B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Sun, 30 Mar 2008

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Subject: barn swallow in Ipswich, 3/29
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 12:08am

Today I watched a BARN SWALLOW for several minutes as it foraged over a cove 
in the Ipswich River in the downtown area.  There are very few records of 
barn swallows in Essex County before April.

Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
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Subject: ECOC Meeting April 4, 2008 - New England
         Hummingbirds with Sharon Stichter
From: ECOC Mail <vze2xrsu(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 6:36am

Friday, April 4, 7:45 p.m.
New England Hummingbirds
Plus ECOC meeting, 7:30-7:45 p.m.

Sharon Stichter, director of New England Hummers, presents images of 
Ruby-throats and other less common hummingbird species found in New 
England, while sharing her deep knowledge of these colorful dynamos. 
Stichter will also present findings from her ongoing study of the 
arrival and departure dates of resident Ruby-throats, as well as advice 
for people interested in attracting hummers to their yard through 
plantings and feeders. Historic hummingbird specimens and nests from the 
PEM collection will also be on view. Co-sponsored by the Peabody Essex 
Museum.

Phillips Library Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Free and open 
to the public. See the ECOC web site for directions at:

http://massbird.org/ecoc/

Phil Brown
Essex, MA 01929
ecocmail(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: carpool to ECOC meetings?
From: Lynette Leka <lynetteleka(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:04am

if anyone might be interested in carpooling from the vicinity of the
Newburyport Route 1 traffic circle to ECOC meetings, kindly get in
touch - thanks, LL

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

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Subject: Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program -
          MA tax checkoff
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:22am

For those of you finishing up your taxes, here's a reminder!

No one likes to do their taxes, but if you care about the future of 
our
wildlife and wild places, please consider making a crucial donation
while you're filling out your state tax form.

Since 1983, the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program 
(NHESP)
has been an integral part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries 
and
Wildlife (MDFW).  Over the past 24 years, this program has focused on 

conserving rare species and important habitats not addressed through
the agency's more traditional programs.

In 2004, the Heritage line-item was struck from the state budget, 
leaving
Heritage funded only by project-specific bond monies, federal aid -
which covers wildlife but not natural communities or plants (of the 
442
listed species, 264 are plants), a small but very appreciated number 
of
voluntary individual contributions on state income tax forms, and 
fees from
Environmental Review under the Massachusetts Endangered Species Act.

This has left Heritage in a tenuous position, leaving rare plant and 
natural
community protection poorly supported and with uncertain and limited
funds for rare species research and restoration.  Voluntary 
contributions
on your state income tax form are an important part of the funding 
equation
for this program.

To learn more about rare and endangered species conservation, visit
www.mass.gov/masswildlife (click on Natural Heritage).  Scroll down
to "Support us" for more information on the tax checkoff and making
a contribution.  If you have already filed your taxes, it is not too 
late
to make a contribution directly!

Thanks to Massachusetts Audubon and Marion Larson of Masswildlife
for additional information

Help get the word out - circulate this to others who might be 
interested.

Please contribute and support this worthwhile program!

Barbara Volkle, moderator MASSBIRD
Northboro, MA
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Released February 14, 2008

SUPPORT THE RARE WILD THINGS ON YOUR STATE TAX FORM!

MassWildlife's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) 
was removed from the state's operating budget in 2004. Since then the 
NHESP has been funded by project-specific bond monies, fees, federal 
grants, and voluntary contributions. A major source of funding for 
the protection of rare and endangered species in Massachusetts comes 
from voluntary tax refund donations. Since 1983, Massachusetts tax 
filers have had the option of donating to MassWildlife's Natural 
Heritage & Endangered Species Fund while filing their state income 
tax form (Line 32). All contributions go to the Natural Heritage & 
Endangered Species Fund, which currently is the source for a 
significant portion of the annual operating budget of the Natural 
Heritage & Endangered Species Program. Over 20,000 tax filers support 
the program each year. When you contribute to the fund, you help to 
protect and restore rare and endangered animals, plants, and their 
habitats. Past donations have helped conserve and restore in the 
Commonwealth populations of the Bald Eagle, Hessel's Hairstreak 
butterfly, the Redbelly Cooter, and the beautiful Eastern Silvery 
Aster. If you have made a contribution in this manner, thank you for 
supporting the Program and its conservation efforts! Contributions 
can also be made directly to the fund by sending a check payable to 
the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Fund to: Natural Heritage & 
Endangered Species Program, Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, 1 
Rabbit Hill Rd, Westborough, MA 01581.

