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Subject: Plymouth MA wander
From: "Gene Harriman" <vze2brn7(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 9:02am
Hi MassBirders,
Good morning! Sunny and cool here in Plymouth, MA. The Black-crowned Night
Herons I saw the last
two weeks at Jenney Pond were replaced today with a pair of Wood Ducks...a drake
and hen. Both were
beautiful in the morning sun.
Here's all the news that's fit to print...
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Location: Plymouth Industrial Park
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 7
Mute Swan 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 12
American Robin 20
European Starling 15
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Location: Stone Pond, Plymouth
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 1
Mute Swan 2
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Location: Hedges Pond, Plymouth
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 2
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 2
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Location: Store Pond, Plymouth
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 1
Mute Swan 2
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Location: Jenney Pond, Plymouth
Observation date: 4/20/08
Notes: No Black-crowned Night Herons like the last two weeks. One muskrat.
Number of species: 8
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 2
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 7
Northern Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 12
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Gene Harriman
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Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Subject: Crooked Pond 4/19/2008
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:58am
We birded Crooked Pond in Boxford from about 8:30 to 10:30 on
Saturday, April 19, 2008
and saw:
Pileated Woodpecker - 2 (maybe 3) - they were both in the same tree
along the path, providing breathtaking views
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Winter Wren - 2 - heard
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Tree Swallow 3+
Brown Creeper - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 11
Black-capped Chickadee - 14
Wood Duck - 4
Mallard - 8
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Osprey - 1
As Linda Ferraresso mentioned the Louisiana Waterthrush was not seen
or heard.
Also seen
Spotted Turtle - 6
Painted Turtle - 3
Northern Water Snake - in a puddle crossing the path
Compton Tortoiseshell - 1
Spring Azure - 5 (both forms Lucia and Marginata)
We only walked to the west end of the big pond as the trail was
totally
flooded after the left hand turn to prevent access to the back woods.
We also walked up the trail to the right at the end of the big pond
where we had one of the Winter Wrens.
At the intersection of Middleton Road and Endicott Street we had 2
Mourning Cloaks.
Later we stopped at Ipswich River MA Sanctuary where we saw another
Pileated on the hill after the canoe landing. All of the Pileateds
were very
vocal. Here we also had a Red-bellied WP, several Downies and 2
Northern Flicker. Also, at least 15 Palm Warblers.
Steve Moore
Northboro, Ma
barb620(AT)theworld.com
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Subject: Westminster/Hubbardston
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:19am
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Location: BBA Fitchburg 3- Hubbardston, Westminster
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 38
Canada Goose 6 (P)
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 3
Hooded Merganser 7
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Osprey 1
Northern Goshawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 26
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 32
Black-capped Chickadee 28
Tufted Titmouse 12
Brown Creeper 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (a little early)
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 13
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 58 (big influx last night)
Pine Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 8
Eastern Towhee 2 (at least a week early for the area; Tom P. had one
yesterday in Westminster)
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 8
Swamp Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 5 (P)
Red-winged Blackbird 54
Common Grackle 48 (CN)
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA
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Subject: 4/20 Duxbury - Little Blue Heron -yes
From: Rick Bowes <rbowes(AT)bowesweb.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:24am
4/20 A driveby at the little Bluefish River estuary west of the
Washington Street Bridge revealed 6 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Great
Egrets, a Kingfisher and the handsome adult Little Blue Heron.
Presumably this is the bird I first reported on 4/17. Today it was
only about 20 yards from the bridge standing thigh deep in the water
spearing fish at will from the rapidly incoming tide. It reminded me
of those pictures of a Grizzly picking off salmon in a rushing
stream. I've been by there several times since first seeing it, and
sometimes miss, sometimes score. Best bet seems to be on mid-tide
when the small flats are exposed and yet there's enough water in the
channel to make it worth hunting - but not so late that the place is
totally under water. I was there at 9:30 and high tide is at 12:13.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rick Bowes
rbowes(AT)bowesweb.com
PO Box 1637, Duxbury, MA 02331
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Subject: Towhee in Granby
From: "Lori Rogers" <lorir56(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:42am
This morning I had a Towhee scratching around in my garden. This is the
first time I've seen one in my yard in the four years we've been living
here. A nice sighting over coffee...
