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Subject: Halibut Point State Park, Rockport 12-03-09
From: "Jeffrey Offermann" <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 8:55am
Massbirders,
Sorry for the late post. I birded Halibut Point State Park in Rockport
yesterday, 12-03-09 for 90 minutes from 1330-1500. One surprise: a very late
Blackpoll Warbler, an apparent first fall female at the beginning of the
Bayview Trail, foraging in a Juniper. Bird was well seen at close range.
Location: Cape Ann--Halibut Point SP
Observation date: 12/3/09
Number of species: 31
Common Eider - Somateria mollissima 39
Harlequin Duck - Histrionicus histrionicus 16
White-winged Scoter - Melanitta fusca 56
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 2
Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator 8
Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata 4
Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus 1
Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena 1
Northern Gannet - Morus bassanus 25
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 65 * smithsonianus (American)
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus 35
Razorbill - Alca torda 3 Flying south rather close to the Point.
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 3
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 6
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 7
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 15
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 7
Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 1 Seen well at the start of
Bay View Trail. Overall greenish upperparts, yellowish breast with blurry
flank streaks. Yellowish-pink legs and feet. Though not the latest record
for Massachusetts, it is my personal latest.
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 2
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 18
Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 1
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 2
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 10
Jeffrey Offermann
offermannATcomcastDOTnet
Somerville
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: Friday, December 4 - Black-headed gull, Scituate
From: "John Galluzzo" <jgalluzzo(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 1:17pm
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Mass Audubon's South Shore Sanctuaries Friday Morning Birders stuck to
Marshfield this morning, tallying 52 species, including a BLACK-HEADED
GULL seen from "The Spit" at Third Cliff. While there we also had a very
close, fifteen minute encounter with a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS feeding in
the wrackline, at times less than ten feet away from us. Here are the
highlights:
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Judge Cushing Road Causeway
2 wood ducks
Great blue heron
Red-tailed hawk
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The Spit
Brant
1 black-headed gull
2 savannah sparrows (Ipswich)
20 snow buntings
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Musquashicut Pond
5 green-winged teals
1 greater yellowlegs
1 Bonaparte's gull
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Minot Beach
40 harlequin ducks
Surf scoters
White-winged scoters
Long-tailed ducks
Red-breasted mergansers
Common loons
Horned grebes
Red-necked grebes
Double-crested cormorants
Great cormorant
14 purple sandpipers
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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: MacGillivray's and orange-crowned warblers
continue at Fenway
From: Peter Oehlkers <peter.oehlkers(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 1:55pm
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The MacGillivray's was in the weeping willow near the Special Needs Garden
(Victory Garden rows D, E) around 10:30 this morning (12/4). The
orange-crowned joined it later. They seemed to be interacting.
Peter Oehlkers
smilingpond.blogspot.com
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The MacGillivray's was in the weeping willow near the Special Needs Gar=
den (Victory Garden rows D, E) around 10:30 this morning (12/4).=A0 The ora=
nge-crowned joined it later. They seemed to be interacting. <br><br>Peter O=
ehlkers<br>
<a href=3D"http://smilingpond.blogspot.com">smilingpond.blogspot.com</a><br=
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Subject: Falmouth Area
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 2:59pm
I spent some time birding in Falmouth today checking several of the many ponds
in the area and found the following:
Canada Goose - 174
Mute Swan - 26
Gadwall - 10
American Wigeon - 86
American Black Duck - 23
Mallard - 145
Canvasback - 2 (Little Pond)
Redhead - 1 (Male, Mill Pond behind Libary on Rte 28)
Ring-necked Duck - 22
Greater Scaup - 19
Lesser Scaup - 130
Greater/Lesser Scaup - 1300 (Flock of 1200 Siders Pond)
Common Eider - 155
Bufflehead - 150
Common Goldeneye - 37
Hooded Merganser - 89
Common Merganser - 10
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Ruddy Duck - 33
Common Loon - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
Great Blue Heron - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Coot - 18
Ring-billed Gull - 30
Herring Gull - 42
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 11
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 5
Blue Jay - 11
American Crow - 23
Fish Crow - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 49
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 9
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
European Starling - 15
Song Sparrow - 32
White-throated Sparrow - 14
Dark-eyed Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 21
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow - 21
Before leaving Mashpee this morning I observed a flock of 33 Fish Crows along
Route 151 near Andy's Market.
Mary Keleher,
Mashpee, MA
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Subject: Re: MacGillivray's and orange-crowned warblers
continue at Fenway
From: Fred <fred(AT)cetussoft.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 3:32pm
> The MacGillivray's was in the weeping willow near the Special Needs
> Garden (Victory Garden rows D, E) around 10:30 this morning (12/4).
> The orange-crowned joined it later. They seemed to be interacting.
