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Subject: Capital Chapter trip- delayed start
From: RAQbirds(AT)aol.com
Date: 4 Apr 2008 9:20am
Hello everyone
I have decided to run my Capital Chapter trip tomorrow, Saturday, but to
delay the start until 9 AM due to the weather.
The plan is still to spend most of the day in the Concord area looking for
waterfowl and other early migrants so bring your boots and a snack and meet me
at the McLane Center on Silk Farm Road at 9:00 am. If you can only join me
for the morning that is fine too.
Bob
Robert A. Quinn
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P O Box 1974
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Subject: Birding on the Connecticut River
From: "Peter Manship" <maddog54l(AT)tds.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 8:46am
Just to add to Eric's report I birded the Connecticut River from
BellowsFalls to the Christmas tree farm and on to Charlestown NH and down to
Walpole and back to BF. Highlight of the day was my Nemesis bird the notorious
Brown Creeper , Photo at
http://carolandpetes.blogspot.com/2008/04/birding-connecticut-river-4-3-08.ht
ml Which made my day.
in addition to Eric's report I saw:
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Barred Owl - 1
Coopers Hawk - 1
Raft of Ringed-necked Ducks - 57
wood ducks ,hooded mergansers,mallards,black ducks Canada geese all in good
numbers
Good Birding.
Peter and Carol
Lake Pauline
Ludlow Vt.
http://carolandpetes.blogspot.com
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Subject: CT River
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 1:27am
Another beautiful day on the river and one less vacation day, but well
worth it. Nothing rare but a few neat birds and numbers. Main action
is Charlestown and Hinsdale at dusk. Highlights and cumulative totals
from Charlestown to Hinsdale.
Canada Goose - 3833
Snow Goose - 8
Wood Duck - 154
Mallard - 311
Black Duck - 281
Gadwall - 6
Northern Pintail - B
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for
people
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Subject: Rochester WWTP, Pickering
From: Michael <nhsun100(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 10:27am
The Rochester WWTP yielded a few birds on 4/4/08, conditions, clear and sunny:
Killdeer 7
Robins
Downy woodpecker
Mallards
Ring-billed gulls
Heron gulls
Crows
Chickadees
Song sparrows
Mallards
Canada geese 2
I walked part way around Pickering Ponds in Rochester which still has the
hindrance of snow on the paths. These birds were observable and heard:
Robins 10+
Chickadees 6
Song sparrows 5
Cardinals - a pair
Goldfinches 2
Heron gulls many (flying)
1 hawk (undetermined) -flew quickly along the Cocheco River
Crows 8
Blue jays 2
On another recent trip there, juncos and Eastern phoebes were also seen.
Michael Pachomski
Rochester, NH
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Subject: foy blue-winged teal
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 11:22am
The full list from yesterday did not go through. Here it is again
Another beautiful day on the river and one less vacation day, but well
worth it. Ran into Phil Brown, Lance Tanino, and Dan from Stonewall Farm at
Hinsdale. Nothing rare but a few neat birds and numbers. Main action is at
Charlestown and Hinsdale at dusk. Highlights and cumulative totals:
from Charlestown to Hinsdale.
Canada Goose - 3833
Snow Goose - 8
Wood Duck - 154
Mallard - 311
Black Duck - 281
Gadwall - 6
Northern Pintail - 7
Green-winged Teal - 45
Blue-winged Teal - 1(FOY)
Lesser Scaup - 4
Ring-necked Duck - 45
Bufflehead - 6
Common Merganser - 94
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Harrier - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (spotted by Phil)
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 462
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people
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Subject: Chatham Birds
From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob(AT)fairpoint.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 12:59pm
Today as the snow started to fall in my feeder area, had a visit from an
adult Northern Goshawk. Earlier there was an adult male Yellow Bellied
Sapsucker.
Bob Crowley
Chatham, NH
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Subject: The Goose is Back!
From: Stephen Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 1:57pm
I just got a call from Denny Abbott reporting that the the Ross's Goose
is back in Moore Fields in Durham as of 1:50 PM.
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: leucistic junco
From: "beth" <beth(AT)greatbay.org>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 3:41pm
We spotted a leucistic junco this morning at the Discovery Centers feeders.
