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Subject: Vandalism at Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary
From: "John Galluzzo" <jgalluzzo(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 8:12am
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Sent on behalf of Sue MacCallum, director of Mass Audubon's South Shore
Sanctuaries:
=20
Some of you may know of the vandalism that has taken place at Daniel
Webster Wildlife Sanctuary over the past year or so. Damage has included
broken benches, smashed windows, stolen signs, scorched displays, and
more. Unfortunately, we are unable to repair some of the damaged areas.
The broken windows in the bird blind alone would cost over $1,500 to
replace, so the windows will be removed for now.
=20
The Marshfield Police have been notified, incident reports have been
filed, and they are making extra patrols of the area, but we need your
help. Many of you have met our caretaker, Tammy Serata. Tammy does a
great job in keeping an eye on the site, but obviously can't always be
there.=20
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If you are at the sanctuary and see anything suspicious, please contact
the police and let us know so that we can continue to gather
documentation. With your help I'm sure we can put a stop to this
senseless damage. Thank you for your support and interest in our efforts
to protect and conserve this amazing site.
=20
Sue MacCallum
Sue MacCallum
Sanctuary Director
South Shore Sanctuaries
smaccallum(AT)massaudubon.org
781-837-9400
John Galluzzo
Adult Education Coordinator
Citizen Science Coordinator
Mass Audubon South Shore Sanctuaries
2000 Main Street
Marshfield MA 02050
jgalluzzo(AT)massaudubon.org
www.massaudubon.org/southshorejournal
781-837-9400
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Subject: Provincetown Seabirds; Tues., 7 July 2009
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 7:44am
Massbird has cut off most of my post twice. I'll try again:
TUESDAY, 7 JULY 2009:
PROVINCETOWN, MA (0805-1150, 1220-1700 hrs.)
Weather: Partly cloudy becoming overcast by 1200, occasional rain
showers after 1300, 62 F.
Richard S. Heil (and Blair Nikula until 1150 hrs.)
I spent 7 hours watching from Race Point Beach below the parking lot,
with one walk to Herring Cove late morning to look for roosting terns
and gulls. There was a very good shearwater show in the morning from
the Race, but the real numbers occurred in the afternoon. I threw
all out of my A.M. shearwater numbers (2+ hours) and began counting
fresh when a steady and intense stream of shearwaters began parading
past east to west along the Race Point Beach at 1220 hours. I remain
in situ another 4.5+ hours as the remarkable seemingly unstoppable
flow continued unabated until it began to finally diminish around
1700, just before heavy rain arrived. All birds were moving
unidirectionally, even those smaller numbers far offshore, although
the densest stream for the entire period was only roughy 1/4 to 1/2
mile off the beach! Occasionally a feeding frenzy would momentarily
ensue en route when tuna or strippers drove bait to the surface. An
amazing show!
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Subject: EXTREME OVERNIGHT PELAGIC TRIP: AUG 22,23
From: "Ida Giriunas" <Ida8(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 9:42am
BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB EXTREME OVERNIGHT PELAGIC TRIP AUG. 22, 23- 2009
Folks:
There are still spots available on this trip. It is an opportunity which
may not be repeated. We have been finding and photographing exciting birds
and mammals out there in the warmer waters off the continental shelf on
several one-day trips. By staying overnight, we hope to find more. We will
begin birding from Hyannis in the morning, arrive at the shelf in the early
afternoon, stay the night (will the storm-petrels be attracted to the lights
on the boat?), then be able to spend the morning looking for more birds
around the canyons, start home around noon and be looking for more birds on
the way.
Destination: HYDROGRAPHER, VEATCH'S, ATLANTIS CANYONS, MASSACHUSETTS
90 miles southeast of Nantucket, MA.
Departure point: Helen H Dock, 136 Pleasant St., Hyannis, MA
Trip length (approximate): 36 hrs- 5:00AM, Saturday to 6:00PM Sunday.
Trip limited to 50 participants.
Cost: $290.00 for BBC members, $310.00 for non-members.
Trip costs may be adjusted for extra fuel charges.
Comments: Leaders: Rick Heil, Steve Mirick, Jeremiah Trimble and Marshall
Iliff. We have a very enthusiastic and experienced captain & crew. The Helen
H is a chartered, comfortable, fast, 100-foot fishing boat with a full
galley and padded bunks. The first 38 who register will have the
opportunity to take a bunk.
