NH.Birds for Saturday, April 5, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Re: Fw: Unbelievable ornithological news   Fred & Phyllis Slade   6:30am   Fox Sparrow, Walpole..Ross's Goose, Durham   Alan Johnson /R.N.Jo   7:59am   Mystery Duck/ Brentwood   sayoung   8:08am   Bohemian Waxwings in Bradford, MA - Ross' Goose in Durham, NH   Steve Mirick    8:45am   Re: Mystery Duck/ Brentwood   Terry Bronson   8:56am   Ross Goose - YES, but flushed   David J. Blezard   9:29am   Phoebe in Fitzwilliam   Bruce Boyer    10:40am   Finding an up-to-date field guide?   Jon Woolf    11:26am   Pair of Lapland Longspurs, Walpole   Alan Johnson /R.N.Jo   12:11pm   Great Bay: Gadwalls   Jason Lambert    2:33pm   Krif Rd: BWTE, NOPI, WISN   Lance Tanino   2:39pm   Dillant Hopkins Airport, 4/5/08   Kenneth Klapper   3:50pm   Winter wren in Lee   bawauchope(AT)aol.com   4:20pm   Re: Finding an up-to-date field guide?   hbreder(AT)comcast.net   4:49pm   Palm Warbler, Rusty Blackbirds, Woodcock, B. Waxwings at Pickering Ponds   Terry Bronson   6:49pm   Great Egret   split52(AT)aol.com   7:09pm   Krif Rd - Keene NH   Byard Miller    7:14pm   Birders asked to report Rusty Blackbird sightings   David Govatski   7:22pm   Woodcock in Jefferson   David Govatski   8:06pm   Northwood Lake in NORTHWOOD   sayoung   9:00pm   VT and NH bird photos from today   Julie Waters    8:57pm   NH Coast and interior Rockingham County (Bohemians, Eurasian Wigeon)   Steve Mirick    9:05pm   Rusty Blackbirds   Steve Mirick    9:17pm   Red-eyed Vireo   birdbrain05(AT)comcast.   9:32pm   Moore fields etc.   Marshall J. Iliff   10:24pm

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Subject: Re: Fw: Unbelievable ornithological news
From: "Fred & Phyllis Sladen" <wintours(AT)tds.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 6:30am

An obvious April Fool's joke, but well done.
Fred

Fred W. Sladen
Teacher, Science Department
Kearsarge Regional High School
P.O. Box 706 (H)
New London
NH 03257
(603) 526-4321 (H)
wintours(AT)tds.net (H)
(603) 927-4261, ext 270 (W)
fsladen(AT)kearsarge.org (W)

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From: "Pamela Hunt" <PHunt(AT)NHAudubon.org>
To: "New Hampshire Birds" <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:25 PM
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Unbelievable ornithological news

> Greetings all,
>
> Something to amaze all of you!
>
> Pam
>
> Sent by: ORNITH-L(AT)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU  "ORNITH-L: the scientific discussion 
> of Ornithology"
> Subject: Unbelievable ornithological new
> 04/01/2008 12:48 PM
> Please respond to "ORNITH-L: the scientific discussion of Ornithology" 
> <ORNITH-L(AT)SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU>
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>
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/04/01/video-exclusive-first-ever-images-of-the-world-s-only-flying-penguins-89520-20369322/
>
> --
> Ellen Paul
> Executive Director
> The Ornithological Council
> Mailto:ellen.paul(AT)verizon.net
> "Providing Scientific Information about Birds"
> Ornithological Council: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET
>
>
>
>
> Pamela D. Hunt, Ph.D.
> Senior Conservation Biologist
> Audubon Society of New Hampshire
> 3 Silk Farm Road
> Concord, NH  03301
>
> (603) 224-9909 extension 328
> phunt(AT)nhaudubon.org
> FAX: (603) 226-0902


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Subject: Fox Sparrow, Walpole..Ross's Goose, Durham
From: "Alan Johnson /R.N.Johnson, Inc." <alan(AT)rnjohnsoninc.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 7:59am

At lunch time yesterday, two Fox Sparrow in our yard for first time this year.
Saw message that Ross's Goose was back, so headed for Durham at 2:30 with my
wife. Arrived at 4:45- Ross's Goose in back right hand corner of field with 75
or so Canada Geese and several Turkeys behind it. Flushed a Wilson's Snipe at
edge of field.

