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Subject: Re: Pine Warbler
From: Richard Marchant <rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 6:56am
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Dear John,
We were wondering when the Pine Warblers would begin to show-up in MA
earlier than usual.
While we lived in the Lower Keys, Pine Warblers were very common winter
residents there, as well as in the Flamingo area of Everglades NP before it, and
all of its foliage (and Eco Pond) was totally destroyed by Hurricane Wilma.
(Leaving a 100% defoliated, white limestone/marl base exposed.)
Over the few years that we were there, we noticed these birds beginning to
depart earlier and earlier. Based on our experience between here and there, we
could, theoretically calculate that the Warblers wintering over in the Lower
Keys, including those at Fort Jefferson, would take about 2 months to get to the
areas in MA with which we were familiar.
Perhaps that time period is closing a bit!
Thanks for you post
John Nelson <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU> wrote:
This morning, after an absence of a few weeks, an overwintering Pine Warbler
returned to our suet feeder.
Yesterday my wife Mary and I saw 10 Hooded Mergansers in a pond beside
Wingaersheek Road in West Gloucester.
John Nelson
Gloucester
Dick and Donna Marchant
Gloucester, MA
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Subject: Southwick
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 6:40am
MassBirders,
In my posting earlier this week (3/5), I indicated there was a report from
Southwick well I forgot to include the adult Bald Eagle that was on the edge
of the open water that drains between the South pond & Middle lake. The bird
was picking away at what I guessed was a dead Canada Goose carcass.
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA
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Subject: Great Blue Herons ~ Lawrence Area / Creek Brook
in Haverhill Observations
From: jfenton(AT)natureandwings.com
Date: 7 Mar 2008 7:20am
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Subject: Cape Cod Bird Club March Meeting - Sean Murphy
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 7:52am
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sean Murphy - “Oystercatchers of the Cape and Islands”
Sean Murphy is a graduate of Pennsylvania State
University. With a Bachelor's of Science in Ecology,
he has contributed to a number of wildlife population
analysis with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. He is
currently working toward a PH.D. in Biology under the
advisement of Dr. Richard Veit at the City University
of New York focusing on the breeding distribution,
productivity, and movement of the American
Oystercatcher.
Dispersal is a crucial ecological process that drives
such processes as range expansion and colonization.
Since the early 1900’s the breeding range of the
American Oystercatcher, has expanded north along the
Atlantic coast. During the first three decades of the
twentieth century, oystercatchers observed north of
Virginia were uncommon, but since the 1970’s the
species has assumed a prominent role as a nesting
shorebird along the Atlantic coast including Nantucket
Island and the surrounding islands.
Sean's talk will detail the historic changes that
occurred to distribution of the American Oystercatcher
along the Atlantic Coast and introduce a mark-resight
project on the islands of Massachusetts that seeks to
better understand the biology of this conspicuous
shorebird. This includes the presentation of trapping
and color banding techniques, preliminary viability
analysis of the population, and records of where
marked birds are "resighted".
Cape Cod Bird Club meetings are held at 7:30p.m.
on the second Monday of each month from September to
May at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History,
(http://www.ccmnh. org/) 869 Rte. 6A, Brewster, MA.
Meetings are FREE and open to the public. For more
information check the club’s website at
www.massbird. org/ccbc.
Mary Keleher
Mashpee, MA
Cape Cod Bird Club
www.massbird.org/ccbc
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Subject: Westport Waterfowl
From: "George W. Gove" <gwgove(AT)charter.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 8:08am
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Quite a collection of waterfowl in Cockeast Pond in the Acoaxet section =
of Westport MA on Thursday, March 6, 2008 included 30 to 35 CANVASBACK, =
150 AMERICAN WIGEON, 12 to 16 AMERICAN COOT, plus COMMON GOLDENEYE, and =
GREATER SCAUP among the hundreds of CANADA GEESE.=20
George Gove & Judy Gordon
Southboro
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Subject: Phoebe Topsfield
From: James MacDougall <jm3(AT)mac.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 8:40am
Hi,
Heard my first Eastern Phoebe this morning in our Topsfield backyard.
