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Subject: kestrel migration at Ipswich Beach
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 1:22am
Craig mentioned 57 kestrels from Plum Island lot 1 today and possibly 50
more before the counters were onsite. I spent 3 hours at Ipswich (Crane)
Beach today and saw some of those kestrels before they got to Plum Island.
I was in the interior of the dunes, including the pitch-pine forest, much of
the time and thus was not always in a postition to see hawks going over, but
I did see 7 kestrels, 1 adult sharpshin, and 1 male harrier.
I have little experience with kestrels migrating up Ipswich Beach, which is
not oriented in a north-south direction but rather northwest to southeast,
and lies inward of the surrounding coastline. I suspect many falcons
migrating up the coast in spring follow it to Cape Ann, then fly across the
water (which falcons do not hesitate to do) directly to PI, missing Ipswich
Beach entirely. But obviously not all of them do that. Of the seven
kestrels I saw today around mid-day, 3 were flying up the dunes and across
the parking lot, keeping a bit out of the NW wind; one was following the
shoreline just off the beach; and the other 3 were perched in the vicinity
of the parking lot, taking a breather or perhaps hunting. If I saw 7
without effort, bunched in two short time periods at the beginning and end
of my walk, it is likely that way more than that migrated through there.
Elsewhere on the beach, a dozen piping plovers were concentrated in one
small area and engaging in courtship and chasing activities. It is still
way too early for them to nest (I think). Also saw a flock of 22
sanderlings. The only warbler I found was a male myrtle. Pine warblers are
in the interior but don't seem to have arrived in the coastal pitch pines
yet, where a few are around all spring and summer and presumably nest. I'm
not sure whether this is also true on Plum Island; I don't recall hearing
them there in the nesting season like I do at Ipswich Beach.
Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Jackson" <crleja(AT)yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: Fwd: HSR: Plum Island MA (14 Apr 2008) 70 Raptors
> Hi all,
>
> This would be considered a very good day, except in
> comparison with yesterday, which was phenomenal. We
> have now smashed last spring's total count, and ore
> only half-way through April.
>
> Craig Jackson
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.
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Subject: Re: [BostonBirds] Fork-tailed Flycatcher comments
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 6:00am
Thanks so much to all who have posted about this bird.
I was unable to make it yesterday and am hoping it sticks around long
enough for me to finish my taxes this morning before I head over.
After reading these great notes by Marshall, I checked a few of my
own references, including a great little book that I picked up in
Brazil called Aves da Caatinga/Birds of the Caatinga, by Major, Sales
and Castro (ornithologists in Ceara in northeast Brazil) which notes
that the Fork-tailed Flycatcher has a complex internal migration
pattern during its time in Brazil, including periods in the Amazon,
Sao Paulo and the northeast. They spend April and May in Ceara, on
the north coast of Brazil, which would put any overshoots--even on a
relatively short internal migration-- on a direct course for North
America, as Marshall noted.
I never thought in a million years that this interesting little book
about the ecology and birds life of the scrublands of eastern Brazil
would be of any use to me for birding here in Boston.
Good birding,
Jake
Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatlux at interport dot net
On Apr 14, 2008, at 5:26 PM, Marshall J. Iliff wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Marj Rines has now posted some of my Fork-tailed Flycatcher photos
> along
> with photos from Jeremiah Trimble to www.massbird.org. Although
> identification to species is straightforward, Jeremiah and I were
> focused on
> trying to get to the next step to understand a bit more about this
> bird.
>
> This bird is heavily worn, with entirely brown and frayed wing and
> tail
> feathers (the outermost tail feathers are broken off). Although
> this bird
> was initially reported as an immature, and although this conclusion is
> logical based on the short tail, this is in fact an ADULT MALE. The
> three
> outermost primaries are modified in most kingbirds (Fork-tailed and
> Scissor-tailed Flycatchers ARE kingbirds, after all) and the strong
> notching
> visible on this bird (see Jeremiah's first photos, and some of the
> flight
> shots) reveal that this is an adult male. Furthermore, the fact
> that the
> outer three primaries are strongly notched is DIAGNOSTIC for the
> southernmost subspecies, Tyrannus savana savana, which breeds from
> central
> Brazil and Bolivia south to central eastern Argentina and winters in
> northern South America! This actually comes as no surprise, since
> it has
> long been known that this subspecies is the one that tends to occur
> as a
> stray to the United States and Canada; only a few winter records
> from south
> Texas and (recently) Louisiana have been ascribed to the more
> proximal T. s.
