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Subject: White-breasted Nuthatch Question
From: <anhinga(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 8:14am
Hi Mass Birders -
A colleague of mine and I were talking about feeders birds the other day and
he told me that he has observed a change in composition of birds visiting
his feeders this winter. Typically, he sees about 30% Black-capped
Chickadees, 30% Dark-eyed Juncos, 30% White-breasted Nuthatch, and 10%
others at his feeders. This year he has noticed that White-breasted
Nuthatches have been almost absent. He still sees about the same percentage
of chickadees, juncos, and others but no nuthatches. He lives in Townsend,
MA and has had snow cover in his yard since early December.
We were wondering if anyone else has noticed a change in composition of
birds visiting your feeders this winter, especially with regard to
White-breasted Nuthatches? If so - it would be interesting to know what
that change is? Maybe my colleagues nuthatches have moved on down to your
feeders?
Take care and good birding,
Laura H. de la Flor
Salem, MA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"So much to learn about Mother Nature ...
.. always racing with father time." (lhf)
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Subject: Clay pit pond, Belmont
From: Ian Parsons <icpcircular(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 9:00am
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Dear Massbird,
Just as the snowstorm was dying down on Saturday morning (11.30am), I counted
107 common mergansers on claypit pond in Belmont, MA. As many of you may know,
this pond often attracts common, red-breasted and hooded mergansers during the
winter, but I have never seen so many there before. I got the impression that
perhaps they had been sitting out the storm there, and once the storm died
down, they started to disperse.
In addition, there were 2 red-breasted mergansers.
Ian Parsons,
Belmont, MA
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Subject: Sittidae
From: "Peter Trull" <petrull(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 9:04am
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I live in mixed pine/oakwoods. Red nuts have been at my feeders all =
winter........2, 1 m, 1 f, all winter I have seen 1 white nut at my =
feeders. I have a box 12' up in a white oak that has white nuts nesting =
every year for 5 years, but they were absent in '07. Red nuts have been =
more prevelent than usual on the cape this winter. That's my opinion.
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
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Subject: Oak Hill Cemetery ~ Newburyport
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 2 Mar 2008 10:10am
Birders,
We'll be seeking tanagers, grosbeaks, thrushes, flycatchers, Wood Duck and wood
warblers including that golden, swamp Prothonotary Warbler at Oak Hill Cemetery
in Newburyport this spring...
Oak Hill Cemetery is applying for a grant from the Community Preservation
Committee [CPA] of Newburyport. This grant is requesting monies for the
interior
restoration of the chapel [by the State Street entrance] and much needed tree
work. Jeff Ott, certified arborist, has assessed the trees five times since
last
summer, and Jeff's estimates that $25,000 is needed to keep these trees
healthy. Oak Hill has at least 100 trees that are 150 years old. The variety,
size
and age make this one of the most impressive stand of trees in New England.
There is lots of competition for this grant money... I'm hoping that birders
will
send me a short email about their fondest memory of birding that involves those
trees at Oak Hill. I plan to compile them and send them along to the Community
Preservation Committee to bolster Oak Hill Cemetery's grant application.
Maintaining wildlife habitats and scenic areas are included in the goals of the
CPA. Please send your email to me privately by March 9th.
Again, I'm also soliciting donations for the Oak Hill Tree Fund. If you would
like to
make a donation [even a small donation helps], your check can be made out to
the "Oak Hill Trustees" and mailed to the address below. I'll present the
checks
at their next meeting.
Many thanks and think spring,
Sue
Sue McGrath
Newburyport Birders
44 Moulton Street
Newburyport, Ma 01950
978-462-4785
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Subject: Robin invasion
From: "Ida Giriunas" <Ida8(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 10:24am
Folks:
About 24 robins started coming to my yard 3 days ago - drinking water from
the heated bird bath and eating all the rose-hips, holly and winter berry
decorations still around from Christmas. (last year there was a pair of
them who ate the Sumac which I had also used for decorations) so this fall,
I gathered a bag of it from along the highways, stuck these out in the snow
banks and the birds are coming to them now that all the berries are gone.
They are a joy to have in the yard.