Barred owl has been vocal all week with single hoo through the night,
full "song" occurs once at 4:30 AM.
Eastern Bluebirds are paired and starting to nest build.
Wood Duck at Riverbend, Ipswich on Sunday afternoon. Riverbend is the
new Ipswich River Watershed Assoc. office at 143 County Road.
Birders are welcome to walk around the property or launch their canoe.
Jim MacDougall
Campmeeting Road
Topsfield, Mass.
978-857-6826
http://web.mac.com/jm3/
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Subject: Golfer, Red-Tail
From: Godwit4(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Mar 2008 9:20am
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Sorry - previous post from
CJ Coppersmith
Concord, MA
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Subject: Pro Golfer kills Red-Tailed Hawk
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Date: 7 Mar 2008 9:20am
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_http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1720036,00.html_
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Subject: Bluebird locations
From: Allan =?ISO-8859-1?B?UnViZbk=?= <allan(AT)nhbungalow.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 9:48am
I would like to get better photos of bluebirds this spring. If anyone could
email me spots or (better yet) gps coordinates where they congregate, I
would appreciate it.
Allan
Nashua, New Hampshire
www.nebirds.com
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Subject: Springfield MA Orange-crowned Warbler- it's back!
From: Rick Baumhauer <rick.baumhauer(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 11:21am
I am pleased to report that the Orange-crowned Warbler that I first
encountered on 2/21 in downtown Springfield survived the cold and snow
of the last two weeks and is currently present (as of 11am) and feeding
in the large tree in the parking lot behind 1666 Main St (northwest
corner of Hampden and Main). He appears to be feeding on tree sap that
is forming, well, sap-cicles on some branches of the tree.
Rick Baumhauer
West Hartford, CT
(but working in Springfield, MA)
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Subject: Re: Rats attracted to feeder area.
From: jadamson(AT)PARTNERS.ORG (Joel J. Adamson)
Date: 7 Mar 2008 11:20am
"malcolm bruce" <bruce3333(AT)msn.com> writes:
> Dear Joel,> > If we don¡¯t take care of the rat problem at our own feeders
then the> towns may legislate against bird feeding.This has been done In Lynn,>
Ma.
I see that you're under pressure to do *something* about it. Myexperience in
bird feeding (seven years working at bird feeding shopsand many years feeding
birds) says that removing (an ecologicaleuphemism for killing) pests does not
solve the problem. Unfortunatelyyou'll have trouble convincing people who make
decisions about thesethings, usually people who have no wildlife management
credentials.
> I'm open to suggestions.
As is the case with flying rats (pigeons), it's probably something otherthan
food that is promoting the rat population. PIgeons are attractedto
architecture. Contact a mammalogist to find out what promotes ratsin a
particular area.
In other words: it's not your bird feeder that's attracting the rats,but people
will probably not be open to hearing that. When I lived inColorado, people were
talking about legislating against bird feedingbecause of bears; the feeders
weren't the problem. The problem was_people_ leaving their bird seed outside in
unprotected containers. Atthe Wild Bird Center in Boulder, we always told them
"Take your feedersin at night, keep your seed in a padlocked steel can inside
yourgarage," and everybody who followed our suggestions never had aproblem.
If people are interested in a long-term solution, they'll find out whatthat is
and do something about it. Unfortunately it's a lot easier tojust tell you to
take down your feeder. A hundred years of research,and centuries of informal
work has concluded that poisoning or otherwiseremoving pests is temporary at
best (see "Do Lemmings Really CommitSuicide" by Dennis Chitty).
Of course I can also offer all the unrealistic solutions:1. Move out2. Elect new
city council3. Stop bird feeding
Unfortunately rats love safflower seed ;)
Joel
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Subject: Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program -
MA tax checkoff
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 12:34pm
No one likes to do their taxes, but if you care about the future of
our
wildlife and wild places, please consider making a crucial donation
while you're filling out your state tax form.
