B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Tue, 8 Apr 2008

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Subject: Essex: Cogswell's Grant & adjacent marsh
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 12:56am

Highlights from a brief noontime walk in Essex:

4 Great Egrets
3 Snowy Egrets
3 Turkey Vultures
2 Red-tailed Hawks
2 Killdeer
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
30 Cedar Waxwings
1 Eastern Meadowlark

John Nelson
Gloucester

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Subject: Bohemian Waxwings, Groton, 4/7
From: MResch8702(AT)aol.com
Date: 8 Apr 2008 6:18am

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On my way home last night (4/7) I found a group of 23 Bohemian Waxwings in  
the center of Groton.  To be precise they were feeding on small crabapple  
trees on Route 119 opposite the small group of stores that includes a
barbershop
and a Dunkin Donuts.  

Bohemians are appearing in impressive numbers out west as well.  I'm  just 
back from a trip to Utah and Idaho where I saw of flock of Bohemians that  
easily numbered in excess of 10,000 birds!  Along with seeing leks of Sage  and
Sharp-tailed Grouse, it was a great trip!

Mike  Resch
Pepperell, MA

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Subject: Rusties revisited at Millennium Park West Roxbury
          and dog bite.
From: "HARRY ROBINSON" <ridetheheights(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 6:46am

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I returned last evening about 6:00 to be ready for the evening roosting =
of the Rusty Blackbird flock. =20

After watching the redwings, and grackles in the area.   I saw some =
birds land in a distant tree beyond the railroad tracks at 6:15. At =
first there were only 6 birds.  I got the scope on these rusty =
blackbirds, saw their eyes, and with the help of a cooperative breeze, =
heard their songs and calls. =20

This gathering swelled to about 35 birds before the commuter train =
scared them away from the tracks and Millennium Park where I was =
standing,  to fly deeper into Cutler Park out of sight.  I stayed until =
about 6:35 waiting for the birds to return.  I then had to leave myself.

Note:  Birding Hazard in the park.
There seems to be a plague of dog lovers with their canines all off =
their leashes at Millennium Park.  One dog bit my ankle while I was =
trying to scope these birds.  Of course these lovely ignorant humans =
ignored my yell to call their 5 dogs off, and I was snapped at again.   =
If I wasn't so intent on watching these birds, I would have followed =
these dog owners back to their cars to get license plate numbers.  =20

They were not the only owners with their dogs off the leash.   Good =
thing I didn't have my dog-be-gone spray on me. Of course I would have =
been the villain on the news. "Maniac Birder Attacks Lovable Pit Bull."

Harry Robinson
Quincy

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Subject: Re: Bohemian Waxwings -Nbpt 3:45pm
From: Brian Krisler <bkrisler(AT)bkds.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:04am

Updated Location.

As of 4:00, the flock moved (as soon as I drove up)
from Opportunity Way to Mulliken Way, about 50 yds off Scotland Road.

The flock is large enough, I counted 170+ birds that they are easy
to locate.

Brian Krisler
Newburyport, MA
bkrisler(AT)gmail.com

On Apr 7, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift wrote:

> 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
> 15% Off All In Stock Optics - Now 'til April 15!
>

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Subject: Help ID Male Red-Winged Blackbird with Peachy
         Throat
From: "LaPite, Constance" <Constance.Lapite(AT)m-e.aecom.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:10am

I was visiting Pea Island NWR, Outer Banks, NC on April 3 when we
spotted what looked like a male red-winged black bird with a yellowy
peach throat. The bird was in among several male red-wingeds of the
usual variety.  The link below is for an album with 2 photos of the
bird.  

Any thoughts on what this might be?  Suggestions are an XXY and a cross
between a yellow-headed and a red-winged.  

http://picasaweb.google.com/PeteorConstance/WeirdRWBB

Constance Lapite
Beverly, MA
SHAKA_PETE(AT)YAHOO.COM

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Subject: Easthampton Black Vultures
From: "Holly" <jollyhen(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:04am

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Finally spotted Black Vultures in MA, from my front yard fairly close to the
base of Mt. Tom. A pair headed west.

