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Re: Purple Gallinule at Hughes Hollow details - 5/6 morning

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Phil Davis

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Phil Davis

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Fri, 6 May 2011 12:40:52 -0400

MD Osprey:

Hi, me again ... I tried to describe the sighting location in words, 
as best as I could. However, here are some annotated Google Earth 
images that graphically depict the location ...

         http://pdavis.posterous.com/hughes-hollow-purple-gallinule-sighting-locat 
(the apparent truncation of this link is OK)

Hope this helps!

Phil


At 11:51 05/06/2011, Phil Davis wrote:
>MD Osprey:
>
>A bit more detail on this morning's sightings:
>
>Nancy Magnusson arrived at Hughes Hollow around 5:30 am. I arrived 
>around 6:10 (hey, the Starbucks stores don't open until 5:30!).
>
>Around 6:30 (didn't note the exact time), we were standing on the 
>dike and we heard one vocalization coming from the marsh near the 
>north end of the parking lot, which we took to be the Purple Gallinule.
>
>At 7:15, standing at the north end of the parking lot, looking north 
>into the marsh, Nancy saw a bird with a large white rump flutter a 
>very short distance (maybe 10-15 feet?) from very near the shore to 
>a point a bit further out into the marsh. She called to me and I 
>looked toward that area and then we both immediately saw the bird, a 
>dark, plump bird, again showing a large white rump, take another hop 
>a bit further towards the direction of the center of the marsh, but 
>not very far out. It dropped down maybe 20-30 feet north of the 
>trees that are growing out of the water, just off of the north end 
>of the parking lot.
>
>At 8 am, I saw cattails moving in this general area and put my bins 
>on the spot. Down low, I could briefly see the distinctive blue back 
>of the bird. Then, a few seconds later, it turned and I could see 
>the distinctive red color of the base of its bill. Nancy got on it, too.
>
>After this, we only heard it vocalize a couple of times, the last 
>time being around 8:50 am.
>
>Nancy departed first and I left at 9:30. Two other birders (Jan and 
>John) were still looking for it when I left. (It sounds like John 
>had a brief glimpse of it in the same area, just before I left.)
>
>
>I think the vocalization was closest to a portion of this version of 
>the "cackle" call ... (You will need an account with Birds of North 
>America (BNA) On-line to access this link ... highly recommended and 
>well worth it, however (IMHO) ...):
>
>http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/626/galleries/audio/PUGA1-1171a/media_popup_view?t=audio&fn=http://clomedia.ornith.cornell.edu/audio/1171A/1171A.mov
>
>
>FYI, a photographer and another birder reported a good look at a 
>Common Gallinule in the same impound, along the far dyke, close to the edge.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Phil

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