Expected on the trip: Cory's, Greater, Sooty, Manx, and Audubon's
Shearwaters. Leach's Storm-Petrel and all three jaegers. Rare birds seen:
Macaronesian Shearwater (2007); White-faced Storm-Petrel (2006); Band-rumped
Storm-Petrel (2004, 2008); both skuas (2004); Bridled Tern (2006 & 2007,
2008. Anything is possible. We have never been out overnight.
Marine mammals & fishes: Fin, Humpback, Minke, Long-finned Pilot, Beaked and
Sperm Whales. Grampus, Saddle-back, and Bottlenose Dolphins. Basking, Blue,
Mako, and Hammerhead Sharks. Tuna. Loggerhead Turtle.
Contact the trip organizer: Ida Giriunas Massachusetts, Cell: 781-929-8772;
email:ida8(AT)verizon.net; for the Brookline Bird Club http://massbird.org/bbc)
Ida Giriunas
Reading, MA
<ida8(AT)verizon.net>
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Subject: Provincetown Guillemot and other Seabirds July 9
From: Frederick Atwood <fredatwood(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 2:32pm
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When I arrived at Race Point at about 6:45 Blair Nikula had already been th=
ere for about an hour. The birds reported below were after he left from abo=
ut 7:30 to about 9:30 when the steadily streaming birds slowed to a trickle=
, but they were still passing steadily.=A0 ALmost all the birds were quite =
close to shore and the light was great as they flew parallel to the shore t=
o the right (east). I saw very little feeding behavior and very few birds p=
erched on the water.
Best bird was a gorgeous breeding plumage=A0BLACK GUILLEMOT=A0flying betwee=
n me and the stream of shearwaters. Quite a nice surprise.
I carefully counted the sooty shearwaters, corys shearwaters, and gannets. =
Other large numbers were relative estimates based on those counts.=A0 These=
are in addition to whatever Blair reports from his earlier count.
=A0
Greater Shearwater (about 4X sooties) =3D about 15,000
Sooty Shearwater 3875
Cory's Shearwater 950
Manx Shearwater 3
Pomarine Jaeger 1 in addition to the one seen with Blair
Parasitic Jaeger 2
jaeger sp 1 (still trying for my long-tailed)
Gannet 153
Wilson's Strom Petrel about 450 (about=A0.5X Cory's)
Black Tern 1 ad in addition to the one seen with Blair
Roseate Tern 2
Common Eider 1
=A0
All the best
Fred
Frederick D. Atwood, Chatham
Flint Hill School, 10409 Academic Dr, Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-1675=20
http://www.agpix.com/fredatwood
http://www.flinthill.org
http://tea.armadaproject.org/tea_atwoodfrontpage.html
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Subject: Buzzard's Bay - Dunlin, Black Scoter
From: Evan Dalton <evanndalton(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 5:10pm
Today I saw two Dunlin flying by in the marshes on Taylor's Point
(behind the maritime academy) in Buzzards Bay. I wasn't expecting them
for a little while! Also seen were ~25 Common Terns feeding their
young, 4 Roseate Terns gathering food for their young who haven't
arrived in the bay yet, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Common Loon (basic
plumage) 2 Green Herons, 6 Common Eider and a pair of Black Scoter
(male and female) that have been hanging around for over a week now.
Cheers,
Evan Dalton
Kingston, MA
evanndalton(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Mulberry tree Cooper's Hawk
From: Goshawk3(AT)aol.com
Date: 9 Jul 2009 5:58pm
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Ho, ho! What an experience I had yesterday in my raspberry bush-mulberry
tree patch. I was picking black raspberries when a Cooper's Hawk swooped down
under the mulberry trees not twenty feet from me, and grabbed some
screaming bird from the collection eating mulberry fruit, and zipped off, hotly
pursued by a bunch of angry parent birds of several species. Whew!
Denise Cabral
Walnut St.,West Bridgewater
goshawk3 AT aol.com
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Subject: Immature Little Blue Heron???? Fairhaven
From: Carolyn Longworth <bvm1290(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 6:00pm
After a scary but thankfully minor fire at my library in Fairhaven, I went for
lunch to the marsh behind Atlas Tack on Egypt Lane. Saw some parent crows
watching an Osprey...there were young crows around.
