Va-Birders,
It should be remembered that tape-playing to call in birds is a
highly controversial practice, forbidden in many wildlife refuges and
in the World Series of Birding. The ABA’s Code of Ethics requires
birders to “limit the use of recordings and other methods of
attracting birds.” The widespread use of ipods with portable speakers
is a threat to birds and to the traditional style of passive birding.
Disturbing birds with amplified recordings is stressful to them and
highly annoying to birders in the vicinity. Although there may be the
need for tape-playing in legitimate scientific studies, it has no
place in recreationial birding and should not be enouraged on this list.
I had no trouble seeing a Brown Thrasher on Nov. 13 out in the open
in a grassy area without the use of any electronics except my camera.
http://www.pbase.com/paulasullivan/image/88918133
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
On Dec 1, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Jay K wrote:
All,
My experience has been that Thrashers get very quiet and perhaps even more secretive during the winter and that the best way to find them is tape-playing at appropriate habitat. They will typically either respond vocally or pop up for a second, or both. I think there may be more of them around in winter months than perhaps people think.
Jay Keller
-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Gaskill <KurtCapt87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Dec 1, 2007 6:31 PM
To: 'BMcGovern' <bmcgovern@xxxxxxx>, LarryNTA@xxxxxxx, va- bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Va-bird] Brown thrasher
Bill and all,
I would amend that December statement to January - there are sufficient
Brown Thrasher Northern VA CBC reports every year to justify the species as
present until at least the beginning of January, with a higher probability
of occurrence in the eastern portion of the region.
Kurt Gaskill
-----Original Message-----
From: va-bird-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:va-bird- bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of BMcGovern
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 3:38 PM
To: LarryNTA@xxxxxxx; va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Va-bird] Brown thrasher
My old copy of Peterson shows the Thrasher winter range south of a line
from Northern Neck, through Richmond, down to about Danville; and your
Fredericksburg location is just north of that line, so seeing a Thrasher
there on Dec 1st is worth noting. However, Peterson also says a few
Thrashers will winter as far north as the Great Lakes.
I think that in most years VA-Bird has no (or almost no) Northern
Virginia Thrasher reports from December through February--and that fits Kurt
Gaskill's charts for Northern Virginia:
<http://hometown.aol.com/kurtcapt87/home.htm>
http://hometown.aol.com/kurtcapt87/home.htm
Bill
----- Original Message ----
From: LarryNTA@xxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 12:21 PM
Subject: [Va-bird] Brown thrasher
Today at noon a brown thrasher was sitting on the railing of my deck. I
don't recall seeing this species here this late. Do a few winter in this
area?
Larry Kline
Fredericksburg, VA
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