B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Mon, 5 May 2008

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Subject: Great-crested 
From: "Peter Trull" <petrull(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 6:44am

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The first of the spring Great-crested Flycatcher has arrived in the =
pine/oak woods of Brewster 5/5/08, 6AM
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
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Subject: Purple Martin returns Rehoboth
From: Raymond Marr Jr <rmarr2(AT)cox.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 8:08am

   Hello Mass Birders

    The small Martin Colony at Crestwood Country club in Rehoboth   
has had more returns
3m,1fe   Let's hope for a warm dry season to help repopulate South  
eastern MA Martin population.
There are plans to add many more units. To help the birds.  There are  
still many yearlings on the way!
   All birds are two years and older.

Raymond Marr Jr
Pawtucket RI

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Subject: Bobolinka Heard's Farm Wayland
From: "John Hoye & Audrey McCarthy" <lt.jaeger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:28am

Bobolinks are back at Heard's Farm Wayland
    Also seen there  Yellow Warbler 
                             Blue Headed Vireo 1
                             Rose breasted Grosbeak 3
                             Eastern Bluebird nesting
                             Savannah Sparrow 5
                             Catbird 1
    At Griscom Woods Heard Pond
                             Wood thrush 2
                             Northern Oriole 1
                             Yellow Warbler 1
                             Marsh Wren 1
                             Swamp Sparrow  4
      John Hoye, Wayland Ma
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Subject: ovenbird - Stow 5/2
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:00am

Thanks to Tom Lipsky for reporting his first Ovenbird of the year on 
5/2 in Stow.

Sorry for the delay getting this report out!

Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com

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Subject: Mt Auburn  5/5
From: <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:06am

A short trip to Mt Auburn this a.m. as the fog was lifting ( 6:45 to 8 a.m) was
quite productive.

Most birds were seen on Indian Ridge and around Mary Baker Eddy Pond (I know
this is NOT the 'real' name but I cant think of it at the moment).

Species seen:
Chimney Swift
Hermit Thrush
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Warbling Vireo
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

I heard a report of a Prairie Warbler but never caught up with it.

This is just quick to get the word out that birds came in last night!

Linda Ferraresso
Watertown, MA
tattler1(AT)verizon.net

Linda Ferraresso
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Watertown,MA

"ÂÂFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still
 dark" - Tagore

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Subject: Ruff-Newbury, MA 5/5
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:56am

Fay Vale left a message this morning that the "white" ruff is on Scotland Rd. in
 Newbury this morning.  No other details were given.

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: Hadley Bobolinks and Article 
From: NEaton <nancyeaton(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:38am

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Bobolinks (3) were back on Moody Bridge Rd., Hadley, on Saturday May 3; I
neglected to report them.  Unlike Henry Lappin, I did not hear or see
Meadowlarks at this location late in the afternoon, I but I did see the turkeys
and many Red-wings he reported.

  Having done some prison teaching, I agree with Sue McGrath's response to the
lead article in "Winging It," and I also urge birders to read this powerful,
well-written account by prisoner Robert Gerson.  ABA should be congratulated for
 having published it for all to share.

  Nancy Eaton
  Enfield, CT  

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Subject: Nahanton Park-Newton, MA - May 5, 2008
From: "Paula McFarland" <saltpannes(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:30am

In Nahanton Park (Winchester St) this morning (7:30 -9:00 a.m.)

Warblers:
Black & White
Black-throated Green (heard only)
Palm
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Yellow
Yellow-rumped

American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Robin, 6 active nests
Baltimore Oriole, 7+
BC Chickadee
Blue Jay
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Geese
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackles
Double-crested Cormorant (flyover)
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe, checking out the old nesting area
House Wren, singing near river
Killdeer (flyover)
Mallard, pair
Mourning Dove, on nest
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Red-winged Blackbirds
Savannah Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper, flying inches above river
Tree Swallow
White-throated Sparrow

Paula McFarland
Newton, NH
saltpannesatgmaildotcom

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Subject: Fitchburg/Westminster- 5/5
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 May 2008 10:58am

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Location:     BBA Fitchbrug 7- Fitchburg & Westminster
Observation date:     5/5/08
Number of species:     54