When I turned to look at the other side, I saw a great egret, but when I looked
in my bins, it had a blue bill and legs. I took some pictures and went back to
the car for my scope and book, but when I returned it was gone.
what do you think?
http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/8757052_tQSi5#586617827_rkVbD
Carolyn Longworth
Acushnet, MA
bvm1290atcomcast.net
Bird Pages at:
http://home.comcast.net/~birdpage/birdblog.htm
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/bvm1290&tag=Birds
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Subject: Provincetown Seabirds; Tues., 7 July 2009
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 7:10pm
Last try. If the post still is cut off without complete list, those
interested can go to
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/SEAB.html#1247101111
Seabirds listserve to read the entire post.
TUESDAY, 7 JULY 2009:
PROVINCETOWN, MA (0805-1150, 1220-1700 hrs.)
Weather: Partly cloudy becoming overcast by 1200, occasional rain
showers after 1300, 62 F.
Richard S. Heil (and Blair Nikula until 1150 hrs.)
I spent 7 hours watching from Race Point Beach below the parking lot,
with one walk to Herring Cove late morning to look for roosting terns
and gulls. There was a very good shearwater show in the morning from
the Race, but the real numbers occurred in the afternoon. I threw
all out of my A.M. shearwater numbers (2+ hours) and began counting
fresh when a steady and intense stream of shearwaters began parading
past east to west along the Race Point Beach at 1220 hours. I remain
in situ another 4.5+ hours as the remarkable seemingly unstoppable
flow continued unabated until it began to finally diminish around
1700, just before heavy rain arrived. All birds were moving
unidirectionally, even those smaller numbers far offshore, although
the densest stream for the entire period was only roughy 1/4 to 1/2
mile off the beach! Occasionally a feeding frenzy would momentarily
ensue en route when tuna or strippers drove bait to the surface. An
amazing show!
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Subject: raptor event
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 7:48pm
With permission of the moderator I am forwarding a news release I
received from Hunt's Photo and Video. I know no more about the event
than I am posting, so please refer questions to them.
--------------------------------------------
Master falconer Jonathan Wood will perch his spectacular raptors in the
parking lot of Hunt’s Photo and Video, 100 Main Street, Melrose, on
Sunday, July 26th, for a day of free, public demonstrations, education
and photo sessions with the charismatic fliers. The presentations will
take place at 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm. The location is
handicapped accessible.
Wood, a renowned wildlife educator, consultant and Nikon pro-birding
staff member is the founder and president of Raptor Project, Inc., which
trains and cares for the world’s largest traveling display of birds of
prey. He tours the country with his wife, Susan, daughter, Rachel, and
his collection of predatory birds, demonstrating each species’ unique
characteristic while drawing legions of enthusiasts with his humorous,
energetic and entertaining presentations. The breathtaking beauties,
which range in size from range in size from small falcons and owls
weighing 2-3 ounces to majestic eagles with 7- and 8-foot wingspans,
command respect and admiration from people of all ages.
At Hunt’s, Wood will introduce his celebrity snowy owl - Sedgwick from
the Harry Potter movies - as well as raptors from every habitat on
earth. Each 45-minute show will provide a virtual expedition to far-away
rainforests, prairies, deserts, wetlands, and wilderness destinations.
To find out more about this and other upcoming events at Hunt’s, visit
www.huntsphotoandvideo.com or phone (781) 662-8822, 800-221-1830.
--
Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: P'town seabirds - 7/9
From: Blair Nikula <odenews(AT)odenews.org>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 8:54pm
As previously posted by Fred Atwood, the P'town shearwater spectacle
continues unabated. Today, in marked contrast to two days ago,
almost all birds were moving west to east. When I arrived at Race
Point Beach at 5:50, birds were streaming past, virtually all over
the rip line close to shore. For the next half hour I just counted
shearwaters, totaling 4000 in 30 minutes. After about 45 minutes the
pace had slowed and by 7:00 was a relative trickle (though still at a
rate that in most any other year would have constituted a good
flight!). The proportion of Sooty Shearwaters this morning was much
higher than on any of my previous visits. Jaegers, on the other
hand, were much less evident. My totals (0550 - 0710 hrs.; partly
cloudy; Wind ENE@10-15mph; Visibility good):
450 Cory's Shearwaters (all moving west to east)
4500 Greater Shearwaters (all moving west to east)
2500 Sooty Shearwaters (all moving west to east)
7 Manx Shearwaters (all moving west to east)
2000 lg. shearwaters (all moving south to north on the eastern horizon early)
50 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
375 N. Gannets (many more than I've seen in the past 2-3 weeks; 2 adults)
1 Bonaparte's Gull
900 Laughing Gulls (all moving west to east); the largest number of
this species I've seen yet)
