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GAME ON.Sean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comBlogger977125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-31022044091470698912013-11-06T17:56:00.000-05:002013-11-06T17:56:08.225-05:00When you see......Whooping Cranes (2!) flying over your yard, all things are possible. Oh yeah! <br />
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The HUGO is still around but it's drooping a wing -- not sure how it lost the ability to fly but definately put a damper on the day. Those birds are so cool and they were meant to fly far away.Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-2224589831863596482013-09-17T21:29:00.002-04:002013-09-17T21:30:57.415-04:00Hugo<br />
This beauty was pal-ing around with a LBDO -- I saw it from the Chase Place then wolfed it over for a better look. I see a godwit every spring and fall season -- I like it that way.<br />
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Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-21913354034442362952013-09-09T20:53:00.000-04:002013-09-09T20:53:41.678-04:00Just another shorebird. ....Had 4 Baird's on the flats this evening behind the chase place. That's the twenty-fourth species of shorebird for the yard and 150 overall. Never mind I only have 8 warbler species for the yard. <br />
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Also id'ed my 2nd banded great egret this year - 18L on a green wing tag - probably a youngin' from southern Lake Huron. earlier this spring-summer I had a 4-year old from The Ontario side of Lake Huron. <br />
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Planted a blue beach today - need to work on that understory veg.<br />
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Peace outSwamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-53031378250269179242013-09-03T09:34:00.001-04:002013-09-03T09:34:04.081-04:00BUFF!What more do I need to say?!<br />
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a juvy Buff-breasted Sandpiper with an entourage of golden plover, semi-p. plover, and pectoral sand. What I lack in warblers I certain make up in shorebirds. <br />
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<br />Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-85536814176899088462013-08-18T08:30:00.000-04:002013-08-18T08:38:10.459-04:00Sometimes.....Sometimes when the cuckoo's crying<br />
When the moon is halfway down<br />
Sometimes when the night is dying<br />
I take me out and I wander round<br />
I wander round<br />
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That's pretty much how it happened early this morning when I let Karma out for a potty.<br />
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This incarnate was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, which was the second for the liar. Still waiting for the Other One.Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-79590475399664486892013-08-02T08:10:00.004-04:002013-08-03T13:07:18.690-04:00yardbird manna<br />
Was doing a perimeter check in the Portage Marsh on July 30th - when I spied a jaeger standing offshore on a sandbar. I dutifully turned and walked back to my yard "proper" (about a 20 minute round trip) before hoofing it out to Portage Point to try to ID (I'd rather have a jaeger sp. for the yard than a species specific jaeger -- even given the decent probability of a state bird in LTJA). <br />
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By the time I got to the point the jaeger was gone and while scanning I heard something calling behind me which when I turned around was about 10 feet over my head; a subadult Long-tailed Jaeger. The bird made multiple dive bombs of Lilly (jaeger bait) and I calling consistently. I felt Native Alaskan with my dog Stickeen (a John Muir reference). It was surreal given the behavior, time of year, and the fact I was on the north shore of Lake Michigan and not the north slope of Alaska. The bird greeted us the next morning and provided a morning and afternoon of pure bliss as it tooled around Portage Point and Bay and harassed everything under the sun. At some point, while watching with Chris Vogel, he spotted another jaeger offshore -- similar in all respects to a LTJA but a touch too far to confirm ID. I was hoping for a breeding pair. <br />
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<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F95211670" width="100%"></iframe>Caleb Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661340389049835641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-87209373621688146452013-06-05T07:27:00.001-04:002013-06-05T07:27:07.498-04:00Breathing some rarified air!Broke through #190 barrier yesterday with a chorry chorry eminating from 2 yards down. Yep, Mourning Warbler was a new species for me despite what seems like an abundance of habitat. The bird was still around this morning.<br />
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Picked up a Pee-wee at the Chase house - not singing, some I'm assuming it's an Eastern.<br />
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<br />Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-32112895527413454942013-05-26T23:44:00.002-04:002013-05-26T23:44:43.853-04:00cool NFCHeard this live at 11:04PM just now, and recorded it.<br />
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https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/mystery-ybcu-26-may-2013<br />
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First time ever!Caleb Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661340389049835641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-38083303277545680132013-05-24T15:14:00.001-04:002013-05-24T15:14:41.044-04:00Number 67 for the year, this morning:<br />
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<br />J.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17763544770962962353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-19618289021514445012013-05-23T14:15:00.000-04:002013-05-23T14:15:11.674-04:00nice pickup for this time of yearNOT a species I see many places after waterfowl migration in Kent County! Not too sure what he's doing here away from a nice marsh but I'll take it...<br />
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<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=buggna">Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14131299">16
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>5</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=magwar">Magnolia
Warbler </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14128342">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>6</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=easkin">Eastern
Kingbird </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14120120">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>7</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=reevir">Red-eyed
Vireo </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14120120">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>8</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=comyel">Common
Yellowthroat </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14120120">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>9</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=chswar">Chestnut-sided
Warbler</a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14120120">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>10</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=pinsis">Pine
Siskin </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14120120">15
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>11</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=naswar">Nashville
Warbler </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14116248">14
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>12</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=palwar">Palm
