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MASSBIRD for Sunday, March 16, 2008
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| Subject | From | Time |
| 3/15 BBC Cape Cod Waterfowl Prowl - 27 species | Eddie | 12:04am |
| Woodcocks in Westboro | Jeff Slovin | 1:34am |
| Rusty Blackbird, Wood Duck and Woodcock in Groton | Bob Hill | 3:44am |
| New bird discovered in Indonesia - Science-
msnbc.com | Scott Ricker | 7:10am |
| Hooded Mergansers, Easton; Canvasbacks, Waltham | Goshawk3(AT)aol.com | 7:36am |
| Foxboro Bohemian Waxwings | BrianRFG(AT)aol.com | 9:30am |
| Snow goose, newbury | David Davis | 9:12am |
| Turners falls - Phoebe, Bolton Flats - Bittern | Dekker, Job | 9:12am |
| Re: [Marj's] Pine Grosbeak photos | stevensimpson(AT)comcas | 9:36am |
| Wayland | Glenn Long | 9:55am |
| Westminster Birds 3/15 | Tom Pirro | 10:14am |
| Wood Ducks, Crane Pond WMA, West Newbury | Joe Sutherland | 10:40am |
| Re: [Arlington Birds] Re: [Marj's] Pine Grosbeak
photos | Hank & Chris | 10:44am |
| Nahant 3/16 Thrasher lives.. whew! | Linda Pivacek | 11:53am |
| Waxwings in Fitchburg | Richard Monroe | 12:06pm |
| Plum Island report 3-16-08 canvasback's | | 1:20pm |
| Evening Grosbeaks: Worcester County 3/16 | Mark Lynch | 1:48pm |
| Gr.White-fronted Goose-Amherst | SSURNER(AT)aol.com | 1:58pm |
| Ips River Sanctuary - Barred Owl 3/16 | Dru Swett | 2:20pm |
| Birder's Meeting--follow-up | Marshall J. Iliff | 3:36pm |
| Plum Island 3.16.08 Partial | Paul Roberts | 4:04pm |
| Common Mergansers in Beverly | Diane Young | 5:14pm |
| Cape Ann and Lincoln 3/16/08 | Ian Davies | 5:30pm |
| Birding in Pepperell area | Erik Stromsted | 5:44pm |
| South Peabody Area; 16 march 2008; record Common
Merg count. | Richard Heil | 6:14pm |
| Gr White-fronted Goose, Canvasback Uxbridge area | Beth Milke | 7:02pm |
| 30 Years Ago | Richard Heil | 7:14pm |
| Bolton Flats WMA, 3/16/08: Bald Eagle | S Sutton | 7:41pm |
| CT Report 03/16/2008 Tundra Swans, Pine Grosbeaks | Roy Harvey | 9:00pm |
| Merlins- Harwich Disposal Area | Al Curtis | 8:46pm |
| Suntaug Lake, Lynnfield ~ 3/16 | newburyportbirders(AT)c | 8:48pm |
| Bald Eagle - Groton | Lee Wiggs | 9:10pm |
| Lynn Ponds | Linda Pivacek | 10:28pm |
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Subject: 3/15 BBC Cape Cod Waterfowl Prowl - 27 species
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 12:04am
*This Saturday, Mary Keleher and I lead the Cape Cod Waterfowl Prowl for the
Brookline Bird Club. The intent of this trip was to cover Cape Cod and find as
many of the 29 species of ducks listed on the Massachusetts Daily Field Card in
one day. Although we were concerned about the rainy weather report released on
Friday evening, Mary and I decided to run the trip anyway, even if it was only
the two of us. We were joined by two other birders at 7:00 AM, and ended the
day at around 6:00 PM after racking up 27 species of duck. It rained for most
of the day in varying degrees of intensity, with the clouds actually breaking
for some blue skies and sunshine in the late afternoon down in Wellfleet; temps
never made it past 40 degrees. 61 species, as follows:
_DUCKS_
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
(Misses: Blue-winged Teal, King Eider)
_WATERFOWL_
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Cormorant
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
American Coot
_INCIDENTAL_ _SPECIES
_Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Sanderling
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
House Sparrow
Towns & Bodies of Water Visited (with species highlights)
Bourne
Redbrook Pond - Gadwall
Falmouth
Wing Pond
Salt Pond - Hooded Mergs
Oyster Pond
Fresh River - Night Herons
Sider's Pond
Little Pond - Greater Scaup, Redhead, American Wigeon
Perch Pond
Great Pond
Coonamessett Pond - Ruddy Duck, Lesser Scaup
Cotuit
Loop Beach
Lovells Pond - Pied-billed Grebe
Marstons Mills
Muddy Pond - Lesser Scaup
Yarmouth
Hallet's Mill Pond - Shovelers (pair), Pintail, GW Teal
Walkers Pond - Common Mergs, Night Heron
Brewster
Upper Mill Pond - Canvasback
Orleans
Nauset Beach
Eastham
First Encounter Beach - Shorebirds
Herring Pond - Eurasian Wigeon, PB Grebe
Wellfleet
Wellfleet Pier (looking east) - Barrow's Goldeneye
West Barnstable/Barnstable
Mill Pond - Wood Duck, PB Grebe
Sandy Neck - all three Scoters
Sandwich
Hemisphere restaurant (formerly Horizons)/Cape Cod Canal - Harlequins*
*Eddie
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*
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Subject: Woodcocks in Westboro
From: "Jeff Slovin" <jeff(AT)slovinfamily.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 1:34am
I brought my kids over to the Westboro WMA this evening to look for
woodcocks and we weren't disappointed. Between 7:10 and 7:30, there were at
least 10 woodcocks peenting in the fields in the vicinity of the old model
airplane field, and we were treated to several nice flight displays.