Nothing at Chapman's Landing.

Exeter WWTP productive at 6:00 pm- many Northern Shoveler, Mallard, and
Ring-neck, a few Green-wing Teal and Bufflehead and one Double-crested
Cormorant. (Thank you Don Green for the heads up on the DCC and Happy
Birthday!)

It was Don's challenge that I must not be a serious birder if I wouldn't drop
everything at the beginning of the week to drive 2 1/2 hours to see the Ross's
Goose, that caused me to secumb to the goose's return.
Alan Johnson


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Subject: Mystery Duck/ Brentwood
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:08am

Wouldn't mind someone assisting with this ID:
About the size of a Woodduck, white eyering, white at base dark colored bill
base, either yellow or orangish legs. The under wing pattern doesn't quite
fit. I don't understand the white trailing edge of the secondaries. Head shape
unlike mallard. Bbdomen seems to be a rich brown. I didn't notice any blue,
but almost seemed like the secondaries were edged on both sides with white. I
don't see a trailing edge highlighted in the guides. I'm leaning toward female
Blue-winged Teal. It flushed with a flock of 16 Woodies in a small dense
brushy area of one of the smaller ponds that didn't have much open area.

thanks, Scott/Strafford

www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/2388886031/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/


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Subject: Bohemian Waxwings in Bradford, MA - Ross' Goose in Durham,
         NH
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:45am

While leaving the house this morning, Jane and I were treated to a flock 
of 75 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS!  Unfortunately about 1 mile away to be on our 
yard list, but perhaps in the next day or two?  The birds are feeding in 
a fruit tree in the parking lot at the Dunkin Donuts on Rt. 125 south of 
the Basilliere Bridge over the Merrimac River in Haverhill near the 
Wendy's.  We've had relatively bad luck with this species so far this 
winter, so we're glad to finally get them for our Bradford list.

Also, while there, I got a call from David Deifik reporting that the 
ROSS'S GOOSE is still present in the Moore Fields in Durham, NH.  Seen 
straight out from the farm stand.

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA


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Subject: Re: Mystery Duck/ Brentwood
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:56am

Very interesting duck!  At first glance, it looks identical in shape and
size to the drake Wood Duck it is with.  The white around the eyes
does resemble a female Woodie, and if one makes the assumption
that the crest is flattened while flying, one could make a fair case for it
being a Woodie, despite the dark belly.  But I can't make that case.

The wings are not right.  Female Woodie wings should be darker
and patterned similar to the drake Woodie.  Yet they are mostly white or
at least very light colored with no darkness on the leading edge.  The
pattern most closely resembles a female Mallard or maybe Gadwall,
according to the National Geographic field guide plates on ducks in
flight, pages 52-55, in the fifth edition.  But the Mallard's bill should
be orangish, not black.  And Mallards are 5-6 inches bigger than
Woodies.

The belly is not right either, being very nearly uniformly dark, which
does resemble best a female Blue-winged Teal.  However, Blue-wings
should be about 3 inches shorter than Wood Ducks, so the apparent
same size works against that.  They should also have darkness on
the leading edge of the wing.

I think what Scott has found has mixed parentage, with the species
listed above being the likely parents.  My guess would be a male
Blue-wing and a female Woodie.

--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net

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From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
> Wouldn't mind someone assisting with this ID:
> About the size of a Woodduck, white eyering, white at base dark colored bill
> base, either yellow or orangish legs. The under wing pattern doesn't quite
> fit. I don't understand the white trailing edge of the secondaries. Head
shape
> unlike mallard. Bbdomen seems to be a rich brown. I didn't notice any blue,
> but almost seemed like the secondaries were edged on both sides with white. I
> don't see a trailing edge highlighted in the guides. I'm leaning toward
female
> Blue-winged Teal. It flushed with a flock of 16 Woodies in a small dense
> brushy area of one of the smaller ponds that didn't have much open area.
> 
> thanks, Scott/Strafford
> 
> 
> 
> www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/2388886031/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/


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Subject: Ross Goose - YES, but flushed
From: "David J. Blezard" <djb1(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:29am

Alan Eaton called me at about 9:15 AM this morning to report that:

1) He had seen the Ross Goose at the Moore Fields this morning

2) That the bird, along with a large number of the Canada Geese, was  
flushed from the field a bit after 9 this morning when someone walked  
out from one of the houses that border the field.  The birds took off  
in a north/northwest direction.

