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MASSBIRD for Saturday, April 26, 2008
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| Subject | From | Time |
| Newburyport Hummingbird, Plum Island Friday,
Wonderful Woodcocks | Chris Sheridan | 1:32am |
| Plum Island, April 2008 Arrival Dates | Thomas Wetmore | 2:38am |
| Pine siskins-New Salem | Bill Lafley | 6:51am |
| Colrain/Shelburne 4/26 | caronenv(AT)aol.com | 11:36am |
| Bald Eagle - Mashpee | Mary Keleher | 11:26am |
| Wellfleet - 4/26 (Purple Martin) and P'town -
4/25 (W.C. Sparrow, Warbling Vireo) | Dan Berard | 11:56am |
| 4/26 BBC Wompatuck SP | Eddie | 12:34pm |
| Prairie Warbler in Fall River | bvm1290(AT)comcast.net | 1:22pm |
| Lincoln Egret, Acton Hoodie | Jason Forbes | 2:40pm |
| Cattle Egrets, Ipswich | Daan Sandee | 3:50pm |
| Agawam & Longmeadow | Scott Ricker | 3:52pm |
| Plum Island April 26, 2008 | Jake Miller | 4:14pm |
| Willet | treeswallow5(AT)aol.com | 4:42pm |
| Berkshires 4/26 | Mark Lynch | 5:20pm |
| 1st RT Hummer | kay langevin | 5:10pm |
| HSR: Plum Island MA (23 Apr 2008) 10 Raptors | reports(AT)hawkcount.or | 6:10pm |
| Yellow-rumped warbler on bird bath, Concord | Mary Small | 6:14pm |
| Eastern Kingbird, Forest Hills Cemetery 4/26 | Jake Miller | 7:34pm |
| Willets - North Falmouth | Ian Nisbet | 7:42pm |
| Dan'l Webster -- martins, osprey, kestrel, snow
goose? | Bruce Larson | 7:34pm |
| Northern Haverhill Birds | Steve Mirick | 8:40pm |
| Prothonotary Warbler at Ell Pond in Melrose- YES | Christopher Ciccone | 8:45pm |
| [Fwd: Cattle Egrets, Ipswich] | Linda Ferraresso | 9:10pm |
| FW:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24294408>1=43001 | Scott Ricker | 9:28pm |
| Late post (Race Point whales and...) | Paul Champlin | 9:30pm |
| Topsfield, North Andover & Boxford 4/26/08 | newburyportbirders(AT)c | 10:05pm |
| CT Report 04/26/2008 Ruff, Harlequin,
ORANGE-CROWNED | Roy Harvey | 9:56pm |
| CT Report 04/26/2008 Ruff, Harlequin,
YELLOW-THROATED | Roy Harvey | 10:08pm |
| Turkey Vultures, Plymouth, MA | Gene Harriman | 10:34pm |
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Subject: Newburyport Hummingbird, Plum Island Friday,
Wonderful Woodcocks
From: cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net (Chris Sheridan)
Date: 26 Apr 2008 1:32am
Spent the afternoon and evening at Plum Island--I was taking a supper break,
eating fish and chips at
Bob Lobster and diligently examining the various blackbirds outside the window
for
Rusties (no) when a Hummingbird buzzed by the window! It was backlit but I
guess
it's probably safe to call it a Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Looking out at the
still brown
marsh, I thought it was absolutely preposterous for it to be there, but a
Hummingbird is
a Hummingbird,. Driving out, I noticed
that the house next door is abloom with early rhododendrons and lots of
daffodils.
Wrong side of the bridge for Plum Island though...
At the Refuge:
3 Yellowlegs--Lesser I think. Very quiet, pensive yellowlegs.
3 Great Egret flyovers, late afternoon--my only "Long legged waders" of the
day.
1 Belted Kingfisher (F)
1 American Kestrel (M)--hovering
2 Northern Harriers, 1 M, 1 F
1 Merlin
7 Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Mallards--including a pair in the shallow surf, on the refuge beach side of
Sandy Point. Odd to watch, they kept
flattening themselves out in the shallow water, necks and heads straight out,
bodies stretched and flattened.
Their heads always pointed to the beach, their tails to the ocean. I had the
impression they might be catching
and eating something...Has anyone seen this behavior and know what they were
doing? (I'll try to put up some
photos tomorrow.) Were they just playing?
4 Gadwalls
4 Blue Winged Teal
3 Green Winged Teal
A few Black Ducks
5 Buffleheads
1 Red throated Loon
13 Long Tailed Ducks
American Crows
Brown headed cowbirds
A Northern Thrasher, giving a concert of "cover songs".