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Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Allens Pond and Westport
         River Watershed--IBA , 3/28/08
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:44am

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Location:     Allens Pond and Westport River Watershed--IBA
Observation date:     3/28/08
Notes:     Most freshwater ducks (plus Finches, Phoebe) were seen en route
at W. Bridgewater. Chill NW wind kept down thicket birds and smaller
migrants (swallows).
Number of species:     61

Canada Goose     88
Mute Swan     10
American Wigeon     4
American Black Duck     75
Mallard     155
Northern Pintail     8
Green-winged Teal     45
Canvasback     6
Ring-necked Duck     10
Greater Scaup     6
Common Eider     880
Bufflehead     84
Common Goldeneye     5
Hooded Merganser     12
Common Merganser     4
Red-breasted Merganser     45
Ruddy Duck     2
Red-throated Loon     2
Common Loon     4
Horned Grebe     5
Red-necked Grebe     2
Double-crested Cormorant     7
Great Cormorant     6
Great Egret     9
Turkey Vulture     14
Osprey     11
Northern Harrier     1
Red-tailed Hawk     4
hawk sp.     1
Merlin     1
Killdeer     3
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Purple Sandpiper     3
Dunlin     2
Ring-billed Gull     500
Herring Gull (American)     240
Iceland Gull     1
Great Black-backed Gull     14
Rock Pigeon     10
Mourning Dove     6
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
American Crow     11
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
American Robin     45
Northern Mockingbird     6
European Starling     20
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
American Tree Sparrow     6
Song Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     3
Northern Cardinal     6
Eastern Meadowlark     2
Common Grackle     16
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Purple Finch     5
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     18

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Subject: Barnacle Goose update
From: Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:34am

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Hello Massbirders,
For those contemplating looking for the Barnacle Goose today  
(Sunday), Dave Johnston from Vermont had the bird around 6:50 p.m.  
Saturday in the field across the river (east) from Bennett Meadow WMA  
in Northfield. The geese generally will flush from Bennett Meadow  
(popular dog walking area) and land in this field. Good luck!

Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
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Subject: Barnacle Goose origins
From: Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 9:22am

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Hello Massbirders,
Something to contemplate when looking at a Barnacle Goose.
http://www.philjeffrey.net/angus_barnacle.html

Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
birdnorth(AT)hughes.net

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Subject: Common Mergansers, Scaup spp, Halifax
From: Goshawk3(AT)aol.com
Date: 30 Mar 2008 10:30am

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In the course of a car breakdown disaster, I had to deliver one of my kids  
to the Monponsett Inn in Halifax. At about 5:45 PM, on the way up Monponsett  
St., through the ponds, I noted some white diving ducks in the distance. After
dropping off my passenger, I pulled into the stop-off spot heading toward Rte 
 106. I was pleased to find that the white spots were: a drake bufflehead,  
several groups of Common Mergansers, including one group so actively feeding  
that they looked like penguins, and a pair of Scaup. Because I was still in the
 middle of remedying the car problem , I couldn't take the time to get the 
right  field marks for the Scaup. I'm guessing maybe Greater? In addition, there
was a  larger flock of Scaup on the water closer to the Restaurant. Looks 
like a great  place to bird for the next few days!

Denise Cabral
Walnut St., West Bridgewater
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Subject: Northfied Bohemians
From: "Geoff LeBaron" <glebaron(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 11:38am

Greetings Massbirders,

After being about the only one I've heard of to strike out with Bohemian
Waxwings on Friday or Saturday in Northfield, the third time proved to be
the charm today (Sunday 3/30).  This morning at 10:30 am there was a flock
of approximately 150 Bohemian Waxwings and about 50 Cedar Waxwings feeding
on the juniper berries lining the Rt. 10 roadside at the junction with Rt.
63.  These birds offered superb views, often at or below eye level,
sometimes feeding on the ground between the pavement and the juniper-lined
guardrail.

Interestingly, at about 11:00 there was also the previously reported flock
of about 300 Bohemians with 100 Cedars much farther down Rt. 63, in the
roadside orchard across from mailbox #260.  Fyi this location is not far
into Northfield from the Gill line; it is some distance from the junction of
Rts 10 & 63.  Thus I believe there are at least two large flocks of Bohemian
Waxwings (with smaller numbers of Cedars) present in Northfield today.

Bennett Meadow was quiet; no geese were present at all, with about 15
Mallards, one American Black Duck, two Green-winged Teal, and six Wood Ducks
in the pond nearest the parking lot.  No blackbirds of any species were seen
there.

Good birding,
Geoff

Geoff LeBaron
Williamsburg MA
glebaron<at>comcast<dot>net

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Subject: Woodcocks - Reading
From: "Bill Crawford" <crawfordwm(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 12:06pm

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Massbird:  An outstanding Woodcock experience last nite (Sat, 3/29) at =
the Bare Meadow town conservation land in Reading (off Rte 28 - Main =
St., then east ~300 yds on Pearl St - left info the small parking lot).  =
"Peents" started @ 7:22 PM EDT and continued until after we left at 7:55 =
PM (got VERY cold!).  At least two birds, 8-10 aerial displays, good =
views walking on the ground (@ 200 ft. - once for 2+ min - all in =
deteriorating light). =20

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Again, OUTSTANDING!

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Subject: 3/30 Duxbury, Plymouth - Fish Crows, waterfowl,
         et al
From: Rick Bowes <rbowes(AT)bowesweb.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 11:56am

Sat. 3/30   Birded in small snatches today in Duxbury and Plymouth; 
overall probably 2 hours.

