B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Sat, 10 May 2008

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Subject: Cape May at New England Biolabs, Ipswich
From: "James Style" <jantstyle(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 4:56am

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There was a male Cape May in a tree over the "mansion" on the the New
England Biolabs property in Ipswich on 1A across from the Appleton Farms.
Also, a Tennessee warbler in the woods behind the "greenhouse".   Both were
seen around lunchtime.

Other sightings of interest today (also seen around lunchtime):

Blue-winged Warbler (thanks to John Nove)

Black and White Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Myrtle Warbler (still everywhere)
Common Yellowthroat (several)

Northern Parula (several))

Warbling Vireo

Blue-grey gnatcatcher

Green Heron (1st of the year for me)

Swamp Sparrow (many)

Baltimore Oriole (many)

Downy Woodpecker (feeding seemingly on pollen near the Cape May)

White-throated Sparrow (large flock still passing through)

Others seen on the NEB campus this week:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Pine Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Blue-headed Vireo

Bobolink

Orchard Oriole

Scarlet Tanager

Solitary Sandpiper (seen by John Nove)

Great-crested flycatcher

Kingbird

Pileated Woodpecker

Great-crested Cormorant

American Kestrel (pair)

Eastern Meadowlark

Grey Catbird

Bluebird nestlings (seen by another in one of the boxes on the property)

Anyone interested in the NEB property might also check Jim Berry's post a
few days ago.

Have fun everybody,

Jim Style

jantstyle(at)gmail.com

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Subject: May 10th, Plum Island, Golden-winged Warbler
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 11:04am

Birders,

Steve Motyl got excellent looks at a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER near the  
old blind at the end of the marsh trail this morning at around 6:30.  
It was also singing the standard Golden-winged song.

Good birding,

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

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Subject: Western Tanager Medford
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 12:50pm

First of all, I can't recommend anyone try to chase this bird - we were
extremely lucky to see it, and it wasn't singing. Anyway . . .

This morning Alan Ankers, Renee LaFontaine, and I went for a long walk
through the Middlesex Fells in Medford. We were just entering an
impressive flock of warblers when we noticed a bird fly up into a high
oak tree just over the path. Glimpsing a bright orange as we first
raised our binoculars, Alan said "Blackburnian" but as we all got on the
bird together Alan said "that's no warbler . . .  (expletive deleted)
it's a Western Tanager". We had time to call out observations: bright
orange/red head, yellow breast and belly, dark back, bright wing bars.
Unfortunately it then flew off (after about 30 seconds), and we weren't
able to relocate it, despite searching for about half an hour.

If, despite my initial recommendation, you want to look for this bird,
here are instructions. Enter the fells at the end of Ramshead Road in
Medford. Immediately on entering take the path to the right, and follow
it up the hill to the third path on the left (the only path that is more
of a road than a path, and immediately after a broad path on the right
that is underwater). It wasn't associating with any particular birds
that we could tell.

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

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Subject: Westminster 5/10
From: caronenv(AT)aol.com
Date: 10 May 2008 1:25pm

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Location:     BBA Fitchburg 6- Westminster (Hager Park and ski area)
Observation date:     5/10/08 0830-1130
Number of species:     58
**A lot of breeding activity going on.

Canada Goose     1
Wood Duck     2 (P)
American Black Duck     1
Mallard     2
Hooded Merganser     3
Common Loon     2 (Wachusett Lake)
Broad-winged Hawk     1
Killdeer     3 (DD)
Solitary Sandpiper     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2 (ON)
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Least Flycatcher     2
Eastern Phoebe     3
Eastern Kingbird     2
Warbling Vireo     2
Red-eyed Vireo     1
Blue Jay     7
American Crow     7
Tree Swallow     9
Barn Swallow     6
Black-capped Chickadee     15
Tufted Titmouse     5
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Brown Creeper     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Hermit Thrush     1
Wood Thrush     2
American Robin     32
Gray Catbird     9 (CN)
European Starling     6
Nashville Warbler     1
Northern Parula     1
Yellow Warbler     2
Chestnut-sided Warbler     3
Magnolia Warbler     4
Black-throated Blue Warbler     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     31
Black-throated Green Warbler     15
Pine Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     1
Palm Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     13
American Redstart     6
Ovenbird     10
Common Yellowthroat     12
Scarlet Tanager     2
Chipping Sparrow     13 (CN)
Song Sparrow     5 (CN)
Northern Cardinal     1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Red-winged Blackbird     18 (P)
Common Grackle     8
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
Baltimore Oriole     4
Purple Finch     3 (C)
American Goldfinch     18
House Sparrow     5 (ON)

