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Subject: Spring Bird walk in Reading
From: "David Williams" <dave.williams6(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 3:44am
Birding was slow this morning for the first of a series of "Spring
Bird Walks in Reading". This mornings walk was in the Reading Town
Forest. Birds seen included:
Canada goose - 3
Mallard - 3
Herring gull - 2
Belted kingfisher - 2
Downy woodpecker - 2
Northern flicker - 1
Blue-headed vireo - 1
Blue jay - 4
Crow - 5
Tree swallow - 3
Black-capped chickadee - 7
White-breasted nuthatch - 3
House wren - 1
Robin - 11
Yellow-rumped warbler - 1
Pine warbler - 1
Chipping sparrow - 2
Swamp sparrow - 1
White-throated sparrow - 3
Cardinal - 1
Red-winged blackbird - numerous
Grackle - numerous
Brown-headed cowbird - 1
Goldfinch - 10
Dave Williams
Reading, MA
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Subject: Re: 4-27 Sun. Mt Auburn, Hermit Thrush(photo), &
the BCNH returns to Watertown Dam!
From: "brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com" <brightondude04@yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 5:54am
Correction. After sleeping on it I believe the bird I ID'd and listed below as
a northern waterthrush was actually just a female red winged blackbird.
Sean McMahon
--- On Sun, 4/27/08, brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com <brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com <brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com>
> Subject: [MASSBIRD] 4-27 Sun. Mt Auburn, Hermit Thrush(photo), & the BCNH
returns to Watertown Dam!
> To: massbird(AT)world.std.com
> Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 10:58 PM
> Hello everyone,
>
> Spent a few hours at Mount Auburn Cemetery this afternoon.
>
> A hermit thrush, anything BUT a hermit, proudly posed on
> top of a gravestone for me:
> (please remove any spaces in the link that the listserve
> might add)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2447034633/
>
> Also seen:
> northern waterthrush
> yellow rumped warblers (6)
> lotsa cardinals, chickadees, several tufted titmice.
> northern flicker PAIR
> bluejay PAIR
> love is in the air. :-)
>
> And spring must REALLY be here: I'm happy to say the
> black crowned night heron is back, hopefully for his
> nightly perch on the Watertown side of the Charles River at
> the Watertown Dam. Which should mean the herring or alewife
> have begun to run?
>
> A dozen gulls battling over the best rocks there were also
> evidence of this.
>
> Thanks, Happy Birding,
> Sean McMahon
> )brightondude)
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Subject: RE: Mt. Auburn
From: James Restivo <jbird7480(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 8:38am
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I was at Mt. Auburn a few weeks ago and saw a Coyote. It was a brief sighti=
ng, but definitely a Coyote. Certainly a nice surprise!
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James Restivo
Brighton, MA> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Mt. Auburn> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:59:=
24 -0400> From: DBATES(AT)PARTNERS.ORG> To: Massbird(AT)theworld.com> > Was there=
from 7-9 this a.m. until it started drizzling. Fairly quiet, usual> suspec=
ts.> > Yellow-rumped Warbler 35 (one big flock near Halcyon)> Palm Warbler =
2 (also near Halcyon)> Pine Warbler 1 > Common Yellowthroat 1 (female, at S=
pectacle)> Hermit Thrush 5 (Dell)> > Most surprising was a mammalian sighti=
ng--large, gray canid which I am fairly> sure was a Coyote on Indian Ridge!=
Was only a 10-second look and was going> away, but I don't think it was a =
fox. Have others seen coyotes in Mt. Auburn?> My wife saw one outside the c=
emetary but not far away about a year ago.> > David Bates> Watertown, MA> d=
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Subject: Manx Shearwaters, Brant numbers - Nahant 4/27
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 8:54am
The west shore of Nahant faces Revere Beach, where Manx Shearwaters have
recently been reported. After four attempts to see the shearwaters from
Nahant I finally saw two flying south east at about 1pm on 4/27.
Of note is the number of Brant in the waters around Nahant: 610+ on
4/27. Brant numbers swell as they begin to gather before migration north.
There were 420 Brant in the Nahant wintering flock (gradually increasing
number over the past 15 years or so).