Numerous, noisy Red Winged Blackbirds
Robins
Northern Mockingbirds
Mourning Doves
Starlings
Grackles
Gulls, not a lot of them, mostly Herring Gulls, a few Ring Billed and Greater
Black Backed. Two juvenile
Herring Gulls played "Follow the Leader" for a while, copying each other's
maneuvers in the wind, and
trading off "the leader"--beautiful, playful flying.
All sorts of sparrows, including White Throated, White Crowned, Savannah,
Chipping, Song, and various little
guys who did not want to be identified and flew off or hid in the
undergrowth.
6 Barn Swallows
I saw only one warbler, unidentified, and didn't hear any!
Saw no kinglets and no matter how I tried, I could not see the Great Horned
Owl.
Not birds: 4 White Tailed Deer, 2 Muskrats, 1 Red Fox, 1 Cottontail--probably
Eastern.
Last, but certainly not least, at dusk I parked at Hellcat, walked out near the
road, and was surrounded by peenting, twittering displaying Woodcocks!--whizzing
past my head, zooming into the sky, landing almost
at my feet, waddling down the road! My very first Woodcock show! What
wonderful, silly birds!
No wonder people adore them.
Chris Sheridan
Nashua NH
cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Plum Island, April 2008 Arrival Dates
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 2:38am
Mass Birders,
New bird species arrivals are a daily event in Mass birding locations
right now. Plum Island and the Parker River NWR are no exceptions. I
keep a database of bird reports from Plum Island, maintain a web site
devoted to the birds of the island, and moderate a Yahoo group
dedicated to the same topic. Here's a link into that world...
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Quite a few birders email me their sightings, and within hours their
sightings are available on the pages at this website. Some birders
also post their info to Massbird though many don't. I often receive
hundreds of bird sightings per day, so in general it is a good thing
that most of these lists, which are often very redundant, don't
clutter up the Massbird netways. Most of the new arrivals and more
"interesting" species do get reported to Massbird, but a few reports
that the general Massbird readership might be interested in slip
through the cracks.
In case any of the recent Plum Island arrivals have slipped through
those cracks, here are the arrival dates to the island of birds from
this April. A number of the marsh/swamp species are now "in" (e.g.,
American Bittern, Virginia Rail, King Rail, Sora, Common Moorhen,
Marsh Wren, Seaside Sparrow) and a few warblers have arrived or are in
transit (Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm
Warbler, Northern Waterthrush and Common Yellowthroat). To stay
abreast of the details of these sightings, including numbers and where
the birds were seen or heard, you can use the following page:
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/pisightings.html
April 1
126 Rusty Blackbird [trimble]
April 3
127 Purple Finch [offermann]
April 5
128 American Golden-Plover [sutton]
129 Brown Creeper [landry, nelson]
April 7
130 Lesser Yellowlegs [wetmore]
April 10
131 Northern Rough-winged Swallow [heil]
132 Bohemian Waxwing [heil]
133 Palm Warbler [heil, nelson, tatro]
134 Eastern Towhee [heil, tatro, wetmore]
135 Field Sparrow [heil]
April 11
136 Belted Kingfisher [carroll]
137 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [carroll, grinley]
138 Ruby-crowned Kinglet [grinley, wetmore]
139 Brown Thrasher [grinley]
140 Yellow-rumped Warbler [ferraresso]
141 Pine Warbler [grinley]
April 12
142 Willet [landry]
143 Purple Martin [goetschkes, grinley]
April 13
144 Snowy Egret [castantini, goetschkes, grinley, nelson]
145 Least Sandpiper [heil]
April 14
146 Glossy Ibis [mcgrath]
147 Eastern Screech-Owl [mcgrath]
April 15
148 Chipping Sparrow [grinley, haydock, wetmore]
April 16
149 Pied-billed Grebe [chickering, wetmore]
April 18
150 Sandhill Crane [goetschkes, grinley, stevens]
151 Fish Crow [goetschkes, grinley]
152 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher [goetschkes, grinley]
April 20
153 Wild Turkey [goetschkes, grinley]
April 22
154 Sora [heil]
155 Seaside Sparrow [heil]
April 23
156 Black-crowned Night-Heron [grinley]
157 King Rail [grinley]
158 Blue-headed Vireo [chickering, grinley, haydock, offermann]
159 Winter Wren [cozza]
April 24
160 Little Blue Heron [wilson]
161 Tricolored Heron [jackson]
162 Bank Swallow [wilson]
April 25
163 Common Moorhen [grinley]
164 Northern Parula [wetmore]
165 Northern Waterthrush [grinley, wetmore]
166 Common Yellowthroat [wetmore]
Good birding,
Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Think globally, bird locally
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Subject: Pine siskins-New Salem
From: "Bill Lafley" <lafleywg(AT)crocker.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 6:51am
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Hello,
Yesterday 3 Pine Siskins joined the 12 Purple Finches at the feeder.
