B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Fri, 28 Mar 2008

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Subject: Maria Mitchell Association fundraising Birdathon
         - this May!
From: "Ken Blackshaw" <kenandcindy1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 5:46am

Dear MassBirders - Here's your opportunity to enjoy birding Nantucket on a
weekend in May and help one of our nation's premier natural science
institutions - the Maria Mitchell Association - www.mmo.org.

This is a fundraising event for Maria Mitchell, specifically aimed at
raising funds for the enhancement of the Edith Folger Andrews bird
collection. Here is the link for details:
http://www.mmo.org/subcat.php?cat_id=4&subcat_id=13&art_id=255

The event starts at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 and ends at 5:00 p.m. the
next day.

Depending on the number of people choosing to come, there is even some free
housing available through the Association. Feel free to have your own team
or volunteer to help an existing team.

If this sounds like fun and you have questions - feel free to e-mail me at
curlewbird(AT)nantucket.net.

Ken Blackshaw
Nantucket Island

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Subject: woodcock, brown creeper  Outer Cape Cod
From: "cvf(AT)juno.com" <cvf@juno.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:20am

Our neighborhood woodcock showed up Wed night (a few days later than last year)
doing his aerial/peent display.  Yard birds early this morning included a brown
creeper among the "usual suspects" mixed flock of chickadees, red and white
breasted nuthatches, and tufted timouse.

Cynthia Franklin
cvf(AT)juno.com
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Subject: Great Meadows NWR, Concord , 3/27/08: tree
         swallows, pied-billed grebe
From: Bruce Larson <bruce.r.larson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:06am

The dike is dry and walkable at Great Meadows NWR in Concord.
Two surprises yesterday were 25 + tree swallows and 1 pied-billed grebe.
The grebe was near the far end of the lower impoundment when looking 
straight out from the beginning of the dike.

  Canada Goose 58
  Mute Swan 1
  Wood Duck 4 (4m)
  American Black Duck 6
  Mallard 2 (1m,1f)
  Green-winged Teal 3 (1m,2f)
  Ring-necked Duck 138
  Bufflehead 2 (1m,1f)
  Common Goldeneye 4 (2m,2f)
  Pied-billed Grebe 1
  Great Blue Heron 1
  Mourning Dove 1
  Tree Swallow 25+
  Red-winged Blackbird X
  Common Grackle X

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Subject: American Kestrel / Newbury
From: Lynette Leka <lynetteleka(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:28am

hunting from the utility wires on Pine Island Road - don't know if this
is the same bird that has been seen off&on during the winter around the
Plum Island Turnpike...

Lynette Leka
Newbury, MA 01951
email: lynette.leka(AT)yahoo.com

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Subject: Re: Great Meadows NWR, Concord , 3/27/08: tree
         swallows, pied-billed grebe
From: Bruce Larson <bruce.r.larson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 8:44am

.. and here is my sig.

Bruce Larson
Milton, MA
bruce.r.larson(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Snow Geese in Concord
From: Nsoulette(AT)aol.com
Date: 28 Mar 2008 8:56am

On behalf of Marian Thornton who does not have access to Massbird, I am  
reporting that she saw 30 Snow Geese this morning in Concord.  The location  was
on The Old Road to 9 Acre Corner (running between Sudbury Road and Emerson  
Hospital/Route 2) in the field across the road from the Matthiesson Field  
conservation land.  (I am probably spelling that wrong).

On a side note, when looking for waterfowl on the Sudbury River from  117, be 
very, very careful not to set foot on private land.  Stay on the  very edge 
of the road and absolutely do not go into the agricultural areas or on  
anyone's lawn.  There is at least one home owner there who is getting
frustrated by
birders gathering in front of his house.  Thanks!

Nancy Soulette
Lincoln,  MA
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Subject: Essex Great Egrets, Killdeer
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 9:24am

During a brief walk yesterday morning at Cogswell's Grant and adjacent marsh, I
saw 2 Great Egrets and a Killdeer.

John Nelson
Gloucester

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Subject: American Kestrel - Falmouth
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 11:16am

This morning at the Crane Wildlife Management area in
Falmouth I spotted an American Kestrel perched on a
snag north of the main parking area.

Interesting to see nest boxes in the fields. I wonder
if the state put them up and if so will the state be
monitoring them?