Since 1983, the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
(NHESP)
has been an integral part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
and
Wildlife (MDFW). Over the past 24 years, this program has focused on
conserving rare species and important habitats not addressed through
the agency's more traditional programs.
In 2004, the Heritage line-item was struck from the state budget,
leaving
Heritage funded only by project-specific bond monies, federal aid -
which covers wildlife but not natural communities or plants (of the
442
listed species, 264 are plants), a small but very appreciated number
of
voluntary individual contributions on state income tax forms, and
fees from
Environmental Review under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.
This has left Heritage in a tenuous position, leaving rare plant and
natural
community protection poorly supported and with uncertain and limited
funds for rare species research and restoration. Voluntary
contributions
on your state income tax form are an important part of the funding
equation
for this program.
To learn more about rare and endangered species conservation, visit
www.mass.gov/masswildlife (click on Natural Heritage). Scroll down
to "Support us" for more information on the tax checkoff and making
a contribution. If you have already filed your taxes, it is not too
late
to make a contribution directly!
Thanks to Massachusetts Audubon and Marion Larson of Masswildlife
for additional information
Help get the word out - circulate this to others who might be
interested.
Please contribute and support this worthwhile program!
Barbara Volkle, moderator MASSBIRD
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
* * * * *
Released February 14, 2008
SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR STATE TAX FORM!
MassWildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP)
was removed from the state's operating budget in 2004. Since then the
NHESP has been funded by project-specific bond monies, fees, federal
grants, and voluntary contributions. A major source of funding for
the protection of rare and endangered species in Massachusetts comes
from voluntary tax refund donations. Since 1983, Massachusetts tax
filers have had the option of donating to MassWildlife's Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Fund while filing their state income
tax form (Line 32). All contributions go to the Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Fund, which currently is the source for a
significant portion of the annual operating budget of the Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Program. Over 20,000 tax filers support
the program each year. When you contribute to the fund, you help to
protect and restore rare and endangered animals, plants, and their
habitats. Past donations have helped conserve and restore in the
Commonwealth populations of the Bald Eagle, Hessel's Hairstreak
butterfly, the Redbelly Cooter, and the beautiful Eastern Silvery
Aster. If you have made a contribution in this manner, thank you for
supporting the Program and its conservation efforts! Contributions
can also be made directly to the fund by sending a check payable to
the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Fund to: Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Program, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 1
Rabbit Hill Rd, Westborough, MA 01581.
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Subject: Northern Shrike in Wenham
From: Warren Tatro <wtatro(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 2:00pm
Hello Massbirders,
Around noon today I saw a Northern Shrike in Wenham near the Danvers
line on Burley St. This is where you can see an open area near the
end of one of the runways for Beverly airport. The bird was easily
visible from Burley St.
Warren Tatro
Peabody, MA
wtatro(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Re: Natural Heritage and Endangered Species
Program - MA tax check...
From: KAWOLFTRAP(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Mar 2008 2:12pm
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Dear Barbara, Thank you so much for your good words to encourage we
birders to include a gift to the Natural Heritage Program when we file our
taxes. I know from all the postings to Massbird that we continue to be
thrilled when the eagles are counted on the Merrimack or Peregrines are
noted right in the downtown areas of our cities. But I suspect that many
of us forget, or never knew, that we have the Massachusetts Natural
Heritage Program to thank for these very successful reintroductions.
And those have been only two of the more visible results of their efforts
on behalf of protecting our biodiversity...birds, herps, odes, leps, plants
and more. And as some famous biologist said, wish I could remember
who, the time to protect these critters is BEFORE they are about to
blink out. If every birder who admires eagles or peregrines would give
$25 toward the Program that brought them back, it would be a sizable
boost to a bare-bones budget.
Thanks again for YOUR help.
Kathleen (Betty) Anderson
In a message dated 3/7/2008 1:50:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
barb620(AT)theworld.com writes:
No one likes to do their taxes, but if you care about the future of
our
wildlife and wild places, please consider making a crucial donation
while you're filling out your state tax form.