It looked like it had a white cap not unlike the chickadees black cap. We
tried to get pics, but could not get close enough for a good shot.
Beth Heckman
Deerfield
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Great Bay Discovery Center
89 Depot Rd
Greenland, NH 03840
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Subject: Ross's Goose-YES
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 3:34pm
For those wishing to try for the Ross's Goose this weekend, Denny Abbott called
at 3:15pm to report that he was seeing the bird at Moore Field in Durham, NH.
Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
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Subject: SW NH
From: "RICHARD FRECHETTE" <frechette7(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 3:52pm
Dave Levene and I checked out a few locations in the rain this morning.
Northern Shrike at the Keene Airport, at the end of the runway closest to the
wastewater treatment plant
Wilson's Snipe, 15 or so at Krif Rd in Keene
Snow Goose, 5 at Charlestown Meadows.
Robins - thousands
Rich Frechette
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Subject: Krif Rd., Keene
From: "Lance Tanino" <Lance_Tanino(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 4:14pm
04 April 2008
Krif Road, Keene
Time: 2:30 PM; drizzling, overcast, light winds
Canada Goose - 42
Wood Duck - 11
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 98
Northern Pintail - 1 male
Green-winged Teal - 1 female
Killdeer - 4
WILSON'S SNIPE - 16; resting and feeding
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Lance Tanino
Keene, NH
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Subject: RE: The Goose is Back!
From: "Robert LaMarque" <r.lamarque(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 3:49pm
The Ross's Goose is still there at 3:35 PM
Bob LaMarque
Durham, NH
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From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Stephen Mirick
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:57 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: The Goose is Back!
I just got a call from Denny Abbott reporting that the the Ross's Goose
is back in Moore Fields in Durham as of 1:50 PM.
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Great Bay south shore--Osprey, Pintails, Ring-necks
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 4 Apr 2008 4:51pm
In full wet-weather regalia (rainsuit and knee-high rubber boots,
I birded in the rain this morning in Greenland along Great Bay's
southern shore from Sunset Farm to the Great Bay Discovery
Center. It went about as expected.
No Canvasbacks, Redheads, or Gadwalls, alas.
3 minor and welcome surprises:
1 Osprey fishing off the NH Fish & Game Access point on
Bayside Road. Saw a plunge dive, and voila, 1 large fish
half as big as the Osprey being carried off for lunch, and
dinner, I suppose, too, in the direction of the Portsmouth
Country Club.
4 Northern Pintails at same location, 2 males and 2 females,
but a long way out.
125 Ring-necked Ducks in the pond between Tidewater Farm
Drive and Great Bay about 1/4 mile east of the Discovery Center.
About 100 very handsome drakes and 25 hens. I cannot recall
ever seeing Ring-necks anywhere near the bay before.
Other sightings of note:
Greater Scaup--estimated 425 seen way out from Sunset Farm,
many of which were also seen from the F&G Access, plus maybe
50 more fairly close in that couldn't be seen from Sunset Farm.
Green-winged Teal--9 males and 5 females at the F&G Access.
American Wigeon--6 males, 6 females off Sunset Farm
American Black Duck--75 off Sunset Farm, 50 at the F&G Access.
Common Merganser--2 males, 1 female at the F&G Access.
Common Goldeneye--5 males, 5 females at the F&G Access,
probably 10 more off the Discovery Center
Canada Goose--only about 30 off Sunset Farm and 20 at the
F&G Access
Common Grackle--250 along Bayside Road at the farm fields
near the Great Bay Road intersection, 75 more along Great Bay Rd.
I was taken aback at the shortness of the tails evident in maybe
25% of the birds--thought they might be Rusty Blackbirds at
first, but the iridescent purple heads and bills got me on track.
Probably just not completely grown out yet?
American Robin--1000s, all over the place in groups of 50-100.
Saw several worms being pulled from lawns. Yum! Yum!
Pileated Woodpecker--1 at Sunset Farm
Red-tailed Hawk--1 adult, resident bird, watching the Ring-necks
along Tidewater Farm Drive
White-throated Sparrow--3 at the Discovery Center near the feeders
Despite looking at many hedges and road edges, no Fox Sparrows.