Alan did check the fields near the UNH dairy barns, but the geese did  
not land there.

-David J. Blezard
NH.BIRDS List Owner
nh.birds-request(AT)lists.unh.edu


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Subject: Phoebe in Fitzwilliam
From: Bruce Boyer <bboyer192(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 10:40am

A Phoebe appeared in my yard yesterday, and I heard the FOY Red-winged  
Blackbird.


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Subject: Finding an up-to-date field guide?
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 11:26am

This question I had the other day about the Wilson's Snipe has led me 
to a larger one: the problem of keeping my field guides up-to-date.

I currently own half a dozen different field guides. Unfortunately, 
all of them date from 2002 or earlier.  That means they don't include 
any of the changes made since then, such as the split of Wilson's 
from Common Snipe or Cackling from Canada Goose.  I think I'd like to 
get a field guide that _is_ up to date.  Any suggestions as to which 
one I should get?

-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH


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Subject: Pair of Lapland Longspurs, Walpole
From: "Alan Johnson /R.N.Johnson, Inc." <alan(AT)rnjohnsoninc.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 12:11pm

Hope springs eternal in the savage breast (Beast?). After sorting through
thousands of Horned Larks, throughout the winter, I finally found a pair of
Lapland Longspur! 11:30 this am in the southern most Chickering field on River
Road...A  male in bright fresh breeding plumage and a female, amongst a flock
of 50-75 migrating Horned Larks.
Alan Johnson


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Subject: Great Bay: Gadwalls
From: Jason Lambert <smiley314(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 2:33pm

Only had this morning to get out. Hopefully all day tomorrow.

The Ross' Goose was in the field around 8 this morning, I didn't stay long and
it was there when I left... However after apparently being flushed the geese
weren't back when I came back through around 12.

- Ring-necked Duck pair in a flooded field on Rt 108

Great Bay:
G. Bay Discovery Center:
- 150+ Greater Scaup and thats about it

Meloon Rd:
- 12 A. Widgeon
- 15 Green-winged Teal
- pair of Gadwalls, possibly a third bird.
- GB Heron
- Coopers Hawk

I also just saw a Fox Sparrow at my aunt's in Epsom

- Jason Lambert


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Subject: Krif Rd: BWTE, NOPI, WISN
From: "Lance Tanino" <Lance_Tanino(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 2:39pm

05 April 2008

Krif Road, Keene
1:00 PM
Note:  Great close-up views from the roadside.
BLUE-WINGED TEAL -  2; mf
NORTHERN PINTAIL -  1 male
WILSON'S SNIPE - 21
Green-winged Teal -  2; mf
American Black Duck -  7
Mallard -  83
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 juv.

Lance Tanino
Keene, NH


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Subject: Dillant Hopkins Airport, 4/5/08
From: "Kenneth Klapper" <Kenneth_Klapper(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 3:50pm

It was a great day to be out birding.  Spring is definitely here, but the
continuing Shrike at the airport was a fun reminder of what a great winter
for birding it's been.  FOY for me for Tree Swallow, Hermit Thrush, and
Rusty Blackbird.

