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Subject: Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 9 Apr 2008 6:06am
In case anybody missed this article in the NY Times, here is the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?_r=1&scp=3
&sq=songbirds&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT
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Subject: Bohemians galore
From: "David Larson" <dlarson(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:06am
David Weaver reports 110 Bohemian Waxwings at 6 Mulliken Way in the
industrial park in Newburyport this morning.
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David M. Larson, Ph.D.
Education Coordinator
Joppa Flats Education Center
Mass Audubon
Newburyport, MA
978-462-9998
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Subject: Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Waxwings in the South End
From: stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:38am
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I arrived just after Jeremy left, around 7:30, and stayed until nearly 8:30.
The work crew was still there and so were the birds, amazingly tolerant of the
racket and the surrounding traffic. Unfortunately, no Bohemian! Small groups
of waxwings would periodically lift off and disappear into the distance, mostly
across Berkeley and beyond the line of houses across the victory garden. Maybe
there are more fruiting trees around the Villa Victoria housing, or in Union
Park. I'll try again at lunch.
Stuart Walker
Jamaica Plain/Copley Sq
stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
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From: "Jeremy B. Dibbell" <jbdibbell(AT)gmail.com>
Emily, thanks for the tree info!
I stopped by the park this morning 7-7:30 a.m. - the large flock of Cedar
Waxwings was present. Just as I arrived a small group of birds flew down to the
puddle in the parking lot - among them was what must be the lone remaining
Bohemian (the only one I saw, anyway). Unfortunately when they lifted off from
the puddle that small group flew up and across Berkeley Street and didn't return
in the half hour I stayed, so I didn't get another look at the bird. I sifted
through the remaining birds looking for any other Bohemians, but didn't find
any. At about 7:30 a group of guys arrived with leafblowers, rakes and gardening
bags and went into the park; the birds seemed unperturbed, but they were making
such a racket I headed out. Hopefully they won't scare the flock off - there's
certainly still plenty of food for them.
- Jeremy Dibbell
Boston
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Emily Parker <emoparker(AT)yahoo.com> wrote:
My friend, who happens to be one of the city's "tree
guys", had some helpful information about the trees
hosting the waxwings. He says:
They are Amur Corktrees (Phellodendron amurense).
Here's a link that talks about them. They're an easy
one to i.d. because of the bark, it looks like cork.
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/p/pheamu/pheamu1.html
Just FYI...
--- ah_pics <ah_pics(AT)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I returned to Berkeley & Tremont today and benefited
> from the better
> light. As others have expressed, it's a surprising
> delight to see
> these wonderful birds in such an active city
> setting. How wonderful
> of the planners of that little park to put those
> particular trees
> there...anyway, I've posted a few more pictures from
> today on my
> Flickr page:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768381@N00/?saved=1
>
> Most of the birds are Cedar Waxwings. I actually
> could find only the
> one Bohemian. Did anyone else see more than one? I
> tried to present
> some of the variety of settings that the birds were
> in today, when I
> was watching them.
>
> Anne Haggerty
> Medford
>
>
>
*GO RED SOX*
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Subject: Bolton Flats 4/8 PM
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 10:10am
Birds seen and/or hear from Bolton Flats last evening. I got a very good at the
Peregrine, an Imm., this bird did not have any "foot gear" nor a bell. I guess
it could be a different bird from last week (or shed the gear), I could not see
its tail (last week's bird had a "ratty" looking tail) do to the angle it flew
off, very low and straight away. Clearly last week this or another imm. PG
appeared to have something dangling from a leg and when it passed directly over
head I could distictly hear a "jingle" bell ringing from the bird, another
birder from Devens hear the same.
A large flock of GW teal was present but difficult to count, the Lesser
Yellowlegs was present and a Greater flew overhead calling.
Location: Bolton Flats
Observation date: 4/8/08
>Canada Goose 12
>Wood Duck 25
>American Black Duck 18
>Mallard 50
>Green-winged Teal (American) 300
>Ring-necked Duck 40
>Great Blue Heron 2
>Peregrine Falcon 1
>Killdeer 10
>Greater Yellowlegs 1
>Lesser Yellowlegs 1
>Wilson's Snipe 23
>American Woodcock 1
>Ring-billed Gull 60
>Mourning Dove 5
>Barred Owl 1
>Northern Flicker 1
>Blue Jay 3
>American Crow 10
>Tree Swallow 12
>American Robin 25
>Song Sparrow 10
>Northern Cardinal 3
>Red-winged Blackbird 250
>Common Grackle 1500
>Brown-headed Cowbird 1
The Bohemian Waxwings were still in front of Boutwell-Owens Company at the
junction of RTE's 2A and 31 in Fitchburg this morning 4/9 at 7:45AM. Also a 1st
year Iceland "Kumlein's" Gull was perched atop a light pole at Crocker Field in
downtown Fitchburg.
Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Dr. Rob Bierregaard to give talk on osprey
tracking this Friday
From: "Melissa Lowe" <mlowe(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 10:52am
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TRACKING OSPREYS
Lecture by Dr. Rob Bierregaard
Friday, April 11, 7 p.m.
at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Dr. Bierregaard, who is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department
at the University of North Carolina, has been banding ospreys and
monitoring the population on the Vineyard since 1969. During this time
the osprey population in that area has grown from 2 pairs to over 70
pairs. The tracking project, which uses satellite telemetry, provides a
deeper understanding as to the habits and behaviors of these fish hawks.
Through his work on the Vineyard and other areas in the U.S., they have
determined that birds they followed for several migrations tend to be as
faithful to their wintering spot in South America as they are to their
nesting area up north; males and females take separate "vacations"; and
the young travel on their own when they head south, not following their
parents, but work on pure instinct.
This lecture provides an introduction to osprey natural history and
research results. It will also introduce "The Osprey Project" community
research project Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay and Long Pasture wildlife
sanctuaries are orchestrating.=20
Cost for the program is $8 for Mass Audubon members and $10 for
non-members. Registration is required; call the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary at 508-349-2615 to register.
***********************************************************
Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator
Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
mlowe(AT)massaudubon.org
508-349-2615, ext 107
Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts
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Subject: Some photos
From: Paul Cozza <pcozza(AT)alum.mit.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 12:00pm
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I recently spent a couple of weeks in Oaxaca, Mexico. Here are a few
shots of some of the birds I saw for your enjoyment:
http://picasaweb.google.com/PaulCozza/Oaxaca08
Paul Cozza
Concord, MA
pcozza(AT)alum.mit.edu
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Subject: Gloucester-Eastern Point 4/8
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 2:12pm
Location:Gloucester-Eastern Point Observation date:4/8/08
Notes:Brace Cove and Niles Pond. Not so many ducks, but I was pleasantly
surprised to find 4 adult Glaucous and 1 Iceland Gull with ducks on the edge
of the beach. The 5 gulls were bright white. The Glaucous gulls are enormous,
paticularly noticable when next to mallards.
Number of species: 16
Mute Swan 1
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck 23
Common Eider X
Bufflehead X
Common Goldeneye 8
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Iceland Gull 1
Glaucous Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull X
American Crow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
winterwren2(AT)verizon.net
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." Frank Lloyd Wright
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Subject: Colrain/Shelburne/Greeenfield 4/9
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 Apr 2008 2:38pm
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Location: BBA Bernardston 6- Colrain, Shelburne, Greenfield, Leyden
Observation date: 4/9/08
Number of species: 28
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Wild Turkey 5
Turkey Vulture 10
Northern Harrier 2 (Shelburne)
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 12
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 57
Tree Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Carolina Wren 2 (P) (Colrain)
American Robin 166
European Starling 9
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 52
Dark-eyed Junco 17
Northern Cardinal 3
Red-winged Blackbird 34
Common Grackle 3 (CN)
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 8
Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA
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Subject: Marlborough Birding\Boho Waxwings
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 3:58pm
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Spurred by Tim Spahr=B9s posting, I took a trip to Marlborough today to look
for the Bohemian Waxwings (BOWA) he has been reporting at the IC Cemetery,
specifically at the corner of Beech and Clover Hill Sts. It took 4 visits
over a 2 hour period but at ~12:40 pm there were 30-40 BOWA=B9s in a couple o=
f
the large trees with red buds, just to the left of the red truck. They
stayed only 5 minutes after I arrived but I was able to scope them as well
as view them through my binocs.
Other birds in the western part of Marlborough included: Common Mergansers
(a few on Lake Williams and Millham Reservoir), Cooper=B9s Hawk, Red-tailed
Hawk, Northern Flicker and Eastern Phoebe.
At Hager Pond on Rte. 20 just before the border with Framingham, there were
2 Northern Pintails, 3 American Wigeons, 4 Gadwall, 1 Common Merganser and
11+ Ring-necked Ducks. As I was leaving, a Tree Swallow flew overhead.
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Two upcoming radio programs on natural history
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 4:04pm
SUNDAY, APRIL 13 BEGINING AT 9PM EDT USA ON WICN (90.5FM):
In 1818, through a bizarre series of circumstances, taxonomy and science
were put on trial in a courthouse in New York City. What started as a minor
case about the inspection of barrels of whale oil, became a showcase trial
on the publics understanding of natural history and the new order of nature.