I was alerted to the leucistic Dark-eyed Junco at the Discovery
Center by one of the staff, but I couldn't find it in the then steady
rain. I guess it was hunkered down somewhere.
Many places I passed in Stratham, Exeter, and North Hampton
had flocks of 50-75 blackbirds up in the treetops, predominantly
Grackles, it appeared.
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Bohemians, Portsmouth at 5:15PM
From: Silver Judith <argentj(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 5:20pm
Hi everybody,
I have a big grin on my face. Having chased in vain after Bohemian waxwings to
Durham and other places for the last two weeks, I have approximately 70 of them
hanging out in a tree across the street. They wait for the coast to be clear and
come down in bunches of 10 to l5 to eat berries from a neighbor's ornamental
crabtree.
Been watching them for about three-quarters of an hour. Am wet but happy.
Judith Silver
404 Union St
Portsmsouth
PS. Len, finally a flock.
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Subject: Yesterday's Travels
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 6:08pm
Moore Fields - AM
300 or so Canada Geese
1 Red Tailed Hawk
1 Snipe
1 Killdeer
1 Turkey Vulture
Rte 4 - Dover area:
1 Great Blue Heron (somewhere near Wagon Hill Farm)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2387689557/
Back River Road - Dover:
1 Great Blue Heron
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2387689123/
1 Red Tailed Hawk being antagonized by Crow
1 Killdeer
Moore Fields PM -
virtually the same as AM as far as Canada Geese.
Also saw:
3 Wild Turkeys at the wood line, far end of the field
Large flock of Grackles
1 Blue Jay
1 Song Sparrow
1 Black Capped Chickadee
Chet
Dover, NH
**GBA===
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150
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Subject: CT River Run (NH - MA - VT)
From: Byard Miller <byard(AT)virtualflybox.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 8:36pm
My friend Howard came north to NH to join me in a Conn River
marathon. Two days ... many hours ... lots of wind! But the sunshine
was welcome. We journeyed from Springfield VT ... through NH ... to
Turners Falls MA.
Howie and I had a great journey. Saw a few FOYs and Howie picked up a
few lifers.
Here's the report... sorry it covers multiple states and rambles
on... 55 total species
Location: Allen Brothers Marsh, Westminster
Observation date: 4/2/08
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Number of species: 8
Wood Duck 4
Turkey Vulture 2
American Kestrel 1
American Crow X
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 14
Location: Joy Wah Restuarant Bellows Falls VT
Observation date: 4/2/08
9:35 AM - 10:00 AM
Number of species: 11
Hooded Merganser 5
Common Merganser 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon X
Blue Jay 2
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Sparrow 2
Location: Herrick's Cove IBA VT
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Observation date: 4/2/08
Number of species: 13
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 12
Green-winged Teal 12
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 3
Common Merganser 9
Ring-billed Gull 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Location: Christmas Tree Farm Springfield VT
Observation date: 4/2/08
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose 300
Wood Duck X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Location: Charlestown WWTP NH
Observation date: 4/2/08
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Number of species: 8
Canada Goose 200
Wood Duck X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Crow X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Location: Great Meadows Charlestown NH
Observation date: 4/2/08
12:35 PM - 1:30 PM
Notes: CACG photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/
9534802@N02/2387162919/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/
9534802@N02/2387162265/
Number of species: 15
SNOW GOOSE 2
CACKLING GOOSE 1
Canada Goose 2000
Wood Duck X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
NORTHERN SHOVELER 2
Green-winged Teal X
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer X
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Crow X
Song Sparrow 1
Location: Malnati Farm Walpole NH
Observation date: 4/2/08
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Notes: Plus (1) curious mink and (1) CAGO with orange neck-band
Number of species: 10
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer X
Ring-billed Gull X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
EASTERN MEADOWLARK 2
Location: River Rd S, Walpole
Observation date: 4/2/08
2:45 PM - 3:35 PM
Number of species: 15
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck X
AMERICAN WIDGEON 4
Mallard X
Green-winged Teal X
Turkey Vulture 2
Killdeer X
Blue Jay 2
American Crow X
American Robin X
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Red-winged Blackbird X
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 1
Common Grackle X
Location: Chickering Farm Westmoreland NH
Observation date: 4/2/08
Number of species: 7
