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Subject: Cape Ann trip 3/5 - cancelled
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)TheWorld.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 6:51am
In view of the forecast for torrential rains overnight and tomorrow
morning, I'm cancelling the Brookline Bird Club trip to Cape Ann for
tomorrow morning, 3/5.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause!
Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
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Subject: Red Morph Screech Owl ~ Weston ~ Image Link
From: jfenton(AT)jfentonphoto.com
Date: 4 Mar 2008 7:16am
I tokk a drive during my lunch hour yesterday and came across this
little beauty along the side of the road.
It is the first red morph I've come across in my travels.
Image loacted at :
http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957/screech_owl
Jim Fenton
42 11th Ave
Haverhill, MA 01830
Home: 978-374-0204
Cell: 978-420-6363
Images at www.pbase.com/soonipi1957
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Subject: Female Sharp-shinned Hawk at Hanscom Air Force
Base
From: "Roberts Thomas Civ AFRL/RYHA" <Thomas.Roberts(AT)hanscom.af.mil>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 7:08am
Yesterday, I saw a female Sharped-shinned Hawk at Hanscom Air Force
Base, flying with what appeared to
be a sheaf of long, brown grass.
About 2 to 3 months earlier, I saw a female Sharp-shinned Hawk near the
new gym at Hanscom Air Force Base.
These were the only one or two Sharpies that I've seen at the base.
Tom Roberts
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Subject: Red Knot Leg Tag Assistance Requested.
From: jfenton(AT)jfentonphoto.com
Date: 4 Mar 2008 7:16am
I was in Florida recently and I while photographing shore birds on
Sanibel Island, I noted a group of red knots in the distance. I watched
them for a while and noted that two of them had bright green leg flags
(in addition to a metal band).
(I assume they are red knots, although they look rather different
relative to body structure from the fat butterballs which I photographed
on Plymouth Long Beach just prior to their migration south in November
2007)
I layed down on the beach and crawled up on them so as not to spook them
and I was able to capture some images where the leg bands could clearly
be red on two of them.
If you know of a place where I could trace these ID bands, that
information would be greatly appreciated.
Interestingly, these bird look completely different relative to body
structure, relative to the plump butterballs which I photographed on
Plymouth Long Beach just prior to their migration south in November.
The two images can be found at:
http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957/red_knots_with_leg_bands
Jim Fenton
42 11th Ave
Haverhill, MA 01830
Home: 978-374-0204
Cell: 978-420-6363
Images at www.pbase.com/soonipi1957
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Subject: first Grackle, first warbler song / Newbury
From: Lynette Leka <lynetteleka(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 9:38am
this morning a Common Grackle was "grackling", and a Pine Warbler was
trying out his first song of the season
Lynette Leka
Newbury, MA 01951
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Subject: Woodcock-Newton, MA
From: "Paula McFarland" <saltpannes(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 10:54am
As I left work last night around 6:00 p.m., I heard my first-of-year
Woodcock 'peent'.
This was on Wells Ave in Newton.
Paula McFarland
Newton, NH
saltpannesatgmaildotcom
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Subject: Killdeer-Plymouth
From: Kathryn Doyon <gizzybird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 1:30pm
From the Shaw's parking lot, I observed 2 very vocal
Killdeer flying overhead. So nice to see!
Kathy
Kathryn Doyon
Plymouth, MA
Gizzybird(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Deer Island eagles - tag ID?
From: Jeremy Kezer <jeremy(AT)kezer.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 2:12pm
I visited Deer Island in the Merrimack river at sunrise this morning.
For the first forty minutes, there were no eagles so I entertained
myself watching the cormorants and mergansers diving and feeding.
Then bam! Eagles everywhere. At one point there were nine eagles
visible both up- and down-river from me. There was one adult and
eight youngsters.
