to hear all the bird songs again. I had several FOS. Birds for my efforts. Temp. was humid but cool in the shade. A lot of visitors to the park. They are always interested in my camera set up. The little kids always want to see the birds in the scope. New birders maybe. Birds seen today__ Mute Swan-1-has been on Harrison Lake for a couple of months. Great Egret-1-flyover Great blue Heron-2-fly over Green Heron-3-feeding near Harrison Creek -FOS Killdeer-2 Bald Eagle-1-soaring Red tailed Hawk-2 Turkey Vulture-3 American Crow-2 Red winged Blackbird-15+ Eastern Bluebird-2 Indigo Bunting-2-FOS Northern Cardinal-2 Gray Catbird-2-FOS-NEST BUILDING NEAR VIEWING DECK Brown headed Cowbird-4 Yellow billed Cuckoo-2-saw one heard 2 American Goldfinch-3 Common Grackle-2 Blue Jay-2 Eastern Kingbird-6 FOS Flycatcher species-1-FOS Eastern Meadowlark-7 Baltimore Oriole-6-FOS-one was gathering horse hair from the farm barn lot. American Robin-6 Chipping Sparrow-2 Field Sparrow-1 House Sparrow-9 Song Sparrow-4 Swamp Sparrow-1 Savannah Sparrow-7-along the drive to the farm-FOS White crowned Sparrow-2 European Starling-7 Brown Thrasher-2-nest building-FOS Warbling Vireo-2-FOS Common Yellowthroat-8 Mourning Dove-4 Rock Pigeon-9 Canada Goose-11-at the farm pasture Barn Swallow-3 Northern Flicker,yellow shafted-1 Red bellied Woodpecker-2 Red headed Woodpecker-1 Good birding Russ Allison, West Lafayette http://www.flickr.com/photos/russ_allison be sure to under score between russ _allison Subject: Warrick Co. - Connecticut & Canada Warbler From: "Meredig, John" <jm3 AT evansville.edu> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:50:27 +0000 Had a Connecticut Warbler and a Canada Warbler within minutes of each other around 8:15 this morning in the woodlot adjacent to Wesley Cemetery. The Connecticut sang three times right when I got there and then flew across the road and disappeared. The Canada was apparently a first-year male, singing very weakly and half-heartedly, with a very faint necklace (but distinct black on the face). Also had a Blackburnian there, and a Pine Warbler along Bateman Rd. (couldn't get a visual, but 99.9% sure). John Meredig Subject: Eagle Slough late migrants; Connecticut Warbler From: Evan Speck <carroll656 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:02 -0500 After striking out at Wesselman Woods early, I ventured over to Eagle Slough. Things started out slow. On the way in I tried hard for Chuck Mill's Connecticut Warbler without success. Met Lee and Kathy briefly on the main platform. Kathy immediately pointed out a Nighthawk perched very close. They informed me I missed Alder Flycatcher by 30 minutes. Main thing to this point was quite a wave of Blackburnian Warblers. From there I walked the back country. Almost immediately discovered the Alder FC in the marsh 100 yds or so west of the platform. Walking north along the lake I came across a singing Canada Warbler. Great closeup look at a beautiful male. North of the lake while studying a late Gray-cheeked Thrush, I heard that lovely chorry-chorry-chorry dedede. A male Mourning Warbler came into view. I walked out thinking about how lucky I had been and decided to take one more shot at Chuck's Connecticut-- this time with success. Located it 30 yards north of the outdoor classroom. Saw it initially close to the ground on a small branch in the thicket east of the trail. Rather large horizontal warbler, elongated by undertail coverts that go way back, olive-green back, dull yellow underside. Light grayish almost brown hood over head and large neck going well down onto breast. The hood was kind of indistinct on top and behind the head. The impression was a subtle but distinctly different shape than a Mourning W. The bold unbroken eyering was exciting! I've been looking for this rascal for a long time. The light gray nature of the hood made me think it was a female. After it flew across the trail into the wet bottom on the west side of the trail I heard one sing several times. Does this mean there were two? Do females sing? Or could this have been a first summer male? Evan Speck Evansville Eagle Slough, Vanderburgh, US-IN May 19, 2013 7:15 AM - 9:45 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) Comments: Met Lee and Kathy briefly 46 species Canada Goose 2 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Killdeer 1 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Common Nighthawk 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 6 Acadian Flycatcher 4 Alder Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 Warbling Vireo 8 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 8 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 Wood Thrush 1 American Robin 5 Prothonotary Warbler 4 Tennessee Warbler 2 Connecticut Warbler 1 Mourning Warbler 1 Kentucky Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 Northern Parula 5 Blackburnian Warbler 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 4 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Canada Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 6 Indigo Bunting 12 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 American Goldfinch 10 Subject: Rock Wren yes on Sunday at 11:40 From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:48 -0400 The Rock Wren is currently feeding under the hay wagon behind the barn. 