Mallard     6
Great Blue Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     4
American Kestrel     3 (C)(2 f & 1 m- the male seemed to be interested in both
females-
                in a spot they were present last year)
Merlin     1
Killdeer     1
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     6
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Least Flycatcher     1
Eastern Phoebe     5
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Blue-headed Vireo     4
Blue Jay     46 (the majority of these were clearly still migrating)
American Crow     17
Tree Swallow     2
Barn Swallow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     28
Tufted Titmouse     7
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Brown Creeper     1
House Wren     4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Hermit Thrush     4
American Robin     29
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     14
Nashville Warbler     1
Yellow Warbler     2
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     14
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Pine Warbler     3
Palm Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     4
Ovenbird     5
Eastern Towhee     9
Chipping Sparrow     13
Song Sparrow     15
White-throated Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     5
Bobolink     3
Red-winged Blackbird     27
Common Grackle     1
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
Baltimore Oriole     4
Purple Finch     1
House Finch     3
American Goldfinch     19
Evening Grosbeak     1
House Sparrow     4

Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA

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Subject: RE: massbird-digest V8 #177
From: Terri Nickerson <terri_nickerson(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:49am

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Hi Massbirders,
=20
I put out oranges this morning and had my first male Baltimore Oriole about=
 15 minutes later.
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Also had first of the season Towhee on Nantucket yesterday.
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Now just have to mix up some hummingbird nectar.
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Terri Nickerson
Duxbury, MA=

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Subject: Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Grasshopper Sparrow,
         Millennium Park
From: stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
Date: 5 May 2008 2:36pm

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There is a separate telephone number for a park ranger or attendant at
Millennium - I think it would be great to talk to them about the mowing issue.
I also think the dog thing is difficult to control - though when I was there
Park trucks were driving around and dog owners were frantically calling their
dogs and leashing them, so there is at least some history of dog owners knowing
what they're supposed to do, and park people enforcing the rules at least
sometimes.                 Stuart

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From: Andrew Joslin <andrew(AT)47custer.com> 
Meadowlark and bobolink have nested successfully at Millennium, the vegetation
has grown thickly enough on the north side meadows to repel predators and
prevent random dog destruction. Would be worth talking to the parks guy who cuts
 the grass there to advise/negotiate on mowing times this summer (no cutting
until middle August at least for the north side of the hill). Don't think a
fence is needed based on past breeding success. Marshall (or anyone), do you
have a good idea of how late into the summer the no mowing period should last?

Andrew Joslin
Jamaica Plain, MA

At 09:48 PM 5/4/2008, tim factor wrote:

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Stuart Walker < stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net>
wrote:

Sorry for the late post, but this Bigby thing means longer distances between

the field and the computer!

Millennium Park, West Roxbury, 8-10 AM

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, 8:15 AM, along the grass access road that briefly

parallels the paved road to the canoe launch.  It was mostly in the road but

sometimes just into the woods and sometimes just into the grass on the park

side.  It was beautifully marked and although I couldn't get close to it the

eye ring, back streaking and crown stripe were clear and strong.

Fantastic find Stuart! In a way I'm glad I had other plans for the weekend
because the trip out there via public transportation can be an tedious on the
weekend, Sundays in particular. I'll try to look for it during the week.

I've noticed that three great spots for grassland birds in the area: Belle Isle
Marsh, Squantum Point Park, and Millennium Park, all are also popular for
off-leash dogs. Are any ground-nesters, like Meadowlarks, ever successful at
those places? It's great for dog owners to have somewhere to go to let their
dogs romp but it'd also be great for some of that land to be set aside and maybe
 fenced to give some of the birds a fighting chance.