Location:     Keene Airport
Observation date:     4/5/08
Notes:     Woodchuck crossing the runway.
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     20
Wood Duck     10
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     10
Green-winged Teal     3
Ring-necked Duck     7
Common Goldeneye     2
Hooded Merganser     5
Common Merganser     8
Ruffed Grouse     2     Drumming in woods
Turkey Vulture     13
Bald Eagle     1     1st year
Northern Harrier     1     Female or juvenile - did not get a good look
Cooper's Hawk     2
American Kestrel     4
Killdeer     8
Ring-billed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     12
Belted Kingfisher     1     Heard calling
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     4
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     5
Northern Shrike     1     At big marsh just after bend in road, working
both sides of road.
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     8
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     2
Brown Creeper     1     Singing
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     X
European Starling     3
American Tree Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     11
Northern Cardinal     X     Singing
Red-winged Blackbird     X     Only saw males
Rusty Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     X
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X

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Ken Klapper
Keene, NH


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Subject: Winter wren in Lee
From: bawauchope(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Apr 2008 4:20pm

 A winter wren sang for several hours this afternoon in my hemlock woods on its
way North.? Now that's one of my favorite signs of spring!?

Barb Wauchope
Lee

Location:     Keene Airport
Observation date:     4/5/08
Notes:     Woodchuck crossing the runway.
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     20
Wood Duck     10
American Black Duck     3

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Klapper <Kenneth_Klapper(AT)antiochne.edu>
To: New Hampshire Birds <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
Sent: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 3:50 pm
Subject: Dillant Hopkins Airport, 4/5/08

It was a great day to be out birding.  Spring is definitely here, but the
continuing Shrike at the airport was a fun reminder of what a great winter
for birding it's been.  FOY for me for Tree Swallow, Hermit Thrush, and
Rusty Blackbird.

Location:     Keene Airport
Observation date:     4/5/08
Notes:     Woodchuck crossing the runway.
Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     20
Wood Duck     10
American Black Duck     3
Mallard     10
Green-winged Teal     3
Ring-necked Duck     7
Common Goldeneye     2
Hooded Merganser     5
Common Merganser     8
Ruffed Grouse     2     Drumming in woods
Turkey Vulture     13
Bald Eagle     1     1st year
Northern Harrier     1     Female or juvenile - did not get a good look
Cooper's Hawk     2
American Kestrel     4
Killdeer     8
Ring-billed Gull     1
Mourning Dove     12
Belted Kingfisher     1     Heard calling
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     4
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     5
Northern Shrike     1     At big marsh just after bend in road, working
both sides of road.
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     8
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     2
Brown Creeper     1     Singing
Hermit Thrush     1
American Robin     X
European Starling     3
American Tree Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     11
Northern Cardinal     X     Singing
Red-winged Blackbird     X     Only saw males
Rusty Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     X
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X

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Ken Klapper
Keene, NH


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Subject: Re: Finding an up-to-date field guide?
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 5 Apr 2008 4:49pm

You might be interested in an electronic field guide that is constantly being
updated (both
audio and image file, in addition to Wikipedia articles) and to which you can
also contribute,
or include, your own photos. It works for the Palm OS PDA and Windows mobile and
 is fairly
inexpensive. Check out http://www.eduneer.com  I am very happy with it. The one
disadvantage: on my Palm TX it is hard to read and see in broad daylight - same
problem as
with the National Geographic Handheld. 

Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT

On 5 Apr 2008 at 11:26, Jon Woolf wrote:

> This question I had the other day about the Wilson's Snipe has led me 
> to a larger one: the problem of keeping my field guides up-to-date.
> 
> I currently own half a dozen different field guides. Unfortunately, 
> all of them date from 2002 or earlier.  That means they don't include 
> any of the changes made since then, such as the split of Wilson's 
> from Common Snipe or Cackling from Canada Goose.  I think I'd like to 
> get a field guide that _is_ up to date.  Any suggestions as to which 
> one I should get?
> 
> -- Jon Woolf
> Manchester, NH


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Subject: Palm Warbler, Rusty Blackbirds, Woodcock, B. Waxwings at
         Pickering Ponds
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 5 Apr 2008 6:49pm

After a fruitless hour at Dan Hubbard's this morning waiting
for a Fox Sparrow that never appeared, Dan and I met at
Pickering Ponds after lunch and walked most of the trails
there.

At the boundary with the Rochester Wastewater Treatment
Plant, where all the trees between the Plant and Pickering
Ponds were recently cut down, we met Jeremiah Trimble
and Clint and Christy Lapierre (hope I got that right), so we
joined forces.