I was fortunate enough that one of the juveniles passed overhead, and
in my photographs I can see that he's wearing a red tag on his right
foot with a "6" (or perhaps it's a "9") visible. Is there an online
guide that would provide me any clues about where he could have been
tagged? I've only started looking at my pictures so perhaps more of
the tag will be visible in them.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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Subject: signs of spring & a shrike in Carlisle
From: "Tom Brownrigg" <brownriggs(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 2:26pm
Today, March 4, we walked the Acorn trail at Great Brook Farm S.P. from
10:30 AM until noon, starting from the intersection of Lowell St. and North
Rd. The highlights were several signs of spring: a Wood Duck pair in Great
Brook, one Killdeer, Red-winged Blackbirds (6 males, some singing), and
several Common Grackles. An American Crow was harassing a Red-tailed Hawk,
and several Dark-eyed Juncos were singing. We saw an adult Northern Shrike
at the edge of the wetlands surrounded by cornfields, near trail marker 36 -
this has been a very reliable spot for shrikes this winter.
Spring is on the way!
Tom
Tom & D'Ann Brownrigg
Carlisle, MA
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Subject: W. Gloucester Blackbird
From: Richard Marchant <rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 2:10pm
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Massbirders
We had an interesting Blackbird in the Phrags in front of the house today.
First response was a female Redwing...but it seemed not only too early for the
ladies, but the bird had a significant white supercilium. A glance in Sibley
revealed an inset saying:
"Variation in first summer" males
"some first summer males of all populations resemble Tricolored:
"identify by bill and wing shape, rufous feather edges."
This bird looked like the one at the bottom of the inset.
We're assuming it is a first-summer male, but anyone is welcome to challenge
that assumption.
DD&W
Dick and Donna Marchant
Gloucester, MA
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Subject: 3/04 Stony Brook, Norfolk
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)TheWorld.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 2:44pm
Thanks to Taylor Yeager for the following.
Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)thewrold.com
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Subject: 3/04 Stony Brook, Norfolk
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:17:30 -0500
From: "Taylor Yeager" <tyeager(AT)massaudubon.org>
Today was the first of our spring early bird series, which take place
every Tuesday in March, April, and May from 7-8:30am. It sure felt
like
spring out there. We were greeted with low clouds moving quickly
across
the sky leaving glimpses of the blue sky above. While looking up we
spotted a pair of common mergansers and later 4 wood ducks. Also in
the
field were male eastern bluebirds! Around the water we found many
hooded
mergansers. Often they would take to the air. The female barking as
they flew past. One of the resident muskrats was seen grooming under
the
boardwalk. A non bird treat. The large flock of red-wings hanging
out
in the tree tops were absent. Instead we were delighted to see them
males t'd up on the maples. Belting out their songs. We noticed the
call
of one red-wing from last year that sounds like a bob white. Has
anyone
else encountered this? The full list is below. I hope some of you
can
join me one day.
~Taylor
Location: Wildlife Sanctuary - Stony Brook
Observation date: 3/4/08
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 4 Flyover
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser 14
Common Merganser 2 Flyover
Great Blue Heron 1 Seen by group before I arrived
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Seen by group before I arrived
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Heard
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Tree Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Finch X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2( <http://ebird.org/massaudubon/> http://ebird.org/massaudubon/)
Taylor Yeager
Naturalist
Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
108 North St
Norfolk, MA 02056
(508) 528-3140 x124
tyeager(AT)massaudubon.org
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Subject: Plum Island; Tuesday, 4 March 2008.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 4:04pm
TUESDAY, 4 MARCH 2008:
PLUM ISLAND: south to Pines Field (0625-1210 hrs.)
Weather: Mostly cloudy, SW-W winds 12-25 mph, 49-55 F.
Richard S. Heil
Several hours spent migration watching at Lot One, and from Lot Two
boardwalk. The BARE road south of Hellcat is STILL closed and
gated. More than half of the formerly accessible Parker River NWR
has become increasingly inaccessible under the "management" of Graham Taylor!
Canada Goose (266): Some migrating, about 125.
Wood Duck (1m.): Dropped into a pan with Am. Wigeons out from Lot One.
Gadwall (32)
American Wigeon (5)
American Black Duck (220)
Mallard (14)
Northern Pintail (32)
Green-winged Teal (44): Overwhelmingly drakes.