Lori Rogers
Granby, MA
Lorir56(AT)yahoo.com
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Subject: [Fwd: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills
Reservation , 4/20/08]
From: Milton Trimitsis <milton.trimitsis(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 11:16am
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Walked in Fowl Meadow of the Blue Hills Reservation today from 8:15 to
10:45. Highlights were blue-gray gnatcatchers, palm and yellow-rumped
warblers, along with two white-tailed deer, a muskrat and a spotted
turtle. Complete list follows.
Milton Trimitsis
Roslindale, MA
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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:09:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org
To: milton(AT)trimitsis.com
Subject: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation , 4/20/08
Location: Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 24
Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 3
Herring Gull (American) 4
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 7
Blue Jay X
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin X
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 8
Chipping Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch X
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Subject: Juncos Depart, Westwood
From: "Walt Webb" <wwebb24(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 12:44pm
I keep a record when the last junco leaves my yard in the spring. Dates of
departure have ranged from April 10 to 26. This year the final junco was
seen April 17. I haven't seen any since then.
Walt Webb
Westwood, MA
wwebb24(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Westminster/Gardner Birds 4/20
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 1:34pm
The following were seen and/or heard during a 13 mile bike ride up to High Ridge
WMA. It seems there was a decent arrival of Blue-headed Vireos, Yellow-rumped
and Palm Warblers last night. But, Black and White Warbler have NOT hit the area
yet. Purple Finches are wide spread in the area as well:
Canada Goose 13
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 11
Green-winged Teal (American) 4
Ring-necked Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 3
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 female at High Ridge
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Herring Gull 4
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 one male was checking out a hole on a telephone
pole while a female flicker watched from about a foot away and a Downy was
perched about 2 feet over those two.
Downy Woodpecker 7
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 10
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Blue-headed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 18
American Crow 12
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 37
Black-capped Chickadee 36
Tufted Titmouse 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 10
Brown Creeper 4
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 71
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 23
Pine Warbler 7
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 12
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 26
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 19
Swamp Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 17
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 28
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Purple Finch 22
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 38
House Sparrow 6
Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/
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Subject: newburyport highlights, 4/19
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 2:04pm
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highlights by locale on a sunny half-day in greater newburyport and environs
(sat, 4/19, 10am-2pm).
scotland road: 2 GW Teal, 2, BB Plover, 2 Savannah Sp
industrial park: E Meadowlark, 3 Cowbird, 30 Grackle
newb cemetery: hen Turkey, SS Hawk, 3 Cowbird, RC Kinglet
joppa seawall: 52 Oldsquaw, 1 G Yellowlegs
airport: 2 T Vulture, 5 G Yellowlegs (3 at Bob Lobster yard)
PI Lot #1: RT Loon, 200 scoter sp, 35 Black Duck, 3 Gr Scaup, 25 Oldsqauw, 6
Black Scoter, C Goldeneye
wardens: Merlin (up and down road), 3 Snowy Egret
N Pool Overlook: B Thrasher, 6 Glossy Ibis, E Meadowlark
hellcat: G Egret, 3 Pintail, Osprey (diving repeatedly), 2 GC Kinglet.
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78 farnham st
belmont 02478 ma
617-484-6692
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Subject: House Wrens-Nahant
From: "Oakes Spalding" <ospalding(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 2:49pm
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Herman D'Entremont and I found two House Wrens at the rear of the Nahant =
Stump Dump this morning.
Oakes Spalding
Cambridge
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Subject: Parula in Granby
From: "Lori Rogers" <lorir56(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 4:08pm
I was very surprised to hear a Parula in the maples in my front yard this
afternoon, and I was able to track it down and confirm that's what I was
hearing. My earliest record here in previous years is 4/30, so this seems
very early.
There was also a Yellow-Rumped Warbler in the maples as well.
Good Birding,
Lori Rogers
Granby, MA
Lorir56(AT)yahoo.com
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Subject: Hawley atlasing 4/20
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 5:30pm
This morning we did some early season atlasing in HAWLEY, CHARLEMONT and
PLAINFIELD. The atlas blocks we were birding are ASHFIELD4 and ASHFIELD5.
These adjacent (north/south) two blocks are south of Rt.2 and just south of
the Deerfield River and are in some of the “hill towns” just east of the
middle/northern end of the Berkshires. We actually started atlasing these
blocks last June 2007. Because of that previous atlasing, we have already
managed to “confirm” quite a number of the breeding warblers, vireos,
thrushes et and two of the critical species: Mourning Warbler and Swainson’s
Thrush. But there were still a number of other species we needed to
“upgrade” or simply just find.
