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Subject: RFI Trip to New England in June
From: Craig Fischer <cfischeraz(AT)cox.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 4:28am
Hello,
My wife and I will be in New England in June visiting Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. While vacationing, we would like to get
in some birding since we don't know when we'll be able to make this trip
again.
At this time, we plan to arrive in Bennigton, VT, from 6/13 through 6/16
(Anne is in the Art and the Animal Kingdom show). We will then head through
New Hampshire to Maine, visiting Acadia NP and heading out to Machias Seal
Island from Cutler for the puffins and any pelagics we can find.
At some point, we need to turnaround and head back to Arizona, probably
across Massachusetts.
I'm still trying to find seasonal charts, but would be interested in finding
some birds that would be new for us, including:
Great Cormorant
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
American Black Duck
Spruce Grouse
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Hudsonian Godwit
Purple Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-owl
Barred Owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Boreal Chickadee
Fish Crow
Bicknell's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Any assistance or directions you can point me to would be absolutely a
godsend.
Best regards,
Craig Fischer
Phoenix, AZ
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Subject: BBC Plum Island trip, 5/12
From: "Leslie Kramer" <LKramer(AT)cpsd.us>
Date: 13 May 2008 8:04am
A cold, windy, hunkered down, late afternoon on the refuge yesterday afternoon,
with the following highlights:
Parking lot #1:
Peregrine fly-by
Purple Martins
Salt Pannes:
Gadwall
Warden's:
White-crowned Sparrow #1
North Pool Overlook:
Eastern Meadowlarks
Hellcat Dike path:
White-crowned Sparrow #2 ?!
Bobolink
Purple Finch (f)
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Great Horned Owl
Merlin
Good birding,
Leslie Kramer
lkramer AT cpsd. us
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Subject: Brooks Estate MBC walk, Arl Res, 5/13/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 11:10am
Mark Rosenstein and Karsten Hartel joined me this morning for quite a
pleasant walk around Brooks Estate. Highlights included two Tennessee
and three Canada Warblers, of which one of each were actually seen.
Also 13 species of warbler with 11 Nashvilles were nice.
Complete list for Brooks below, and only highlights for the Res.
Brooks Estate (0555-0830):
Mallard 1
Hooded Merganser 1m - Getting late, one bird stayed last year
until this time
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull (American) 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 4
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 35
European Starling 15
Tennessee Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 11
Northern Parula 12
Yellow Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 19
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 17
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Canada Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 9
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 3
56 species
Arlington Reservoir highlights (0900-0920):
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Chimney Swift 7
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 4
Gray Catbird 15
Yellow Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Baltimore Oriole 3
12 species
These reports were generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net
www.pbase.com/daviesphoto
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Subject: Summer tanager, Harwichport - all in the family
From: "Dee Stewart" <haberlea(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 11:14am
My father-in-law just emailed me that they have a female summer tanager
visiting their feeders in Harwichport. I think he's just getting even since
we had one at our feeders in December and January 4 years back.
Dee Stewart
Stow MA
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Subject: Re: what is it with Orioles and hummingbird
nectar?
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 11:42am
My Orioles have always loved sugar water. I have both
an Oriole feeder and a Hummingbird feeder. Last year I
purchased a Hummingbird window feeder. This year one
of the Baltimore Orioles seems to prefer the window
feeder to the Oriole feeder. The Oriole feeder is
about 30 fee from my deck. The window feeder is right
over my kitchen sink. I am treated to a nice show
while I'm washing the dishes but I'm surprised the
Oriole can get its bill in the small holes.
I got a few photos of the Oriole yesterday (and
realized I need to clean my windows!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26056276@N07/sets/72157605035348376
Mary Keleher,
Mashpee, MA
--- Marygrace Barber <peterandgracebarber(AT)comcast.net>
wrote:
> Well, the male Oriole who has been hanging around my
> bird feeders in
> Brookline has yet to sip any nectar, either from the
> beautiful orange
> colored nectar feeder (espec. for Orioles?) or the
> smaller Hummingbird
> feeder. Instead he goes right for the suet which is
> peanut butter suit
> and seeds. Who can figure?
>
> Marygrace BArber
> Brookline
>
>
> On May 12, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Lynette Leka wrote:
>
> > hummingbird feeders are notorious magnets for
> Orioles (they get
> > drained by Orioles around here, and I just hope
> any hummers in the
> > area are aggressive enough to get their share) -
> yes, Orioles love
> > oranges, but what accounts for their being the
> only group that is
> > driven to "drink"?
> >
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > Lynette Leka
> > Newbury, MA 01951
> > email: lynette.leka(AT)yahoo.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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Subject: Wompatuck SP--Tues. a.m.