Ida Giriunas
Reading, MA
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Subject: Mashpee River Woodlands
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 10:23am
This morning at the Mashpee River Woodlands I found
the following:
Location: Mashpee River Woodlands
Observation date: 3/2/08
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose 28
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 75
Mallard 95
Northern Pintail 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Bufflehead 31
Hooded Merganser 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 26
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 47
Tufted Titmouse 13
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 1
American Robin 8
Eastern Towhee 3
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org)
Eastern Coyote - 1
Mary Keleher
Mashpee, MA
Cape Cod Bird Club
www.massbird.org/ccbc
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Subject: feeder bird differences
From: "Dee Stewart" <haberlea(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 10:58am
re: numbers of white breasted nuthatches at feeders - We've got a couple
showing up every day, about the same as usual. Also, a couple of red
breasted, again about the same as usual.
What is different this year is no white-throated sparrows. Usually we have
dozens. On the other hand, we have 2 tree sparrows showing up every day, a
species we haven't seen other years. Our goldfinch count is way down and
we're seeing fewer mourning doves than we used to see, but that's been true
for 3 or 4 years now.
Dee Stewart
Stow MA
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Subject: Re: White-breasted Nuthatch Question
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 11:48am
Laura and all -- Something is not right with that observation. Anyone
claiming that 30% of the birds at a feeder are white-breasted nuthatches
either has very few birds coming to the feeder or is perhaps counting the
same pair of nuthatches over and over. I have never seen or heard of more
than one or two pairs of w-b nuthatches visiting a feeder in my life--maybe
three pairs at a large feeder operation, such as at an MAS sanctuary, but
even in those cases they would not approach 10% of the total birds, let
alone 30%. They are simply not as numerous as chickadees, juncos, doves,
and the other feeder species that arrive in packs because they (the
nuthatches) do not flock up in winter.
I could be wrong, and maybe larger numbers of them visit a feeder here and
there, but I have a hard time accepting your friend's statement at face
value. We have fed birds at our house for over 30 years and I don't think
we have ever seen more than two w-b nuthatches at a time. If a single
person on this list has seen more than, say, half a dozen at one feeder, I'd
like to hear about it, and I don't mind being corrected. Maybe my
perspective is too limited. Jim
Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net
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From: <anhinga(AT)verizon.net>
To: "MassBird (Posts)" <massbird(AT)theworld.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:12 AM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] White-breasted Nuthatch Question
> A colleague of mine and I were talking about feeders birds the other day
and
> he told me that he has observed a change in composition of birds visiting
> his feeders this winter. Typically, he sees about 30% Black-capped
> Chickadees, 30% Dark-eyed Juncos, 30% White-breasted Nuthatches, and 10%
> others at his feeders. This year he has noticed that White-breasted
> Nuthatches have been almost absent. He still sees about the same
percentage
> of chickadees, juncos, and others but no nuthatches. He lives in
Townsend,
> MA and has had snow cover in his yard since early December.
>
> We were wondering if anyone else has noticed a change in composition of
> birds visiting your feeders this winter, especially with regard to
> White-breasted Nuthatches? If so - it would be interesting to know what
> that change is? Maybe my colleagues nuthatches have moved on down to your
> feeders?
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Subject: Blackstone/Millville/Uxbridge/Northbridge 3/2
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 12:42pm
This morning, we birded a few towns in the southern part of the
Massachusetts section of the Blackstone National Corridor:
Blackstone/Millville; Uxbridge and Northbridge. Our goals were simple: to
review some of the areas found in one of our Atlas blocks for this year;
and check to see if any waterfowl were about. Ponds and lakes are still
mostly ice-covered.
In the small border towns of BLACKSTONE/MILLVILLE we had the following:
Turkey Vulture (2alive+1 just over the border in Woonsocket, hanging high
from a tree, with it’s neck caught in a top branch, waving in the wind like
a flag)
Mute Swan (2)
Canada Goose (4)
Wood Duck (3)
Mallard (16)
Hooded Merganser (2)
Common Merganser (2)
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Ring-billed Gull (20)
Herring Gull (1)
Great Black-backed Gull (6)
Black-capped Chickadee (29)
Tufted Titmouse (16)
Blue Jay (18)
A Crow (7)
A Robin (60+)
N Mockingbird (3)
Song Sparrow (7: singing)
White-throated Sparrow (6)
N Cardinal (10)
UXBRIDGE: (waterfowl numbers: low)
Mute Swan (6)
Canada Goose (377)
Wood Duck (1)
Mallard (36)
A Black Duck (2)
Hooded Merganser (4)
Common Merganser (16)
Carolina Wren (1)
A Crow (8)
Fish Crow (1)
C Raven (1)
NORTHBRIDGE: (waterfowl numbers: low)
Mute Swan (4)
Canada Goose (39)
A Black Duck (1)
Ring-necked Duck (2)
Hooded Merganser (7)
EASTERN PHOEBE (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (6)
C Grackle (2)
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
Moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Brant Beverly Farms
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 1:50pm
I stopped by West Beach in Beverly Farms, yesterday afternoon,March 1st and
there were 28 Brant in water.
winterwren2(AT)verizon.net
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
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Subject: White-breasted Nuthatches.