The highlight was the fun of seeing 22 species of waterfowl.  Other highlights:
   Turkey Vulture:   Single bird over jct. Rt 3 & Rt 44 east
   Osprey:   Bay road pole is now occupied
   Sharp-shinned hawk:   At my house eyeing the sparrows and juncos 
grazing on the lawn.
   Fish Crow:  Two on the wires and calling at the Town "transfer 
station"/ a/k/a Dump (FOY)
   Tree  Swallow:   Several dozen swooping over the East St. 
pond/bogs that abut Route 3.

Overall, though, this was a "ducky" day.  Without setting out to 
build a waterfowl list, I watched the waterfowl species mount up. 
Particularly productive was Hedges Pond (off Bourne St) in North 
Plymouth . I was surprised to find 23 Scaup scattered over the pond 
and was able to identify 2 Greater males (east end)  and 4 Lesser 
(west end) while another 8 males (middle) I didn't struggle 
with.  The rest were females and I'm content to just call them 
(sp.).  In the list below I have asterisked the 11 species that were 
present on this little pond.  The complete waterfowl list follows:
Canada Goose *
Brant
Mute Swan  *
Wood Duck
Gadwall  *
Am. Wigeon
Black Duck  *
Mallard  *
Northern Pintail - pr at Nelson's Beach in Plymouth
Green-w. Teal - at Jenny's Mill Pond
Ring-n Duck  *
Greater Scaup  *
Lesser Scaup   *
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-w Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead    *
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser  *
Common merganser   *
Red-breasted Merganser
Rick Bowes
Duxbury, MA
rbowes(at)bowesweb.com

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Subject: [Fwd: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills
         Reservation , 3/30/08]
From: Milton Trimitsis <milton.trimitsis(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 12:26pm

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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:45:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org
To: milton(AT)trimitsis.com
Subject: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation , 3/30/08

Location:     Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation
Observation date:     3/30/08
Number of species:     24

Canada Goose     X
Mallard     X
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Mourning Dove     X
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
Golden-crowned Kinglet     X
American Robin     X
European Starling     X
Fox Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

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Subject: Fox Sparrow in Westwood (Mar. 29)
From: "Walt Webb" <wwebb24(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 12:16pm

A fox sparrow scratched furiously for seeds below my feeder late yesterday 
(Mar. 29). I hadn't seen one in my back yard in 7 years.

Walt Webb
Westwood, MA
wwebb24(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Marshfield
From: Jim Moore <epiphenomenon(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 1:54pm

Had some time to do a bit of birding this morning 
at Daniel Webster.  As usual, there was a good 
raptor show and also a few of the early migrants.

Location:     Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, 
Marshfield, MA

Canada Goose     200
Mute Swan     X
Mallard     X
Turkey Vulture     1
OSPREY     2 (one on nest platform and one nearby)
Northern Harrier     1 male
Red-tailed Hawk     1
AMERICAN KESTREL     1
MERLIN     1
AMERICAN WOODCOCK     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
NORTHERN SHRIKE     1 (adult)
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
TREE SWALLOW     4
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Eastern Bluebird     1
HERMIT THRUSH     1
American Robin     30
Northern Mockingbird     1
American Tree Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     X
Dark-eyed Junco     1
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
American Goldfinch     1
House Sparrow     3

Also ahead Double-crested Cormorant at 
Musquashicut pond, Scituate, and an Osprey flyover 
in South Quincy yesterday.

Jim Moore
Quincy, MA
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Subject: Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary , 3/30/08
From: Warren Tatro <wtatro(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 1:08pm

> Hello Massbirders,

    Chris Sullivan and I led a program today at Ipswich River  
Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield for the Massachusetts Audubon  
Society.  We had great weather, but a bit chilly at first with  
temperatures around 20 degrees.  A quick note to the participants
    of the program:  The Turkey Vulture and Eastern Phoebe were seen  
by Chris and I 10 minutes after the program ended.  Our next program  
is at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on April 27th.   
Anyone interested please join us and call
    the sanctuary office at (978) 887-9264.

    Warren Tatro
    Peabody, MA
    wtatro(AT)verizon.net
>
>
> Location:     Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
> Observation date:     3/30/08
> Number of species:     32
>
> Canada Goose     2- Bunker meadow
> Wood Duck     10- most flying near Mile brook
> Mallard     6- mile brook
> Ring-necked Duck     19- most on Bunker meadow
> Bufflehead     7- Bunker meadow
> Turkey Vulture     1- flying over office
> Mourning Dove     3
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1- feeders
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Northern Flicker     2- heard calling
> Eastern Phoebe     1- parking lot
> Blue Jay     6
> American Crow     10
> Tree Swallow     1- flying over parking lot
> Black-capped Chickadee     15
> Tufted Titmouse     5
> White-breasted Nuthatch     5
> Brown Creeper     1- seen and heard singing near waterfowl pond
> Eastern Bluebird     3- north and south field, possibly same birds
> Hermit Thrush     2- near the rockery
> American Robin     50- many everywhere
> American Tree Sparrow     3- feeders
> Fox Sparrow     1- feeders
> Song Sparrow     25- many at top of hill
> White-throated Sparrow     3
> Dark-eyed Junco     10
> Northern Cardinal     10
> Red-winged Blackbird     20- most at Bunker meadow
> Common Grackle     10
> Brown-headed Cowbird     3
> American Goldfinch     3
> House Sparrow     5
>
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Subject: Wayland
From: Glenn Long <hdtwblg(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 1:30pm