Holly Hubert

Easthampton, Ma

Jollyhen (at) verizon.net

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Subject: Bill Thompson III, No Child Left Inside, Sunday
         4/13 at 2pm at Harvard Museum of Natural History
From: Blue Magruder <bmagruder(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:04am

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Harvard Museum of Natural History presents

 *April 13*  - */No Child Left Inside.   /Sunday Family Program with 
Bill Thompson III.  *

          Kids are fascinated by birds, which makes bird watching an 
excellent way to get kids out of the house and into the natural world. 
 Author and birder extraordinaire Bill Thompson III spent three
years working with his daughter's elementary-school class to create a 
new bird book for kids, /The Young Birder's Guide to/ /Birds of Eastern 
North America/ (Houghton Mifflin).  He'll discuss how to get kids 
interested in nature, and offer some insight into countering the growing 
trend of "nature deficit disorder."
6 minute walk across Harvard Yard from Harvard Square MBTA Red Line.  
For parking information go online to www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

26 Oxford Street, Cambridge  --  2 PM  --   Free with museum admission.

* *

   *April 16^th --/Thoreau's Cape Cod./  Video presentation and 
booksigning by Scot Miller.   *To celebrate the release of Houghton 
Mifflin's illustrated edition of Henry David Thoreau's classic* */Cape 
Cod/, photographer Scot Miller will premiere  "Illustrating Thoreau's 
/Cape Cod/ : A Photographer's Story," a video documenting his 
experiences photographing the outer Cape for the book, from beautiful 
sunrises and sunsets to blistering cold winter storms and everything in 
between.  Booksigning to follow. 6 PM, Harvard Museum of Natural 
History,  26 Oxford Street,  Cambridge.   Free and open to the public.

Following the 11 minute video, *George Price*, Superintendent of the 
Cape Cod National Seashore will give a lecture entitled /Cape Cod 
National Seashore...a Thoreau Experience./ Price will discuss the major 
conservation challenges facing this jewel of the outer Cape, and the 
National Park Service's efforts to maintain the shoreline so that 
everyone can experience it as did Thoreau over 100 years ago.

Free and open to the public.  More on the book at 
www.thoreauscapecod.com.  A portion of the proceeds of each book sold 
will go to benefit Walden Woods,  http://www.walden.org/

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.3045
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu

-- 
Mary Blue Magruder
Director of Communications & Marketing
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-0049
bmaguder(AT)oeb.harvard.edu

Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu 

April 13, Bill Thompson, Birder extraordinaire, Leave No Child Inside. 

April 16, photographer Scot Miller on Thoreau's Cape Cod, with George Price,
Superintendent, Cape Cod Nat'l Seashore

Sea Creatures in Glass, Harvard's Blaschka marine models, thru Jan 4, 2009

Nests & Eggs, thru August 2008

Looking at Animals thru April 27, 2008, Gallery talks by photographer Henry
Horenstein, 4/25 & 4/26

Opening May 9, Looking at Leaves:  Photographs by Amanda Means

Visit our Press Room for releases, links to images,
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/press_room/index.php

-- 
Mary Blue Magruder
Director of Communications & Marketing
Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA  02138
617-496-0049
bmagruder(AT)oeb.harvard.edu

Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu 

April 13, Bill Thompson, Birder extraordinaire, Leave No Child Inside. 

April 16, photographer Scot Miller on Thoreau's Cape Cod, with George Price,
Superintendent, Cape Cod Nat'l Seashore

Sea Creatures in Glass, Harvard's Blaschka marine models, thru Jan 4, 2009

Nests & Eggs, thru August 2008

Looking at Animals thru April 27, 2008, Gallery talks by photographer Henry
Horenstein, 4/25 & 4/26

Opening May 9, Looking at Leaves:  Photographs by Amanda Means

Visit our Press Room for releases, links to images,
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/press_room/index.php

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Subject: Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:19:14 -0400
From: Thomas Sharp <tsharp10366(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:44am

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Dear Massbird,
=20
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.
=20
Tom Sharp
Worcerster
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Subject: HSR: Plum Island MA (07 Apr 2008) 2 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:52am

Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 07, 2008
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               0              6              6
Osprey                       0              0              2
Bald Eagle                   0              0              0
Northern Harrier             0              0              4
Sharp-shinned Hawk           0              0              1
Cooper's Hawk                0              0              0
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk            0              0              0
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0              1
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              0
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             2             10             18
Merlin                       0              1              1
Peregrine Falcon             0              0              1
Unknown Accipiter            0              0              0
Unknown Buteo                0              0              0
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              0              0

Total:                       2             17             34
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Observation start time: 08:15:00 
Observation end   time: 08:45:00 
Total observation time: 0.75 hours