Since 1983, the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
(NHESP)
has been an integral part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
and
Wildlife (MDFW). Over the past 24 years, this program has focused on
conserving rare species and important habitats not addressed through
the agency's more traditional programs.
In 2004, the Heritage line-item was struck from the state budget,
leaving
Heritage funded only by project-specific bond monies, federal aid -
which covers wildlife but not natural communities or plants (of the
442
listed species, 264 are plants), a small but very appreciated number
of
voluntary individual contributions on state income tax forms, and
fees from
Environmental Review under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.
This has left Heritage in a tenuous position, leaving rare plant and
natural
community protection poorly supported and with uncertain and limited
funds for rare species research and restoration. Voluntary
contributions
on your state income tax form are an important part of the funding
equation
for this program.
To learn more about rare and endangered species conservation, visit
www.mass.gov/masswildlife (click on Natural Heritage). Scroll down
to "Support us" for more information on the tax checkoff and making
a contribution. If you have already filed your taxes, it is not too
late
to make a contribution directly!
Thanks to Massachusetts Audubon and Marion Larson of Masswildlife
for additional information
Help get the word out - circulate this to others who might be
interested.
Please contribute and support this worthwhile program!
Barbara Volkle, moderator MASSBIRD
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
* * * * *
Released February 14, 2008
SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR STATE TAX FORM!
MassWildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP)
was removed from the state's operating budget in 2004. Since then the
NHESP has been funded by project-specific bond monies, fees, federal
grants, and voluntary contributions. A major source of funding for
the protection of rare and endangered species in Massachusetts comes
from voluntary tax refund donations. Since 1983, Massachusetts tax
filers have had the option of donating to MassWildlife's Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Fund while filing their state income
tax form (Line 32). All contributions go to the Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Fund, which currently is the source for a
significant portion of the annual operating budget of the Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Program. Over 20,000 tax filers support
the program each year. When you contribute to the fund, you help to
protect and restore rare and endangered animals, plants, and their
habitats. Past donations have helped conserve and restore in the
Commonwealth populations of the Bald Eagle, Hessel's Hairstreak
butterfly, the Redbelly Cooter, and the beautiful Eastern Silvery
Aster. If you have made a contribution in this manner, thank you for
supporting the Program and its conservation efforts! Contributions
can also be made directly to the fund by sending a check payable to
the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Fund to: Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Program, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 1
Rabbit Hill Rd, Westborough, MA 01581.
**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money &
Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
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Subject: Re: Natural Heritage and Endangered Species
Program - MA tax check...
From: KAWOLFTRAP(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Mar 2008 2:30pm
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Dear Barbara, Thank you so much for your good words to encourage we
birders to include a gift to the Natural Heritage Program when we file our
taxes. I know from all the postings to Massbird that we continue to be
thrilled when the eagles are counted on the Merrimack or Peregrines are
noted right in the downtown areas of our cities. But I suspect that many
of us forget, or never knew, that we have the Massachusetts Natural
Heritage Program to thank for these very successful reintroductions.
And those have been only two of the more visible results of their efforts
on behalf of protecting our biodiversity...birds, herps, odes, leps, plants
and more. And as some famous biologist said, wish I could remember
who, the time to protect these critters is BEFORE they are about to
blink out. If every birder who admires eagles or peregrines would give
$25 toward the Program that brought them back, it would be a sizable
boost to a bare-bones budget.
Thanks again for YOUR help.
Kathleen (Betty) Anderson
In a message dated 3/7/2008 1:50:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
barb620(AT)theworld.com writes:
No one likes to do their taxes, but if you care about the future of
our
wildlife and wild places, please consider making a crucial donation
while you're filling out your state tax form.
Since 1983, the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
(NHESP)
has been an integral part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries
and
Wildlife (MDFW). Over the past 24 years, this program has focused on
conserving rare species and important habitats not addressed through
the agency's more traditional programs.