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et with 3-4 Tree Swallows.
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Subject: More Bohemians, 3/30
From: Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 2:14pm

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Hello Massbirders,
While cross country skiing in the woods off of Collier Cemetery Rd.  
in Northfield we had a large flock of between 40-50 Bohemian Waxwings  
perched in a large oak around 12:30 p.m. The now familiar call note  
of these birds alerted us to their location and had great looks  
without bins. They then took off directly over our heads in the  
direction of Stevens Swamp, close by in Warwick. These may be the  
same flock we had in our driveway yesterday but Collier Cemetery Rd.  
is about 5-6 miles away here.

Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
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Subject: Osprey Pair on Platform, East Squantum Street,
         Quincy
From: Joe Poggi <jospoggi(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 2:56pm

The male and female Osprey,have both returned to the platform on the Marsh off
of East Squantum Street, near Marina Bay, Quincy.  An Eastern Meadowlark was
behind the Beachwood Recreation Center by the School Buses, also off East
Squantum Street, Quincy.

Joe Poggi
Quincy, Mass
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Subject: The Lakes of Wakefield & Lynnfield
From: "David Williams" <dave.williams6(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 2:32pm

I checked out the following lakes today.
Lake Quannapoitt, Wakefield
Canada goose - 15  very low number for here
Mute swan - 1
Mallard - 7
Hooded merganser - 7
Common merganser - 37
Pied-billed grebe - 2

Crystal Lake, Wakefield
Canada goose - 2 again, as low a number as I have ever seen
Mute swan - 2
Mallard - 3
Ring-neck duck - 16
Bufflehead - 14
Pied-billed grebe - 2

Lynnfield Marsh, Wakefield/Lynnfield
Canada goose - 48
Mute swan - 3
Am. wigeon - 2
Am. black duck - 2
Mallard - 25
Green-winged teal - 1
Bufflehead - 16
Killdeer - 1

Pillings Pond, Lynnfield
Canada goose - 11
Mute swan - 2
Mallard - 2
Hooded merganser - 10
Common merganser - 13

Suntog Reservoir, Lynnfield/Peabody

Common loon - 1  first ever there for me
Pied-billed grebe - 3
Canada geese - 17
Mallard - 6
Ring-neck duck - 39
Common mergansers - 45
Killdeer - 2
There appeared to be only about 5 nests occupied with Great Blue
herons out on Humpfries Island in the Suntog Reservoir rookery.

Dave Williams
Reading, MA

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Subject: great meadows fish crows
From: "William Freedberg" <4mrfish(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 3:14pm

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Massbirders,

Four or five FISH CROWS flew over the great meadow concord impoundments,
heading west, at about noon today.  They were flying very directly and at
quite a clip, calling.
Also were a few blue-winged teals and common goldeneye (both upper pool),
wood ducks, and what someone said he thought was a redhead (lower pool).
Tree swallows were everywhere.

Good birding,

William Freedberg
Belmont, MA
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Subject: Barnacle Goose update, 3/30
From: Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 3:28pm

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Hello Massbirders,
After reading Geoff LeBaron's post, I went down to Bennett Meadow  
around 3:45 to check out the fields. The geese had returned and were  
scattered all over, most being out in the back. The Barnacle Goose  
was present with the majority of the geese at the far end of the field.

BARNACLE GOOSE
Canada Goose (800)
Snow Goose (75)

Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
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Subject: Birds and Two-Year-Old
From: "Martha Schwope" <schwopes(AT)msn.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 4:37pm

I had great fun today with a two-year-old boy who is fascinated with birds.  
He has a dog, and has a tell-the-dog-to-come voice down pat.

So there he was all afternoon.  "Come HERE, Phoebe!"  "Come HERE, Robin!"  
He must have tried a hundred times, only stopping because it was time to 
have lunch.

Martha Schwope, Concord, MA

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Subject: NY Times Op-Ed 3/30
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theWorld.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 5:38pm

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this editorial from today's NYTimes may be of interest....

OPINION   | March 30, 2008

<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?ex=1207540800&en=ec53c93877f5bab7&ei=5070&emc=eta1>Op-Ed 
Contributor:  Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?

By BRIDGET STUTCHBURY
Migratory songbirds are suffering mysterious population declines, and 
pesticides may well be to blame.

http://nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?ex=1207540800&en=ec53c93877f5bab7&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
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Subject: Turners Falls & Northfield
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 5:26pm

MassBirders,

Cheryl & I went up to Rt 63 in Northfield & Turners Falls after the Holyoke
St Patrick's parade this afternoon, Highlights' were as follows;

1-Mute Swan-Turners Falls
16-Ring-necked Duck-Turners Falls
26-Hooded Mergansers-Turners Falls
65-Common Merganser-Turners Falls
1-Bald Eagle-Flying over Oxbow Marina ID'd by Cheryl
1-Sharp-shinned Hawk-perched at the on ramp to 91 south from Rt 2
1-Killdeer-Turners Falls
250 minimum-Bohemian Waxwings-Rt 63 @ the apple orchards across from mailbox
260 in North Field

We arrived at the Rt 63 Apple orchard around 2:15 or so, noticed a few birds
flitting about and turned around to find many many Bohemians! At one point I
put the scope on a group of birds high in a hardwood tree and counted 21
Bohemians in view at once! Many of the Bohemians were feeding on apples that
had dropped to the ground, watching them tugging and feverishly feeding on
the apples was quite the site. 

