B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Thu, 8 May 2008

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Subject: Rumble! Plum Island vs. the BIMBOs
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 3:06am

PI Birders,

Dust off the binocs, find the sunscreen and repellant, brew the  
coffee, put on those new khaki pants with all the pockets. The BIMBOS  
have officially challenged PI Birders to a duel, to see which "local"  
birding group (a term one might just be stretching an eentsy bit in  
the BIMBO context) can put together the better year list for 2008. To  
be counted on the PI list the bird has to be seen from Plum Island in  
2008. To be on the BIMBO list the bird has to be seen from one of the  
BIMBO municipalities.

Any other local group want in on this action?

My latest list for the BIMBOS has 202 species and Plum Island is now  
at 206. Here's the breakdown on differences. They have some birds that  
will be mighty tough for us, so we'd better be sure and find some that  
will be just as tough for them!

There are 181 species in common between the two lists.
There are 25 species only on the Plum Island list.
There are 21 species only on the Boston list.

Plum Island only species:

Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
King Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Sandhill Crane
American Golden-Plover
Whimbrel
Least Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Marsh Wren
American Pipit
Seaside Sparrow
Lapland Longspur

Boston only species:

Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Eared Grebe
Manx Shearwater
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-eared Owl
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Grasshopper Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole

Good birding,

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

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Subject: Mt. Auburn Cemetery Yesterday
From: Anne Haggerty <ah_pics(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 8:52am

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Just wanted to add one observation that I wasn't seeing in the other Mt. Auburn
posts - yesterday there was a pair of White Crowned Sparrows underneath and
around the Rhododendron near the bird feeder at "Spectacle Pond" (I believe
that's the nickname).

  I've posted a couple of photos I'd grabbed on Flickr (in addition to some
other birds seen but posted about already):

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768381@N00/?saved=1

  Always a pleasure reading what others are seeing.  I'm a long time reader, but
 this is my first post.  Happy Birding, everyone.

  Anne

  Anne Haggerty
  Medford, MA
  ah_pics (at) yahoo.com

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Subject: Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:50:59 +0000
From: KIRK ELWELL <kirkelwell(AT)msn.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 9:52am

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After spending all day Monday "ruffing" it and not finding either I thought=
 I would stop by Scotland Rd on the way home and check out the action.   Wa=
s there about 1 minute when I saw a White-faced ibis preening itself only a=
bout 200 feet out in the field in with about 8 Glossys.   But the best trea=
t was when I panned my scope to the right and found the light plumaged Ruff=
 in the taller grass with about 30 G Yellowlegs.  With the scope on 20X I h=
ad both in view for some time.  A sharpie scared all at one point and the W=
-f Ibis flew off but the Ruuf and a few of the GRYE's landed along the smal=
l "pond" at the west end of the fields.  Great views but of course no camer=
a in the car.
Also had first Scarlet tanager at house this AM and first Great-crested fly=
catcher late yesterday.    Hermit and wood thrushes both singing late yeste=
rday, Veerys seen in, and Virginia rail calling, from the swamp behind me y=
esterday, along with C yellowthroats, G catbirds, Swamp sparrows, a few kin=
ds of warblers.  Orioles arrived Saturday along with 2 male ruby-throats an=
d Rose-breasted grosbeaks.
It must be spring!
Kirk Elwell
Groveland=

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Subject: Louisiana Waterthrush - Nahant 5/8
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:26am

 Louisiana Waterthrush

While working on my computer I heard a L. Waterthrush singing in my 
yard.  Got good looks from window.  It's attracted to the running water 
pool.
It's still singing from time to time.
Although its not the most rare bird that has visited my little migrant 
trap, its very exciting.  Trying to get a decent photo.

May be a sign of a new wave of migration so LOWA may be around today.

Best,
Linda

Linda Pivacek, Nahant
lpivacek(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Forest Hills Cemetery: Cape May, Blue-Wingeds and
          lots of other Warblers
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:38am

Birders--

I just left Forest Hills Cemetery, where I joined the tail end of  
Andrew Birch's walk.

These birds were all seen between 7 and 10 am.

Warblers were moving a lot, but concentrated near the pond, near Rock  
Maple Ave and Near Cypress Ave.

There was a lovely singing Cape May warbler among many others on the  
hill above Lake Hibiscus.

There were two Blue-Winged Warblers, seen separately in the fruit  
trees around the lake, on the hill above the lake, and seen and heard  
together in the canopy visible from Cypress Ave near the Firefighters  
Memorial (head toward the lake from the Walk Hill Gate).

Here's a summary of warblers observed on the walk, by me and Andrew  
after the walk, or by me after I left Andrew:

Northern Parula many
Canada Warbler 1
Black and White Warbler many
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5+
Black Throated Green Warbler many
Common Yellowthroat 3
Prairie Warbler 4+
Blackburnian Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler many
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 3+
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2+
Northern Waterthrush (stump dump "pond" early)
Ovenbird 5+ (including 4 together on Cypress Ave)

I will try to post my complete list later, but wanted to get the word  
out.

Good birding.

--Jake

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Subject: Forest Hills Cemetery - 5/8/08 (21 Warbler Sp.)
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:52am

Hello All,

With Jakes addition of Blackpoll on the way out and my addition of
Tennesee at the Tower St. Gate we ended up at 21 Warbler Species for
Forest Hills Cemetery today!!!!  Wow!  It was a great day of birding!
8 other intrepid birders joined me in the on again off again showers
for the great show!

The list follows...