250 Herring Gulls
40 Great Black-backed Gulls
15 Least Terns
1 Black Tern (ad.)
300 Common Terns
2 Arctic Terns (probably others slipped by while I was focused on shearwaters)
1 Pomarine Jaegers (ad. or near-ad.)
1 Parasitic Jaeger (sub-ad.)
Herring Cove (0720 - 0740 hrs.):
16 Common Eider
1 White-winged Scoter
30 Cory's Shearwaters (all flying north)
30 Greater Shearwaters (all flying north)
60 Sooty Shearwaters (all flying north)
300 lg. shearwaters (distant, many heading southwest)
40 Wilson's Storm-Petrels
3 N. Gannets
1 Bonaparte's Gulls
75 Laughing Gulls
350 Common Terns (most sitting at Hatches Harbor; probably some other
species mixed in)
1 Parasitic Jaeger (1cy.)
Blair Nikula
2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/
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Subject: CT Report 07/09/2009 SEDGE WREN
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 9 Jul 2009 9:34pm
From Donna Rose Smith:
07/09/09 - Roxbury, Painter Ridge rd., Topland Farm -- Sedge Wren 5:15
am.
From Carl Ekroth:
07/09/09 - West Haven, Sandy Pt, with Arne Rosengren & John Maynard --
1 BLACK SKIMMER, 1 NELSONS SPARROW.
07/09/09 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- KING
EIDER continues at the end of the moraine trail.
From Fran and Tom Holloway:
07/09/09 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park --- At the end of the
Moraine Trail on Meigs Point, the immature male KING EIDER continues.
Two ROSEATE TERNS. LITTLE BLUE HERON in the adjoining marsh. About
9:00 am.
From Tina Green:
07/09/09 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- (8-8:45AM) 1 Brown
Thrasher,
From Patrick Comins:
07/09/09 - Stratford, southern edge of the marsh at the Stratford
Great Meadows Unit of Stewart B. McKinney NWR (seen from Pleasure
Beach) -- two Common Ravens calling from the ground.
From Glenn and Beth Williams:
07/08/09 - Stonington, Stonington Point -- 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS
visible for over a half hour at the western side of the southernmost
breakwater.
From Renee Baade w/Neil Currie:
07/08/09 - Simsbury -- one MISSISSIPPI KITE seen over Great Pond, late
morning, off Great Pond Rd.
From John Oshlick, others:
07/09/09 - Roxbury -- SEDGE WREN seen but mostly heard, morning.
From: Donna Marschalk:
07/06/09 - Southbury, Spruce Brook Road, upper end of road near
intersection of Purchase Brook Rd -- BROWN THRASHER flitting in and
out of a hedgerow.
From Patrick Dugan, Frank Gallo:
07/06/09 - Roxbury, Topland Farm, Painter Hill Rd, at telephone pole
#834 south of road and east of white barns -- SEDGE WREN at 8:25 PM.
From Jim Dugan with Patrick Dugan, Greg Hanisek, Renee Baade, Neil
Currie, Olaf Soltau, Tom Hook:
07/06/09 - Roxbury, Topland Farm, Painter Hill Rd, at telephone pole
#834 south of road and east of white barns -- SEDGE WREN singing in
hayfield, 630 am.
From Tony Hager:
07/06/09 - Middletown, over the science tower at Wesleyan -- 1:30 PM,
2 BLACK VULTURES.
07/08/09 - Middletown, Randolph Road near Rt 9 -- Peregrine Falcon in
flight being attacked by a songbird.
From Bob Dewire:
07/05/09 - Stonington, Stonington Point -- 1 WILSON'S STORM PETREL in
the waters west of the offshore breakwater where Glenn Williams
reported some later.
East Lyme, at Exit 74 on I-95 -- 2 BLACK VULTURES on the light pole.
From Chris Nevins:
07/05/09 - Shelton, Bridgeport Avenue -- three Common Ravens
dumpster diving at the Outback Steakhouse and hanging on the rock wall
above.
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