Suddenly all of the Bohemians and Cedars circled the area and headed North
over the pine trees, thanks to the individuals that found these birds and
posted the sightings.

Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
Ptbagger(at)Verizon(dot)net 

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Subject: 3/31 Duxbury Beach - lots of Pipers
From: Rick Bowes <rbowes(AT)bowesweb.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 5:56pm

Sun 3/31: 2:00-5:15; HiTide 6:50pm; Temp 39; Cloudless;Wind: N 10mph; 
Bay quiet; Ocean no surf

A nice day with most of the winter regulars well in evidence.  Grebes 
and loons are easier to see when the waters are calm, hence the following
Horned Grebe (20+) various plumages/molts
Red-necked Grebe (5)  one in full breeding plumage, others molting

Today was a Piping Plover fest: 9 in all. All the birds were at the 
water's edge on the ocean side.  At low tide the beach currently is 
very sandy and flat making it relatively easy to see the birds 
against the dark wet sand on the incoming tide.  Except for one pair, 
the birds were spaced at least 100 yards from each other all along 
the beach from about the first crossover down to the washover just 
south of High Pines.  I've seen more on one day but that's been a 
little later in the season when there have been pairs in known spots 
and young.  In truth, the number probably isn't unusual - rather it 
reflects perfect observing conditions and my being there at the right 
time with adequate time to move deliberately down the beach.  I was 
intrigued that there were lots of people out walking, some with 
frolicking dogs, and the Pipers didn't seem to mind - almost never 
flushing and instead running into the surf to create sufficient 
distance.  I also noted that none of the birds seemed in as bright 
plumage as the males get when they are actually involved in 
nesting.  Perhaps they are in the last stages of molt or else these 
are mostly females?
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Rick Bowes
rbowes(AT)bowesweb.com
PO Box 1637, Duxbury, MA   02331

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Subject: Re: More Bohemians, 3/30
From: "Ilija Dukovski" <ilija.dukovski(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 5:52pm

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Although not a Mass report I'd like to add that I had a flock of more than
100 Bohemian Waxwings in Portland Maine today. It might be that there is a
huge irruption going on all over
New England right now. If the moderator permits I would suggest to report on
this list
B. Waxwings this week from all of New England just to get an idea of the
magnitude.

Ilija Dukovski
Newton MA

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net> wrote:

> Hello Massbirders,While cross country skiing in the woods off of Collier
> Cemetery Rd. in Northfield we had a large flock of between 40-50 Bohemian
> Waxwings perched in a large oak around 12:30 p.m. The now familiar call
> note of these birds alerted us to their location and had great looks without
> bins. They then took off directly over our heads in the direction of Stevens
> Swamp, close by in Warwick. These may be the same flock we had in our
> driveway yesterday but Collier Cemetery Rd. is about 5-6 miles away here.
>
> Mark Taylor
> Northfield, MA
> birdnorth(AT)hughes.net
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Subject: Golden Plover, PI Airport 3/30
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 6:40pm

Margo and I birded Plum Island today with the following results:

C. loon 3
Horned grebe 2
GREAT EGRET across from PIG
TURKEY VULTURE 2
SNOW GOOSE 2 flying north along south dike
C. goose
100+ brant, Emerson Rocks
Mute swan, 2
Black duck
Mallard
n. pintail
g.w.teal
Ring-necked duck, 7 Stage Is. Pool
c. eider
Long-tailed duck
Bufflehead
c. golden eye
r.b.merganser
Hooded merganser
Ruddy duck, 2 Stage Is. Pool
OSPREY 2
n. harrier4
Rt hawk
Rough-legged hawk, lt morph
Kestrel, migrating north, Hellcat
KILLDEER, 1 NP Overlook
Wilson’s snipe, 4 North field
Ring-billed gull 
Herring gull
Great black-backed gull
Rock dove
Mourning dove
n. Shrike, North Field
Bluw jay
A. Crow
B.c. chickadee
Golden-cr kinglet
A. robin
Starling
Tree sp.
Song sp.
Dark-eyed junco
Red-winged blackbird
c. grackle
House finch
Goldfinch 3, 1 Pannes
House sp.

We also had 1 GOLDEN PLOVER at the Plum Island Airport along with 6 killdeer at
about 4:30pm.  This  bird was originally called into Bird Watcher’s Supply &
Gift earlier by another observer and was not posted.  My apologies.

Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA 
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Subject: Borderland Park ducks
From: Plimpton-Magee <plimag(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:04pm

Birders:  At Leach Pond this afternoon at Borderland State Park, a  
shallow but big pond, I counted some 36 Ring-necked Ducks.  At the  
same time a pair of Wood Ducks flew off.  Then around in back in the  
even shallower area there were another 25 or so Ring-necks.   Driving  
home at Lake Massapoag in Sharon there were just a few Black Ducks  
and some Canada Geese.  There were a few at Borderland too.   
Otherwise just Robins on the meadows, a Cardinal or two singing, one  
or two Song Sparrows I heard.  .  .
																			Oakes (Plimpton)

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Subject: Merlin, Glaucous Gull in Lowell
From: <rkramden1994(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:04pm

Hello Massbirders,

Took advantage of the sunny weather today for some birding in Lowell.
Highlights were a MERLIN in Lowell Cemetery and a GLAUCOUS GULL mixed in with
the Ring Bills on the Merrimack River near the Boathouse just east of the Rourke
 Bridge.  The Redpolls that have been in the tamarack in the cemetery the last 2
 weeks were also still present this morning.

Lowell Cemetery (7:30-9:00am):
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 2
Am. Crow 3
Rock Pigeon 7
House Sparrow 2 (species drastically reduced in the cemetery since the staff
removed the vines from the stone gate around the Lawrence St. entrance - they've
 apparently all moved to my house to take advantage of the feeders)
Starling - 6
Grackle - 2
Red tailed Hawk - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Robin - 50+ (this is a very low estimate as 50 was the most I could get with all
 the individuals moving about.  They were everywhere.)
Cedar Waxwing - 5
Mourning Dove - 1
Red winged Blackbird - 1
Cardinal - 1
Junco - 2+
Mockingbird - 1
MERLIN - 1
Blue Jay - 2
Chickadee - 1
White breasted Nuthatch - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Common Redpoll - 16
Am. Goldfinch - 1
Red bellied Woodpecker - 1

Merrimack River (1:00-2:00pm):
Ring billed Gull - 50+
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1
Mallard - 9
Rock Pigeon - 7

Good birding,
Mike Baird
Lowell, MA
rkramden1994(at)verizon.net

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Subject: Ellisville Harbor, Plymouth
From: Kathryn Doyon <gizzybird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:10pm

Today, I took a walk around Ellisville Harbor State
Park.  Highlights were:

58 Green-winged Teal
1 Killdeer
2 Piping Plovers

                               Kathy

Kathryn Doyon
Plymouth, MA
Gizzybird(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Plum Island, etc.; 30 March 2008.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:44pm

SUNDAY, 30 MARCH 2008:
PLUM ISLAND (0750-1100 hrs.)
Weather: Clear, NW 10-20 mph, 26-40 F.
Richard S. Heil, Ian Davies

Much of the period 0750-0915, 1030-1100) spent observing from Lot 
One; cursory look at ocean at Lot 7.

Snow Goose (2 ads.): Flying N along dunes.
'Pale-bellied' Brant (66)-Bar Head.
Canada Goose (170)
Mute Swan (3)
Gadwall (2)
American Wigeon (10)
American Black Duck (150)
Mallard (18)
Northern Pintail (58)
Green-winged Teal (104): 90-Stage I. Pool.
Ring-necked Duck (6)-Stage I. Pool.
Common Eider (40)
White-winged Scoter (6)
Oldsquaw (1)
Bufflehead (12)
Common Goldeneye (15)
Hooded Merganser (13)
Common Merganser (3)
Red-breasted Merganser (5)
Ruddy Duck (2)-Stage I. Pool.
RING-NECKED PHEASANT (1m.)-Roadside after Lot 3; Currently rare on 
the island; did he arrive on its own or was it released?
Common Loon (2)
Horned Grebe (1)
Great Egret (1)
Turkey Vulture (4)
Osprey (5): One migrating.
Northern Harrier (6): Including one adult male, and one first-year male.
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)-migrating.
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Rough-legged Hawk (1-light)
American Kestrel (5): 4 migrating.
American Coot (1)-Stage I. Pool.
Wilson's Snipe (8)-North Pool meadow.
Ring-billed Gull (15)
Herring Gull (60)
Great Black-backed Gull (5)
Rock Pigeon (15)
Mourning Dove (8)
Great Horned Owl (1): on nest.
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Blue Jay (3)
American Crow (22): Most migrating.
Horned Lark (12)
Black-capped Chickadee (9)
TUFTED TITMOUSE (2): Pair foraging around Lot One area shrubs; 
probably same from 'Hidden Forest' vicinity of late.
American Robin (8)
European Starling (6)
Cedar Waxwing (18)
American Tree Sparrow (2)
Song Sparrow (28)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Lapland Longspur (1)-Lot One.
Northern Cardinal (6)
Red-winged Blackbird (33): Roughly 25 migrating.
Eastern Meadowlark (1)
Common Grackle (125): Most migrating.
Brown-headed Cowbird (33): All migrating.
House Finch (6)
American Goldfinch (43): Migrating; Goldfinches are a major component 
of the Plum Island diurnal migration in Spring, peaking in mid-May, 
e.g., max. 2415 on 5/11/04.
House Sparrow (10)

Elsewhere in the afternoon:

STILT POND, ROWLEY
Green-winged Teal (6)
Greater Yellowlegs (4)

EAST STREET MARSH, IPSWICH
Ring-necked Duck (18)
Hooded Merganser (6)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Brown Creeper (1)-singing.