 Location:     Forest Hills Cemetery
 Observation date:     5/8/08
 Notes:     Cape May best seen on top of hill next to "lake".  Jake
and I had eye level views of the bird from there! (sorry Stuart you
were correct you shouldn't have left : )
 Number of species:     60

 Canada Goose     10
 Mallard     2
 Red-tailed Hawk     1
 Rock Pigeon     1
 Mourning Dove     4
 Chimney Swift     1
 Downy Woodpecker     2
 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     3
 Eastern Phoebe     1
 Great Crested Flycatcher     1
 Eastern Kingbird     1
 Blue-headed Vireo     1
 Warbling Vireo     2
 Blue Jay     4
 American Crow     2
 Tree Swallow     3
 Black-capped Chickadee     12
 Tufted Titmouse     4
 Red-breasted Nuthatch     2
 White-breasted Nuthatch     3
 Carolina Wren     1
 House Wren     1
 Veery     1
 American Robin     10
 Gray Catbird     6
 Northern Mockingbird     1
 European Starling     12

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 Blue-winged Warbler     1
 Tennessee Warbler     1 (Andrew Birch only)
 Nashville Warbler     1
 Northern Parula     X
 Yellow Warbler     1
 Chestnut-sided Warbler     2
 Magnolia Warbler     2
 Cape May Warbler     1
 Black-throated Blue Warbler     5
 Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
 Black-throated Green Warbler     3
 Blackburnian Warbler     1
 Prairie Warbler     3
 Palm Warbler     6
 Black-and-white Warbler     X
 American Redstart     1
 Ovenbird     3
 Northern Waterthrush     1
 Common Yellowthroat     2
 Canada Warbler     1
 Blackpoll Warbler 1 (Jake Miller only)

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Chipping Sparrow     X
 Savannah Sparrow     2
 Song Sparrow     1
 White-throated Sparrow     1
 Northern Cardinal     3
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
 Red-winged Blackbird     4
 Common Grackle     8
 Brown-headed Cowbird     5
 Orchard Oriole     1
 Baltimore Oriole     12
 American Goldfinch     3
 House Sparrow     12

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

-- 
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: [Fwd: eBird Report - HP Westminster (From 31A
         Newcomb Rd.) , 5/8/08]
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 11:04am

Birds seen and or heard from a trip up to High Ridge WMA area last evening:

Canada Goose     8
Mallard     8
Hooded Merganser     1
Wild Turkey     1
Double-crested Cormorant     3
American Bittern     2 (one at the East gardner Road mash another from the Smith
 Street Marsh)
Great Blue Heron     4
Broad-winged Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     5
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1 (from my yard, I now have seen the 6 expected
woodpeckers in the yard after living here just two months)
Downy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     4
Eastern Phoebe     5
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
Barn Swallow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     6
Tufted Titmouse     1
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1 (I've been seeing a few of these recently after a
near abscence this winter and spring)
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
House Wren     2
Wood Thrush     8
American Robin     35
Gray Catbird     6
European Starling     2
Yellow Warbler     3
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     3
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Pine Warbler     1
Ovenbird     3
Common Yellowthroat     1
Eastern Towhee     3
Chipping Sparrow     9
Song Sparrow     4
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     5
Bobolink     3
Red-winged Blackbird     29
Common Grackle     11
Baltimore Oriole     1
Purple Finch     5
House Finch     1
Pine Siskin     1 (feeding station on East gardner Road with goldfinches)
American Goldfinch     27

From Westminster this morning 5/8, most passerines were from my back deck, the
gulls from Monty Tech Voc. school.

>Canada Goose     20
>Ring-billed Gull     2
>Herring Gull (American)     20
>Lesser Black-backed Gull     1 (2nd cycle)
>Great Black-backed Gull     10
>Mourning Dove     2
>Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1 female
>Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
>Downy Woodpecker     1
>Blue Jay     6
>American Crow     2
>Black-capped Chickadee     3
>Tufted Titmouse     1
>Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
>White-breasted Nuthatch     1
>House Wren     1
>Wood Thrush     2
>American Robin     5
>Gray Catbird     6
>European Starling     2
>Northern Parula     4
>Yellow Warbler     1
>Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
>Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     10
>Black-throated Green Warbler     2
>Black-and-white Warbler     1
>Scarlet Tanager     1
>Eastern Towhee     1
>Chipping Sparrow     4
>Northern Cardinal     2
>Red-winged Blackbird     3
>Common Grackle     3
>Baltimore Oriole     2
>American Goldfinch     5
>House Sparrow     5
>

Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/

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Subject: Cogswell's Grant, Essex
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 8 May 2008 11:26am

A few highlights from yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon at Cogswell's Grant &
adjacent marsh in Essex:

25 Glossy Ibis
2 Solitary Sandpiper
4 Eastern Meadowlark
5 Bobolink

John Nelson
Gloucester

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Subject: First RT hummingbird, Concord, May 6
From: Mary Small <mhsmall(AT)zeus.bwh.harvard.edu>
Date: 8 May 2008 12:26pm

To add to the chorus of returning hummingbird reports, we had a male 
hummingbird at our feeder Tuesday evening (made three trips from 7:30 
- 8 pm).

Also, bats and a tiny sliver of a new moon with Mercury nearby on 
this fairly balmy evening.

Mary Small
Concord, Mass.

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Subject: Cerulean, Beaver Brook Waltham
From: "Jason Forbes" <jason(AT)brewsterslinnet.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 1:01pm

I stopped at Beaver Brook Reservation on the Waltham/Belmont line
today at lunch. The first bird I heard getting out of the car turned
out to be a Cerulean Warbler! It was right next to the parking lot for
the softball field at the end of Wilson Rd. (first left on Waverly
Oaks Rd coming from Trapelo). It started out in the largest tree on
the edge of the wooded area, eventually moving a short distance into
the woods (right along the path on the left edge of the parking lot)
and then returning to the edge just before I left. It was singing
almost continuously, although it was often hard to find between the
leaves and bright sky.

I stayed with the Cerulean for pretty much the entire time I was
there, but there appeared to be quite a few birds in the woods. I did
come across a Blue-headed Vireo, Northern Parula, Indigo Bunting (or
two), and more Yellow-rumps than I wanted to count.

Jason

-- 
Jason Forbes
Waltham, MA
www.brewsterslinnet.com

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Subject: Saltmarsh Sparrow on Boston Common
From: stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
Date: 8 May 2008 1:02pm

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Dexter Hunneman and I couldn't tell if this was a Nelson's inland, or a
Saltmarsh - it seemed to have characteristics of each.  I think we leaned more
toward Saltmarsh, but hope someone else will check it out.  It is part of a
diffuse, diverse group of birds hanging around the Monument, on the side facing
Tremont St.  They move from the grass to the trees and back again.  We saw at
noon.  Other birds included:

White-crowned Sparrows (here and in the Garden near the old maintenance
building)
Swamp Sparrows
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Ovenbirds
various warblers could be heard in the trees.