Common Eider (83)
White-winged Scoter (160)
Black Scoter (1)
scoter sp. (200+)
Oldsquaw (64)
Bufflehead (13)
Common Goldeneye (55)
Hooded Merganser (2)
Red-breasted Merganser (128)
Red-throated Loon (27)
Common Loon (20)
Horned Grebe (41)
Red-necked Grebe (22)
Great Cormorant (1)
Turkey Vulture (2)
Bald Eagle (1 imm.)
Northern Harrier (9): Incl. one adult male.
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Rough-legged Hawk (2-light morph)
Killdeer (3)
Sanderling (14)
Ring-billed Gull (72): Most migrating N.
Herring Gull (145)
Great Black-backed Gull (20)
Razorbill (3): Off Lot Three beach; two fully hooded.
Rock Pigeon (60+)
Mourning Dove (26)
Blue Jay (6)
American Crow (82)
Horned Lark (17)
Black-capped Chickadee (14)
TUFTED TITMOUSE (2): Rare on Plum Island as this species is very
hesitant to cross water or large treeless areas; Pair together off
the refuge at #2 Yale Way, at the end of Exeter Way. This is the
same spot where I had a White-eyed Vireo last Fall. There is little
wooded "dell" behind the house there that seems to be a bit of an off
refuge migrant trap, the largest woodlot on the north end, Plum
Islands' 'Hidden Forest'.
American Robin (9)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
European Starling (70)
Cedar Waxwing (37): 27 migrating N. over Hellcat, later 10 in a
crabapple at the north end.
American Tree Sparrow (7)
Song Sparrow (7): A few new arrivals perhaps.
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Lapland Longspur (5)
Snow Bunting (31): Including 27 migrating N. early A.M.
Northern Cardinal (4)
Red-winged Blackbird (41): All males, most migrating N.
Common Grackle (11)
House Finch (2)
House Sparrow (76)
Also a 'rare on Plum Island' Gray Squirrel at the 'Hidden Forest'
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
This report was generated with the aid of eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: Tagged Eagles, Deer Island
From: Beth Milke <saw-whet(AT)charter.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 5:04pm
In reponse to Jeremy Kezer's question about identifying tags on
eagles, I don't know of an online list. I believe the Mass
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife coordinates the banding of
eagles. I suggest calling the FWS Westboro office:
508-389-6300
or perhaps the state Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
at 508-389-6360.
Or email
Mass.Wildlife(AT)state.ma.us
Beth Milke
Uxbridge, MA
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Subject: singing shrikes and other spring things
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 5:02pm
On my way to work today I stopped at Dunback Meadow in Lexington (heard
my first Killdeer flying overhead), and heard an odd "song" - a jumble
of squeaky notes that I couldn't place, although there were a few notes
that sounded almost like a Marsh Wren. I finally had to give up and move
on.
After work, I stopped at Horn Pond in Woburn, hoping for some waterfowl
arrivals, and was rewarded by 7 Green-winged Teal. More interesting, I
heard the same song I had heard at Dunback, including the Marsh Wren
parts. I finally tracked it down, and it was a Northern Shrike. I've
only heard them sing a handful of times, so it hasn't imprinted in my
brain.
Also at Horn Pond was my first Fox Sparrow of the season, and my first
true belief that spring may actually come.
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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: Marshfield 3/4/08
From: Linda Ferraresso <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 7:32pm
A few hours spent in Marshfield on this spring feeling day provided some
nice birds. Highlights:
Daniel Webster Sanctuary:
Green-winged Teal 24
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Rough-legged Hawk 2 (light morph)
Killdeer 2
Northern Flicker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Carolina Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Red-winged Blackbird 25+
Daniel Webster Estate:
Gadwall 20
Green-winged Teal 8
Hooded Merganser 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Flicker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ( alpha male!)
Carolina Wren
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Common Grackle 30
White-throated Sparrow 2
Cheers!
Linda
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Linda Ferraresso
Watertown, MA
tattler1(at)verizon(dot)net
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark" -
Tagore
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Subject: American Woodcocks - Falmouth
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 7:52pm
Ashley Keleher and I finally had a chance to get over
to the Crane Wildlife Management Area in Falmouth
tonight to listen for woodcocks. With temperatures
near 50 it would have been the perfect night but the
drizzle continued on and off. That didn't seem to
bother the woodcocks. We heard 4 of them!
