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Subject: RFI: heron/egret roost Salisbury
From: Linda Pivacek <lpivacek(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 8:24am
Has anyone checked out the heron/egret roost on Rt 1 in Salisbury
recently?
Please reply privately and I will send summary to Massbird.
Thank you,
Linda
Linda Pivacek, Nahant
lpivacek(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Belated photos from Monday's Whales & Seabirds
watch out of Newburyport
From: Julie Waters <julie(AT)riverartsproject.com>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 9:48am
I had meant to post this earlier in the week, especially since I
wanted to touch base about the storm petrels. Is anyone able to help
me figure out whether these are all Wilson's Storm Petrels or if
there is a pair of Leech's thrown in as well? Thanks --julie
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Like many whale watches, this one began with a cormorant [Mon, Jul 6,
2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5176.php
This northern gannet was just sitting in the water as the boat passed
[Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5177.php
Parasitic Jager, first I've ever seen [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5178.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5179.php
Common loon [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5180.php
This may be one of the best photos of a Greater Shearwater I've ever
taken [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5181.php
Sooty shearwater, taking off [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5182.php
Greater shearwaters, taking off [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5183.php
Wilson's storm-petrel (I am amazed every time I get decent photos of
these small birds) [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5184.php
This pair of Northern Gannets was hanging out on a raft until our
boat passed by. [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5185.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5186.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5187.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5188.php
Humpback whale fluke [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5189.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5190.php
Notice how the white rump on some of these storm petrels is split? I
think that marks them as Leech's, unstead of the much more common
Wilson's. [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5191.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5192.php
Wilson's storm petrel [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5193.php
Sooty shearwater [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5194.php
Humback whale [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5195.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5196.php
I'll write this up in more detail later, but the short version is
that this pair of humpback whales both jumped out of the water at
once, mouths wide open, to grab fish. I had never heard an entire
boat gasp at once before. [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5197.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5198.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5199.php
Humback whale [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5200.php
Greater shearwaters [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5201.php
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5202.php
Roseate tern, first I've ever found [Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5203.php
Just as the trip began with a cormorant, it ended with them as well
[Mon, Jul 6, 2009, Newburyport, MA]
http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/5204.php
--
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julie(AT)riverartsproject.com http://juliewaters.com/
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million
keyboards could produce the Complete Works of
Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know
this is not true.
--Robert Wilensky
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Subject: birds of Hawaii book?
From: bank1941(AT)comcast.net
Date: 11 Jul 2009 12:38pm
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Mber's, Can anyone recommend the best field guide for the subject?
Please respond off-line.
Many thanks, Joe paluzzi
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Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Stellwagen Bank , 7/9/09
From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 2:38pm
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To: petersonpaul63(AT)yahoo.com
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:33:29 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Stellwagen Bank , 7/9/09
Location: Stellwagen Bank
Observation date: 7/9/09
Notes: I also saw a large adult hooded gull with an all black bill whose
mantle appeared lighter than a Laughing Gull. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Number of species: 7
Cory's Shearwater 3
Greater Shearwater 65
Sooty Shearwater 3
Manx Shearwater 2
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 100
Northern Gannet 10
Herring Gull 50
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Rowley , 7/10/09
From: Paul Peterson <petersonpaul63(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 2:54pm
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Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 2:52:03 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Rowley , 7/10/09
Location: Rowley
Observation date: 7/10/09
Notes: I birded Red Gate Rd., Batchelder's Landing(near station), and
Stackyard Rd.(incl. Nelson Island). The three juv. Rose-breasted grosbeaks were
on Red Gate Rd., near the old landfill. A group of 20 Great Egrets were in a
tight pack, flying south in the evening. Maybe heading to Kettle Island in
Manchester. 20 Least Sandpipers were seen on the way out to Batchelders Landing.
Number of species: 52
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 1
Wild Turkey 5
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 28
Snowy Egret 7
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Willet 12
Least Sandpiper 24
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 10
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 7
Tree Swallow 100
Bank Swallow 22
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Marsh Wren 5
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 10
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 200
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow Warbler 5
Common Yellowthroat 5
Chipping Sparrow 3
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle X
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: Blockbusting AYER 2 Saturday 7/11
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 2:55pm
JULY 11: Central Mass Atlasers once again had a really successful
BLOCKBUSTING outing this morning. Today we covered AYER 2 which is mostly
in Lunenburg. The four teams of Atlasers today were Dan Berard; Deb Berard;
Sheila Carroll; Marci Driscoll; Simon Hennin; Alan Howes; Wendy Howes; Mark
Lynch; Alan Marble; and Donna Schilling. This was a tough block to cover
being mostly suburban and a definite victim of sprawl. The few areas of
farmlands still left are up for sale. There are few areas to pull a car
over, let alone hike. The site of the former Whalom Park is in this block,
as well as the western side of Lake Shirley, a typical overly built up
recreation-focused waterway. Despite that, Bald Eagles bred in the eastern
half of the lake this year, in a less built up cul-de-sac. This part of the
lake is in Middlesex County and another block. As usual, Atlasers kept in
touch via phone tree, and today this system worked out perfectly.
Despite all this, today atlasers managed a total of 74 species with 26
POSSIBLES; 5 PROBABLES and 43 CONFIRMED.
