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Subject: provenance
From: "Peter Trull" <petrull(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:48am
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Sorry if I offend, there's nothing beautiful about a mandarin duck =
copulating with a hen woodie, and chasing away drake woodies! =20
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
petrull(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Deerfield: Mandarin Duck gone, Snipe & Pintail
arrived
From: "Rob Ranney" <rranney(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 7:36am
At 7:30 Tuesday morning, the Wood Ducks and Mandarin were not on the
Stillwater Road puddle.
At least 9 Wilson's Snipe and one beautiful drake Northern Pintail were with
the ducks at the cow pen stream at north end of Mill Village Road.
Rob Ranney-Blake
Deerfield, Mass.
rranney(AT)rcn.com
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Subject: Map of Ross's Goose in Durham, NH
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 7:56am
Sue and others. Here's a google map for the Ross's Goose in Durham,
NH. It was first reported on Saturday by Scott Young and has been seen
each day since. The bird spends the night in the Oyster River and then
flys over to feed in the corn stubble of the Moore Fields which are
owned by the University of NH. The bird has been foraging with a flock
of approximately 900 Canada Geese. The best viewing spot is usually
with a scope from the elevated pull-off for the farm stand, however
there is room for pulling off along the road to the west. The bird has
also been seen along the western edge of the field which is not visible
from the farm stand pull-off. Be careful of traffic along the road.
http://tinyurl.com/yvj7bq
While there, keep an eye out for a Black Vulture which was also seen on
Saturday.
Here is a re-post of a few nice photos by Jason Lambert:
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/ross_goose
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Misc. sightings, 4/1
From: Mark Taylor <birdnorth(AT)hughes.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 12:07pm
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Hello Massbirders,
Bird highlights from a few locations today April 1st. No, this not an
April Fool's joke.
Northampton:
Fish Crow (5), seen and heard near the Blue Bonnet Diner on Rt. 5)
Turners Falls Canal:
Northern Shoveler (7) 4 Drake, 3 fm.)
Munns Ferry Rd., Gill
Snow Goose (60)
Mark Taylor
Northfield, MA
birdnorth(AT)hughes.net
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Subject: March 28-30 - Nantucket weekend
From: "John Galluzzo" <jgalluzzo(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 3:04pm
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Carol Decker, director of Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife =
Sanctuary, and I led a three day trip to Nantucket this weekend, =
totaling 76 species (including those seen at Daniel Webster prior to =
departure on the ferry). We had late-stayers, some early arrivals, and =
some big numbers. The trip report with photos is posted at =
www.massaudubon.org/southshorejournal. Here are the highlights ofthe 76 =
species:
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3/28 - Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary, Marshfield
1 turkey vulture
2 ospreys
3 northern harriers
1 Cooper's hawk
1 belted kingfisher
1 northern flicker
1 eastern bluebird
2 American tree sparrows
3 white-throated sparrows
1 wild turkey
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3/28 - Nantucket Sound crossing
50 red-throated loons
50 common loons
25 northern gannets
200+ long-tailed ducks
50 black scoters
100 surf scoters
100 white-winged scoters
2 American oystercatchers (on the beach on arrival)
30 sanderlings (flying out at sea)
2 Bonaparte's gulls
1 razorbill
1 belted kingfisher (harrassing a red-breasted merganser)
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3/29 - Smith's Point, sunrise
5 common loons
30 northern gannets
4 piping plovers
2 American oystercatchers
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3/29 - Miacomet Pond
4 gadwall
4 great blue herons
5 ring-necked ducks
35 American coots
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3/29 - Sconset
300+ buffleheads
1 northern harrier
5 Iceland gulls
20 lesser black-backed gulls
1 barn swallow
1 eastern phoebe
1 yellow-rumped warbler
1 white-throated sparrow
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3/29 - Sankaty Head Lighthouse
2 snow buntings
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3/30 - State Forest, Lover's Lane
1 northern saw-whet owl (calling)
1 red-bellied woodpecker
3 red-breasted nuthatches
1 brown creeper (singing)
5 golden-crowned kinglets
100+ yellow-rumped warblers
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3/30 - Miacomet Pond
1 pied-billed grebe
1 greater scaup
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Nantucket Life Saving Museum marshes
