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Subject: Wednesday Morning Songs, Newburyport
From: Brian Krisler <bkrisler(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 7:49am
This morning on my walk to the train, I heard a Woodcock
calling, and then flying between Low Street and Parker St, on the
railroad bed.
As I was walking onto the train platform, I heard another Woodcock
and then a song sparrow just off the Parker St commuter lot.
Brian Krisler
Newburyport, MA
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Subject: Possible Trumpeter Swans? Cataumet (Cape Cod)
From: AJ Pellegrini-Toole <aptoole(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 8:38am
A non-birding friend just called me to say that she saw and heard 2
swans flying over her house in
Cataumet. Realizing they weren't mute she found vocalizations on the web
and says what she heard
sounded like Trumpeter swans. Her house backs onto Long Pond in Bourne,
but the swans were
flying towards Falmouth. She swears it wasn't wing whirr that she heard.
So, on the off-chance they are Trumpeters I thought I'd put it "out
there". (don't kill the messenger please)
Alida Pellegrini-Toole
N. Falmouth, MA
aptoole(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
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Subject: Well, it IS in Massachusetts . . .
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Date: 12 Mar 2008 9:26am
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Subject: Left handed swallows and ordered laying?
From: "Charlie Patterson" <chaspatt(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 12:14pm
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For those of you with a scientific bent these articles in PLoS might =
prove interesting.
Charlie Patterson
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Subject: Pine Grosbeak, Bohemian Waxwing, and an owl
sighting 3/11
From: "Peter Capobianco" <peter.capobianco(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 1:26pm
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Yesterday Hugh Willoughby, Steve Reinert, and I went birding in search of
the Bohemian Waxwing and Pine Grosbeaks reported at Amherst. We did not get
them at the Campus Pond, however we did find a group of crap-apples along
Massachusetts Ave. (near the athletic fields). All the birds were present
in these trees including the 4 PINE GROSBEAKS, and 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING among
the many Cedars. Some photos:
http://www.pbase.com/petercapob/recent&page=all.
On the way home, I had a sighting that was very frustrating. On the Mass
Turnpike, I observed a very large raptor set back from the main highway. My
sighting was very near the West Brimfield/Warren town line (we were heading
east). The bird was on the south side of the road. What first caught my
attention was it's huge size compared with the Red-tails we had been
seeing. I then became significantly more interested when the bird appeared
completely gray-mottled on the front. I did not get a great look at the
head, because of trees obstructing my view. However, the silhouette of the
bird appeared to be that of an owl. I am fairly certain that this bird was
a GREAT GRAY OWL, a bird I have had experience with in the past. I am aware
of the rarity of this bird and the relative scarcity of them in the
northeast this year. However, I would feel guilty in not posting this
sighting and hope those in the area regularly will look when on the
Turnpike.
Good Birding,
Peter Capobianco
Riverside, RI
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Subject: ancient feathers
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 3:52pm
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A few weeks ago I posted about a program on PBS's Nova, there was an
excellent program called "The Four-winged Dinosaur" that dealt with
the origin of feathers and flight.
Along those lines, I'm forwarding this link thanks to Rab Cummings
from the birded list regarding Dino-Era Feathers Found Encased in
Amber :
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080311-amber-feathers.html>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080311-amber-feathers.html
Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
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Subject: Black vultures in Amherst
From: Steve Sauter <Steve(AT)stevesauter.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 4:24pm
Hello birders-
Driving away from Amherst College today at 4 p.m. I spotted two black
vultures soaring above Pratt Field and moving north, crossing Rte. 9.
There was a third vulture but it was too far off for me to ID.
These are the first black vultures I have seen north of NYC. Cool. Or
warm as the case may be.
Steve Sauter
Ashfield, Ma
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Subject: Party for Bird Conservation
From: "Ray Brown" <ray(AT)talkinbirds.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 3:58pm
Hi Massbirders,<br /><br />You’re invited to a Party for Bird Conservation
on Tuesday, April 1 from 6:30-8:30pm.<br /><br />The party, hosted by the
Talkin’ Birds radio show and Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill, will be
held at the Hampshire House (above the “Cheers” bar) on Beacon
Street in Boston. Admission and scrumptious hot and cold hors d’oeuvres,
served by the Hampshire House staff, are free. There’ll be a cash bar.<br
/><br />We’ll be holding raffles for prizes including (but not limited to)
tickets to a Red Sox game, and we'll offer birding books for sale signed by
the authors. Proceeds will benefit the Massachusetts Important Birding Areas
program, led by Wayne Petersen, who’ll be among our special guests.
