 |
 |
IL BIRD CORRECTION: Bird had DARK WINGS (not dark all over) Dan Kassebaum is maybe thinking a LONG-BILLED MURRELET but he needs to see it better. Originally seen from Dam East Boat Access (formerly Green Meadows and still in birder speak) about 7 AM-ish, only 200 yards or so out and the bird then flew toward the Saddle Dam where he lost sight of it. UPDATE: It MAY have been seen ~11:00 AM or so by another IL birder and he noted some white in the wings..... but no one else had any other sightings as of 2:30 PM when we lost contact with the group. I have not received any other info as of yet. Conditions were very windy but not too terribly cold, but that is all going to change shortly tonight. Side note: Ian Hunt found a 2W LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL from Dam East/Green Meadows DIRECTIONS TO THE SADDLE DAM (provided by Travis Mahan from the IL listserve) IL DeLorme Reference: pg. 77: C/D - 7 In the DeLorme Atlas, look at the town of Carlyle. Follow Rt. 50 east out of town. There is a tepee just above and to the right of the Rt. 50 marking on the map. This is the location of the Saddle Dam. As you travel east from Carlyle on Rt. 50, take a left (north) at the first brown sign indicating South Shore State Park. This road will go north a short distance to a small 4-way intersection. Take a right (east). Soon the lake will be visible to the left and it will be obvious you are on the Saddle Dam. There is a small marshy area on the south side of the Saddle Dam, which is where the Say's Phoebe was found in recent years. This link gives directions to the Saddle Dam. http://home.insightbb.com/~shorebird/ALCIDmap.html Good birding, Charlene Malone St. Louis co. [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene and Jim Malone" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:57 AM Subject: ALCID at Carlyle Lake 11/12/05 > ILLINOIS bird > Call from Travis Mahan: > Dan Kassebaum has found a yet specifically IDed ALCID (all black bird) at > Carlyle Lake. > It was seen initially from the Saddle Dam in the SE corner of Carlyle (see > www.carlylelake.com for the map) > It is not IDed yet due to WINDY and choppy conditions (dress accordingly). > This bird is behaving much like the Ancient Murrelet of last year (about > this time). > > That's all the info I have at this time. > > Good birding, > Charlene Malone > St. L co. > > __________________________________________________ > ########################################################### > * Audubon Society of Missouri's * > * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * > *---------------------------------------------------------* > * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * > * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * > *---------------------------------------------------------* > * To access the list archives, click here: * > * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * > * * > * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * > * Site: http://mobirds.org * > ########################################################### > __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################