Isn't it a bit late in the season for some of these neat birds that
are still hangin' around to still be hangin' around "up" here? I guess
the MacGillivray's especially is not really an eastern bird, and the
orange-crowned only somewhat more so, thus their migration patterns
may be a bit "ad libbed", but winter ~is~ comin'...
Fred
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Subject: East Boston: Monk Parakeets 12/4
From: Tim Factor <tef617(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 4:07pm
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A pair of Monk Parakeets were in East Boston this afternoon, last at 3:10 on
a light pole near the corner of Brooks and Bremen, near the East Boston Y
where George Cumming reported a single one a couple of days ago and not far
from Jeffrey's Point where a pair had been reported to Marj Rines a couple
of weeks ago. If they're escapees so far they've acclimated well to life on
the lam as they seem healthy and robust - I could hear them screeching from
the other end of Bremen St Park, a few hundred feet away.
Tim Factor
Boston
tef617(AT)gmail.com
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A pair of Monk Parakeets were in East Boston this afternoon, last at 3:10 o=
n a light pole near the corner of Brooks and Bremen, near the East Boston Y=
where George Cumming reported a single one a couple of days ago and not fa=
r from Jeffrey's Point where a pair had been reported to Marj Rines a c=
ouple of weeks ago. If they're escapees so far they've acclimated w=
ell to life on the lam as they seem healthy and robust - I could hear them =
screeching from the other end of Bremen St Park, a few hundred feet away.<b=
r>
<br>Tim Factor<br>Boston<br><a href=3D"mailto:tef617(AT)gmail.com">tef617@gmai=
l.com</a><br>
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Subject: Wayland
From: Glenn Long <hdtwblg(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 4:25pm
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Birds seen today(4/December/2009) in Wayland at the Upper Mill Brook C=
onservation Area (trailhead behind the Peace Lutheran Church on Route 126):
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Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose (24)
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker (pr)
Downy Woodpecker (4)
Hairy Woodpecker (3)
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay (12)
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee (10)
Tufted Titmouse (6)
White-breasted Nuthatch (4)
Brown Creeper (4-5)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (4)
Eastern Bluebird (m)
American Robin (3)
European Starling (3)
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow (3)
Swamp Sparrow (3)
White-throated Sparrow (20)
Dark-eyed Junco (45-50)
Northern Cardinal (5)
Red-winged Blackbird (100+)
House Finch (4)
American Goldfinch (6)
House Sparrow (4)
Glenn Long
Natick
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Subject: Advocate article on state habitat conservation
for rare species
From: opihi(AT)mindspring.com
Date: 4 Dec 2009 5:19pm
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10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;color:black;}p{m=
argin:0px}</style></head><body id=3D"compText">Hi MassBirders,<br><br>Last =
week's Valley Advocate (weekly liberal arts & entertainment paper) head=
lined a disturbing article on efforts to greatly weaken the agency that pro=
tects rare species in Massachusetts, the Natural Heritage and Endangered Sp=
ecies Program: <br><br>http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=3D1091=
2<br><br>The legislation in question is opposed by the Massachusetts Audubo=
n Society and 67 other conservation groups across the state.<br><br>The art=
icle notes that nearly all of the legislators in support of the bill hail f=
rom the western part of the state; 11 of the 16 co-sponsors represent distr=
icts located in Hamden County. Those interviewed for the article, some of w=
hom are otherwise staunch conservationists, cite complaints from their cons=
tituents as the main reason that they are supporting this bill. This sugges=
ts that the best way to support MAS and other conservation groups, and oppo=
se the bill, would be to contact your own state rep and relate your own opi=
nions about endangered species protection and NHESP specifically.<br><br>Go=
od birding,<br><br>Josh Rose<br>Amherst<br><br></body>
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Subject: Fwd: [RIBIRDS] Adult male TUFTED DUCK @
E.Providence Res. [ " Jack Sullivan " [Seekonk MA.]
From: jackjsully(AT)aol.com
Date: 4 Dec 2009 5:49pm
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Sent: Thu, Dec 3, 2009 3:23 pm
Subject: [RIBIRDS] Adult male TUFTED DUCK @ E.Providence Res. [ " Jack Sul=
livan " ]
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The TUFTED DUCK can be seen by walking north on the new board walk on the=
east side of the Ten Mile River, which is off Rt 114A [Pleasant St]. Park=
in the parking area on the Seekonk side of the bridge and this is the tra=
ilhead for the new boardwalk.Walk north for 1/4 mile until you
come to the impoundment at the very southerly end of the East Providence\T=
urner Reservoir.The duck was in the company of about 90 Scaup.
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Good birding,
Jack Sullivan
Rumford,RI =20
The TUFTED DUCK can be seen by walking north on the new board walk on the=
east side of the Ten Mile River, which is off Rt 114A [Pleasant St]. Park=
in the parking area on the Seekonk side of the bridge and this is the tra=
ilhead for the new boardwalk.Walk north for 1/4 mile until you
come to the impoundment at the very southerly end of the East Providence\T=
urner Reservoir.The duck was in the company of about 90 Scaup.