From: KAWOLFTRAP(AT)aol.com
Date: 2 Mar 2008 2:06pm
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Hi all,
I agree with Jim. I've lived in one place longer than he has (ha-ha),
in fact it was 57 years this past November, and have always fed
the birds. A month or so ago when I saw three in the yard at one
time I actually made a note of it in my journal since I could not
ever before remember seeing three in the winter. Breeding season
is something else. Last summer there was a family of 3-4 fledglings
on the hill with their parents, but I had no feed out and they didn't
come close to the house.
Kathleen S. Anderson
Wolf Trap Hill Farm
22 Winter Street
Middleboro, MA 02346
Tel.: 508-947-0218
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Subject: WB Nuthatches
From: Barbara Lawless <w-blawless(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 3:54pm
I have been participating in Project Feederwatch since 1997 and just
reviewed my data. We've had WB Nuthatches at the feeders each year,
and on 5 occasions we've see 3 WB Nuthatches at one time at the
feeders, never more. These occasions were in Jan. & March 1998, Jan.
2005, Feb. 2006 & 2007.
Interesting to look back on this information which I don't use very
often!
Barbara Lawless
Walpole, MA
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Subject: Feeder Birds
From: kmr46(AT)comcast.net
Date: 2 Mar 2008 4:28pm
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Hello Massbirders
As others have noted I also don"t recall ever having more than two or three
White Breasted Nuthatches at my feeders and I do quite a bit of feeding every
winter. This has been a strange winter, no sparrows to speek of but two Northern
Flickers which I never usually get. Most of my other bird numbers seem normal
but more Robins in town all winter.
Kevin Ryan
North Easton
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Subject: Re: White-breasted Nuthatches.
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 4:56pm
*I also agree with Jim and Betty. During the winter, I never have more
than my resident M/F pair of WB Nuthaches at any one time. Summer is a
different story when their fledglings are around. Earlier in the winter
I had a single RB Nuthatch hanging around, but I haven't seen him in a
couple of months. As I was reading all of these postings this
afternoon, I was observing my male WB Nuthatch hard at work cleaning out
one of the nest boxes in my yard. Over the course of 30 minutes he made
repeated trips, removing the pine shavings I had lined the box with one
at a time...
Eddie
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
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Subject: Thank you! W-b Nuthatch Question
From: <anhinga(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 5:20pm
Hi Mass Birders -
Thanks to all who responded to my White-breasted Nuthatch question. I will
consolidate all of the responses I have received and send them along to my
colleague. He will have plenty to mull over.
Thanks again!
Laura H. de la Flor
Salem, MA
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"So much to learn about Mother Nature ...
. always racing with father time." (lhf)
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Subject: ECOC Meeting - March 7, 2008 - The Great Marsh
with Dorothy Monnelly
From: ECOC Mail <vze2xrsu(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 5:24pm
Essex County Ornithological Club
Friday, March 7, 7:45 p.m.
The Great Marsh
Plus ECOC meeting, 7:30-7:45 p.m.
Explore the unique beauty and dynamic nature of The Great Marsh, the
most significant ecological feature on the North Shore. Award-winning
photographer, Dorothy Monnelly shares her striking images of this
20,000-acre treasure, shot over 20 years in all seasons. Franz
Ingelfinger, Northeast Regional Ecologist for The Trustees of
Reservations, follows with a presentation on the remarkable vitality of
the Marsh, including its critical role as a nursery for fish, nesting
birds and other wildlife as well as a stopover area for migrating
shorebirds. Co-sponsored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
Phillips Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Free and open to the
public. See the ECOC web site for directions at:
http://massbird.org/ecoc/
Phil Brown
Essex, MA 01929
ecocmail(AT)verizon.net
Webmaster for
The Essex County
Ornithological Club
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Subject: Wingaersheek Beach, West Gloucester
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 5:32pm
A few highlights from an early afternoon walk with my wife Mary at
Wingaersheek:
7 Common Loons (in a line at the river mouth)
4 Brant
1 Long-tailed Duck
20 Wild Turkeys (in campground on Atlantic Street a mile or so from the beach)
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 KILLDEER
15 Horned Larks
2 Yellow-rumped Warblers
We heard an Eastern Screech Owl in our yard last night.
