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blue things; "Stokes' Birding at Home"
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: blue things; "Stokes' Birding at Home"
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:01:37 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Carolinabirders,
Haven't actually seen any myself; the ninth street yard seems stuck
perpetually in winter, with singing Yellow-rumps, Ruby-crowns, and
White-throats all hanging around. The Parulas have left, and no other
migrants have arrived to replace them. Did add Chipping Sparrow to the
yard list, one was singing across the street in the big tree in front of
the EK Powe school. I guess the weather's too nice for migrants to stop.
And the hummingbird feeder hangs untouched; it sounds like the Rufous at
my former house has flown the coop as well...
But a friend from Hillsborough mentioned that they had seen an Indigo
Bunting (male, I'm assuming) at their bird feeder on Wednesday. That
sounded a little early, until today, when I looked at the MASSBIRD
on-line archive and saw a Blue Grosbeak reported from Cape Cod! Aren't
they supposed to arrive here first? The Triangle Bird Checklist rates
both bright blue species as "Very rare" last week, "rare" this week, and
"uncommon" next week, so they should be showing up any day now for those
of us who haven't seen them yet.
Meanwhile, back inside the house, I made a discovery last week and
confirmed it this week. Remember some discussion a while back about a PBS
birding TV show by Don and Lillian Stokes? Well, it's finally showing in
the Triangle! Maybe it has been for a while; it's on at 10 AM Saturday.
Most of us are out birding or doing other things then, that could be why
it's escaped notice so far. Might have to set your VCR if you want to see
both the birds and the show!
Good birding,
Josh
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/