He’ll be joined by Don Kroodsma, author of The Singing Life of Birds; Jeff
Wells, Senior Scientist with the International Boreal Conservation Campaign,
and author of the new Birder’s Conservation Han
dbook--100 North American Birds at Risk; David Clapp, tour leader and former
director of Mass Audubon’s South Shore Sanctuaries; and Mike
O’Connor, author of the hot-selling Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get
Headaches?.<br /><br />Dress is casual; RSVP is required. Please see our website
(talkinbirds.com) for full details, including directions and parking. Closest T
stops are Charles/MGH and Park Street.<br /><br />Thanks and best wishes,<br
/><br />Ray Brown<br />Ray Brown's TALKIN' BIRDS Sundays 9:30-10am
95.9FM South Shore, MA 1180AM Southern R.I. Live On-line: 959WATD.COM
Listen anytime: talkinbirds.com
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Subject: Party for Bird Conservation
From: "Ray Brown" <ray(AT)talkinbirds.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 3:54pm
Hi Massbirders,<br /><br />You’re invited to a Party for Bird Conservation
on Tuesday, April 1 from 6:30-8:30pm.<br /><br />The party, hosted by the
Talkin’ Birds radio show and Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill, will be
held at the Hampshire House (above the “Cheers” bar) on Beacon
Street in Boston. Admission and scrumptious hot and cold hors d’oeuvres,
served by the Hampshire House staff, are free. There’ll be a cash bar.<br
/><br />We’ll be holding raffles for prizes including (but not limited to)
tickets to a Red Sox game, and we'll offer birding books for sale signed by
the authors. Proceeds will benefit the Massachusetts Important Birding Areas
program, led by Wayne Petersen, who’ll be among our special guests.
He’ll be joined by Don Kroodsma, author of The Singing Life of Birds; Jeff
Wells, Senior Scientist with the International Boreal Conservation Campaign,
and author of the new Birder’s Conservation Han
dbook--100 North American Birds at Risk; David Clapp, tour leader and former
director of Mass Audubon’s South Shore Sanctuaries; and Mike
O’Connor, author of the hot-selling Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get
Headaches?.<br /><br />Dress is casual; RSVP is required. Please see our website
(talkinbirds.com) for full details, including directions and parking. Closest T
stops are Charles/MGH and Park Street.<br /><br />Thanks and best wishes,<br
/><br />Ray Brown<br />Ray Brown's TALKIN' BIRDS Sundays 9:30-10am
95.9FM South Shore, MA 1180AM Southern R.I. Live On-line: 959WATD.COM
Listen anytime: talkinbirds.com
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Subject: Scotland Road, Cherry Hill and Artichoke
Reservoirs, Newburyport Harbor, Plum Island - 03-12-08
From: "David K Weaver" <cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 3:56pm
Hello, Plum Island Birders/Massbirders!
I led a small group of resolute Wednesday Morning Birders out of Joppa Flats
Education Center, all of us choosing to ignore the weather conditions --
what did we do wrong to deserve this rash of horrid weather on Wednesday
mornings??! -- and had a lovely time in the rain and a snow shower or two.
I was going birding come hell or high water after four WMB cancellations
over the last month and a half! Our commitment was rewarded with a couple
of "great" birds. There was the lone bull Can -- that would be a drake
CANVASBACK -- on the limited open water of Cherry Hill Reservoir (thanks,
Sue McGrath) along with a single drake Bufflehead (there had been five drake
Ring-necked Ducks with the Can earlier during a scouting run), and there was
the most accommodating MERLIN (probably a juvenile male) on Plum Island
across from the Pines area perched atop a dead tree -- he stayed put for
great looks and many photos, and was even there for more looks and photos on
our return trip up the island from Stage Island.