TOPSFIELD FAIRGROUNDS
Green-winged Teal (66)
Killdeer (16)
Wilson's Snipe (1)

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

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Subject: Great Meadows Concord 3/30/2008
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:00pm

We birded Great Meadows Impoundment in Concord from 10am to
12:30pm today (March 30, 2008).  We spent most of the walk with
Mike Dougherty and also saw Simon Perkins, Bill Freedberg, Carolyn
Longworth and Jason Forbes.

Nice to see all the birders, the sun and the birds. Highlights:

Fish Crow - 4 (fly overs thanks to Simon)
American Coot - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 100+
Green-winged Teal - 10
Northern Pintail - 30
Osprey - 1 (with a fish)
Mute Swan - 1 (only 1!!)
Canada Goose - 100+
Mallard - 25+
Hooded Merganser - 18
Bufflehead - 8
Common Merganser - 12
Common Goldeneye - 11
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Rusty Blackbird - 2 (reported by Jason and Mike)

At the rookery visible from Route 2 in Littleton:

Great Blue Heron - 2
Osprey - 1

Also, along the Assabet River in Northboro/Marlboro where the River 
crosses Boundary Street:

Eastern Phoebe - 2 (setting up shop for the Breeding Bird census, 
Tim)

Steve Moore
Northboro, Ma
barb620(AT)theworld.com

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Subject: Harwich glossy ibis, snipe
From: Marsha Salett <msalett(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:10pm

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At Bell's Neck Conservation Area, Harwich, this evening between 5-6  
p.m.:

glossy ibis (1)
wilson snipe (11)
northern pintail
green-winged teal
greater yellowlegs
lesser yellowlegs
kildeer
osprey
hairy woodpecker
great blue heron

Marsha Salett
Needham, MA
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Subject: BBC Great Meadows, 3/29
From: Jane Zanichkowsky <jzanich(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 7:52pm

Dear Massbirders:

I apologize for the late report. At GMNWR in Concord
on Saturday, the river was the highest I've seen it.
The riverbank was totally submerged, the adjacent
woods flooded, One bench was overturned, its legs
protruding from the water. The pathways were
nonetheless dry. We did not come across the shoveler.
Highlights:

mute swan 1
wood duck 16
common merganser 12
green-winged teal 2
American coot 1
common snipe 1
red-bellied wodpecker  1
tree swallow  6
Am. goldfinch 1--nice halfway stage between winter
greenish and gold

Another entity on the water: another park bench, this
one completely unmoored and being carried downstream
by the swift-moving river.

Jane Zanichkowsky, Newton
jzanich(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Grafton - 3/30/08
From: "John Liller" <John.Liller(AT)worcesteracademy.org>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:04pm

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While checking out some of the key locations for our Breeding Bird Atlas
blocks in Grafton, my wife and I recorded the following:

Canada Goose (several pairs established on Lake Ripple)
Mute Swan (1 on Lake Ripple)
Wood Duck (2 in North Grafton)
Mallard
Green-winged Teal (12 on Fisherville Pond)
Ring-necked Duck (100+ in North Grafton)
Common Merganser (12 on Fisherville Pond)
Hooded Merganser (2)
Wild Turkey (8+ at Tufts Veterinary)
Turkey Vulture (3)
Red-tailed Hawk (5, including one sitting on nest used last year)
Killdeer (6 at Tufts Veterinary)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe (2 on former Hennessey Lands)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (12)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird (11)
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark (1 on former Hennessey Lands)
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Subject: "Southwest" Song sparrow?
From: "Stuart Walker" <stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:49pm

Birders:

> Here's a question:  In the Public Garden in Boston this week there were a 
> few Song sparrows - one in particular - that were very reddish.  Tails, 
> central spot, and noticeably the lateral throat stripes and breast/side 
> streaks.  They (the one, especially) stood out from the others that were 
> paler, browner, with blackish markings.  Is it likely that there could be 
> "Southwest" (per Sibley) birds here, or are these just part of the normal 
> intergrading?  They weren't Fox sparrows, but were "fox" colored.  I'd be 
> interested in your thoughts.  Thanks,
>
> Stuart Walker
> Jamaica Plain, MA
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Subject: Boston/Dorchester Harborwalk, 3/30
From: "Stuart Walker" <stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 8:44pm

Ed Stedman and I walked around Pleasure Bay from the JFK Library to Castle 
Island this morning, continuing our exploration of Boston birding locales 
available by public transportation.  We saw:

