tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post5858972953740814513..comments2024-03-28T21:51:26.408-04:00Comments on Tails of Birding: Pond StarlingChris Petrakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05637163831402534158noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-10903417616262220552009-06-30T13:14:06.882-04:002009-06-30T13:14:06.882-04:00Wow! Very interesting. I didn't know about the...Wow! Very interesting. I didn't know about the wing-clipped geese. They definitely are pond starlings around here!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263405659108175434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-57620425774908789822009-06-28T21:35:56.191-04:002009-06-28T21:35:56.191-04:00I live in northern Wisconsin, and am pleased to sa...I live in northern Wisconsin, and am pleased to say that we still experience the migratory patterns and I still look up every time that I hear them flying overhead, both Spring and Fall. They also frequent our farm fields during the migration, but are not yet pests. The most unusual recollection I have of geese overhead was back in my post-Doc days in mid-Missouri. I regularly walked a mile back and forth to my lab at around 4:00am. One clear night, I heard a flock flying and reflexively looked up. It was the first and only time I have appreciated night light pollution, because there up above, wedging their way through the stars was the white V of goose bellies illuminated from below. I only saw it once, and still remember it after 20 years.The Old Gray Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118198647200105431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-24432348370064139462009-06-28T18:51:40.111-04:002009-06-28T18:51:40.111-04:00Hey there Chris! Thanks for the comment on my blo...Hey there Chris! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I tried emailing you directions but my email is not functioning properly at this time.<br /><br />Here is a link for MassBird that will give you some info on where you can locate the Henslow's Sparrow. I hope this helps and good luck. If you go tomorrow there is a very good chance you will get it.<br /><br />Link:<br /><br />http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MASS.html#1246226783Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539583838978744802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-88943896756551537482009-06-27T21:54:42.350-04:002009-06-27T21:54:42.350-04:00yeah... pond starlings! Great info on both this an...yeah... pond starlings! Great info on both this and the raven! thxDawn Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320576787003821586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-13440559374341713442009-06-27T14:34:41.013-04:002009-06-27T14:34:41.013-04:00Hi Chris,
This is very impressive....A quite good ...Hi Chris,<br />This is very impressive....A quite good numbers of them.. Will be the them here, but with greylag!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27055376.post-81947659735718556682009-06-27T10:19:55.200-04:002009-06-27T10:19:55.200-04:00I remember in my youth in the 60’s and 70’s growin...I remember in my youth in the 60’s and 70’s growing up on Lake St. Catherine, the excitement of geese flying over during migration. Everyone stopped and looked. Now having lived in L.A. and Boulder, CO, I’ve seen enough Canada Geese. It’s sad because they are really great birds, but now they are pond starlings, golf course starlings, park starlings…..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com