---
Jeff Slovin
Northboro, MA
jeff(AT)slovinfamily.com
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Subject: Rusty Blackbird, Wood Duck and Woodcock in Groton
From: Bob Hill <bobhill8(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 3:44am
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All first of the year on Saturday:
3 Rusty Blackbirds
6 Wood Ducks
1 Woodcock
along the Nashua River in my back yard in Groton
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Subject: New bird discovered in Indonesia - Science-
msnbc.com
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 7:10am
WASHINGTON - A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with
ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23634192/?GT1=43001
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA
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Subject: Hooded Mergansers, Easton; Canvasbacks, Waltham
From: Goshawk3(AT)aol.com
Date: 16 Mar 2008 7:36am
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The group of 24 or so Hooded Mergansers continue on New and Old Ponds on Rte
106 in South Easton. Great looks. Only other ducks yesterday were Mallards.
On Thursday, March 13, my husband was stuck in traffic on Rte 128 in Waltham
and looked over to the right at the big reservoir and spotted two
Canvasbacks on the water. Looks like there are quite a few around this spring.
No Woodcock calling here yet, but I heard a Bluebird this morning.
Denise Cabral'
Walnut St., West Bridgewater
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Subject: Foxboro Bohemian Waxwings
From: BrianRFG(AT)aol.com
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:30am
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Hi,
This morning at 9:00, there were seven Bohemian and ten Cedar Waxwings
in a big tree in the front yard of the house that is three lots north of the
Stop and Shop on Rte. 140, about 1/2 mile north of the center of Foxboro. I
returned to photograph them at 9:20 and they had flown elsewhere. I will keep an
eye out and report on their presence.
First Bohemian Waxwings I have ever seen in town.
Brian Cassie, Foxboro
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Subject: Snow goose, newbury
From: "David Davis" <ddavis(AT)vgoassociates.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:12am
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For the last nine days a Snow Goose has been spending time with a flock of
Canada Geese in the marsh at the intersection of Hay Street and Newman Road
in Newbury, MA.
It's easiest to see when the tide is high.
David Davis
Newbury, MA
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Subject: Turners falls - Phoebe, Bolton Flats - Bittern
From: "Dekker, Job" <Job.Dekker(AT)umassmed.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:12am
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Hi all,=20
On saturday March 15 I saw my first EASTERN PHOEBE at Turners Falls. =
Also present were three CANVASBACKS (Barton Cove), two TURKEY VULTURES, =
a single COMMON MERGANSER, three COMMON GOLDENEYES, and the regular =
Canada Geese and gulls. =20
At BOLTON FLATS around 5:30 pm: several groups of hundreds of =
blackbirds (RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES). WOODCOCKS were =
heard. =20
I also heard an AMERICAN BITTERN (near Parking lot rte 117), but that =
seems way too early?
At STERLING PEAT three WOODCOCKS and two BEAVERS slapping their tails!
Around my house in Princeton two BARRED OWLS have been extremely vocal =
throughout the evening and night. Along Beaman road two PINE GROSBEAKS =
were still present.
Job Dekker
Princeton, MA 01541
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Subject: Re: [Marj's] Pine Grosbeak photos
From: stevensimpson(AT)comcast.net
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:36am
Great photos Marj!
I was at the Lincoln Police Station fruit trees yesterday afternoon (one other
birder was there, too) and had 2 "PiGs."
As Marj's photos show, while they're feeding you get a look at EVERY angle of
the birds. I love the pattern down the backs — a view of a bird I rarely see.
The birds I had were either females or juveniles (maybe one of each?) — no adult
males — but still, a lifer for me.
As I've read in many places, they're very brave, and stay in these trees out in
front of the building even when a car drives right past them in the parking lot.
Steven Simpson
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From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
> As I posted earlier, I was lucky enough to see Pine Grosbeaks at the
> Lincoln RR station last week. I have put together a few of the photos I
> took, and if you want to check them out, go to
> http://mrines.com/Birds/pigr/
>
> --
> Marj. Rines
> Arlington, MA
> marj(at) mrines.com
>
>
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Subject: Wayland
From: Glenn Long <hdtwblg(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:55am
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Birds seen in Wayland ( Pelham Island Road {off Route 20} and the Waylan=
d Country=20
Club {on Route 27} ) between 7:45 and 9:45 A.M. on Sunday,16/March/2008:
Canada Goose (65)
Mute Swan (4)
Wood Duck (11)
American Wigeon (8)
American Black Duck (2)
Mallard (52)
Northern Pintail (5)
Green-winged Teal (9)
Ring-necked Duck (21)
Hooded Merganser (4)
Common Merganser (2)
Ring-billed Gull (3)
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove (7)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Blue Jay (3)
American Crow (30+)
TREE SWALLOW
Black-capped Chickadee (2)
Tufted Titmouse (4)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin (25+)
European Starling (6)
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow (4-6)
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal (4)
A mixed flock of several hundred blackbirds was present at the golf course.=
This included at least 5 Rusty Blackbirds.