The whole cause célèbre court case revolved around a deceptively simple
question: was a whale a “fish” or a “mammal”? Tune in tonight when Inquiry
speaks with writer D. GRAHAM BURNETT about his thought-provoking history of
science and society: Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court
Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature.
Then at 9:30: Golden Wings and Hairy Toes by natural history writer and
Rhode Island native TODD McLEISH is one of the most enjoyable and
informative books on New England wildlife published in some time. McLeish
came up with a short list of some of New England’s most endangered birds,
mammals, reptiles, invertebrates and plants, and then arranged to spend some
time in the field with the biologists and conservationists trying
desperately to preserve the remaining populations of these plants and
animals. Tune in and find out about the rare Sandplain Gerardia that seems
to survive only in old New England cemeteries, and the American Burying
Beetle, who finds a fresh corpse to inter for it’s young.
WICN (90.5FM) is broadcast throughout central New England and is also
webcast throughout the world. To get WICN on your PC, go to:
www.wicn.org
…and click on “Listen Online”.
· “Inquiry”, my show, airs SUNDAYS at 9PM EST USA. Each show consists of two
30-minute interviews about art, history, science and social issues I find
interesting. Rarely, I will devote a full hour to a single guest.
· While at the website, if you click on PROGRAMS then on the SUB MENU:
“COMING UP” you will find listings for Inquiry for the next two weeks. Shows
are also “ARCHIVED” as MP 3 “I-Pod friendly” downloads on the website. Shows
are typically archived within a week after broadcasting and are then
available for months afterwards on the website. Click on “PROGRAMS” then
“ARCHIVE” and scroll down for this past month’s shows and a FAQ section.
Mark Lynch
WICN
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Subject: Nbpt Industrial Park, Scotland Rd, Nbpt Harbor,
Plum Island - 04-09-08
From: "David K Weaver" <cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 4:40pm
David Larson and I had the pleasure of leading Wednesday Morning Birds
today. We started off in a bit of fog, which later cleared leaving a high,
thin overcast allowing some sun. The temps were pretty much in the 40s all
morning because of light winds off of the ocean. I did a pre-program scout
of the Newburyport Industrial Area and found ~ 110 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at 6
Mulliken Way. They were feeding on a crabapple tree with plenty of fruit.
Thankfully, they were still there when we arrived more than an hour later
with the group in tow. This species was a lifer for many. The birds
permitted uninterrupted viewing for about 20 minutes. Quite nice! From
there to Scotland Road where we had pairs of Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged
Teal, and American Wigeon -- i.e., a pair of each species -- and at least
one snipe, a Greater Yellowlegs, and a Lesser Yellowlegs. The highlight at
the Newburyport wastewater treatment plant was seeing many drake Long-tailed
Ducks in their alternate plumage and much courting going on. The Plum
Island highlight was a young female Peregrine Falcon perched on some
staddles west of the small pans near parking lot #2. She took off to the
north while we watched and provided a wonderful comparison in flight
behavior and wing shape with a nearby harrier.
Here's our list for the morning:
Canada Goose - Scotland Rd (SR), Newburyport Harbor (NH), Plum Island (PI).
Gadwall - 4, NH; 4, PI.
American Wigeon (2) - SR.
American Black Duck - NH, PI.
Mallard - NH, PI.
Blue-winged Teal (2) - SR.
Northern Pintail (2) - main pan, PI.
Green-winged Teal - SR, NH, PI.
White-winged Scoter (2) - NH.
Long-tailed Duck - many, NH.
Common Goldeneye - NH.
Red-breasted Merganser (4) - main pan, PI.
Great Cormorant (3) - NH.
Great Egret (1) - flyover at Newburyport Industrial Park (NIP).
Osprey (3-4) - 2, Pines platform (courtship feeding and copulation
observed), PI; 1 flyby of Pines platform while pair on platform; and 1
flying at mouth of PI River (could have been same bird as flyby at Pines
platform).
Northern Harrier (2) - PI.
Red-tailed Hawk - 1, PI Turnpike w of bridge; 1, SR.
American Kestrel (1) - male, PI Turnpike just e of airport.
Peregrine Falcon (1) - juv female, pans, PI.
Killdeer - 2, SR; 2, NH.
Greater Yellowlegs - 1, SR; 2, small pans, PI.
Lesser Yellowlegs (1) - SR.
