B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Fri, 9 May 2008

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Subject: May 6th, 7th & 8th, New Arrivals on Plum Island
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 12:04am

Massbirders,

Not all new arrivals to Plum Island get posted to Massbird. So here is  
a brief summary of the species that were seen for the first time on  
the island during the last three days:

May 6
   193  Ruddy Turnstone [heil]
   194  Great Crested Flycatcher [tatro]
   195  Eastern Kingbird [carroll, chickering, grinley, heil,  
mcfarland, mcgrath, nelson, tatro, wetmore, wilson]
   196  Yellow-throated Vireo [heil]
   197  House Wren [grinley, heil, tatro]
   198  Blue-winged Warbler [chickering, grinley, mcfarland, mcgrath,  
tatro, wetmore]
   199  Chestnut-sided Warbler [carroll, grinley, landry, mcfarland,  
mcgrath, nelson, tatro, wetmore, wilson]
   200  Magnolia Warbler [carroll, chickering, grinley, heil, landry,  
mcfarland, mcgrath, nelson, tatro, wetmore, wilson]
   201  Blackburnian Warbler [heil, mcfarland, mcgrath, wetmore]
   202  Prairie Warbler [chickering, grinley, mcgrath, tatro, wetmore,  
wilson]
   203  American Redstart [grinley, heil, wetmore, wilson]
   204  Wilson's Warbler [heil, landry, mcfarland, mcgrath]
May 7
   205  Green Heron [graham]
   206  Common Nighthawk [gurka]
   207  White-eyed Vireo [grinley, gurka, longman-marien, spahr,  
weaver, wetmore]
May 8
   208  Semipalmated Plover [landry]
   209  Chimney Swift [daley]
   210  Cape May Warbler [chickering]
   211  Bay-breasted Warbler [nelson]
   212  Canada Warbler [mcgrath, nelson]

For the details on these or any other recent sightings on Plum Island  
browse to my website (see signature below) and then click on the  
Recent Sightings link.

This total of 212 species is exactly the same as the current BIMBO  
(Birds in Metro Boston Only) year list total, though each of our lists  
have 23 species not on the other.

Good birding,

Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
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Subject: Whip-poor-wills - Mashpee
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 5:12am

Last night between about 8:30pm & 9:00pm I found 4
separate Whip-poor-wills in an area of Mashpee where I
found two last year. I stopped at various points, 1
bird at the first stop calling, 1 bird at the second
stop calling and flying giving the chuck call, and 2
birds at the last stop calling, 1 flying and calling.

Mary Keleher 
Mashpee, MA

  Cape Cod Bird Club
  www.massbird.org/ccbc

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Subject: Fenway Victory Gardens, 5/8
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 7:40am

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 Location:     Emerald Necklace, Fenway Victory Gardens (part of)
Observation date:     5/8/08
Notes:     garden rows near boylston bridge only.
plenty of ground activity despite gardeners, joggers, dogwalkers.
orioles singing males. 2 male COYE and a grazing flock of catbirds.
Number of species:     38
Canada Goose     8
Mallard     1
Herring Gull     6
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     4
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     2
Tree Swallow     7
Black-capped Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Hermit Thrush     3
Wood Thrush     1
American Robin     15
Gray Catbird     11
Northern Mockingbird     1
European Starling     4
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Palm Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Ovenbird     2
Common Yellowthroat     2
Chipping Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     6
White-throated Sparrow     17
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     3
Common Grackle     15
Baltimore Oriole     6
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     4
House Sparrow     12
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Subject: Deafening Song
From: "Lesley Mattuchio" <leslm(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 8:02am

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This morning in my backyard in Melrose, MA. the song was deliciously =
deafening in the tree tops. I dug out the binocs...I usually use my =
camera instead of binoculars, but the lighting was poor. So to my =
delight this is what I saw right in my backyard.