In 2004, the Heritage line-item was struck from the state budget,
leaving
Heritage funded only by project-specific bond monies, federal aid -
which covers wildlife but not natural communities or plants (of the
442
listed species, 264 are plants), a small but very appreciated number
of
voluntary individual contributions on state income tax forms, and
fees from
Environmental Review under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.
This has left Heritage in a tenuous position, leaving rare plant and
natural
community protection poorly supported and with uncertain and limited
funds for rare species research and restoration. Voluntary
contributions
on your state income tax form are an important part of the funding
equation
for this program.
To learn more about rare and endangered species conservation, visit
www.mass.gov/masswildlife (click on Natural Heritage). Scroll down
to "Support us" for more information on the tax checkoff and making
a contribution. If you have already filed your taxes, it is not too
late
to make a contribution directly!
Thanks to Massachusetts Audubon and Marion Larson of Masswildlife
for additional information
Help get the word out - circulate this to others who might be
interested.
Please contribute and support this worthwhile program!
Barbara Volkle, moderator MASSBIRD
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
* * * * *
Released February 14, 2008
SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR STATE TAX FORM!
MassWildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP)
was removed from the state's operating budget in 2004. Since then the
NHESP has been funded by project-specific bond monies, fees, federal
grants, and voluntary contributions. A major source of funding for
the protection of rare and endangered species in Massachusetts comes
from voluntary tax refund donations. Since 1983, Massachusetts tax
filers have had the option of donating to MassWildlife's Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Fund while filing their state income
tax form (Line 32). All contributions go to the Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Fund, which currently is the source for a
significant portion of the annual operating budget of the Natural
Heritage & Endangered Species Program. Over 20,000 tax filers support
the program each year. When you contribute to the fund, you help to
protect and restore rare and endangered animals, plants, and their
habitats. Past donations have helped conserve and restore in the
Commonwealth populations of the Bald Eagle, Hessel's Hairstreak
butterfly, the Redbelly Cooter, and the beautiful Eastern Silvery
Aster. If you have made a contribution in this manner, thank you for
supporting the Program and its conservation efforts! Contributions
can also be made directly to the fund by sending a check payable to
the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Fund to: Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Program, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 1
Rabbit Hill Rd, Westborough, MA 01581.
**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money &
Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
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Subject: Re: Hoary Redpoll in Sunderland
From: Davis Chapman Hawkowl <davis(AT)samadhiglass.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 2:30pm
Hi Geoff (and Massbird),
I had the bird at 1:50pm at the same location. It was quietly
sitting with the other redpolls in the birch with branches right over
the road (next to the feeders). The redpolls were skiddish and only
came down to the ground when I backed off.
The owner came out to ask what was up. She was really friendly and
didn't know that those cute birds were redpolls. I got her looks at
the hoary through my scope. She was thrilled.
The hoary I found was very pale, faint red wash on the chest, faint,
thin streaking on the flanks and no streaking at all under the tail
or on the rump. Classic strong red cap. It was actively preening
while I had him in the scope so great looks at all angles from below.
Davis Hawkowl
Sunderland MA
>Hi All,
>
>Al Richards just called, and about 1/2 hour ago he had a Hoary Redpoll in
>Sunderland, with a flock of 8 to 10 Commons.
>
>Northbound on Rt. 47, make a right on Potyrala Cross Road. Shortly this
>road will make a sharp left.
>
>After the sharp left, just before the 2nd house on the left there is a barn,
>also on the left. Near that barn is a clothesline with three thistle
>feeders, and the redpolls are coming to those feeders and are also in the
>trees nearby.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Geoff LeBaron
>Williamsburg MA
>glebaron(AT)comcast.net
--
==========================
Davis Chapman Hawkowl
42 Plumtree Road
Sunderland, MA 01375
(413) 549-0963
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Subject: 3/8 Newburyport BBC trip possibly canceled
From: Tom Young <rustysnaketail(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 2:18pm
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Birders,
The weather forecast for tomorrow, Saturday the 8th, shows a high
likelihood of wind, rain, and climatological misery. Therefore, I have my doubts
that any participants will show for my BBC trip in Newburyport and the trip
will thus not happen. However, if anyone IS particularly keen on going--weather
be damned--please call my cell phone: 603-493-1776. If I don't hear from anyone,
I'll just stay home. Don't get me wrong, though: I'd prefer to get out of the
house and bird, if only the weather would cooperate.