In the Public Garden were White-crowned Sparrows and large numbers of warblers,
including Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Parula, Black and
 white, Common Yellowthroat.  The flowering trees were alive with birds.  Dexter
 also saw a Lincoln's Sparrow, but I missed it.

Stuart Walker
Jamaica Plain
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Subject: Middlesex Fells today
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 1:08pm

Renee LaFontaine and I did a long walk in the Medford section of the
Middlesex Fells today and had probably the best day ever for the Fells.
Warblers were far too numerous to count, but we estimate well upwards of
300 Yellow-rumps alone. Very tough to see birds giving the poor light,
leafed out trees, and the fact most were foraging up high, but there
were places where the song was so intense it was hard to sort out one
species from the next. The largest flocks were near entrances: Winford
Way, Ramshead Road, and Medford High School (at the back, two trails
near the skateboard ramp). Species seen or heard included:

Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

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

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Subject: The Battle Between the Frogs and the Mice
From: stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
Date: 8 May 2008 2:00pm

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Bimbo birders have the strength of ten because our hearts are pure.  We are a
bastion of moral superiority because so many of us are committed (for this year,
 anyway) Bigby birders - no, or little, carbon, tripping lightly upon our mother
 earth.

Plum Island birders drive (hissssss) to go birding, pumping hundreds of pounds
of hydrocarbons into the air.  Clearly this is a classic example of the struggle
 between good and evil.

Stuart Walker
JP 
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Subject: Arlington Reservoir, 5/8/08 (Menotomy Bird Club)
From: "Floyd, Chris" <chrisf(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 8 May 2008 2:22pm

Four of us from the Menotomy Bird Club had a pleasant walk around
Arlington Reservoir this morning 0630-0800.  We were only slightly
dampened by the light rain.  Unexpected was the almost total lack of
warblers (only one migrant bird!).  Good numbers of shorebirds
compensated.  Total 38 bird species.

Great Blue Heron			1
Canada Goose			2
Mallard				20 incl one with ducklings on a rock
Killdeer				2 switching incubation duty at
scrape
Lesser Yellowlegs			1
Solitary Sandpiper		7
Spotted Sandpiper			8
Least Sandpiper			10
Great Black-backed Gull		1 undetermined faded im plumage
Rock Pigeon				2
Downy Woodpecker			3
Northern Flicker			2
Eastern Kingbird			2
Warbling Vireo			6
American Crow			2
Tree Swallow			1
No Rough-winged Swallow		3
Barn Swallow			1
Black-capped Chickadee		1
Tufted Titmouse			2
Carolina Wren			2
House Wren				1
American Robin			5
Gray Catbird			2
European Starling			5
Yellow Warbler			1
Northern Waterthrush		1 singing bird seen up close on Cataldo
Trail
Chipping Sparrow			2
Savannah Sparrow			7
Song Sparrow			4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		1 singing male
Red-winged Blackbird		8
Common Grackle			15
Brown-headed Cowbird		1 female
Orchard Oriole			3 all singing: 1 ad, 1 im, 1 unseen
Baltimore Oriole			12
American Goldfinch		1
House Sparrow			2

Plus

Snapping Turtle			1 head

Chris Floyd

H. Christian Floyd
Lexington
chrisf(AT)mitre.org

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Subject: HSR: Plum Island MA (07 May 2008) 8 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 8 May 2008 2:58pm

Plum Island MA
Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: May 07, 2008
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Species            Day's Count    Month Total   Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture                0              0              0
Turkey Vulture               0              1             29
Osprey                       0              0             33
Bald Eagle                   0              0              0
Northern Harrier             0              8             68
Sharp-shinned Hawk           2             26             62
Cooper's Hawk                0              1             11
Northern Goshawk             0              0              0
Red-shouldered Hawk          0              0              0
Broad-winged Hawk            0              1              1
Red-tailed Hawk              0              0              2
Rough-legged Hawk            0              0              4
Golden Eagle                 0              0              0
American Kestrel             6             25            664
Merlin                       0             22             52
Peregrine Falcon             0              1              9
Unknown Accipiter            0              1              1
Unknown Buteo                0              1              2
Unknown Falcon               0              0              0
Unknown Eagle                0              0              0
Unknown Raptor               0              3              4

Total:                       8             90            942
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Observation start time: 08:00:00 
Observation end   time: 14:00:00 
Total observation time: 6 hours

Official Counter:        Bob Secatore

Observers:        Fay Vale, Peter Vale, Ted Mara, Walter Bockus

Weather:
Wind was originally light Northwest, but shifted at 9AM to East where it
stayed rest of day.  Temperature went from 14� C to 22 � C.  Cloud cover
was not reported.

Raptor Observations:
Light flight.  Most birds were fairly low (20-60 ft elevation).  Once wind
shifted to the East (~9 am), birds began appearing to the West (i.e., over
road and marsh).  As they approached, two Kestrels were mobbed by small
passerines and, as a consequence, became very un-Kestrel-like in their
flight movements with rapid wingbeats and erratic flight pattern.  On these
birds, initial observations as they approached at a distance and close
scrutiny as they passed the platform confirmed that each was, indeed, a
Kestrel and not a Merlin.  

