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Subject: Woodcock in Belmont
From: dianajackh(AT)ifriendly.com
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:58am
We heard and saw our 1st woodcock of the year in Belmont yesterday a
little before 7:30 PM. This was at Central Baptist Church in Belmont
along Rt. 106 and the bird was "peent"-ing on the far side of the leach
field on the woods side of the church. After about 5 minutes, it flew
along the perimeter of the parking lot and up the road that the church
driveway leads to. Not a display flight, though, as it vanished to both
ear and eye.
Jack & Elijah Hadam
Madison, NH
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Subject: Cackling Geese Charlestown
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:13am
Forward from Hector Galbraith. I didnt get out this weekend to much but did
have a couple of interesting sightings nonetheless:
Powdermill Pond Hancock on Sunday:
Ring-necked Duck - 15
Bufflehead - 8
Common Merg - 85 (good count for this location)
RED-BREASTED MERG - 2 (new for me for this location)
Hooded Merg - 19
Krif Road
Green-winged Teal - 10
LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1 (very early date)
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
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From: "hector galbraith" <hg2(AT)hughes.net>
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Eric, thought you'd like to know that I had 3 cacklers at Charlestown
meadows this morning, among a flock of about 1500 cagos and 3 snows.
Also in the flock was one bird that I am pretty sure was a "Giant
Canada" - huge (dwarfed the cagos), very dark, big blocky head and
narrow white supercilium.
I no longer subscribe to NHbirds but if you want to post any of this go
ahead.
Hector Galbraith PhD
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Subject: Capial Chapter waterfowl trip notes
From: RAQbirds(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:45am
A group of nine folks braved the chilly temps on Saturday, April 5, for the
annual Capital area waterfowl trip. The river was open but the ponds were
still frozen. However, the fields are finally starting to open up and that has
brought in a few new birds. Highlights:
Horseshoe Pond- along with the expected geese and ducks an immature
Peregrine Falcon hunting Robins was a bonus. The bird showed up about a minute
after
someone asked if any Peregrines had been seen in Concord lately! As it turns
out this bird was spotted by Robert Vallieres the day before on the Christian
Science Church in downtown Concord. Later in the morning we even spotted
Robert V. and he confirmed it was probably the same bird. Alas, no bands could
be seen on this bird.
Merrimack River at the Sugar Ball (NH Tech boat ramp)- besides nice flocks
of Ring-necks and Wood Ducks two Pied-billed Grebes, first spotted by Fern
Schneider and Karen Murray, were an unexpected treat since they are rare on the
river.
West Portsmouth St- the "puddle" in the field was full of water and even
flowing (unusual) with deep enough water to support Ring-neck Ducks, an unusual
place for this diving duck, reinforcing that the ponds are frozen. A pair of
Northern Pintail added some zest to about 100 other waterfowl in this spot.
Small flocks of Horned Larks and about Tree Swallows (some picking bugs off
the snow) added a spring feel to what was still a cold and damp morning. Robert
V. pointed out a nearby Red-tailed Hawk nest.
Boscawen- the "Big Bend" in the Merrimack River- The snow was still deep
enough to make access a bit tricky and the ice on the "Bend" resulted in fewer
birds than usual but an estimated 40 Wood Ducks were nice to go along with
other common water birds such as Great Blue Heron and Belted Kingfishers. But
the real show here was an apparent pair of courting Cooper's Hawks. First we
saw a female soaring over where we parked our cars. Then about 15 minutes later
we saw a male (most likely) performing a fascinating courtship flight where
it flew rather slowly and lifted it wings way up over its back. If you have
never seen an accipiter in courtship flight it makes the bird look totally
different from any accipiter you have ever seen. That was a real treat.
Bob Quinn
Concord, NH
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Subject: Also seen in Concord, 140 Ring-billed Gulls
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:55am
While I didn't make it out on the Capital Chapter trip on Saturday, I did
check the Concord Community Gardens on Saturday and found a group of 140
RING-BILLED GULLS foraging in the adjacent field. This is a pretty good
number for Concord. Also seen was an EASTERN BLUEBIRD singing non-stop, and
a GREAT BLUE HERON flew over the Turkey River. A few pussywillows here and
there were sure signs of spring.
