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May Day Bird Count 09 Results- pdf
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Postings from Indiana Birding
Current Results: Annual Christmas Counts
The Fall Field Trips Schedule is done. Go to the Fall Field Trips
Lists of Birds Seen on Field Trips
The Hancock Wildlife site in Canada has a second camera with baby eagles now being fed by mom. Click on the white arrow and when the ad bar appears at the bottom, just X it off.
click above to learn more
AEP provided money for a much better falcon-viewing camera. The pictures are awesome! It's now online.
The Falcon Cam
HATCHING & GROWTH
OF A HUMMINGBIRD
Interesting pictures on someone's web site. Be sure to click on "NEXT PAGE" at the bottom of each page; there are 5 pages in all. Someone found a hummingbird nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. Took 24 days from birth to flight.
Go to http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/
Roger & Rachel have a bird list to share from Grand Cayman. Click Here to see their list and some pictures.
Endangered condor dies of
lead poisoning (more)
Stories Sought: What You Are Doing to Help Fight Global Warming - The National Audubon Society is looking for stories from the Audubon family. Tell us what steps are you taking - both individual actions and chapter or other group initiatives. We will share your experiences through Newswire and on the Audubon website - inspiring others to join Audubon in making a difference. Please send your story to :
kconnors@audubon.org - with photos showcasing what you are doing, if you have them!
We would like to announce the release of Dr. Ken Brock's
CD, "Brock's Birds of Indiana". The Amos Butler
Audubon chapter has underwritten this project to keep the
cost down so as to increase its availability to
birders.
Information about the CD is
available by clicking on the image below.
We been privileged to reproduce a story, Bird watchers
on the lookout, from the Reports from China
supplement to the Washington Post National Weekly
Edition. We thought our members would appreciate the
story but we could not find it on the web. Click
here for the story and the
story behind how we got the story for our web
site.
Listen to possible
ivory-bill recordings . The
Cornell Lab of Ornithology recently released sound
recordings from the Big Woods. Researchers say they may
be those of the ivory-billed woodpecker. (It helps to
have broadband to listen - when you find
them.)
Male swallows must constantly impress mates because
females will dump lighter-breasted partners. Read
the article
Conservation groups take to the sky
to keep whooping cranes from becoming extinct. A most
interesting story from Birds and Blooms. Read
the article.
Eagles
at Lake Monroe, the
largest man-made impoundment in Indiana,, was the site of
the state's bald eagle reintroduction program from 1985 -
1989.
I go to nature to be
soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in
order.
-- John Burroughs
Recent
Postings from Indiana Birding
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Latest
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NEW - Read about & download the results (pdf) of the Ft. Wayne 2011 Christmas Bird Count
Read the latest newsletter in .pdf - - - - - - 2011 Big May Day Bird Count (pdf)
See List of The Fall Trips - - Read the list of what was seen on each Trip.
See pictures of Mist Netting & Bird Banding that Bonnie took (May).
Click either picture to see the full set (Must sign on to Facebook to see them).
 The kids (and adults) had a great time 
 Someone said Robins were attractive, but what does that have to do with magnets?
Robins can literally see magnetic fields, but only if their vision is sharp - just in case you are interested. That is what we have been told and you can discover more . . I will confess that the robins in the study were not OUR robins, but those from Europe - not that there is anything wrong with that.
It is an interesting article and will give you just one more reason to appreciate the wonderful diverstiy that surrounds us.
Read more about the Earth’s magnetic field and how birds use it from Discover .
 Board Information
All members are welcome to attend. It might be wise to call someone (Gary) to be sure we are really meeting, as sometimes it can all be done by e-mail saving a trip.
The Board meets in the Achatz Hall of Science at the University of Saint Francis. The new atrium is completed so we may use the front door.
Some believe that hummingbird feeders can be taken down by Labor Day because these little birds will migrate south for the winter. However, one woman in Mansfield, Ohio left her hummingbird feeders up late and discovered that a rufous hummingbird was coming to it well into December.
See a 7 minute video of this bird and learn more.
Christmas Bird Count Results
Jim Haw has sent the compilation of the Ft. Wayne Christmas Count. The species total was our lowest since 1984, and the number of individuals was the lowest since 1980. The snow on count day surely contributed to the subpar result; birds just weren't active for most of the day. And in my opinion, there just wasn't much out there anyway. Winter finches aren't coming this year, Rough-legged Hawk had not been seen at all in northeastern Indiana until we got one on the Pigeon River Count on Sunday, Northern Harrier has been very scarce, and some species that normally winter here in small numbers, such as Golden-crowned Kinglet and Swamp Sparrow, had all pulled out before it got cold.
The 2009 Christmas Bird Count Results (download .pdf)
How About an Awesome Ditch Project?