-- 
Tim Factor
Boston
tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: Medford today
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 3:50pm

Migration is really underway now, and today in various places in Medford
I had:

Cooper's Hawk - 2 - both calling, different areas
Blue-headed Vireo - 10
House Wren - 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 - collecting fibers from caterpillar nest and
taking them to the crotch of a branch (not typical location of most
nests I've seen though)
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (heard only - could have been hybrid or
Golden-wing, but it was a classic BW song)
Nashville Warbler - 8
Northern Parula - 7
Yellow Warbler - 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 82
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5
Pine Warbler - 5
Palm Warbler - 7
Black-and-white Warbler - 9
Ovenbird - 3
Eastern Towhee - 19
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 - including a pair. The female took a stick,
stuck it into the crotch of a branch, then settled onto it, the way bird
do when they are making a nest. It was quite entertaining watching her
waggle her butt for a few minutes as if there were a fully formed nest
there.
Bobolink - 1

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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com

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Subject: White-crowned Sparrow @ Millennium Park 5/5
From: "tim factor" <tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 3:43pm

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I took a brief trip to Millennium Park around noon today to try to catch the
Grasshopper Sparrow reported Saturday and struck out but the consolation
prize was an adult White-crowned Sparrow in a small flock of Savannah
Sparrows feeding in the lawn grass beside the path just north of the canoe
launch. It ducked into the underbrush when some people walked by and I
wasn't able to relocate it thereafter. It clearly had gray lores so it best
matched Sibley's "West Taiga" form although the bill was more dingy tan than
orange but definitely not clear pink.

Also seen:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird        FOY
Warbling Vireo        ++
Blue Jay
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler        ++
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat        FOY
Savannah Sparrow    ++
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole    ++
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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Tim Factor
Boston
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Subject: Wompatuck SP warblers, etc.
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:22pm

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This morning I birded at Wompatuck State Park (Hingham, Norwell, et al).
There were 9 warbler species I saw or heard.  There were also several first
of year (FOY) birds for me.  Some species included:

Warblers:

Ovenbird  24    
Yellow-rumped  4
Palm  3
Black-and-white  10
Pine  12
Northern Waterthrush  3
(unfortunately, I have not found Louisiana Waterthrush yet)
Yellow Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Green 2

Some other species:

Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk  3-4  (saw 3 at once, 2 soaring high, one low and calling)
Ruffed Grouse
Spotted Sandpiper 
Hairy Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren  4 
Gray Catbird  4
Eastern Towhee  17
Cedar Waxwing  8  (saw 5 later but may have been part of first group)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Veery
Hermit Thrush  5
Blue-headed Vireo  4
White-throated Sparrow  4
Baltimore Oriole  6
Purple Finch

Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Rowley Ruff
From: Paul Cozza <pcozza(AT)alum.mit.edu>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:22pm

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This morning about 8 one of the Ruffs was present in Rowley. It was on  
the west side of 1A, in the marshes north of Pikul's Farm. It was with  
a number of Yellowlegs. It flew south, presumably landing behind some  
brush and trees. I was unable to relocate it after it flew. Two  
Wilson's Phalaropes were also present there.

Paul Cozza
Concord, MA

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Subject: May 5th, Plum Island, New Spring Arrivals
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:46pm

MA Birders,

There were some new birds on Plum Island this morning. Here is the  
list of those I know about and where they were found. There may be  
others after all reports are in. You can always go to my web site (in  
the signature below) to find the full details of all recent sightings  
from Plum Island.

Whimbrel (pines field)
Least Flycatcher (marsh and dune trails)
Warbling Vireo (goodno)
Wood Thrush (marsh trail)
Black-and-white Warbler (goodno & marsh trail)
Ovenbird (hellcat road, marsh trail)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (dune trail)
Baltimore Oriole (lot three)
Bobolink (tree full of males at north pool overlook)

Also some others that you might be interested in:

Tricolored Heron (south end forward pool)
Sora (marsh trail)
Virginia Rail (old blind)
Blue-headed Vireo (lots -- hellcat area)
Veery (goodno & marsh trail)
Seaside Sparrow (marsh west of lot two)
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (marsh west of lot two)
Black-throated Green Warbler (lots -- along road, dune trail, marsh  
trail)

Good birding,

Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Think globally, bird locally

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Subject: Mashpee Sightings
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 4:56pm

Location:     Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA, US
Observation date:     5/5/08
Number of species:     44