1 Virginia rail (Thanks Ken Blackshaw!)
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3/30 - Jetties Beach
2 American oystercatchers
1 glaucous gull
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3/30 - Nantucket Sound crossing
30 purple sandpipers (on the way out of the harbor)
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John Galluzzo<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D =
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Adult Education Coordinator
Citizen Science Coordinator
Mass Audubon South Shore Sanctuaries
2000 Main Street
Marshfield MA 02050
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Subject: Plum Island 4/1
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 4:15pm
I spent a few hours on the island today with the following results:
7 common loon
4 red-necked grebe
1 great cormorant
1 great blue heron, BFP
2 great egrets, BFP
1 turkey vulture
Canada goose
50 brant
2 mute swan
8 gadwall
1 American wigeon
40 black duck
20 mallard
2 blue-winged teal, Salt Pannes
126 N. pintail
50 green-wg teal
120 c. eider
35 white-wg scoter
40 long-tailed duck
35 c. goldeneye
2 hooded merganser
15 red-br merganser
2 osprey
2 harrier
ring-billed gull
herring gull
greater black-backed gull
rock dove
mourning dove
1 northern shrike
blue jay
A. crow
4 b.c.chickadee
A. robin
E. starling
5 A. tree sparrow
12 song sparrow
4 dark-eyed junco
2 N. cardinal
150 red-winged blackbird
200+ c. grackle
3 house finch
1 A. goldfinch
20 house sparrows
The A. Golden Plover was still present just west of the hanger at the PI
Airport, and there was a gray catbird on Scotland Rd in Newbury.
Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
15% Off All In Stock Optics - Now 'til April 15!
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Subject: Deerfield Mandarin Yes 5:00 PM Tuesday
From: "Rob Ranney" <rranney(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 4:44pm
The Mandarin Duck was reported back on the Stillwater Road puddle in
Deerfield at 9:00 AM and at 11:00 AM Tuesday. I finally saw it at 5:00 PM
Tuesday, chasing a female among over 42 Wood Ducks. At noon, there were
five Wood Ducks, and a Single Greater Yellowlegs landed from the east. It
called out "tew tew tew" repeatedly for most of five minutes, with no answer
I heard, and flew off west.
1:00 PM the north end of Mill Village Road had two pair of Pintails with
the Mallards, Black Ducks, Wood Ducks, Green-winged Teal and one drake
Hooded Merganser.
Thanks to all who emailed me their Mandarin sightings.
Rob Ranney
Deerfield, Mass.
rranney(AT)rcn.com
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Subject: Trees to attract birds
From: Katharine Mills <gkmills(AT)charter.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 5:06pm
We had an ugly deformed birch tree removed from our yard and want to
replace it with a flowering tree that will produce fruit and attract
birds. I received the suggestion of a Canada Red Chokecherry. When I
checked out that species of tree, I found out that it is very
susceptible to Black Knot Disease. Has anyone had problems with Black
Knot Disease? I would appreciate any suggestions as to what to plant.
Kathy Mills
gkmills(AT)charter.net
Holden, MA
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Subject: CT Report 04/01/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 8:18pm
Note 1: Over on CTBirds Dave Provencher made a time observation today.
"We may have some new arrivals in CT tomorrow with the strong
southwesterly winds that are occurring today and tonight. While many
Fall migrants prefer stable atmospheric conditions for migration,
Spring migrants are motivated by the urge to get on territory quickly
and are more likely to move during turbulent atmospheric conditions.
Spring migrants will often use strong tailwinds to cover a lot of
ground fast. So be on the alert for new arrivals tomorrow. Maybe our
first Ruby-throated Hummingbird for 2008?"
Note 2: Also on CTBirds, Luke Tiller also had an interesting
observation:
"Just a heads up to those in the north of the state that there appears
to be some good sized flocks of Bowax's being reported just across the
border in MA right now, especially it seems along the Connecticut
River Valley. Might be worth keeping your eyes peeled."