Submitted by 
Charles Caron
Westminster, MA

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Subject: Millennium Park, Boston, White crowned sparrows,
         eastern meadowlark
From: Milton Trimitsis <milton.trimitsis(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 1:25pm

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The birdsong this morning at Millennium Park in West Roxbury was nearly 
deafening, but consisted almost entirely of yellow warblers and 
Baltimore orioles. I'm sure I missed some warblers just because I 
couldn't hear them through the chorus.  I was treated to lovely looks at 
white-crowned sparrows, a northern waterthrush, and my first eastern 
meadowlark of the year.  Full list follows.

Milton Trimitsis
Roslindale, MA

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Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:18:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org
To: milton(AT)trimitsis.com
Subject: eBird Report - Millennium Park , 5/10/08

Location:     Millennium Park
Observation date:     5/10/08
Number of species:     35

Canada Goose     X
Mallard     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Ring-billed Gull     X
Herring Gull (American)     X
Mourning Dove     X
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Warbling Vireo     X
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     3
Tree Swallow     X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     X
Barn Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
American Robin     X
European Starling     X
Cedar Waxwing     10
Yellow Warbler     X
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
American Redstart     2
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     X
Savannah Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     X
White-crowned Sparrow     2
Northern Cardinal     3
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Eastern Meadowlark     1
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     5
Baltimore Oriole     X
American Goldfinch     X

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

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Subject: pikul's pans
From: Cyndi Miller <cyndi(AT)together.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 2:50pm

We are heading to the coast tomorrow and wonder what's being seen here?

thanks-
Cyndi

"We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to 
think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe." 

                                                               Rachel Carson

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Subject: Beaver Brook , Waltlham - White Eyed  Vireo, Wood
          Thrush, Blue winged  Warbler
From: "Ida Giriunas" <Ida8(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 2:52pm

Folks:

Mollie Taylor & I went to the Beaver Brook reservation at the end of Wilson
St in Waltham today around noon and did not find a Cerulean Warbler but did
see a White-Eyed Vireo singing, a Wood Thrush singing, and a Blue-Winged
Warbler not singing.   These were down in the wet area.

Ida Giriunas
Reading, MA
<ida8(AT)verizon.net>

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Subject: hooded warbler still at Mt.A. 4/10/08 am
From: "Peter and Fay" <peterfay(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 3:30pm

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Hi,

At Mt. Auburn this morning we had good looks at the hooded warbler in =
the flowering tree and forsythia just below the tower this morning at =
7:40 .

Fay

Peter and Fay Vale
Wakefield, MA
peterfay(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Hawley 5/10
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 4:16pm

We spent from well before dawn till early afternoon atlasing two blocks in
the hill towns of HAWLEY and ASHFIELD. These two blocks contain most of the
Dubuque State Forest as well as the Hawley Bog. Much of the habitat is deep
mixed forest crossed by dirt roads. Today several of the dirt roads through
the state forest were in really poor condition and even with a high carriage
4 WD vehicle, we had to turn back in several spots for fear of getting
bogged down. Outside of the state forest there are a few farms and a number
of small rural residences, all atop the high, steep hills of Hawley, just
east of the Berkshires.
This morning there was a decent showing of early-middle period neotropical
migrants. With just a few exceptions, most of the species seen today breed
in these blocks, but not necessarily in these numbers (see Ovenbird, for
instance). There are still lots of breeding bird species �to come�, most
notably flycatcher species like Wood PeeWee and Alder Flycatcher, as well as
Magnolia, Canada and Mourning Warbler (the latter breeds VERY locally).
Temps today ranged from 38-51, with some light winds later in the morning.