Tom Young
Merrimack, NH
rustysnaketail(AT)yahoo.com
home 603-424-4512
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Subject: Re: Bluebird locations
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 3:16pm
The Cape Cod Bird Club monitors four nest box trails
in Dennis and Harwich. Here's a link to the locations
and the results from 2006 and 2007.
http://www.massbird.org/ccbc/bluebirds.htm
Mary Keleher,
Mashpee, MA
--- Allan Rube¹ <allan(AT)nhbungalow.com> wrote:
> I would like to get better photos of bluebirds this
> spring. If anyone could
> email me spots or (better yet) gps coordinates where
> they congregate, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Allan
> Nashua, New Hampshire
> www.nebirds.com
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Falmouth Shrike
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 3:20pm
The adult Northern Shrike was still present at the
Crane Wildlife Managment Area in Falmouth this
morning.
Other highlights:
Northern Harrier - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Deer Tick - 1
Photos of the shrike can be seen at:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=41dnxv30.9l07pcsg&x=0&y=l6285j
Mary Keleher
Mashpee, MA
Cape Cod Bird Club
www.massbird.org/ccbc
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Subject: Fox Sparrow-Mt.Auburn Cemetery
From: "Oakes Spalding" <ospalding(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 4:26pm
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This afternoon, Herman D'Entremont and I saw a Fox Sparrow at the Mt. =
Auburn Cemetery feeder.
Oakes Spalding
Cambridge
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Subject: American Oystercatcher seen on Nantucket 3/07/08
From: ACKBIRD(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Mar 2008 4:08pm
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Dear Massbirders,
At about PM today I was lucky enough to spot an American Oystercatcher
on the west end of Nantucket Island in an area known as Jackson Point. The
bird was unbanded. Almost every year the first returning Oystercatcher is
seen at this location. Oystercatchers seem to stage here as their numbers
usually continue to increase over the next few days after the fist one is seen.
Sometimes more than 20 birds gather here before heading out to other locations
on Island and elsewhere.
On the way back from this outing I was treated to 2 Northern Shrikes
along the wires on Eel Point Road (also on the western part of Nantucket)
Happy Spring!
Edith Ray
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Nantucket, Ma.
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Subject: Common Grackles/Red-winged Blackbirds/Common
Redpolls- Burlington
From: "Jean Mullen" <JMullen43(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 4:50pm
Hi! Yesterday the yard hosted over 150 Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds.
The flock was split about 50-50. There were two European Starlings dressed
for spring and a single male Brown-headed Cowbird mixed in. Gone today but
two Common Redpolls showed up at the feeder a few minutes ago. Second time
the redpolls have put in an appearance this winter.
Jean Mullen
Burlington, MA
jmullen43(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Pine Grosbeaks Lincoln
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 5:44pm
On my way to work today I stopped by the Lincoln train station to look
for the Pine Grosbeaks reported by Paul Petersen yesterday, but no luck.
I tried again at lunchtime and four grosbeaks flew in to join the large
flock of waxwings. Two each male and female, gorgeous plumage, great
light. Couldn't ask for more. And within walking distance of the office.
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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Alewife Reservation,
Cambridge , 3/7/08
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 7:32pm
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Location: Alewife Reservation, Cambridge
Observation date: 3/7/08
Notes: Report is from Blair Pond, but Mergs and Ringnecks are inserted
from Little Pond, Belmont
Redwings all males, of course.
Number of species: 18
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 27
Ring-necked Duck 2
Common Merganser 14
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 11
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 4
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
House Sparrow 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com
78 farnham st
belmont 02478 ma
617-484-6692
www.fredbouchard.com
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Subject: Grackles +
From: "Peter Flood" <pomarine(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 8:20pm
Well, I can't say I have ever been terribly excited about grackles.