Mary

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Subject: Plum Island 3/28/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 1:14pm

Despite the horrid weather today, Ida Giriunas and I decided to make a  
run out to Plum Island to see what we could find. Even with driving  
snow, sometimes sleet, hail, or rain as well, we managed 46 species,  
and some quite good birds! On the way back we stopped at Scotland  
Road, and witnessed the awesome spectacle of close to 100 Snipe  
feeding on top of the snow around a sizable puddle. A picture of 30+  
birds can be seen at: http://www.pbase.com/image/94813096. Other  
highlights included, on Plum, Lesser Black-backed Gull, White-breasted  
Nuthatch, and Common Merganser. Lists below:

Plum Island (0820-1150):

Brant (Atlantic)     4 - The Basin
Canada Goose     76
Gadwall     16
American Wigeon     11
American Black Duck     388
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)     1
Mallard     12
Northern Pintail     85
Green-winged Teal (American)     43
Common Eider     25
White-winged Scoter     8
Long-tailed Duck     10
Bufflehead     36
Common Goldeneye     32
Hooded Merganser     6
Common Merganser     1f - River from Hellcat dike
Red-breasted Merganser     31
Common Loon     11
Great Blue Heron     1 - BFP
Northern Harrier     1m
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Merlin     1 - Just S of Pines
American Coot     1 - SIP
Killdeer     2 - Wardens
Wilson's Snipe     3 - North Field
Ring-billed Gull     15
Herring Gull     38
Lesser Black-backed Gull     1ad - Newburyport Harbor from N end of  
island
Great Black-backed Gull     19
Rock Pigeon     6
Mourning Dove     12
Great Horned Owl     1 - South of the new blind
Eastern Phoebe     1 - Just S of Lot 3
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     22
White-breasted Nuthatch     1 - Hidden Forest
American Robin     26
European Starling     85
American Tree Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     71
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     8
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     7
Eastern Meadowlark     2 - one singing, North Field
Common Grackle     35
House Sparrow     19

46 species.

Scotland Road Fields (1245):

Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     17
Wilson's Snipe     91
Horned Lark     46

4 species

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net
www.pbase.com/daviesphoto

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Subject: spring birds
From: kay langevin <lensantiques(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 1:54pm

The osprey are back in Mattapoisett and Wareham.  Yesterday I had 7 
yellow-rumped warblers at my suet feeders, very hungry.  I only see 
them here in early spring and fall, passing through.  Also a large 
flock of juncos, 12-15, under the feeders.  Wood ducks are around but 
not in my pond yet.

Kay Langevin, Acushnet
lensantiques(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Mass Audubon Birdathon
From: Taber Allison <taberallison(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 3:04pm

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BIRD-A-THON 2008: 25 YEARS & COUNTING=20
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I am pleased to announce Mass Audubon=92s 25th annual statewide Bird-a-thon=
, combining friendly birding competition with fundraising for the protectio=
n of birds.  Bird-a-thon offers individuals at all levels of interest and b=
irding expertise the opportunity to participate while raising money for Mas=
s Audubon wildlife sanctuaries and programs.=20
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The 24-hour event begins at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and continues until 6=
 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. This 24-hour time frame allows teams flexibility=
 in rotating birding schedules, the chance to locate nocturnal birds, and t=
ime to come together and celebrate at their Mass Audubon sanctuary at the e=
nd of the day.=20
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han  630 birders who raise thousands of dollars to benefit Mass Audubon=92s=
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ung birders and opportunities for those who want to bird locally.=20
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Mass Audubon awards numerous prizes to Birdathon participants, including te=
am trophies for most species recorded and most money raised. The top indivi=
dual fundraiser will win a bird photo by Shawn P. Carey, matted and framed =
by Mass Audubon. The IBA award encourages birders who wish to minimize thei=
r carbon footprint by birding only in Important Bird Areas.  Bird-a-thon Te=
am members who raise a minimum of $75, or obtain 10 sponsor pledges, will r=
eceive a 2008 Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon T-shirt.=20
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Even if you can=92t join a team, you can still participate by pledging mone=
y to a team for each bird species recorded during the 24-hour event. To joi=
n a team, make a pledge or donation, or find out more, contact Mass Audubon=
 at 800-AUDUBON (283-8266) or visit www.massaudubon.org/birdathon.
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We thank you for your past support and participation, and we look forward t=
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Lincoln, MA
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Subject: Spring Song
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 3:02pm

Sitting in my dining room this afternoon, working on my laptop,  
trying to meet a deadline for an essay I'm writing about the joys of  
summer (which I started writing on a day with a windchill in the  
teens just a week or so ago), I was distracted by a few of the sounds  
of spring.

At one point, I had a Fox Sparrow, a Song Sparrow and Dark-Eyed  
Juncos singing, all at once, in my tiny back yard.

This is one of those moments that just doesn't last--the Fox Sparrows  
head north, the juncos head for the hills, and in the next few weeks  
migration will start to gain momentum.

I can't wait.

Good birding.