.
Mark Suomala
----- Original Message -----
From: <RAQbirds(AT)aol.com>
To: "New Hampshire Birds" <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: Capial Chapter waterfowl trip notes
>A group of nine folks braved the chilly temps on Saturday, April 5, for the
> annual Capital area waterfowl trip. The river was open but the ponds were
> still frozen. However, the fields are finally starting to open up and
> that has
> brought in a few new birds. Highlights:
>
> Horseshoe Pond- along with the expected geese and ducks an immature
> Peregrine Falcon hunting Robins was a bonus. The bird showed up about a
> minute after
> someone asked if any Peregrines had been seen in Concord lately! As it
> turns
> out this bird was spotted by Robert Vallieres the day before on the
> Christian
> Science Church in downtown Concord. Later in the morning we even spotted
> Robert V. and he confirmed it was probably the same bird. Alas, no bands
> could
> be seen on this bird.
>
> Merrimack River at the Sugar Ball (NH Tech boat ramp)- besides nice
> flocks
> of Ring-necks and Wood Ducks two Pied-billed Grebes, first spotted by
> Fern
> Schneider and Karen Murray, were an unexpected treat since they are rare
> on the
> river.
>
> West Portsmouth St- the "puddle" in the field was full of water and even
> flowing (unusual) with deep enough water to support Ring-neck Ducks, an
> unusual
> place for this diving duck, reinforcing that the ponds are frozen. A pair
> of
> Northern Pintail added some zest to about 100 other waterfowl in this
> spot.
> Small flocks of Horned Larks and about Tree Swallows (some picking bugs
> off
> the snow) added a spring feel to what was still a cold and damp morning.
> Robert
> V. pointed out a nearby Red-tailed Hawk nest.
>
> Boscawen- the "Big Bend" in the Merrimack River- The snow was still deep
> enough to make access a bit tricky and the ice on the "Bend" resulted in
> fewer
> birds than usual but an estimated 40 Wood Ducks were nice to go along
> with
> other common water birds such as Great Blue Heron and Belted Kingfishers.
> But
> the real show here was an apparent pair of courting Cooper's Hawks. First
> we
> saw a female soaring over where we parked our cars. Then about 15 minutes
> later
> we saw a male (most likely) performing a fascinating courtship flight
> where
> it flew rather slowly and lifted it wings way up over its back. If you
> have
> never seen an accipiter in courtship flight it makes the bird look
> totally
> different from any accipiter you have ever seen. That was a real treat.
>
> Bob Quinn
> Concord, NH
>
>
>
>
>
> **************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides.
>
> (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
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Subject: Re: Capial Chapter waterfowl trip notes
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:24am
These peregrines must be getting religion or something. A pair has nested
on the tall admin building of the Christian Science Church in downtown
Boston for many years.
Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net
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From: <RAQbirds(AT)aol.com>
To: "New Hampshire Birds" <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: Capial Chapter waterfowl trip notes
>..an immature
> Peregrine Falcon hunting Robins was a bonus. The bird showed up about a
> minute after someone asked if any Peregrines had been seen in Concord
> lately! As it turns out this bird was spotted by Robert Vallieres the day
> before on the Christian Science Church in downtown Concord.
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Subject: Off Topic - Jefferson's Salamander in Lee?
From: "David J. Blezard" <djb1(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:27pm
This morning I nearly ran over a rather large salamander in my
driveway. Luckily for it, I saw it and moved it out of the way.
It was about 7 - 8 inches in length, browny-black with a slight
purplish sheen, and very small blue flecks on the underside and
limbs. Based on some quick web research at lunch, I think it might
have been a Jefferson's Salamander, and now I'm kicking myself for not
grabbing my camera and taking a few pictures! From what I understand,
they are not widely reported in the SE portion of the state.
Anyhow, keep your eyes open for herps starting to move about!