> monachus, which breeds from Veracruz, Mexico, to northern South
> America.
> Interestingly, T. s. savana undergoes a complete molt on its
> northern South
> America "wintering" grounds (April-July; Pyle 1997), so our April
> bird has
> feathers that are almost a year old (and look it!).
>
> So what is this bird doing here? Much has been written on the
> vagrancy of
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher, including the following articles, with the
> McCaskie
> and Patten article a personal favorite:
>
> Lockwood, Mark. 1999. Possible anywhere: Fork-tailed Flycatcher.
> Birding
> 31:126-139.
> Monroe, B. L. and A. Barron. 1980. The Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Nroth
> America. Am. Birds 34:842-845.
> McCaskie, G. and M. A. Patten. 1994. Status of the Fork-tailed
> Flycatcher
> (Tyrannus savanna) in the
> United States and Canada. Western Birds 25:113-127. Available
> online
> through SORA
> (http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/)
>
> My personal opinion, informed by these articles, is that these
> spring birds
> are simply overshoots. Spring overshooting is most frequent in
> males (e.g.,
> Kentucky Warbler, Hooded Warbler), but in this case remember that
> this is
> actually a FALL OVERSHOOT, since it is an austral breeder.
> Basically, this
> bird was migrating north from Argentina (perhaps) to coastal Brazil
> and was
> a bit too ambitious and ended up over the Atlantic. From the north
> coast of
> South America to Boston it is a little over 2000 miles. I suspect
> that many
> coastal USA Fork-tailed Flycatchers have flown directly from South
> America
> after being caught offshore in Spring (May-June peak) or Fall
> (September
> peak) and then flying downwind. I am no expert on these windflow
> patterns
> but imagine that, if I am correct (that this bird's first landfall
> was in
> Massachusetts, and not Alabama), windflow patterns are crucial to the
> survival of these birds and necessitate an interaction between a
> high to
> the east of South America and a low moving in from mainland North
> America.
> This could help bring such a bird north and would explain why Fork-
> tailed
> Flycatcher records have such a strong coastal bias.
>
> This species is often referred to as a "reverse migrant". For example,
> Lockwood (1999) says: "It has been hypothesized that Fork-tailed
> Flycatchers
> arrive in the fall as a result of misoriented "mirror-image" migration
> (Monroe & Barron 1980, McCaskie and Patten 1994). In other words,
> these
> birds fly northward instead of following their normal migration
> path to the
> south."
>
> I do believe that some birds show a tendency to occur as a reverse
> migrants--heading north when they should head south. However, I am
> not sure
> I believe that USA vagrant Fork-tailed Flycatchers are "mirror-
> image" or
> "reverse" migrants at either season. Other fall birds that we consider
> "reverse" migrants, such as Tropical Kingbirds, Ash-throated
> Flycatchers,
> and others, tend to be young birds heading north instead of south.
> If an
> immature Fork-tailed Flycatcher was a reverse migrant it would
> presumably
> migrate to Antarctica in April/May...not to the Northeast USA.
> Thus, I don't
> think fall immatures in the East are reverse migrants since they
> are a)
> probably T. s. savana; b) would have needed to first migrate
> successfully in
> their "fall" before straying to North American in our fall. I think
> it is
> more likely that these fall migrants also get caught offshore as do
> spring
> birds and make next landfall on the North American continent.
> However, this
> fails to explain why vagrant Fork-taileds predominate in fall,
> since it
> would seem that the converse would be true when the entire
> population is
> already moving north...
>
> Food for thought for those enjoying this remarkable rarity.
>
> Best,
>
> Marshall
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> -------------------------
> All East Coast April-May records I am aware of are below.
>
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 ad male 4/13/2008 thru 4/14/2008
> Brighton MA
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 5/2/1990 thru 05/3/90
> Concord MA
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 5/4/1968 thru 05/8/68 Plum
> I. MA
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 5/7/1989
> Oak Beach Suffolk NY
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 ad 5/18/1994 thru 05/28/94
> Kittery, Fort Foster ME
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 5/18/1984 thru 05/20/84 Cape
> May Cape May NJ
> Fork-tailed Flycatcher 1 5/19/1985 thru 05/22/85 Long
> Bay NR Bermuda
>
> There are a number of April/May records from the Florida, the Gulf
> Coast and
> Texas, and a very few in the interior (e.g., Illinois).