--Jake

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatlux at interport dot net

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Subject: Nest Boxes at Crane WMA
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 3:22pm

I should have specified that the nest boxes at the
Crane Wildlife Management Area are Eastern
Bluebird/Tree Swallow nest boxes. Sorry for the
confusion. 

I'd still be curious to know if someone will be
monitoring them.

Mary Keleher 
Mashpee, MA

  Cape Cod Bird Club
  www.massbird.org/ccbc

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Subject: Berkshire Report
From: "Tom Collins" <tcbirder(AT)nycap.rr.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 4:20pm

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Hi All:
A surprise late this afternoon about 5:00 pm; a FOS Chipping Sparrow =
working over the black-oil sunflower seed. This is the earliest date in =
my records with April 12th being the usual date of this species arriving =
here in central Berkshire.
Also, a lone Fox sparrow dining on white millet doing it's usual dance =
turning soil and leaves.
Good birding,
Tom Collins,=20
Pittsfield, Ma.
"In the Heart of the Golden West"
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Subject: Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird, Saturday 2
         pm at Harvard Museum of Natural History, author's talk
From: Blue Magruder <bmagruder(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 4:38pm

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    The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird

      Author's Talk with Al Powell

        Saturday, March 29, 2:00 pm

In his new book, Harvard journalist Al Powell tells the story of the 
po'ouli, a small Hawaiian forest bird that went extinct in 2004, just 30 
years after it was first discovered. Powell examines the broader issue 
of environmental devastation that has visited the Hawaiian Islands 
unique ecosystem, and why we failed to save this bird. Free with museum 
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Subject: Fox Sparrows Gloucester
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 6:22pm

Location:  Gloucester01930  Observation date:     3/28/08
Notes:     FOX SPARROWS! 2 birds visiting all day working on the ground under
both feeders. I had been wondering when I'd see one as March was near ending.
Number of species:     19

Mourning Dove     X
Downy Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
American Robin     X
European Starling     X
American Tree Sparrow     1
Fox Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco     5
Northern Cardinal     3
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Common Grackle     10
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

winterwren2(AT)verizon.net 
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."  Frank Lloyd Wright

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Subject: Plum I. & Scotland Rd., Newbury; 28 March 2008.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:12pm

FRIDAY, 28 MARCH 2008:
PLUM ISLAND: refuge section, no ocean surveyed: (1100-1615 hrs.)
Weather: Overcast, snow and sleet until 1315 hrs, then light drizzle; 
NNE winds 20-25 mph, 32-33 F; 1-2" snow cover.
Richard S. Heil

'Pale-bellied Brant (30)
Canada Goose (85+)
Gadwall (6)
American Wigeon (10)
American Black Duck (140+)
Mallard (8)
Northern Pintail (87)
Green-winged Teal (102)
Common Eider (35)
White-winged Scoter (6)
Oldsquaw (4)
Bufflehead (12)
Common Goldeneye (28)
Hooded Merganser (13)
Common Merganser (2)-Forward Pool.
Red-breasted Merganser (20)
Common Loon (24)-P.I. Sound.
Great Blue Heron (1)
Osprey (1)
Northern Harrier (6): Including 2 ad. males.
American Kestrel (2m.): 1-Pines Field, 1-North Pool Field.
Merlin (2)
Peregrine Falcon (1 imm.): Forced an entire flock of twenty teal in 
flight to ditch it into Stage I. Pool.
Virginia Rail (1): Flushed from under Hellcat Swamp Trail boardwalk.
American Woodcock (3): Walking around behind Hellcat Restroom.
Ring-billed Gull (6)
Herring Gull (50+)
Great Black-backed Gull (4)
Rock Pigeon (8)
Mourning Dove (6): One nest building in Red Cedar.
Great Horned Owl (1): Sitting on nest in Jap. Black Pine grove near 
Forward Pool blind.
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Northern Shrike (1)
Blue Jay (3)
American Crow (8)
Horned Lark (36)
Black-capped Chickadee (9)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (3)-Hellcat.
American Robin (12)
European Starling (10)
Cedar Waxwing (18)
American Tree Sparrow (15)
Song Sparrow (83)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
White-throated Sparrow (3)
Dark-eyed Junco (8)
Snow Bunting (5)-boat ramp.
Northern Cardinal (7)
Red-winged Blackbird (6)
Common Grackle (65)
House Finch (2)
House Sparrow (8)

SCOTLAND RD. WET MEADOWS, NEWBURY (1700-1720 hrs.)
Green-winged Teal (2)
Killdeer (11)
Wilson's Snipe (144)
American Tree Sparrow (5)

Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Ruddy Turnstones - Revere
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:30pm

Paul Peterson reports 4 Ruddy Turnstones today at Crescent Beach in 
Revere on the Winthrop line.  Thanks to Paul for this report.