-David J. Blezard
NH.BIRDS List Owner
nh.birds-request(AT)lists.unh.edu
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Subject: Northern Harrier, Walpole
From: "Alan Johnson /R.N.Johnson, Inc." <alan(AT)rnjohnsoninc.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 2:17pm
Male Northern Harrier over our fields at 1:00. Last year it was around all
winter... Today was its first appearance.... Heard and saw American Woodcock
in spiral flight at same field Saturday night.
Alan Johnson
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Subject: Lyme Report
From: Blake Allison <blake_allison(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 2:19pm
A drive on US Rt. 5 along the VT side of the CT River
between Norwich and East Thetford on last Friday
produced the following sightings:
-- One common loon mid-river opposite the intersection
of US Rt. 5 and Goodrich Four Corners Road in Norwich.
-- 12 common mergansers at the confluence of the
Ompomponoosuc and CT rivers.
-- scores of robins feeding on sumac, foraging in
fields and alongside the road as well as a few
grackles and red-winged blackbirds.
-- also seen were six mallards and a dozen canada
geese.
Over in Lyme, a large flock (100+) of robins was seen
foraging in a field just north of Whipple Hill Rd. on
NH Rt. 10.
Friday also produced the first visit in several weeks
of a northern cardinal to my platform feeder.
A Sunday afternoon drive along the above-mentioned VT
route produced sighting of more than 40 canada geese,
three common mergansers and five mallards at various
locales. Robins continue to be abundant.
Monday produced the first eastern phoebe and song
sparrow visits to the yard.
A flock of turkeys continues to visit a field off
Whipple Hill Rd. Numbers range from 20 to 36.
On non-bird matters, the first chipmunk was seen this
morning, our local bear is out and grabbed a tube
feeder that was later recovered. There are large
numbers of deer around. A dozen were counted last
evening in fields near to and along Whipple Hill Rd.
95 Whipple Hill Rd.
Lyme, NH 03768-3322
603-795-4167
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Subject: Brentwood Mitigation Area
From: donald green <donald_green(AT)mac.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 2:46pm
8:30->11:30 at Brentwood Mitigation Area with Marcia Tingley and Davis
Finch. (seen also, Dennis Skillman, cutting trailside brush, Michael
Franzen, and later Debbie Witherall, who has monitored this area
since before it was conserved.
Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck -pair
American Black Duck -4
Mallard-10
Ring-necked Duck 50-60
Bufflehead-5
Hooded Merganser - 4
Common Merganser 1
Great Blue Herons -14 nests occupied
Osprey -2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Herring Gull-2
Great Black backed gull -1
Killdeer-1
Mourning Dove 3
Northern Flicker 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Blue Jay 6-8
Tree Swallow -1
American Crow-15-20
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1 heard
American Robin - 10
Eastern Phoebe 1 heard
Song Sparrow 1 heard
White-throated sparrow 1 heard
Red-winged Blackbird -20
Common Grackle- 12 +
American Goldfinch 2-3
We had an expectation that one of the heron nests was occupied by a
Great Horned Owl. One GBH nest was not occupied by any GBH (the
lowest in the rightmost clump of stranded dead pines). But no bird
was visible.
Also we gave the pied-bill grebes every opportunity to appear. None
did.
Don Green
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Subject: Exeter Bo waxwings
From: Patience Chamberlin <patiencec(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 3:07pm
There is a flock of about 20 Bohemian waxings at the original
Riverwoods complex off Rt 111 in Exeter. They have been hanging about
the trees near the Monadnock wing of the building. This may be old
news--I have been away from my computer and the list serve for a
couple of weeks.
Also at our place today, one raven being harassed by crows, turkeys
gobbling loudly in the woods, FOY E. phoebe, and last night a woodcock
in our field.
And the bluebirds showing continued interest in the boxes. Things are
looking up!
Patience Chamberlin
Exeter
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Subject: Bohemians at the Nashua Public Library
From: David.S.Deifik(AT)Hitchcock.ORG (David S. Deifik)
Date: 7 Apr 2008 3:18pm
At about 2 PM, there were about 10 Bohemians , all of which except one flew off
a minute after I spotted them.