6- Black-throated Blues - super looks
Numerous- Black-Throated Greens - good looks
Magnolia Warbler- great close-up looks
Black and White Warbler
2-American Redstarts- fabulous looks at male
2- Northern Parulas- Good looks

Heavens knows what else was flitting in the really high tops for =
Warblers.

Also:
Baltimore Oriole
Scarlet Tanager
Cardinal
House Wren
Downy Woodpecker

It's a great morning when I can go birding in my pjs and see these =
jewels.

Lesley Mattuchio
Melrose, MA.
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Subject: Brookline Migrants 5/8-5/9
From: stint98(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 May 2008 9:24am

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All, 

My post from yesterday did not go through, and since many of the same birds were
 around today, I thought I'd post again.

Yesterday I birded the hill around Summit Drive in Brookline from 7:15-8:00 and
had a tremendous number of migrants. It had the feeling of a fall-out, with
dozens (30+) of Yellow-rumps, 12 or more Black-and-white Warblers and Parulas,
several Nashville, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Prairie,
Blackburnian, Magnolia, Palm and Yellow Warblers. There were also one each of
Chestnut-sided and Wilson's Warblers, Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird, for 15
warbler species total. The other highlight was 1 female DARK-EYED JUNCO among
the throngs (20+ White-throated Sparrows).

Today (6:45-7:15) was very similar. Fewer birds overall, but similar diversity.
The highlight was 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER in the oaks at the top of the hill.
Nearly every other warbler species from yesterday was present, except now
including 2-3 American Redstarts as well. Other new arrivals included 2-3
Bobolinks (HO), 1 White-crowned Sparrow (singing), and a surprising Red-breasted
 Nuthatch.

So far, surprising misses are Red-eyed Vireo and Scarlet Tanager. No sign of
either on the hill or nearby. After the slow start, it seems like it has really
shaped up into a good spring.

Good birding
Chris Dalton
stint98(AT)aol.com
Brookline, MA

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Subject: Lunenburg/Fitchburg 5/8
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 9:31am

I made a few stops on the way to my folks house last night:

In Lunenburg:
Cliff Swallow      3  I didn't scan for too long but hopefully they will still
be a few pairs that nest here. Previously the bulk of the Cliff Swallows nests
were build inside an old barn, that barn has now been removed (it had survived a
 fire, several years ago, and was in tough shape). However some pairs had also
nested on a few other older buildings, hopefully they still do.

Fitchburg Airport:

Horned Lark        2   Likely breeders, I beleive this species was a confirmed
breeder during the first Atlas project.
Eastern Meadowlark  1 heard singing.

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

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Subject: Wood Thrush, Woods Hole
From: Greg Hirth <ghirth(AT)whoi.edu>
Date: 9 May 2008 9:50am

I forgot to note in the previous post  that I also heard a Wood Thrush 
singing from the woods next to the parking lot for the Quisset Campus of 
the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
this morning around 9:15.

Cheers, Greg Hirth

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Subject: Long Pond, Falmouth
From: Greg Hirth <ghirth(AT)whoi.edu>
Date: 9 May 2008 9:46am

Spent ~45 minutes before the heavy rain started this morning (8-9AM) 
leading a CCBC walk around Long Pond in Falmouth.  One other birder also 
ignored the weather forecast.

DC Corm (5)
Canada Goose (2)
Mallard (2)
R.B. Gull (3)
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Tree Swallow (9)
Blue Jay (1)
American Crow (3)
B.C. Chickadee (4)
Am. Robin (6)
Gray Catbird (5)
Yellow Warbler (2)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Black-and-White Warbler (1)
Ovenbird (5)
Prairie Warbler (4)
Pine Warbler (5)
E. Towhee (1)
Chipping Sparrow (6)
Song Sparrow (4)
Cardinal (1)
R.W. Blackbird (1)
C. Grackle (2)
Orchard Oriole (1)
Baltimore Oriole (3)
Am. Goldfinch (5)

Cheers, Greg Hirth
East Falmouth
ghirth (at) whoi (dot) edu
Greg_Hirth (at) Brown (dot) edu

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Subject: Mashpee Sightings
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 10:18am

Got in a little birding at my favorite Oriole spot
this morning before the rain hit. Had several of both
species of Orioles and another nice variety of birds.

