B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Mon, 7 Apr 2008

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Subject: Bohemain Waxwings, Boston and Brookline, 4/7/08
From: "Matt Garvey" <mattpgarvey(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:12am

Chris Dalton's Bohemian Waxwing was joined by 10 others this morning.
I had a flock of 11 bohemians around 755  while walking my dog around
olmstead park, then they flew to some ornamentals at the entrance of
downs park where they joined about 10 cedars. So, I got them on both
my boston and brookline lists!

Matt garvey
Brookline, ma
Mattpgarvey(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: Signal Hill, Canton
From: vzollo1(AT)verizon.net
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:08am

Birded Signal Hill (a new Trustees of Reservations property)on 3/6. Located on 
Dedham St. in Canton near the Westwood and Norwood lines.

18 purple finches (feeding on aspen buds/flowers/catkins along the banks of 
the 
Neponset River)

Vin Zollo
Walpole, MA
vzollo1(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:19:14 -0400
From: Thomas Sharp <tsharp10366(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 8:08am

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Dear Massbird,
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I was out today scouting and checking on early nesters in my BBA block(Barr=
e 05) this morning. I came across a flock of 30+ Evening Grosbeaks, 2 Commo=
n Redpolls, 6 Am. Goldfinch. Also while in the Swift River Reservation on t=
he northwest side of the block I had a Common Raven flyover.
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Subject: Misc sighting 4/6 + 7
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:02am

Yesterday 4/6 at Saw Mills Pond in Westminster/Fitchburg:
Mallard               2
Common Goldeneye     12
Common Merganser     47
Hooded Merganser      2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Ring-billed Gull      3
Herring Gull          ~200
Great Black-backed Gull 55
Iceland gull           1 1st year type

Nowtown Resevior (Leomonster)
Common Merganser      22
Herring Gull          ~75
Great Black-backed Gull 10

Nin Acer Corner (Concord, Mass.)
Lesser Black-backed Gull    1 (2 year type)

4/7 Fitchburg
Bohemian Waxwing    42
Cedar Waxwing        1
This gang ("its not gang...its a club")was downtown near Romano Overhead Door
Company which is near the Rollstone Boulder.

Also, Saturday afternoon (4/5) I birded from Keene, NH north to Charlestown, NH
along the Conn. River. I posted species counts and a few photos on my blog,
nothing fancy but an enjoyable afternoon and evening.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/

Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/

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Subject: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
From: "Dekker, Job" <Job.Dekker(AT)umassmed.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:04am

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> Hi,
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> A morning walk at Wachusset Meadow Sanctuary in Princeton yielded not =
too many birds of note, except for a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (first for =
the year for me).  Also, an EASTERN PHOEBE was present.  In the rookery =
the first herons are back on nests! =20
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> Job Dekker
> Job.Dekker(AT)umassmed.edu
> Princeton, MA 01541
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Subject: Kestrel over the Fens
From: "Jeremy B. Dibbell" <jbdibbell(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:34am

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A single American Kestrel was buzzing the Fens/Victory Gardens area in
Boston around 7:40 a.m.

Jeremy Dibbell
Boston

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Subject: Bohemian waxwings-Newburyport 4/7
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:22am

At least 43 Bohemian waxwings continue in the Newburyport Industrial Park on
Malcom Hoyt Drive near Hero Coatings.

Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA 
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Subject: Snowy egret (4/6) in newburyport industrial park
From: maurice.gilmore(AT)comcast.net
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:58am

Folks,

  Just for info:

While getting on the flock of Bohemian waxwings (Thanks Barratt) in 
the Industrial Park, on Opportunity way,

I studied an immature-going-to-adult snowy egret, poised at the pond
at the corner of Malcolm Hoyt Drive  and Opportunity Way.