Through the winter the Brant mainly feed on eel grass in Broad Sound and
in wet fields. In spring they spend more time on the north and easterly
facing rocky shores foraging on the seaweed covered rocks. I can
speculate that they change diet to enhance breeding success by eating
more protein or perhaps certain food are just more available in Spring.
I'd love to know.
Anyone have insight into this foraging pattern of the Brant?
Thanks,
Linda
Linda Pivacek, Nahant
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Subject: Prothonotary warbler Sunday afternoon
From: Ian Parsons <icpcircular(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:18am
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The prothonotary warbler was still present at Ell pond, Melrose, yesterday
afternoon (Sunday) from around 3-3.30pm. It may still be around today,
although others had reported not seeing it, later in the afternoon yesterday.
It was feeding in low branches of bushes right by the water's edge, on the
side of the lake near to a soccer field.
There were also 3 palm warblers, 2 savannah sparrows, and 10+ yellow-rumped
warblers.
Ian Parsons, icpcircularATyahoo.com, Belmont, MA
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Subject: RT Hummingbird, Fall River
From: osprey1170(AT)aol.com
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:51am
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Massbirders,
A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived before the rain this morning at the
feeder on my deck.? Welcome back!
Lynn Abbey
Fall River, MA
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Subject: Re: Manx Shearwaters, Brant numbers - Nahant 4/27
From: Roy Westerberg <rwesterb(AT)bbn.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:50am
Saturday toward sunset my wife and I watched 14 Brant feeding in
shallow gentle surf at the west end of Seagull Beach in Yarmouth,
MA. They would keep their heads underwater for a number of seconds,
and sometimes had stringy rather gross looking seaweed dangling from
their bills when they lifted their heads. It looked like they were
getting something off of the seaweed, rather than eating the actual
seaweed, and we speculated that they were finding some small animals
on the seaweed and rubbing them off with their tongues. They were
just off a sandy beach about 10-20 feet out, and within about 50 feet
of a small rock jetty.
There were also several Willets in the marsh north of the road and parking lot.
Roy Westerberg
Concord, MA
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At 08:57 AM 4/28/2008, Linda Pivacek wrote:
>Through the winter the Brant mainly feed on eel grass in Broad Sound
>and in wet fields. In spring they spend more time on the north and
>easterly facing rocky shores foraging on the seaweed covered rocks.
>I can speculate that they change diet to enhance breeding success by
>eating more protein or perhaps certain food are just more available
>in Spring. I'd love to know.
>Anyone have insight into this foraging pattern of the Brant?
>
>Thanks,
>Linda
>
>Linda Pivacek, Nahant
>lpivacek(AT)comcast.net
>
>
Roy Westerberg rwesterb(AT)bbn.com
Concord, MA
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Subject: red eyed vireo
From: Tonya Tromblee <cabsavvy2(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 10:20am
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Before the rain set in, a red-eyed vireo was singing at the pond near the boat
launch at Great Brook Farm SP. I also managed good sighting of a pair of Belted
Kingfishers.
Tonya Tromblee
Middleton, MA
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Subject: minor belmont breakout
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 10:24am
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sunday, 10am, habitat:
2 RC Kinglet
1 Gray Catbird
1 Hermit Thrush
? Great Crested Flycatcher (calling?)
monday, 6am, belmont hill
4 RC Kinglet
2 Gray Catbird
2 Hermit Thrush
1 YR Warbler
6 WT Sparrow
red fox taunted by crows
on my street:
Baltimore Oriole, singing
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belmont 02478 ma
617-484-6692
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Subject: Mockingbird
From: Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:00am
I am surprised that only one MASSBIRDer has responded to Paul Maher's
photo of a "mockingbird" on Friday. I have nothing to add myself,
but it did not look like a Northern Mockingbird to me. Don Gould
suggested Bahama Mockingbird, and then silence through the
weekend. Didn't anyone think it was worth following up, or even commenting on?
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Subject: Agawam & Longmeadow addendum for 4/26
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:24am
MassBirders,
Also had 1 Red eyed Vireo @ Robinson State Park in Agawam & 3 Palm Warblers
@ Stebbins in Longmeadow.
Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
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Subject: worm-eating warbler - Provincetown 4/24
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:54am
Thanks to Tom Lipsky for the following report. My apologies to
everyone for the delay getting this forwarded.
Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
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>From: "Thomas Lipsky" <tlip1(AT)comcast.net>
>Subject: worm-eating warbler
>Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:35:17 -0400
>
> This Thursday, in Beech Forest in Provincetown, I had a long
> look at
>a worm-eating warbler feeding in a tree on the east side of the
>pond.
> Today, Friday, there was a White-crowned Sparrow in the
> parking lot
>area of the Beech Forest. There was also a nice small wave of
>Ruby-crowned kinglets.
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Subject: Belle Isle and Revere 4/28
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 1:36pm
Paul Peterson called with the following list of birds seen this morning:
Belle Isle, E. Boston:
4 glossy ibis
4 snowy egret
3 great blue heron
73 brant
2 gadwall
23 green-wing teal
1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER
2 s. sharpitailed sparrows
1 gray catbird
1 E. meadowlark
3 gr. yellowlegs
Revere Breakwater:
35 purple sandpipers
1 Wilson's snipe
1 killdeer
1 osprey
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: Palm Warbler breeding in Melrose??
From: Jim McCoy <jfmccoy(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 1:38pm
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No evidence of the Prothonotary Warbler again this morning, though this tim=
e I was a bit rushed on the way to work. I haven't heard of any reports si=
nce 3:30 yesterday afternoon, and I've dipped twice on it since then, but i=
t might have just been bad luck.
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The most interesting sighting of the morning was a Palm Warbler, in close c=
ompany with another, with what appeared to be nesting material in its beak!=
This range map (http://www.nenature.com/PalmWarblerBreedingMap.htm) does=
n't have them breeding anywhere near here. What records exist for them bre=
eding in Massachusetts?
=20
Jim McCoy
Melrose, MA
jfmccoy(AT)hotmail.com=
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Subject: Cattle Egret Continues 4/28
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 1:32pm
Sue McGrath called at 1:05 to report that the Cattle Egret was still present at
the Buttonwood Farm on Route 133 in Ipswich.
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: Mt. Auburn 4/28 BBC
From: Donald Wilkinson <singingbirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:00pm
Dear birders,
8 members of the BBC birded the Mt. Auburn Cemetary from 6-7:30am. It was
relatively slow, but the birdsong was beautiful. The Highlight of the trip: 2
Coyotes looking very healthy with beautiful coats. Can't wait to see the young.
Bird highlights included:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10+
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15+
Pine Warbler 3
House Wren 1 (Dell)
Carolina Wren 1
Best, Don
Donald Wilkinson
Nahant MA 01908
singingbirder(AT)yahoo.com
http://donaldwilkinson.com/
(Now accepting reservations for the 2009 NORTH CAROLINA Memorial day Weekend
Pelagic trip)
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Subject: Ashburnham 4/28
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:32pm
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Location: BBA Ashburnham 6
Observation date: 4/28/08
Number of species: 27
Wood Duck 1
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 3
Brown Creeper 2
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 7
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 13
Pine Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 6
Chipping Sparrow 11
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 7
American Goldfinch 1
Evening Grosbeak 1
Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA
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Subject: Injured Bird
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:30pm
A local person has an injured grackle and wanted to know if there were any bird
rehabilation groups in the area. I said I would check into it for her. Thanks
for your help.
Susan
winterwren2(AT)verizon.net
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." Frank Lloyd Wright
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Subject: Joppa Flats Banding Station Report Week #4
(April 19 - April 25)
From: "David Larson" <dlarson(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:57pm
Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center operates a bird banding
station on Plum Island with the cooperation of the Parker River National
Wildlife Refuge. Here is the report for week #4 of the spring season
from Station Manager Ben Flemer.
---------------------------------
Here are the numbers for week #4 (4/19-4/25) at the banding station.