Bill Lafley
New Salem
lafleywg(AT)crocker.com
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Subject: Colrain/Shelburne 4/26
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 26 Apr 2008 11:36am
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Location: BBA Bernardston 6- Colrain, Shelburne, Greenfield, Leyden
Observation date: 4/26/08
Number of species: 38
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 1
Common Merganser 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 1
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 10
Tree Swallow 14
Black-capped Chickadee 23
Tufted Titmouse 8
House Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 41
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Pine Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 6
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 26
Field Sparrow 9
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 17
White-throated Sparrow 14
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 14
Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA
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Subject: Bald Eagle - Mashpee
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 11:26am
This morning I spotted 1, possibly 2?, immature Bald
Eagles in Mashpee. I saw one early at about 7:00am and
saw another one or the same bird? at about 10:45am in
a different area of Mashpee.
Location: Mashpee, MA
Observation date: 4/26/08
Number of species: 41
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 1
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1
Common Loon 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
BALD EAGLE 1 (2?)
Red-shouldered hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 2
Herring Gull 4
Mourning Dove 8
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 6
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 1
PURPLE MARTIN 3
Tree Swallow 8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 23
Tufted Titmouse 16
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 7
Pine Warbler 8
Eastern Towhee 8
Chipping Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 14
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 10
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Subject: Wellfleet - 4/26 (Purple Martin) and P'town -
4/25 (W.C. Sparrow, Warbling Vireo)
From: Dan Berard <frostedcorncrakes(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 11:56am
A Purple Martin just made a few passes over the "Guest
Cottage Field" here at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary.
Yesterday, I took a quick walk around Beech Forest in
Provincetown ~ 5:30pm. While diversity was decent, I
was surprised to see the highest concentration of Pine
Warblers I've seen in one spot.
Highlights:
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Warbling Vireo - 1
Brown Creeper - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7
Pine Warbler - 33
Eastern Towhee - 6
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow ~ 10
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Dark-eyed Junco - 3
It was also interesting to note that the Pine Warblers
were aggressive towards each other, Yellow-rumps,
nuthatches, chickadees, and one even dive bombed a
towhee. Luckily, I escaped unscathed.
- Dan Berard
Millbury/Wellfleet
Naturalist
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon
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Subject: 4/26 BBC Wompatuck SP
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 12:34pm
*Nine birders turned out this morning for an enjoyable morning at
Wompatuck State Park in Hingham. We had 36 species with the following
highlights:
Common Loon 2, flying overhead and calling
Cooper's Hawk 2
Wild Turkey
PILEATED WOODPECKER We had two different birds simultaneously drumming
from two different areas - Holly Pond and Picture Pond. Later on in the
morning some of us were able to get good looks at one of the birds near
Picture Pond.
Eastern Phoebe
Brown Creeper carrying nesting material (CN)
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush 8+ a few birds singing, plus a small group of 4-5 birds
that appeared to be migrating together
Warblers
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated Green
Pine
Palm
Black-and-White
Ovenbird
Eastern Towhee
Purple Finch
I will be running my next walk at Wompatuck on Sunday, May 4.
Eddie
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
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Subject: Prairie Warbler in Fall River
From: bvm1290(AT)comcast.net
Date: 26 Apr 2008 1:22pm
Dan Zimberlin had a Prairie Warbler on Blossom Road in Fall River today.
--
Carolyn Longworth
Acushnet, MA
bvm1290atcomcast.net
Bird Pages at:
http://home.comcast.net/~birdpage/birdblog.htm
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Subject: Lincoln Egret, Acton Hoodie
From: Jason Forbes <jason(AT)brewsterslinnet.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 2:40pm
While wandering around today, I came across a Great Egret in Lincoln
on 117. When I first saw it, it was at the pond just west of the Mt.
Misery parking lot. I pulled in there and walked down to get a better
look and it took off. I continued on my way and found one on the north
side of the bridge crossing the river, I assume the same one.