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
Glenn Long
Natick
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Subject: Westminster Birds 3/15
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 10:14am
The following were seen and/or heard from Westminster yesterday, the gulls were
on Saw Mill Pond on the Futchburg/Westminster line.
Species Number reported
Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 2
Common Goldeneye 6
Hooded Merganser 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) 800 (2 adult w/ black wing tags K10 and K21)
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 2 (1 1st Y and 1 3rd Yr)
Glaucous Gull 1 (1st Yr)
Great Black-backed Gull 150
Rock Pigeon 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 60
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1 singng
European Starling 10
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 3
American Goldfinch 2
Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
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Subject: Wood Ducks, Crane Pond WMA, West Newbury
From: "Joe Sutherland" <sutherlandbirds(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 10:40am
Massbird,
I took my dog for a walk in the Crane Pond Wildlife Management Area in
Newbury/West Newbury this morning.
When we got to Little Crane Pond, large groups of Wood Ducks put up.
It was quite a site with 3 groups lifting off and circling above.
I was able to count at least 65 birds, quite a site!
Here is my complete list.
Location: Crane Pond WMA
Observation date: 3/16/08
Number of species: 17
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 65
Mallard X
Hooded Merganser M/F pair
Great Blue Heron (Checking out last year's nests)
Red-bellied Woodpecker X
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
American Robin X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Regards,
Joe Sutherland
Byfield, MA
sutherlandbirds(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Arlington Birds] Re: [Marj's] Pine Grosbeak
photos
From: Hank & Chris <hy.ce(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 10:44am
I had two pine grosbeaks in the trees in front of the Lincoln police station
this morning at 8am.
Sorry for the late post.
Henrietta
Lexington MA
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Subject: Nahant 3/16 Thrasher lives.. whew!
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 11:53am
The thrasher made it!
After a brief absence for a few days the Brown Thrasher is feasting on
meal worms and grains. It has been in the "hood" since December and is
looking robust and feisty, engaging in a turf war with a Fox Sparrow in
the compost today.
whew!
Linda
Linda Pivacek, Nahant
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Subject: Waxwings in Fitchburg
From: Richard Monroe <richmonroemonroe(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 12:06pm
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A flock of 60 waxwings are feeding off the crabapples in front of Tanya's School
of Dance on the Fitchburg/Lunenburg line on Summer Street. They are about 90
percent Cedar and 10 percent Bohemian Waxwing. I saw this flock a half mile
east yesterday. There are lots of crabapples still on the trees as well.
Richard M Monroe
Leominster, Ma
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Subject: Plum Island report 3-16-08 canvasback's
From: <njlandry(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 1:20pm
PI/MA Birders,
A trip to PRNWR on Plum Island provided me a chance to add to my life list with
3 canvasback ducks just of the marsh edge at the Wardens. Down at Stage pool the
2 ruddy ducks continue to swim and feed in the pool.
On the way down to the end of the island I had 2 shrikes. One was at south field
and one on top of Stage Island.
There was also a Merlin that was very obliging as it sat in a tree at the roads
edge down passed lot 5. While watching the Merlin pounced to the ground and
caught it?s morning breakfast. It didn?t seem to mind my photographing it while
perched or on the ground. I left it to finish its meal not wanting too disturbed
it. I have posted two pictures of the Merlin on my website and on the Plum
Island groups website.
Here is my complete list.
Location: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 3/16/08
Number of species: 37
Brant 4 flyby ocean 7
Canada Goose various
Gadwall 7 various
American Black Duck various
Mallard 10 various
Northern Pintail various
Canvasback 3 w wardens
Common Eider 4 various
White-winged Scoter 6 ocean 1
Long-tailed Duck 3 ocean 1
Bufflehead 10 various
Common Goldeneye 15 various
Red-breasted Merganser 3 various
Ruddy Duck 2 stage pool
Common Loon 2 ocean 7
Horned Grebe 3 ocean 1
Great Cormorant 2 flyby
Northern Harrier 1 pans
Merlin 1 s lot 5
Herring Gull various
Great Black-backed Gull various
Mourning Dove 7 various
Downy Woodpecker 1 rd lot 6
Northern Shrike 1 s field , 1 stage island
Blue Jay 5 various
American Crow 8 various
Black-capped Chickadee 12 various
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 pines
American Robin 1 rd n field
American Tree Sparrow 6 various
Song Sparrow 7 various
Swamp Sparrow 1 marsh loop
White-throated Sparrow 2 dune trail
Northern Cardinal 3 various
Red-winged Blackbird various
Common Grackle 3 lot 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 3 dune trail
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Nancy Landry
Haverhill MA
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Subject: Evening Grosbeaks: Worcester County 3/16
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 1:48pm
While doing some scouting for the upcoming Breeding Bird Atlas season we
found EVENING GROSBEAKS in the following locations:
Barre: (18)
Petersham (22)
Spencer (4)
All of them at feeders,
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
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Subject: Gr.White-fronted Goose-Amherst
From: SSURNER(AT)aol.com
Date: 16 Mar 2008 1:58pm
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Val Miller and I birded around Amherst/Hadley area for a couple of hours
this morning. At the Umass Campus pond (Amherst) there was a Greater
White-fronted Goose with about 20 Canada's. After that we headed to
Meadow/Russellville
Rd (Amherst/Hadley line) area to check on the large flock of Geese that was
present yesterday. I estimated 5000 Canada Geese today, 70+ Snow Geese, but no
luck with the Cackling or White-fronted Geese that were seen yesterday.
