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| Subject | From | Time |
| Westport/S. Dartmouth/Fairhaven birds 3/10 | james sweeney | 7:04am |
| Rochester/Lakeville ponds 3/10 | james sweeney | 7:04am |
| Ring-necks, Pintails, Am Wigeon at Nine Acre
Corner, Concord | Bruce Larson | 7:04am |
| Parker River NWR Road now fully open; Concord
sightings | Jim Moore | 7:04am |
| Fort Hill, Eastham 3/10 | mahoneytaylor | 8:18am |
| Canvasback,Longmeadow | Janis LaPointe | 8:18am |
| RE: Duxbury Northern Shrike | John Galluzzo | 9:14am |
| Birds in Watertown, MA | Douglas Logan | 11:16am |
| The Center for Wildlife in York, Maine | rkschweik(AT)comcast.ne | 11:20am |
| Quail and redpolls, Wellfleet 3/11 | Mark Faherty | 4:16pm |
| Woodcock in Reading | David Williams | 8:18pm |
| Eastham, 3/11 | mahoneytaylor | 8:20pm |
| Black-headed Gull, Northern Shrike- Newburyport
3/11 | Sean Williams | 8:54pm |
| Hooded Mergansers, Easton | Goshawk3(AT)aol.com | 9:02pm |
| CT Report 03/11/2008 Long Beach in Stratford
closed | Roy Harvey | 8:56pm |
| Any Slaty Reports? | Jane Zanichkowsky | 9:34pm |
| March 11, Plum Island, Piping Plover, Thanks
Nancy Landry | Thomas Wetmore | 10:26pm |
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Subject: Westport/S. Dartmouth/Fairhaven birds 3/10
From: james sweeney <assawompsett(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 7:04am
Hello Massbirders,
Vin Zollo and I birded Westport, South
Dartmouth, and Fairhaven today from 7:45am to 4:00pm.
The following birds were observed:
Westport
Canada Goose (193)
Brant (10)
Mute Swan (6)
American Wigeon (32)
American Black Duck (169)
Mallard (13)
Northern Pintail (181) All at northern end
of the West Branch
of the Westport
River
Green-winged Teal (3)
Canvasback (40) Cockeast Pond
Scaup sp. (15)
Common Eider (15)
Surf Scoter (4)
White-winged Scoter (2)
Bufflehead (78)
Common Goldeneye (74)
Common Merganser (1)
Red-breasted Merganser (61)
Red-throated Loon (1)
Common Loon (5)
Great Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (2)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
American Coot (6)
Killdeer (1)
Sanderling (1)
Dunlin (75+) Gooseberry Neck
Bonaparte's Gull (1)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Blue Jay (4)
American Crow (6)
Black-capped Chickadee (14)
Tufted Titmouse (8)
Carolina Wren (8)
Eastern Bluebird (1)
American Robin (6)
Northern Mockingbird (4)
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler (4)
Eastern Towhee (1)
American Tree Sparrow (24)
Song Sparrow (15)
White-throated Sparrow (31)
Northern Cardinal (6)
Red-winged Blackbird (11)
Common Grackle (6)
Brown-headed Cowbird (2)
House Finch (2)
House Sparrow
In addition, Vin observed a Mink at Cockeast Pond.