Location:     Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA, US
Observation date:     5/9/08
Number of species:     52

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     3
Mallard     6
Common Loon     1
Great Blue Heron     5
Black-crowned Night-Heron     2
Osprey     3
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Herring Gull     15
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     6
Chimney Swift     2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Downy Woodpecker     4
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     2
Eastern Phoebe     3
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     4
Blue Jay     4
American Crow     5
Tree Swallow     14
Barn Swallow     3
Black-capped Chickadee     13
Tufted Titmouse     7
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     11
Gray Catbird     13
Cedar Waxwing     2
Northern Parula     1
Yellow Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     16
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Pine Warbler     6
Black-and-white Warbler     4
Ovenbird     2
Common Yellowthroat     4
Eastern Towhee     3
Chipping Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     12
Northern Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird     55
Common Grackle     35
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Orchard Oriole     10
Baltimore Oriole     19
American Goldfinch     11

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

Mary Keleher 
Mashpee, MA

  Cape Cod Bird Club
  www.massbird.org/ccbc

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Subject: White-Crowned Sparrow in Dartmouth
From: "alice morgan" <morgan.alice(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 11:00am

To our astonishment, a brilliant WC Sparrow just arrived to eat
sunflower seeds under our feeder!

-- 
Alice & Dane Morgan
Brookline & S. Dartmouth, MA

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Subject: Mt. Auburn Highlights 5/9: Hooded, Tenn.,
         Cerulean
From: "Floyd, Chris" <chrisf(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 9 May 2008 1:12pm

Widespread intense warbler song throughout the cemetery still this
morning.  I just have time for notes on a few of the more unusual:

Hooded Warbler singing 0800 in large maple above Lavender Path (near
tower).  I heard it but never saw it.  Leaving the area to track it
down where I thought it had gone, I missed it when it was finally seen
around 0830 lower near the same spot by Ken McCloud.  Repeated later
attempts by me and others were fruitless.

Tennessee Warbler singing 0700 at Laurel Ave, then again high in Dell
around 0930.  Another later in oaks by Cedar Ave.

Cerulean Warbler, reported to me by Wayne Petersen, singing in large
oaks by Crematorium, later seen and heard by Kenton Griffis in oaks
along nearby Cedar Ave.  I looked and listened in both areas for at
least 15 minutes with no sign of it.

Chris Floyd
Lexington
chrisf(AT)mitre.org

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Subject: Ashburnham 5/9
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 May 2008 1:18pm

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Location:     BBA Ashburnham 6
Observation date:     5/9/08
Number of species:     40

Wood Duck     1
Mallard     8 (P)
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue-headed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     38 (CN)
American Crow     4
Common Raven     1
Tree Swallow     3
Barn Swallow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     12
Tufted Titmouse     7
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
House Wren     3
Eastern Bluebird     2 (P)
American Robin     24
European Starling     5
Nashville Warbler     3
Yellow Warbler     2
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     2
Ovenbird     6
Common Yellowthroat     9
Scarlet Tanager     3
Eastern Towhee     6
Chipping Sparrow     18 (CN-three seperate pairs seen with nesting material)
Field Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     6
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     1
Red-winged Blackbird     21 (P)
Common Grackle     2
Baltimore Oriole     4
Purple Finch     2
American Goldfinch     8

Submitted by
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA

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Subject: Great Meadows Concord Thursday at dusk -- Wood
         Thrushes and Marsh Wren
From: Bruce Larson <Bruce.R.Larson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 2:36pm

At Great Meadows late yesterday there were two Wood Thrushes singing
across from the rest rooms at the beginning of `black duck creek trail' 
along
with several Northern Orioles and a Carolina Wren.