Wilsons's Snipe - 2, SR; 3, s end North Field, PI.
Ring-billed Gull - NH.
Herring Gull - NH, PI.
Great Black-backed Gull - NH, PI.
Rock Pigeon - PI bridge.
Mourning Dove - SR, NH, PI.
Great Horned Owl (1) - PI.
Downy Woodpecker (1) - SR.
Eastern Phoebe - 1, Joppa Flats; 4, PI.
American Crow - NIP, SR, NH, PI.
Tree Swallow - main pan boxes, PI.
American Robin - NIP, SR, NH, PI.
Northern Mockingbird - 1, Joppa Flats; 1, NIP; 1, SR; 1, NH; 1, PI.
European Starling - NIP, SR, NH, PI.
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (~ 110) - NIP.
Song Sparrow - singing at every site
Northern Cardinal - also singing at every site.
Red-winged Blackbird - SR, NH, PI.
Eastern Meadowlark (1) - east end, PI Airport.
Common Grackle - PI Turnpike, PI.
American Goldfinch - NIP, PI.
We will meet again next week back at Joppa Flats at 0930 for Wednesday
Morning Birding. For more information about Joppa Flats programs, call Bill
Gette or Dave Larson at 978-462-9998.
Dave Weaver
Manchester, MA 01944
cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Marlborough possible vagrant dove and BOWA ARGH!
From: "William Freedberg" <4mrfish(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 4:56pm
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Massbirders,
My luck with the Bohemian waxwings has been very bad. Today, I checked out
Marlborough and the Immaculate Conception cemetary (thank you Tim!)... But
no luck from 3:00-4:00pm.
Argh.... I need those guys on my life list!
On the way home, however, on route 20 where it intersects 495- after the
dunkin donuts on a wire over the overpass- there was a LARGE dove (or
dovelike bird- definatley not a falcon) that I'm not able to ID. I only got
a quick look because of the light, and hey, I was getting on 495. Its shape
was most reminiscent of a white-winged dove, but it was too big for that-
bigger than any mourning dove I've ever seen. I have it narrowed down to
three options: 1) a Eurasian Collared dove, 2) A very strange feral pigeon,
which is probably most likely at this point, though the GIS was not quite
right, or 3) a band-tailed pigion, which I think is extremely unlikely. I
only saw it for a split second, (though enough to tell it was DEFINATLEY not
a mourning dove or normal rock dove), and because it was on a wire, It will
be tough to find again, so this is just a heads up to birders in the area.
Good birding,
Will Freedberg
Belmont, MA
4mrfish(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Fish crow, Carlisle
From: "Tom Brownrigg" <brownriggs(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 5:28pm
Yesterday, 4/08/08, we walked around the Carlisle cranberry bog for about
1.5 hrs. At about 10 AM we first heard and then saw a crow flying
northwest. We heard it making a sound like "ha" repeated occasionally
while the bird was flying. This was our first fish crow in Carlisle.
Also at the bog ponds were 3 common mergansers (m & 2 f), 17 ring-necked
ducks (11 m & 6 f) and a belted kingfisher (m). We saw wood frog egg masses
in a vernal pool north of the bog fields.
Tom
Tom & D'Ann Brownrigg
Carlisle, MA
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Subject: South End waxwings and boreal bird conservation
From: "Scott Haber" <scotthaber1(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 5:32pm
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A 25 minute observation at the corner of Berkeley and Tremont Streets this
evening was certainly "fruitful", but not in the sense of seeing Bohemian
Waxwings. I counted 47 Cedar Waxwings feasting on the Amur Cork fruits,
with the flock occasionally dispersing East down Berkeley Street. A
Northern Mockingbird joined the waxwing flock at one point, and seemed
content to feed on the cork fruits as well.
On the subject of Bohemian Waxwings though...an estimated 77% of the
species's North American population breeds in the boreal forest in Canada,
along with countless other early migrants that have been showing up in the
Boston area lately including Fox Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and the
Rusty Blackbirds of Milennium Park roost-fame, along with the Palm Warblers
that should be arriving en masse any day.
Because so many of the species we enjoy during migration breed in the boreal
regions of the northern US and Canada, I'd encourage all Massbirders to
check out a petition at www.saveourborealbirds.org, organized by many
well-respected Canadian, North American and South American bird conservation
organizations. The petition asks the Canadian government to set aside more
protected areas in the boreal zone, only 8% of which is preserved currently
(while 30% of it is allocated to resource industries). The website contains
detailed information on the goals of the petition, on the organizations
behind the campaign, as well as the opportunity to sign it yourself.