Non-raptor Observations:

========================================================================
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: Gloucester and Rockport 5/7 and 5/7
From: John Robinson <johndrobinson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 3:02pm

5/7
Cliff Swalow  2  Marmion Way

Waring Field:
Wild Turkey  2
Bobolink  3
Tree Swallow  2 (in bird house new this year)
Savannah Sparrow  1

Niles Beach:
Surf Scoter  3

Niles Pond:
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Cedar Waxwing  1
Ring-necked Duck  3
Yellow-crowned Kinglet  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Muskrat  1

5/8
Halibut Point:
Eastern Towhee  2
Gray Catbird  many
Brown Thrasher  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Common Yellowthroat  2
White-crowned Sparrow  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
House Wren  1  in nesting box in field close to parking lot
Black and White Warbler  1

John Robinson, Rockport
johndrobinson at verizon dot net

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Subject: Appleton Farms - 05-08-08
From: "David K Weaver" <cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 4:00pm

I led a Joppa Flats Education Center program at Appleton Farms, Ipswich, 
this morning.  We had light rain early on, but were dry and quite warm by 
late morning.  Warblers and bird song, in general, were sparse.  Here's what 
we saw and/or heard:

Canada Goose
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Herring Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch

Dave Weaver
Manchester, MA 01944
cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Wompatuck State Park, Hingham 5-8-08
From: "Jeffrey Offermann" <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 3:50pm

Birders,

The Cerulean Warbler posted by Glen D. yesterday is still present. Singing 
almost constantly, he was pretty easy to find. Also ran into Charlie Nims 
leading a group, so I'm sure he'll have even more to add:

Canada Goose -2
Osprey -1
Solitary Sandpiper -1
Mourning Dove -4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird -1 female constructing a nest
Red-bellied Woodpecker -2
Downy Woodpecker -3
Northern Flicker -2
Eastern Phoebe -2
Eastern Kingbird -2
Great Crested Flycatcher -4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -1
Cedar Waxwing -4
House Wren -1
Winter Wren -1
Gray Catbird -40+
Wood Thrush -5
American Robin -12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -4
Black-capped Chickadee -12
Tufted Titmouse -16
Red-breasted Nuthatch -1
White-breasted Nuthatch -4
Blue Jay -4
American Crow -6
Blue-headed Vireo -1
Red-eyed Vireo -4
American Goldfinch -12
Blue-winged Warbler -8
Nashville Warbler -2
Northern Parula -16+
Yellow Warbler -4
Magnolia Warbler -3
Black-throated Blue Warbler -9
Yellow-rumped Warbler -20+
Black-throated Green Warbler -16+
Pine Warbler -2
Palm Warbler -2
Cerulean Warbler -1 always in vicinity of Pleasant St. extension
Black-and-white Warbler -12
American Redstart -6
Worm-eating Warbler -3
Ovenbird -20+
Common Yellowthroat -2
Scarlet Tanager -4
Eastern Towhee -40+
Chipping Sparrow -30+
Song Sparrow -2
White-crowned Sparrow -1
White-throated Sparrow -7
Northern Cardinal -8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak -2
Red-winged Blackbird -2
Common Grackle -6
Brown-headed Cowbird -12
Baltimore Oriole -25+

Jeffrey Offermann
Cambridge
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Subject: Beech Forest, Provincetown - 5/8 - 9 warbler
         species, WC sparrow
From: Matt Malin <hossfeldt(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 3:56pm

Spent a rainy 3+ hours at Beech Forest this morning hoping for a fall out of
sorts.� Got some good suprises, but bird song was limited due to the wet
conditions.� Went around the loop twice, seperate lists for each trip.� There
are some obvious duplicates seen both trips.
Loop 1:
Location:� � Beech Forest, Provincetown
Observation date:� � 5/8/08
Notes:� � Light drizzle 55-58 degrees, not much bird song, activity picked up at
 about 8AM
Number of species:� � 34

Canada Goose� � 2
Green Heron� � 2
Spotted Sandpiper� � 3
Mourning Dove� � 1
Downy Woodpecker� � 2
Hairy Woodpecker� � 1
Northern Flicker� � 4
Blue Jay� � 10
American Crow� � 2
Black-capped Chickadee� � 15
Tufted Titmouse� � 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch� � 4
White-breasted Nuthatch� � 1
American Robin� � 9
Gray Catbird� � 12
Northern Parula� � 3
Yellow Warbler� � 2
Magnolia Warbler� � 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler� � 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler� � 10
Black-and-white Warbler� � 2
Ovenbird� � 1
Common Yellowthroat� � 1
Eastern Towhee� � 2
Chipping Sparrow� � 2
White-throated Sparrow� � 21
White-crowned Sparrow� � 1
Northern Cardinal� � 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak� � 1
Red-winged Blackbird� � 20
Common Grackle� � 14
Baltimore Oriole� � 1
Purple Finch� � 2
American Goldfinch� � 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org/massaudubon/)
Loop 2:

Location:� � Beech Forest, Provincetown
Observation date:� � 5/8/08
Notes:� � Heavier rain dampened song and sightings signifigantly.� Some
duplicates from first trip (SPSA, CAGO, HAWO, NOCA, PUFI, COGR, RWBL)
Number of species:� � 31

Canada Goose� � 1
Spotted Sandpiper� � 3
Herring Gull� � 3
Hairy Woodpecker� � 1
Northern Flicker� � 2
Eastern Kingbird� � 1
Blue-headed Vireo� � 1
Blue Jay� � 6
Black-capped Chickadee� � 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch� � 5
White-breasted Nuthatch� � 2
Brown Creeper� � 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet� � 1
American Robin� � 4
Gray Catbird� � 8
Northern Parula� � 2
Yellow Warbler� � 5
Magnolia Warbler� � 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler� � 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler� � 10
Black-throated Green Warbler� � 1
Black-and-white Warbler� � 8
Ovenbird� � 2
Common Yellowthroat� � 2
Eastern Towhee� � 1
Chipping Sparrow� � 2
White-throated Sparrow� � 10
Northern Cardinal� � 2
Red-winged Blackbird� � 10
Common Grackle� � 10
Purple Finch� � 1

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

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Subject: Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Boston Common
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 4:12pm

Hello All,

I have posted some pics of the Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow found by
Dexter Hunneman and Stuart Walker on the Boston Common at -
http://picasaweb.google.com/andrewlbirch/SharpTailedSparrow

This bird was feeding on the open ground under oaks on Monument Hill
with two Swamp Sparrows when I arrived.

I also hit the Garden which was dripping in birds!  Of particular note
were 4 species of Thrush - Veery, Wood, Hermit and Swainson's!

Best,

-- 
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
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Subject: Bailey's Hill Nahant, 5/8
From: Donald Wilkinson <singingbirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 4:26pm

I checked out Bailey's Hill again today.