Also, along the northwestern edge of the lower impoundment, a Marsh Wren
was singing happily in the reeds at the water's edge.

Happy Birding,

Bruce Larson
Milton, MA
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Subject: Green Herons - Rowley
From: "Christine Corley" <sawwhet(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 1:46pm

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3 Green Herons were present this morning on Central St. in Rowley, just =
off of Rt. 1A, at the pond behind the printing company.  At Pikul's =
pannes, the Wilson's phalaropes are still present, as were good numbers =
of yellowlegs - both greater and lesser.

Chris Corley
Manchester by the Sea
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Subject: Boston's Arnold Arboretum 5/9: Louisiana
         Waterthrush etc
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 2:04pm

Birders,

This morning between 8:15 and 10:45 at Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica  
Plain I had 15 species of warblers, including a singing Louisiana  
Waterthrush on the shores of one of the ponds near the rose garden.

There was great warbler activity all over Bussey Hill and on the  
summit of Peter's Hill. I stopped adding numbers to my warbler counts  
after an hour or so in case I was running in to the same flocks in  
different locations. The count of Yellow-rumps is a very low  
estimate. They seemed to be in nearly every tree I looked in  
carefully and their song was never out of earshot.

Other highlights included a singing Indigo Bunting on the edge of one  
of the clearings on Hemlock Hill, a male Eastern Bluebird watching  
over his nest box on Peter's Hill, a calling Wood Thrush and (a)  
singing Hermit Thrush(es) book-ending my visit, first on the hill  
above the chestnut collection and later in the strip of woods  
separating Bussey Brook meadow from the nearby homes.

While I was staring into the canopy on Bussey Hill, three (presumably  
Glossy) Ibises flew overhead.

Best view: Male northern Parula forging in a blooming dogwood tree 8  
feet away

Oddest miss: Northern Mockingbird

Complete list below.

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatlux at interport dot net

Arnold Arboretum
2 1/2 hours, 2 1/2 miles on foot.

Glossy Ibis	3
Red-tailed Hawk	2
Rock Pigeon	5
Mourning Dove	1
Chimney Swift	1
Downy Woodpecker	1
Northern Flicker	2
Eastern Phoebe	2
Great Crested Flycatcher	1
Eastern Kingbird	1
Carolina Wren	2
House Wren	2
Gray Catbird	18
Brown Thrasher	1
Eastern Bluebird	1
Hermit Thrush	1
Wood Thrush	1
American Robin	40
Black-capped Chickadee	8
Tufted Titmouse	3
White-breasted Nuthatch	1
Blue Jay	4
American Crow	1
European Starling	4
Blue-headed Vireo	2
Warbling Vireo	4
House Finch	2
American Goldfinch	8
Northern Parula	8
Yellow Warbler	12
Chestnut-sided Warbler	3
Magnolia Warbler	2
Black-throated Blue Warbler	4
Yellow-rumped Warbler	20
Black-throated Green Warbler	4
Blackburnian Warbler	1
Pine Warbler	1
Prairie Warbler	1
Palm Warbler	2
Black-and-white Warbler	8
Ovenbird	2
Louisiana Waterthrush	1
Common Yellowthroat	4
Chipping Sparrow	25
Savannah Sparrow	1
Song Sparrow	6
White-throated Sparrow	3
Northern Cardinal	2
Indigo Bunting	1
Red-winged Blackbird	15
Common Grackle	10
Brown-headed Cowbird	6
Baltimore Oriole	8

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain
fiatlux at interport dot net

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Subject: Cape May- Manchester 5/9/08
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 2:54pm

Location: Manchester MA 01944  Observation date: 5/9/08
At school this AM, during a half hour of birding before work, I had a 
great group of warblers. The most amazing was a Cape May that lingered in the 
same tree for the entire time.  It was by far the best looks I have ever had 
at a breeding plumage male Cape May. The bird was also singing, but it was 
quieter than many of the others. I can't make it into the birding hotspot on 
school days, so it's great when the migration comes to me. Very nice way to 
start the day.

