Carolinabirds archives, Re: signs of spring

["Joshua S. Rose" <jsr6@duke.edu>]

On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Margie Wilkinson wrote:
>
> Would appreciate help in getting to the list archives, as I haven't seen
> reference to the URL on the Birdmail (Siler) site.  Would someone be so
> kind as to send that to me.  Thanks.

Hi Carolinabirders,

Listowner Will Cook provides links to a dazzling array of different
Carolinabirds archives on his web site:
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/
Jack Siler's site retains only the most recent 50 or so messages, roughly
5 days' worth. The main archive at Duke retains permanently and allows
searching, but was only created in early January of this year, so doesn't
have any older posts. Matt Pardo's archive goes back to August 1999, and
although it claims to only run through January 31 of this year, the most
recent section is still accumulating messages including today's! The
Virtual Birder site retains messages back to January of 2002, though you
have to directly edit the URL to get further back than last month, there
are no links to click on; they are separated out by individual days.

> Am looking forward to NC visits this spring.

Looking forward to seeing you here, Margie! (Margie is one of the folks
who has been filling me in on the Eurasian Kestrel details, FYI) (speaking
of the kestrel, it was seen again today, and access will continue for
birders at least through next weekend)

Elsewhere on the listservs, West Virginia is reporting a remarkable number
of Red-necked Grebes, especially for a landlocked state! There are also
several in Virginia and Maryland, and the New Jersey RBAs report more
birds than usual, some inland. Might be worth checking inland NC and SC
lakes as well.

THe Duke Natural History Society returned to the Butner Gamelands for more
woodcocks this evening, and was not disappointed! We had at least three,
maybe more, displaying within earshot despite a deafening chorus of Spring
Peepers and roosting White-throated Sparrows and some dismayingly vocal
pairs of Canada Geese. Two flew by at eye level just as the lekking got
started, and we glimpsed the closest displaying male on the ground. We
faintly heard a Barred Owl as well, and had ducks of at least 4 species
flying over, including Woodies, Hoodies, and some sort of teal as well as
some large Mallardish dabblers. One Pileated Woodpecker flew over the
swamp loop before dusk fell. After dark and some scoping of Saturn and
Jupiter, we dropped by Lake Michie Dam Road, explained to a policeman that
we were frogging, and noted that the Spring Peepers had been almost
totally replaced by a similarly deafening chorus of Chorus Frogs.

Good birding,

Josh


Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)

jsr6@duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/