Comments for The Birdzilla Blog http://www.birdzilla.com/blog Birds and birding with Joel Greenberg Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:20:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Tis the Season to be Counting: CBC One by Joel http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2012/01/08/tis-the-season-to-be-counting-cbc-one/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 Joel Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:20:42 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=854#comment-1062 Thanks, Urs, for the correction. I don't remember the bird getting much attention but such are the vagaries of my memory. Thanks, Urs, for the correction. I don’t remember the bird getting much attention but such are the vagaries of my memory.

]]> Comment on The Pizzazz of Jas Pulas by Joel http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/11/27/the-pizzazz-of-jas-pulas/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Joel Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:15:44 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=846#comment-1060 Thanks Steve. I appreciate the information. Thanks Steve. I appreciate the information.

]]> Comment on Ann Arbor Rendezvous by Joel http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2010/01/24/ann-arbor-rendezvous/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 Joel Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:15:09 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=393#comment-1059 Thank you fo ryour comment. The died out because of unrelenting exploitation: once numbers had been reduced to a certain level other factors might have played a part. Careful evaluation by Schorger, Mitchell, and ohters make it clear- to me at least- that the birds vanished well before their forage base. Genetic studies are being planned that will look at the possible role of disease, a factor for which their is no evidence in the historical record. Thank you fo ryour comment. The died out because of unrelenting exploitation: once numbers had been reduced to a certain level other factors might have played a part. Careful evaluation by Schorger, Mitchell, and ohters make it clear- to me at least- that the birds vanished well before their forage base. Genetic studies are being planned that will look at the possible role of disease, a factor for which their is no evidence in the historical record.

]]> Comment on Ann Arbor Rendezvous by martin sands http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2010/01/24/ann-arbor-rendezvous/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 martin sands Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:12:53 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=393#comment-1056 I have mershons books my 50 years of hunting and the passenger pigeon. It is a myth that most of the birds were shot and that hunters destroyed them.yes they hunted them but most of the birds were not shot they were taken from nests as squabs and the main reason they disapeared was from the deforestation of the nut trees they lived on. thats is why you will never see a picture with wagons of pigeons like you see ducks geese deer and other animals. I have mershons books my 50 years of hunting and the passenger pigeon. It is a myth that most of the birds were shot and that hunters destroyed them.yes they hunted them but most of the birds were not shot they were taken from nests as squabs and the main reason they disapeared was from the deforestation of the nut trees they lived on. thats is why you will never see a picture with wagons of pigeons like you see ducks geese deer and other animals.

]]> Comment on The Pizzazz of Jas Pulas by Steve Sass http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/11/27/the-pizzazz-of-jas-pulas/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 Steve Sass Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:13:32 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=846#comment-1047 Joel, after doing a little bit of research, it appears as though the phenomena of the fall, individually calling spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is called "fall echo", and it's thought to be brought about by the spring/autumnal similarities in temperature and light. Joel, after doing a little bit of research, it appears as though the phenomena of the fall, individually calling spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is called “fall echo”, and it’s thought to be brought about by the spring/autumnal similarities in temperature and light.

]]> Comment on Come for the Hawks, Stay for the Mountain Bluebird by Joel http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/11/13/come-for-the-hawks-stay-for-the-mountain-bluebird/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Joel Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:23:29 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=837#comment-1031 Thanks for the info. I am glad the photos proved conclusive- I know there had been some discussion on the subject. Thanks for the info. I am glad the photos proved conclusive- I know there had been some discussion on the subject.

]]> Comment on Come for the Hawks, Stay for the Mountain Bluebird by Nathan G. http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/11/13/come-for-the-hawks-stay-for-the-mountain-bluebird/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Nathan G. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:50:13 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=837#comment-1030 The dark morph Rough-legged was actually the 2nd Hawkwatch record of Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk! The dark morph Rough-legged was actually the 2nd Hawkwatch record of Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk!

]]> Comment on Our Newest Family Member by Joel Greenberg http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/07/26/our-newest-family-member/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Joel Greenberg Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:40:05 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=761#comment-984 Indeed it is- an adult male. More details to follow. Indeed it is- an adult male. More details to follow.

]]> Comment on Our Newest Family Member by jonathan http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2011/07/26/our-newest-family-member/comment-page-1/#comment-983 jonathan Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:33:06 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=761#comment-983 Is that a stuffed passenger pigeon? If so, you've reached a whole new level of research immersion. Is that a stuffed passenger pigeon? If so, you’ve reached a whole new level of research immersion.

]]> Comment on Ann Arbor Rendezvous by Joel http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/2010/01/24/ann-arbor-rendezvous/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Joel Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:13:18 +0000 http://www.birdzilla.com/blog/?p=393#comment-982 Rosa, Thanks for your comments. You might be interested in Project Passenger Pigeon (www.passengerpigeon.org). I would be happy to talk to you if you wanted more information. And please share with me what you write. The photos of the dead birds hanging from Mershon's railroad car are of waterfowl: cranes, ducks, and geese. There appears to be a total absence of photos of dead passenger pigeons: not a single shot of a guy with a dead bird, or of a wagon of dead birds, or dead birds hanging in the stall of a game market, or a dandy at a shooting match holding up the birds he shot, etc. I have contacted well over a hundred insititutions (not done yet) and have not found one. No one else in the pp world has ever seen such a thing either. I believe that such pictures were taken and that some probably exist but whether I can locate them seems less and less likely. Any help you can provide in this search would be greatly appreciated. If we could find such pictures, it would be a coo! Joel ckerchmar@earthlink.net Rosa,

Thanks for your comments. You might be interested in Project Passenger Pigeon (www.passengerpigeon.org). I would be happy to talk to you if you wanted more information. And please share with me what you write.

The photos of the dead birds hanging from Mershon’s railroad car are of waterfowl: cranes, ducks, and geese. There appears to be a total absence of photos of dead passenger pigeons: not a single shot of a guy with a dead bird, or of a wagon of dead birds, or dead birds hanging in the stall of a game market, or a dandy at a shooting match holding up the birds he shot, etc. I have contacted well over a hundred insititutions (not done yet) and have not found one. No one else in the pp world has ever seen such a thing either. I believe that such pictures were taken and that some probably exist but whether I can locate them seems less and less likely. Any help you can provide in this search would be greatly appreciated. If we could find such pictures, it would be a coo!

Joel
ckerchmar@earthlink.net

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