John Nelson
Gloucester
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Subject: Cape Ann 3/2/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 6:01pm
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William Freedberg and I birded Cape Ann today for a few hours, between
1015 and 1410, seeing some fairly good birds. The best bird of the
day, although not a very good experience, was hearing only the
Townsend's Solitaire doing its 'sonar' call. The area was checked for
mimicking birders, with none found. Also nice were 6 Glaucous Gulls.
Niles Pond was nothing short of depressing today, with 6 gulls there.
Some activity at the Fish Pier, but nothing that great today.
Highlights below:
Cape Ann (1015-1440):
Brant (Atlantic) 5 UMass Marine Station.
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 15
American Black Duck 23
Mallard 6
Harlequin Duck 28
Surf Scoter 6
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 5 Niles Beach.
Bufflehead 17
Wild Turkey 3 Eastern Point neighborhood.
Common Loon 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 1 Town Hall.
Purple Sandpiper 75 Andrew's Point.
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 1700
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 7 All 1W's
Glaucous Gull 6 All 1W-2W birds.
Great Black-backed Gull 300
Townsend's Solitaire 1 Rockport Country Club. Heard only.
21 species.
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Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net
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Subject: Newburyport Bald Eagles 3.2.08
From: Paul Roberts <phawk254(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 6:15pm
Surveying the Merrimack River in Newburyport this morning for three hours
had a total of 5 (min) subadult Bald Eagles, no adults. They were in a
playful mood, occasionally doing limited sky dancing with each other and
duetting, ranging from Deer Island to Cashman Park. A second year male was
usually the protagonist dropping talons on his temporary companions.
Also had 3 pairs of Red-tailed Hawks soaring as pairs. Though they were
soaring much higher than the eagles, they attracted a squadron of crows who
harassed them repeatedly but the crows did not harass the much lower eagles.
Paul
Paul M. Roberts
Medford, MA
phawk254(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: CT Report 03/02/2008 TUNDRA SWAN
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 2 Mar 2008 9:56pm
From Frank Mantlik
3/02 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd., Lewis Gut/Great Meadows
marsh -- 12:45, TUNDRA SWAN continues.
From Jim Dugan, Patrick Dugan, Mary Ann O'Leary:
3/02 - Stratford -- 10:00AM, Tundra Swan flew from one of the center
estuaries west to the large flats on the north side of the railroad
trail. Stayed there 5 minutes. Flew south west.
From Bill Asteriades and Rick Macsuga:
3/02 Derby, Osbornedale State Park -- 2 BLACK VULTURES
Stratford, water channel on left at end of Long Beach Boulevard --
TUNDRA SWAN
Stratford, McKinney NWR -- 3 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES
From Ken Elkins
3/02 - Essex to Chester, CT Audubon Eagle Viewing Cruise aboard the
RiverQuest -- 1 GOLDEN EAGLE, 18 BALD EAGLES, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 37
GREAT CORMORANTS.
3/02 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 IPSWICH SAVANNAH SPARROW (at the
feeder's)
From Tim Antanaitis and Carolyn Cimino:
3/02 - Stratford, Long Beach -- TUNDRA SWAN with an immature Mute Swan
only a few feet off shore of the marsh side, 4:30-5:15.
From Chris Loscalzo:
3/02 - Simsbury, at Simsbury Park -- 16 PINE GROSBEAKS, eating from
the fruiting trees behind the ice rink.
From Mike and Wanda Moccio:
3/02 - Stamford Cove Island Park -- Female REDHEAD continues in same
area next to bridges.
From Marty Moore:
3/02 - Wallingford -- One very early Broad-winged Hawk headed north
over Veterans' Park on East Center Street today at about 2 p.m.
From Diane Tucker:
3/02 - Farmington -- 3:00, Broad-winged Hawk at Hill-Stead Museum.
From Bruce Fellman:
3/02 - North Stonington, Denison Hill Rd (approx 1/2 mile north from
Rt 216 -- at least two, possibly three Greater White-fronted Goose.
Also Northern Pintail.
From Marty Swanhall:
03/02 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
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