 On Saturday, November 21, six people representing Stockbridge Audubon, went on a very interesting tour of a ditch. This is an new experimental type of ditch called a two-stage ditch which is resulting in cleaner water and less flooding. The tour and this experiment is being conducted by Chad Watts of The Nature Conservancy and Purdue University.
By observing natural processes of stable streams and rivers, researchers have designed a drainage channel that will benefit both agriculture and the environment. Known as the two-stage ditch, its a conservation tool that truly works. We will soon have more information and pictures.
mail Paul McAfee for more information. - and/or - Click picture or here for more info.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The oil and gas industry never gives up in its efforts to ruin the pristine wilderness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to polar bears caribou, musk ox, and millions of migratory birds.
 The latest attempt is a new bill to encourage full-scale development along the borders of the refuge, including horizontal drilling from off-shore platforms into refuge lands. The bill, S 503, also recycles old attempts to do very damaging seismic exploration and exploratory drilling within the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge—the biological heart of the refuge.
Drilling over, under, or in the refuge, it's still the same attempt to ruin this internationally important bird and wildlife refuge. Even more alarming, the bill waives key environmental laws that currently protect the refuge—the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act. The removal of these most important legal safeguards sets a dangerous precedent for the management of our public lands.
A committee vote on this latest attempt to drill in the Arctic Refuge could happen next week—but only if its proponents think they have enough support. Let's stop this bill dead in its tracks!
Take Action - Write to your U.S. Senators today. Urge them to oppose efforts to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas development in any shape, fashion, or form!
Learn more and send a message
 All About Birds - Inside Birding is a great new web site from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Whether you’re new to birding or a seasoned expert, interested in sharpening your identification skills or wondering how to clean your binoculars, you can visit the web site and watch videos that will help you identify birds. It shows how to use size and shape, color patterns, behavior and habitat to ID birds. Click Here or on picture for the web site.
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 Mockingbirds recall who agitates nests
A study showed that mockingbirds, like the one seen here, learned to identify people who had threatened their nests.
A study showed that mockingbirds, like the one seen here, learned to identify people who had threatened their nests. While they may look alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they dont like.
Birds rapidly learn to identify people who have threatened their nests, and they sound alarms and attack those folks while ignoring other people, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Associated Press photo . . . . Read the full Journal Gazette article
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Another story on Dancing Birds With a Beat (and other animals)
Read about the 2009 Big May Day Bird Count.
The objective of the BMDBC is to count the number of birds of each species occurring in a participating county area from midnight to midnight on Saturday May 09, 2009.
Check the hummingbird migration map to monitor the northbound trek as spring continues.
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Spring Meeting was at U. of St. Francis: “Watching Spring Warblers”
Held: April 19, 2009 @ 2:00 PM (Sunday)
At Achatz Hall, University of St. Francis
Our presenter, Don Gorney, told us why Everyone Loves Warblers. Don is a former board member and newsletter editor of Stockbridge Audubon. He shared photos and life histories of the more common warbler species found in northern Indiana. For instance, did you know that Golden-winged Warbler is now believed to be extirpated as a breeding species in the state? It was a great spring meeting and everyone who attended gained more understanding and appreciation of warblers. There were at least 25 birders in attendance and most stayed for refreshments afterwards.
Check Our Spring Field Trips - Dates and Destinations
Read Lists of Birds Seen on our Field Trips.
 2009 was another record year for the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)! Birders from across the United States and Canada submitted more than 93,629 checklists during the four-day event, a 9 percent increase in checklist submissions since last year. Participants counted a record 11,550,200 individual birds representing 619 species and submitted thousands of photos of common and rare birds. Go to the Great Backyard Bird Count
Birds and Climate Change: An Analysis of the Christmas Bird Count
Birders have noticed some interesting shifts in the winter distribution of birds over the last several decades. Many have noticed more American Robins staying farther north through winter and species like Northern Mockingbirds and Carolina Wrens shifting north - READ MORE from Audubon
If you are new to birding or just interested in learning to identify birds or are an experienced birder, please join one of our Spring Field Trips.
A Really Good Site to Visit About Celebrating Urban Birds
Neighborhood activities focus on birds and nature
Ithaca, NY--The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites people, organizations and educators to it's Celebrate Urban Birds Project. A local Celebrate Urban Birds event connects the arts, music, dance, and gardening with birds and science. Visit www.CelebrateUrbanBirds.org.
 News From The National Audubon Society
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You can check the hummingbird migration map to monitor the northbound trek as spring continues.
The Field
Trips information on the web site.
Forget Everything You Thought You Knew About Cats & Birds
Click here to see the unusual story of a cat and a crow.
For a shorter version.
Learn about BirdSleuth to help build scientific literacy and excitement by engaging students in the scientific process! click here
If you have not seen this, take a look.
For video from the News-Sentinel about Eagle Marsh - go here.
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