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com

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Subject: TV @ Alewife
From: stevensimpson(AT)comcast.net
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:20pm

Yesterday, at 11:00 a.m., while sitting in traffic at Alewife station in
Cambridge, I observed a Turkey Vulture lazily soaring (but fairly low) over the
gap between the parking garage and Ringe Towers.

Maybe it was attracted by some smell from Summer Shack?

--
Steven A. Simpson (Arlington)
GallerySimpson.com

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Subject: Stony Brook Wildlife Sanc. Norfolk 3/28
From: "Taylor Yeager" <tyeager(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 7:36pm

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5 FOX SPARROWS at once at our platform feeder at 6pm. Very Exciting.
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Naturalist
Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary
108 North St
Norfolk, MA 02056
(508) 528-3140 x124
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Subject: One Common Redpoll, Fox Sparrows in Deerfield
From: "Rob Ranney" <rranney(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 9:00pm

Friday morning, in the snow, a single Common Redpoll visited our feeders. 
We had not noted any in the yard since mid-February.

Five Fox Sparrows also made an appearance with many Juncos and local 
regulars.

Rob Ranney-Blake
Deerfield, Mass.
rranney(AT)rcn.com

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Subject: Plum Island Bird Sightings
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 8:58pm

Mass Birders,

With spring underway and more arrivals every day, let me remind you of  
the Plum Island bird data available on my website. I update the pages  
every day, and with so many wonderful birders sharing their sightings  
with me, the info is reasonably complete.

My birding site is at:

http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/

The section on the page labeled "Bird Sightings from Plum Island" is  
where you will find all the information about the, well, bird  
sightings from Plum Island.

Did you know there is a 2008 year list contest underway for Plum  
Island? The last link in the sightings section takes you to the  
standings page. The contest is open to anyone. Click the rules link on  
the page for more info.

Good birding,

Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Think globally, bird locally

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Subject: CT Report 03/28/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 9:06pm

*******   THIS SATURDAY, March 29
*******   The One and Only COA Annual Meeting!!!
*******   Middlesex Community College
*******   Middletown, CT
*******   For details, visit the COA web site:
*******   http://www.ctbirding.org/08meeting.htm

 From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer:
3/28/08 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullock's Oriole under feeder
at first light 6:45am.

 From Nick Bonomo, Greg Hanisek, Roy Harvey, Neil Currie, Randy
Domina:
3/28 - Canaan , 60 Orchard Street -� first winter male Bullock's
Oriole at 8:05 for five minutes or more, and again before 8:30.  Very
good looks (and poor photographs).

Bullock's Oriole Notes:
1) We had negative reports from later in the morning, no reports at
all, positive or negative, from the afternoon.
2) From the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44 in Canaan, go north on Rt 7
for less than half a mile.  Orchard St is the first left turn.
3) Nick Bonomo posted some pictured of the Bullock's Oriole:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nbonomo/BullockSOriole
4) Nick also suggested that providing the homeowners, Ingrid & Tom
Schaefer, with oranges to put out (sliced in half, of course) might
make the bird more cooperative.
5) Greg Hanisek posted an interesting summary of the history of
Bullock's Oriole in Connecticut over on CTBirds.

 From Paul Carrier:
3/28 - Harwinton, yard feeders -- After 2 weeks of only 16 Common
Redpolls at the feeder, when it was snowing in the morning there were
160 plus Common Redpolls.  At 2:45, I saw I believe the same flock
here again, and in with this flock was a classic HOARY REDPOLL male.
This was the second male I have seen this year, and this bird was the
frostiest.  If it stays I will post it to CTBirds.

 From Kevin Finnan:
3/28 - Litchfield, Beach Street, field beyond the Holstein farm -- a
flock of about 200 Snow Geese shortly before 4:00 PM.

 From Ian Gereg and Olaf Soltau:
3/28 - Litchfield, Beach Street -- 250+ Greater Snow Geese (incl. 2
blue phase adults) in corn field behind Meadow Ridge Farm

 From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/28 - East Granby, Peak Mountain Hawk Watch -- EASTERN MEADOWLARK,
COMMON RAVEN, 19 SNOW GEESE flying low, NE looking for a place to
land, Suffield?

 From Hank Golet:
3/28 - Westbrook, Menunketesuck Flats --18 PURPLE SANDPIPERS (these
purple sandpipers are not on rocks as typically seen but are feeding
on the gravel bar with turnstones, sanderlings, bb plovers, and dunlin
and they can be lumped in with dunlin very easily because of where
they are..)

 From Lisa Marie Gagnon:
3/27 - Mansfield -- 3 Snow Geese

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