Great Blue Heron (2 occupied nests: this was a bit of a find. There is VERY
little standing water in either of these blocks, just small swift streams
and a tiny handful of small beaver marshes tucked away in the forest. We
hardly ever see herons in this area, but found this mini-rookery by
bushwhacking to a hidden pond)
Canada Goose (3)
American Black Duck (1f paired with a drake Mallard. Really sad considering
the dramatic decline of this bird as a breeding species in the state)
Mallard (11: this species occupies tiny farm ponds; small marshes et. Even
in the middle of deep forest. I get the feeling if you were to place a
bathtub out anywhere, it would soon be occupied by a Mallard)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
N Goshawk (1)
Red-shouldered hawk (pair defending territory against a Broad-winged Hawk)
Broad-winged Hawk (3)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Ruffed Grouse (3 drumming)
Wild Turkey (10: this despite the fact that we kept bumping into this one
pick-up containing several rabid turkey hunters)
Killdeer (2)
American Woodcock (8 displaying)
Rock Pigeon (8: around the farms)
Mourning Dove (6)
Great Horned Owl (3)
Barred Owl (3)
N Saw-whet Owl (2: low count for this area)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (15)
Downy Woodpecker (3)
Pileated Woodpecker (4)
Least Flycatcher (17)
E Phoebe (37)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Blue-headed Vireo (15)
Red-eyed Vireo (9: just starting to migrate back to the area)
Blue Jay (24)
A Crow (6)
Common Raven (2)
Tree Swallow (48)
Barn Swallow (24)
Black-capped Chickadee (37)
Tufted Titmouse (8)
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Brown Creeper (3)
House Wren (4)
Winter Wren (24)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (3)
Veery (1: just starting to migrate in)
Swainson�s Thrush (1 singing. This species does breed in these blocks but
very locally)
Hermit Thrush (53)
Wood Thrush (59)
A Robin (102)
Gray Catbird (14)
E Starling (28: all around farms)

WARBLERS:
Blue-winged (2)
N Parula (1: migrant only)
Chestnut-sided (29)
Cape May (migrant only)
Black-throated Blue (16)
Yellow-rumped (36)
Black-throated Green (27)
Blackburnian (17)
Blackpoll (migrant only)
Black and White (12)
A Redstart (25)
Ovenbird (91: all over the forested hilltops)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Louisiana Waterthrush (2)
C Yellowthroat (38)

Scarlet Tanager (4)
Chipping Sparrow (74)
Song Sparrow (34)
White-throated Sparrow (6)
Dark-eyed Junco (7: nest building)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (9)
Bobolink (15)
Red-winged Blackbird (14)
C Grackle (6)
Brown-headed Cowbird (10)
Baltimore Oriole (10)
Purple Finch (7: nest building)
A Goldfinch (1)
EVENING GROSBEAK (10: nest building observed, a first for us in the state)
House Sparrow (13)
PLUS: a really nice showing of PURPLE TRILLIUM (Wake Robin) and carpets of
Periwinkle deep in Dubuque. Lots of fern species and nice patches of
horsetails. En route, in the dark, we had a Red Fox cross Rt. 2. Moose
tracks all over the muddy roads of Dubuque.
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
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Subject: May 9, Gloucester & Essex - Cox Reservation
         (ECGB)
From: Richard Marchant <rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 4:58pm

To: Massbirders

Re: Comments on Susan Hedman's post of May 7&8 as well
as observations made by us on 6&7. 

Also: We did see a Pileated Woodpecker about 30
minutes ago today, May 10, in the vicinity of the tree
with a large elongated hole at the entrance to the
parking space for Dykes Meadow Reservoir, on Laurel
St/Ave in West Gloucester.

Posted yesterday, May, 9, 2008:

   Also, at Lily Pond and Dykes Meadow, please add:

   2 Osprey over Lily Pond 
     We have been wondering if they could be the same
2 we've been seeing over the Essex marsh behind
Farnham's where there is a newly erected platform and
if Lily Pond where they search for prey at low tide?