En route to Cherry Hill Reservoir, we drove by the pastures of Scotland Road
to find open water together with some Green-winged Teal, Mallards, and a
pair of American Wigeon. No Wilson's Snipe, yet. The ice is gradually
giving way to open water on most big bodies of water and our drive by the
Upper Artichoke Reservoir yielded 16 Ring-necks (all but one a male) and 2
drake and 3 hen Hooded Mergansers. Very nice! A couple of Song Sparrows
were in full song on our visit to the wastewater treatment plant where we
came up empty looking for the reported Black-headed Gull, but there were
wonderful looks at Common Goldeneyes and transitioning Long-tailed Ducks. A
lone Red-throated Loon had a look at us very close in, some color starting
to creep into its throat plumage, AND, we had our first KILLDEER of the
spring!
During a pit stop back at Joppa, front-desk Nancy had a 4-year-old Bald
Eagle in the scope for us, sitting out there in front of the education
center. The open main salt pan on the refuge had a gathering of Northern
Pintails, Gadwalls, Red-breasted Mergansers, and, of course, American Black
Ducks. The other harbinger of spring, the Red-winged Blackbird, was seen
and heard at several of our observation points and along the way. All in
all, it was a pretty satisfactory morning of birding considering the rainy
conditions.
Here's our list:
Canada Goose - PI et al.
American Wigeon (2) - Scotland Road ("Grinley's Wet Spot")
American Black Duck - PI et al.
Mallard - PI et al.
Northern Pintail (~ 24) - PI, main pan & pan just north of Stage Is. Pool.
Green-winged Teal (8) - 4, Scotland Rd; 4, PI.
CANVASBACK (1) - drake, Cherry Hill Reservoir.
Ring-necked Duck (16) - 15 drakes, 1 hen; Upper Artichoke Reservoir.
Common Eider (15) - Emerson Rocks, PI.
Long-tailed Duck - many, Newburyport Harbor.
Bufflehead - PI et al.
Common Goldeneye - many, NH & PI.
Hooded Merganser (5) - 2 drakes, 3 hens; UAR.
Red-breasted Merganser (~ 20) - PI, pans and elsewhere.
Red-throated Loon (1) - NH.
Common Loon (2) - Emerson Rocks, PI.
Bald Eagle (1) - NH (Joppa Flats).
Northern Harrier (1) - PI, s of North Pool Overlook.
Red-tailed Hawk (1) - PI airfield.
Merlin (1) - PI, across from Pines.
Killdeer (1) - Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Ring-billed Gull - PI et al.
Herring Gull - PI et al.
Great Black-backed Gull - PI et al.
Rock Pigeon - PI bridge, Scotland Rd.
Mourning Dove (1) - PI.
Blue Jay (3) - en route CHR.
American Crow - PI et al.
European Starling - PI et al.
Song Sparrow (3) - singing; 2, WTP; 1, CHR.
Northern Cardinal (1) - singing; Joppa Flats.
Red-winged Blackbird - PI et al.
Common Grackle - PI et al. -- just a few.
We will meet next Wednesday at Friendly's on the traffic circle, Rt. 128,
Gloucester, at 0930 to bird Cape Ann. For more information about Joppa
Flats programs, call Bill Gette or Dave Larson at 978-462-9998.
Dave Weaver
Manchester, MA 01944
cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:39:05 -0400
From: "Don Gould" <dongould(AT)dagoulds.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 4:58pm
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Yesterday, in the Heard Field area of Wayland, my daughter Lena and I saw an
immature Northern Shrike. Later, along the Sudbury river, two breeding
pairs of ducks: Hooded Mergansers and Ring Necked.
don gould
Wayland
dongould(AT)dagoulds.com
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Subject: Brewster, MA
From: "Peter Trull" <petrull(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 5:08pm
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Hello massbirders,
At Walkers Pond,
6 common mergansers,=20
8 canvasbacks
2 scaup
6 ringneck ducks
4 bufflehead
At Elbow Pond
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 snipe
5 ring-necked ducks
4 burffleheads
3 Canada geese
4 mallards
Also, Spotted Salamanders are laying eggs in the bog ditches
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
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Subject: Woodcocks in Newton
From: Leah Bird <leah(AT)leahbird.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 6:56pm
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Tonight at 7 pm we first heard, then saw the woodcock mating flight,
complete with top-speed downward spiral. At Nahanton Park in Newton,
entrance off Nahanton Street, up behind the nature center. Map is at
http://www.newtonconservators.org/map22nahanton.htm
Good birding!