Later on, while walking along Fort Pond Brook in Acton, a male Hooded
Merganser flew out and circled a few times (the wider part heading
right from the Rt. 2 pulloff). I wouldn't be surprised if there's a
pair in there, so anyone who goes by regularly might want to keep an
eye out.
Otherwise it was pretty quiet everywhere.
Jason
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Jason Forbes
Waltham, MA
jason(AT)brewsterslinnet.com
www.brewsterslinnet.com
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Subject: Cattle Egrets, Ipswich
From: Daan Sandee <sandee(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 3:50pm
There were two Cattle Egrets, Saturday morning, North of 133 in Ipswich
in the westernmost field opposite the golf club, behind the screen of
ornamental conifers.
Daan Sandee
Gloucester, MA sandee(AT)theworld.com
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Subject: Agawam & Longmeadow
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 3:52pm
MassBirders,
First, it appears I didn't sign my post from 4/25 in Southwick;
MassBirders,
Cheryl & I went out into the tobacco fields and other fields adjacent to
South Longyard Rd.
2-Whip-poor-wills
5-American Woodcock
2-Field Sparrow
2-Eastern Meadowlark
1-Savannah Sparrow
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
ptbagger(at)verizon(dot)net
Today's (4/26) list of birds is as follows, highlights';
Cheryl & I first went to Robinson State Park in Agawam @ 6:45 and had the
following;
3-Wood Duck-in various trees
1-Common Merganser-floating down stream on the Westfield River
5-10 Red-bellied Woodpeckers
4-Northern Flicker-One working in a possible nesting cavity
1-Pileated Woodpecker-heard only, this bird was working its way up the
Westfield River
1-Eastern Phoebe
1-Carolina Wren
2-3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
6-8 Pine Warblers
2-Louisiana Waterthrush-The first LWaterthrush gave us a great show calling
and bobbing it's tail along the running water embankment and calling away
while about 15-20' up on a branches, the second LWaterthrush appeared after
about 15 minutes of watching the first bird. The second bird was driven out
of the territory by the first bird, the second bird gave clear LWaterthrush
calls as it departed. As we approached the beach area in Robinson State Park
we came across the second bird again. If anyone can check these birds out to
help me confirm them please do. I am unsure as to if having two
LWaterthrushes in the same area is expected/normal/rare.
Robinson State Park is loaded with Brown-headed Cowbirds!
Cheryl & I then went to Stebbins in Longmeadow and had the following;
1-Mute Swan
2-Wood Duck
4-Double-crested Cormorant
2-Great Blue Heron
Many Red-Bellied Woodpeckers
1-Eastern Phoebe
1-Blue-headed Vireo
Many Yellow-rumped Warblers
2-4 Pine Warblers
1-Black & White Warbler
2-Swamp Sparrow
We also found a very large turtle that had been involved in what looked to
be a train strike, lying belly up in a small area of swamp. This was a very
good distance from where I had seen the large Snapping Turtle a few weeks
ago so hopefully the dead turtle isn't a fatality of the long living snapper
that I found here before. We couldn't get close enough to the dead turtle to
determine age or accurate size.
It seems that this cold front may have slowed the earlier than normal
migration we have been experiencing but hopefully others had more migrant
warblers and other moving birds.
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
Ptbagger(at)Verizon(dot)net
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Subject: Plum Island April 26, 2008
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 4:14pm
Birders--
Highlights of a quick trip to Plum Island around lunchtime today
included:
4 Piping Plovers at Sandy Pt
1 Sharp-tailed Saltmarsh Sparrow at the Pans
4 Least Sandpipers at the Pans
Complete list below.
Good birding,
Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatluxATinterportDOTnet
Common Loon 1
Mute Swan 2
Brant 12
Canada Goose 10
Gadwall 4
Green-winged Teal 6
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 27
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
Killdeer 3
Piping Plover 4
Wilson's Snipe 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Least Sandpiper 4
Ring-billed Gull yes
Herring Gull yes
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 100
Bank Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 7
Black-capped Chickadee 3
European Starling 5
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Savannah Sparrow 2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
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Subject: Willet
From: treeswallow5(AT)aol.com
Date: 26 Apr 2008 4:42pm
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First willet of the season just heard across the river on the Wareham side.
Mike
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: Berkshires 4/26
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 5:20pm
We spent from well before dawn to afternoon atlasing TWO adjacent blocks in
the Berkshires. The area covered includes parts of the towns of TYRINGHAM
and LEE et. The habitat includes a number of large and small swamps and
marshes (all with limited access); part of a state forest; several farms;
large heavily forested parcels; a monastery; a few small industrial parcels;
suburbs; river and stream habitat and a single large pond that is heavily
recreated upon. To say it is both challenging and enjoyable to atlas an area
like this is an understatement, and you cannot even possibly canvas one of
the blocks well in a single day’s outing.