   2 Spotted sandpipers - one on the concrete wall  
near the out-fall sluice-way at the reservoir

   2 White-eyed Vireos
   4 B Orioles
   6 Chipping Sparrows
   4 White-throated (both white and tan stripped-
headed morphs)
   Ovenbirds (?# - several))
   2 largish hawks (again) I keep thinking Goshawk
like last year but no truly good looks...seen through
the tops of trees but the general impression and shape
is that of the Goshawk.  
    3 Fish Crows calling in passing overhead. (Seems
to be a lot around this year)

Cox Reservation/Essex County Greenbelt Headquarters,
Essex, MA.

Bobolinks (at least 12)
E. Meadowlark 1
E. Bluebirds (at least 6 near and in nesting boxes
Tree swallows as above 
Chimney Swift 1
Osprey 2
FEMALE Red-wings
Snowy Egrets 9
Great Egrets 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Yellow-rumped Warblers a few
Black and White  " 2
B Oriole 1m

31 Woodward Ave./West Gloucester

Carolina Wrens collecting nesting material 2
Song sparrows as above
Orioles on oranges
Goldfinches as usual (plummage changes but too early
to nest)
Red-bellied Woodpeckers - m&f
Hairy         "    2
Downey        " 2  [these 2 birds (not banded so I'm
guessing) have been here for 2 years and fledged 2
each last year]
Pileated Woodpecker - interrmittent
N.Cardinals - looks like 2 males with 4 females and/or
imms. This seems strange as I thought a pair was VERY
territorial

2 - SHARP-Shinned Hawks calling as they flew over

Barred-owl 1
Turkey vultures 5 in a 'kettle' formation

Looking and listening for thrushes.

DD&W

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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
> 
> 
> 
> winterwren2(AT)verizon.net 
> Susan Hedman, Gloucester
> "I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."  Frank
> Lloyd Wright 
> 

Dick and Donna Marchant
  Gloucester, MA
  rmarchant31(AT)verizon.net

  "If you think your dog can't count, put 3 treats in your pocket, and only give
 him 2."

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Subject: BBC, Rowley to Plum to Crooked Pond
From: WCDrummond(AT)aol.com
Date: 10 May 2008 5:20pm

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Dear Friends,
   We had nice general birding today with great looks at several Wilson's 
Phalaropes at the ponds just north of Pikul's farm, Rowley on 1 A.   There were
also Solitary Sandpipers.    We could not find White-faced Ibis nor Ruff.   
Plum Island had a nice selection of warblers and people enjoyed looking down at
them!     We could not find the Golden-winged Warbler.
   We had a report that the Louisiana Waterthrush was at Crooked Pond, 
Boxford this morning by The Fallen Logs.   We could not find it this afternoon
but
some people are still there looking.   They will post if they find it.   

Good birding, everyone.
Bill Drummond
North Andover, MA
WCDrummond(AT)aol.com
http://web.mac.com/crossbillsbirding

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Subject: Glossy Ibis - Fairhaven
From: bvm1290(AT)comcast.net
Date: 10 May 2008 5:30pm

After work, Kay Langevin and I investigated a report of an "albino Great Blue
Heron" (turned out to be Snowy Egret) and a "brown duck so big you could ride
it" (a female Mallard or a Canada Goose) in Mattapoisett.....ah, non-birding
relatives!!!

A spin around "THE field" at Shaw Road and Shaw's Cove Road in Fairhaven on the
way home got us a gazillion Yellowlegs, a few Killdeer, a couple of Snipe and a
snipe-colored bird that was too far to id.

But we did see a Glossy Ibis.
http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/4905808_V4NsS#292881534_t3raJ

Probably the same bird Mike Boucher saw last week.

--
Carolyn Longworth
Acushnet, MA
bvm1290atcomcast.net
Bird Pages at:
http://home.comcast.net/~birdpage/birdblog.htm

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Subject: Nashua River paddle
From: Richard Monroe <richmonroemonroe(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 6:30pm

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Subject: Tri-colored Heron still present, South Cape Beach
From: ghirth(AT)whoi.edu
Date: 10 May 2008 7:40pm

I walked out to South Cape Beach this afternoon around 4 PM.  The Tri-colored
Heron reported last week by Matt Malin was present in the same location he
described (presumably the same bird).

