Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-31 Thread Stevan Hawkins
@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry Starlings are incredible mimics, though occasionally the mix two birds up. I've heard Starlings mimic... Killdeer Red-tailed hawk Phoebe Least Flycatcher Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Wood-peewee It makes birding by ear a little

Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-31 Thread douglas chapman
, October 30, 2009 11:45 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry Starlings are incredible mimics, though occasionally the mix two birds up. I've heard Starlings mimic... Killdeer Red-tailed hawk Phoebe Least Flycatcher Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Wood

Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-31 Thread Bob Holtz
@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry Rick: Add Common Nighthawk to the list of species that European Starling mimic. Onward! Steve Stevan Hawkins San Antonio TX -Original Message- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Hoyme Sent: Friday

Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-31 Thread Bill Kahn
Aside from my own mimicry of a birder, Northern Mockingbirds and various threshers were the limit of my bird mimicry knowledge picked up mostly in my native California. The reports on the repertoire of our invasive European Starlings are fascinating. Are there other mimics in Minnesota?

[mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-30 Thread Pastor Al Schirmacher
Heard this morning in downtown Princeton, MN (booming metropolis of 4,000): Pepheebe Presumably a creative starling. Or a late hybrid I want to meet:) Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs Sherburne Counties Join or Leave

Re: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry

2009-10-30 Thread Rick Hoyme
- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:mou-...@lists.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Pastor Al Schirmacher Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 10:58 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Creative Mimicry Heard this morning in downtown Princeton, MN (booming metropolis of 4,000): Pepheebe