Around noontime a farmer drove out into the field and put up just about all the
geese. When we left the Flock was still up and moving about.
Scott Surner
Belchertown, MA
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Subject: Ips River Sanctuary - Barred Owl 3/16
From: Dru Swett <ozillyne(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 2:20pm
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Birders -
While walking the Averill's Island Loop at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, I
heard a Barred Owl calling. My first thought was perhaps someone was playing a
recording as it was around noon, but then I thought of the adage, "birds don't
read field guides".
Peace.
Dru Swett
Georgetown MA
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Subject: Birder's Meeting--follow-up
From: "Marshall J. Iliff" <miliff(AT)aol.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 3:36pm
Massbird,
I assume a fair number of you were at Saturday's Birder's Meeting,
co-sponsored by Mass Audubon and the Mass Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife. I'd like to extend special thanks to Wayne Petersen and all the
other organizers of this event for putting together a great slate of
presenters and running a very well-oiled event.
The topic of eBird came up during several presentations and I'd like to
provide some follow-up.
CHANGING POPULATIONS:
Hector Galbraith discussed climate change and its potential effects on the
country's avifauna. Hector mentioned eBird as a way all of us can contribute
to the body of understanding as bird ranges change in response to our
changing climate. Few of us will forget Hector's slide depicting the
predicting withdrawal of Black-capped Chickadee from Massachusetts and its
complete replacement with its southern counterpart: Carolina Chickadee.
Carolina Chickadee is marching northward in Pennsylvania, at a rate of
several miles per year. If the warming of our climate accelerates as is
predicted, then that march northward may quicken. Regular use of eBird to
report not just your rare birds, but also the common birds you see every
day, will provide an unrivaled account of the next major change in New
England's avifauna. Consider: Wild Turkeys and Red-bellied Woodpeckers were
essentially absent from Massachusetts 30 years ago (during the first atlas);
Carolina Wrens and Tufted Titmouse were almost unrecorded on Vermont's first
atlas two decades ago but were widespread (if not yet abundant) on its
second which completed last year; American Kestrel may have shown a 90%
decline in percentage of blocks, based on 2007 data compared to 1974 data
(thanks to Joan Walsh's Atlas presentation for these stats--hopefully I got
them close to right). BIRD POPULATIONS ARE CHANGING! Regular submission of
your day-to-day birding to eBird will provide the best way to document these
changes, especially for migratory species that are poorly sampled by BBS,
Atlases, or Christmas Counts (all temporally-restricted surveys). Don't
delay--get an account now!
THIS WINTER'S INVASION:
John Kricher did a great job putting this past winter's invasion in
evolutionary and biological context, discussing how the low diversity (but
high biomass) in the Boreal Forest means that natural cycles in productivity
can lead to highly cyclical populations (unlike tropical systems that are
more stable). As a result, Boreal Forest species that are good dispersers
(like birds--which have wings after all) respond by searching elsewhere for
food when their primary food sources have down years. When Mountain Ash
berries are scarce, Bohemian Waxwings travel widely in search of other
foodsources (such as multiflora rose on Cape Cod); when spruce cones fail in
Quebec, crossbills go looking for more successful crops wherever they can
find them (sometimes in Massachusetts); and when birch seed crops fail, we
get redpolls at our feeders.
As this winter wraps up, the eBird team is really excited that this may be
the best documented winter finch invasion EVER. Consider the reporting
system of the past. Birders "in the know" sent their sightings to the
regional editor for North Ameican Birds or for their state journal. A
published account described the event from a local (state journal=Bird
Observer) or national (North American Birds) perspective. Many of those
letters and sightings were archived, maybe in files, maybe in boxes, or
maybe even in a database. But those records lived (and continue to live)
with those individuals or organizations. They have never been merged.
eBird now provides an opportunity to look at these data across the country
all at once. eBird visualization maps (go to "View and Explore Data" at
www.ebird.org) show just where Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls, and Bohemian
Waxwings have been reported this winter. Try looking at different months or
even selected states. The picture is now clearer than ever before.
For example, compare Pine Grosbeaks reported this year (Nov 2007-Mar 2008):
http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=changeDate&speciesCodes=pingro&getLocatio
ns=northAmerica&reportType=species&monthRadio=12%2C2&bMonth=11&eMonth=02&bYe
ar=2007&eYear=2008&yearOptions=separateYears&continue.x=46&continue.y=12&con
tinue=Continue
To those reported last year (Nov 2006-Mar 2007):
http://ebird.org/ebird/GuideMe?src=changeDate&speciesCodes=pingro&getLocatio
ns=northAmerica&reportType=species&monthRadio=-1&bMonth=11&eMonth=03&bYear=2
006&eYear=2007&continue.x=50&continue.y=9&continue=Continue
The early stages of the invasion are discussed here:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/Irruption2007Nov.html. We plan to have
an updated summary discussing what we learned and what the final picture
looked like after the winter wraps up.