Brant     13
Mute Swan     5
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     3
Common Loon     2
Double-crested Cormorant     42
Great Blue Heron     2
Osprey     5
Cooper's Hawk     2 (pair)
Red-tailed Hawk     5
American Kestrel     2 (males)
Wilson's Snipe     3
Ring-billed Gull     1
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     6
Mourning Dove     4
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     2
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     8
Purple Martin     2
Tree Swallow     45
Barn Swallow     12
Black-capped Chickadee     14
Tufted Titmouse     7
Red-breasted Nuthatch     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
Eastern Bluebird     3
American Robin     13
European Starling     X
Pine Warbler     7
Eastern Towhee     14
Chipping Sparrow     10
Savannah Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     15
Northern Cardinal     9
Red-winged Blackbird     35
Common Grackle     15
Brown-headed Cowbird     4
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     6
House Sparrow     X

This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org)

Mary Keleher 
Mashpee, MA

  Cape Cod Bird Club
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Subject: RE: Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Grasshopper Sparrow,
         Millennium Park
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 5:08pm

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MassBirders,

I have recommended April 15-August 15 as a no mow period. The grassland
birds like Meadowlarks & Field Sparrow were establishing territory 1-2 weeks
ago. 

Others may have different opinions & time-line.

Scott Ricker

Southwick, MA.

Ptbagger(at)verizon(dot)net 

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Subject: [MASSBIRD] Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Grasshopper Sparrow, Millennium Park
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 14:35:01 -0400

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There is a separate telephone number for a park ranger or attendant at
Millennium - I think it would be great to talk to them about the mowing
issue.  I also think the dog thing is difficult to control - though when I
was there Park trucks were driving around and dog owners were frantically
calling their dogs and leashing them, so there is at least some history of
dog owners knowing what they're supposed to do, and park people enforcing
the rules at least sometimes.                 Stuart

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From: Andrew Joslin <andrew(AT)47custer.com> 
Meadowlark and bobolink have nested successfully at Millennium, the
vegetation has grown thickly enough on the north side meadows to repel
predators and prevent random dog destruction. Would be worth talking to the
parks guy who cuts the grass there to advise/negotiate on mowing times this
summer (no cutting until middle August at least for the north side of the
hill). Don't think a fence is needed based on past breeding success.
Marshall (or anyone), do you have a good idea of how late into the summer
the no mowing period should last?

Andrew Joslin
Jamaica Plain, MA

At 09:48 PM 5/4/2008, tim factor wrote:

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Stuart Walker <HYPERLINK
"mailto:stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net" stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net> wrote:

Sorry for the late post, but this Bigby thing means longer distances between

the field and the computer!

Millennium Park, West Roxbury, 8-10 AM

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, 8:15 AM, along the grass access road that briefly

parallels the paved road to the canoe launch.  It was mostly in the road but

sometimes just into the woods and sometimes just into the grass on the park

side.  It was beautifully marked and although I couldn't get close to it the

eye ring, back streaking and crown stripe were clear and strong.

Fantastic find Stuart! In a way I'm glad I had other plans for the weekend
because the trip out there via public transportation can be an tedious on
the weekend, Sundays in particular. I'll try to look for it during the week.

I've noticed that three great spots for grassland birds in the area: Belle
Isle Marsh, Squantum Point Park, and Millennium Park, all are also popular
for off-leash dogs. Are any ground-nesters, like Meadowlarks, ever
successful at those places? It's great for dog owners to have somewhere to
go to let their dogs romp but it'd also be great for some of that land to be
set aside and maybe fenced to give some of the birds a fighting chance.

-- 
Tim Factor
Boston
HYPERLINK "mailto:tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com"tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: Purple Gallinule - Oak Bluffs
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 5:24pm

Got an email from Lanny McDowell on the Vineyard, and he reports that
Joe Jims discovered an adult Purple Gallinule at Oak Bluffs. He reports
"There is a small fresh water pond/marsh with a dirt path and boardwalk
access via the MV Land Bank Commission's Farm Pond property.  The
location is not far from and northeast of the
Oak Bluffs public school."
Photos at:
http://massbird.org/sightings/hotbirds/PurpleGallinule.htm

--
Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com

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Subject: Ovenbird in Bolton
From: "jamoos(AT)earthlink.net" <jamoos@earthlink.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 5:28pm