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Good birding,
Jack Sullivan
Rumford,RI =20
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Subject: Dog Aggression at Fresh Pond
From: "Jim Barton" <redwingatfp1986(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 5:49pm
Hello. I have sent William Freedberg the information he requested
offline on complaining about dog aggression at Fresh Pond. I will very much
like to hear from any other birders who have been harassed or attacked
during 2009. I will be happy to refer them to the appropriate authorities.
Uncontrolled, loose dogs have long been a problem at Fresh Pond.
Cambridge residents are permitted to allow licensed dogs to run off leash
provided they are under voice control. But, of course, many dogs are not
under voice control, despite what their owners claim. Non-residents are not
permitted to run dogs off leash, but, of course, they do.
Dog owners have a loud, single-minded lobby.
The City of Cambridge intends the Fresh Pond Reservation to be an
aesthetic, environmental, educational and recreational resource for a wide
variety of users, birders included. One dog attack is one too many, never
mind three, and three on the same person.
Uncontrolled, loose dogs clearly also pose problems of public health and
safety.
Yours,
Jim Barton
Cambridge, MA
member, Fresh Pond Master Plan Advisory Board
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Subject: CT Report 12/04/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 10:23pm
From Jim Link and Pat McNichol:
12/04/09 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 1 CATTLE EGRET behind
the Nature Center around 10:30am. It flew toward Willard's Island but
could not be relocated.
From Nick Bonomo:
12/04/09 - New Haven, East Shore Park -- active and vocal
Orange-crowned Warbler was present along the north edge around midday.
From Frank Mantlik:
12/04/09 - Westport -- 1 Peregrine Falcon (a local breeder) has been
present daily early mornings at least (7-7:30am) atop the western RR
bridge tower across the Saugatuck River (past 4 days). It seems to
hunt from this high perch.
From Ernie Harris & five students, teacher:
12/04/09 - East Hartford, East Hartford High -- around 1PM, six BLACK
VULTURES soaring together for c. five minutes.
From SH Johnston:
12/04/09 - Farmington, the Meadows -- 1 SNOW GOOSE (white) continues
with Canada Geese, in the field south of Meadow Road just near the "V"
intersecton with Red Oak Hill Rd. Near the farm stand. Close the
road at 8am, good views.
From Arthur Shippee
12/04/09 - Hamden, North Lake Dr -- 1 BROWN CREEPER.
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Subject: Great Meadows walk, Sat. Dec. 12, 9-11 am
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 11:05pm
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A Sense of Place: Exploring the Landscape at Great Meadows
Saturday, December 12, 9-11 a.m.
A continuing series of monthly walks exploring the plants, landscape,
and seasonal wonders of Great Meadows in Concord. As the essential
landscape reveals itself, we'll explore the ephemeral wonders of
early morning ice, frosty foliage, and the prisms of light that adorn
the trails.
No pre-registration required. A $5/person voluntary donation will be
gratefully accepted.
Led by Cherrie Corey, local naturalist and botanist
Cherrie has been communing with the flora and fauna of Great Meadows
for much of her life. As the N.E. Wild Flower Society's first
education director, a board member for the Mass. Environmental
Education Society, and former Executive Director of the Harvard
Museums of Cultural and Natural History, she has long dedicated
herself to inspiring a deeper connection to the natural world.
Co-sponsored by Musketaquid and Friends of Assabet River NWR
Meet at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, MA
(Monsen Road, off Rte. 62, driveway on left where road curves right)
For questions, email cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Plum Island Raptor Highlights 12.4.09
From: Paul Roberts <phawk254(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Dec 2009 11:13pm
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Gorgeous day on Plum Island, but otherwise very quiet. Shovelers, scaup
species, and a few Green-winged Teal were enjoying San Diego weather. Made =
a
point of working the island an hour either side of near astronomical high
tide.
Northern Harrier 4 (3 imm, 1 ad. fem)
Bald Eagle 1 ad
Red-tailed Hawk 1 ad
Peregrine Falcon 1 imm
The Bald Eagle flew across the road just south of the Old Pines, emptying
the marsh of all ducks and geese. The eagle then tee=B9d up on Grape Island.
Quite likely the same bird we saw a week ago. Rather small, so presumably a=
n
adult male.
Remarkably few Black Ducks were south of Hellcat in the marsh; less than tw=
o
hundred max. Slightly more were in the marsh behind the salt pannes.
Overall, Black Duck numbers are perhaps a tenth, certainly no more than a
fifth, of what I would expect normally at this time of year.
The immature Peregrine Falcon looked very lean. Not small, but very thin.
Did not look nearly as substantial as the two immature Peregrines seen two
weeks earlier.=20
A couple reported an adult Northern Shrike in the Old Pines.
Paul
Paul M. Roberts
Medford, MA
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