> --
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Marshall J. Iliff
> West Roxbury, MA
> miliff AT aol.com
> -------------------------------------------------
> eBird/AKN Project Leader
> Cornell Lab of Ornithology
> 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> http://www.ebird.org
> http://www.avianknowledge.net
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Subject: PRNWR ~ 4/14
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 15 Apr 2008 6:20am
Birders,
This evening I guided a delightful couple on The Refuge for several hours:
Lot #1
Northern Harrier [male], Eastern Phoebe, Ipswich Sparrow, American Kestrel
Salt Pannes:
Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, Greater Yellowlegs, Great Egrets
in
stunning breeding plumage
North Pool Overlook:
Glossy Ibis ~ 8
Hellcat South to Pines Trail:
American Woodcock ~ a dozen displaying, Eastern Phoebe, Great Horned Owl,
Osprey
I'm fairly certain we heard an Eastern Screech Owl while at the Hellcat circle;
we heard a descending, whistle-like whinny, then a trill that was only one
pitch.
Best wishes,
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: Yard Birds in Granby 4/14
From: "Lori Rogers" <lorir56(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 6:20am
On Monday, 4/14 I had a pair of Purple Finches and a Pine Warbler at my
feeders.
Happy Spring,
Lori Rogers
Granby, MA
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Subject: Fork-tailed
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 7:16am
Karsten Hartel just called to say the Fork-tailed Flycatcher is there
this morning on the McKendrick street side near the culvert
--
Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: Fork-tailed Flycatcher and Lark Sparrow pics
From: Dan Berard <frostedcorncrakes(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 7:48am
I headed out to see the Fork-tailed Flycatcher twice
yesterday. It was very cooperative around 2, hanging
out near the "parking side" of the pond on Lake Shore
Rd, opposite the houses. It spent most of it's time on
the left side if facing the pond with the Lake Shore
Rd houses behind you.
Around 4 or so, it was not so cooperative and stayed
low and flew across the pond to hang out in a yard on
the other side.
If you go looking, be sure to check the opposite end
of the pond for a bright white dot (front) or a brown
spot with a dark top (back).
Here are a few pics:
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669420
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669419
Digiscoped
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669421
As Bob Stymeist mentioned, there is quite a bit of
activity here so keep an eye out. In addition to his
list I had the following noteworthy sightings:
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
There was also a bit of breeding activity.
Song Sparrows, phoebes, and House Sparows collecting
nest material and a Canada Goose on a nest.
In other news:
The Lark Sparrow is still present in my yard and I
have uploaded a pic taken this morning.
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669422
The Field Sparrow was also present:
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669418
And they were joined by another regular feeder bird:
http://upload.pbase.com/dberard/image/95669423
- Dan Berard
Millbury/Wellfleet
Naturalist
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon
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Subject: Coastal versus inland
From: Beth Milke <saw-whet(AT)charter.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:43am
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There was a question the other day on one of the New York birding
list serves about differentiating the terms "coastal" and "inland."
Could anyone provide a definition of these terms as they apply to
Massachusetts--is there an official ecozone/topographical distance
from the coast that is "inland?" How does this apply to an island
such as Martha's Vineyard?
Beth MilkeUxbridge, MA
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Subject: Westminster / Fitchburg birds 4/15
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:40am
Birds seen from home, the back deck, this morning:
Species Number reported
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
American Robin 4
Pine Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
In Fitchburg the Bohemian Waxwings continue to show well, at Boutwell-Owen in
Fitchburg, with at least 75 present this morning. Still a lot of fruit on the
tree out front, they also head onto the roof of the building, I presume for a
drink of water off the flat roof.
Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Fork-tailed Continues 4/15
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:56am
Harry Robinson called to report that the FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER was being seen
again this morning at 8:20am by about 15-20 birders on the west side of Chandler
Pond off Lake St. in Brighton.
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: Fork-tailed Flycatcher
From: pattyoneill(AT)juno.com
Date: 15 Apr 2008 11:50am
Just in case anyone is wondering, the fork-tailed flycatcher was present
and busy flycatching at 10:15 a.m. today, April 15, at Chandler Pond on
Lakeshore Drive in Brighton. The bird was at the end of the pond near
Lake Street.