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Subject: Vanderburgh Co. - cedar waxwing flocks From: Dan Collins <birder AT insightbb.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 10:22:50 -0400 (EDT) Yesterday while working in the garden (NW Vanderburgh Co), I heard cedar waxwings fly over a couple times around 11:00 am, then kept hearing them pass over.  In a span of about thirty minutes, I witnessed wave after wave of approx. 550 waxwings flying southward.  It was the largest movement of cedar waxwings I have ever seen!  Very cool. Good birding (from stuck in the garden), Dan Collins Evansville, IN Subject: RFI several species From: Jeff Moore <merlin46783 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 06:44:48 -0400 I am requesting info on a few birds for a visiting birder from out of state and a few for me. He is working on a state list, I am working on photos. He will be coming from Michigan and headed to Goose Pond. Any known locations of and directions to: Sandhill Cranes Upland Sandpipers Eurasion Collared-Dove Fish Crow Lark Sparrow Jeff Moore Roanoke, IN Subject: Least Terns at Cane Ridge WMA May 18 2013 From: Lee Sterrenburg <sterren AT indiana.edu> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 05:32:27 -0400 Cane Ridge WMA, Gibson, US-IN May 18, 2013 11:50 AM - 12:40 PM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: With Kathy McClain at Cane Ridge WMA, mostly on the observation tower 24 species Canada Goose 5 Mallard 2 Lesser Scaup 1 female, angular head, flew and showed less extensive white stripe in wings than Greater Scaup Ruddy Duck 4 Northern Bobwhite 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Black-necked Stilt 2 landed briefly on the farther away tern island, then went to a moist soil unit LEAST TERN 3 very small, yellow bills, slender wings, white foreheads in front of black caps; few over the term island impoundment for 5 minutes. Did not land on the nesting islands. Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 Bell's Vireo 2 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 16 Brown Thrasher 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Field Sparrow 1 Dickcissel 7 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 6 Orchard Oriole 2 Baltimore Oriole 4 3 males chasing & 1 female American Goldfinch 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14165512 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) --Lee Sterrenburg, Bloomington & Kathy McClain, Jasper Subject: shrike is back and shorebirds too -Patoka NWR From: jeremy ross <jeremy.ross AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 22:14:37 -0400 I went by the shrike's stomping grounds three times today. On one trip (noon) I saw it farther east than I've ever seen it. I pulled off at the new access road west of the interstate overpass and watched it for five minutes or so. Everytime it flew it went farther North toward the overgrown house. It was on the property line/power line next to the new INDOT mitigation grassland. All by its lonesome - maybe he/she has taken a vow of celibacy. East side of Monty's Station is just mud now, and drying fast. All roads are passable. I noticed some shorebirds in the air so i stopped and scoped. They are wayyyy back there. One of the flocks of little shorebirds landed and virtually disappeared with 10X binos. I did see semipalmated plovers and small shorebirds - they could be semipalmated/pectoral and least???. The only ones I got a good look at was the plovers. I didn't have much time to scope. Good luck if you head out. Jeremy Ross Petersburg, IN Subject: Brown County - Stone Head Nature Preserve Open House - May 19th From: Susan Hengeveld <shengeve AT indiana.edu> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:48:51 -0400 Greetings all - Sorry for the very late notice. I thought I had sent this out but found out today that I hadn't. So on the off chance anyone is reading emails tonight thinking about what to do tomorrow or reads email in the morning……There is a fun day in store out of Zimmerman Wetlands. A number of folks have asked about it when we have posted bird lists from our surveys, so if you are interested, now is the time to come and see the place! We'll be there all day. Come when you feel like it. The bird hikes are in the morning, but truthfully we never aren't looking for birds! ------------------------- On Sunday May 19th Stone Head Nature Preserve is having a Nature Awareness Day. Below is information about the timing of various hikes. There will be folks on hand to leave bird, butterfly, and general nature hikes! You may also wonder around on your own. There is a lot to see and if you have a camera, feel free to come and do some photography. This is open to the public and kids, family and friends are welcome. Come and go as you please, no need to RSVP. Do note: it is WET right now and will may be on the 19th. So if you are interested, I