Warbler</a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14116248">14
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>13</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=pinwar">Pine
Warbler </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14116248">14
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>14</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=scatan">Scarlet
Tanager</a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14116248">14
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>15</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=perfal">Peregrine
Falcon </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14090045">12
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>16</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=veery">Veery
</a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14074474">11
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>17</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=indbun">Indigo
Bunting </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14074474">11
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>18</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=amered">American
Redstart </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S14038651">08
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>19</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=warvir">Warbling
Vireo </a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S13995546">05
May 2013</a></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<b>20</b></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/MyEBird?cmd=list&rtype=loc&r=L827016&rank=lrec&time=year&spp=btnwar">Black-throated
Green Warbler</a></div>
</td>
<td style="padding: 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=SubDetail&SubID=S13994154">04
May 2013</a></div>
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Rick Brighamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951716267563070330noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-6201529853960690562013-05-15T17:12:00.002-04:002013-05-15T17:12:18.666-04:00Bee Bee BUzz? Bee Bee Bummer.<br />
I heard my first "winged-warbler" ever this morning in my neighbors cedars (swamp lair) but I just had a feeling it wasn't going to pan out as a whole number and it didn't. Probably the only time someone is going to gripe seeing a Brewster's Warbler but it wasnt that much of a gripe...Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-60873917206210685022013-05-10T18:41:00.000-04:002013-05-10T18:41:03.949-04:00At least I held out til mid-May before asking, but . . . . . . I give up--where the hell is the 2013 spreadsheet?J.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17763544770962962353noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-68806900182679681662013-05-06T19:54:00.001-04:002013-05-06T22:29:00.822-04:00Not the way I expected to get this oneThough my lack of listening effort explains it. Box is about 25 feet high, and was occupied within a week of its erection.<br />
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Caleb Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661340389049835641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-303718865751563582013-05-06T07:27:00.001-04:002013-05-06T07:27:09.510-04:00Life Yardie # 189With a whinny I finally put Sora to bed. It was 2010, I think, I heard a distant one in the Marsh and thought "I'll wait for a definative one that I can enjoy". That moment never happened. Last nights bird responded to a broadcast -- still distant in the marsh, but at least I got 2 whinnies, and two whinnies are better than one.Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-76143074342798476212013-05-02T23:55:00.000-04:002013-05-02T23:55:20.826-04:00Life Yardbird 197A long awaited waterbird finally flew through the yard today. A female Hooded Merg gave a brief appearance over the south field bringing my life yard list to 197!<br />
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Overall great movement of birds the last couple days. <br />
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13953019<br />
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http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13963474Rick Brighamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11951716267563070330noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-77385702873073844162013-05-02T07:55:00.000-04:002013-05-02T07:55:00.858-04:00another oneHaven't added this yet, b/c i don't know what it is. But my guess is it's either going to be Virginia Rail (leaning heavily) or Common Tern. Thoughts?<br />
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https://soundcloud.com/user9140545/unknown-1-may-2013-2238-hrs<br />
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Either way I get a yard lifer out of it. It was last night within 1 hour after dark.Caleb Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661340389049835641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-73550277694799056712013-05-01T22:25:00.001-04:002013-05-01T22:25:48.303-04:00All about the mic, bitchesAt dusk I was listening to the sky via my microphone when this happened at 2135 hrs:<br />
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and then within 1 minute later, this:<br />
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back to back yard lifers. The first of these two I didn't even record for Kent County in the entirety of 2012! Major yard score. CUDY has had one in his back yard for 2 days now too...Caleb Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05661340389049835641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-88976618906007878562013-04-26T07:59:00.001-04:002013-04-26T07:59:40.054-04:00Pole positionGosh, I havent been in the lead on this thing in, like, three years. <br />
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HUGEMUNGO movement of geese last evening -- outta 2-5K birds I finally pulled down a SNGO. Other delights included Forster's Tern and Orange-crowned Warbler. Definitely a Chase-man now. I've only been to the swamp liar once this spring sans scope. I am so laa-zy.Swamp Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-82625122483833387072013-04-23T15:50:00.000-04:002013-04-23T15:50:07.657-04:00More stormfront love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After last night's epic monsoon conditions, I finally made a point to get atop my new roof for the first time since moving in in late February. Sillydigs did not let me down. First, an by far most importantly, as I was setting up my ladder, I looked up to see a large shorebird flock about .5 miles high. I quickly realized I was looking at Pluvialis. They had no dark in the axillaries. I ran inside for my DSLR, and they were still overhead when I got out. By the time I got the manual settings ready they were behind the neighbor's sycamore and I never saw them again. DAMN! Having only ever seen AMGP at 2 locations in the county, seeing a flock of 40-45 of them FROM MY YARD was mind blowing, and dare I say it, a bit epic?<br />
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I proceeded to the roof which produced additional epicocity in my extremely suburban setting. Next up was a large flock of BOGU. Then life yardbird BARS (including several possible CLSW and PUMA candidates up real high), then NOHA, and right as another heavy cylinder of rain hit, 2 COLO pumping NE to outrun the storm right on the front edge of the rain column. Oh the agony.<br />
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Takehome message of the day for yardbirders: right about the time the weather gets so shitty that you no longer want to stay outside, is exactly the time you need to watch the sky more carefully and STAY OUTSIDE! Downpours and low-flying waterbirds and shorebirds go together like Silly and Putty.</div>
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