However, on my way to work this morning traveling Route 6A from Dennis to
Sandwich I managed to note limited numbers of Grackles in Dennis, Yarmouth,
Barnstable and Sandwich during my commute. Certainly a welcome sign of
spring!
Nearly all winter there has been at least one (sometimes two) light morph
Rough-legged Hawks along the Sandwich/Barnstable town line patrolling the
marshes behind Sandy Neck.
Also had two Killdeer and several Turkey Vultures over the Bourne Landfill
yesterday 3/6/08.
Peter Flood
Dennis, MA
pomarine(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Red-shouldered Hawks, East Bridgewater
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 8:46pm
*Looked out my slider this morning to see a Red-shouldered Hawk perched
in an oak tree in my backyard. Not unusual, as I have a pair that are
year-round residents in my neighborhood. As I was observing it, I
happened to notice a second bird perched deeper in the woods. The first
bird then flew out to the second, at which point they both flew to a
fork in a large white pine tree - a nest site! Over the course of the
next 10-15 minutes, I watched the first bird collect sticks and bring
them to the second bird, which worked on the nest's construction. The
nest is less than 100 yards from my back door, and easily visible from
the house. Nice.
Eddie
*
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*
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Subject: What are these Loons eating??
From: cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net (Chris Sheridan)
Date: 7 Mar 2008 10:10pm
Hi Massbirders
It sounds like the weather will be horrid this weekend--but if you get the the
Parker River Refuge, the walking is ice free, including the boardwalks! The
road was still closed. It was newly graded.
On the drive down, there were many fewer Red Tailed Hawks along the highway than
last week--with the barer ground, the hunting is probably better.
Spotted a mature bald eagle off rt. 495 in Lowell, not too far before the
Tewksbury line.
Two immatures sparring and soaring off Deer Island.
What a difference from last week--at the island, red winged blackbirds are
singing in the marshes! (and being buzzed in the marshes and flushed from trees
in the North Field tree island by Northern Harriers...) Ducks are taking
advantage of the water filled hollows in the marshes and fields.
A first for me this year were seven Song Sparrows at Hellcat, and Grackles on
the north (human occupied) part of the island. South of the Pines the Northern
Shrike was making soft peeping sounds--I hoped he would sing, but he spotted
something interesting in the field and made a purposeful dive across the road.
As a newcomer to coastal birding this winter, I've been interested in what the
birds I see are doing. Watching some Common Loons hunting in at the north point
of the island, I noticed several birds close to shore that were fishing for
"something" that that seemed really hard to swallow. Can anyone enlighten me on
what they were eating? Some kind of mollusks?
Do they swallow mollusks whole?
Their heads actually seemed to deform as they gulped down their prey
Photos at www.pbase.com/cmsbirds/loons_feeding.
Thanks again
Chris Sheridan
Nashua, NH
cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: CT Report 03/07/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 10:08pm
From Ron Rozsa:
3/07 - Ashford -- Golden Eagle.
From Ray Belding with Jerry Marcellino:
3/07 - Kent, Lake Waramaug -- 1 male REDHEAD in with 29 Ring-necked
Ducks
From Chris Loscalzo:
3/07 - Woodbridge, Community Gardens - first-year NORTHERN SHRIKE.
From Paul Cianfaglione
3/07 - Canton, feeder -- 61 COMMON REDPOLL sitting just above my
feeders as they patiently waited for me to fill them.
3/07 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 2 LESSER SCAUP (male/female), 1
first winter ICELAND GULL.
From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/07 - East Granby, East Granby Farms -- 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK.
From Jennifer Rycenga:
3/07 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- one female LAPLAND LONGSPUR
in the fields near the Nature Center, associating with Horned Larks.
From Carolyn Cimino with Maggie Peretto:
3/07 - Old Lym, DEP headquarters -- dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
hovering over the marshes near North Cove in Old Saybrook.