Weather today was cool (mid-high 40s); overcast and later in the morning,
breezy. It was not a great migration day. Still, the pre-dawn chorus was
exciting, and a day spent birding in the Berkshires, for us, beats birding
in most other state locations. Below is the combined list for the two
blocks:
Common Loon (1 migrating north high overhead)
American Bittern (5 pumping)
Great Blue Heron (20 occupied nests plus 3 seen away from the rookery)
Turkey Vulture (1)
Canada Goose (65: several on nests)
Wood Duck (7)
Mallard (14: all drakes)
Common Merganser (1f flying back and forth in an area where we watched a
female looking for suitable nest holes)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (2)
Red-tailed Hawk (5)
Ring-necked Pheasant (1m)
Ruffed Grouse (4 drumming)
Wild Turkey (8: courtship display)
Killdeer (3)
WILSON’S SNIPE (9: winnowing)
American Woodcock (28 in full display mode)
Mourning Dove (26)
Great Horned Owl (2)
Barred Owl (4)
N Saw-whet Owl (4)
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (2)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (19)
Downy Woodpecker (3)
Hairy Woodpecker (2)
Pileated Woodpecker (4)
Eastern Phoebe (28)
Blue-headed Vireo (7)
Blue Jay (24)
American Crow (30)
Tree Swallow (174: though a few were at nest boxes, large flocks of MIGRANTS
were hawking for insects over the river)
N Rough-winged Swallow (6)
Black-capped Chickadee (89)
Tufted Titmouse (24)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (6)
White-breasted Nuthatch (4)
Brown Creeper (4)
Winter Wren (9 singing)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (3)
Eastern Bluebird (3)
Hermit Thrush (6)
American Robin (184: building nests all over da place)
Gray Catbird (1)
BROWN THRASHER (2)
E Starling (18: several already carrying food to nests)
Yellow Warbler (2)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (20)
Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Pine Warbler (8)
Black and White Warbler (1)
NORTHERN Waterthrush (2)
LOUISIANA Waterthrush (6)
Eastern Towhee (1)
Chipping Sparrow (71)
Savannah Sparrow (11)
Song Sparrow (94)
Swamp Sparrow (70: an amazing chorus of this species from the various
marshes and swamps pre-dawn)
White-throated Sparrow (11)
Dark-eyed Junco (3)
N Cardinal (51)
Red-winged Blackbird (185: nest-building going on)
Common Grackle (61)
Brown-headed Cowbird (23)
Purple Finch (2)
House Finch (14)
A Goldfinch (5)
House Sparrow (51: well along nesting in some locations.)
PLUS: Marsh marigolds out; Bloodroot getting close.
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
Moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: 1st RT Hummer
From: kay langevin <lensantiques(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 5:10pm
Our first Ruby-throated hummer of the season showed up at our feeders
today.
Kay Langevin, Acushnet
lensantiques(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: HSR: Plum Island MA (23 Apr 2008) 10 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 26 Apr 2008 6:10pm
Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Apr 23, 2008
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 25 25
Osprey 3 29 31
Bald Eagle 0 0 0
Northern Harrier 0 53 57
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 19 20
Cooper's Hawk 0 6 6
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 0 1 2
Rough-legged Hawk 0 4 4
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 5 531 539
Merlin 0 13 13
Peregrine Falcon 0 3 4
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 1 1
Total: 10 685 702
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Observation start time: 06:00:00
Observation end time: 13:00:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Craig Jackson
Observers: Scott Kalter, Ted Mara, Tom Graham
Visitors:
Susan Lee; Barbara Gard
Weather:
Wind - West most of the day changing to SE at end of watch
Raptor Observations:
Small movement -varied heights. Immature Bald Eagle soaring in area --
local bird? Local Osprey fishing
Non-raptor Observations:
140 migating DC Cormorants. Resident Brown thrasher singing and 2 migrant
Ruby-crowned Kinglets; territorial Killdeer
========================================================================
Report submitted by Craig Jackson (crleja(AT)yahoo.com)
Plum Island, Parker River NWR, MA information may be found at:
http://massbird.org/EMHW/
Site Description:
coastal barrier island
Directions to site:
Site is Parking Lot #1 of the Parker River National Wildlifee Refuge on
Plum Island, Newburyport, MA
Take Plum Island Turnpike, cross bridge and take first right onto road
leading to refuge. Parking Lot 1 is on left, shortly after passing refuge
entrance
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Subject: Yellow-rumped warbler on bird bath, Concord
From: "Mary Small" <mhsmall(AT)zeus.bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 6:14pm
New yard bird: a male yellow-rumped warbler on the backyard
bird bath this afternoon. With the very dry weather, the
bird bath has been seeing a lot of action!