Pete Gilmore
Newton, MA
maurice.gilmmore(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Shoveler, Hovey's Pond West Boxford
From: "Timothy Walker" <timothypwalker(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:22am

This morning we saw:

1 - M Shoveler
2 - M Greater Scaup
3 - M Lesser Scaup
3-4 F Scaup
1 - Bufflehead
1 - Ring-Necked

On Sunday there was a Brown Thrasher at my feeders

Tim Walker
West Boxford

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Subject: Gyrfalcon "white phase" Yard flyover 4/07
From: Nickilas Paulson <grendelpgill(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 12:18pm

My father and I saw a white phase Gyrfalcon fly low
over our yard in Upton while working out in our garden
this morning. The bird was heading east. Totally
unexpected as it has been a low year for them.

Nick Paulson
Upton, ma
grendelpgill(AT)yahoo.com

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Subject: RE: Possible Swan Goose???
From: "Mardis, Scott A." <mardis(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:16pm

Certainly the large dark-chested bird in the center is a hybrid but
isn't the small one on the left a Greater White-fronted goose? 

http://flickr.com/photos/22560927@N04/2394212254/ 

Scott Mardis
Concord, MA

>-----Original Message-----
>From: massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com 
>[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Birch
>Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:22 PM
>To: Will Sweet
>Cc: massbird(AT)theworld.com
>Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Possible Swan Goose???
>
>Will,
>
>I just found this link with some Hybrid Goose images you might want to
>check out.  It shows some Canada X Greylag (Domestic) Goose hybrids.
>Including some that look just like the one you have here.  We have one
>Canada X Greylag that arrives in Boston every early spring, and it
>regularly gets reported to me as a possible Greater White-fronted
>Goose.  They sure can be tricky!
>
>Thanks for the great photos - I personally have never seen these
>plumage characteristics in a Canada X Greylag so it was educational
>for me!
>
>____________________
>-----------------------------------
>Andrew Birch
>Boston Birds Moderator
>Medford, MA
>andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Crooked Pond (Boxford) (4/6); Plum I. (4/6);
         Squantum (4/5)
From: Jim Moore <epiphenomenon(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:58pm

Since I have not seen it posted yet, just wanted 
to note that on the BBC walk through the Crooked 
Pond area in Boxford (Bald Hill Reservation) led 
by Alan Bennett yesterday (4/6), singing Winter 
Wrens were located as well as a nesting pair of 
Cooper's Hawks.

I looked for the American Golden-Plover(s) near 
the Plum Island Airport yesterday without success; 
several other observers also came up empty. 
However, I did observe eight Greater and one 
Lesser Yellowlegs, an Eastern Meadowlark, and a 
Rough-legged Hawk in the vicinity.  I also 
observed 2 Great Egrets at Hellcat Swamp, my first 
of the year.  The weather was drizzly, windy, and 
cold, so most birds appeared to be hunkered down.

On Saturday, I observed the following in the 
Squantum area of North Quincy:

Location:     Squantum
Observation date:     4/5/08
Number of species:     36

Brant     200
Canada Goose     3
American Wigeon     2
American Black Duck     30
Mallard     X
Green-winged Teal     10
Common Eider     60
Surf Scoter     2
White-winged Scoter     40
Bufflehead     60
Common Goldeneye     20
Common Merganser     3
Red-breasted Merganser     400
Common Loon     3
Double-crested Cormorant     100
Great Blue Heron     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     3
Wilson's Snipe     2
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Rock Pigeon     X
Mourning Dove     X
Belted Kingfisher     1
Northern Flicker     1
American Crow     X
American Robin     X
European Starling     X
Song Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     2
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     1
House Sparrow     X

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

Jim Moore,
Quincy, MA
epiphenomenon AT earthlink dot net

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Subject: Broad Winged Hawk
From: "John Hoye & Audrey McCarthy" <lt.jaeger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 2:54pm

at 1400 there was a calling Broad Wing Hawk high over our house inWayland 
heading East
    John Hoye, Wayland Ma

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Subject: Bohemian Waxwings -Nbpt 3:45pm
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 3:56pm

John Nelson just stopped in to report that the flock of 100+ Bohemian waxwings
are still in the Industrial Park as of 3:45pm. John drove around for 20 minutes
before seeing the flock land into fruit trees on Opportunity Way.

Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA 
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
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Subject: Eurasian Green-winged Teal - Mill Pond, Yarmouth
         4/5/08
From: "Jeremiah Trimble" <jtrimble(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:02pm

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Hello Everyone,

Peter Trimble called me to report that on Saturday there was a male
Eurasian Green-winged Teal at Mill Pond in Yarmouthport along with the
previously reported pair of Northern Shoveler and other ducks...

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Good birding,

Jeremiah

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Subject: Rough-legged Hawk / Newbury
From: Lynette Leka <lynetteleka(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:12pm

a beautiful light-morph Rough-legged Hawk was being harassed by crows
over the Newbury marsh this morning

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

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Subject: Bohemians in Newburyport
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:02pm

MA Birders,

I tore myself off Plum Island long enough to see if I could find the  
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS recently reported from the Newburyport Industrial  
Park.

Too easy. About 350 (!!) were just in front of the U.S. Postal Service  
depot in the park.

Good birding,

Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
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Think globally, bird locally

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Subject: Hampshire Bird Club meeting
From: Trudy Tynan <ttynan(AT)sprynet.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:24pm

Chris Elphick,  a conservation biologist working primarily on birds in 
the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of 
Connecticut, will talk about his lab group's ongoing research on the 
ecology, behavior and conservation of saltmarsh nesting sparrows at the 
Hampshire Bird Club meeting on April 14.

The meeting will begin at 7:30 pm in the Immanuel Lutheran Church at 837 
N. Pleasant Street in Amherst, MA.

 More information on Elphick's research can be found at 
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/birdlab/index.html.

Elphick grew up in England and began birding when he was big enough to 
hold a pair of binoculars. His research focuses on the conservation 
ecology of birds, especially in agricultural settings and wetlands.  
Along with David Sibley and Barny Dunning he edited the Sibley Guide to 
Bird Life and Behavior and wrote the syndicated newspaper column Sibley 
on Birds.  He is also a co-author of the recently published Atlas of the 
Breeding Birds of Nevada.

Trudy Tynan
South Hadley, MA
ttynan(AT)sprynet.com

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Subject: eBird Report - Emerald Necklace, 4/7/08 (noon)
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:30pm

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Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Emerald Necklace , 4/7/08
To: frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com

Location:     Emerald Necklace
Observation date:     4/7/08
Notes:     Cedar Waxwings + 1 Bohemian were in oriental fruiting tree
opposite 31 Highland Av, on edge of Downes (aka kraft) Park and in evergreen
in yard of 31 at 3:15pm. 12-1:15 observations mostly with Marsha Sallett
(Broadmoor volunteer and expert 'bog-tanist'.) (Only covered from Leverett,
WIllow, and Ward Pond areas, not Jamaica)
Number of species:     27

Canada Goose     8
Mallard     4
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Ring-billed Gull     10
Herring Gull     8
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     8
Downy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     4
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     5
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     1
European Starling     8
Cedar Waxwing     15
Song Sparrow     4
Swamp Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     2
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle     11
American Goldfinch     6
House Sparrow     30

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Subject: Ashburnham/Westminster 4/7
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:52pm

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Location:     BBA Fitchburg 4 - Westminster & Ashburnham
Observation date:     4/7/08
Number of species:     25

Canada Goose     10
Wood Duck     2
American Black Duck     2
Mallard     2
Hooded Merganser     2
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     6
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     2
Belted Kingfisher     1
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     4
Blue Jay     15
Black-capped Chickadee     10
Tufted Titmouse     8
American Robin     17
European Starling     6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1 (early for this area)
American Tree Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     5
Dark-eyed Junco     14
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     5
Common Grackle     20

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Charles Caron
Westminster, MA

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Subject: Eurasian Wigeon, Frostfish Creek, N. Chatham
From: "Charlie Thompson" <cot(AT)cape.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:15pm

Around noon on 4/7/08 there was a Male Eurasian Wigeon in the first pond on 
the Frostfish Creek Trail in North Chatham. American Black Ducks, Drake 
Black/Mallard cross, American Wigeon (1 pair), 12 or more female Hooded 
Mergs and several pair of Bufflehead were also in the same location.