I heard my first Ovenbird on Rattlesnake Hill 
in Bolton this morning -

jamoos(AT)earthlink.net
Jane Moosbruker, Ph.D.
Bolton MA 01740

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Subject: Mt Auburn to Plum Island 5/5/08 - New Arrivals
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 5:50pm

I birded all over today, with different people at different times,  
with Tim Spahr, Ida Giriunas, Mollie Taylor, and Alice Morgan filling  
out the cast. Migration was really in swing today, and I managed to  
get 95 species in all the different locations, with 12 warblers.  
Highlights included minor fallouts of Blue-headed Vireos and Black- 
throated Green Warblers, with 20 and 25 respectively being seen today.  
Also Tricolored Heron and Pine Siskin on Plum Island, and a  
Hummingbird and good migration also at Plum.
No luck on the Ruffs with a couple quick checks at Rowley and Scotland  
Rd.
All in all a great day, what May is really about!

Mt. Auburn Cemetery (0700-0950):

Canada Goose     2
Mallard     4
Double-crested Cormorant     11
Great Blue Heron     1
Osprey     1
Northern Harrier     1f - Migrating N high
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Herring Gull (American)     2
Chimney Swift     1 - Halcyon
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     4
Eastern Phoebe     5
Eastern Kingbird     1 - Indian Ridge overhead migrating
Blue-headed Vireo     7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1 - Indian Ridge
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Tufted Titmouse     2
Red-breasted Nuthatch     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
House Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     23
Veery     1 - Dell
Hermit Thrush     4
Gray Catbird     2
Cedar Waxwing     2
Nashville Warbler     5
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     103
Black-throated Green Warbler     22
Pine Warbler     4
Prairie Warbler     1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     2
Black-and-white Warbler     17
Ovenbird     1
Northern Waterthrush     1
Eastern Towhee     2
Chipping Sparrow     32
White-throated Sparrow     37
White-crowned Sparrow     1 - Indian Ridge. Eastern subspecies
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Red-winged Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     85
Brown-headed Cowbird     8
Orchard Oriole     2 - Indian Ridge
Baltimore Oriole     8
Purple Finch     1

50 species.

Topsfield Fairgrounds (1045):

Turkey Vulture     1
Osprey     1
Killdeer     1
Greater Yellowlegs     4
Warbling Vireo     1
Tree Swallow     4
Barn Swallow     6
Yellow Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     1

9 species.

Pikul's Pans (1105-1115):

Green-winged Teal (American)     12
Greater Yellowlegs     4
Lesser Yellowlegs     11
Wilson's Phalarope     1pr
Tree Swallow     5
Barn Swallow     2
Savannah Sparrow     1

7 species.

Plum Island (1130-1525):

Canada Goose     11
Gadwall     22
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     6
Double-crested Cormorant     526 - Fairly heavy migration
Great Cormorant     1 - Migrating with Double-cresteds
Great Egret     4
Tricolored Heron     1 - Pines field
Osprey     2
Sharp-shinned Hawk     2 - Migrants
American Kestrel     11 - 10 migrants
Merlin     1 - Migrant
Killdeer     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1 - North Pool from Hellcat dike
Greater Yellowlegs     97
Willet (Eastern)     19
Lesser Yellowlegs     11
Least Sandpiper     1 - Pines field
American Woodcock     1 - Hellcat
Herring Gull (American)     15
Great Black-backed Gull     5
Rock Pigeon     1
Mourning Dove     22
Great Horned Owl     1 - Just S of new blind, usual
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1 - Migrating thru Hellcat lot
Least Flycatcher     1 - Marsh loop end
Blue-headed Vireo     13 - Quite common
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     18
Purple Martin     9
Tree Swallow     355 - Also quite good migration of swallows today,  
surprised not to have Cliff
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1 - Migrating
Bank Swallow     3 - Pines migrating
Barn Swallow     117 - Migrating
Black-capped Chickadee     9
Marsh Wren     3 - Marsh loop
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     24
Veery     2 - 1 Pines, 1 Marsh loop
Hermit Thrush     5
American Robin     19
Brown Thrasher     4
European Starling     1
Nashville Warbler     2 - Hellcat
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     15
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Pine Warbler     1 - Pines
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     1 - Pines
Black-and-white Warbler     1 - Near old blind
Ovenbird     3 - Hellcat
Northern Waterthrush     4 - Hellcat
Eastern Towhee     28
Chipping Sparrow     1 - Pines entrance
Field Sparrow     1 - Pines
Savannah Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     6
Swamp Sparrow     2 - Marsh loop
White-throated Sparrow     17
Northern Cardinal     2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2 - 1 Marsh loop, 1 s-curves, both calling
Red-winged Blackbird     40
Common Grackle     60
Brown-headed Cowbird     6
Purple Finch     3
Pine Siskin     1 - Flyover headed N over Hellcat
American Goldfinch     15
House Sparrow     11