would pay head to the comments on the 2nd page about waterproof/rain boots! Or bring an extra pair of shoes and socks you can change into after the fact. Directions: Stone Head property is located on Rt 135 -- take SR46 from Bloomington (E. 3rd Street) and go until Nashville. turn right onto HW 46 after coming down the hill into Nashville continue east and turn right onto HW 135 South drive 5 miles until you reach the "T" and Stone Head is immediately in front of you - the driveway is just to the left of the intersection. ….susan NATURE AWARENESS DAY Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:00 a.m. - Birding the Zimmerman Wetland Bird Habitat (Early Bird version) with Bird Country US Director Jeff Riegel Guided tour of the ZWBH at The Stone Head Nature Preserve, where one hundred fifty-plus avian species have been verified 9:00 a.m. - Birding the Zimmerman Wetland Bird Habitat (Version 2.0) with Dr. Susan Hengeveld, Indiana University, and Dr. James Hengeveld, Indiana University 11:00 a.m. - Interpretive Walk 1 with Julia Ferguson, Jonathan Bauer, and Geoff Keller Includes the ZWBH Wetland, and/or upland slope wildflowers, wetland birds, amphibians, wetland ecology, more 1:00 p.m. - Butterflies of the ZWBH with Dr. Susan Hengeveld and Dr. James Hengeveld Butterflies, dragonflies, other natural residents 3:00 p.m. - Interpretive Walk 2 with Dr. James Hengeveld and Jeff Riegel Includes portions of The Spirit Trail and/or upland slope; tree identification, woodland birds, forest ecology, more Additional information: *Admission is FREE and open to the public. *All tours begin and end at the Stone Head farmhouse in Brown County, Indiana. *Please dress for the weather—don’t forget sunscreen, bug spray, water bottle, hat or cap, and rain gear. *Remember, this is a wetland: PARTS OF THE TOURS MAY BE THROUGH WATER, possibly above your ankles. Waterproof boots are strongly recommended. *Use of binoculars, spotting scopes, and cameras is allowed and encouraged, both on tours and while on your own. *Some non-alcoholic drinks will be available for a nominal donation, with net proceeds donated to the Stone Head Nature Preserve Department of Maintenance. Water is FREE! *Meals will not be served on the property, but your own boxed lunches and snacks may be carried in. Please, pack out your litter and leftovers. “Take only photographs, leave only footprints, pick only mushrooms.” Come as friends to enjoy a bouquet of nature in the heart of Brown County’s Salt Creek Valley, where the sun shines on all of life. Subject: FW: eBird Report - Gary, 300 West Beach Road, May 18, 2013 From: doug gerbracht <dougbucks AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 01:45:37 +0000 > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:45:00 -0400 > From: do-not-reply AT ebird.org > To: dougbucks AT hotmail.com > Subject: eBird Report - Gary, 300 West Beach Road, May 18, 2013 > > Gary, 300 West Beach Road, Porter, US-IN > May 18, 2013 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.5 mile(s) > Comments: Submitted from BirdLog World for Android v1.6 > 9 species > > Mallard 1 > Osprey 1 > Caspian Tern 4 > Tree Swallow 5 > Cedar Waxwing 3 feeding on crab apple blossom petals never seen thisbefore > Palm Warbler 1 > Field Sparrow 1 > House Finch 2 > American Goldfinch 3 > > View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14159643 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: FW: eBird Report - Miller Beach (Lake Co.), May 18, 2013 From: doug gerbracht <dougbucks AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 01:45:52 +0000 > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:41:39 -0400 > From: do-not-reply AT ebird.org > To: dougbucks AT hotmail.com > Subject: eBird Report - Miller Beach (Lake Co.), May 18, 2013 > > Miller Beach (Lake Co.), Lake, US-IN > May 18, 2013 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 2.0 mile(s) > Comments: Submitted from BirdLog World for Android v1.6 > 14 species > > Canada Goose 2 > Spotted Sandpiper 2 > Ruddy Turnstone 4 > Ring-billed Gull 200 > Herring Gull 5 > Caspian Tern 10 > Forster's Tern 1 > Common Nighthawk 15 flying very high and headed straight north over the lake > Tree Swallow 12 > Yellow Warbler 3 > Eastern Towhee 1 > Red-winged Blackbird 10 > Baltimore Oriole 1 > American Goldfinch 5 > > View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14160738 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Franklin County Redstart, Magnolia Warbler From: Bob Decker <bdecker.bird AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:37:11 -0400 Mounds SRA, Franklin, US-IN May 18, 2013 8:25 AM - 10:55 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Walking Submitted from BirdLog NA for iOS, version 1.5.2 41 species Red-tailed Hawk 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 2 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 3 Tree Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 2 Ovenbird 1 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 3 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Summer Tanager 1 Scarlet Tanager 7 Northern Cardinal 5 Indigo Bunting 7 