I don't mean to use Massbird as a soapbox, but I feel this is a very
legitimate issue that should be of concern to Massaschusetts birders.
Cheers,
Scott Haber, Boston
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Scott Andrew Haber
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
Boston University, Boston, MA
Cell: 201-615-3307
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Subject: Q, Q, Q , harleys, Redpolls - Scituate
From: steve(AT)maguirepresentations.com
Date: 9 Apr 2008 5:48pm
Ah... Spring...
On our walk out to the Glades in North Scituate this afternoon...
15 Harlequin Ducks
1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS (We heard the Q, Q, Q and were quite surprised... earliest
we have seen one out there)
At our feeders...
15 Common Redpolls
Steve
Best Regards,
Steve
Stephen Maguire - Speaking Professional
www.maguirepresentations.com
steve(AT)maguirepresentations.com
781.545.5266 x 1
24 Hatchet Rock Road
Scituate, MA 02066
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Subject: Bohemian Waxwing Images ~ Newburyport, MA 4-9-08
From: jfenton(AT)natureandwings.com
Date: 9 Apr 2008 8:22pm
I finally had an opportunity to photograph some Bohemian Waxwings later
this afternoon in Newburyport at the Industrial Park. I'm going to
estimate somehwere in the vicinity of 150 individuals, which often split
into 2 flocks to feed in various areas.
They were a joy to finally see and just as beautiful as I imagined.
If you'd like to see some of the images I captured, they can be found
at:
http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957/april_2008
Jim Fenton
42 11th Ave
Haverhill, MA 01830
Cell: 978-420-6363
Images at: www.pbase.com/soonipi1957
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Subject: Northern Shrike in Gloucester
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 8:28pm
There was a late NORTHERN SHRIKE at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester
early this afternoon, 9 April 2008. There are only six later Essex
County records since 1995 (Bird Observer).
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Turkey/Pileated
From: Richard Marchant <rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 8:54pm
Hi,
Around 9:30 this morning, just after official low
tide, we spotted a Wild Turkey walking across the
mudflats of the Little River in West Gloucester, from
Woodward Ave toward Concord St.
Although the Turkey walked across the mud, he FLEW
when he came to the perennial fresh water stream that
runs through, even at low tide (about 2-3' across). He
then landed in the mudflats on the other side of the
stream, proceeded to walk up the riverbank, and the
landbank, and disappear into the woods.
Shortly thereafter we headed out toward 128 en
route to Good Harbor beach for a 'Dog Run' and
noticed, perhaps the same fellow, walking along a
stonewall on Concord St. just across from the entrance
to First Parish School. The school has had 'problems'
with wild turkeys in the past!
Also, a woman living on Stanwood Ave., which is the
next street eastward from Woodward Ave. told us that a
Pileated Woodpecker comes to her log-type suet-plug
feeder every morning between 7 and 7:30. We're going
to check it out tomorrow.
The Pileated hole in the Eastern White Pine at
54-56 Woodward (the tree closest to the hydrant on the
hydrant side/river side, about 40' up) shows up
occasionally, but just seems to be feeding from the
hole, and not excavating as we'd hoped. There are
several other similiarly shaped and sized holes at
approx. the same height in this tree. The way the bark
seems to be leaving the trunk, the tree could be dying
and infested with woodpecker feeding material.
I've not heard the N. Saw-whet Owl calling from
across the River in quite awhile, but from what I've
been told, that doesn't mean it's not still there.
DD&W
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Gloucester, MA
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Subject: 4/9- Bohemian Waxwing Photographs from Fitchburg
From: Kevin Bourinot <kevinbourinot(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:29pm
Many thanks to TOM PIRRO's earlier report, I observed over 70 Bohemian Waxwings
at the Boutwell-Owens Company in FITCHBURG this afternoon. Photos can be seen
here:
http://www.pbase.com/kevbourinot/massachusetts_bohemian_waxwing_invasion
Thanks again Tom,
Kevin Bourinot
KevinBourinot(AT)hotmail.com
West Boylston, MA
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Subject: Groton Bohemian Waxwing pics
From: Tom Murray <tmurray74(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 9 Apr 2008 9:36pm
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Yesterday morning at 7:00am I went to Dunkin Donuts on main st. rt. 119, and saw
the Bohemians in the crab apple trees across the street, reported Monday by
Mike Resch. This afternoon around 4:30pm I stopped, and saw them again. This
time the sun was out, and I had my camera. There's still enough fruit on the
trees to keep them around for another day or two.
Here's the pictures I was able to get.
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/bohemian_waxwing
Tom Murray
Groton, Ma.
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