66 species.

Plum Island Airport (1530):

Eastern Meadowlark     2 singing

1 species.

Scotland Road (1540):

Glossy Ibis     1
Greater Yellowlegs     18
Lesser Yellowlegs     8

3 species.

95 species total.

These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
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Subject: Kelsey Arboretum ~ Boxford ~ 5/5/08
From: newburyportbirders(AT)comcast.net
Date: 5 May 2008 6:22pm

Birders,

This morning on my into Boston, I stopped at Kelsey Arboretum in Boxford.

My highlights:

Baltimore Oriole, Warbling Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Wood Thrush,
Black-and-white
Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, 
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, and all of the more common species.  
The ticks were plentiful...

Kelsey Arboretum in Boxford is four acres of ornamental trees and shrubs 
planted by Harlan Kelsey, the early 20th century landscape architect and 
conservationist. Kelsey used ~Shardy American~T plants, a nice assortment of 
rhododendrons, azaleas, mountain laurel and more.  This property is in bloom 
from early April through July. It's maintained by the Horticultural Society of 
Boxford and is open daily.  It is located at 18 Kelsey Road, Boxford, MA, 01921.

Best wishes,
Sue

Sue McGrath
Observe ~ Appreciate ~ Identify
Newburyport Birders
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-462-4785
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Subject: Solitary, Spotted Sandpipers in Deerfield Monday
From: "Rob Ranney" <rranney(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 7:04pm

1 Solitary Sandpiper and 1 Spotted Sandpiper were at the Stillwater Road 
Puddle (near Mill Village Road) about 6:15 Monday evening.

Today's  arrivals in Deerfield include Catbirds, White-crowned Sparrows, and 
Black-throated Green Warblers.  Yesterday, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and 
Eastern Towhees made noisy appearances.

The nearby Red-shouldered Hawk nest sounds like a single chick begging, or 
at least just one at a time.  The Bluebirds are still sitting on six eggs.

Rob Ranney-Blake
Deerfield, Mass.
rranney(AT)rcn.com

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Subject: Baltimore Oriole - Mashpee
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 7:20pm

Just wanted to add one more bird to my Mashpee list
today, a male Baltimore Oriole in the yard at 7:15pm.

Mary Keleher 
Mashpee, MA

  Cape Cod Bird Club
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Subject: migrating loons and willets
From: Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 7:41pm

Early this morning there was a steady migration of Common Loons 
crossing Cape Cod, leaving the shore near Old Silver Beach in West 
Falmouth and flying NE overland (about 200-400 feet up) towards Cape 
Cod Bay.  They were passing at 3-4 per minute from 0630 to 0830, when 
I had to leave (i.e., probably at least 400 birds).  About 20 minutes 
before sunset this evening another flock of 55 Willets flew high 
overhead on the same track.

Other local birds included 5 Semipalmated Plovers on 3 May and an imm 
Black-crowned Night-Heron this evening.  The last wintering Black 
Ducks and Red-breasted Mergansers apparently left on 3 and 4 May, 
respectively.

Ian Nisbet
North Falmouth

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Subject: Solitary Sandpipers, Forest Hills Cemetery,
         Jamaica Plain May 5, 2008
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 8:26pm

Birders--

I don't seem to have had my timing right this morning for warblers,  
as I missed most of those reported in Jamaica Plain this morning (one  
Northern Parula heard on Wachusett Street near Walk Hill was a  
highlight), but I did enjoy the explosion of Baltimore Orioles at  
Forest Hills Cemetery (at one point I had five adult males in sight  
at once and at least one 1st spring male, and I was never out of  
earshot of oriole song--I heard one Orchard Oriole but didn't locate  
it).