There is still plenty of fruit in the area, so I suspect they may be coming in
for a while now that they have stripped the trees at the hospital.
David Deifik
Nashua, NH
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Subject: Re: Second Capital Chapter WWWW
From: RWoodward(AT)dhhs.state.nh.us
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:16pm
In fact, this will be a Special Edition of the weekly Wednesday woodcock
walk, namely, "Woodward's Wicked Weekly Wednesday Woodcock Walk." The
entire trip will be run using only words that begin with W. When?
Wednesday. Why? Well, we will watch wily woodcocks whirl. We welcome
wiseguys. Worthwhile!
Rob Woodward
Concord, NH
"Stephanie Parkinson"
<steph(AT)ttlc.net>
Sent by: Please respond to
owner-NH.Birds@lists. NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu
unh.edu
04/06/2008 07:51 PM
To New Hampshire Birds <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
cc
Subject Second Capital Chapter WWWW
Rob Woodward will be leading the second of NH Audubon Capital Area
Chapter's
Weekly Wednesday Woodcock Walks.
Meet at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday, April 9th at the McLane Audubon Center.
Contact Rob at 224-0889 (evenings).
For a schedule of Capital Area Chapter field trips through June, Check the
Chapter website at:
http://www.nhaudubon.org/capital/calendar.htm
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Subject: Rochester WWTP
From: Michael <nhsun100(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:16pm
The Rochester WWTP today yielded the following birds:
Kestrel-1 circling around from a number of fences.
Bonaparte's gull-1 flying near the entrance road
Black ducks
Mallards
Heron gulls
Great black-backed gulls
Ring-billed gulls
Song sparrow
Crows
Robins
Nothing spectacular at Pickering Ponds except for the 200 or so crows seen.
In one tree
there were about 80 crows making a symphony of something which sounds like it
came from the Hitchcock movie "The Birds."
Michael Pachomski
Rochester, NH
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Subject: Sightings in Weare
From: RG Conroy <info(AT)rgconroy.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 5:49pm
We had a large goshawk strafe our chicken coop today and our resident
red-shouldered hawk also made his first appearance (to me anyway).
Bluebirds were checking out the nest boxes and a great blue heron fly by
too.
New birds at the feeder include brown-headed cowbirds and song sparrows and
tons of juncos.
The robin infantry units continue to patrol the ever expanding areas of
snow-free field.
Nearby on Perkins Pond on Rt. 149, I saw what looked like a small group of
common golden-eyes but I need to check again.
Yay spring!
Rosemary Conroy
Weare, NH
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Subject: Keene shrike + rare bird
From: "Keith M. Gordon" <kmg(AT)myexcel.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:12pm
Today at Dillant Hopkins Airport in Keene; GOOD looks at a N Shrike who is
still around. On the WWTP rd. on R after the first bend.
Also---Pileated woodpecker, kestrel.
At Krif Rd., lots of mallard s + 2 prs. of GW teal.
Keith M. Gordon, PE
Roberta P. Gordon
680 Granite Lake Road
Munsonville, NH 03457
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Subject: Fox Sparrow, Sapsucker, Bluebirds on ice, Common Loon
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:34pm
I got my first -of-year Fox Sparrow today in Amherst along
Horace Greeley Road, thanks to a tip from Scott Spangenberg.
Also present there a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
A pair of Eastern Bluebirds were in the middle of the frozen
bog at NH Audubon's Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary
standing on the ice. Every once in a while they'd flit up a
couple of feet or so and land back down. Flycatching?
Rather strange behavior.
Not much else at the bog, where Wellingtons are required
since portions of the boardwalk are submerged or sink
into several inches of water. Some sections still have
several inches of icy snow on them, and are not for the
faint-hearted.
Only other birds at the bog: 4 Black-capped Chickadees,
2 Song Sparrows, 2 Blue Jays, 2 singing Northern
Cardinals, 1 heard American Crow, and 1 flyover Red-
tailed Hawk.
I also went to the Joe English Reservation in Amherst,
but one look at the icy-looking trail leading off the parking
lot deterred me. Some other time.