The waves of Gold-crowned Kinglets have given way to Hermit Thrushes,
Ruby-crowned Kinglets and White-throated Sparrows. We banded our first
warblers of the season on April 23, with 7 Yellow Palms in the nets and
1 on April 24. Recaptures from previous years include a an ASY (After
Second Year) male Purple Finch that was banded last spring and a Brown
Thrasher that was also banded last spring. In total we banded 73 new
birds of 15 species and recaptured 14 birds of 8 species with the
following totals:
New birds:
American Goldfinch -1
American Robin - 4
Black-capped Chickadee - 2
Brown Creeper - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Hermit Thrush - 11
Northern Cardinal - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15
Slate-colored Junco - 2
Song Sparrow - 5
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 12
Yellow Palm Warbler - 8
Yellow-shafted Flicker - 3
Recaptures:
American Robin - 2
Black-capped Chickadee - 4
Brown Thrasher - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Purple Finch - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
--
David M. Larson, Ph.D.
Education Coordinator
Joppa Flats Education Center
Mass Audubon
Newburyport, MA
978-462-9998
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Subject: Re: Mockingbird
From: Leslie Bostrom <Leslie_Bostrom(AT)brown.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 2:04pm
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I agree this does not look like a Northern Mockingbird. But it does not look
like my National Geographic picture or description of a Bahama Mockingbird
either. Any other ideas out there? Leslie Bostrom
On 4/28/08 10:57 AM, "Ian Nisbet" <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
> I am surprised that only one MASSBIRDer has responded to Paul Maher's
> photo of a "mockingbird" on Friday. I have nothing to add myself,
> but it did not look like a Northern Mockingbird to me. Don Gould
> suggested Bahama Mockingbird, and then silence through the
> weekend. Didn't anyone think it was worth following up, or even commenting
> on?
>
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Subject: BNC / BBC Walk - 4/29/2008 CANCELED
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 3:42pm
Due to the poor weather forecast I am canceling the BBC walk scheduled
for tomorrow morning at the Boston Nature Center. I hope to see
everyone at Forest Hills Cemetery at 6:30AM on Thursday, and remember
to check out the variety of walks being offered on the weekend for the
Third Annual Birds and Bards Festival -
http://massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Boston/news.php?id=971&event=no
Best,
--
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Re: Mockingbird
From: "William Freedberg" <4mrfish(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 4:00pm
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Massbirders,
I replied to Paul offlist, but because there's clearly some interest, I'll
post my opinion: It looks like a melanistic northern mockingbird because of
its bill size, and not a bahama because of the lack of any significant wing
pattern. The facial pattern is puzzling, and the tail appears a bit long.
However, melanism seems to me to be a more common phenomenon than
vagrant Bahama mockingbirds.
Now its my turn to ask: why did the topic of Martha Schwope's Great Kiskadee
get dropped? It was not ambiguous like this mockingbird case, but quite
obviously a Kiskadee. Although social flycatcher is a possibility, that and
any other flycatchers of its genus would be MAJOR rarities, and (I believe)
first records for this area. So....
While we're on the topic of being active members, let me just note: earlier
this winter, there were both bohemian waxwings, white-winged crossbills, and
possibley red crossbills in the Mt. Auburn Cemetary very near to my house.
I learned of these birds over a week later in both cases, the White-wingeds
from the boston globe report (which is only published once a week and thus
not at all useful) and the BOWAs from browsing ebird. I am puzzled that
whoever sighted these did not post them on any listservs- all would have
been lifers!
Good birding,
William Freedberg
Belmont, MA
4mrfish(AT)gmail.com
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
> I am surprised that only one MASSBIRDer has responded to Paul Maher's
> photo of a "mockingbird" on Friday. I have nothing to add myself, but it
> did not look like a Northern Mockingbird to me. Don Gould suggested Bahama
> Mockingbird, and then silence through the weekend. Didn't anyone think it
> was worth following up, or even commenting on?