Also, a male cardinal feeding a female sunflower seeds.
And:
House finches
Goldfinches
Mourning dove
White-breasted nuthatch
Blue jays
Mary Small
Concord, Mass.
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Subject: Eastern Kingbird, Forest Hills Cemetery 4/26
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 7:34pm
Birders--
On a brief walk at Forest Hills Cemetery this evening, 5:30-6:00 pm
or so, I had a single Eastern Kingbird hawking insects off the small
island on the west end of Lake Hibiscus.
My first Eastern of the year. Nice but somewhat anti-climatic after
the Brighton Fork-tailed.
Other highlights included a flock of approximately 50 Cedar Waxwings
and at least a dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers. It's fun when the
warblers are hard to count.
Good birding!
--Jake
Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatluxATinterportDOTnet
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Subject: Willets - North Falmouth
From: Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 7:42pm
A flock of 26 Willets flew in to Wild Harbor this evening. They
pursued a Cooper's Hawk, landed again and were still present at
sunset. This is the third time in 15 years I have seen a flock of
Willets drop in here in late April, but the first two flew on without
landing.
Ian Nisbet
North Falmouth
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Subject: Dan'l Webster -- martins, osprey, kestrel, snow
goose?
From: Bruce Larson <Bruce.R.Larson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 7:34pm
I did a quick walk through Daniel Webster this afternoon and saw what
appeared to be a SNOW GOOSE with a large flock of canada geese. Also,
the purple martins are back, two osprey are back, and a kestrel was
easily seen in the vicinity of Fox Hill.
Bruce Larson
Milton, MA
bruce.r.larson(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Northern Haverhill Birds
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 8:40pm
Kind of quiet in our atlasing efforts today in northern Haverhill. We
were able to get a 2nd Barred Owl (for Haverhill 8) and several Woodcock
off Hilldale Avenue earlier in the week, but this morning we failed to
see any hawk nest activity and we have been unsuccessful in relocating
the Common Ravens we had a couple of weeks ago. Couldn't even dig up
another Pileated Woodpecker today, but saw lots of fresh activity.
I put together a web map of the two NH state "border blocks" (Haverhill
5 and Haverhill 8) that we are covering for the Breeding Bird Atlas and
highlighted 4 nice public access birding locations owned by the city of
Haverhill including Crystal Gorge, Crystal Point, Tattersall Farm, and
Clement Farm Trail. Check them out if you get a chance.
http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/northernhaverhill.htm
You can use the zoom tools on the left to zoom in, and the drop-down
menu on the right to select a topographic map if you like.
We did a couple of long beautiful walks this morning in non-public
access areas, but failed to see much. Only a couple of Yellow-rumps and
Pine Warblers and no Palms. We did have:
Ring-necked Duck - Male and female lingering on Crystal Lake
Chimney Swift - 1 migrating over Parsonage Hill. (FOY)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 migrating over Parsonage Hill
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 singing (FOY)
House Wren - 1 singing from our house (FOY).
American Robin - Nesting confirmed in both blocks.
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Prothonotary Warbler at Ell Pond in Melrose- YES
From: "Christopher Ciccone" <CNCiccone(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 8:45pm
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Pamela and I stopped at Ell Pond in Melrose early this afternoon to see =
if the Prothonotary Warbler was still around.
We ran into Dana Jewell who had re-located the warbler at the west end =
neat the footbridge, and got us on it. =20
Paul Ippolito and Diana Fruguglietti came by soon after, adn we refound =
the warbler near the parking lot across from the Melrose High School.
A few photos can be seen at:
http://www.pbase.com/bluegoose/prothonotary
Cheers,
Christopher
Christopher N. Ciccone
Woburn, MA
Photos: www.pbase.com/bluegoose
Blog: www.picusblog.com
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Subject: [Fwd: Cattle Egrets, Ipswich]
From: Linda Ferraresso <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 9:10pm
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Two Cattle Egrets were at the farm with the cows on Rt 133 in Ipswich,
just south of Heartbreak Rd around 4 p.m. this afternoon.