Red-eyed Vireo     1
House Wren     X
Northern Parula     2
Magnolia Warbler     1
Cape May Warbler     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler     12
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     1

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Bond St. Gloucester01930 Observation date: 5/9/08
Notes: First thing this morning, one solo chimney swift cruising very high.

Chimney Swift     1

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

winterwren2(AT)verizon.net 
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
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Subject: Warblers in Springfield
From: ERUTMAN(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 May 2008 2:56pm

The oaks surrounding my home were full of warblers this morning as follows:
Blackburnian
Black & White
Blackpoll
Nashville
Tennessee
Yellow
Chestnut-sided
Parula
Yellow-rumped
Magnolia
10 Species

Eileen Rutman
Springfield, MA
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Subject: warbler bath Mt. Auburn, White-crowned Sparrow
         Newton
From: "Molly Edmonds" <konzakat(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 3:26pm

I had the rare opportunity to see a whole mix of warblers and one
specialty come and take baths in a tiny puddle at Mt. Auburn this
morning:  INDIGO BUNTING--Unbelievable opportunity to see sitting on
ground in the sunlight, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula, Nashville
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and a White-throated Sparrow.  Each one
would fly into this flowering tree above, wait its turn and then light
on the ground to step in line for the puddle. Such a pleasure to just
stand and look down (!) at such a variety of warblers.  During this time
a SWAINSON'S THRUSH flew in and visited the tree, but not the bath.

Other highlights at the cemetery included several Veerys, a Towhee, and
an Eastern Kingbird.

Then, right afterwards I came home from the cemetery to see a
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW underneath my birdfeeder!  I never found the one
at Mt. Auburn, but I guess it didn't matter!

Molly Edmonds
Newton Center
Konzakat (AT) hotmail.com

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Subject: Wellfleet - 5/9 (White-eyed Vireo)
From: Dan Berard <frostedcorncrakes(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 3:30pm

This morning, I spent an hour or so birding the
parking lot and Goose Pond Trail at the Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary. The highlights were a White-eyed
Vireo in the thickets around the parking lot and an
epic battle between Baltimore and Orchard Orioles over
the oriole feeder near the butterfly garden. A
kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, and bobwhite were
also welcomed sights. 

Also, Fowler's Toads have started 'calling' as well as
the occasional Spring Field Cricket.

Here is the list, courtesy of eBird:

Location:     Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Observation date:     5/9/08
Number of species:     76

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     2
American Black Duck     4
Northern Bobwhite     1
Common Loon     1
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Willet (Eastern)     1
Laughing Gull     X
Herring Gull (American)     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Mourning Dove     11
Eastern Screech-Owl     1 (Roosting near parking lot)
Great Horned Owl     1 (Goose Pond Trail)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     X
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X
Eastern Phoebe     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
White-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Fish Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
Bank Swallow     1
Barn Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Red-breasted Nuthatch     X
White-breasted Nuthatch     X
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     1
Marsh Wren     1
Golden-crowned Kinglet     2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern Bluebird     X
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     X
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     X
Black-throated Green Warbler     4
Pine Warbler     X
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     1
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     1
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Eastern Towhee     X
Chipping Sparrow     X
Field Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     16
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     X
Orchard Oriole     7
Baltimore Oriole     12
Purple Finch     1
House Finch     2
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

- Dan Berard
   Millbury/Wellfleet

Naturalist
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Mass Audubon

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Subject: Shocking "flocking" in Newbury
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 4:10pm

Thanks to Dorothy Saffarewich for this post!

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

* * *

Hi........Today May 8 at 10:15 am
I returned home after having breakfast out.......