>
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Subject: spring arrivals in Littleton
From: "Grant Marley" <buteo99(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 6:16pm
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Hello,
Today, while filling the feeders I saw a male Rose breastes =
Grosbeak and heard a Baltimore Oriole singing. The temperature, here in =
Littleton was 52 degrees at the time
Grant Marley
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Subject: BBC Cold Spring Park CANCELLED
From: Jane Zanichkowsky <jzanich(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 6:28pm
Dear Massbirders:
Downpours are expected tomorrow, weather not fit for
man (birders) nor beast (birds). Therefore there will
be no BBC walk at Cold Spring Park.
Jane Zanichkowsky, Newton
jzanich(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Plum I. & Newburyport Harbor; 27 Apr. 2008.
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 7:34pm
SUNDAY, 27 APRIL 2008:
PLUM ISLAND & NEWBURYPORT HARBOR (0700-1500 hrs.)
Weather: Cloudy, SE 5-10 mph, 48-55 F.
Richard S. Heil
All observations from Plum I. unless indicated otherwise
'Pale-bellied' Brant (427): 207-P.I., 220-Nbpt.
Canada Goose (16)
Mute Swan (4)
Gadwall (30)
American Black Duck (48)
Mallard (11)
Northern Shoveler (1m.)-salt pans.
Green-winged Teal (52)
Greater Scaup (5)
Common Eider (4)
Surf Scoter (3)
White-winged Scoter (185)
Black Scoter (5)
Oldsquaw (3800): 2100-Nbpt., 1700-P.I.
Bufflehead (32): 22-Nbpt, 10-P.I.
Common Goldeneye (6)
Common Merganser (6)-P.I. River.
Red-breasted Merganser (39)
Red-throated Loon (38)
Common Loon (32)
Red-necked Grebe (1)
Double-crested Cormorant (160)
Great Cormorant (4): 2 imms.-Nbpt., 2 imms.-P.I.
American Bittern (1): Pumping, North Pool.
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (8)
Snowy Egret (1)
Turkey Vulture (2)
Osprey (6)
Northern Harrier (3f.)
American Kestrel (1)
Merlin (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
Virginia Rail (4): Calling, North Pool.
Killdeer (1)
Greater Yellowlegs (87)
'Eastern' Willet (6): 2-Nbpt., 4-P.I.
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Dunlin (450)-Nbpt.
American Woodcock (1): on nest.
Ring-billed Gull (120)-Nbpt.
Herring Gull (175)-Nbpt.
Great Black-backed Gull (35)-Nbpt.
Rock Pigeon (12)
Mourning Dove (12)
Great Horned Owl (1): On nest.
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Northern Flicker (3)
Blue Jay (3)
American Crow (9)
Purple Martin (10 males)
Tree Swallow (180)
Barn Swallow (24)
Black-capped Chickadee (16)
Tufted Titmouse (1)-Old Pines, nesting?
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)-Old Pines.
Marsh Wren (3)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3)
American Robin (35)
Northern Mockingbird (4)
Brown Thrasher (12)
European Starling (20)
Northern Parula (1m.)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (4)
'Yellow' Palm Warbler (8)
Eastern Towhee (34)
Field Sparrow (1)
Savannah Sparrow (19)
Song Sparrow (21)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
White-throated Sparrow (42)
Northern Cardinal (8)
Red-winged Blackbird (65)
Eastern Meadowlark (3): Together North Pool meadow; One carrying nest material.
Common Grackle (140)
Brown-headed Cowbird (14)
Purple Finch (9)
House Finch (6)
Pine Siskin (1): Flying N overhead, calling.
American Goldfinch (27)
House Sparrow (15)
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Re: Mockingbird
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 7:14pm
It looks like a perfectly fine Northern Mockingbird to me.
Richard S. Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil(AT)comcast.net
At 02:02 PM 4/28/2008, Leslie Bostrom wrote:
>I agree this does not look like a Northern Mockingbird. But it does
>not look like my National Geographic picture or description of a
>Bahama Mockingbird either. Any other ideas out there? Leslie Bostrom
>
>
>On 4/28/08 10:57 AM, "Ian Nisbet" <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
>
>I am surprised that only one MASSBIRDer has responded to Paul Maher's
>photo of a "mockingbird" on Friday. I have nothing to add myself,
>but it did not look like a Northern Mockingbird to me. Don Gould
>suggested Bahama Mockingbird, and then silence through the
>weekend. Didn't anyone think it was worth following up, or even
>commenting on?