WE STILL NEED MORE THOUGH
At eBird every sighting counts; you may have the last redpoll sighting of
the year; or maybe the only submission of American Woodcock from 17 March
2008 in Suffolk County; or maybe nothing unusual but you will help to
document what species are common at this time of year.
If you don't submit your observations to ebird, but saw winter finches this
year, would you consider adding your sightings to make the picture even more
complete? Certain parts of Massachusetts (e.g., far west) and certain states
in New England (Rhode Island) have very few eBird users: data from these
regions would be especially valuable. We are really interested in getting a
fully complete picture of this invasion.
We want to track the withdrawal of these birds too, which will be occurring
over the next month. When will the last Pine Grosbeak be seen. How late will
redpolls stay? In the past, tracking departure dates was always difficult,
since you never know when you'll see the last one. Now, if you commit to
reporting all the birds you see when you go birding (or when you check your
feeders for 10 minutes), eBird will track the departure dates for you!
Every bird sighting has value, no matter how mundane. If you haven't tried
eBird yet, please go to www.ebird.org, sign up for a free account, and
submit a test list. If you have any questions at all--about how to use
eBird, what scientists are doing with eBird data (all eBird data are shared
with science), or how you can help--please drop me an email.
Sorry for the long post, and thanks again to Mass Audubon and Mass Division
of Fisheries and Wildlife for the meeting!
Best,
Marshall
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Marshall J. Iliff
West Roxbury, MA
miliff AT aol.com
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.ebird.org
http://www.avianknowledge.net
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Subject: Plum Island 3.16.08 Partial
From: Paul Roberts <phawk254(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 4:04pm
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A long bullet trip to Plum Island this morning produced several highlights.
Canvasback (4) in Sound, west of Warden=B9s
Hooded Merganser (2) feeding and courting in Salt Pannes
Red-breasted Merganser 50+ everywhere, inc. fresh water
Bald Eagle 4+ ( 1 ad on sound, 1 sub across from airport + 2 subadults from
Cashman Park)
Northern Harrier 1 ad female working Town Marker Field
Piping Plover (2) foraging and flying together (SPSR)
Snowy Owl 1 large female at bend in dike of North Pool at Hellcat
Horned Lark 25 (SPSR )
Paul
Paul M. Roberts
Medford, MA
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Subject: Common Mergansers in Beverly
From: Diane Young <the.kiddos(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 5:14pm
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This afternoon we saw 7 male and 2 female Common Mergansers in the Upper Shoe
Pond in Beverly, MA. This is at the Cummings Center - the birds were seen from
McKay Street.
Kate & Diane Young
Manchester, MA
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Subject: Cape Ann and Lincoln 3/16/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 5:30pm
I birded today with the Drumlin Farm Young Birder's Club on Cape Ann,
led by Wayne Petersen, and joined by David Allen Sibley. We had quite
a few good birds, ending with two female/immature Pine Grosbeaks in
front of the Lincoln Police Station. Highlights on Cape Ann included 8
Ruddy Turnstones in Brace Cove, a Northern Shrike seen south from
Brace Cove, and two Common Ravens over Eastern Point, picked out by
David from the Fish Pier! A photo of one of the Pine Grosbeaks can be
seen at: http://www.pbase.com/image/94284707.
Cape Ann highlights:
(Fish Pier, Eastern Point, Niles Pond)
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 1
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 4-Brace Cove
American Black Duck 25
Mallard 10
Ring-necked Duck 21
Greater Scaup 1
Common Eider 320
Surf Scoter 40
White-winged Scoter 10
Bufflehead 25
Common Goldeneye 10
Red-breasted Merganser 30
Common Loon 11
Horned Grebe 3
Great Cormorant 6
Ruddy Turnstone 8-Brace Cove
Purple Sandpiper 65-Eastern Point
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 450
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 11
Glaucous Gull 1-Eastern Point
Great Black-backed Gull 80
Razorbill 5-Eastern Point
Black Guillemot 8-Eastern Point
Northern Shrike 1 juv-Brace Cove
Common Raven 2-Eastern Point
28 species
Lincoln Police Station (1305):
Pine Grosbeak 2
1 species
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net
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Subject: Birding in Pepperell area
From: "Erik Stromsted" <siskin(AT)charter.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 5:44pm
Birding in the Pepperell area:Mar 12-15
Nashua River off River Rd (by Gardner Farm) Erik Stromsted, observer
several selected observations -4-6 pm 60% ice cover river often crowded
with ducks!
Canada Goose-~50 on ice and river.
Mute Swan-4
Mallard-15
Wood Duck-2 pairs -in lagoon by farm- flew off, going high.
CanvasBack Duck- 2 males & one female in mid-river, (stayed together near
Common Mergansers)- the really white body and bright red head of the males
distnctive and clearly not Redheads, black rump. I have seen many Redheads
to differentiate and a few Canvasbacks before in this area.
Common Merganser-max 50
Hooded Merganser-max of 20 males and females- very handsome attire.