One of the first things is I do when I enter the house is to
look out a window to check the yard for birds, there was a flock
flying over the pond about 2 feet above the the water but I had no
idea what they were, I ran for my bino's, the birds reversed
direction, then reversed  one more time before landing a downed
willow in the pond, 8 of that group landed a little closer on a snag
in the water and I was shocked to see they were all Spotted
Sandpipers!! The rest of the flock started dispersing in small
groups, 4-5, around the pond. I watched for an hour and estimate
that there were between 18 and 24 Spotted Sandpipers in total..
I never saw more than 2 at one time before.

If I hadn't gone into the house at that exact time I would have
missed an extraordinary occurance, for once I'm glad I forgot 
something.

dorothy saffarewich
Newbury

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Subject: Jamaica Pond/Muddy River
From: BrianRFG(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 May 2008 4:26pm

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Hi,
     I am writing to echo Chris Dalton's assessmant of the local bird scene. 
Brookline has been popping with passerines the past few days, including today. 
And just down the road, at the little hillside near where Jamaica Pond meets 
the Muddy River, there were scads of warblers of a dozen or more species and 
Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Great Crested 
Flycatcher. It really is about as good as I have ever seen/heard it around here
for sheer numbers of birds and volume of bird song.
     Brian Cassie, Brookline

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Subject: Hooded Warbler, Forest Hills Cemetery 5/9
From: Robert Mayer <rgmayer(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 5:15pm

Paul Peterson asked me to report a 1st year female Hooded warbler in 
Forest Hills Cemetery.  The bird was seen off Cupressus Ave. in 
Rhododendrons along with a number of other warbler species.
Bob Mayer
Jamaica Plain
rgmayer(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Gloucester 5/9
From: John Robinson <johndrobinson(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 4:52pm

Niles Pond:
Northern Parula  1

John Robinson, Rockport
johndrobinson at verizon dot net

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Subject: Bolton Flats: Blackpoll, sandpipers
From: maurice.gilmore(AT)comcast.net
Date: 9 May 2008 6:50pm

Folks,

   Jane Moosbruker and I birded Bolton Flats, 8:30-11:30 before the rain today
(5/9).

Highlights were a nice little shorebird group of

   2 spotted sandpipers
   3 solitary sandpipers
   2 greater yellowlegs  
    7 lesser yellowlegs
   11 least sandpipers    
    3 snipe
   4 killdeer

   The birds came and went, in and out of grasses,
so the nmbers are estimates. They were out at the 
end of the first field on the left as you go north from Rte 117.

 1 blackpoll warbler in saplings just out of the parking lot.

a sora gave the rapid-fire whinny call in the marsh to the right 
of the road, opposite the shorebirds. It stayed tucked out of sight.

PeteGilmore
Newton, MA
maurice.gilmore(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Nahanton Park: Blue-winged Warbler and others
From: "Molly Edmonds" <konzakat(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 7:32pm

Blue-winged Warbler continues at Nahanton Park, Newton.  At 5:30 pm, it
was still there singing in the rain, along with:

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-and-white Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Swainson's Thrush

Molly Edmonds
Newton
konzakat(AT)hotmail.com

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Subject: Great Meadows, May 8, Concord
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 7:46pm

I took two walks at Great Meadows yesterday, the first at 9:30 and 
the second at dusk.  Not nearly the activity going on elsewhere, but 
a notable morning encounter with a pair of Solitary Sandpipers along 
the far shore of the river across from the boat ramp.  Earth dwelling 
appearances were made by both Rue Anenome and Wild Oats flowers just 
opening as I passed them by on the woodland trail.  Common blue and 
Marsh blue violets also out.  Wonderful to hear the Yellow Warblers 
and spring peepers singing in unison at sunset punctuated by the 
"crawking" of herons in their end of the day flight.