Official Counter:        Lynette Leka

Observers:        

Weather:
Strong east wind, 4�C, sunny

Raptor Observations:
2 Kestrels moving up coast

Non-raptor Observations:
Observations made during plover training from beach; not during conducted
hawkwatch from platform
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Report submitted by Craig Jackson (crleja(AT)yahoo.com)
Plum Island, Parker River NWR, MA information may be found at:
http://massbird.org/EMHW/

Site Description:
coastal barrier island

Directions to site:
Site is Parking Lot #1 of the Parker River National Wildlifee Refuge on
Plum Island, Newburyport, MA
Take Plum Island Turnpike, cross bridge and take first right onto road
leading to refuge.  Parking Lot 1 is on left, shortly after passing refuge
entrance

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Subject: 4/7 Boston: Hits and Misses
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:06am

Birders--

I seem to be one of the few who managed to miss the waxwings  
yesterday, but not for lack of trying.

I checked the Leverett Pond/Olmstead/Downes park area around  
12:30-1:00 and around 1:40-2:00 without sight or sound of a single  
waxwing, Cedar or otherwise.

I did find 8 Ring-necked Ducks (7m 1f) at the north end of Jamaica  
Pond, along with the usual concentration of Mallards/hybrid farm  
ducks and American Coots (I counted 19). There were also 4 Double- 
Crested Cormorants.

The other highlights of the day were a total of 13 Eastern Phoebes  
for the day (3 on Leverett Pond, 3 Ward's Pond, 1 on one o the rose  
garden ponds at the Arboretum and 4 Lake Hibiscus in Forest Hills  
Cemetery and 3 Wild Turkeys on the Scarborough Road side of the  
Cemetery.

I also dipped on the Snow Goose that Stephen Baird photographed on  
the golf course at Franklin Park on Saturday.

Good birding.

--Jake

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain

fiatlux at interport dot net

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Subject: Ashburnham 4/8
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:34am

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Location:     BBA Ashburnham 6
Observation date:     4/8/08
Number of species:     24

Mallard     4
Hooded Merganser     1
Mourning Dove     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     2
Blue Jay     20
American Crow     10
Black-capped Chickadee     11
Tufted Titmouse     12
White-breasted Nuthatch     6
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     91
European Starling     11 (NB)
Field Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     13
Dark-eyed Junco     19
Northern Cardinal     7
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Common Grackle     31
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
House Finch     4
American Goldfinch     5
Evening Grosbeak     4

Larger lakes still completely frozen, but small ponds pretty much open now.  
Still plenty of snow on north and east slopes.

Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA

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Subject: Waterbird Survey Results from Great Meadows -
         Concord Impoundments 4/8/2008
From: Jason_StSauver(AT)fws.gov
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:52am

The following species of waterfowl were counted during a recent waterbird
survey conducted at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge �~@~S Concord
Impoundments on Tuesday, April 8, 2008:

   Species             Amount

   Canada Goose         183
   Wood Duck             29
   Mallard         29
   American Black Duck    5
   Blue-winged Teal       2
   Northern Shoveler      2
   Hooded Merganser       2
   Ring-necked Duck      35
   Bufflehead             3
   Mute Swan              1
   American Coot    1
   Great Blue Heron       1
   Wilson�~@~Ys Snipe   2

   If you have any questions regarding management at the Concord
   Impoundments, please contact the Refuge biological staff at
   978-443-4661at ext 37 or 24.

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Jason St. Sauver, Bio Intern
for
Eileen McGourty
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Eastern MA NWR Complex
73 Weir Hill Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-4661 ext. 37
978-265-7467 cell
978-443-2898 fax

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Subject: Bohemian waxwings-Newburyport 4/8
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 10:36am

Large numbers of Bohemian waxwings were still present this morning at 8am in the
 Hero Coatings on Malcolm Hoyt Drive and a small number of birds were near
Packaging Specialties on Opportunity Way.  Tough viewing with all the truck
traffic, but beautiful in the morning light!

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: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
From: Barbara Spencer <bspencer(AT)mapinternet.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 10:34am

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Loud drumming on my metal roof brought me out this morning as a male  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker announced his presence.

