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  1. samuel walker

    Powershot S2 IS advice needed

    i'm planning my next cameras move to the prosumer S2 IS 5mp 12x. I would rather have a dig SLR but certain limitations preclude it.Any thoughts on the Canon S2? thanx Sam
  2. samuel walker

    Powershot S2 IS advice needed

    i'm planning my next cameras move to the prosumer S2 IS 5mp 12x. I would rather have a dig SLR but cetain limitations preclude it.Any thoughts on the Canon S2? thanx Sam
  3. samuel walker

    IDing the dead

    Yesterday I was out looking for living wild birds that I found few of. Upon getting home my neigbor Joe told me I had a visitor. A fellow had come over from the next street with a dead bird in a bag for me to see. Joe said he would be back. About five hours later the guy returned with his...
  4. samuel walker

    irruption and early migration?

    We have seen an irruption this Summer of ruby-throated hummingbirds. Throughout Ohio folks have posted 10-15 birds at feeders and I have witnessed large numbers in the wild.The birds,who usually remain until the end of September are now mostly gone. One local birder put forth the theory that the...
  5. samuel walker

    March of the penguins movie

    I saw the flick today.It didn't draw a large crowd even though it's been touted as on of the better films this Summer. I liked it. Very faithful to the natural history of the emporor penguin in Antarctica. A very straight-forward documentary of a year in the life of a colony of these large...
  6. samuel walker

    Swifts good to the last drop

    I never took a close look at Chimney swift behavour until last night. We held a chimney watch at a school in NE Ohio. Beginning at 7:15 only three birds were seen in the area.As dusk progressed small bands began to arrive above the opening.Just after 8:10 approx 2-300 birds were at the scene.The...
  7. samuel walker

    Bonaparte's gulls moving south thtough Ohio

    My earliest sighting of Bonapartes gulls was today off the east shore of Kelly's island Four miles North of Sandusky Oh. in Lake Erie.Five gulls in breeding plumage were observed 1/2 mile from the E shore of the island. Sam
  8. samuel walker

    What do these become?

    I found several of the attached caterpillars dangling from trees on a forest path in Ohio.They are approx 1 inch long,have fuzzy white bodies,black heads and feet.I observed them dropping and climbing on a spider type thread. ID help would be appreciated. Sam
  9. samuel walker

    Canadian soldiers invade Ottawa

    A rare insect event took place today in Ohio.Canadian soldiers aka Mayflies swarmed the Ottawa National Refuge near Port Clinton Ohio. The flies numbering in the millions occationally produce hatches large enough to require snowplows to clear them from roads.The Canadian soldier term is from the...
  10. samuel walker

    Red knot may be extinct in five years

    Various wire reports claimed today that the N.American variety of the Red knot sandpiper could be extinct in five years. The basis for the claim is the declining horseshoe crab population in the Deleware Bay area.The 9000 mile migraters are dependent on the crab's eggs.The eggs are harvested by...
  11. samuel walker

    Ohio Meet May 14 and 15

    Possibly the closest thing we have to the UK's birdfairs is Migration weekend at the Ottawa National refuge near Oak harbor Ohio.The refuge of 12,000 acres plus will be opened to drive through from 9am-4pm both days.The roads along the dikes offer a variety a habitats including marsh, meadow...
  12. samuel walker

    Eastern U S migrant radar

    A site in Florida is using doppler radar to show bird movements from Cuba to the Fla keys. Sam
  13. samuel walker

    Patch stringing

    If you want to insure your credibility don't list patches you cover that are on private property with security officers. One of our locals was posting terrific sightings at a patch located on such a property.Itseemed a little funny yhat no one else had posted sightings about the patch.If you...
  14. samuel walker

    meat eating dabblers

    I saw something curious for me today.A drake and hen mallard swam to the beach edge at the corner of a fishing pier.She reached down and began tearing away at a fish carcass.The drake watched for a while then took it away from her and tore at it himself.I have seen Canada geese eat dead fish off...
  15. samuel walker

    Ohio remains a free state

    Plans ny Ohio legislators to charge a $5.00 per visit fee to state parks starting today have been withdrawn.Difficulty in convincining state park wardens to become parking lot attendents launched a program to train a corp of the state's great blue herons to follow visitors in the parks and dip...
  16. samuel walker

    Me Last

    I want to post the last thread to the old server Done. Sam
  17. samuel walker

    Paradise Soiled again

    Another oil tanker has discharged destruction.This time the victim is the Delaware River in Philadelphia Pa.According to news stories that are always cleaned up first.300 gallons were spilled leaving a 20 mile slick.Reports say that only a few dozen birds have been affected.I would expect local...
  18. samuel walker

    The Dutchman

    I belong to a local website that covers my whole state for birding news.About a month ago we got a posting that was titled "please help" from a gent who said he was coming to my hometown of Cleveland,Ohio on the week of 11-21 and that he would be interested in hearing back from members of places...
  19. samuel walker

    A Free Tick

    The Little canada Goose formerly known as the Richardsons sub spececies has been reclassedified as the Cackling goose by American and Canadian Ornithologyauthorities.It's the one you've always wondered is a juvie with the short bill and small size.Call it a cackling and tick it so. Sam
  20. samuel walker

    Florida comes to Ohio

    In May we had reports of white pelicans on a river that empties into Lake Erie.I was too busy to personally twitch and confirm this .Lately we had a report or one pelican in a marsh near the shore of the lake.I got up there today to the Medusa marsh in Erie county and there he was swimming in a...
  21. samuel walker

    crocodilia in Ohio

    Mentor Ohio Two large reptiles have been identified in the Mentor Marsh along the coast of Lake Erie. The smaller creature is a south American caiman approx 4 feet long the other is a seven to nine foot american alligator.At the time of this post the caiman has been captured and is being held at...
  22. samuel walker

    Central North American Migration

    Can we use this wonderful forum as an advanced radar for migrants this Fall?How about this thread for birders on the central flyway.Example:Tennesee reports buffleheads moving overhead going North in October Ohio reports buffleheads two weeks later.Northern Canada reports arrival at Winter...
  23. samuel walker

    And now the Wire

    I am a champion of the Canada Goose in Ohio This bird is suffering a public relations nightmare for doing what Canadas do.We have several small ponds near me that the geese use I noticed one recently that was gridded with wire in the front yard of a hospital.The pond was deliberatly created by...
  24. samuel walker

    No more please

    My wife questions why I keep shooting the same birds.I have huge files of some species ie Canada goose,Blue Heron from every angle. I'd like to shoot new birds on each outing but,always shoot what's given to me on that day sometimes it's the same as what I have shot before sometimes new.They...
  25. samuel walker

    The tricentennial of bird names draws near

    As awkward as they can be the scientific names of birds have a beauty to them.We can discuss worldwide any bird and be sure what we are looking at by the scientific name A person in Minnasota USA can be looking at a common loon while a Scot is observing a northern diverThe American is confounded...
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