Patty O'Neill
pattyoneill(AT)juno.com
Milton MA
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Subject: Essex & West Gloucester
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 12:56pm
Highlights this morning at Cogswell's Grant and adjacent marsh in Essex:
3 Great Blue Herons
4 Great Egrets
2 Snowy Egrets
1 Am. Kestrel
1 VIRGINIA RAIL
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Eastern Bluebird
2 Savannah Sparrows
Yard birds the past week:
1 Great Horned Owl (4-15)
1 E. Screech Owl (4-9 & 4-10)
1 Wild Turkey (4-13)
1 Hairy Woodpecker (daily)
6 Downy Woodpeckers (daily)
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker (almost daily)
1 Northern Flicker (daily)
1 Eastern Phoebe (since 4-12)
1 Purple Finch (since 4-12)
In the neighborhood:
1 Little Blue Heron (4-15 in Concord St. salt marsh)
1 Cooper's Hawk (4-10 on Bray Road)
1 Pine Warbler (4-10 & 4-15 on Bray Road)
2 Flamingo sp. (plastic, fresh plumage, wrong habitat)
John Nelson
West Gloucester
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Subject: 7:45 PM Skyline Trail
From: "Young, John (DPU)" <John.Young(AT)state.ma.us>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 1:06pm
Massbirders,
I was up on Buck Hill, Quincy, in the Blue Hills south of Boston last
evening, 4/14. At 7:45, there was one hermit thrush singing, and one
woodcock peenting and swizzling. The air was so amazingly clear / Mt
Monadnock was clear as day. Err, clear as twilight. I walked onward,
and at 8:25, a barred owl hooted one series. I daren't say where.
Earlier on, near the State Police barracks & stables, Milton, I'm pretty
sure I squarbled/nooted/blaundered/fluged three Bohemians. Ah well.
Easy come, easy go. At the next 8:25, this morning, half a dozen
birders were looking at a fork-tailed flycatcher at the EAST end of
Chandler Pond off Lake St in Brighton, which I only feel needs remarking
due to the report of 10-15 birders looking at one at the WEST end of the
same pond at the same time. IT'S AN INVASION!! (nice looking bird, by
the way!)
Cheers
John Young
Skyrations at yahoo
Jamaica Plain
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Subject: USFWS Waterbird survey results - 04/15/2008
From: Jason_StSauver(AT)fws.gov
Date: 15 Apr 2008 1:14pm
The following species of waterfowl were counted during a recent waterbird
survey conducted at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge â~@~S Concord
Impoundments on Tuesday, April 15, 2008:
Species Amount
Canada Goose 74
Wood Duck 17
Mallard 14
American Black Duck 3
Gadwall 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Common Merganser 1
Ring-necked Duck 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Coot 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1
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.
-------------------------------------------------
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: Forest Park
From: casey322(AT)comcast.net (Chris Surprenant)
Date: 15 Apr 2008 1:14pm
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Today Chris Patterson and I went to the Forest Park. We saw a Hermit Thrush and
heard a pine warbler by the Carriage House. We then walked along the path around
the aquatic garden area, there was 2 yellow-rumped warblers, about 5 palm
warblers, 2 pine warblers and 2 ruby-crowned kinglets. There is also quite a few
tree swallows. We also had at least 5 Pheobes thru out the park. We heard the
Red-shouldered Hawk calling from around the nest.
Chris Surprenant
Spfld.,MA.
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Subject: Plovers, Kestrels and Brant, Oh My!
From: "Gene Harriman" <vze2brn7(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 2:26pm
Hi MassBirders,
Here's my observations from Nelson Field and Plymouth Beach in Plymouth.
Location: Nelson Beach
Observation date: 4/15/08
Number of species: 12
Brant 135
American Black Duck 212
Common Eider 5
Surf Scoter 13
Bufflehead 12
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Red-throated Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Laughing Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 41
Herring Gull 12
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org/massaudubon/)
Location: Plymouth Beach
Observation date: 4/15/08
Number of species: 9
Brant 25
Osprey 2
American Kestrel 1
Piping Plover 7
Sanderling 110
Dunlin 250
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 2
American Crow 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org/massaudubon/)
Good Birding Everyone!