Another note the Pine Siskin I have had all winter are still coming to the 
feeder every day.

Charlie Thompson
South Orleans, MA
cot(at)cape.com

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Subject: More Boston Bohemians
From: "t factor" <tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:52pm

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At least one Bohemian Waxwing, perhaps a few, in a large (hundreds) flock of
Cedar Waxwings in the South End of Boston. I first saw the flock yesterday
(Sunday 4/6) morning but couldn't get back with binoculars until this
afternoon to positively ID the Bohemian(s). The birds are eating berries
from trees I believe are Amur Corks located at the entrance to the parking
lot of the Castle Square apartments on Berkeley Street near the corner with
Tremont Street. Others birders have since confirmed the sighting.

Tim Factor
Boston
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Subject: Prothonotary Warbler - Wellfleet 4/6
From: Dan Berard <frostedcorncrakes(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:08pm

MassBirders,

   Yesterday (Sunday 4/6), there was a Prothonotary
Warbler at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. It
was present ~ 7:15am - 8. Thankfully, it was very
vocal which is what gave it's presence away. When it
finally showed itself, it was hopping around on the
ground near the feeders behind the building. 

   I searched for it today but was unable to find it.

   Again, it was seen behind the building in a thicket
near the feeders. If you're planning on looking for
the bird, PLEASE, do not go behind the building to
check the thickets near the feeders. This only flushes
the birds at or near the feeders.

   The thicket it was in can be seen from inside the
Visitor's Center. It'll be on the right when looking
at the feeders.

   Also be sure to check the area around the frog pond
near the 'outside' feeders, Silver Spring, and the Bay
View Path.

   I found the date fairly odd, but checking records
for a few states, it seems that Prothonotary Warblers
arrive on breeding grounds further south around the
second week of April (give or take). In Ma there are
several April records with a few March sightings as
well.

  Other birds of interest at the sanctuary today were
an Eastern Screech-Owl perched out on Silver Spring, 4
Savannah Sparrows, a Tree Swallow and an American Oystercatcher.

- Dan Berard
   Millbury/Wellfleet

Naturalist
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon

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Subject: Bohemian, Cedar Waxwings Marlborough
From: Timothy Spahr <tspahr(AT)cfa.harvard.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:38pm

Hi birders,

A brief waxwing report from Marlborough today:

Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 6:40 AM
Bohemian Waxwing--55
Cedar Waxwing--3

These birds were feeding on the bright red buds of
tall trees in the northwest section of the cemetery
in great light.

Marlborough Public Library, 3:50 PM
Cedar Waxwing--15

These birds were feeding on crab apples, including
hopping around on the ground right next to route 20.

I'll make another pass by these spots tomorrow AM.

good birding!

Tim Spahr
Marlborough
tspahr(AT)cfa.harvard.edu

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Subject: BBC April 11th Annual Spring Meeting and The
         Purple Martins of Plum Island
From: <anhinga(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:14pm

Dear MassBirders �

Please join us for our ANNUAL SPRING MEETING this Friday, April 11, 2008 at
7:30 p.m. at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology - Geological Lecture
Hall located at 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA.

Following the meeting, Alison O'Hare, part-time staff and volunteer at Mass
Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center and staff at Newburyport Birders,
will present a fascinating talk about THE PURPLE MARTINS OF PLUM ISLAND.
Ms. O'Hare conducted a two year Independent Study Project on the Purple
Martin colony at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge as part of her Joppa
Flats Education Center's Birder's Certificate Program.  She has since
continued her studies and co-authored an article with her colleague, Sue
McGrath, in the April 2007 edition of Bird Observer.

Members and guests are cordially invited.  Admission is free.  Parking is
free at the 52 Oxford Street garage, which is to the left of the guardhouse
and former parking lot.  Tell the guard you are attending the BBC meeting.

I hope to see you there!