FOY= First of the year

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (several)
Common Yellowthroat 1, FOY
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 male, FOY
Northern Parula 2
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
White-throated Sparrow (many)

Happy Spring, Don

Donald Wilkinson
Nahant MA 01908
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Subject: Re: Cerulean, Beaver Brook Waltham
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 4:41pm

Jason Forbes wrote:

> Cerulean Warbler! It was right next to the parking lot for
> the softball field at the end of Wilson Rd.

I stopped by there around 2:00 this afternoon and, not surprisingly, there
was not a lot of bird song. I poked around for a while, and ended up in a
sunken area just below where Jason describes, and heard it sing. I stayed
in that area for about 15 minutes during which time it only sang about a
dozen times, each time from a different area. Persistence pays off. I
finally caught it as it zipped across the opening and landed in a spot
where I could actually see it - for maybe 15 seconds before it zipped up
into an unrelentingly leafed out maple. While I was waiting I could hear
an Indigo Bunting and parula, and since these are birds Jason mentioned
hearing at this spot, I assume it is associating with these birds. Thanks
Jason. I owe you one.

--
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Arlington, MA
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Subject: May daze
From: "Douglas Chickering" <dovekie(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 5:00pm

Massbirders:
    ("How my life is one long adventure.."  Peter Gabriel)

    Today was a good day for birds.  It was as good as yesterday, but not as 
good as the day before or the day before that: I think.  May has arrived and 
is already spinning its web.  Time compresses and distorts and we are 
propelled from day to day in a confusing ,dazzling, glorious series of 
events and adventures.
    Now where was the first Prairie? Was it at the Pans, silent and quick? 
Was it working the high trees at Oak Hill Cemetery or at the edge of the 
path leading up from the Old Pines Parking Lot? I had them all but I can't 
quite remember which was first. And did we have that Northern Waterthrush 
bobbing at the waters edge in Ralph Goodno Woods yesterday?  Or was it the 
day before? It is high migration and I can't keep my mind from wandering; as 
I can't keep my eyes from fixating on every bit of movement in the trees 
around me.  The relentless weather patterns have brought rain and warmth and 
have drawn the birds up from their winter homes. Both have changed our lives 
like at no other time of the year.
    These days in the field are filled with the unending excitement of the 
next bird; those indescribable moments of discovering the identity of that 
twisting, jumping silhouette at the back of the tree. These moments hang 
suspended, etching indelible images in our minds that will soon be washed 
away with the next sudden burst of movement just beyond, or just below. 
These moments hang forever and are over far too soon.  Although I am sure 
that the bright vision of that Cape May Warbler; shinning in the gray of the 
morning overcast, drizzly day, will grace my memories forever.  I am equally 
sure that these figments placed in my mind will never quite recreate the 
breath taking beauty of that transient, perfect moment.
    Everything that May brings; from the rush of a fallout to the more 
sublime moments of watching and listening is so luxuriously and deliciously 
decadent that my puritan soul shudders at the sheer pleasure of it all.
    And probably the best part is that it is still early in the month. I 
don't know how this May compare with ones past; and what's more I don't 
care.

Doug Chickering
Groveland
dovekie@comcast

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Subject: Pine Siskins in Deerfield, at last!
From: "Rob Ranney" <rranney(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 4:48pm

2 Pine Siskins migrated through our Deerfield yard this afternoon, the first 
noted in over a year.  My sister reports a single Siskin in Hopkinton at her 
feeder yesterday.

The Solitary Sandpiper count is already 14 at the Stillwater Road Puddle in 
Deerfield.  The drake Mandarin Duck was back with a few Wood Ducks and 
Mallards.

Many regular warblers, thrushes, vireos, and other migrant passerines 
arrived here over the last two days, just like at your place.  Woo-hoo! 
Having reached a certain age, I'm glad I studied their songs while I could 
still easily see them.

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

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Subject: Nahant 5/8
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 5:20pm

After seeing the Louisiana Waterthrush in my yard, I took a short trip 
around Nahant with stops at the MAS Thicket and Heritage Trail at the 
Lowlands.
Several warblers, White-throated Sparrows. Biggest surprise were 3 
Solitary Sandpipers and 6 Least Sandpipers at the stump dump along 
Heritage Trail.
where did the thrushes go?

HIGHLIGHTS:
Solitary Sandpiper  3
Least Sandpiper  6
Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
White-crowned Sparrow  2
Savanah Sparrow     18
RC Kinglet  2
H. Thrush  1
Catbird   5

WARBLERS:
Parula    5
Black& White    6
L. Waterthrush  1
Yellow Warbler   6
Chestnut Sided   2
Magnolia   3
BT Blue    2
BT Green   2
C. Yellowthroat   4

Linda Pivacek
Nahant,  Lpivacek(AT)comcacst.net

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Subject: Oriole: Canton
From: "Michael Ross" <michaeleross(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 5:30pm

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First oriole of the year, singing at the top of big oak tree, this =
afternoon :)

Michael Ross
Canton
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Subject: highlights, East Point, Nahant
From: gwilym jones <gwilstrong(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 5:38pm

White-crowned Sparrow - 7 May (observed by Sean Kent)

White-eyed Vireo - 8 May (in brush just south of Edwards Lab)

Gwil Jones
Marine Science Center
Northeastern University

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Subject: more on Waltham cerulean
From: "Peter and Fay" <peterfay(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 6:00pm

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Hi,

We watched the bird from 3:35 to 3:50 pm.  We saw it while we were =
sitting at the picnic table.  It was in the nearest large oak, =
associating with yellow-rumps.  It was still there, silent but active, =
when we left.

Fay

Peter and Fay Vale
Wakefield, MA
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Subject: Crane Beach, Ipswich , 5/8/08
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 6:18pm

Lotsa migrants today in the dunes.  Some of the more common species have 
been deleted from this report.  The towhee count was gratifying.

Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net

> Location:     Crane Beach, Ipswich
> Observation date:     5/8/08, 0810-1255
> Notes:     Atlas block Ipswich 11
> Number of species:     61
>
> Green-winged Teal     3
> Ring-necked Pheasant     1
> Osprey     1
> Red-tailed Hawk     2
> Merlin     1     Was either female or immature; gave alarm calls when I 
> came upon it, even though it was clearly a migrant in dune habitat
> Piping Plover     3     territorial chasing seen
> Willet     2
> Empidonax sp.     1     probably Least based on date, but bird was silent 
> and not seen closely
> Eastern Kingbird     4
> Blue-headed Vireo     1
> Bank Swallow     2
> Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
> American Robin     ~10     one nest found only 3.5 feet up in a pitch 
> pine; contained one egg
> Gray Catbird     15
> Brown Thrasher     5
> Nashville Warbler     1
> Yellow Warbler     1
> Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
> Magnolia Warbler     1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler     4
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     5
> Black-throated Green Warbler     9
> Pine Warbler     8
> Prairie Warbler     1
> Black-and-white Warbler     3
> American Redstart     3
> Ovenbird     3
> Common Yellowthroat     19
> Scarlet Tanager     1
> Eastern Towhee     37     several pairs
> Chipping Sparrow     6
> Field Sparrow     2     not usual in dune habitat at this beach
> Savannah Sparrow     1
> Song Sparrow     13
> White-throated Sparrow     10
> White-crowned Sparrow     2     (dark lores)
> Northern Cardinal     4
> Bobolink     5     migrating over dunes
> Baltimore Oriole     4
> Purple Finch     8     courtship behavior with one pair
> American Goldfinch     ~20
>
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Subject: shorebird arrivals
From: Ian Nisbet <icnisbet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 7:08pm

This evening in the Wild Harbor River: 30 Semipalmated Plovers, 12 
Least Sandpipers, 1 Black-bellied Plover.  All but a few Semipalmated 
Plovers new since yesterday.

Ian Nisbet
North Falmouth

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Subject: Rose Breasted Grosbeaks
From: "Childs" <wmchilds(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 7:41pm

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We had two male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks today at our feeder.  One looked =
to be a yearling.  Also we have several Ruby Throated Hummingbirds and =
the Orioles returned on Monday

Warren and Abby Childs
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Nice Assortment for Backyard
From: "Lesley Mattuchio" <leslm(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 7:58pm

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I had a nice assortment of birds in my backyard today, especially in the =
high tops of my big old oak trees. Many warblers flitting around, saw =
and heard:

Black-throated Greens
American Redstarts...good looks at the male
House Wren
Baltimore Oriole
White-throated Sparrow

And heavens only knows what else was up in those tree tops...can't find =
my binocs. There were many small warbler size birds darting around =
cahsing each other this evening.

Love this time of year.

Lesley Mattuchio
Melrose, MA.
leslm(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Wompatuck SP:  wet and warbler-ful!
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 8:08pm

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This morning, I led the 2nd of 4 Thursday morning bird trips for the South
Shore Bird Club (SSBC) to Wompatuck SP.  Eleven of us were enthusiastic
about the day even with the seemingly constant drizzle and excited by all
the activity.  There was a big fallout but tough for the first couple of
hours to get all the birds given the poor lighting and wet binocs.

A highlight was finding an almost complete Ruby-throated Hummingbird nest
which we put in the scope for good views by all.

We had 19 warbler species highlighted by the previously reported Cerulean
Warbler at Gate 11 (where the Hooded Warbler was seen the past 2 summers).
We had excellent views of a Northern Waterthrush working the side of the
stream near the bridge for the bicycle path.   I also had my first Wompatuc=
k
White-crowned Sparrow which was mixed in with a group of 4 White-throated
Sparrows.   In general, the following counts are conservative given the
weather conditions.

Warbler species:

Blue-winged  3
Nashville  =20
Northern Parula  12
Yellow  3
Chestnut-sided
Magnolia  6
Black-throated Blue 7
Yellow-rumped  16
Black-throated Green  7
Pine  7
Palm  3
Blackpoll
CERULEAN
Black-and-white  16+ (they seemed to be everywhere=8Bmust have been a
convention)
American Redstart  5
Worm-eating  3
Ovenbird  27 (definitely undercounted)
Northern Waterthrush  2
Common Yellowthroat  3

Some other species:

Wild Turkey  2
Osprey
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Pileated Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Great-crested Flycatcher  8
Eastern Kingbird  2
Chimney Swift  2
Gray Catbird  15+
Eastern Towhee 10+
Blue-headed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Wood Thrush
Veery
Caroline Wren
Winter Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Scarlet Tanager  3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
Baltimore Oriole  lots
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch

Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Nahanton Park, Newton, MA
From: "Paula McFarland" <saltpannes(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 8:30pm

I was in the park from 6-7 tonight.  I had great looks at a
Blue-winged Warbler, and the best looks I've ever had at 2 Wood
Thrushes.  I saw (and heard) the Blue-winged near the cement structure
at the Nahanton St / Kendrick St entrance.  The Wood Thrushes were in
the woods behind the upper gardens.

I also saw an Ovenbird on the path that leads from the parking lot to
the soccer field.

A birder named Don was in the park yesterday morning and told me he
heard 2 Blue-winged Warblers.  Perhaps they've stuck around.

Paula McFarland
Newton, NH
saltpannesatgmaildotcom

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Subject: 5 birds here today, not here yesterday
From: "Walz,Christopher" <CWalz(AT)nec.edu>
Date: 8 May 2008 8:18pm

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Hi everyone,=20

I co-lead a shorebird walk at Popponessit Spit yesterday 5/7 I was there fr=
om 0830 until 1200  total numbers seen at one time

1 Belted Kingfisher - female
4 Osprey  - 2 on nest - 1 chimney (may still be building), 1 pole w/platfor=
m possible on eggs
2 Barn Swallows - foraging low over the beach
2 Rough-winged Swallows also foraging
6+ Common Grackle - 1 seen carrying nest material
1 Song Sparrow
1 Common Tern
2 Willets
# Greater Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls mixed in was
1 American Oystercatcher
2 Double-crested Cormorants
10 Piping Plovers (5 pairs) - there is currently one 1 egg nest - not all a=
t once but well defined territories, and the beaches Coastal Waterbird Moni=
tor was present- (we didn't find or search for the nest) =20

What was interesting about the "1 egger" as its called by monitors, was 4 a=
dult plovers were what seemed to be staking claim to the nest, with the mal=
es standing toe to toe as if trying to see who was taller.  We then left th=
em at their squabbles.