Gene 'BigWingBoy' Harriman
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
vze2brn7atverizondotnet
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Subject: Fork-tailed Flycatcher and a few words of
advice\Massbirders:
From: "Douglas Chickering" <dovekie(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 2:42pm
Massbirders:
Lois Cooper and I went to see the Fork-tailed Flycatcher at Chandler
Pond in Brighton this morning. After a few misadventures trying to find the
place we were rewarded with memorable looks at the bird as it perched nearby
and occasionally swooped and pirouetted over the water its tail spreading
out in a sharp fork at every turn. The tail wasn't quite as spectacular as
the tail on the bird we saw at Ordione Park New Hampshire in November 2006,
but it was an impressive bird none the less.
In situations like this; the sudden appearance of a vagrant, there is
quite often a peculiar ID problem . Not with the bird; we usually prepare
ourselves properly to know what to look for. It is with trying to place in
ones memory those vaguely familiar faces among the crowd. I hadn't seen
Dave and Ursula Goodine for a few years but they clicked in my memory almost
immediately. However, it took me a few uncertain moments to place the face
of Ed Crowley, and I could tell that he was struggling with my
identification for a while also. I can't remember the last time I saw him.
A rarity that draws a crowd brings in birders quicker and more extensively
than a well run convention.
A word of advice. Lois and I found the hard way when we tried to follow
the most direct route from home to Chandler Pond, that tracing the way with
an atlas has its pitfalls. It seemed natural to follow Soldiers Field Road
to Market Street, down Market street, turn right on Washington Street and
then left on Lake Street. The map indicated that this was the most direct
and easiest route to follow. But when we got to Lake Street we found it to
be one way the wrong way. After some more false leads we ended up by going
back to Market Street, following it to Commonwealth Avenue, taking a right
there and following that to the other end of Lake Street. Boston can be a
devilish place to find your way around in; I know, I used to live there. So
when planning a trip to Chandler Pond remember Lake Street is one way from
Commonwealth Avenue to Washington Street.
It was a beautiful somewhat chilled spring day, and what a great bird.
Doug Chickering
Groveland
dovekie(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Re 7:45 PM Skyline Trail
From: "Young, John (DPU)" <John.Young(AT)state.ma.us>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 2:58pm
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JT, I am only being too cute. Probably not the right medium for that.
I am sure our watches must have been off. I was actually surprised I
saw so few people were there this morning, when I was there. But I'm
quite sure nothing is up. Apologies for any confusion.
JY =20
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From: JT
To: Young, John (DPU)
Subject: RE: [MASSBIRD] 7:45 PM Skyline Trail
Can you clarify this statement? At the same time?
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Subject: Plum Island today
From: "Jeffrey Offermann" <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 3:40pm
Birds seen on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on 4-15-08:
(No Ocean views)
Double-crested Cormorant -1 flyover
Great Egret -3
Glossy Ibis -8 North Field
Mute Swan -2
Canada Goose -6
Gadwall -4
Green-winged Teal -12
Mallard -6
American Black Duck -8
Northern Pintail -4
Bufflehead -2
Red-breasted Merganser -1
Osprey -1
American Kestrel -3 (pair in fields in front of Old Pines, solitary male
Cross Hill Farm)
Killdeer -4
Wilson's Snipe -1 North Field
Greater Yellowlegs -7 Pans
Lesser Yellowlegs -2 Pans
Ring-billed Gull -1
American Herring Gull -6
Mourning Dove -2
Great Horned Owl -1 nesting
Downy Woodpecker -1
Eastern Phoebe -2
Tree Swallow -30?
Golden-crowned Kinglet -30 or more all over island
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -1 Hellcat, Marsh trail
Northern Mockingbird -1
Hermit Thrush -1 Hellcat Dune trail
American Robin -18
Black-capped Chickadee -13
Blue Jay -2
American Crow -2
European Starling -6
Purple Finch -2
American Goldfinch -7
Palm Warbler -1 Eastern
American Tree Sparrow -1 Hellcat Marsh trail
Song Sparrow -15
Swamp Sparrow -1 Goodno Woods
White-throated Sparrow -1 Hellcat Dune trail
Northern Cardinal -2
Red-winged Blackbird -8
Common Grackle -6
In addition, I had one crowing Ring-necked Pheasant at Rock Meadow in
Belmont around 8 am today.