Laura H. de la Flor
President
Brookline Bird Club

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Subject: Olmsted Park, Boston Bohemians
From: James Restivo <jbird7480(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:02pm

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Hi all,
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This morning between 10:30AM and 12:10PM I walked around Olmsted Park and D=
ownes Field on the Boston-Brookline line looking for the previously reporte=
d Bohemian Waxings. My father was visiting from California, so I really wan=
ted to show him these birds. Unfortunately we couldn't turn up anything mor=
e rare than a Brown Creeper (two, to be precise).=20
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After dropping my dad off at Logan this afternoon, I went back to Olmsted P=
ark (~5:15PM) and managed to find the flock of Bohemian Waxwings. There wer=
e 15! of them with one Cedar Waxwing. They were in a tree along the curve o=
f the park next to Downes Field. I twice saw four of them make their way do=
wn to the stream for a drink. I watched the flock for perhaps 10 minutes, c=
ounting and recounting, but I could never find more than 15 BOWAs. After a =
while, they flew deeper into Olmsted Park and started feeding on a budding =
tree (my dendrology is rusty, so I don't know what kind of tree it was). I =
watched them for another 7 minutes or so before they all took off and flew =
over Downes Field and out of site.=20
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I also saw one Merlin cruise through the park. Very cool!
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Good birding!
=20
-James RestivoBrighton, MA
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Subject: CT Report 04/07/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:18pm

 From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Bill Banks, Randy Domina:
4/07 - Stratford, McKinney NWR, RR track trail -- adult TRICOLORED
HERON (beautiful nuptial plumage); 3 WILSON'S SNIPE
Long Beach -- 1 NORTHERN GANNET, 4 flyby BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
Madison, Hammonasset, Meigs area -- AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, adult
LITTLE BLUE HERON, c. 20 PURPLE SANDPIPERS end of jetty; 1 male
BLUE-WINGED TEAL in pond;

 From Carl Ekroth:
4/07 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 3 Northern Shovelers.
Vibert Road -- a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL.

 From Bob Bitondi:
4/07 - Pomfret yard -- 10-12 Common Redpolls continue.

 From Kris Johnson:
4/07 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- at 2:30 pm, American
Golden-Plover continues in the large field below the Meig's Point
nature center parking.

 From Meredith Sampson:
4/07 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- (9:20-10:50 a.m.), 14
NORTHERN GANNETS, 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

 From Chris Lovell:
4/07 - Trumbull yard -- Common Redpolls continue; generally 12-20 but
yesterday there were approx 40 on the feeders and the ground.

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
4/07 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's N. Bay, as viewed from
the Litchfield Town Beach) -- 1 RED-NECKED GREBE in breeding plumage.
(Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Common Raven.

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ Susan Weik & William Dooley:
4/07 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Interpretive
Trail) -- 1 pair of Common Ravens, 1 Brown Creeper.
(Museum Area) -- 1 Fox Sparrow, 1 Purple Finch.

 From Paul Carrier:
4/06 - ?????, yard -- 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS fly over, 2 Pine Siskins, 6
Common Redpolls.

 From Jeff Greenwood:
4/06 - Morris, W. Morris Rd. @ Bantam River -- 1 Common Raven

 From Dave Rosgen:
4/06 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Pine Grosbeaks, 2 Purple Finches.

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Subject: Sabal Palm Audubon Center in Jeopardy
From: "John Liller" <John.Liller(AT)worcesteracademy.org>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:40pm

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According to the article linked below at www.nytimes.com, the Sabal Palm
Audubon Center in Brownsville, Texas may be in jeopardy.

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Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:02pm

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Subject: Pittsfield  MA Sightings Monday-Eagles 7:30
         AM,Merlin 6:00 PM
From: Mark+Deb Hilling <hillman39(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:06pm

Looks like a Merlin hanging around in the field across
from Berkshire Community College,out past the soccer
fields on the left towards the tall pole with the bird
house on it.Also,a pair of eagles in a camp field on
the left down the road after taking a left coming off
the Onota Lake causeway(off of Peck's Rd) towards the
Pittsfield State Forest.

Mark&Deb Hilling
Pittsfield MA
hillman39(AT)yahoo.com

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