From Chris Elphick:
3/07 - Eagleville, Storrs -- Common Raven (pair)
From Carl Ekroth:
3/07 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 2 drake NORTHERN PINTAIL.
From Robert Dixon:
3/06 - Pawcatuck -- BLACK VULTURE (5) soaring over Greenhaven Rd.
From John Ogren:
3/06 - Old Saybrook, North Cove -- 5-6 LESSER SCAUP,
South Cove -- 2 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
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Subject: Piping Plover's plight topic for Hampshire Bird
Club
From: Trudy Tynan <ttynan(AT)sprynet.com>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 9:40pm
Scott Hecker, director of coastal bird conservation for the National
Audubon Society, will speak on how the Piping Plover has come to play a
lead role in the conservation of barrier beaches and other beach-nesting
birds at the Hampshire Bird Club's monthly meeting on Monday, March 10.
The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm in the Immanuel Lutheren Church at 867
North Pleasant Street in Amherst.
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Subject: What are these Loons eating???
From: cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net (Chris Sheridan)
Date: 7 Mar 2008 10:30pm
Hi Massbirders
It sounds like the weather will be horrid this weekend--but if you get the the
Parker River Refuge, the walking is ice free, including the boardwalks! The
road was still closed. It was newly graded.
On the drive down, there were many fewer Red Tailed Hawks along the highway than
last week--with the barer ground, the hunting is probably better.
Spotted a mature bald eagle off rt. 495 in Lowell, not too far before the
Tewksbury line.
Two immatures sparring and soaring off Deer Island.
What a difference from last week--at the island, red winged blackbirds are
singing in the marshes! (and being buzzed in the marshes and flushed from trees
in the North Field tree island by Northern Harriers...) Ducks are taking
advantage of the water filled hollows in the marshes and fields.
A first for me this year were seven Song Sparrows at Hellcat, and Grackles on
the north (human occupied) part of the island. South of the Pines the Northern
Shrike was making soft peeping sounds--I hoped he would sing, but he spotted
something interesting in the field
and made a purposeful dive across the road.
As a newcomer to coastal birding this winter, I've been interested in what the
birds I see are doing. Watching some Common Loons hunting at the north point
of the island, I noticed several birds close to shore that were fishing for
"something" that that seemed really hard to swallow. Can anyone enlighten me on
what they were eating? Some kind of mollusks?
Do they swallow mollusks whole?
Their heads actually seemed to deform as they gulped down their prey
Photos at www.pbase.com/cmsbirds/loons_feeding.
Thanks again
Chris Sheridan
Nashua, NH
cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: CCBC March Program
From: Al Curtis <killdeer89(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 10:40pm
The Cape Cod Bird Club will present Sean Murphy with a program
entitled "Oystercatchers of Cape Cod and the Islands" on Monday,
March 10 at 7:30pm at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Rt. 6A
Brewster. CCBC meetings are FREE and open to the public.
After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University with a
Bachelor's of Science in Ecology, Sean contributed to a number of
wildlife population analyses with the Pennsylvania Game
Commission. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. in Biology under
the advisement of Dr. Richard Veit at the City University of New York.
His talk will detail the historic changes that occurred to the
distribution of the American Oystercatcher along the Atlantic Coast
and introduce a mark-resight project on the islands of Massachusetts
that seeks to better understand the biology of this conspicuous
shorebird. This includes the presentation of trapping and color
banding techniques, preliminary viability analysis of the population,
and records of where marked birds are 'resighted'. The work being
presented is part of Sean's doctoral research.
Al Curtis
Harwich, MA
killdeer89 "at" comcast.net
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Subject: Rare bird photographs from NH
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2008 10:52pm
I spent some time uploading some of my images from some of the rare
birds seen in NH over the last 10 years or so. Since Comcast doesn't
seem to want to give me more storage space, I decided to upload them to
Picassa. Just for fun......some are more rare than others and some
photos better than others. One photo per rare bird. All with dates,
location and comments.
Some may bring back a few memories!
http://picasaweb.google.com/stevemirick/RareBirdsOfNewHampshire
What will be next?
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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