RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mundy on Wednesday lunch time

2011-10-19 Thread Meena Haribal 
Thanks Kevin for the details of amounts of weight the birds put on migration.

As for today's Hermit Thrush being cold to look plump, it was not definitely 
cold. I know they do fluff their feathers even when they are alarmed, bird was 
feeding normally. It may not have been the fat, it just looked plump.

Meena


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Migrating birds put on huge amounts of fat.  The weights of Hermit Thrushes 
skinned here at Cornell range from 23 g to 37 g, about the same as the other 
thrush species.  The 14 g difference is likely a difference in accumulated fat. 
 For Swainson's Thrush the range is 23 to 45 g, nearly a doubling in weight.

But, it is impossible to tell how fat a bird is by looking at it in the field.  
The feathers completely cover up any indication of fat or thin.  A bird that 
looks fat is just cold.

Kevin


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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mundy on Wednesday lunch time

On my route through my regular Mundy walk, I came across a smart looking, fresh 
plumaged Eastern phoebe calling, a plump Hermit thrush in the undergrowth 
trying to put on more weight, several Yellow-rumped warblers. No OCWA for me, I 
was hoping to find one.
I was wondering how much weight they can put on before it becomes impossible to 
fly and have to come down to ground as they are too fat.

Meena


Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
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RE:[cayugabirds-l] Mundy on Wednesday lunch time

2011-10-19 Thread Kevin J. McGowan 
Migrating birds put on huge amounts of fat.  The weights of Hermit Thrushes 
skinned here at Cornell range from 23 g to 37 g, about the same as the other 
thrush species.  The 14 g difference is likely a difference in accumulated fat. 
 For Swainson's Thrush the range is 23 to 45 g, nearly a doubling in weight.

But, it is impossible to tell how fat a bird is by looking at it in the field.  
The feathers completely cover up any indication of fat or thin.  A bird that 
looks fat is just cold.

Kevin


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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mundy on Wednesday lunch time

On my route through my regular Mundy walk, I came across a smart looking, fresh 
plumaged Eastern phoebe calling, a plump Hermit thrush in the undergrowth 
trying to put on more weight, several Yellow-rumped warblers. No OCWA for me, I 
was hoping to find one.
I was wondering how much weight they can put on before it becomes impossible to 
fly and have to come down to ground as they are too fat.

Meena


Meena Haribal
Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/
http://haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf<http://www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/http:/www.geocities.com/asiootusloe/mothsofithaca.htmlhttp:/haribal.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/wildwest+trip+August+2007+.pdf>



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[cayugabirds-l] Mundy on Wednesday lunch time

2011-10-19 Thread Meena Haribal 
On my route through my regular Mundy walk, I came across a smart looking, fresh 
plumaged Eastern phoebe calling, a plump Hermit thrush in the undergrowth 
trying to put on more weight, several Yellow-rumped warblers. No OCWA for me, I 
was hoping to find one.
 I was wondering how much weight they can put on before it becomes impossible 
to fly and have to come down to ground as they are too fat.

Meena


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Boyce Thompson Institute
Ithaca NY 14850
Phone 607-254-1258
http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/
http://haribal.org/
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