I was prepared for there to be lots of snow still atop the steep hills here,
but other than some substantial patches of the white stuff under certain
heavily forested spots, the land was clear of signs of winter. The DUBUQUE
STATE FOREST is smack in the middle of this atlas area, but even in
mid-summer, the dirt roads in the park can be quite “iffy”. Today, in high
“mud season”, we had to give the park a pass. We did hike a bit into the
Hawley Bog and several other locations. Overall, the habitat consists of
large stands of mixed forest with some substantial areas of hemlock, all
atop some rather steep hills. There is very, very little standing water, but
quite a number of small streams criss-cross the blocks. There are a fair
number of farms, but sadly, an ever increasing area is being developed. For
the life of me, I cannot fathom what people will be doing out here who live
in these newly built houses: you are miles and miles from even a general
store. Though it was early in the season, there was quite a bit of song,
though nothing compared to the variety and number of songs you can hear by
the end of May. Below is the combined list for both blocks:
Canada Goose (pair w/nest in small beaver pond)
Wood Duck (pair)
Common Merganser (3)
Osprey (1: migrant)
N Goshawk (1ad)
Broad-winged Hawk (3)
American kestrel (2: likely migrants)
Ruffed Grouse (9)
Wild Turkeys (30)
SANDHILL CRANE (1 calling high overhead: we could never track it down before
it faded away to the SW)
Killdeer (1)
Belted Kingfisher (1: breeds here)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (15)
Downy Woodpecker (3)
Hairy Woodpecker (6)
Pileated Woodpecker (4)
Eastern Phoebe (14)
Blue-headed Vireo (7)
Blue Jay (10: low)
A Crow (14)
Common Raven (4)
Tree Swallow (34)
Barn Swallow (2)
Black-capped Chickadee (52)
Tufted Titmouse (10)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (4)
White-breasted Nuthatch (8)
Brown Creeper (14)
Winter Wren (8: if we had been able to drive the roads of Dubuque, we likely
would have doubled this number)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (5)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Hermit Thrush (8: just starting to move in here)
American Robin (76)
E Starling (27: all near farms and barns)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (15)
Pine Warbler (4)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (9)
Chipping Sparrow (39)
Savannah Sparrow (6)
Song Sparrow (34)
N Cardinal (6)
Red-winged Balckbird (10)
C Grackle (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird (15)
Purple Finch (14)
A Goldfinch (4)
Evening Gosbeak (10: several other small flocks outside our atlas area:
breeds in these blocks)
House Sparrow (38: all around farms)
PLUS: Mourning Cloak; Colts Foot; False Hellbore; and woodchuck and American
Beaver.
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
Moa.lynch(AT)veriozn.net
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Subject: South Peabody on foot; 20 April 2008.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 6:24pm
SUNDAY, 20 APRIL 2008:
SOUTH PEABODY: Big and Little Springs Pond and adjacent woodlands,
Sidney Pond, Eastman Marshes, Cedar Grove Cemetery, and Meadows Golf
Course (0630-1100, 1420-1500 hrs.)
All on foot (4.0 miles) from home.
Weather: Mostly clear, ESE 5-12 mph, 40-53 F.
Richard S. Heil
Canada Goose (10)
Mute Swan (2): Pair at nest, Eastman Marsh.
Mallard (14)
Bufflehead (2): Pair - Big Springs.
Common Merganser (20; 1m., 19f.)-Big Springs.
Double-crested Cormorant (9)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (1)-Eastman Marsh.
Osprey (2)-migrants.
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)-migrant.
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Virginia Rail (2): Sid's Marsh.
Killdeer (1)
American Woodcock (1)
Ring-billed Gull (4)
Herring Gull (106)
Great Black-backed Gull (6)
Rock Pigeon (2)
Mourning Dove (10)
Belted Kingfisher (1m.)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1f.)
Downy Woodpecker (13)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Northern Flicker (21)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Blue Jay (33)
American Crow (21)
Tree Swallow (11): Some entering nest boxes.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (4)
Barn Swallow (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (25): One excavating cavity.
