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Subject: 30 years ago at NP
From: BrianRFG(AT)aol.com
Date: 17 Mar 2008 7:18am
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Hi,
That was another of Rick's great posts yesterday and reminded me of the
time, just about 30 years ago, when I pulled over my car at Joppa Flats to
look at 11 small gulls lined up in a row at the water's edge : 8 Black-headed
and
3 Little. We thought there were going to be more and more with each passing
year.
Brian Cassie, Foxboro
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Subject: mergansers, ruddy ducks
From: Craig Jackson <crleja(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 7:16am
Hi
A brief look at Ell Pd in Melrose yesterday (Sunday,
March 16) revealed mergansers in good numbers. Also
present was a Kingfisher.
Common Merganser -- 35
Hooded Merganser -- 10
Ruddy Ducks -- 5
Kingfisher -- 1
Craig Jackson
Malden, MA
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Subject: Turners Falls Power Canal - late report
From: "Palmer, Ralph" <rpalmer(AT)keene.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 7:12am
Greetings -
Yesterday afternoon, mostly between cloudbursts, I walked the power
canal. I did not keep accurate numbers, but saw:
~2,000 Canada Geese
Lots of gulls
1 Bufflehead
~8-10 Goldeneyes
3 Scaup (I didn't have my book and didn't remember the fieldmarks, so I
don't know if they were Greater, Lesser, or a mix.)
Ralph
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Ralph Palmer
Keene, NH and Greenfield, MA
rpalmer(AT)keene.edu
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Subject: woodcocks (and spring peepers) at Foss Farm,
Carlisle
From: "Tom Brownrigg" <brownriggs(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 8:08am
Last night, March 16, we went to Foss Farm to look for woodcocks. Around 7
PM we heard at least 4 and maybe 5 males around the edge of the large field,
and saw some of them performing flight displays. We heard a strange sound
(it sounded like an electric discharge) and then saw two birds fly up in a
spiraling pattern while staying close together, sometimes with wings nearly
touching. A Guide to Bird Behavior, Vol. 3, by D & L Stokes suggests that
what we heard was probably the "kakak" call, given by males as a threat:
"When other males arrive in the immediate area [of the displaying bird],
they may be chased away by the displaying bird.. During these aggressive
interactions the Kakak call might be heard." We had never heard this sound
nor seen a territorial dispute. One of the two birds returned to his
"patch" and stood on the ice peenting for several minutes afterward.
Spring peepers were calling from the wetlands near the community gardens -
the first time we have heard them this year.
Tom
Tom & D'Ann Brownrigg
Carlisle, MA
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Subject: Suffield, Tundra Swans
From: "Janis LaPointe" <janlan2(AT)cox.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 11:26am
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Two Tundra Swans are still present Monday, 3/17, in the small pond off =
Rt. 159 in Suffield, CT. Go about 1/4 mile south of Thrall Ave. =
intersection. Same area where the Pink-footed Geese were.
Janis LaPointe
Enfield, CT
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Subject: Re: 30 Years Ago
From: Richard Danca <rdanca(AT)ix.netcom.com>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 12:02pm
I'll see your 1978 and raise you 1919!
Here's a report from April 19, 1919, that appeared in "Records of Walks
and Talks with Nature," Vol. 11, 1919, by C.J. Maynard. Note that some
names have changed since then.
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Saturday, April 19, Plum Island
Pleasant, but with a rather cool (50-degree) north wind. Walk from the
beach landing along shore to farm house and return to landing. Time,
from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., distance, 3 miles. Birds seen:
1. Crow, 26
2. Herring Gull, 50
3. Robin, 4
4. Kingfisher, 1
5. Red-shouldered Hawk, 1
6. Red-winged Blackbird, 25
7. Red-breasted Merganser, 40
8. Song Sparrow, 6
9. Sparrow Hawk, 2. male and female
10. Tree Swallow, 4
11. Barn Swallow, 2
12. Gannet, 1
13. Bluebird, 1
[14-18 missing; typo?]
19. American Scoter, 3
20. Golden-eye, 6
21. Junco, 2
22. Holboell Grebe, 1
23. Double-crested Cormorant, 42
24. Surf Scoter, 1
25. Savannah Sparrow, 1
26. Piping Plover, 2
27. Leach Petrel, 1
28. Cooper Hawk
29. Bronzed Grackle, 25
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For a picture of Holboell Grebe, go to
<http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=694046&imageID=820748&parent_id=694043&word=&snum=&s=¬word=&d=&c=&f=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=9&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=8#>
and click on the Enlarge Image link....
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Richard A. Danca
Newton, MA
mailto:rdanca(AT)ix.netcom.com
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Subject: Southwick
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 11:56am
MassBirders,
I watched a few ducks that are currently in the only significant portion of
open water on the Congamond Lakes, which is @ South pond off of Rt 168;
1-Hooded Merganser (f)
2-Ring-neck Ducks (m)
1-Bufflehead (m)
2-Northern Pintail (m&f)
8-Mallards
30-Canada Geese
The ice looks like it will open up in other areas of the lakes in a few
days.
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
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Subject: To: massbird@world.std.com
From: Eileen_McGourty(AT)fws.gov
Date: 17 Mar 2008 1:18pm
The following species of waterfowl were counted during a recent waterbird
survey conducted at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge – Concord
Impoundments on Thursday, March 13, 2008:
Species Amount
Canada Goose 123
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 9
Green-winged Teal 15
Common Goldeneye 14
Bufflehead 2
Ring-necked Duck 58
Hooded Merganser 44
American Coot 2
Herring Gull 10
If you have any questions regarding management at the Concord
Impoundments, please contact the Refuge biological staff at
978-443-4661at ext 37 or 24.