Ok enough about the past, on with the present

West Barnstable near elementary school  5/8=20

2 Eastern Kingbirds
1 Ruby-throated Hummer
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee

I found where the phoebe's that I had disappeared to, they discovered the b=
roken window in the old hunting shack.  I thought I had spooked one from th=
ere earlier (4/20) but upon investigation of the interior I found nothing. =
 This morning I found a bird on nest which was on top of a light fixture th=
at drops down in an L shape from the ceiling, didn't want to force her off =
just to check the number of eggs, but I'll have plenty of good opportunitie=
s to come soon.

Originally there had been no nest boxes here.  I had installed 4 nest boxes=
 last summer that had swallows and chickadees.  This year I added 2 then 3 =
more and have attracted bluebirds as well. =20

I had posted a short time ago about the apparent harrassment of my bluebird=
s by a barrage of tree swallows.  Even after adding the additional 3 boxes,=
 the constant attack of swallows was enough to force the bluebirds away fro=
m the almost complete nest they had built.  They moved to the opposite end =
of the property in the farthest box from the hoodlums. The bluebirds have t=
hemselves become the intruder after they started building on top of what wo=
uld have been a chickadee nest, I say would have because I checked it for e=
ggs and found it to be an incomplete nest itself.  The bluebirds have built=
 quickly since the move and have a deep well formed nest cup, I had expecte=
d them to lay last week, I hope they do lay soon, my neighbor is so excited=
 since this box is close to the house and in view from the window.

That's it for today,
Good Birding

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Subject: Public Garden  5/8 5:10-5:25 p.m.
From: Linda Ferraresso <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 8:52pm

On a tip from MaryAnn Jensen, I stopped briefly at the Boston Public 
Garden after work his evening. I was not disappointed. Birds seen:

Hermit Thrush 4
Swainson's Thrush 1 (possible, but a distant look)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Prairie Warbler 1 (singing nonstop)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat
Lincoln Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1

Wish I could have stayed longer!

Linda

-- 
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" -
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Subject: Plum Island Evening 5/8
From: Mark Daley <mbkm(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:22pm

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Massbirders,
=20
I am surprised not to see any reports from the island today given what I he=
ard through the grapevine about how great the a.m. was. Fortunately, there =
were still some nice birds around in the evening. Highlights being 11 speci=
es of warbler, a brief look at the Am Bittern in flight, Woodcock courtship=
 display at dusk, Whip-poor-will singing, marsh birds vocalizing at dusk an=
d a Fox trotting down the turnpike as I was leaving. I believe the Chimney =
Swift may be a new PI bird for the year.
=20
Off island notes: Thanks to Jason Forbes for the quick post on the Cerulean=
 Warbler. I was able to stop there on my way from work to the island and th=
anks to Peter Vale's keen spotting I got great looks. A state bird for me! =
I also saw the White-faced Ibis on the way in along Scotland Rd. No luck w/=
 the Ruff though.
=20
Complete listing (almost all the warblers were hellcat trails):
=20
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American Bittern - seen north field, heard later from various locales
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 5
Canada Goose 6
Brant 30+ pines platform
Gadwall 13
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 7
Green-winged Teal 2 (forward pool from pines lot)
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1 (pines field)
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 2
Virginia Rail 1 calling across north field
Sora 2
Greater Yellowlegs 17
Lesser Yellowlegs (several calling in darkness by pannes)
Willet 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1 overhead pines trail
Common Snipe 2 (calling roadside in darkness)
American Woodcock 9
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 7
Great Horned Owl 1 (on nest)
Whip-poor-will 1 (calling hellcat lot dusk)
Chimney Swift 1 (flyby marsh trail near dusk)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 1 (Goodno)
Marsh Wren 3
Veery 1 (h old blind)
Wood Thrush 1 (h hellcat lot)
American Robin 13
Northern Mockingbird 1
Gray Catbird 9
European Starling 4
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Black-and-white Warbler 8
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 10
Eastern Towhee 9
Chipping Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1 (pines field)
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 20+
White-crowned Sparrow 3 (hellcat johns, 1 singing dusk)
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
American Goldfinch 11
House Sparrow 1 (carry nest material n. refuge)
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Good Birding,
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Mark Daley
Reading, MA
mbkm (at) hotmail (dot) com
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Subject: New first yard bird
From: Al Curtis <killdeer89(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:26pm

Early this morning (5/8), we had our first-ever Indigo Bunting in our 
yard in Harwich, a male.

Al Curtis
Harwich, MA
killdeer89 "at" comcast.net

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Subject: May7&8 Gloucester and Manchester
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:34pm

Pleasant and productive birding about my home area in the last couple of days
:-)
Bond St.Gloucester 01930 Observation date: 5/8/08
Filling the bird feeder and a red-breasted nuthatch flew up to the tree only a
foot away from me!
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
White-crowned Sparrow     1 continues from yesterday
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Location:Dykes Pasture/Lily Pond Rd Gloucester 
Observation date: 5/7/08
Notes:Phoebe collecting nest building material
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Osprey     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
American Robin     X
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Ovenbird     2
Chipping Sparrow     2
Baltimore Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     X
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Parula Warblers singing through the day at work in Manchester 5/8
------------------------------------------------------------Coolidge Point-TTOR
Manchester MA Observation date: 5/8/08
Notes: My First of Year:Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling
Vireo, C. Yellowthroat, Blue-winged Teal
Mallard     X
Blue-winged Teal     2
Red-breasted Merganser     X
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Great Egret     5
Snowy Egret     2
Little Blue Heron     1
Glossy Ibis     32
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Belted Kingfisher     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
Warbling Vireo     1
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Barn Swallow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Carolina Wren     1
Gray Catbird     7
Yellow Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     2
Common Yellowthroat     3
Chipping Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     1
Baltimore Oriole     4

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Location:DykesPond/Lily Pond Rd Gloucester
Observation date: 5/7/08
Notes:Phoebe collecting nest building material, saw the pileated nest hole, no
bird around
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Osprey     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
American Robin     X
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Ovenbird     2
Chipping Sparrow     2
Baltimore Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     X
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Bond St. Gloucester01930 Observation date: 5/7/08
Notes:Brown Thrasher is a new yard bird!#64 2 WC Sparrows at feeders
Brown Thrasher     1
Yellow Warbler     1
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Baltimore Oriole     1