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 Orchard Oriole 1 Baltimore Oriole 2 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14157205 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Bob Decker Sent from my iPhone Subject: Fwd: Rock Wren yes on Saturday From: zzedpowers AT aol.com Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:05:22 -0400 (EDT) -----Original Message----- From: zzedpowers To: taw327 ; in-bird-l Sent: Sat, May 18, 2013 4:37 pm Subject: Re: [IN-BIRD-L] Rock Wren yes on Saturday Ed and I saw the Rock Wren at about 1:50 p.m. Saturday, guided by Benjamin. It was very easy to see but not singing. We gave Benjamin a Stockbridge newsletter and signed their guest book. He said about a hundred had come to see it! Very gracious of the Amish family to share it! Cynthia Powers -----Original Message----- From: Terry Walsh To: Inbird 2 Sent: Sat, May 18, 2013 8:42 am Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Rock Wren yes on Saturday Just left the Miller Farm where the boys showed me the Rock Wren easily. (Preparations for the wedding are in full swing!) Terry Walsh Carmel, IN Via iPhone Subject: LaGrange/Elkhart County Big Day Results 5/17 and 5/18 From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 19:59:42 -0400 Birders, Today eight teams of birders from LaGrange and Elkhart County were involved in our annual big day competition. The competition ran from Friday, May 17th at 4 PM to Saturday, May 18th at 4 PM. All teams could only count bird species from LaGrange and Elkhart counties. We had 155 species as a team. It was our best outing so far. The overall species count for all groups combined was 183 species! The shorebirds really helped out our total this year. For most birds, we did not keep an individual total. Our 24 hours was extremely focused on number of species. We traveled 227.2 miles by car. We walked approximately five miles. We had 10+ bird species that we felt we should have picked up... Next year... The birds included: Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal N. Shoveler Lesser Scaup - Wakarusa Wastewater Facility Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Common Loon (2) - Fiddler's Pond in Goshen, In. Pied-billed Grebe Least Bittern - Area D Marsh in Pigeon River FWA Great Blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle - (2) 1st Yr. N. Harrier - (2) Pigeon River FWA Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk - With Turkey Vulture Kettle Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Virginia Rail Sora Common Gallinule - Area D Marsh and Butt's Lake in Goshen American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover (4) - 100 South and 500 West Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper WILLET - 100 South and 500 West Lesser Yellowlegs Ruddy Turnstone - 200 North, 1/2 Mile West of St. Rd. 9 Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher (8) - 100 South and 500 West American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope - Wakarusa Wastewater (Male) Ring-billed Gull Black Tern - North Twin Lake (1 mile west of Rock Wren location) Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove - Local pair at LaGrange grain elevator Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Eastern Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Eastern Pheobe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo - South of Mongo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark - Partially Albino bird at Western Meadowlark location - Still had black on face Purple Martin Tree Swallow N. Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch ROCK WREN - See other posts for location Carolina Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher E. Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush - Great looks as it sat in the middle of the Pigeon River FWA I-J Rd. Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird N. Mockingbird Brown Thrasher E. Starling American Pipit - Several locations with several birds each! Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird N. Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Tennessee Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cerulean Warbler N. Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Palm Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat E. Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - Pigeon River FWA Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark - 100 S. and 850 W. Brewer's Blackbird (Approx. 8) - annual breeding grounds near Scott, In. Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird - TOO MANY! Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch Pine Siskin - Feeder near Ontario, In. American Goldfinch House Sparrow The overall numbers of birds were down from just a day before. A new wave of shorebird migrants were swapped with the migrants from the day before. Good Birding, Sam Plew LaGrange, Indiana . This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Subject: Rock Wren availability update From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:59:23 -0400 Birders, The Miller family has asked me to inform In-Bird that the family will not be at their residence on Sunday, May 19th. They will still be allowing birders to come and visit the Rock Wren. They only ask that you sign the guest registry located at the hitching post. As of this evening, the bird was still located behind their white barn, mostly on a pile of scraps and under the wagon. WARNING: On Thursday of the coming week, there will be a very large wedding at the Miller residence. They are asking that birders not visit on May 23rd. I do not know how the bird will handle the commotion. Birders may want to make plans to see the bird prior to May 23rd. Best Birding, Sam Plew LaGrange, Indiana This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Subject: Lakefront (18-May-2013) Olive-sided Flycatcher From: "Kenneth J. Brock" <kj.brock AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:47 -0500 Today (18-May-2013) Susan Bagby, John Cassady, Angelo Dattilo, Lynea Hinchman, Jean Rudd, and I birded the lakefront from State Line Woods to Michigan City. Although the density of birds in the traps was low, we parlayed low warbler numbers into a respectable 21 species for the day. An unusual aspect of the day’s Redstarts was the presence of seven first-cycle males. Except for missing Phoebe, we made a sweep of the regular flycatchers and had close looks at a perched Nighthawk. It was an exceptionally enjoyable day. Highlights McCOOL BASIN The Black-necked Stilts that Jeff McCoy found here last evening were not present. Though a few shorebirds were seen, our most interesting bird was a Northern Harrier. FORSYTHE PARK and adjacent Wolf Lake Great Egret,1 Eastern Wood-Pewee,2 Least Flycatcher,4 Blue-headed Vireo,1 Red-breasted Nuthatch,1 Nashville Warbler,1 Yellow Warbler,4 Chestnut-sided Warbler,4 Magnolia Warbler,3 Yellow-rumped Warbler,1 Black-throated Green Warbler,1 singing Blackburnian Warbler,1 singing Bay-breasted Warbler,1 male Blackpoll Warbler,1 Black and white Warbler,1 female American Redstart,7- including 2 first-cycle males Common Yellowthroat,1 Savannah Sparrow,3 Lincoln’s Sparrow,1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak,2 Baltimore, Oriole,1 HAMMOND SANCTUARY (we were joined by John Kendall) Northern Flicker,1 Eastern Wood-Pewee,2 Least Flycatcher,2 Eastern Kingbird,2 Red-breasted Nuthatch,1 House Wren,3 Veery,1 Swainson’s Thrush,2 Cedar Waxwing,5 Northern Parula,2 Chestnut-sided Warbler,2 Magnolia Warbler,7 Yellow-rumped Warbler,4 Palm Warbler,3 Blackpoll,2- male & female American Redstart,8- including 3 first-cycle males Ovenbird,1 Common Yellowthroat,3 Wilson’s Warbler,2 Scarlet Tanager,2 Lincoln’s Sparrow,3 Swamp Sparrow,1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak,4 STATE LINE WOODS (west side of Wolf Lake- with John Kendall) Eastern Wood-Pewee,2 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER,1 Acadian Flycatcher,1 Alder Flycatcher,1 singing Least Flycatcher,1 Blue-headed Vireo,2 Red-eyed Vireo,2 Swainson’s Thrush,1 Wood Thrush,1 Tennessee Warbler,1 Yellow Warbler,3 Chestnut-sided Warbler,2 Magnolia Warbler,3 Yellow-rumped Warbler,7 Black-throated Green Warbler,2 males Palm Warbler,2 Blackpoll Warbler,3- including 2 females Black and white Warbler,1 American Redstart,7- including 2 first-cycle males Ovenbird,2 Mourning Warbler,1 Common Yellowthroat,9 Wilson’s Warbler,3 Canada Warber,1 male Baltimore Oriole,2 WHITING PARK Double-crested Cormorant,100- estimated in large offshore flock Eastern Wood-Pewee,2 Least Flycatcher,1 Purple Martin,10+ Swainson’s Thrush,1 Cedar Waxwing,8- migrating flock American Redstart,3 Northern Waterthrush,1 Canada Warber,1 male Scarlet Tanager,1 female BEVERLY SHORES (mainly along Beverly Drive) Great Egret,1 Green Heron,1 Red-shouldered Hawk,2- adult and immature Red-tailed Hawk,1 COMMON NIGHTHAWK,1- spotted by Angelo perched in a leafless tree Ruby-throated Hummingbird,1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,1- feeding a close range Willow Flycatcher,5 singing Least Flycatcher,1 Great Crested Flycatcher,2 Eastern Kingbird,4 Yellow-throated Vireo,1 Sedge Wren,1 Marsh Wren,2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,8 plus an active nest Wood Thrush,3 singing Yellow Warbler,23 Prairie Warbler,1 singing Palm Warbler,1 American Redstart,10 singing Northern Waterthrush,1 Baltimore Oriole,3 STRIEBEL POND (west side of Michigan City on Hitchcock Rd) Mallard,9- hen plus 8 downy chicks Caspian Tern,2 HITCHCOCK ROAD POND (south of Striebel) Least Sandpiper,5 Dunlin,8- mostly in alternate plumage (watch for Cassady & Hinchman photos) Eastern Kingbird,1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow,2 Ken Brock Chesterton, IN Subject: Swallow-tailed Kite, Porter Beach From: Brendan Grube <grube.brendan AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 17:13:38 -0400 While conducting our official Longshore count from the Dunes State Park, The Birdathon Team headed by Brad Bumgardner arrived just in time to scope out a "Hawk" to our West, over Porter Beach, that stands as the best bird of their day, and the best bird of the count for 2013. A Swallow-tailed Kite was seen briefly at 8:30 a.m. this morning. A check of Cowles Bog later did not turn up the bird, but looks to be the logical place for it to end up. Brendan Subject: May 18 Sodalis Nature Park From: msenochs AT comcast.net Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:02:41 +0000 (UTC) This morning I led a group of birders on a hike through Sodalis Nature Park.  