(I was there from 8:30-9:30)

On my way out, instead of my usual exit on Walk Hill I decided to  
check the stump dump, where Stuart Walker reported his thrush moment  
the other day. In the little puddle on the edge of the bark/mulch/ 
compost heap there were three Mallards (well, three "Mallards" with  
the male a likely hybrid) and two Solitary Sandpipers chasing each  
other back and forth across the puddle.

They were rather cooperative, and didn't mind my close approach or  
the sound of the excavator shoveling up on the pile. I was surprised  
how small they seemed up close, but I particularly enjoyed seeing the  
details of their tail pattern.

Stuart stopped by this afternoon and said that the ducks and one of  
the Solitary Sandpipers were still there.

Just as I was exiting the cemetery, an ibis flew overhead.

Good birding.

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain

fiatlux AT interport DOT net

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Subject: [Fwd: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills
         Reservation , 5/5/08]
From: Milton Trimitsis <milton.trimitsis(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 8:26pm

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Small numbers of new migrants this evening, but had some nice encounters 
nonetheless.  Highlights were the raven stealing a robin's egg (lending 
credence to my suspicion of a nearby nest) and my f.o.y. rose-breasted 
grosbeaks.

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Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:20:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: eBird Report - Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation , 5/5/08

Location:     Fowl Meadow/Blue Hills Reservation
Observation date:     5/5/08
Notes:     Clear, sunny, windless evening, temp dropping to about 62F by the
end.  Fewer new species than I expected given the day's SW winds.  Also saw 2
white-tailed deer, and spring peepers and American toads were singing.
Number of species:     27

Canada Goose     X
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     2
Double-crested Cormorant     10     Seen flying overhead, presumably migrating
north.
Turkey Vulture     2
Downy Woodpecker     X
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     15
Fish Crow     1     Unusual in this area.
Common Raven     1     Seen perched on a limb about 25' away from me.  It then
flew down and stole a blue egg from what looked like a robin's nest.  The raven
carried the egg away.
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     8     Higher than usual numbers, possibly including
some migrants.
American Robin     X
Yellow Warbler     11
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     4
Pine Warbler     1
Ovenbird     1
Eastern Towhee     7
Northern Cardinal     1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3     the two males were counter-singing.
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Baltimore Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     X

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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Subject: Vesper Sparrow in Groton
From: Tom Murray <tmurray74(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:10pm

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Around 7:15pm this evening Julie Lisk and I were at Serenden Farm in Groton, and
 Jerry Wooding was wrapping up his walk, and informed us there was a Vesper
Sparrow. It was still right where he said he saw it, in the short grass in the
triangle at the intersection of the roads by the back fields.
Other birds seen in the brief visit:
Northern Harrier 1 female
American Kestrel 1 male
Eastern Meadowlark 1
American Woodcock 3 peenting

Tom Murray
Groton, Ma.

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Subject: Disfigured bald eagle to get a bionic beak -
         Science- msnbc.com
From: "Scott Ricker" <ptbagger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:00pm

MassBirders,

An attempt by man to create a prosthetic beak for our national symbol!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24471194/?GT1=43001

Scott Ricker
Southwick, MA.
Ptbagger(at)verizon(dot)net

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Subject: CT Report 05/05/2008 Sandhill Craner,
         Yellow-throated W
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:06pm

Note 1:  There are problems with email reaching me.  I may have missed
some reports.  Such is life with computers.

Note 2: Radar shows LOTS of birds in the air tonight.  Here's hoping
that more of them are arriving in CT that leaving for points north.

Hot spots:
New Haven, East Rock Park -- 17 species of warblers

 From Art Gingert, with Celia Senzer and Joe Ellis:
5/05 - North Cornwall -- One  SANDHILL CRANE (with brownish crown
patch) in small marsh/swamp in North Cornwall at intersection of
Rattlesnake and Coggswell Roads.  Lingered with five great blue herons
for awhile this morning, then flew off to northwest and could not be
relocated at nearby farmland. 