Mary Keleher
Mashpee, MA
Cape Cod Bird Club
www.massbird.org/ccbc
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Subject: Turkey Vulture stop over
From: steve(AT)maguirepresentations.com
Date: 4 Mar 2008 8:36pm
Greetings,
Thank goodness for my wife's eyes or I'd miss way more birds than I already
do... We were driving on Country Way in Scituate today and look up/pulled over
to see 8 Turkey Vulture 'teed up' at the tops of bunch of dead snags. Heads
were tucked away, apparently being grounded by the rain. VERY cool seeing these
birds like this...
Best Regards,
Steve
Stephen Maguire - Speaking Professional
www.maguirepresentations.com
steve(AT)maguirepresentations.com
781.545.5266 x 1
24 Hatchet Rock Road
Scituate, MA 02066
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Subject: Bohemian Waxwings
From: Barbara Spencer <bspencer(AT)mapinternet.com>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 9:18pm
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Charley Quinlan alerted me to the presence of a flock of 70 to 110
Bohemian Waxwings in the Main street area of Cummington yesterday and
today. I did not locate them, but saw and heard the first Red-winged
blackbirds of the season, a flock of 8 or 10. Almost as good.
Barbara Spencer
Cummington, MA
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Subject: Cool raptors- Hyannis
From: Al Curtis <killdeer89(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 9:04pm
This morning (2/4) as I was driving down Ocean St. in Hyannis toward
Kalmus Beach, I saw a Peregrine zoom across the marsh and head back
toward the harbor. I followed and then he doubled back toward Kalmus
again. I followed again and finally found him atop a pole by the
beach entrance. I got great looks for about 5 minutes until a male
Northern Harrier buzzed his position and forced him to move to
another pole farther from the marsh. He remained there for another 5
minutes before heading east down the beach. Best looks I've ever had
at a wild Peregrine! This is a dark-plumaged adult with what Sibley
calls the "helmet" look.
Al Curtis
Harwich, MA
killdeer89 "at" comcast.net
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Subject: Re: Bird Banding - short
From: Richard Marchant <rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 9:10pm
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Dear Beth et al,
"Birds are banded, or otherwise marked for identification, by
"cooperators" of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (SWF), and every band
carries a unique serial number and the abbreviated address of the FWS Bird
Banding Laboratory (BBL). When birds are shot by hunters, found dead, or
recaptured by banders, the serial number is transmitted to the BBL."
Address:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bird Banding Laboratory
Laurel, MD 20708
Quote from:
Ehrlich, Paul R., Dobkin, David S., and Wheye, Darryl. 1988 THE BIRDER'S
HANDBOOK:
A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. A Fireside Book.
Simon & Schuster, New York.
P.S. Does anyone know if this in invaluable tome will be reissued? The same
information, in disc form, appears on Thayer's Birding Software.
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Subject: CT Report 03/04/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 4 Mar 2008 9:28pm
From Phil Asprelli:
3/04 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- 9:45am, As I was approaching the
short 12' wooden foot bridge, a very handsome male Woodcock came up
our of the right side of the path, 10' in front of me "bobbing and
rocking" and "strutting his stuff." I just watched and was amazed by
his display! After about 45 seconds he took flight to higher
elevations, possibly the "Archery Field" at the top of the park
From Jerry & Janet Connolly:
3/04 - Madison yard -- RUSTY BLACKBIRD (55+)
From Fran and Tom Holloway
3/04 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK
feeding on a gull, east loop of Willard Island Trail, 10:30 am.
From Gina Nichol and Sunrise Birding group:
3/04 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- AMERICAN BITTERN, PEREGRINE
FALCON, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, NORTHERN PINTAIL
From Paul
3/04 - Harwinton yard -- over 160 Common Redpolls hit my feeders today
at 12:00! They must have joined the 60 regulars I have been getting
daily. Checked for Hoarys - no go.
From Ken Elkins
3/04 - Milford, Milford Point -- 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 1 NORTHERN
SHOVELER (male), 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
From Andy Brand:
3/04 - Hamden -- I just got home to find 8 FOX SPARROWS scratching
away under my feeders!
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