Among the CONFIRMED/PROBABLE species today were: Canada Goose; Broad-winged
Hawk; Red-tailed Hawk; Killdeer; Belted Kingfisher; Great Crested
Flycatcher; Carolina Wren; Eastern Bluebird; Chestnut-sided Warbler; Common
Yellowthroat; Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
POSSIBLE species included American Black Duck; Green Heron; Cooper’s Hawk;
Ruby-throated Hummingbird; Veery; Wood Thrush; Black and White Warbler;
Scarlet Tanager.
Probably the best species seen today were the (2) FISHERS seen by the Howes.
All teams remarked on the low numbers and poor species variety of tropical
migrant species like warblers. Though part of this was due to the small size
of the intermittent woodlots found in the block, part of the reason may also
be the extremely poor weather this area of the state has had in the last 3
weeks: torrential rain and lots of days of it; serious hailstorms, and some
storms with high winds.
Blockbusting is certainly the way to atlas blocks like Ayer 2, and remains a
really fun way to approach this project. I hope other counties get the
chance to organize similar efforts.
Mark Lynch
Moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: migrant passerine, already?
From: Timothy Spahr <tspahr(AT)cfa.harvard.edu>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 6:38pm
Hi Birders,
I had a single migrant warbler pass overhead
this morning in Marlborough at dawn. This
bird flew north to south, very high, and gave
several buzzy "zeet" flight notes, suggesting
it was a Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, or Yellow
Warbler. If pressed, I'd have to guess
it was a Yellow Warbler, as these are often
early migrants.
Seems funny to be talking about migrants already
when I'll be out atlasing tomorrow!
good birding
Tim Spahr
Marlborough
tspahr(AT)cfa.harvard.edu
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Subject: SSBC Plymouth Whale Watch Trip 7/11
From: "Michael Emmons" <michael.emmons(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 8:10pm
The annual South Shore Bird Club trip out of Plymouth had a fine showing of
birds
and whale action. We had very close breaches, tail lobbing and fin slaps by
several Humpbacks.
We passed a dozen or so rafts of mixed shearwaters.
Estimated highlights include:
Big bright star in the sky!! 1
Greater Shearwater 500-600
Sooty Shearwater 45
Cory's Shearwater 30
Northern Gannet 3 ad. 9 Juvenile
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 40
Short-billed Dowitchers 15 (Plymouth Beach)
Mike Emmons
michael.emmons(AT)comcast.net
Wilmington, MA
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Subject: CT Report 07/11/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 9:20pm
From Chris Loscalzo and the New Haven Bird Club birding group:
07/11/09 - East Hartford, behind Cabela's -- GRASSHOPPER SPARROW,
EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
South Windsor -- SEDGE WREN.
Simsbury, Great Pond State Forest -- MISSISSIPPI KITE.
From Ralph Amodei, NHBC Field Trip:
07/11/09 - East Hartford, behind Cabela's -- 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS.
From Rollin Tebbetts:
07/11/09 - South Windsor, Bradley Airport -- 1 American Woodcock.
From Hank Golet:
07/11/09 - Old Lyme, Watch Rock area -- 1 Least Bittern female in
creek.
From Frank Mantlik
07/11/09 - Stratford, Short Beach -- 6:50am, 1 BLACK SKIMMER. 5:30pm,
1 FORSTER'S TERN.
From David W Babington:
07/11/09 - Roxbury, Topland Farm on Painter Hill Rd, telephone pole
#834 -- No Sedge Wren seen or heard.
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Subject: Re: RFI: heron/egret roost Salisbury
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 9:28pm
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Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Hatches Harbor, Provincetown ,
7/11/09
From: "John Hoye & Audrey McCarthy" <lt.jaeger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 Jul 2009 9:58pm
We went out the Fire Road and the weather was very nice. Apparently lots of
bait fish on ocean as many feeding terns, shearwaters, gulls and a very good
jaeger show. The Long tailed jaeger was a 1c and not light
John and Audrey
John Hoye, wayland
Lt.Jaeger(AT)verizon.net
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To: <Lt.jaeger(AT)verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:46 PM
Subject: eBird Report - Hatches Harbor, Provincetown , 7/11/09
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> Location: Hatches Harbor, Provincetown
> Observation date: 7/11/09
> Notes: Young Chipping Sparrows<br>Family group of yellowthroats
> Number of species: 40
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> Common Eider (Atlantic) - Somateria mollissima dresseri 20
> Cory's Shearwater (borealis) - Calonectris diomedea borealis 20
> Greater Shearwater - Puffinus gravis 10
> Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus 2
> Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 2
> Northern Harrier - Circus cyaneus 1
> Black-bellied Plover - Pluvialis squatarola 1
> Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus 1
> Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus 3
> Willet - Tringa semipalmata 2
> Short-billed Dowitcher (Atlantic) - Limnodromus griseus griseus 12
> Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla 100
> Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 12
> Herring Gull (American) - Larus argentatus smithsonianus 120
> Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 30
> Roseate Tern - Sterna dougallii 6
> Common Tern - Sterna hirundo 200
> Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea 20
> Forster's Tern - Sterna forsteri 1
> Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus 2
> Long-tailed Jaeger - Stercorarius longicaudus 1
> jaeger sp. - Stercorarius sp. 3
> Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 1
> American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 1
> Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 6
> Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 1
> Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 3
> American Robin - Turdus migratorius 2
> Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
> Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1
> Pine Warbler - Dendroica pinus 2
> Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 6
> Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 1
> Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 6
> Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 2
> Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis 1
> Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Ammodramus caudacutus 1
> Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 2
> Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 2
> American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 4
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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