Temperatures remained steady around 65 degress on an overcast morning that included periods of light showers.  Mike Timmons, Jeff Timmons, and I birded a short time before the hike began, and what we saw and heard will also be listed.  The company was fantastic, but the birding a little slow.  We tallied 50 species overall with just 9 species of warbler.  Birds seen and heard were: Great Blue Heron Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Red-headed Woodpecker (pair) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Acadian Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Northern Rough-winged Swallow Carolina Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Tennessee Warbler (many) Northern Parula Yellow-rumped Warbler Prairie Warbler American Redstart Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch A big thank you to all who participated! Scott Enochs Subject: Re: Rock Wren yes on Saturday From: zzedpowers AT aol.com Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:40 -0400 (EDT) Ed and I saw the Rock Wren at about 1:50 p.m. Saturday, guided by Benjamin. It was very easy to see but not singing. We gave Benjamin a Stockbridge newsletter and signed their guest book. He said about a hundred had come to see it! Very gracious of the Amish family to share it! Cynthia Powers -----Original Message----- From: Terry Walsh To: Inbird 2 Sent: Sat, May 18, 2013 8:42 am Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] Rock Wren yes on Saturday Just left the Miller Farm where the boys showed me the Rock Wren easily. (Preparations for the wedding are in full swing!) Terry Walsh Carmel, IN Via iPhone Subject: Fox Island From: James Haw <jhawillet AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 16:03:47 -0400 (EDT) Eighteen birders participated in Stockbridge Audubon's field trip to Fox Island on this mostly cloudy morning. We recorded a total of 80 species, including some good birds: Canada Goose 12 Wood Duck 6 Hooded Merganser 1 Great Blue Heron 6 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 4 Acadian Flycatcher 3 Alder Flycatcher 1 Willow Flycatcher 4 Least Flycatcher 2 Eastern Phoebe 2 Great Crested Flycatcher 5 White-eyed Vireo 3 Warbling Vireo 5 Red-eyed Vireo 6 Blue Jay 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Tree Swallow 1 Bank Swallow 8 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 late but not record late; not seen; ID by slow, raspy nasal nuthatch call White-breasted Nuthatch 2 House Wren 6 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 Eastern Bluebird 3 Veery 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 15 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 2 European Starling 10 Ovenbird 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 9 Nashville Warbler 3 Mourning Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 7 American Redstart 4 Northern Parula 2 Magnolia Warbler 5 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Canada Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 3 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Eastern Towhee 3 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 4 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Northern Cardinal 10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Indigo Bunting 7 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 12 Orchard Oriole 2 Baltimore Oriole 5 American Goldfinch 8 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14159033 Jim Haw Subject: Eagle Slough May 18th From: Tim Griffith <timgrif396 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:35 -0500 We birded Eagle Slough this morning with 7 other individuals. Birds for the day were: Eagle Slough, Vanderburgh, US-IN May 18, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:25 AM 45 species Canada Goose 6 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Mourning Dove 2 Common Nighthawk 1 Chimney Swift 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 5 Acadian Flycatcher 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Warbling Vireo 7 Red-eyed Vireo 5 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 4 Carolina Wren 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 10 European Starling 1 Cedar Waxwing 6 Northern Waterthrush 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Prothonotary Warbler 2 Tennessee Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 6 Northern Parula 5 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 23 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 12 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Baltimore Oriole 2 American Goldfinch 3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14155871 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Tim E. Griffith Evansville, IN 47715 Subject: 05/18: Red-necked