Regarding Elaine's message about the jdbgmgr.exe "virus" - this is a legitimate file, not a virus. The jdbgmgr.exe file is a standard windows component that is...
My brother and I decided to take a run up to the Page Springs Fish Hatchery this morning. This was our first trip there and didn't know what to expect, ...
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Hey Jeff, I went down there this afternoon, but had only a garbled version of your message for directions. By the time I figured out where you were it was 630 ...
There has been a Black-headed Grosbeak hanging around our yard that has a deformity. He looks like he has a waist. Either he was born deformed or he got into...
Is anyone else having the same problem as me: I'm having a hard time keeping my feeders full. For example, last year this time I only had a few Black-headed...
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... It's Yellow-headed Blackbirds that are consuming mass qualities here - I have a flock of 30-40 that stay all day and gorge themselves - they've been here...
Something unusual is definitely "in the wind". I haven't had the mass numbers reported by Jeff and Doug. But for here they are unescapable.I usually have 2 or...
... It's the general availability of resources that the drought has affected - water, suitable seeds, insects - everything they need has been adversely ...
Yes, Orioles. Not me out here in the more arid reaches of Camp Verde, but I attended a contemplative prayers workshop at the home of a woman on the creek in...
I don't have anything like the amount of nectar feeder frenzy mentioned in the latest Digest, but we do have at least one pair of Bullock's orioles at our...
... More likely a Summer Tanager. Scarlet Tanagers would be exceedingly rare in this area. A Scarlet Tanager has blackish wings and tail, the Summer Tanager...
... I agree with Doug regarding the Scarlet and Summer Tanager. However another possibility would be a Vermilion Flycatcher which has a black wing and tail,...
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May 14, 2002 5:36 pm
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Thanks Steve Barlow! Yesterday, we didn't see the Caspians, but did see three Forster's Terns at the Bermuda Flats end of Roosevelt. Today, there were two ...
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This morning, in the Verde River below my house, there are a pair of Gadwalls and a Canada Goose! Both species have migrated out of the area a long time ago....
A beautiful male Blue Grosbeak came to my feeders today - my first one of the season here in Clarkdale. He became my 130th "yard list" species since I moved to...
Citizen scientists and bird conservation on Kaibab and Coconino National Forests: A partnership with Cornell Lab of Ornithology The "Birds in Recreation...
I discovered a pair of American Avocet with three chicks at Bermuda Flats this morning. They were initially fairly close to where the majority of RV campers...
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Yesterday afternoon, the Brown Pelican was still at Roosevelt Lake in the Windy Hill area (southern side near mud flats). Fun watching it take short, very low...
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Jun 28, 2002 2:27 pm
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The Birds in Forested Landscapes project has been a success so far with 9 volunteers contributing 37 hours total to the project. We have seen only one Hermit...
I have just realized that I have not seen one single Polistes wasp this summer. These are the wasps that build the little inverted paper combs on your eves,...
Hi Con, Here's a memo that I just sent out to my No. AZ birding/environmental group - have you seen any Polistes sp. this summer? ... Doug [Non-text portions...
... Doug, et al; It probably is drought related. I've noticed (around my house anyway - just south of Flagstaff) a lack in numbers of these wasps along with...
Several Vaux's Swifts showed up over the river at Tuzigoot this afternoon - they are flying among a flock of Violet-green swallows. I hope they stick around...
The first White-crowned and Brewer's Sparrows showed up at my feeders this morning. Welcome back! Doug *************************************** Doug Von Gausig ...
I've had three Lawrence's Goldfinches at my feeders the last few days in Clarkdale. They have all been females so far, but they are easily distinguished from...
Doug, This morning a very quick tally gave me 20+ Lawrence's Goldfinches, both male and females, frequenting my yard. They primarily feeding on the ground, but...
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A single Golden-crowned Sparrow in winter plumage was in with my normal flock of gambelli White-crowneds this morning at my home in Clarkdale. There were also...
On our (belated) first visit to Lynx Lake today, among the group of waterfowl sitting on the bank at the south shore late this afternoon were a pair of geese...
I have two WHITE-THROATED SPARROW'S (one white-stripped adult and one 1st winter/tan-stripped adult)putting appearances in at my yard - what skulkers they are!...