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Susan Hedman, Gloucester
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Subject: BIMBO VS PI - update
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:38pm

Here are the results as I understand them after today's great birding:

BIMBOs (Birds In Metro Boston Only)

212 species seen in 2008

PI (Birds on Plum Island)

211 species seen in 2008

I understand that Chief You-Know-Who of the PI Tribe will be putting
together a comparison of the two lists tonight.  If you are curious
about what the heck we are talking about you can learn a bit more at
http://bostonbirds.org/blog.html

-- 
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: Amherst area warblers - 05/08
From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:12pm

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Hi birders,

As noted by many birders in our region, there was certainly plenty to see today!
 Northern Parulas and Black-throated Blue Warblers were especially notable
around Amherst, with over a dozen of the former on the Amherst bike path where I
 also found Blackburnian, Blue-winged and Blackpoll Warblers as well as several
Red-eyed Vireos.

Cerulean Warblers were obvious at Skinner State Park on Mount Holyoke. I saw two
 males singing near the Upper Parking area and heard three others singing
further downslope. Worm-eating Warblers were also evident with about four heard,
 one of which showed well close to the road between the upper parking area and
halfway house. Three Hermit Thrushes singing here as well.

Here's a few pics from several decent days around Hampshire County including the
 above mentioned warblers;
http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/

Good birding,

James P. Smith
Amherst, MA

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Subject: New URL - Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:40pm

Sorry folks,

Picasa started acting up so I moved the pictures onto my blog -

You can see them by going to http://bostonbirds.org/blog.html and
navigating to the Sharp-tailed entry, or you can go straight to the
files -

http://bostonbirds.org/images/smss1.jpg - (side view)
http://bostonbirds.org/images/smss2.jpg - (straight on)
http://bostonbirds.org/images/smss3.jpg - (perspective)

-- 
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: Charles Bikepath: PHOTOS: BT Blue, Common YT,
         Yellow - Th 5-8-08
From: "brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com" <brightondude04@yahoo.com>
Date: 8 May 2008 10:40pm

<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font:
inherit;'><P>Wow!  What a great night.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>We are used to seeing yellow warblers along the Charles River Bike path
upstream from the Watertown Dam, but tonight we went a little further upstream
and were treated with view and some eye level photo opps of several other
warblers from 6:15 to 7:45pm.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Maybe several of these are hunking down for tomorrow's storm.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>black throated blue 1</P>
<P>common yellow throat 3</P>
<P>northern parula 1</P>
<P>the usual numerous yellow warblers</P>
<P>Also:</P>
<P>wood thrush 1</P>
<P>catbirds 25</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Photo links </P>
<P>(please remove any spaces in these links that the listserve might add)</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Black Throated Blue:</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477482260/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477482260/</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>Common Yellowthroat:</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2476657255/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2476657255/</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>Female Yellow Warbler:</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477474816/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477474816/</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>Catbird posed on red berries</P>
<P><A
href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477478868/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/2477478868/</A></P>
<P> </P>
<P>Thanks!</P>
<P>Happy Mother's Day, moms!</P>
<P> </P>
<P>-Sean McMahon</P>
<P>)brightondude)<BR>*04*<BR>%@%<BR>^yahoo^<BR>&dot&<BR>_com_</P></td></tr></table><br>

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Subject: CT Report 05/08/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 8 May 2008 11:48pm

Hot spots:
New Haven, East Rock Park -- 18 species of warbler 

 From Graham and Sandy Scott:
5/07 - Clinton, marsh adjacent to Rt 1 -- WHITE IBIS.  The bird flew
over the road about 50ft ahead of the car and at about 30ft up.  It
was traversing south across Rte 1 in Clinton to the east of Meadow Rd
into the marsh close to Causeway close to the Clinton/Westbrook
border.  We had just left a nearby shopping center and were driving at
about 30mph.  There is extensive marshland in this area and I would
expect that it might well stay as there should be plenty of small
marine crustaceans etc for it to find.  The time was just before 5pm
with the sun behind us.
NOTE: The White Ibis was NOT relocated today, though there were
various attempts by both the Scotts and other birders.  However there
is enough inaccessible habitat that the bird could still be around.

 From Meredith Sampson:
5/08 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- HARLEQUIN DUCK in its usual
spot, all by its lonesome, most Brant have left, save 30.  SNOW GOOSE
in cove.

 From Mark Scott:
5/08 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- 18 species of warbler including
BLACKBURNIAN, CANADA and WILSON'S.

 From Kevin Burgio:
5/08 - East Rock Park, New Haven -- 4 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS.

 From Greg Hanisek:
5/08 - Waterbury, neighborhood walk -- SWAINSON'S THRUSH, singing
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW; good mix of warblers.

 From Steve & Charla Spector:
5/08 - Milford, Silver Sands State Park -- Solitary Sandpiper (in
newly burned part of Myrtle Beach, which now has terrific shorebird
viewing), many singing Marsh Wrens, Bobolink (cheers for the
dandelions), many shorebirds; also great numbers of shorebirds now at
Milford Point.

 From Bill Asteriades:
5/08 - Glastonbury, end of Point Road before the Conn. river --
Swainson's Thrush.
Glastonbury, Glastonbury Meadows -- calling Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

 From Scott Kruitbosch:
5/08 - Fairfield, Audubon Birdcraft -- 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
5/08 - Stratford yard -- 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS
(1M)

 From Jennifer Rycenga
5/08 - South Windsor, Vibert Road & Station 43 -- One male BOBOLINK,
four WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.

 From Roy Harvey:
5/08 - Derby, Osbornedale State Park -- Orchard Oriole in the
flowering trees near the Kellog Center; Brown Thrasher.

 From Patrick Comins:
5/07 - Meriden Yard -- 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.

 From Dave Rosgen w/ John Marshall
5/07 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Mill
Field Trail) -- 1 BROWN THRASHER, 5 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 3
PURPLE FINCHES.

 From Dana Campbell:
5/06 - Glastonbury, CT Audubon Center -- a single Cape May Warbler
(female) on the path to the right of the little pond.

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