>
>
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Subject: Re: Mockingbird
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 7:44pm
William Freedberg wrote:
> Now its my turn to ask: why did the topic of Martha Schwope's Great
> Kiskadee get dropped? It was not ambiguous like this mockingbird
> case, but quite obviously a Kiskadee. Although social flycatcher is a
> possibility, that and any other flycatchers of its genus would be
> MAJOR rarities, and (I believe) first records for this area. So....
*Because it was apparent from the water and the vegetation in the image
that the bird was photographed in a tropical location, and not in
Massachusetts?
Eddie
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*
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Subject: Hyannis - Adult Northern Goshawk
From: "Walz,Christopher" <CWalz(AT)nec.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 8:01pm
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Hello All,
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At 8:00 this morning I was driving on Route 132 towards the Mid-Cape =
when I saw an Adult Northern Goshawk circling where Eastern Mountain =
Sports is, I didn't have binocs with me and couldn't stop because of =
traffic, but it was long tailed, pale below, and larger than a Cooper's.
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Also, I have Osprey on egg(s) in West Barnstable, after witnessing the =
dirty deeds on April 24, and from observations of their behavior on this =
cold rainy day. Taking turns in the nest and positioning themselves =
deep in the nest.
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I added 2 nestboxes to the property here, making a total of 9. It seems =
I have more competiton for sites this year. I noticed alot of interest =
from tree swallows and chickadees in a box claimed by bluebirds building =
their nest. If there is a shortage the added boxes should attract =
interest, if not, it could just be that the bluebirds have the prime =
spot, I'll keep watching for any changes in activity. It should be =
interesting, since I can now see both the bluebird nest and a new box at =
once.
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Chris Walz=20
West Barnstable, MA
Property Manager
Mid-Cape Sanctuaries
CWalz(AT)massaudubon.org
CWalz(AT)nec.edu
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Subject: Prothonotary Warbler continues at Ell Pond
From: "Marshall J. Iliff" <miliff(AT)aol.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 7:56pm
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Massbird,
Since Jim McCoy seems to have poor luck finding it, I thought I should
mention that the first-spring male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER continued at Ell
Pond, Melrose, this morning. It was singing periodically from the north side
of the pond, right about where the parking lot for the Ell Pond Park reaches
the pond. Several Yellow Palm Warblers and Myrtle Warblers were in the same
area, and the Protho seemed to favor an short apple tree growing along the
edge that was leafing out nicely. None of the Palm Warblers showed nesting
activity and they certainly do not nest here, since the habitat is terrible
for nesting Palm Warblers.
Other birds of interest today included a pair of continuing Gadwall at Belle
Isle Marsh and large numbers of swallows (100 Tree, 25 N. Rough-winged, 8
Barn), 2 Gray Catbirds, and 6 Yellow Warblers at Millennium Park.
Best,
Marshall
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From: massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com
[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com] On Behalf Of Jim McCoy
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 1:38 PM
To: massbird(AT)theworld.std.com
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Palm Warbler breeding in Melrose??
No evidence of the Prothonotary Warbler again this morning, though this time
I was a bit rushed on the way to work. I haven't heard of any reports since
3:30 yesterday afternoon, and I've dipped twice on it since then, but it
might have just been bad luck.
The most interesting sighting of the morning was a Palm Warbler, in close
company with another, with what appeared to be nesting material in its beak!
This range map (http://www.nenature.com/PalmWarblerBreedingMap.htm) doesn't
have them breeding anywhere near here. What records exist for them breeding
in Massachusetts?
Jim McCoy
Melrose, MA
jfmccoy(AT)hotmail.com
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Subject: Wompatuck update-4/27/08
From: gdentremont(AT)juno.com
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:10pm
Sorry, I was falling asleep while I was writing last night's post and
forgot one good bird-PINE SISKIN, one bird calling flying over heading
northeast. This bird has bred in the park during invasion year(s). They
are usually done by early May, so this might go unnoticed.