Tufted Titmouse (17)
White-breasted Nuthatch (8)
Carolina Wren (3)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (4)
Eastern Bluebird (2)
American Robin (48)
Northern Mockingbird (2)
Brown Thrasher (3)
European Starling (12)
Cedar Waxwing (32)
Yellow-rumped 'Myrtle' Warbler (24)
Pine Warbler (12): 8m., 4f.: All but one in groves of Pitch Pine.
'Yellow' Palm Warbler (52): Numerous scattered flocks of 6-12, with
Myrtles and Pines.
Eastern Towhee (6; 5m, 1f.)
Chipping Sparrow (7)
Field Sparrow (7): 6 scattered singing males on territory, plus one other.
Song Sparrow (14)
Swamp Sparrow (6)-Sid's Marsh.
White-throated Sparrow (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Northern Cardinal (9)
Red-winged Blackbird (55)
Common Grackle (110)
Brown-headed Cowbird (30)
House Finch (4)
American Goldfinch (14)
House Sparrow (6)
--- 60 species.
Several Spring Azures noted.
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
This report was generated automatically with the aid of eBird
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Subject: Northern Waterthrush and other Medfield Birds
From: john.oconnell22(AT)comcast.net
Date: 20 Apr 2008 6:18pm
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Notable birds seen or heard today in Medfield:
Barred Owl
Pileated Woodpecker Pair
Eastern Phoebe 2
Tree Swallow
Hermit Thrush singing
Pine Warbler 7
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH
(a week or two early)
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
John O'Connell
Medfield
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Subject: Plum Is/Newbury 4/20
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 6:19pm
Margo Goetschkes and I birded Plum Island and Newbury/Newburyport area today.
The highlight was a great horned owl nest in Newbury with an adult and 3 rather
large young. Our lists:
Location: Plum Island
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 67
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 12
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 30
Common Eider 3
White-winged Scoter 1
Long-tailed Duck X
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 14
Wild Turkey 2
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 10
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
Eastern Towhee 11
American Tree Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Purple Finch 7
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 29
House Sparrow X
Location: Common Pastures
Observation date: 4/20/08
Number of species: 16
Canada Goose 2
Wild Turkey 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 2
Killdeer 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
American Robin X
European Starling X
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Finch 1
House Sparrow x
Newbury:
Great horned owl 4-1 ad, 3 young
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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: Beartown State Forest
From: Susan Hennessy <suehennessy(AT)mac.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:06pm
Camping over this weekend produced the following birds at Beartown
State Forest in Monterey, MA:
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Winter Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
in addition to the usual suspects.
Sue Hennessy
Rutland, MA
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Subject: Re: Chickadee house-nesting
From: treeswallow5(AT)aol.com
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:10pm
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For twenty years now, I have been monitoring kestrel and?bluebird/tree swallow
nestboxes. While still not considering myself the expert, the first and foremost
thing I stress to anyone who wants to have nestboxes is providing SAFE housing.
No mounting on fence posts, trees, wooden posts, etc, just because it's the
easiest thing to do. I prefer 1"?to 1 1/4" electrical conduit pipe.? Even this
is climbable by a very determined? predator (raccoons in particular), but it
offers the best solution. Leaving?your nestbox?on?the picnic table is just
"setting the table" for a chickadee smorgsabord. I suggest moving it to?a pipe,
close by the picnic table...worse case scenario, they abandon their efforts, but
live.
Mike
Mike Maurer
Marion, MA
"The time to save a species is while it is still common" Rosalie Edge, Founder
of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha Schwope <schwopes(AT)msn.com>
To: massbird(AT)world.std.com
Sent: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 8:36 pm
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Chickadee house-nesting
I left a wren house on the edge of our picnic table last week, and a pair of
chickadees has expressed a lot of interest.?
?
The very first hour the box was there, they started investigating it, checking
out the scenery and hopping back and forth to a nearby holly.?
?
The next few days there was a flurry of putting things into the box.?
?
Nada for a few days, unless I missed them.?
?
Then for the past few days they've been back in the morning and at night, going
in and out, not bringing anything in anymore, but definitely interested. They
take turns getting in and spending a minute or so inside, then fly off. One of
them practically put a part in my hair when I was hanging out the wash.?
?
We're willing to forego the use of the picnic table if we get to have a
chickadee family, but we'd really rather have the house somewhere else. It's
hard to know if it's a good-enough place for them, but if they like it, but we
don't want to gamble on losing them!?
?
Just writing this, I'm more sure that I won't move the house. Will let you
know!?