Linda
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Subject: [MASSBIRD] Cattle Egrets, Ipswich
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:48:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Daan Sandee <sandee(AT)theworld.com>
Reply-To: Daan Sandee <sandee(AT)theworld.com>
To: massbird(AT)theworld.com
There were two Cattle Egrets, Saturday morning, North of 133 in Ipswich
in the westernmost field opposite the golf club, behind the screen of
ornamental conifers.
Daan Sandee
Gloucester, MA sandee(AT)theworld.com
--
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: FW:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24294408>1=43001
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 9:28pm
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MassBirders,
Attached is a pretty strange story about a dead Sharp-shinned Hawk.
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Subject: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24294408>1=43001
try this link above for the bird story
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Subject: Late post (Race Point whales and...)
From: Paul Champlin <skua99(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 9:30pm
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Hi Folks,
=20
Sorry this is late but while I was out at Race Point last Wed. with family,=
I was astounded to see an Eastern Tufted Titmouse on the beachplumb bushes=
next to the lighthouse. While we were watching (and listening to) the doze=
n or so whales feeding and frolicking 150 meters from shore, the bird ventu=
red out to the bare-sand/beach-grass interface and perched on a post. While=
I've seen a few family groups of chickadees venture to the foredune, this =
was the first time in my long history on the dunes that I've seen a titmous=
e this far from the forest. Perhaps it's kin of the bird(s) that invaded Pl=
umb Island (heh heh).
Allen's Pond morning ramble produced a couple notable birds yesterday:
Seaside Sparrow (heard from the main parking lot)
Virginia Rail (just northeast of the main parking lot)=20
=20
Paul Champlin
Westport, MA
skua99 AT hotmail DOT com
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Subject: Topsfield, North Andover & Boxford 4/26/08
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 26 Apr 2008 10:05pm
Birders:
Highlights from today:
Alfalfa Farm in Topsfield while teaching North Shore Community College's Intro.
to Birding Class:
American Kestrel pair engaged in courtship mate-feeding, aerial dives and
"chitter" calls. We watched this pair for a considerable portion of our
program.
Killdeer pair was displaying in "circle flights" with deeper and slower
wingbeats
along with "collar-show" on the ground, and the birds also made short runs
toward
each other.
White-throated Sparrows were scratching everywhere.
Red-winged Blackbirds were protecting territories.
A Northern Flicker pair at nest cavity was bobbing heads from side to side,
showing off
the yellow-shafted underwings and giving the soft and fluid "weetaweetaweeta"
call.
Tree Swallows were foraging over the compost area.
A Turkey Vulture was migrating.
A Red-tailed Hawk was soaring over the pines.
Tufted Titmouse pair was displaying wing-quiver.
*While at Merrimack College in No. Andover, watching the Warriors play St.
Michaels' in a double-header:
Killdeer pair, Turkey Vultures migrating, American Kestrel, Palm Warbler, Pine
Warbler, Red-taield Hawk
*On Route 133 in Boxford:
Oprey carrying a foot-long fish to a perch at 25 mph
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: CT Report 04/26/2008 Ruff, Harlequin,
ORANGE-CROWNED
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 9:56pm
From Bob Dewire et al:
4/26 - ?????, Pachaug State Forest -- a singing YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER. Site is reached by entering forest from Rt. 49 entrance and
going to triangle where large sign indicates locations in forest. Bear
right here and go through CCC Youth Campsite area. Enter forest and
go about half mile. Look for road on right with bar across it and on
left a small firehole pond with wetlands on both sides of road. Bird
was in trees by road where it crosses the wetlands.
From From Frank Mantlik via The Fat Robin:
4/26 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park == RUFF continues at 7:15 AM.
From Renee Baade and Neil Currie:
4/26 - Westport, Grace Salmon Memorial Park == RUFF still present.
Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Greenwich, Greenwich Pt -- female HARLEQUIN continues.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/26 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- HARLEQUIN DUCK, in same
location at 11:20, SNOW GOOSE resting on rock in cove just off 1st
parking lot on right near park entrance, until a clammer showed up.
From Jerry Connolly and The Audubon Shop Sat. Birdwalk:
4/26 - Hammonasset SP -- BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (pair - male singing).
First seen by Paul Fusco 7 AM near blind behind Nature Center. Seen
again in same area 9 AM and 10:15 AM by our group.