Phalarope From: "LNeumann" <landonneumann AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:58 -0400 This morning I birded a few Cass Co spots. Thanks to my brother, who let me rent his moped, I was able to check some shorebird spots. The highlight was a male Red-necked Phalarope in a field along 600W. I checked River Bluff Trail before I checked shorebirds spots and found that the diversity wasn’t great there even though the radar looked impressive last night. River Bluff Trail Canada Goose 1 Green Heron 2 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 Chimney Swift 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 3 Acadian Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 2 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 American Crow 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 3 Carolina Wren 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Swainson's Thrush 1 American Robin 3 Gray Catbird 10 European Starling 1 Ovenbird 1 Tennessee Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 American Redstart 4 Northern Parula 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 3 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 3 Common Grackle 3 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 1 US 35 Marshes(The key spot for shorebirds along this road is drying up fast. I suspect that this spot will be dry by next weekend.) Canada Goose 7 Mallard 2 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Bobwhite 1 American Coot 1 Semipalmated Plover 5 Killdeer 2 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Greater Yellowlegs 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Least Sandpiper 3 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Orchard Oriole 1 600W Flooded Field(This spot seems being able to retain its water and it has lost little ever since the great rains we had in April.) Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Semipalmated Plover 10 Killdeer 2 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Least Sandpiper 10 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 One had a broken leg. Red-necked Phalarope 1 Thin, needle like bill, black crown with red coming down neck and nape. Have pictures of it, but they are awful because the bird was distant. American Pipit 2 Vesper Sparrow 1 While heading home Dickcissel 1 Landon Neumann Logansport, Cass County Subject: Rock Wren-LaGrange Co. From: "Mike P. Maxwell" <mmaxwell AT clarkquinnlaw.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 15:02:53 -0400 Sarah Fowler and I went to see the Rock Wren at the Miller farm. It was out and showing (though still not vocalizing) as of 2:50pm. Michael P. Maxwell, Jr. Clark Quinn LLC 317-637-1321 mmaxwell AT clarkquinnlaw.com Subject: LaGrange Co. Willet From: "Sam Plew" <splew AT lakeland.k12.in.us> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:03 -0400 Birders, A Willet is currently at the intersection of 100 South and 500 West. A photo is available on Facebook, within the Indiana Birding forum. Sam Plew Lagrange, In. . This communication is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient(s), the dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy all copies of the original message and any attachments. Receipt by anyone other than the named recipient(s) does not constitute a waiver of any applicable privilege. Subject: 5/18 yard Yellow-billed Cuckoo + Spizella question From: Bryce Robeson <brycerobeson AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 11:37:35 -0400 Hello all, I ventured out briefly this morning, mostly just listening as lighting was (and is) poor. Almost entirely passerines were present, with few migrants; a singing and preening Yellow-billed Cuckoo was the main highlight. (Not present in the list below are Eastern Whippoorwill and Cerulean Warbler, heard at about 6:00 this morning from our house.) In addition, I encountered a puzzling sparrow during the walk. It initially seemed to be a Chipping Sparrow, and seemed to have the rufous cap (and general impression) of that species. However, it seemed to lack any white above the eye; its face was very plain. What most caught my attention was that it was singing an aberrant song: though superficially somewhat like the usual trill of a Chipping Sparrow, it was far more buzzy and somewhat more disjunct-sounding than typical. I think the song was still too fast for a Clay-colored Sparrow, though. The bird was also foraging very high up in Bitternut Hickory trees, not where I would expect Clay-colored. My question would be whether *Spizella* hybrids occur naturally and if this could be one, or whether it is more likely that it's just (as I assumed) a plain-faced Chipping Sparrow singing a peculiar version of the species' typical song. With that undetermined bird aside, the following is the rest of the species on the morning. Great Blue Heron 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 (1 heard only.) Chimney Swift X (Heard only.) Ruby-throated Hummingbird X (Heard only. Probably 2.) White-eyed Vireo 1 (Heard only.) Yellow-throated Vireo 1 (Heard only.) Barn Swallow X Carolina Chickadee X Tufted Titmouse X (Heard only.) Carolina Wren 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 3 American Robin 2 (1 heard only.) Gray Catbird 1 (Heard only.) European Starling X Cedar Waxwing 5 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (Heard only.) Blue-winged Warbler 2 (Heard only.) Tennessee Warbler 2 (1 heard only.) Common Yellowthroat X American Redstart 2 (1 heard only.) Northern Parula 1 (Heard only.) Blackpoll Warbler 2 (1 heard only.) Yellow-breasted Chat X (Heard only.) Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Northern Cardinal 6 Indigo Bunting X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird 1 House Finch 1 House Sparrow X Bryce Robeson E. Monroe County Subject: Green Heron; "yard bird" catch-up SW Monroe Co From: Terri Greene <tgreene AT indiana.edu> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:43 -0400 Catch-up on incidentals. All from around my property unless otherwise noted. I saw a box turtle this week. Please help them across the road when you can! Terri Greene SW Monroe Co +++++++++++++++++++++ May 17, 2013 Canada Goose 2 Green Heron 1 Mourning Dove 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 American Crow 2 Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Wren 1 Eastern Bluebird 1 Gray Catbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 House Sparrow 2 +++++++++++++++++++++ May 16, 2013 Common Nighthawk 1 +++++++++++++++++++++ May 15, 2013 Canada Goose 6 (Nest had been on north shore of upper pond. Saw adults and 5 young a week or two earlier, but they moved them cross-country to neighbor's pond. It was fun to see them [minus 1 gosling] back at my pond today.) Green Heron 1 (FOY) Tree Swallow 2 (FOY) Eastern Meadowlark 3 (Lee Phillips Rd.) +++++++++++++++++++++ May 9, 2013 White-eyed Vireo 1 (FOY) +++++++++++++++++++++ May 3, 2013 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 (FOY) +++++++++++++++++++++ May 2, 2013 Wild Turkey 1 Mourning Dove 4 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 (FOY) Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Gray Catbird 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 13 (10 males and 3 females at feeders--beautiful!) Indigo Bunting 2 Purple Finch 2 +++++++++++++++++++++ May 1, 2013 Wood Duck 2 Mourning Dove 4 Eastern Whip-poor-will 1 (approximately 11:10pm; nice to have the windows open!) Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Barn Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Gray Catbird 1 Eastern Towhee 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 Indigo Bunting 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Purple Finch 3 House Finch 1 Pine Siskin 1 (at feeder) American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 2 +++++++++++++++++++++ Apr 30, 2013 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (Along Snow Road just south from where Lee Phillips Road Ts into Snow. Flew into trees on east side of the road.) Gray Catbird 1 (FOY. It seemed to be trying to mimic a whip-poor-will.) +++++++++++++++++++++ Apr 25, 2013 Eastern Kingbird 1 (FOY) +++++++++++++++++++++ Apr 8, 2013 Rock Pigeon 4 (McConnell's barn, Lee Phillips Rd.) +++++++++++++++++++++ Apr 6, 2013 Field Sparrow 1 +++++++++++++++++++++ Apr 3, 2013 7:30 AM Wood Duck 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 (FOY) Chipping Sparrow 1 (FOY) +++++++++++++++++++++ Mar 28, 2013 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (Kirksville, IN) Eastern Meadowlark 2 (Lee Phillips Rd.) +++++++++++++++++++++ These reports were generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) Subject: Coordinates Correction From: "Randy Pals" <rjpals AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 10:09:50 -0500 I wrote: The coordinates of the driveway entrance are 41.73451 and -87.44673. Correction: The coordinates of the driveway entrance are 41.73451 and -85.44673. Randy Pals Chesterton Subject: Rock Wren - Directions Refinement From: "Randy Pals" <rjpals AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:00 -0500 The driveway of the Miller's is almost exactly 1.0 miles north of the intersection of 100 W and route 120. It is about 150 yards south of the intersection of 650N, which T's into 100 W from the west. The coordinates of the driveway entrance are 41.73451 and -87.44673. Randy Pals Chesterton Subject: Connecticut Warblers, Eagle Creek Park From: "Sanderson, Ryan J" <ryjsand AT iupui.edu> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 13:43:20 +0000 2 Connecticut Warblers so far this morning at Eagle Creek. 1) Skating Pond: after parking, walk the road south, past the shack and past the road barricade. Approximately 75 yards down, a path goes off to the right. The bird was at the southwest corner of the junction oh the two paths. Bird was heard only. Heard very early in morning. 2) Starling Sanctuary: approximately 75 yards down path. Off to left (east). Bird was seen perched just above eye level. Flew up the tree, then down into the brush. Unfortunately my camera was in the car since I'm part of a Birdathon team today. Seen/heard around 910 AM. Ryan Sanderson Indianapolis Sent from my iPhone