All birds included:

Double-crested Cormorants  3
Great Blue Heron  4
Canada Goose  4 plus 1 gosling
Mute Swan  2
Wood Duck  6
Mallard  X
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Warbling Vireo  X
Blue Jay  X
Crow  X
Tree Swallow  X
Tufted Titmouse  X
Chickadee  X
White-breasted Nuthatch  X
Carolina Wren  1
Long-billed Marsh Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  X
Veery  1 singing
Robins  X
Catbird  1
Mockingbird  2
Yellow Warbler  X
Pine Warbler  2 singing
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Yellowthroat  X
Chipping Sparrow  X
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow  X
Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Grackle  X
Northern Oriole  4

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Subject: 5/10 BBC Wompatuck Walk POSTPONED
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 8:44pm

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*Tomorrow morning, May 10th  I am scheduled to lead a walk for the 
Brookline Bird Club at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham.
Due to the rainy conditions and 20-30 mph winds forecast for tomorrow 
morning, I am going to reschedule that walk to SUNDAY, MAY11TH.
Meeting time and place will remain the same: 6:30 AM at the parking lot 
across from the visitor center.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

Eddie
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Subject: CT Report 05/09/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 9 May 2008 9:54pm

Hot spots:
Ellington, Green Rd. area --16 species of warbler

 From Dave Provencher:
5/09 - Waterford, Millstone Point -- light morph Parasitic Jaeger flew
across Millstone Point headed southeast, late morning.

 From Carl Ekroth:
5/09 - Ellington, Green Rd. area -- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 16 species of
warbler including BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 4 BROWN THRASHERS.

 From Meredith Sampson:
5/09 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- SNOW GOOSE & HARLEQUIN DUCK
at their customary spots.
Old Greenwich, home yard -- WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/09 -  Wethersfield, Wethersfield Meadows -- 9 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.

 From Don Morgan:
5/09 - Thompson, Thompson Dam -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 2 BOBOLINKS, 1
BROWN THRASHER.

 From Paul Carrier:
5/09 - Barkhamsted, Barkhamsted Reservoir -- BLACK TERN, 11:00.
Winsted, Highland Lake -- 2 PURPLE MARTIN, 2:30.

 From Steve & Charla Spector:
5/09 - Milford, Walker's Pond -- male & female Blue-winged Teal.

 From Donna-Rose Smith:
5/08 - Westport, Saugatuck River flats near Bridge Street bridge,
across river from Mansion Clam House -- Ruff seen about 2:30 p.m.

 From Nick Bonomo:
5/08 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- male BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE feeding
with Common Grackles on the marsh edge, not at all acting
territorially; a SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW.

 From Shaun Martin and Richard Trepp
5/08 - Greenwich, Fairchild Gardens -- American Bittern flyover, 1
Solitary Sandpiper
New Haven, East Rock -- 1 Blackburnian Warbler

 Fom Joe Wojtanowski:
5/06 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 2
BOBOLINK.
5/07 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- BLACK  VULTURE, 2 BOBOLINK.
5/09 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK
5/07 - Poquonock yard -- a pair of nesting BROWN THRASHER.
5/08 - East Granby, Windsor Locks, Bradley International Airport --
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 2 BOBOLINK.
5/09 - Bloomfield, Reservoir #3 -- 9 BOBOLINK.

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Subject: Amherst area notables 05/09
From: "James P. Smith" <keenbirder(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 9 May 2008 11:24pm

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Hi birders,

One or two interesting observations today including;

Mt. Tom, reservation road entrance, south of Northampton.
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 pairs including one pair nest building.
Veery - 1

Aqua Vitae Road, Hadley
Solitaru Sandpiper - 4
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1

West Street, Hadley
Orchard Oriole - male singing from a yard, north of Route 9.

Amherst Bike Path, West of Snell Street.
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 50+
Swainson's Thrush - 1 feeding on the bike path with several wood thrushes.

Good birding,

James P. Smith
Amherst, MA
http://pioneerbirding.blogspot.com/

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