From Paul Carrier:
4/26 - Harwinton -- 2 male EVENING GROSBEAK
From Paul Cianfaglione:
4/26 - East Granby, Newgate Rails-to-Trails (off of Copper Hill Road)
-- 8 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (large number), 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
From Bill Asteriades and Andrew Dasinger:
4/19 - Glastonbury, Glastonbury Meadows -- 5 BLUE-WINGED TEALS, 30+
WHITE CROWNED SPARROWS, 5 COMMON SNIPE.
Glastonbury, Clark St. powerlines -- 2 BROWN THRASHERS.
Glastonbury, Old Maids Lane and Tryon Street --2 BROWN THRASHERS.
From Scott Kruitbosch:
4/26 - Stratford yard -- 1 BROWN THRASHER
From Dave Rosgen:
4/24 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 4 Purple Finches
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Marshall:
4/24 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Little Pond
Trail &/or Boardwalk) - 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7 VIRGINIA RAILS, 3
Red-breasted Nuthatches, 6 Purple Finches.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
4/25 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Litchfield Town Beach) -- 4 Rusty
Blackbirds
Pt. Folly Marsh) -- 2 Rusty Blackbirds
(Cemetery Pond) -- 1 American Woodcock, 7 Wilson's Snipe, 4 Rusty
Blackbirds.
From Max Ehrman, w/ Dave Rosgen:
4/26 -- Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1
BROWN THRASHER, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4 Purple Finches;
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Subject: CT Report 04/26/2008 Ruff, Harlequin,
YELLOW-THROATED
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 10:08pm
From Bob Dewire et al:
4/26 - ?????, Pachaug State Forest -- a singing YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER. Site is reached by entering forest from Rt. 49 entrance and
going to triangle where large sign indicates locations in forest. Bear
right here and go through CCC Youth Campsite area. Enter forest and
go about half mile. Look for road on right with bar across it and on
left a small firehole pond with wetlands on both sides of road. Bird
was in trees by road where it crosses the wetlands.
From From Frank Mantlik via The Fat Robin:
4/26 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park == RUFF continues at 7:15 AM.
From Renee Baade and Neil Currie:
4/26 - Westport, Grace Salmon Memorial Park == RUFF still present.
Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.
Greenwich, Greenwich Pt -- female HARLEQUIN continues.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/26 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- HARLEQUIN DUCK, in same
location at 11:20, SNOW GOOSE resting on rock in cove just off 1st
parking lot on right near park entrance, until a clammer showed up.
From Jerry Connolly and The Audubon Shop Sat. Birdwalk:
4/26 - Hammonasset SP -- BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE (pair - male singing).
First seen by Paul Fusco 7 AM near blind behind Nature Center. Seen
again in same area 9 AM and 10:15 AM by our group.
From Paul Carrier:
4/26 - Harwinton -- 2 male EVENING GROSBEAK
From Paul Cianfaglione:
4/26 - East Granby, Newgate Rails-to-Trails (off of Copper Hill Road)
-- 8 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (large number), 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.
From Bill Asteriades and Andrew Dasinger:
4/19 - Glastonbury, Glastonbury Meadows -- 5 BLUE-WINGED TEALS, 30+
WHITE CROWNED SPARROWS, 5 COMMON SNIPE.
Glastonbury, Clark St. powerlines -- 2 BROWN THRASHERS.
Glastonbury, Old Maids Lane and Tryon Street --2 BROWN THRASHERS.
From Scott Kruitbosch:
4/26 - Stratford yard -- 1 BROWN THRASHER
From Dave Rosgen:
4/24 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 4 Purple Finches
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Marshall:
4/24 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Little Pond
Trail &/or Boardwalk) - 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 7 VIRGINIA RAILS, 3
Red-breasted Nuthatches, 6 Purple Finches.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
4/25 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Litchfield Town Beach) -- 4 Rusty
Blackbirds
Pt. Folly Marsh) -- 2 Rusty Blackbirds
(Cemetery Pond) -- 1 American Woodcock, 7 Wilson's Snipe, 4 Rusty
Blackbirds.
From Max Ehrman, w/ Dave Rosgen:
4/26 -- Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1
BROWN THRASHER, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 4 Purple Finches;
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Subject: Turkey Vultures, Plymouth, MA
From: "Gene Harriman" <vze2brn7(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 26 Apr 2008 10:34pm
Hi Fellow Birders,
Samantha (my co-pilot and better half) and I counted seven turkey vultures
soaring above exit three
on Route 3 in Plymouth as we drove back from the 'Cape Saturday. This a heavily
wooded area of
Plymouth near the Myles Standish State Forest.
Good Birding!
Gene Harriman
'BigWingBoy'
Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
vze2brn7atverizondotnet
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