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Eileen McGourty
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Eastern MA NWR Complex
73 Weir Hill Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-4661 ext. 37
978-265-7467 cell
978-443-2898 fax
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Subject: Ancient birding reports
From: Beth Milke <saw-whet(AT)charter.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 1:16pm
22. Holboell Grebe, 1?
I enjoy reading these birding reports from the "old days" and would
like to see one or two on Massbird from time to time, if a number of
other people agree.
Beth Milke
Uxbridge, MA
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Subject: Turkey Vultures, Lesser Yellowlegs, Quincy, ass
From: Joe Poggi <jospoggi(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 1:55pm
Two Turkey Vultures, two semi-palmated plovers, and a lesser yellow legs in the
Marsh off of East Squantum Street, Quincy, Mass
Joe Poggi
Quincy, Mass
jospoggi(AT)yahoo.com
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Subject: dead Swallow-tailed Kite - Chappaquiddick Island
Martha's Vineyard
From: "Jeremiah Trimble" <jtrimble(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 3:54pm
Hello MASSBIRDERS,
Word from Lanny McDowell that a Swallow-tailed Kite was found dead on
Chappaquiddick Island on March 14. It was first sighted on March 10
near Katama on Martha's Vineyard but not seen again until it was found
dead on the 14th on Chappaquiddick I. I know that there was a good
southerly blow at that time. Be on the lookout for other southeasterly
species!
Best,
Jeremiah Trimble
Cambridge, MA
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Subject: Black Vultures/Snow Geese
From: "Oakes Spalding" <ospalding(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 6:20pm
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Herman D'Entremont and I went west today. Driving various roads in =
Sheffield, we saw 3 Black Vultures. In Amherst on Russellville Road, =
there were 95 (rough count) Snow Geese. We could not find the Cackling =
Goose previously reported, but we could have missed it since there were =
hundreds of Canada Geese to sort through, many at great distance. We =
also did not see the previously reported Greater White-fronted Goose at =
the U Mass Campus Pond.
Oakes Spalding
Cambridge
ospalding(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: RE: dead Swallow-tailed Kite - Chappaquiddick
Island Martha's Vineyard
From: "Marshall J. Iliff" <miliff(AT)aol.com>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 9:20pm
Are you back in Cambridge now?
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Marshall J. Iliff
West Roxbury, MA
miliff AT aol.com
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http://www.ebird.org
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From: massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com
[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Trimble
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:53 PM
To: Massbird(AT)TheWorld.com
Subject: [MASSBIRD] dead Swallow-tailed Kite - Chappaquiddick Island
Martha's Vineyard
Hello MASSBIRDERS,
Word from Lanny McDowell that a Swallow-tailed Kite was found dead on
Chappaquiddick Island on March 14. It was first sighted on March 10
near Katama on Martha's Vineyard but not seen again until it was found
dead on the 14th on Chappaquiddick I. I know that there was a good
southerly blow at that time. Be on the lookout for other southeasterly
species!
Best,
Jeremiah Trimble
Cambridge, MA
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Subject: CT Report 03/17/2008 LITTLE GULL
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 9:14pm
From Greg Hanisek, Bill Banks, Randy Domina:
3/17 - Milford, Pond Point -- c 2:30 p.m. low tide 1 adult basic
LITTLE GULL, 1 adult BLACK-HEADED GULL with almost a full hood in
flock of 800 to 1,000 Bonaparte's Gulls. None of the Bonies
approached the head color of the Black-headed, so it's easy to find
(OK, relatively). We accessed the site from Platt St. Gulls were all
on beach to west, but later flew out onto water. Thanks Stacy Hanks
for info on this site. There was one Bonie at Oyster River and c 30
at Burwell Beach (Villa Rosa).
From Stacy Hanks
3/17 - Milford, Pond Point Beach towards BayView Beach -- 11 30 a.m.
Several hundred Bonaparte's. Can be Accessed from Pelham Ave.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/17 - Suffield, Route 159 -- 2 TUNDRA SWANS (3:30PM).
3/17 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 7 LESSER SCAUP.
From Janis LaPointe:
3/17 - Suffield, small pond off Rt. 159 -- Two Tundra Swans continue.
From Louise P. Tucker:
3/17 - Suffield, pond east of Rte. 159 between Thrall Ave and Bridge
St -- 2 Tundra Swans. Turn left on 159 from the bridge connecting
Enfield and Suffield. Pass Thrall St. and look left down the fields
toward the CT river. Swans are in a small pond with Canada Geese. If
you reach Bridge St. you went too far. Seen between 12:30 and 1:00 pm.
From Jack Swatt
3/17 - Suffield -- 2 Tundra Swans in small pond in fields between Rte.
159 and CT River (east of 159) between Thrall Ave. and Bridge St.
1:45-2:00 PM
From Jamie Meyers:
3/17 - Suffield -- Tundra Swans still present as of 4:15 PM this
afternoon.
From Mark Szantyr:
3/16 - Storrs, University of Connecticut, Horsebarn Hill and Mirror
Lake -- Greater White-fronted Goose.
Mansfield, Mansfield City Road, Stearn's Farm -- Cackling Goose.
Enfield -- two American Woodcock.
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