Thanks for the kind wishes.  It was a good day.

Have a wonderful day, Lou!

Happy Birthday, Linda!  May your day be filled with all manner of wonderments!

Gayle

Happy Birthday good person!

Thank you all!

Happy Birthday Lou!

the life stories of the two killed cranes:
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/crane/09/BandingCodes905.html
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/crane/07/BandingCodes733.html
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Thanks for these links, Dale.  It is good to know that the ICF maintains biographies on eaxh bird.

Gayle

Supurb photographs, Lou!  Thank you!

Gayle

Thanks for the explanatory comments, Patti.

Gayle

What a productive birding experience!  Do you know why warblers tend to congregate in that area?  I enjoyed seeing your fine photographs.  Thanks Patti!

Gayle

Not only hilarious, Dale, the article was thoughtful.  Good choices for the individual states.

Somewhat related, last night, David Letterman featured the winners of the Piedmont High School (just accross S.F. Bay) bird call contest.  Third prize - Gyrfalcon; second - Loon; first - Greater Prairie Chicken!  All happened to be mentioned in the article.

Paul, enjoyed your article too!

Gayle

Happy Birthday, Patti!  Hope your day was filled with all manner of wonderful birds sightings and other good things!

Gayle

Dale, your photographs are terrific!  They look exactly as I expected.  But what was unexpected was the hungry-looking rough-legged hawk.  It was looking for breakfast in case the prairie chickens' amorous activity caused them to swoon!

Gayle

Dale, thanks for this wonderful description of your amazing day!  The mental images are vivid.  Seeing any one of your heptads of birds would have boggled my mind!

Gayle

Yep!!!!  I just got this email!!! Yaaaaayyy!

Dear Dr. Pesmen,

Thank you for your concern regarding the Eastern Screech Owl Webcam/Website.  I am pleased to inform you the website has been restored.

Sincerely,

William Powers, Jr.
President

Thanks for your good and effective efforts, Dale.