Diminutive size mixed in with other ducks and geese
Red-Breasted Merganser-Pair- seen by Gardner Farm lagoon as also last fall
Common Goldeneye-6
Bufflehead-4
Ring-billed Gull-10
Herring gull-4
Great Black-backed Gull-2 on ice
Mt Lebanon St area
Blue-Jay 10
Crow-6
Tree Sparrow-6 max
Junco-~20
Daily ~ 40 Common Redpolls max and often a single Hoary (with red head pink
breast and whitish hoary glow, no flank stripes) also white trim on scapular
feather edging and also white wing bar.
Goldfinch-15 max at thistle feeders-clashing with Redpolls for feeding perch
positioning
House Sparrow ~12
Red-Bellied Woodpecker-1 at suet feeder
Hairy Woodpecker-2
Red-Tailed Hawk-2
Pileated Woodpecker-2 at Shirley St intersection
River Trail -off Shirley St
Kingfisher-1 flying low above river
Pileated Woodpecker-2 by River Trail- loud drilling sounds
Cardinal-1
Ps- tahnks to Ken Nevard for initial report on Golden-Eye and Red-Breasted
Merganser
Erik Stromsted
Pepperell, Ma
Siskin(AT)charter.net
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Subject: South Peabody Area; 16 march 2008; record Common
Merg count.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 6:14pm
SUNDAY, 16 MARCH 2008:
SOUTH PEABODY AREA (1030-1315 hrs.)
Weather: Overcast, light NNE winds, 37 F.
Richard S. Heil
The contiguous area of South Peabody and northern Lynn sit in several
flat valleys surrounded by 200-285 foot high hills strewn with
glacial erratics. Within this limited area are no fewer than sixteen ponds.
Canada Goose (67)
Mute Swan (4)-Eastman marshes.
Gadwall (6): 4-Sidney's Pond, 2-Eastman.
American Black Duck (3)
Mallard (48)
Ring-necked Duck (19)
Lesser Scaup (7): 5-Brown's Pond, 2-Flax Pond.
Bufflehead (24)
Common Goldeneye (3f.)-Big Spring Pond
Hooded Merganser (26)
Common Merganser (225): Overwhelmingly males, roughly 90-95%, in
these vanguard spring flocks; New area high count, by far;
91-Brown's Pond, 80-Big Spring Pond, 52-Flax Pond, 2-Breed's Pond.
Ruddy Duck (2)-Flax Pond.
Great Cormorant (1 ad.)-Breed's Pond.
American Coot (10)-Flax Pond: Includes several new arrivals since
there were only a max of eight here all winter.
Ring-billed Gull (282) 265-Flax Pond.
Herring Gull (80+)
Great Black-backed Gull (9)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Northern Flicker (1)
Carolina Wren (1)
Swamp Sparrow (1)-Eastman.
Red-winged Blackbird (65)
Common Grackle (160)
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Gr White-fronted Goose, Canvasback Uxbridge area
From: Beth Milke <saw-whet(AT)charter.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 7:02pm
Sunday morning, Paul and I searched for the reported greater
white-fronted goose at Linwood Pond on Linwood Ave, Northbridge but
saw no geese there at all--not even one of the usual horde of
Canadas. There was a nice consolation prize: a small group of ducks,
including a pair of bufflehead and wood ducks, and male hooded merganser.
Later in the morning, we watched a drake canvasback swim among 18
ring-necked ducks at the trestle end of JWhitin Pond off Rte 122 in
N. Uxbridge. O, Canadas! Two dozen of them were hunkered down along
a woody strip that juts into the pond until a swan started an
argument that sent several of the geese out of the dugout and onto
the field, so to speak.
Late in the afternoon we received a tip from another birder and
returned to Linwood Pond. We ended the day with a life bird--the
greater white-fronted goose.
Yesterday's Mass Audubon-Mass Fisheries and Wildlife Annual Birders'
Meeting was well organized, with a variety of interesting topics
presented during the day. Thanks to all involved--the planners, all
those who helped run the event and provide food, the speakers. It
was a very enjoyable day.
Beth Milke
Uxbridge, MA
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Subject: 30 Years Ago
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 7:14pm
30 YEARS AGO:
I have been (slowly) entering my old bird data (58 notebooks,
1974-2000) into eBird, in the form of daily lists. In light of
Marshall Iliff's note regarding the importance of long-term record
keeping, in order to track and document population changes over time,
I thought I would post one of my lists from roughly thirty years
ago. It is interesting to note the remarkable changes that have
occurred locally over the years. I'm currently most of the way
through 1979, and have so far in that year recorded only a single
Cooper's Hawk, on Martha's Vineyard, and no Turkey Vultures or
Red-bellied Woodpeckers anywhere. However, more typical than the
example of these species, whose populations have increased, are the
many more that have declined. I may post lists like this from time
to time if people are interested.
In the list below note the Greater Scaup and Common Goldeneye numbers
at that time. The flocks in Newburyport harbor, where most of these
were then recorded, today are greatly diminished. Likewise, Barrow's
Goldeneye has also become less regular in the harbor than in those
days when several to perhaps as many as eight or ten a day were
expected during March or early April. Kumlien's Iceland Gulls were
consistently much more common at Newburyport and Plum Island than
they are today. The winter of 1977-78 was, like the winter of
2007-08, an excellent winter finch season, and the remnants of that
flight still lingered into late March.