Common loon - 2
Red-throated loon - 2
Horned grebe - 20
Brant - 60
Canada goose - 15
Mallard - 6
Black duck - 20
Bufflehead - 150 +/- (rafts and pairs everywhere)
Greater scaup - 40
Lesser scaup - 3
Common eider - 70 +/-
Surf scoter - 6 (2 m / 4 f)
White-winged scoter - 15
Black scoter - 1
Red-breasted merganser - 12
Fish crow - 1
Am. crow - 10 +/-
Song sparrow - 20
(Fox sparrow - 1 possible)
White-throated sparrow - 1
Ring-billed gull - many
Herring gull - numerous
Greater black-backed gull - 6
Am. goldfinch - a few heard
Cardinal - 1
Mockingbird - 1, So. Boston
C. grackle - 6, So. Boston
Red-tailed hawk - 1, Forest Hills T station clock tower
Pigeon, Starling, House finch, House sparrow - Forest Hills

Stuart Walker
Jamaica Plain, MA
stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Bolton Flats 3-30-08
From: Tom Murray <tmurray74(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 9:20pm

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This afternoon I spent a few hours at Bolton Flats. I entered from the red barn
parking lot, wearing high boots.  Ducks were flying constantly, and I didn't
attempt to count the numbers of each species.
Here's a list of highlights.

N. Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Killdeer 5   http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/94924989
American Pipit 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Northern Shrike 1 adult
Eastern Bluebird 2 (male and female pair)

Invertebrates:  about 500 Fairy Shrimp
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/fairy_shrimp

As mentioned in yesterdays post by Strickland Wheelock about the crow hunters,
today I found 14 dead crows in a pile on the backside of the first cornfield,
near the river. I agree with Strickland, this senseless killing should be
banned!

Tom Murray
Groton, Ma.

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Subject: CT Report 03/30/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 9:32pm

Note and apology: The directions I posted previously for reaching 60
Orchard St, Canaan, were wrong.  They said to go north on Rt 7 from
the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44, but it turned out that Rt 7 jogs
to the west at that point and the road I was thinking of was not Rt 7
at all.  (Thanks to Don Morgan for the correction.)  So the correct
directions:
From the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44 in Canaan, go north on 
for less than half a mile on North Elm St.  Orchard St is the first
left turn.  60 is the last house on the left (south) side BEFORE the
corner.
This map link might be too long to work.
<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=42.027316,-73.320866&spn=0.010663,0.020084&z=16&msid=104793863447053647228.000449b1feba4d86ad36e>

 From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer
3/30 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- The Bullocks Oriole has returned
this morning after not being seen on 3/29.

 From Sara Zagorski and others:
3/30 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- The Bullocks Oriole has been seen
regularly during the afternoon, last seen at 5 pm on the feeder and in
the yard.

 From John Marshall:
3/30 - Canaan,Orchard Street -- 11:30 AM, 1 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE.

 From Sunrise Birding, Luke Tiller, Joe Bear, AJ Hand et al:
3/30 - Westport, Sherwood Island and Nyala Farms -- 1 YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT (tangles by the viewing platform), 1 NORTHERN GANNET and 12 or so
WILSON'S SNIPE (at Nyala Farms).

 From Judy Moore:
3/30 - Milford, Milford Pt -- COMMON REDPOLLS still at the feeders.

 From Karen Fiske & Carolyn Cimino:
3/30 - Durham Meadows White Farm -- 15+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
Durham, Rt 68, Greenbacker Farm Ponds -- 2 male NORTHERN SHOVELERS.
Durham, Rt 147, Powerline cut -- pair BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 male
NORTHERN PINTAIL.

 From Mark Aronson
3/30 - Milford, mouth of the Oyster River -- Iceland Gull at low tide.

 From Maria Stockmal:
3/30 - West Haven, Sandy Pt -- 200 Snow Geese including 6 blue morphs,
about 1000 Brant

 From Cheryl and Scott Ricker:
3/30 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 4 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Northern
Shoveler.
Vibert Rd -- 7 Wilson's Snipe in the field to the left as you cross
the little bridge.

 From Steve Morytko:
3/30 - Ashford yard, 288 Varga Rd. -- 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (adult).

 From Maryanne & Dean Rupp:
3/30 - Milford, CAS Milford Point Coastal Center -- 2 COMMON REDPOLLS

 From Donna Lorello:
3/30 - Branford(?), yard -- 4:17 pm, White-winged Dove #1 feeding
under back yard Niger feeders with 2 Morning Doves.

 From William Hutt:
3/29 - Goshen -- the three Tundra Swans were still present in the pond
across the street from Action Wildlife.

 From Scott Ricker:
3/29 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 1 Rusty Blackbird.

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Subject: Misc. Hingham\Norwell birds
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 9:54pm

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Nothing special but over the past several days have had the following:

Wompatuck SP (Hingham\Norwell)

2     Eastern Phoebes together at Boundary Pond
1     Pileated Woodpecker=8Bdrumming plus quick visual=8Bnear Picture Pond
2-3  Eastern Screech-Owls while owling last Wednesday a.m. w\Joe Scott
1     Great Cormorant at Aaron Reservoir
4     Red-breasted Mergansers at Aaron Reservoir
  (I only add the last 2 as they are my first Wompatuck sightings for these
2 species)

Norwell=8BDonovan Farm fields

American Woodcock last week=8Bexact same spot as last year
Red-Shouldered Hawk also at Donovan
Killdeer 2

Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
cwnims(AT)comcast.net

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