My 2 year old son was more impressed with the bucket-loader parked along the
South Cape Beach access road, still present to restore the marsh.

We also saw a Merlin

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

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Subject: Mt. Aub -- 14 warblers in Dell, 17 overall
From: Jim McCoy <jfmccoy(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 7:54pm

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I was at Mt. Auburn this afternoon, and after the masses had left and the s=
ong had quieted down, I decided to hold vigil at Dell Pond, hoping for warb=
lers to come in to bathe.
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I went to the end of the pond nearest the entrance, but a couple of birds s=
eemed to want to bathe there, so I switched sides of the pond so I was at t=
he base of the hill.  A Hermit Thrush and Wood Thrush on the hillside caugh=
t my attention, and after I looked at them for a while, some noise behind m=
e caught my attention.
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There were four or five warblers more or less at my feet, in a low bush ove=
r the water, and I stood very still and watched the show unfold.   More and=
 more birds came in, and eventually I had 11 warbler species there along wi=
th four other species in the same spot, not to mention three other warbler =
species that came to the water at different spots around the pond.  Magic.
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The bathers:
American Redstart
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
and:
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Mallard
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Other warblers and some other birds of interest at Mt. Auburn:
Blue-winged Warbler (heard only)
Prairie Warbler (in canopy at Dell, earlier)
Wilson's Warbler (Spectacle Pond - thanks, Linda F.!)
Indigo Bunthing
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Great Crested Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher (heard only)
Wood Thrush
Hermit Thrush
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Jim McCoy
jfmccoy(AT)hotmail.com
Melrose, MA
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Subject: Saturday, Ipswich Sightings
From: Brian Krisler <bkrisler(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 8:34pm

While walking the grounds of Cuvilly today, I heard a Blue-winged  
Warbler
singing away.  There were also a few Eastern Kingbirds in the field near
the windmill.  There were also plenty of ticks around.

Other sightings
* Carolina Wren
* B. Oriole
* Common Yellow-throat
* Black-throated Green Warbler
* Northern Cardinal
* Bluejay
* American Crow
* Chipping Sparrow
* House Sparrow
* Wild Turkey

Brian Krisler
Newburyport, MA
bkrisler(AT)gmail.com

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Subject: 5/10 Wompatuck State Park - HOODED WARBLERS
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 9:06pm

*After foolishly heading the dismal forecasts given last night, I went 
ahead and canceled my BBC Wompatuck State Park walk for this morning and 
rescheduled it for Sunday morning.  Around 11:00 I got a call from Rob 
Finch and Mike Maurer telling me I was missing the show, so I headed 
over there.  They had somewhere around 17 or 18 species of warbler, 
their highlights including Hooded (2), Cape May and Tennessee.  All were 
in the vicinity of Gate 11 (referred to as the South Pleasant Street 
extension in previous posts).  Most had quieted down by the time I got 
there around noon, but I did get wonderful, close looks at one of the 
Hooded Warblers.  This bird and the second one seen by Rob and Mike are 
in the same locations they were last spring and summer.

For those interested, my BBC walk will be meeting at* *6:30 AM at the 
parking lot across from the visitor center.

Eddie
*
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*

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Subject: CT Report 05/10/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 9:15pm

Hot spots:
East Rock Park, New Haven -- 21 species of warbler, highlights being
BAY-BREASTED, CAPE MAY and WILSON'S
Granby, private property -- 17 warbler species.

 From Shaun Martin and Rich Trepp
5/10 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- 1 male Cape May Warbler, 2
Blackburnian Warblers, 1 Wilson's Warbler.
Kent, River Road -2 Cerulean Warblers, 2 Black Vultures,
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
New Milford, Rt 7 fly over -- 2 Common Ravens
Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- 2 Hooded Warblers

 From Chris Loscalzo:
5/10 -- Clinton/Westbrook, in the Menunketesuck River Marsh via Kayak
-- YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, LITTLE BLUE HERON, and GLOSSY IBIS but,
alas, no WHITE IBIS.