?
Martha Schwope?
Concord, MA?
?
Mike Maurer
Marion, MA
"The time to save a species is while it is still common" Rosalie Edge, Founder
of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
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Subject: Newton 4/20
From: Linda Ferraresso <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:50pm
Birds seen during some stops in Newton today:
Hammond Pond:
Canada Goose 9
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 7
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Dove 2
Mourning Dove 5
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER 1
American Robin 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
'Yellow' Palm Warbler 6
Song Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 5
American Goldfinch 4
Cold Springs Park:
Mallard 5
Rock Dove 6
Mourning Dove 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 12
'Yellow' Palm Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 25+
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 7
Cheers!
Linda
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Linda Ferraresso
Watertown, MA
tattler1(at)verizon(dot)net
“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark" -
Tagore
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Subject: Yellow Warbler, Millennium Park, West Roxbury
(4/20/08)
From: "Matt Garvey" <mattpgarvey(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:48pm
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I made two short trips to Millennium Park in West Roxbury today, one at 8 am
and the other at 6 pm. While the canal along the ruins trail (the one that
loops off the main paved trail near the canoe launch) was dripping with
Palms and Yellow-rumpeds this morning, it didn't hold a Yellow Warbler, at
least not one I could detect. One was present this evening, however, a nice
gorgeous male. Glad to be getting that warbler list up slowly but surely.
Other highlight was a pair of Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers along the Blue Heron
Trail, a perching and calling Northern Rough-winged Swallow, and my first of
the year Barn Swallow this evening. Ebird lists below.
Matt Garvey
Brookline, MA
mattpgarvey(AT)gmail.com
Location: Millennium Park
Observation date: 4/20/08
Notes: nice evening walk w/ kate, luke & syd, cut a little short by a
hungry luke. warm, still evening, low 60s.
Number of species: 26
Canada Goose X heard only
Wood Duck 2
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 calling from perch along canal atop
ruins trail
Barn Swallow 1 foy; low flyover by canoe parking lot
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 lone bird responding to pishing along canal
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 bht; singing, came down low; may have been a
second bird but, unlike morning, never saw both together
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Yellow Warbler 1 foy; from dike across canals atop ruins trail;
heard distinctive sweet chip and, w/ a little pishing, out popped a handsome
male, w/ lots of red streaking.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 feeding and chipping along canal
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1 just one silent bird high in maples along
bht; much more conspicuous in the a.m.
Savannah Sparrow 2 singing
Song Sparrow 5
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 4
American Goldfinch 2
Location: Millennium Park
Observation date: 4/20/08
Notes: nice walk w/ dad & syd; ruins trail and bht. warm and mostly
sunny, high 50s.
Number of species: 31
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Killdeer 2
Herring Gull (American) 1
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 bht, pair--to breed?
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 15
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 12
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 5 At least 4 singing.
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
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Subject: woodcock w/young
From: "Christine Corley" <sawwhet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 7:50pm
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Nancy Bachman and I observed a woodcock leading 4 downy young as they =
approached busy Rt. 133 in Essex. The adult bird crossed the busy road =
without incident. The 4 youngsters did not cross, but huddled up to a =
good sized rock, the same color as the youngsters. We observed them for =
a while, and then proceeded on our way around the Northgate area. On =
our return, perhaps 30 minutes later, the youngsters were still =
patiently awaiting the return of their mother.
Chris Corley
Manchester by-the-sea
sawwhet(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Turkey noises
From: "Martha Schwope" <schwopes(AT)msn.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 8:46pm
Does anyone know why turkeys gobble? It seems pretty random to me.
This LAZY Sunday afternoon I had the pleasure of watching a tom walk around
next to my porch for a long time. It was pretty puffed up, but twice it
made a kind of low WHOOM sound from its mouth ( I think) and instantly went
into display mode for a brief while. My husband said that he observed the
same noise and thought it was in a kind of burpy WHOOM. Maybe after it
whooms, the ensuing inhale helps it to fan out.
A hen meandered by and pecked around for a while; then they both went off
their separate ways. I was hoping for a lot of WHOOMs, but no such luck.
They scarcely seemed to notice each other, although when she first arrived,
he kind of stuck up his nose for a while in a very architectural pose. And
when she left, he was definitely fluffier than when she arrived.
It surprised me how wiped out I felt when they left. All that thrilling
watching!