South Dartmouth
Snow Goose (1) with Canada Geese on
Gulf Road (near YMCA)
Canada Goose (155)
Mute Swan (4)
American Black Duck (63)
Bufflehead (13)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Turkey Vulture (5)
Northern Harrier (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
American Kestrel (1)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Downy Woodpecker (3)
Blue Jay (7)
American Crow (5)
Black-capped Chickadee (35)
Tufted Titmouse (4)
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Carolina Wren (4)
Eastern Bluebird (2)
American Robin (10)
Gray Catbird (1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (11)
Eastern Towhee (2)
Song Sparrow (11)
White-throated Sparrow (12)
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Northern Cardinal (7)
Eastern Meadowlark (13) Allen's Pond
West Island, Fairhaven
Brant (2)
Common Eider (30)
Surf Scoter (20)
White-winged Scoter (2)
Black Scoter (2)
Long-tailed Duck (8)
Common Goldeneye (10)
Red-breasted Merganser (3)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Eastern Towhee (1)
Jim Sweeney
assawompsett(A)yahoo.com
Middleboro, Ma
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Subject: Rochester/Lakeville ponds 3/10
From: james sweeney <assawompsett(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 7:04am
Hello Massbirders,
Vin Zollo and I spent some time birding the
large field across from the Rochester Golf Course. We
had the following birds around 4:30pm:
Horned Lark (100+)
Northern Harrier (1)
Canada Goose (112)
Turkey Vulture (1)
Later, we birded around the Lakeville ponds and
observed the following birds:
Little Quittacas
Common Merganser (4)
Bufflehead (4)
Common Goldeneye (1)
Great Quittacas
Common Merganser (33)
Greater Scaup (1)
Common Goldeneye (7)
Bufflehead (5)
Bald Eagle (1) Adult
Pocksha
Scaup sp. (4)
Common Merganser (1)
Common Goldeneye (12)
Bufflehead (20)
Assawompsett
Greater Scaup (100+)
Lesser Scaup (16)
Scaup sp. (100+)
Common Merganser (6)
Common Goldeneye (20)
Bufflehead (12)
Canvasback (3)
Common Grackle (6)
Earlier in the day, Vin observed a Mink at Cockeast
Pond in Westport. Around 6:15pm, as we were driving
down Nelson's Grove Road in Lakeville, Vin's Mustelid
day list quickly increased as we observed a Fisher
running across the road with incredible speed.
Subsequently, it climbed a nearby White Pine, paused
for a few seconds, and then disappeared into the
woods.
Jim Sweeney
assawompsett(A)yahoo.com
Middleboro, Ma
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Subject: Ring-necks, Pintails, Am Wigeon at Nine Acre
Corner, Concord
From: "Bruce Larson" <brlarson(AT)alcatel-lucent.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 7:04am
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I stopped at Nine Acre Corner in Concord this afternoon and saw:
33 Ring-Neck Ducks, 2 Northern Pintail (1m,1f), and 1 American Wigeon drake.
There were many Canada Geese and Mallards but no greater white-fronted
goose.
Bruce Larson
Milton, MA
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Subject: Parker River NWR Road now fully open; Concord
sightings
From: Jim Moore <epiphenomenon(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 7:04am
The dirt portion of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge road is
now open all the way to Sandy Point State Reservation. The unpaved
portion was a bit muddy, but no ice or snow when I was there this afternoon.
Had a chance to do a bit of birding there and in Concord today. Some
highlights are the following:
GREAT MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CONCORD (Monsen Road Area; all
the dikes were under water):
Wood Duck-8
Ring-necked Duck-30
Common Goldeneye-8 (actively courting and displaying)
Hooded Merganser-25 (actively courting and displaying)
Red-winged Blackbirds
Common Grackles
The non-bird highlight was seeing a family of muskrats sleeping one on
top of the other on the ice to stay warm. It took me awhile to figure
out what that brown furry mass was!
PARKER RIVER NWR
Northern Shrike-1
Rough-legged Hawk-1 light phase female
Horned Lark-2
Long-tailed Duck-30
Northern Pintail-3
NINE ACRE CORNER, CONCORD
Green-winged Teal-50
Northern Pintail-10
American Wigeon-10
Eastern Bluebird-3
Canada Geese-200
Good birding!
Jim Moore
Quincy, MA
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Subject: Fort Hill, Eastham 3/10
From: mahoneytaylor <mahoneytaylor(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:18am
Hello Massbirders,
Yesterday afternoon we had a couple of bird highlights at Fort Hill
in Eastham.