23 MARCH 1978:
NEWBURYORT AREA: Newburyport-Plum Island-W. Newbury-Salisbury (0730-1530 hrs.)
Weather: Mostly clear, W-SW winds 10-20 mph, 45-55 F.
Richard S. Heil, Mark J. Kasprzyk.
Canada Goose 1400
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 1200
Mallard 15
Blue-winged Teal 14
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 60
Green-winged Teal 180
Canvasback 13 - Newburyport.
Ring-necked Duck 2
Greater Scaup 1100
Common Eider 80
Surf Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck 900
Bufflehead 700
Common Goldeneye 4500
Barrow's Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 9
Common Merganser 6
Red-breasted Merganser 25
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Horned Grebe 8
Red-necked Grebe 2
Great Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 4
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 12 - migrating P.I.
Killdeer 55
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 - Plum I. pans north of Cross Farm Hill;
Very early; Seen well and species specific calls ("tu, tu, tu") clearly heard.
Bonaparte's Gull 14
Ring-billed Gull 270
Herring Gull (American) 4000
Iceland Gull (Kumlien's) 20
Great Black-backed Gull 500
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 4
Snowy Owl 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 100
Horned Lark 125
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 300
American Tree Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 8
Snow Bunting 5
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1500
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 400
House Finch 8
Red Crossbill 9
White-winged Crossbill 3
Common Redpoll 2
House Sparrow 30
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Bolton Flats WMA, 3/16/08: Bald Eagle
From: "S Sutton" <bookwarbler2(AT)msn.com>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 7:41pm
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A short visit to the Bolton Flats this afternoon turned up a new (to me) =
Bolton Flats bird: Bald Eagle! Here's the full update.
Location: Bolton Flats WMA=20
Observation date: 3/16/08
Notes: 11:15AM to 12:30PM; 38 degrees F, cloudy; Entrances 3&4 (N&S =
sides of Rte 117)<br>Water levels more passable, but still high, typical =
of early Spring. The Bald Eagle was a great surprise; I wondered when I =
would get one here.
Number of species: 22
Canada Goose 80 approx.
Wood Duck 21
Mallard 12 +
Northern Pintail 2 pair
Green-winged Teal 52 mostly males (some females may have blended =
in with the vegetation)
Hooded Merganser 1 male
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1 immature; perched high up in a tree at the edge of =
the main field, Entrance 3. Very large, with blocky head, flat crown, =
and large black-and-yellow hooked bill. Bulky body, mostly brown with =
much white streaking & mottling. Later I saw it fly away. BOLTON FLATS =
BIRD #182.
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Perched in a tree, then flying, on the =
opposite side of the same field. Although the Red-tail was closer, it =
still looked quite small in comparison with the eagle.
Killdeer 6
Ring-billed Gull 80 approx.; only 1 or 2 immatures.
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 55 in two groups
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Song Sparrow 5 singing!
Northern Cardinal 1 singing
Red-winged Blackbird 500 very rough estimate
Common Grackle 1950 estimate
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 5
Steven Sutton, Lancaster
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Subject: CT Report 03/16/2008 Tundra Swans, Pine Grosbeaks
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:00pm
From Peary and BK Stafford:
3/16 - Washington, Macricostas Preserve of the Steep Rock Association
-- Two PINE GROSBEAKS (in the heavily laden crabapple tree behind
interpretive trail signpost 8), 3 FOX SPARROWS
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/16 - Simsbury, Woodchuck Hill Rd/Route 309 -- 9 PINE GROSBEAKS.
3/16 - Canton, Canton feeder -- 60+ COMMON REDPOLL.
From Renee Baade:
3/16 Suffield -- 12:30 PM, 2 TUNDRA SWANS still present in farm field
pond on east side of Hwy 159, just south of Thrall Ave. Same field
pond where the '07 Pink-footed Geese had been found.
From Nancy Eaton:
3/16 - Suffield -- (9 a.m.) The two Tundra Swans I reported yesterday
continued this morning at the same location on East St. (159N) between
Bridge St. and Thrall Ave.
From Carole Donagher:
3/15 - Farmington backyard -- 3 COMMON REDPOLLS at sunflower hearts
feeder
From Peary and BK Stafford
3/16 - New Preston, South shore of Lake Waramaug - REDHEAD.
From Frank Mantlik & NHBC group:
3/16 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- several Wilson's Snipe,
1 Eastern Meadowlark.
Westport, Saugatuck River I-95 overpass -- 2 Peregrine Falcons.
Westport, Burying Hill Beach -- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Westport/Southport, foot of Sasco Creek Rd., mouth of Sasco Creek,
Southport Beach -- Northern Pintail, Bonapart's Gulls.
From Chris Loscalzo:
3/16 - Hamden, on West Rock Ridge -- one pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS.
Fran and Tom Holloway
3/16 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park. We saw the immature GOSHAWK
again, this time at the traffic circle at around 2:20pm.
From Paul Carrier:
3/16 - ??????, yard -- 80+ Common Redpolls, 4 Pine Siskin.
