[mou] MOU May 10th Bird Trip Summary
Michael Hendrickson
smithville4@msn.com
Sat, 10 May 2003 21:47:05 -0500
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Hello:
Saturday at 7:00 am I met 29 birders and signed up 2-3 new members to =
the MOU! =20
We birded Sandy Point Trail, Villa Marie fields & cemetery and ended the =
day at Hok Si La Park. The trail on Sandy Point was muddy and wet in =
places but we managed to see a few warblers and vireos. We also watch =
some of the bird banding taking place at Villa Marie.=20
I had a great time meeting the many new birders that followed me around =
today. They learned to never walk ahead of the leader, the leader =
always gets first turns at the scope line and the leader never buys his =
own lunch. Of course I am kidding but we had a lot of fun today. Even =
though the day wasn't a "fall out" type situation where the warblers =
were dripping off every tree we worked very hard and still managed to =
see quite a few birds. I believe that the bulk of migration is still =
south of us and we are just viewing some of trickles of the tropical =
bird migrants.
We saw 89 species of birds and of those we saw 17 species of warblers. =
Those included Northern Parula, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll =
and Northern Waterthrush. If we hung around the boardwalk for another =
20 minutes we could of witnessed the Prothonotary Warbler that was =
inspecting a old nest site. The warblers were mostly mixed in with =
waves of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also we saw only ones or twos of the =
warblers mentioned. So there is a lot of migration still to come.
Other birds seen from friends of mind included a Red-shoulder Hawk at =
the campground at Frontenac State Park, 4 Willets at the Marina in Lake =
City and the Henslow's Sparrow was seen and heard at the field behind =
Villa Marie this morning and Friday evening.
I wish to thank my good friends or my "crew/posse" for making my weekend =
fun and very entertaining filled with laughter. Thanks to Colin =
Gervold, John Hockema, Dedrick Benz, Sam, Chris Benson, Chris Hockema, =
Chad Akre, and Scott Mehus.=20
The next "official" MOU Trip is May 24th.
Regards,
Mike Hendrickson
MOU Field Trip Chairman
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<DIV>Hello:</DIV>
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<DIV>Saturday at 7:00 am I met 29 birders and signed up 2-3 new members =
to the=20
MOU! </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We birded Sandy Point Trail, Villa Marie fields & cemetery and =
ended=20
the day at Hok Si La Park. The trail on Sandy Point was muddy and =
wet in=20
places but we managed to see a few warblers and vireos. We also =
watch some=20
of the bird banding taking place at Villa Marie. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I had a great time meeting the many new birders that followed me =
around=20
today. They learned to never walk ahead of the leader, the =
leader=20
always gets first turns at the scope line and the leader never buys his =
own=20
lunch. Of course I am kidding but we had a lot of fun today. =
Even=20
though the day wasn't a "fall out" type situation where the warblers =
were=20
dripping off every tree we worked very hard and still managed to see =
quite a few=20
birds. I believe that the bulk of migration is still south of us =
and we=20
are just viewing some of trickles of the tropical bird migrants.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We saw 89 species of birds and of those we saw 17 species of=20
warblers. Those included Northern Parula, Blackburnian, =20
Bay-breasted, Blackpoll and Northern Waterthrush. If we hung =
around=20
the boardwalk for another 20 minutes we could =
of witnessed the=20
Prothonotary Warbler that was inspecting a old nest site. The =
warblers=20
were mostly mixed in with waves of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Also we =
saw=20
only ones or twos of the warblers mentioned. So there is a lot of=20
migration still to come.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Other birds seen from friends of mind included a Red-shoulder Hawk =
at the=20
campground at Frontenac State Park, 4 Willets at the Marina in Lake City =
and the=20
Henslow's Sparrow was seen and heard at the field behind Villa =
Marie this=20
morning and Friday evening.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I wish to thank my good friends or my "crew/posse" for making my =
weekend=20
fun and very entertaining filled with laughter. Thanks =
to Colin=20
Gervold, John Hockema, Dedrick Benz, Sam, Chris Benson, Chris Hockema, =
Chad=20
Akre, and Scott Mehus. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The next "official" MOU Trip is May 24th.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Mike Hendrickson</DIV>
<DIV>MOU Field Trip Chairman</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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