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 2:14pm
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This morning, I spent a couple of hours at Wompatuck SP (Hingham, Norwell et
al)--surprise, surprise . . . . My focus was on two areas, Gates 11 and
12, both of which were productive for warblers. Most of the 15 warbler
species seen tend to be residents with the only migratory species in
reasonable numbers being Northern Parula. The Hooded continues at Gate 11
and I also saw the male hummer for the first time near the nest.
Warbler species (order seen):
Yellow 5
Ovenbird 18
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 8
Common Yellowthroat 9
Black-and-white 4
HOODED
Nashville
Pine 4
Yellow-rumped 3
Blue-winged 2
WORM-EATING 2 (different locations, neither singing)
Black-throated Green 1
Northern Waterthrush
Magnolia
Some other species:
Hairy Woodpecker
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Eastern Kingbird 3
Cedar Waxwing ~15
Veery
Wood Thrush
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-throated Sparrow 3
Purple Finch
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
cwnims(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Hooded Warbler - Muddy River
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 3:29pm
Hello All,
Jake Miller just called to report an adult male Hooded Warbler on the
Muddy River near the Landmark Center (237 Park Drive on the Boston
Side). He said it was associating with a couple of Magnolias.
Good Birding!!!
--
Andrew Birch
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com
857.350.2080
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Subject: Great Meadows NWR Waterbird Survey 5/13/2008
From: Jason_StSauver(AT)fws.gov
Date: 13 May 2008 4:36pm
The following species of waterfowl were counted during a recent waterbird
survey conducted at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge â~@~S Concord
Impoundments on Tuesday, May 13 2008:
Species Amount
Canada Goose 43
Wood Duck 14
Mallard 5
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Mute Swan 2
Hooded Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 1
If you have any questions regarding management at the Concord
Impoundments, please contact the Refuge biological staff at
978-443-4661 at ext 37, 24 or 23.
-------------------------------------------------
Jason St. Sauver
Biological Technician
Eastern MA NWR Complex
73 Weir Hill Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
978-443-4661 ext. 23
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Subject: 5/21 - Bats at Harvard Museum of Nat. History
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 6:06pm
Thanks to Karen Riggert and Michele Grzenda for the following
announcement of this meeting in Cambridge..
While bats are not birds, this may well be of interest to many of
you!
Barbara Volkle
Northborough, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
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Bats in Peril: Why Disease is Decimating Bat Colonies around New
England
Lecture by Tom French
Wednesday, May 21, 6:00 pm
In recent months, over a quarter million bats in Western
Massachusetts, Vermont, and New York have perished from a deadly
disease called white-nose syndrome. Tom French, from Massachusetts
Division of Wildlife and Fisheries, will discuss why we should be
concerned about this bat mortality and the effect it could have on
insect populations and other ecological issues. Free and open to the
public at 24 Oxford Street.
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Subject: Glossy Ibis - Newbury
From: d.skillman(AT)comcast.net
Date: 13 May 2008 6:42pm
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At about 9AM today, I counted 28 Glossy Ibis in the fields along Scotland Road
in Newbury. Photo at:
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97022108
Dennis Skillman
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Subject: Great Meadows highlights, 5/13
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 7:40pm
On an early evening walk at Great Meadows, three highlights:
Virginia Rail crossing the dike trail (seen by another birder behind me)
Great Crested Flycatcher, chattering by the boat ramp
Great Blue Heron with a fish in its beak -- watched it fly across the
NE impoundment then head north toward Ball's Hill, still carrying the fish
Lots of Oriole antics, more Marsh Wrens bubbling, Warbling Vireos
crooning, Blue-gray Gnatcathers buzzing, Yellowthroats and Yellow
Warblers singing around the parking lot, and the usual residents.
Beautiful, fragrant evening -- and still no bugs!
Cherrie Corey
Concord
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Subject: CT Report 05/13/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 13 May 2008 9:16pm
From Tina Green:
5/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- from the platform at
Mill Pond on the grass in the saltmarsh, one BROWN THRASHER feeding
out in the open on grass the near the platform; one SNOW GOOSE
persists amonst the Canada Geese on the rotary.
From Karen Fiske:
5/13 - Durham, yard -- 4 BLACK VULTURES circling high over my house,
new yard bird.
5/11 - Durham, Durham Meadows -- 6 BOBOLINKS.
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Subject: Forest Hills Cemetery - 5/13/08
From: Anne Haggerty <ah_pics(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 13 May 2008 10:12pm
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The wind made it difficult to find the smaller birds today, but I did see an
unusual goose at Forest Hills Cemetery. I've posted a picture here --
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25768381@N00/2491319516/
Is this a hybrid?
Anne
Anne Haggerty
Medford, MA
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