Glenn
Glenn d'Entremont, gdentremont(AT)juno.com, Stoughton, MA
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Subject: CT Report 04/28/2008 Harlequin, Ruff, KING RAIL
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:26pm
From Len Kendall and Roger Preston:
4/28 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 10:30, the KING RAIL was well
seen and heard.
From Tim Antanaitis:
4/27 - South Windsor, Newberry Road, Station 43 -- a KING RAIL was
calling loudly when I arrived at the marsh at about 6:50 pm and
continued to call for the next hour. Also 2 VIRGINIA RAILS, 3
WILSON'S SNIPE, 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, & 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
From Frank Mantlik:
4/28 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- RUFF continues at 7:15 AM.
Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- Snow Goose on the mill pond.
From Phil Asprelli with Pete Vitali:
4/28 -- Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- From 10:45 to 11:30am the Ruff
was seen at the waters edge in the first cove and on the mud flats in
the second cove.
From Ed Hagen:
4/28 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 12:30 PM, Harlequin duck, usual
spot - immediately in front of the first paved parking lot past the
tip of Greenwich Point, in with about 40 brant.
From Clay Taylor:
4/28 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls,
White-rumped Sandpiper.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/28 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- SNOW GOOSE.
From Melissa Baston:
4/27 - Cheshire yard -- at least 1 PINE SISKIN singing and eating
thistle.
From Mike Clark:
4/28 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- Snow Goose feeding with
Canada Geese at 9:30.
From John and Anders Ogren:
4/27 - Norfolk, Loon Meadow Road, Barbour Wilderness Scout Camp -- 3
Ruffed Grouse thumping.
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Subject: Re: Mockingbird
From: "brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com" <brightondude04@yahoo.com>
Date: 28 Apr 2008 9:30pm
I didn't feel qualified to offer an opinion in the mockingbird. But I we
should.
I did research it that night and decided it was a mimid.
In the other photos, that I think Paul has removed now, I got hung up on blue
and black stripes on the wing tips. They reminded me of shots I've gotten of a
Blue Jay, also from the back.
Started thinking a Blue Jay / Mockingborod cross??? Probably never happen.
And sticking to the blue theme, found a blue mockingbird rarely seen even in
Texas.
Looks nothing like this bird.
So my fruitless search ended.
Maybe another South American species, a mimid, blown off course like the Fork
Tailed. A bird with more blue and black than we see here, but with heavily worn
feathers from his trip.
Who's proficient with S.A. bird species?
--- On Mon, 4/28/08, Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
> From: Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net>
> Subject: [MASSBIRD] Mockingbird
> To: "MASSBIRD" <massbird(AT)theworld.com>
> Date: Monday, April 28, 2008, 10:57 AM
> I am surprised that only one MASSBIRDer has responded to
> Paul Maher's
> photo of a "mockingbird" on Friday. I have
> nothing to add myself,
> but it did not look like a Northern Mockingbird to me. Don
> Gould
> suggested Bahama Mockingbird, and then silence through the
> weekend. Didn't anyone think it was worth following
> up, or even commenting on?
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Subject: Essex County ~ 4/28/08
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 28 Apr 2008 10:04pm
Birders,
Today's highlights before and during the rain:
Topsfield:
Cooper's Hawk and Pileated Woodpecker on Route 97
*Beverly Airport's Wetland:
Green-winged Teal, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpiper
Gloucester:
American Crow nesting in a deciduous tree in residential neighborhood
Sora and Black-crowned Night-Heron in wetland on Emerson Ave.
Common Eider in the Annisquam River
Ipswich:
Cattle Egret on Route 133 [as posted previously by Steve]
Black-crowned Night-Heron at Ipswich Bay Yacht Club
Beverly Farms:
Glossy Ibis and Snowy Egret on Hale Street
PRNWR:
Seaside Sparrow prior to Lot # 2
Snowy Egret in flight by the gatehouse
North End of Plum Island:
Lesser Yellowlegs by the Shellfish Plant
Purple Martins hunkered down due to their inability to forage in the rain
Good birding,
Sue
Sue McGrath
Observe ~ Appreciate ~ Identify
Newburyport Birders
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-462-4785
newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
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