Beaucoup thanks to Jeremiah, who found all 3 of the
following birds:

A very early Yellow Palm Warbler along the Cocheco River.
I hadn't noted any on this year's composite NH sightings list
to date.

Across the trail, there was a male Rusty Blackbird calling,
and later a second joined it.

The Woodcock was near the end of the trail near where Dan
has seen one before.  It flushed a short distance, but we
were able to scope in on it as it sat motionless among the
leaves.  Such a handsome bird!

All 3 of these were first of the year birds for me.

Other highlights:

Bohemian Waxwing--18 seen flying earlier when we first met,
then found again in groups of 1-5 birds near the Rusties and
Palm.  Good views of a number of them.
American Kestrel--1 female (Dan and me only)
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Wood Duck--5 drakes in flight
Hooded Merganser--1 male, 1 female
Common Grackle--250
Brown-headed Cowbird--25
Red-winged Blackbird--25
13 other common species

At the adjacent Wastewater Treatment Plant:

Iceland Gull--1 continues, probably soon to depart

Other sightings on my own on the way to and from Rochester:

Red-bellied Woodpecker--1 male at Stuart Farm in Stratham
Osprey--1 at, but not on, the nest at Chapman's Landing in Stratham
Red-tailed Hawk--2 along Route 101 west of I-95, 3 and maybe 4 in
the Stuart Farm/Chapman's Landing area
American Crow--1 carrying nesting material--a small stick--at
Chapman's Landing
Turkey Vulture--9 circling over Route 125 in Rochester near
Loring Drive
Killdeer--4 in the field just east of Pickering Ponds
Canada Goose--203 in the field below the Cocheco Valley
Humane Society at the Strafford County Government Complex
in Dover
Mallard--165 with the Canadas
American Black Duck--60 with the Canadas
Green-winged Teal--2 with the Canadas
American Kestrel--1 near the Canadas
Common Merganser--26 in the wetlands along County Farm
Road in Dover at the old railroad crossing
Eastern Phoebe--1 at that railroad crossing, singing loudly

--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net


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Subject: Great Egret
From: split52(AT)aol.com
Date: 5 Apr 2008 7:09pm

FOY for me at a farm pond on Walnut Ave in North Hampton. Also had several tree
swallows over Eel Pond and ring necked ducks on two small ponds that have just
iced out .? Anna Pike? North Hampton


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Subject: Krif Rd - Keene NH
From: Byard Miller <byard(AT)virtualflybox.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 7:14pm

A few photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534802@N02/

Location:     Krif Rd Keene NH
Observation date:     4/5/08
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Number of species:     12

American Black Duck     6
Mallard     65
BLUE-WINGED TEAL     1
NORTHERN PINTAIL     2
Green-winged Teal     4
Killdeer     2
WILSON'S SNIPE     10
American Crow     X
American Robin     X
European Starling     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Byard Miller
Marlborough NH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534802@N02/


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Subject: Birders asked to report Rusty Blackbird sightings
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 7:22pm

Birders are asked to report sightings of Rusty Blackbirds as part of a North
American survey to find out what is happening to them. Rusty blackbird
numbers have declined precipitously in the last four decades and there is a
major effort underway to find out why. Birders are already seeing them in
southern NH and I encourage anyone seeing rusty blackbirds to fill out the
survey form to help in this conservation effort. 

The link to the interesting and informative Rusty Blackbird site is:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/RUBL_Survey.html 

This is an excerpt from the Rusty Blackbird website: 

"A century ago, the Rusty Blackbird was an incredibly abundant bird.
Accounts from the period detail spectacular spring migrations between the
species' wintering grounds in the bottomland forests of the southeastern
United States and its breeding grounds in the forested wetlands of North
America's vast boreal forest. Ornithological reports from New England and
southern Canada describe waves of tens to hundreds of thousands of Rusty
Blackbirds blackening the earth and clouding the sky in the spring. In many
communities, the migration of Rusty Blackbirds was likened to the year's
first chorus of tree frog--a sign that spring had finally arrived in the
thawing countryside. 