From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/16 - Bloomfield, Reservoir # 3 -- 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK. (6:15-6:30
am)
From Joe Wojtanowski & Paul Desjardins:
3/16 - East Granby, East Granby Farms -- EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
From Janet Weisner:
3/16 - Storrs, Horsebarn Hill Rd -- 1 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE in a
flock of about 2 dozen canadas. Apparently had been seen a couple days
ago in Mirror Lake on campus too.
From Marty Swanhall
03/16 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
From Larry Nichols:
3/16 - Glastonbury, Wangunk Meadows (Glastonbury end) -- 7am, Male
Northern Pintail.
From John Marshall:
3/16 - Milford, Milford Point (CACC) -- at 8:00 AM,?18 COMMON REDPOLLS
Woodmont, Oyster River? -- at 10:00 AM, 1 ICELAND GULL
From Greg Hanisek et al.:
3/16 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
Old Saybrook, Dock & Dine -- LESSER SCAUP
CHESTER, ferry landing -- 3 BLACK VULTURES
From John Marshall:
3/16 - Watertown, Sand Bank Rd. -- at 6:00 PM, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE
From Luke Tiller:
3/16 - Wilton, Allen's Meadows -- 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, 2 American
Woodcock displaying.
From Frank Gallo
3/16 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 5 Northern Pintail
flying past the point. 8 Bonaparte's Gulls.
From Christopher Lovell:
3/16 - Trumbull -- 40-50 Common Redpolls swarming the nyjer feeders,
sometimes overflowing onto the sunflower chip feeders and also the
ground below. There has been at least one here every day since
12/17/2007.
From Luke Tiller:
3/15 - ??????, Aspetuck Reservoir -- male REDHEAD.
??????, Ash Creek -- 1 male NORTHERN SHOVELER.
Bridgeport, Captains Cove Marina -- 30 LESSER SCAUP.
Westport, Burying Hill -- continuing Lesser Black-backed Gull.
From Andrew Dasinger:
3/15 - near Cabela's, East Hartford -- 1 Iceland Gull, with flock of
gulls at late afternoon roost in flooded field northwest of Cabela's.
Migration Notes:
First report of Piping Plover (Milford, Silver Sands State Park)
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Subject: Merlins- Harwich Disposal Area
From: Al Curtis <killdeer89(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 8:46pm
After dropping off my Sunday afternoon dump run, I checked the capped
landfill which is a rolling field of sorts. I have seen a Merlin
there before, but today there were two. They were clearly interacting
in a way that did not appear to be aggressive, however at the
distance I could not determine the sex of either.
Al Curtis
Harwich, MA
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Subject: Suntaug Lake, Lynnfield ~ 3/16
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 16 Mar 2008 8:48pm
Birders,
This afternoon during a brief stop at Suntaug Lake in Lynnfield, we came across
Bufflehead, Common
Merganser and Ring-necked Duck. One of the nests was occupied by two Great
Blue Herons who
were getting reacquainted by stretching, swaying, allo-preening and
stiff-walking around the nest.
Best wishes,
Sue
Sue McGrath
Newburyport, MA
newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Bald Eagle - Groton
From: "Lee Wiggs" <lwiggs1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:10pm
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This afternoon I stopped at the corn field near Fitch's Bridge in Groton.
There was a lot of activity from American Crows, flying from points all
around, either into the field, or into a section of woods next to the field.
They were also quite loud. There were a few areas in the fields that were
free of snow, and it seemed like the crows were feeding where they could.
The fields also had Canada Geese and the ponds had Mallard Ducks. Because
of the activity of the crows, I chose to stay at the edge of the field,
rather than take a chance of disturbing them by walking down the road
between the fields.
For about forty five minutes the activity continued, with crows flying in
from distant points, and groups averaging about a dozen birds flying from
the field into the woods, or from the woods into the fields, and the loud
cawing continued. Then, the crows began flying from the woods into 3-4
trees near the middle of the field. I counted 130 coming from the woods,
and I probably missed 30-50 before I started counting. The decibel level
increased dramatically. I figured something was going on, but I didn't see
what it was. As I was on the edge of the field, I had a great view, or so I
thought. I then looked straight up over my head, and there were 2 Bald
Eagles circling, 1 adult and 1 juvenile. They were so low I could clearly
see the white head and tail of the adult with my naked eye.
They stayed in close proximity to each other and continued circling right
over my head for 6-7 minutes, getting higher as time went by. Then they
drifted off a bit, still circling, then peeled off heading south. Once they
were out of sight, the crows quickly got much quieter, and returned to the
woods and to the field. It was quite a showing of these birds sticking
together.
Lee Wiggs
West Groton
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Subject: Lynn Ponds
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 10:28pm
3/16
brief stops by Flax Pond in Lynn and Browns Ponds (I think within Lynn
city boundry) -
striking numbers of Common Mergansers - beautiful birds!
highlights:
Flax Pond:
Common Mergansers 42
Hooded Mergansers 6
Coot 9
Ruddy Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 4
Ring-necked Duck 5
Mallard 18
Canada Goose 14
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Brown's Pond:
Common Merganser 54
Hooded Merganser 9
Lesser Scaup 3
Ring-necked Duck 4
Canada Goose 3
Red-tailed Hawk 2 (loving couple)
Linda
Linda Pivacek, Nahant
lpivacek(AT)comcast.net
Flax Pond
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