Barbara Spencer
Cummington, MA
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Subject: Bohemian Waxwings continue, Marlborough
From: Timothy Spahr <tspahr(AT)cfa.harvard.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 11:12am

Hi Birders,

Sorry to be a broken record here, but at least 65
Bohemian Waxwings were present at the Immaculate Conception
Cemetery in Marlborough again this AM.  I watched the
birds (and photographed them!) through the scope
for nearly an hour between 8:30 and 9:30.  Just
fantastic looks in perfect light!

It looks like the winds will shift in the next
two nights, and I would not be surprised if they
were all headed to the pacific northwest in
the next day or two.

Good birding

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

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Subject: Re: Sabal Palm Audubon Center in Jeopardy
From: David Sibley <david_sibley(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 12:48pm

I hope everyone will tolerate some out-of-state advocacy. I just wanted 
to add to John Liller's post about the Texas border wall. Please take a 
few minutes to learn more about it, and make your voices heard. I have 
some links on my blog:  http://sibleyguides.blogspot.com  or you can go 
directly to www.notexasborderwall.com 
<http://www.notexasborderwall.com/> or to Defenders of Wildlife at  
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2008/04_03_2008_bush_administrations_use_of_waiver_out_of_control.php

Good Birding,
David Sibley
Concord, MA

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Subject: bohemians, Hadley
From: "Henry Lappen" <wow(AT)henrylappen.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 12:48pm

There were over 100 Waxwings this morning, mostly Bohemian, in Hadley at
the US Fish and Wildlife offices off Rt. 9.  They were buzzed briefly by a
Sharpie.

Henry Lappen
Amherst
heron(at)henrylappen.com

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Subject: Bohemian update-Newburyport
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 2:34pm

Sue Mcgrath called at 1:50pm to report that a small flock of Bohemian waxwings
were still present in the Industrial Park on Opportunity Way near the corner of
Malcolm Hoyt Drive.

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: Boston (South End Waxwings)
From: "rstymeist(AT)juno.com" <rstymeist@juno.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 3:03pm

This morning I checked out the waxwing flock at the corner of Tremont and
Berkley and found approx 250 Cedar Waxwings and met up with Tim Factor, who
originally made us aware of this flock. After 35 minutes of searching for the
one Bohemian it suddenly appeared on the ground just 12 feet in front of me!!
This is truly a spectacular sight; the birds are feeding in a small park that
belongs to the Castle Square Apartments. It is well planted with some crab
apples and  these cork trees with the small black berries that the birds are
really enjoying (it seems strange that this fruit is still there- the cork trees
 in Mt Auburn were totally eaten before mid January- they don't even get
palatable until November)I did find one dead Cedar Waxwing. Other birds there
were White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco and Song Sparrow(all singing)$
Cardinal, 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 4 Blue Jays, 15 Robins and a Mockingbird.

I checked Olmsted Park and Dowes Park in Brookline for the Bohemian Waxwings
reported but came up empty (for the 4th time!)

Bob Stymeist
Arlington

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Subject: Chandler Pond/Fenway
From: Jane Zanichkowsky <jzanich(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 3:07pm

Dear Massbirders:

This morning I took a quick walk around Chandler Pond,
Brighton.  Highlights:

bufflehead 16
hooded merganser 1 pair
mourning dove 2
many redwings and grackles
eastern phoebe 1
carolina wren 2

And as I was getting back to my car on Kenrick St.,
two hen turkeys were crossing the road (why? to get to
the other side, of course). They then climbed a dozen
steep steps in front of a house. I drove up the hill
behind the house but did not see where they went.
There is a house on the pond side of Kenrick that has
chickens. It could be, I suppose, that the turkeys
come  here for the chicken feed.

Just now, just before 3:00 pm, I was watching the Sox
home game (alas, on TV). The Famous Fenway Redtail
made an appearance, circling the field with prey in
its beak, and it got a round of applause from the
crowd almost as big as that granted Bill Buckner. The
TV announcers mentioned him as well, and that the hawk
hangs out by day and an owl hangs out there by night. 

Jane Zanichkowsky, Newton
jzanich(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Cedar Waxwings Arnold Arboretum, Boston
From: "HARRY ROBINSON" <ridetheheights(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 5:26pm

Struck out for waxwings at Olmstead Park.

Decided to check out the Arboretum.

Right at the corner of Walter and Bussy Streets there were 30 Cedar Waxwings 
feeding on a Ginkgo Maidenhair Tree from China and taking sips of water at 
the stream right there.  I was hoping for at least one Bohemian.  They must 
have gone to the sox game.