Today these reports seem unbelievable since Rusty Blackbirds populations
have suffered one of most staggering population declines of any bird in
North America. An understanding of the Rusty Blackbird's habitat
requirements is urgently needed to conserve its remaining populations. This
is especially true during spring migration when Rusty Blackbirds congregate
in large flocks which may be particularly vulnerable to habitat losses,
blackbird control programs, or other disturbances. Unfortunately, very
little is known about the natural history requirements of the Rusty
Blackbird during its northward migration." 

This is another interesting link on Rusty Blackbirds from the Vermont Center
for Ecosystem Studies: 

http://vtecostudies.blogspot.com/2008/04/sightings-needed-report-rusty.html

David Govatski

Jefferson, NH


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Subject: Woodcock in Jefferson
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:06pm

We heard our first American Woodcock in the backyard on Saturday evening.
This is about two weeks later than normal but still may be a few days to
early. We still have about 75% snow cover and the ground is largely frozen. 

 

David Govatski

Jefferson, NH


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Subject: Northwood Lake in NORTHWOOD
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:00pm

I stopped by to see if anything had opened up yet and indeed the mud flats are
revealed. Just a few open spots of water but already supporting some
waterfowl. On this mudflat were 38 Killdeer, 30 of which took off in a tight
noisy flock due north. I wasn't aware they consorted that way. 17 Common
Mergs, 2 Buffleheads and 6 Ringed-necks.
    On the way to the Kayak/Canoe Fair (back side of Moore Fields) I passed a
flock of Canada Geese but couldn't pull off. Consolation 9 turkeys on the off
ramp. The inflated faces of the Toms aren't handsome, but they are eye
catching-like warm colored suet with a dangling worm. I got to the fields to
hear Rogo left  moments before. Someone said another vehicle flush. I did get
a FOY Goshawk and it wasn't very white. I was prepping for a blood letting a
few days past.
Oh yes, veridct seems to be a female BWT.

Scott Young/Strafford


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Subject: VT and NH bird photos from today
From: Julie Waters <julie(AT)riverartsproject.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 8:57pm

This morning, we spotted a pair of turkey vultures, drying off on a 
nearby tree.  I got some nice photos of them, probably the best looks 
I've ever had of turkey vultures.

Later in the day, we checked out Krif Road in Keene and I got photos 
of one of the snipes, as well as a blue-winged teal (never seen one 
there before) and a northern pintail.  The snipes were especially 
nice, as this is the first time I've ever found one without someone 
pointing it out to me.  Still need lots of help finding them, but 
even so... :)

Thumbnails, pointing to larger photos, at:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-04-05.php

--julie
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Subject: NH Coast and interior Rockingham County (Bohemians, Eurasian
          Wigeon)
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:05pm

Jane and I got out a bit late as we were deterred by morning rain and 
then we spent over 1/2 hour enjoying the Bohemian Waxwings we had in our 
home "town" of Bradford.  We finally got to the coast and worked 
northward.  Very little wind and overcast skies made it ideal, however 
the ocean swell made it very difficult to count birds offshore.  We only 
concentrated on a couple of species and did not do a complete coastal 
count.  After brunch we worked in toward great bay and down through 
Exeter back down to Kingston to finish the day.

10:30 - 5:30
Overcast skies clearing in afternoon.
43F - 56F
Very light northerly winds increasing late and shifting to the NW