Jeffrey Offermann
Cambridge
offermann(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Westminster 4/15
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 15 Apr 2008 3:46pm
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Location: BBA Fitchburg 6- Westminster
Observation date: 4/15/08
Number of species: 24
Canada Goose 3 (P)
Wood Duck 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Red-tailed Hawk 2 (P)
Buteo sp. 1
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2 (NB)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 19
Tufted Titmouse 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 13
Song Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 10
American Goldfinch 4
Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA
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Subject: Fork-tailed Fly Catcher
From: Charlie Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 4:04pm
On site at 4 pm and the bird is very cooperative at the east end.
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
Cwnims(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Vesper Sparrow in Melrose 4/15/08
From: "Peter and Fay" <peterfay(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 5:22pm
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HI,
This afternoon Dana Jewell found a vesper sparrow at Ell Pond in =
Melrose. It was still there at 5 pm when we left.
Ell Pond is on Main St. two blocks north of Melrose Square. The parking =
lot is accessed from Lynn Fells Parkway. The bird was on the backside =
of the knoll near some concrete blocks.
Fay
Peter and Fay Vale
Wakefield, MA
peterfay(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Re: Re 7:45 PM Skyline Trail
From: "HARRY ROBINSON" <ridetheheights(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 6:26pm
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Re 7:45 PM Skyline TrailHey John just to clarify. I was at the pond =
from 0650 to 0735. The bird was relocated about 0720 on the west end =
of the pond which was catching the first morning rays from the sun as =
the east end was still in shadow from trees and nearby homes. =20
I went to work and was able to make the call about 45 to 60 minutes =
later to Bird Watchers supply which would have been between 0820 to =
0830. =20
When I returned at lunch and again later in the afternoon it was on the =
east end of the pond.
I had to face north to view the bird, because if I faced south or west =
or east I could not see it. Thus facing north on the east side was far =
better than facing south on the west side. Just being cute back. [ =
Insert smile here]
In my rush to attend my students and get the phone call out, the time =
might have been relayed wrong or transcribed wrong.
Happy Birding!!!!!!
Harry Robinson
Quincy
ride the heights at=20
yahoo
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From: Young, John (DPU)=20
To: massbird(AT)world.std.com=20
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:57 PM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Re 7:45 PM Skyline Trail
JT, I am only being too cute. Probably not the right medium for that. =
I am sure our watches must have been off. I was actually surprised I =
saw so few people were there this morning, when I was there. But I'm =
quite sure nothing is up. Apologies for any confusion.
JY =20
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From: JT=20
To: Young, John (DPU)=20
Subject: RE: [MASSBIRD] 7:45 PM Skyline Trail=20
Can you clarify this statement? At the same time?=20
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Subject: more Fork-tailed photos
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 6:36pm
More photos:
http://mrines.com/Birds/ftfl/
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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: more flycatcher photos
From: Jason Forbes <jason(AT)brewsterslinnet.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 7:36pm
Not that anyone needs to see more, but I've put a few of my shots from
this morning up:
http://www.brewsterslinnet.com/nature/birding/2008/04/15/fork-tailed.html
The yellow crown patch is visible in at least one of the photos, I
don't think I've seen any others with that yet.
Jason
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Jason Forbes
Waltham, MA
jason(AT)brewsterslinnet.com
www.brewsterslinnet.com
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Subject: Bohemian Waxwing photos
From: "Janis LaPointe" <janlan2(AT)cox.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 7:14pm
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A few Bohemian Waxwing photos from Friday in Newburyport Industrial =
park..
www.flickr.com/photos/25704887@N04
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Subject: What's this?
From: "Martha Schwope" <schwopes(AT)msn.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 7:40pm
My friend Kevin takes fabulous pictures, but doesn't know birds. I don't
think he even knows that this is not only a gorgeous photo, but a special
bird. I've looked through one book with no luck so far, and need to move
on, so will just plain ask.
What is it?
http://kevinleephotography.com/root/kevinleephotography/iphoto/main2.cfm
and then go to Gallery and Nature and Wildlife.
If you have a chance to catch his picture of his grandchild, entitled Kevin
holding Kevin, you'll spend a few moments in heaven.