Northern Shrike (adult)
Seaside Sparrow (3)
Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
birdnorth(AT)hughes.net
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Subject: Canvasback,Longmeadow
From: "Janis LaPointe" <janlan2(AT)cox.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:18am
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The Canvasback was present at 4 p.m. Monday on Pondside Road, =
Longmeadow. It had moved to the second pond after Bark Haul Road, =
formerly seen the first pond. With more melting of ice, it may prefer =
this larger, deeper pond. =20
Janis LaPointe, Enfield, CT
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Subject: RE: Duxbury Northern Shrike
From: "John Galluzzo" <jgalluzzo(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 9:14am
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Very true, Charlie - I thought of that this morning on the way to work. =
And I'd like to add that while we were at the same spot, we had our =
first reptiles of the season, a pair of painted turtles emerged from the =
mud of the main pond at Duxbury Bogs.
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[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com]On Behalf Of Charles Nims
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:28 AM
To: massbird massbird
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Duxbury Northern Shrike
Just wanted to add to John Galluzzo's recent post on the MAS South Shore =
Sanctuaries Friday Morning Birders trip, that we also had a Northern =
Shrike at the Duxbury Bogs Conservation area.
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Birds in Watertown, MA
From: Douglas Logan <dougsmassage(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 11:16am
Hello,
3/11/08 On a nice walk along the Charles River,
between Galen St. and Bridge St., this morning. 27
species
Canada Goose, Many
Am Black Duck, 8
Mallard, 20
Wood Duck, 1
Hooded Merganser, 1
Ring-billed Gull, Many
Morning Dove, 10
Rock Dove, 2
Common Flicker, 1
Downy woodpecker, 2
Am Crow, 3
Blue Jay, 1
Chickadee, 1
Ruby- Crowned Kinglet, 1
N. Mockingbird, 7
Am. Robin, 8
Cedar Waxwing, 5
Red-winged Blackbird, many
Common Grackle, many
Starling, many
House Sparrow, many
N. Junco, 7
N. Cardinal, 10
House Finch, 5
Am. Goldfinch, 4
White-throated sparrow, 1
Song Sparrow, 12
Did not see the Green winged Teal I've seen the last
three weeks
Happy Birding
Doug Logan
Watertown, MA
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Subject: The Center for Wildlife in York, Maine
From: rkschweik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 11 Mar 2008 11:20am
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Hi All,
I've seen so many postings about barred owls this year that I thought you might
want to know about a place that is doing great work to rehabilitate them
http://www.yorkcenterforwildlife. I did some volunteering there last year and
they do great work on a shoestring budget.
This year they are inundated with injured owls, primarily barred (they've taken
in 33 so far). They are seeking financial assistance to help care for these
animals. Until March 31 there is a donor who is willing to match funds up to
$2000.
I've never posted here before but this is something positive we can do.
Thanks,
Robin
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Subject: Quail and redpolls, Wellfleet 3/11
From: "Mark Faherty" <mfaherty(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 4:16pm
After a winter of wondering what befell our feeder flock of quail, I finally
found them - fifteen of them in fact - skulking in a plum thicket in the
heathland behind Goose Pond. Up 10 17 used to visit the feeders daily in the
fall before they disappeared.
When I came back inside a Hoary Redpoll was at the feeders.
Also out there were 3 Green-winged Teal, 4 Black-bellied Plovers, 200 Dunlin, 30
Horned Larks, and 20 Common Redpolls.
lastly, I received a report from Saturday of 12 Bohemian Waxwings up at High
Head in Truro.
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Science Coordinator
Mass Audubon/Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
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Subject: Woodcock in Reading
From: "David Williams" <dave.williams6(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:18pm
This evening I had a Woodcock doing its courtship flight at the Bare
Meadow Conservation land in Reading. There were also 4 fly-over Wood
ducks, a Cardinal, and a Mourning dove.
Dave Williams
Reading, MA
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Subject: Eastham, 3/11
From: mahoneytaylor <mahoneytaylor(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:20pm
Hello Massbirders,
This late afternoon a few locations in Eastham we had some nice
sightings(highlights).
Herring Pond:
Eurasian Wigeon(drake)
Canvasback
First Encounter Beach (Marsh side)
Tundra Swan (although I can't absolutely rule out Trumpeter due to
distance, I am pretty confident that it was a Tundra.
Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
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Subject: Black-headed Gull, Northern Shrike- Newburyport
3/11
From: "Sean Williams" <seanbirder(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:54pm
Hello Massbirders,
Today I birded with Ida Giriunas and Jack Stenger, visiting from Ohio,
in Newburyport. We hit Plum Island and did a bit of Cape Ann
afterwards. There was a Black-headed Gull at the wastewater treatment
plant in Newburyport. A Northern Shrike was perched at the end of the
main road at the state park, along the trail that goes to the right.
Also, 32 Green-winged Teal were present in the pool across from
parking lot 3.
We then searched for a bit for the Slaty-backed Gull without success.
However, at Niles Pond and Jodrey Pier we found 5 Glaucous Gulls and 7
Iceland Gulls. No King Eider off Back Rocks, but there were 4 Black
Guillemots.
Good birding,
Sean
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Sean Williams
Ohio Wesleyan University(attending from Boston)
Delaware, OH
seanbirder(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Hooded Mergansers, Easton
From: Goshawk3(AT)aol.com
Date: 11 Mar 2008 9:02pm
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At 3:45 PM today, March 11, there was a small flock of about a dozen Hooded
Mergansers moving between New and Old Ponds in Easton, on Route 106. Really
good views are possible.
Also, an old report from March 2. At about 1 PM on my way back from a
meeting, I saw three Turkey Vultures circling over Rte 128 at Rte 16, down
fairly
low.
Here in West Bridgewater, I still have a few American Tree Sparrows at my
feeder.
Denise Cabral
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Subject: CT Report 03/11/2008 Long Beach in Stratford
closed
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 8:56pm
IMPORTANT NOTE: LONG BEACH IN STRATFORD IS CLOSED!
Thanks to Charlie Barnard for providing this news.
In the wake of the recent cottage burnings on Long Beach in Stratford,
the town of Stratford has posted signs at the far end of the Long
Beach parking lot which state that there is to be no trespassing onto
Long Beach West - beyond the western end of the parking lot. This is
being enforced, as there have been at least 4 arrests for trespassing
so far. By all appearances, this ban on walking Long Beach West will
be in effect for a long time.
From Joan and Richard Becker:
3/11 - Stamford, Holly Pond -- 8:00 a.m., Female REDHEAD continues.
From Randy Domina:
3/11 - Cheshire, yard -- AMERICAN WOODCOCK
From Kevin Burgio:
3/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 8:15-10:30 and 11:15-1:00,
Meig's Point, American Bittern, 2 Snow Bunting, 1 Lapland Longspur
From Ken Elkins & CT Audubon Eagle Viewing Cruise-
3/11 - Essex-Haddam, CT River -- 1 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/10 - Simsbury, Nod Road -- 21 RUSTY BLACKBIRD (feeding along the
edge of the flooded farm fields).
From Ralph Amodei:
3/11 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- 250+ BRANT, 6 LESSER SCAUP
From Valinn Ranelli:
3/10 - Old Saybrook, West end of South Cove -- 2 drake and 1 hen
NORTHERN PINTAIL amid black ducks and green-winged teal.
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Subject: Any Slaty Reports?
From: Jane Zanichkowsky <jzanich(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 9:34pm
Hello,
I've been up to my ears in work since reports of
Slaty-Backed Gull began coming from Gloucester, and so
I have not seen the bird yet. The last report I saw
was from Sunday. Does anyone know of a report from
3/11, and might it be worthwhile to have a go at it
Wed.? I'll spend the gas for this life bird if the
probability warrants.
Thank you.
Jane Zanichkowsky, Newton
(email best; I'm not at home: jzanich(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: March 11, Plum Island, Piping Plover, Thanks
Nancy Landry
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2008 10:26pm
PI/MA Birders,
I just got a report from Nancy Landry who went down to Stage Island
Pool on the Parker River NWR (aka Plum Island) this afternoon to see
the RUDDY DUCKs that showed up there today. After finding the ruddies
she made a stop at the Lot Seven beach overlook. And guess what? She
found an early PIPING PLOVER on the beach. This is about a week
earlier than any other record I have from the island in the 21st
century database. Yeah, Nancy!
Good birding,
Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
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