Canada Goose 50
Turkey Vulture 3
American Kestrel 1
Rock Pigeon X
American Crow X
Horned Lark 150
Red-winged Blackbird X
Location: Retreat Meadows
Observation date: 4/2/08
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Number of species: 5
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 2
Turkey Vulture 6
Rock Pigeon X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Location: Hinsdale Setbacks
Observation date: 4/2/08
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Number of species: 18
Gadwall X
CANVASBACK 11
Ring-necked Duck X
Lesser Scaup X
Common Goldeneye X
Common Merganser X
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture X
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
AMERICAN WOODCOCK 3
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Belted Kingfisher 1
Black-capped Chickadee X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
DAY TWO
Location: 291 Main St
Observation date: 4/3/08
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Notes: (1) mink along the brook
Number of species: 7
Wild Turkey 24 Came in as two separate groups an hour apart
Mourning Dove 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
BOHEMIAN WAXWING 3
Cedar Waxwing 11
Location: Marlboro St Keene NH
Observation date: 4/3/08
9:45 AM - 9:55 AM
Number of species: 5
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 4
BOHEMIAN WAXWING 12
Cedar Waxwing 12
Location: Krif Rd Keene NH
Observation date: 4/3/08
10:15 Am - 11:00 AM
Number of species: 11
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 40
Turkey Vulture 2
WILSON SNIPE 8 photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/
9534802@N02/2387994828/
Mourning Dove X
American Crow X
American Robin X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Location: Bennett Meadows WMA
Observation date: 4/3/08
11:40 AM - 12:45 AM
Notes: Reported Barnacle Goose and GWF Goose not seen
Number of species: 12
SNOW GOOSE 2
Canada Goose 300
Wood Duck 2
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove X
American Crow X
American Robin X
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Location: Barton's Cove Turner's Falls MA
Observation date: 4/3/08
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Number of species: 18
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 2
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck X
Hooded Merganser X
Common Merganser X
Bald Eagle 3 Adult on nest
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
GLAUCOUS GULL 1
Great Black-backed Gull X
Black-capped Chickadee X
FOX SPARROW 2 photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/
9534802@N02/2387185363/
Song Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Location: Turner's Falls Power Canal
Observation date: 4/3/08
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Number of species: 9
Canada Goose 125
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck X
Common Merganser X
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Location: Turner's Falls Rod & Gun Club
Observation date: 4/3/08
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM
Number of species: 7
Mute Swan 14
Mallard X
Ring-necked Duck X
Hooded Merganser X
Common Merganser X
Rock Pigeon X
Blue Jay 2
Location: Satan's Kingdom WMA Northfield MA
Observation date: 4/3/08
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Number of species: 8
Canada Goose X
Hooded Merganser X
Great Blue Heron 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
PINE WARBLER 2
Location: Bennett Meadows WMA
Observation date: 4/3/08
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Number of species: 9
SNOW GOOSE 2
Canada Goose 500
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 1
American Robin X
AMERICAN PIPIT 20
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Byard Miller
Marlborough NH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534802@N02/
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Subject: Ross Goose
From: "Michael McIntire" <msmcintire(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 4 Apr 2008 9:45pm
After trying all week, I finaly got decent photos of the goose. Hopefully
this will help to record the sighting...
http://flickr.com/photos/kayakermanmike/sets/72157604384991074/
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:36 PM, New Hampshire Birds <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
wrote:
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> NH.BIRDS Digest 4496
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> Topics covered in this issue include:
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> 1) SW NH
> by "RICHARD FRECHETTE" <frechette7(AT)verizon.net>
> 2) Krif Rd., Keene
> by "Lance Tanino" <Lance_Tanino(AT)antiochne.edu>
> 3) Great Bay south shore--Osprey, Pintails, Ring-necks
> by tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
> 4) Bohemians, Portsmouth at 5:15PM
> by Silver Judith <argentj(AT)yahoo.com>
> 5) Yesterday's Travels
> by "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
> 6) CT River Run (NH - MA - VT)
> by Byard Miller <byard(AT)virtualflybox.com>
>
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