Harry Robinson

Quincy

ride the heights

at yahoo

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Subject: Gowings Swamp (Concord)
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:22pm

Visited the vernal pools, cathedral pines, and eskered hollow around 
the bog at mid-day.  Surprised a small Eastern Ribbon Snake sunning 
along the northern path.  Heard a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
rap-tapping somewhere near a large dead tree with nicely chiseled 
pileated holes.  While resting on the eastern slope of the bowl a 
pair of red-tailed hawks flew in calling then made playful upward 
circles overhead for a few minutes.  Lots of song coming in from the 
surrounding fields and marshland -- cardinals, titmice, robins, a 
Carolina wren, red-winged and rusty blackbirds, and spring peepers 
and wood frogs chorusing.  Walking out to the fields, I spied a very 
silent mockingbird foraging in the thicket and heard a bluebird pair 
as they flew in overhead.

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Subject: Olmstead Park: American woodcock
From: William Mustard <blmustard(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:16pm

Although once again thwarted in my attempt to spot a bohemian waxwing, 
I did startle a woodcock on the wooded hill overlooking Wards Pond 
around 3:30 p.m.. I couldn't relocate it among the oak leaves.
  Down along the brook a flock of waxwings appeared playing some 
combination of follow the leader and tag. They went from tree to tree 
in a 500 foot area and then disappeared, all in 15 seconds. Now they're 
just teasing me.
  Also saw my first phoebe and goldfinch in the park this season.

Bill Mustard
Jamaica Plain
blmustard(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Recent Cape Ann Sightings
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:00pm

Recent CAPE ANN Sightings:

4 April 2008; GLOUCESTER FISH PIER:
GLAUCOUS GULL (1-1W/2W)

7 April 2008; Wolf Hill Garden Center, GLOUCESTER:
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (10)
Cedar Waxwing (40)

8 April 2008; Wolf Hill Garden Center, GLOUCESTER:
Turkey Vulture (3)
Carolina Wren (3 singing)
RED BAT (1 male): Bright orange male flying around mid-morning in 
bright sunlight, then 'ditching it' into a rock/timber pile crevice.

8 April 2008; KETTLE ISLAND, MANCHESTER from Magnolia Point (1745-1910 hrs.):
Canada Goose (4)
Mallard (4)
Common Eider (175+)
Surf Scoter (120)
White-winged Scoter (6)
Bufflehead (6f.)
Red-breasted Merganser (76)
Common Loon (11)
Horned Grebe (15)
Red-necked Grebe (6)
Northern Gannet (1 ad.)
Double-crested Cormorant (2)
Great Cormorant (6)
Great Blue Heron (18): Sum of two migrating flocks near dusk, coming 
in off the ocean, south to north.
Great Egret (27): Flying in to island to roost.
Snowy Egret (17): Flying in to island to roost.
Little Blue Heron (3 ads.): Flying in to island to roost.
Purple Sandpiper (28)
Ring-billed Gull (1)
Herring Gull (2300): lots of gull foraging activity on some small baitfish.
Great Black-backed Gull (250)
Red-winged Blackbird (12)
Common Grackle (150): Departing the island for the mainland at dusk.

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

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Subject: CT Report 04/08/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:22pm

 From Jerry Connolly:
4/08 - Madison yard -- 12 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS; remainder of the same
flock (which has numbered up to 70) that have visited our yard daily
for eight weeks.  Most males now in breeding plumage. 

 From Len Kendall:
4/08 - Simsbury, off Ironhorse Blvd in the area bordering the marsh --
NORTHERN SHRIKE.

 From Ralph Amodei
4/07 - New Haven, RTE 80/103 Quinnipiac Ave -- 1 COMMON RAVEN

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Subject: Bo. Waxwings (Fitchburg, Westminster and Groton)
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 11:34pm

A quick up date on recent Bohemian Waxwing sighting from north central mass.
4/7 AM commute 42 Downtown Fitchburg
4/7 PM commute ~120 Junction of RTEs 2a and 31 in Fitcburg (3 miles from the AM
birds)
4/7 Westminster   3 (the end of my drive way)
4/8 AM commute ~120 RTE 2A and 31 
4/8 AM walk around the parking lot 7 fly overs

I have posted a few photos on my blog of the Fitchburg birds feeding on the
ground. Unfortunately I am unable to upload the video.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/

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

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