On the way home, I stopped at Clair's Landing in Auburn
on the shores of Lake Massabesic. Maybe a couple of
football fields worth of open water, but enough for a
single Common Loon apparently.
Lots of big birds along the highways:
Red-tailed Hawk--1 in Bedford at Rt. 293 & Everett Turnpike,
1 in Raymond in the median of Rt. 101 east of exit 4, 2 in
Fremont along Martin Road performing acrobatics
Great Blue Heron--1 flyover in Amherst at Rt. 101 w. of Stowell,
1 in Manchester off Rt. 93 at Hanover St., 1 in Raymond at
Scribner and Onway Lake Roads behind the police station
Turkey Vulture--3 in Exeter along Rt. 101 east of exit 11
American Kestrel--1 in Epping along Rt. 101 west of exit 7
Also:
Osprey--1 on nest in Hampton off Landing Road
Hooded Merganser--a pair in Epping in the wetland behind
the Lowe's store
And last night behind my house, I did hear 2 Woodcocks
peenting and doing display flights, but I never saw them.
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Osprey & Othrs
From: Hank Chary <hankchary(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 6:48pm
Today I saw an Osprey on the nest seen from Chapman's Landing, and several
small rapidly moving birds (perhaps Tree Swallows) seemingly near the nest.
Also a D-C Cormorant in the river there (My FOY).
Closer to home, I checked the osprey nest at Lubberland Creek and found a bird
on that nest also. Heard a Pileated calling on my way back to the car.
Here at home I regularly see "my" Red-bellied Woodpeckers. One bird seemed to
have a black(!) crown and a red (as expected) nape. In recent days the "black
head" seems to be fading. Might this be some sort of staining from a roost?
Oddly, the black-red demarcation is very clear (not fuzzy or blurred). Anyone
have any comments or thoughts?
Also here at home, Black-capped Chickadees are excavating a nest cavity;
Eastern Phoebe(s?) have returned; American Tree Sparrows continue at the
feeder; I've yet to see my FOY feeder Chippy, but have heard one the other
day. Juncos are still here, but I haven't seen a Pine Siskin since 26 March.
A Broad-winged Hawk overflew the house today.
Hank Chary
Newmarket
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Subject: Off Topic - NH Salamander Web Site
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:12pm
This is in response to David Blezard's post about a salamander that he
found. The NH Fish and Game Department has an excellent web site:
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/Nongame/reptiles_amphibians.htm
that has a wealth of information about NH reptiles and amphibians. It even
has maps of which towns have reported which species, pictures to help ID
reptiles and amphibians, reporting methods and even frog calls. I encourage
all readers to take a look at this site and report their finds. In looking
at the various maps I am embarrassed to see that my town has never even
recorded a wood frog.which will be making a quacking noises like a duck
pretty soon. I aim to fix that this spring by reporting to RAARP.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: ruffed grouse
From: Wendychatel(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:35pm
This afternoon I encountered a very unruffled ruffed grouse crossing a dirt
driveway in Chichester. Is this unusual? I've never seen one before. It
was in a very swampy area. After crossing the drive he (?) just poked around
in the brush and snow, not in any hurry to get away from my car.
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Subject: more Flrida pics from 2007 thru 2008
From: joseagle(AT)aol.com
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:51pm
http://www.pbase.com/image/95259363
More pics from last years and this years visit.
JoAnn O'Shaughnessy
Florida
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Subject: Soo-nipi meeting
From: "Ruth White" <rbwhite117(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:53pm
Fred Sladen ,who has traveled around the world,and worked and lived in many
wonderful places,will talk about some of his favorite birds......from the
Azores,Spain,Australia,Central and South America.
We meet at the Tracy Library in New London....Refreshments at 7, meeting at
7:30.
Contact 526-6790 for details.
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Subject: Kestrel - Durham
From: "Daniel M. Keefe" <selchie(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 10:37pm
There has been a Kestrel on the wires near Emery and Wagon Hill farm
(Durham, US Rt 4) the last three days.
>From a narrow perspective I see far less of these then I used to. On our
place they used to nest in the old Elms, which have all succumbed to Dutch
Elm disease.
Dan
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