Martha Schwope
Concord, MA
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Subject: local birding-Pepperell area-
From: "Erik Stromsted" <siskin(AT)charter.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:46pm
Local birding-Pepperell area- Apr 8-15 . Participants,vary- J Nevard, E
Stromsted-Pepperell, Hatzy Hornblower-Dunstable ;Birding daily 3-6 pm,
weather partly cldy -cool, river clear of ice, a few patches of snow on
shore in shady spots.
Nashua River by Gardner Farm and trotting track off River Rd-Pepperell
Grebe species-1 Too far away to id successfully but likely Horned
Grebe-small-diving frequently in an inlet area of river.
Great Blue Heron-2 in marshy areas
Mute Swan-2
Canada Goose-20
Wood Duck-max -34 flew off river inlet at high angle
Mallard-45
Bufflehead-4
Common Merganser-18 frequent diving and display,widely spaced on river in
small groups,males chasing females frequently
Hooded Merganser 10
Killdeer-2 in corn stuble
N. Osprey-soaring over river at about 50 ft
Red-Tailed Hawk-1
Turkey Vulture-2 circling over head
Common Snipe -1
Ring-Billed Gull-4
Greater Black-backed Gull-2
Bluebird-4
Robin-max 80 -in muddy corn fields
Phoebe-1 Flycatcher sorties from short tree adjacent to service road.
C.Grackle-39
Red-Winged blackbird-12
Tree Swallow-6 over river
Song Sparrow-2
Lincoln Sparrow-4 Move singly elusively in brushy cover at or near ground by
river , running fast with bursts of short flight -frequent raising of crown
feathers.
Elliott Street- at Beaver Pond
Canada Goose-10
Common Merganser-max 24
Hooded Merganser -6
C Osprey-pair on and adjacent to nest platform on pole in pond.
Red-Shouldered Hawk-nearby on dead tree limb.
Red-Winged Blackbird-6
Off Rt 111, Cell Tower area and airport
Mallard-3 pairs in shallow water area
C Osprey- pair at top of 190 ft tower at nest site. Lots of male display.
Killdeer -3
Horned Lark-1
Erik Stromsted
Pepperell, Ma
Siskin(AT)charter.net
Erik Stromsted
Pepperell, Ma
Siskin(AT)charter.net
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Subject: RE: What's this?
From: Julia Putman <julia_putman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:24pm
Kiskadee Flycatcher!
Proud to be a Texan,
Julia Putman
Cambridge, MA
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> From: schwopes(AT)msn.com
> To: massbird(AT)world.std.com
> Subject: [MASSBIRD] What's this?
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:38:10 -0400
>
> My friend Kevin takes fabulous pictures, but doesn't know birds. I don't
> think he even knows that this is not only a gorgeous photo, but a special
> bird. I've looked through one book with no luck so far, and need to move
> on, so will just plain ask.
>
> What is it?
>
> http://kevinleephotography.com/root/kevinleephotography/iphoto/main2.cfm
>
> and then go to Gallery and Nature and Wildlife.
>
> If you have a chance to catch his picture of his grandchild, entitled Kevin
> holding Kevin, you'll spend a few moments in heaven.
>
> Martha Schwope
> Concord, MA
>
>
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Subject: Re: What's this?
From: John MacArthur <jmac(AT)sover.net>
Date: 15 Apr 2008 9:54pm
On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:23 PM, Julia Putman wrote:
>
> Kiskadee Flycatcher!
>
> Proud to be a Texan,
> Julia Putman
> Cambridge, MA
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: schwopes(AT)msn.com
>> To: massbird(AT)world.std.com
>> Subject: [MASSBIRD] What's this?
>> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:38:10 -0400
>>
>> My friend Kevin takes fabulous pictures, but doesn't know birds.
>> I don't
>> think he even knows that this is not only a gorgeous photo, but a
>> special
>> bird. I've looked through one book with no luck so far, and need
>> to move
>> on, so will just plain ask.
>>
>> What is it?
>>
>> http://kevinleephotography.com/root/kevinleephotography/iphoto/
>> main2.cfm
>>
>> and then go to Gallery and Nature and Wildlife.
>>
>> If you have a chance to catch his picture of his grandchild,
>> entitled Kevin
>> holding Kevin, you'll spend a few moments in heaven.
>>
>> Martha Schwope
>> Concord, MA
>>
>>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Going green? See the top 12 foods to eat organic.
> http://green.msn.com/galleries/photos/photos.aspx?
> gid=164&ocid=T003MSN51N1653A
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