 From Greg Hanisek, Bill Banks:  
5/05 - Voluntown, Pachaug State Forest -- YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
singing vigorously 8 a.m. at previously reported site 

 From Dori Sosensky via Nick Bonomo:
5/05 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.

 From John Ogren:
5/05 - Old Saybrook, Plum Bank Marsh -- first SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED
SPARROW of the season spotted.

 From Steve Kotchko:
5/05 - Wethersfield, Cedar Hill Cemetery -- morning, male Blackburnian
Warbler.

 From Paul Carrier:
5/05 - ?????, yard -- 25 PINE SISKIN

 From Tanner Steeves:
5/05 - Storrs, Horsebarn Hill -- WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

 From Dave Rosgen:
5/05 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's
Activity Field between the Bird Observatory & the large Norway Maple
tree  -- 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW Seen very well at 15' for 1 full minute
around 5:15 p.m. It was foraging in front of Honeysuckle shrubs, then
skulked under the. One BROWN THRASHER foraging under shrubs behind the
Bird Observatory.

 From John Barclay:
5/05 - Westport yard -- Brown Thrasher, first in 18 years.

 From Fran Zygmont (with ClaireAnn and Jim Parker):
5/04 - Litchfield, White Memorial Museum -- 1 Lincoln's Sparrow

 From Fran Zygmont:
5/04 - Barkhamsted, Barkhamsted Yard -- 1 White-Crowned Sparrow

 From Chris Elphick:
5/04 - Storrs, Horsebarn Hill -- 2 Brown Thrasher. 2 Eastern
Meadowlark.
Ashford, Varga Rd -- Red-headed Woodpecker continues in Steve
Morytko's yard.

 From Scott Kruitbosch:
5/04 - Stratford, McKinney Refuge -- 4 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES.

 From Meredith Sampson w/ "First Sundays" Birding Group -
5/04 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- HARLEQUIN DUCK, SNOW GOOSE,
BROWN THRASHER, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.
Greenwich yard -- WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

 From John Corwin:
5/04 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park --  BOAT TAILED GRACKLE where
path forks to Willard Island, LITTLE BLUE HERON in pond behind blind
in parking lot near circle.

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Subject: Great Meadows, May 5 (Concord)
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 5 May 2008 9:54pm

Yellow and Black-and-white warblers returned to GM today along with 
Warbling Vireos, who have taken up their usual posts in the parking 
lot and along the SW trail and river edge.  Many Blue-gray 
Gnatcatchers (which I first heard over the weekend) calling along the 
river trails, and especially obvious near the boat ramp.  The 
Long-billed Marsh Wrens are back and bubbling.

Other encounters (in somewhat random order):
6 Double-crested cormorants, passing through in formation
Harrier, 1
Canada geese, 150+
Wood ducks
Mallards
Great Blue Heron, 2
Mute Swan
Red-bellied woodpeckers
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpeckers
Carolina wren
Blue Jays
Grackles
Red-winged blackbirds
Crows
Robins
Goldfinches
Palm warbler
Yellow-rumped warbler
Chipping sparrows
Swamp sparrows
Savannah sparrows

Good birding, and getting better...

Cherrie Corey
Concord, MA

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Subject: Northampton and Hadley 05/05
From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 5 May 2008 10:36pm

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Hi birders, 

Quite a few nice birds about today including some warblers along a short section
 of the Northampton bike path roughly between the CT river and the railroad bed
in Northampton;

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12
Black-throated Green Warbler - 12
Nashville Warbler - 5
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Also,
Wood Thrush - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Orchard Oriole - a male between Damon Street and I-91. Rather brief. Seen well,
but not very photogenic.
Baltimore Oriole - quite a few singing males in Amherst, Hadley and Northampton
today.

Also brief stops at Aqua Vitae road, Hadley;
Greater Yellowlegs - 8
Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 2

Moody Bridge road, Hadley;
Bobolink - 10+
Brown Thrasher - 1

Good birding,

James P. Smith
Amherst, MA
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