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Re: Birds

Stephen Cresswell — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:16:54 GMT

Brian, Donna, Kevin, Thanks so much for your help with the photo. I really appreciate it! The Buckhannon River Walk was really alive with birds yesterday, all

Bird ID help?

Dodge, Kevin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:37:12 GMT

Hi Stephen - I agree with Brian. Given the combination of pink bill, eye ring, and wing bars, it sure looks like a field sparrow to me. I really enjoy your

sparrow with eye ring

Donna Mitchell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:00:23 GMT

Steven, It looks to me like a vesper sparrow. With the eye ring and it appears to to have white outer tail feathers. Donna Mitchell

Re: Bird ID help?

Brian McDonald — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:38:11 GMT

I'm guessing that it is an odd ball Field Sparrow. It looks like an immature but it is too early in the year for that. Maybe a real birder out there will weigh

Bird ID help?

Stephen Cresswell — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:56:27 GMT

I snapped some pics of a bird yesterday. It was toward the large end of sparrow-sized, and had a white eye-ring. Can someone help with the ID? I've put the

Re: Hello

Harry Pawelczyk — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:21:41 GMT

Depending on where along the mine shaft, and how extensive the cave in was, the old mine might be used by various species of bats for winter hibernation, or

Re: Hello

pmiller451@... — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:41:25 GMT

HI Colleen. We farm up in the northern panhandle. If you buy the farm, contact me and I can help you find working livestock guard dogs. good luck with

Re: Hello

Cynthia Ellis — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:46:21 GMT

Colleen~ You might want to check up on the issue of mineral rights and gas wells. A good source is www.wvsoro.org . It's great to be

Re: Hello

stubbyacres1 — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:32:41 GMT

Hello Harry, Thank you. I e-mailed the agent and have more detail on the mine. It was a small coal mine used by the local people. It was caved in sometime in

Re: Hello

Harry Pawelczyk — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:59:08 GMT

Sheep need pasture/grass to graze on. So if the land is mostly wooded, unless it is cleared of trees and planted to grasses, it wont be very effective for

Hello

stubbyacres1 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:47:06 GMT

Good Morning, I am looking into relocating to WV within the year. I now live in NJ on a small piece of land and hope to get 50 or more acres to raise sheep. We

Purple Martin arrival

mtsrgr8 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:49:45 GMT

Here's a link to a site tracking arrival of Purple Martins. I was energized to see they were in Kentucky and more so when I noticed they'd been seen in

Re: Amphibians

twograysquirrels2000 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:40:47 GMT

Hi Ed, I have heard that they like to overwinter in the soft garden soil. Was it frozen or thawed? I am now hearing Spring Peepers in my neighborhood. A

Cheryls blog

vicioushellbender — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:47:36 GMT

Cheryl and other members. Since I live in D.C. I don't always know what is blooming, calling etc. I really appreciate upto date data. Currently I'm

Blog - Squirrels View

twograysquirrels2000 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:28:20 GMT

Hi, I started a blog about the things I see in the West Virginia forests. Please check it out. I plan to write at least once a week.