Martha Schwope
Concord, MA
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Subject: Brunch for a Cooper's Hawk in Haverhill
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 9:56pm
Jane and I did a bit of atlasing this morning in our 2 half blocks on
the NH border, all located in Haverhill. We discovered a new public
location owned by Haverhill called "Clement Farm Trail", comprised of
53 acres with trails along the Little River along the border with
Plaistow, NH. Nice big pines and a few hemlocks. Nothing unusual there
this morning, but somewhat unique habitat for our blocks and worth a
check in another month!
http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/departments/econ/conservation/trails/clement.htm
The highlight of the morning was (for about a 1/2 hour) watching an
adult Cooper's Hawk stalk, capture, pluck, and consume a Hairy
Woodpecker, all from the comfort of our car from a distance of less than
100' off Crystal Street near the Crystal Point trail head. After
stalking the woodpecker from branch to branch, the Cooper's Hawk quickly
dispatched the Hairy Woodpecker when the woodpecker made a tactical
mistake (it flew into the open), and brought it to the ground. After
enshrouding its prey and scanning for a few minutes to ensure privacy,
it plucked a portion of the woodpecker on the ground before carrying it
to a nearby fallen tree. From here, we watched it (with hand held
spotting scope) pluck around the head and then go for the eyes and then
pick through the mouth. It pulled out the long tongue of the woodpecker
like a piece of spaghetti. Cool to see, but it seemed to be a bit of a
distraction for the hawk as the tongue seemed to get wrapped around its
head. It kept working on the head and stripped off the feathers so that
the ossified skull was clearly visible. The skull was then cracked open
and the brain was removed. After that, the tasty brain was gone and it
went to work on the body. After plucking more feathers it went into the
breast and seemed to pull out some undesirable entrails. Not sure what
it was looking for, but it ate a bit and discarded a bit. Finally, not
much was left and it flew off with the remainder. We were hoping to
follow it to a nest, but we couldn't see where it went.
One other fascinating aspect was that the bird was BANDED. I tried like
heck to read the numbers off the band, but I failed. Oh well.
61 (First two numbers?)
-887 (middle numbers?)
4 (somewhere in the mix?)
No way to get a digiscope shot in focus with a handheld scope, so I took
a shot with my 12X camera:
http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/coopershawk1.jpg
Other highlights of the morning:
Pine Warblers - Several
Chipping Sparrows - Everywhere.
Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers - A few
Brown Creeper - 2 singing birds.
Purple Finch - 1 singing
Black-capped Chickadee - CONFIRMED (excavating saw dust from cavity 30
feet away!)
Northern Cardinal - CONFIRMED (carrying nesting material)
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH - Singing continuously off Crystal Street just
west of Crystal Gorge trail head. Possibly a nesting location.
Eastern Meadowlark - Quiet bird sitting in middle of potential nesting
field off North Broadway.
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: CT Report 04/20/2008 RUFF, HARLEQUIN
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 20 Apr 2008 10:26pm
Note 1: Sorry about messing up the date on yesterday's report. I
usually don't miss by almost a week!
Note 2: There were first-of-season reports (I think) of several
"common" species on CTBirds today.
From Joan and Jim Clifford:
4/20 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park and adjacent inlets -- Ruff present
1:00-1:30.
From Charla & Steve Spector:
4/20 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- Ruff present 11:30 AM-Noon
From Dennis Varza:
4/20 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- 7:00, the RUFF was on the flats
between the park and the Post Rd.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/20 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- Harlequin Duck continues at the
same spot as reported yesterday.
From Christopher Lovell
4/20 - Trumbull, yard -- a single Common Redpoll at the feeder.
From Greg Hanisek et al:
4/20 - South Windsor, Station 43, Vibert Road -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3
BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, 2 BROWN THRASHERs.
From Maria Stockmal:
4/20 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- Peregrine Falcon
From Shari Guarino:
4/20 - Southingon yard -- Three female and one male Purple Finch at
the feeders this AM.
From Mardi & Towny Dickinson:
4/19 - Westport, Imperial Ave, Grace Salmon Park -- The RUFF was
relocated shortly after we arrived by Towny at 5:09PM & continued
till we left around 5:30 ish. The RUFF was with 3 Greater Yellowlegs
with good looks overlooking the mudflats.
From Marty Swanhall:
04/20 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
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