 From Greg Hanisek:  
5/10 - Waterbury, neighborhood walk -- 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 1
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER.

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/10 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 21 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 7
AMERICAN PIPIT, 90+ SAVANNAH SPARROW, 10+ BOBOLINK.

 From Benjamin Van Doren,  with a group from Audubon Greenwich:
5/10 - Greenwich, Audubon Greenwich Fairchild Garden -- 7 am,  an
adult male Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid between Blue-winged Warbler and
Golden-winged Warbler)

 From Luke Tiller, Joe Bear and Sunrise Birding Group:
5/10 - Redding, Saugatuck Falls & Trout Brook Valley -- 2 TENNESSEE
WARBLERS, 1 or 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 4 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, 1 BLACK VULTURE, 1 ACADIAN FLYCATCHER.

 From John Weeks and Chris Chinni:
5/10 - Granby, Granby Land Trust, private property -- male HOODED
WARBLER, VIRGINIA RAIL; 17 warbler species.

 From Nick Bonomo:
5/10 - Milford, Milford Pt -- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.

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Subject: Flight Path exhibit
From: Kathryn Doyon <gizzybird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 9:38pm

I went to see Plimoth Plantation's Flight Path:
Plymouth Beach exhibit featuring Jim Fenton's bird
photography, with a friend, on May 3rd.  The
photographs are extraordinary and displayed
beautifully.  It's amazing how Jim was able to capture
all the bird's beauty and actions so perfectly.   
Jim was there while I was there and walked our group
through the exhibit explaining what the birds were
doing and how he got the photographs.  It was a very
enjoyable visit.
Be sure to take one of the Calendar of Events.  There
are some great programs being offered, through
October. If I've done this correctly, here is a link.

http://www.plimoth.org/flightpath/FlightPath_calendar_pdf.pdf

                                Kathy

Kathryn Doyon
Plymouth, MA
Gizzybird(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Gloucester and Rockport 5/10
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 10 May 2008 10:26pm

GLOUCESTER,MA Observation date: 5/10/08
Calvary Cemetery: most warblers rather quiet with the exception of the N.
Waterthrush, Killdeer on nest w/ eggs, Back at home-Thrasher still in yard and
white-crowned sparrows
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Accipiter sp.     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     1
Mourning Dove     X
Belted Kingfisher     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker     2
Red-eyed Vireo     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     2
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     10
Brown Thrasher     1
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     3
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     3
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     12
White-crowned Sparrow     6
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     X
Baltimore Oriole     4
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X
House Sparrow     X

ROCKPORT
Kiernan Trail/Straitsmouth Cove/Waring Field Area
Observation date:     5/10/08
Notes:     also walked at Waring field-Great Blue and Savannah there N. Parula
near Evans field
Number of species:     29

Common Eider     X
Wild Turkey     5
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Great Blue Heron     1
Mourning Dove     X
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Barn Swallow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     3
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     8
Northern Mockingbird     1
Yellow Warbler     3
Magnolia Warbler     1
Yellow-rumped Warbler     6
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Savannah Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     X
White-throated Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
American Goldfinch     X

winterwren2(AT)verizon.net 
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."  Frank Lloyd Wright

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Subject: BIMBO big day attempt
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 10 May 2008 10:37pm

Highlights from my first attempt at a Big Day in the newly created
BIMBO territory.

121 Species (full list at
http://groups.google.com/group/BostonBirds/browse_thread/thread/444a7bc7ec9360eb)

Marsh Wren (1) - Neponset Saltmarsh

Manx Shearwater (3) - Revere Beach - cruising the huge waves about 1/2
way to Nahant
Arctic Tern (1)) - Revere Beach - flew straight north all alone right
along the beach

Willet (2) - Rumney Marsh
Semipalmated Plover (45) - Rumney Marsh
Least Sandpiper (75) - Rumney Marsh

Whip-poor-will (1) - Middlesex Fells, Medford

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

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