NH COAST
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SNOW GOOSE    13 (9 immature and 4 adults).  In Hampton marsh behind 
Little Jacks.  Thanks to Scott Standley for these!
Northern Pintail     2 (Little River marsh in North Hampton)
Green-winged Teal     35 in Little River marsh.
Ring-necked Duck     18 on Eel Pond.
Black Scoter     146     Flock of 80 off Seabrook beach.
Long-tailed Duck     104
Hooded Merganser     1
Common Merganser     3
Red-breasted Merganser     30
Red-throated Loon     5
Common Loon     61  Many different variations of molt into breeding plumage.
Horned Grebe     16
Red-necked Grebe     58
Double-crested Cormorant     8 (FOY) at Eel Pond.  No Tree Swallows or 
Great Egrets for us, however!
Great Cormorant     12
Osprey     2.  One on new nest pole at "duck blind" nest in Seabrook.
American Kestrel     1     Migrating
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER    2 (FOY) My earliest record of BB Plovers.  
Behind Little Jacks in Hampton marsh.
Killdeer     36  Almost all at Runnymede Farm in N. Hampton.
Greater Yellowlegs     3 (FOY) Seabrook and Hampton.
Purple Sandpiper     50
Dunlin     5.  Unusual sighting in salt pannes off Rt. 286!
Wilson's Snipe     37     All at Runnymede Farm.
Black Guillemot     1     Breeding plumage off Little Boar's Head.
Northern Flicker     2
Eastern Phoebe     2
Horned Lark     2
BOHEMIAN WAXWING     16     Seen in Hampton from North Side Park.  My 
first BOWINGS ever along the coast.  Our jinx on Bohemians is gone!
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow     1 off Island Path in Hampton. 
Song Sparrow     27+ (no luck with Fox Sparrow anywhere)

HARBOR PORPOISE - 3 off Little Boar's Head in North Hampton.

GREAT BAY AREA
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American Wigeon     26 from Sunset Farm
EURASIAN WIGEON - 1 male from Sunset Farm
Greater Scaup     500+.  Too distant and wind and sun in our face by 
mid-afternoon.
Double-crested Cormorant     3
Osprey     1 (at nest at Chapman's Landing)
Northern Harrier     1 adult male at Great Bay Farm
Red-tailed Hawk     2
Killdeer     39 flushed by harrier at Great Bay Farm
Wilson's Snipe     31 flushed by harrier at Great Bay Farm.

EXETER WWTP
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NORTHERN SHOVELER - 4 (3 male, 1 female) continue.
Green-winged Teal - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 16
Bufflehead - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 1

BODWELL FARM FIELD (finally a nice collection of waterfowl here)
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Canada Goose     165
Wood Duck     5
American Wigeon     2
American Black Duck     40
Mallard     218
Northern Pintail     15 (Good count for NH)
Green-winged Teal     18
Hooded Merganser     1
Killdeer     1
Eastern Meadowlark     1 singing (our first since the early bird we had 
in February)

Powwow Pond IBA (Quite a change from last Saturday!)
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Canada Goose     1
Wood Duck     4
American Wigeon     1
American Black Duck     12
Mallard     10
Ring-necked Duck     24
Bufflehead     4
Common Goldeneye     5
Common Merganser     1
COMMON LOON     1 (Unusual bird for location.  Possibly my first for pond)
PIED-BILLED GREBE     4 (FOY for Jane)

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA


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Subject: Rusty Blackbirds
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:17pm

Forgot. 

Rusty Blackbirds - 3 singing in wooded swamp off Bartlett Road in East 
Kingston. (FOY)

Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA


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Subject: Red-eyed Vireo
From: birdbrain05(AT)comcast.net
Date: 5 Apr 2008 9:32pm

This afternoon I heard a FOY Red-eyed vireo singing in the woods near my yard.

Sheri Pinkham
Weare, NH


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Subject: Moore fields etc.
From: "Marshall J. Iliff" <miliff(AT)aol.com>
Date: 5 Apr 2008 10:24pm

All,

After dipping on the Ross's goose two days ago, I had another try at it
today. Alas, I missed its morning visit and the bird did not return by 12:45
pm. Noteworthy birds included:

Moore Fields

-N. Goshawk, 1 adult, mantling a Ring-billed Gull it had killed
-Lapland Longspur, 2 in breeding plumage, w/ larks
-Horned Lark, 220 (at least)
-Wilson's Snipe, 5
-Savannah Sparrow, 1 (my first migrant this year)
-Eastern Phoebe, 2

Hampton

-Greater Yellowlegs, 5 (3 Hampton, 2 Seabrook)
-Dunlin, 15 in Rte. 286 pannes

On 3 April I had the following noteworthies:

Sandy Pt. Disc. Center

-Pine Warbler, 1 male

Great Bay, Sunset Farm

-Gadwall, 3

Best,

Marshall Iliff
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