Leah Bird
Newton
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Subject: CT Report 03/12/2008 Tundra Swans
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 8:56pm
From Andy Brand:
3/12 - Hamden, Lockwood Farm (CT Agricultural Experiment Station) off
Kenwood Ave. -- 3 TUNDRA SWANS feeding in corn field for about 1 hr
(early afternoon) then flew off north and east and were not relocated.
From Greg Hanisek & Neil Currie
3/12 - Southbury, River Road -- drake BLUE-WINGED TEAL in pond/flooded
field across road from Lake Zoar.
From Dana Campbell:
3/13 - East Hartford, yard -- NORTHERN SHRIKE
From Scott Kruitbosch:
3/12 - Stratford yard -- 1 FOX SPARROW, at least 3 BROWN CREEPERS
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/12 - Canton, Canton Feeder -- 53 COMMON REDPOLL.
From Brian O'Toole with Bo Hopkins:
3/12 - Greenwich, Greenwich Audubon Center -- 3 American Woodcocks in
the front fields this evening.
From Ralph Amodei
3/12 - Brigdeport, East End Seaside Park -- 1000+ BRANT and the flock
cont to swell between 12:30-13:30 with a few LESSER SCAUP.
From Alex Kuzma
3/11 - Glastonbury, Eastern Boulevard off Addison Road -- just before
dawn, 3 American Woodcocks calling and courtship flights in brushy
area.
From Sarah Johnston:
3/10 - Avon, just south of Fisher Meadows Recreation Area, in the
fields along Tillotson Road -- 5 dark morph SNOW GEESE with flock of
Canada Geese.
3/09 - Farmington, Farmington Meadows -- 4 NORTHERN PINTAILS (2m, 2f)
with Canada Geese in flooded fields south of Meadow Road.
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Subject: N.H. Boreal Chickadee pics
From: Tom Murray <tmurray74(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 9:02pm
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Hi,
Yesterday while traveling through northern N.H. I stopped at a viewing area on
Route 26 in Dixville, N.H. and was able to locate 2 Boreal Chickadees. They were
very obliging, coming in to close view while I was pishing. They hopped around
the nearby trees for a few minutes, and I was able to get a few decent shots.
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/94117420
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/94117419
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/94117421
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/94117422
There were plenty of ravens flying around, and one in particular caught my
attention. It was flying and being dive-bombed by a crow, and when the crow was
coming in from above, the raven flipped upside down like an eagle in an areal
battle, to be face to face with the crow.
Upon arriving home this afternoon in Groton, Ma. there was an adult Goshawk in a
tree near the house. It flew when I got out of the car, then about 15 minutes
later a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks took his place. I managed a picture of the
Red-shouldered with a nice look at it's tail pattern.
http://jjd.pbase.com/image/94117839
Tom Murray
Groton, Ma.
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Subject: South Shore Birding
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Mar 2008 9:30pm
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Yesterday morning (Tuesday), Joe Scott and I birded around Marshfield as
well as a couple of locations in Duxbury and Norwell.
At Daniel Webster Estates, we missed on the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker but di=
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have a Cooper=B9s Hawk who helped in ID by calling several times from a large
white pine. The bird was around there on Friday and stayed in the general
vicinity for the ~20 minutes we birded the area. My suspicion is that the
bird could be a breeding bird in that area.
At Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary some highlights for us included:
Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Shrike (even
calling\singing at one point), 3-4 Eastern Bluebirds and Hermit Thrush.
Oakes Spaulding reported a Red-shouldered Hawk at the entrance. Overall, a
good raptor day there.
A visit to the Green Harbor area including Brant Rock yielded:
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Brant
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Long-tailed Duck
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter
Surf Scoter
Purple Sandpiper (9 in close view, with great lighting)
Black Guillemot
Horned Lark
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The Duxbury Bogs Conservation area had: Ring-necked Ducks, Hooded
Mergansers, Gadwall, Wood Duck (a pair), and Bufflehead. Oakes Spaulding
reported seeing a Northern Shrike earlier in the day, most likely the one w=
e
had seen on Friday.
Jacob=B9s Pond in Norwell had 19 Common Mergansers, 15 Ring-necked Ducks, 9
Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, and Black Ducks.
All in all, we had 14 duck species and 7 other water-based species.
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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