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer:
4/01 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullock's Oriole arrived at the
feeder at 6:56am
From Louise P. Tucker:
4/01 - Canaan, 60 Orchard St. -- BULLOCKS ORIOLE preening in bushes at
back of yard and feeding on the ground in front of bushes between 9:30
am and 10:30 am. It did not go to the feeder. Common Redpoll still
hanging around.
From Scott Kruitbosch:
4/01 - Fairfield, CAS Center -- 15 SNOW GEESE, 1 YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER, 1 BROWN CREEPER
From Ken Elkins and Frank Gallo:
4/01 - Milford, CT Audubon Coastal Center -- 11 COMMON REDPOLLS, 2
NORTHERN PINTAIL, 1 imm WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/01 - Westport, Sherwood Island -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
From Ralph Amodei:
4/01 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park Pond -- 1 drake EURASIAN WIDGEON
From Christopher Lovell:
4/01 - Trumbull yard -- 13 Common Redpolls still coming to the nyjer
feeders.
From Sarah Johnston:
3/31 - Farmington -- 1 SNOW GOOSE (white) in fields behind water
treatment plant south of Rt 4 (Farmington Avenue). The goose flew
north across Rt 4 and landed on the golf course at the corner of Rt 4
and Town Farm Rd, where it was easily visible from either road, along
with about 6-10 Canada Geese.
From Dana Campbell:
3/31 - Glastonbury -- AMERICAN WOODCOCK peenting and flying around the
marsh next to the Oak Street Stop and Shop at 10:00 p.m.
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Subject: Flying penguins found by BBC
From: William Mustard <blmustard(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 8:06pm
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A Miracle of Evolution.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/
npenguin101.xml
Bill Mustard
Jamaica Plain MA
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml
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Jamaica Plain MA
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Subject: Essex County Sightings ~ 4/1/08
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:08pm
Birders,
I birded several areas in Essex County today:
Hale Street, Newburyport:
American Woodcock, Turkey Vulture
West Newbury:
Emery Lane: Wood Duck, Eastern Phoebe
Moulton Street: Ring-necked Duck, Bufflehead
Bachelor Street: Common Merganser, Ring-necked Duck
Cherry Hill Reservoir: Eastern Bluebird, Northern Shrike, Ruddy Duck, Killdeer,
American Kestrel, Canvasback, Eastern Phoebe,Common Merganser, Bufflehead
Rogers Street: Mute Swan, Hermit Thrush, Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Hill Road: Cedar Waxwing, Wood Duck, Sharp-shinned Hawk
Newburyport:
Moulton Street: Hairy Woodpecker chiseling at Red-bud Maple, Carolina Wren,
Mourning Doves copulating and Northern Cardinals mate feeding
Oak Hill Cemetery: Ring-necked Duck, Wood Duck, Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush at
compost area
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge [Lot #1 to Hellcat]: Double-crested
Cormorant in North Pool, Brown-headed Cowbird, Blue-winged Teal at
the pannes [thank you, Ian & Tom W.], Peregrine Falcon, Killdeer,
Green-winged Teal, singing Eastern Meadowlark, three Northern Harriers
Haverhill:
Northern Essex Community College: Eastern Bluebird, Cooper's Hawk,
Red-winged Blackbird
Creek Brook Wetland: Wood Duck, Northern Pintail, Song Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco, Killdeer copulating, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Flicker
Highfield Road, Newbury: Red-tailed Hawk
Route 133, Georgetown: Turkey Vulture, Fox Sparrow
Restricted Access Land in Salisbury: Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal,
Killdeer, Northern Pintail, Song Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow
Good birding,
Sue
Sue McGrath
Observe ~ Appreciate ~ Identify
Newburyport Birders
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-462-4785
newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
www.newburyportbirders.com
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Subject: Re: Flying penguins found by BBC
From: Ed <7brid85(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 1 Apr 2008 9:46pm
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>A Miracle of Evolution.
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>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml
A good uplifting start to an otherwise raw month here on Cape Cod. :-)
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