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Subject: FW: NH Birders coming to the Pribilof Islands
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 8 Apr 2008 6:44am
Posted with permission of the moderator.
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Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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From: "Ed Clark" <eclark(AT)giseis.alaska.edu>
To: <tbbirds(AT)comcast.net>
Subject: NH Birders coming to the Pribilof Islands
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:40:42 +0000
> Greetings Mr. Bronson,
>
> Ed Clark here from the Alaska Rare Bird Listserv. I saw the
> posting to NH Birds about Derek Lovitch's upcoming talk for the NH
> Audubon Seacoast Chapter. My wife and I are putting together a trip to
> St. Paul Island this spring, and although it would be too late to join
> our expedition this year, I would like to extend our services to any New
> Hampshire Birder who is contemplating a trip to either the Pribilof's or
> any other Alaska destination specifically for birding. We do not charge
> for assisting others who are coming to the Great Land to pursue their
> own "Feather Quest" as others have generously assisted my wife and I
> over the years when we bird outside of Alaska. We are particularly keen
> on helping independent birders who chart their own course and forgo the
> expensive and harried schedule of the organized tour companies.
> If it is not too much trouble could you make an announcement to
> the audience about our interest in helping New Hampshire Birders with
> planning and logistics for an Alaskan Birding Trip? We would appreciate
> it greatly.
>
> Thanks for considering this and I look forward to birding with you some
> day.
>
> P.S. Please say Hello to Jeannette & Derek from Judy and Ed in Alaska.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ed Clark
> Fairbanks, Alaska & Carroll, New Hampshire
> Co-moderator
> Alaska Rare Bird listserv
> akbirder(AT)eagle.ptialaska.net
> https://lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/alaskabirds-l
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Subject: Migration Talk in Nashua tonight
From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:02am
Greetings all,
I thought some of you might be interested in a talk I'm giving for NH
Audubon's Nashaway Chapter tonight, entitled "Bird Migration: Fun Facts and
Shameless Speculations."
Ever wonder exactly HOW your phoebe finds it's way back to your porch each
spring? Well I haven't a clue, but will be more than willing to - you guessed
it - speculate shamelessly on it.
But seriously, is there a better topic for this week - now that the sun is
out, the snow is melting, and temps may hit the 60s tomorrow? Come on down to
Nashua to get primed for spring migration!
The talk is at the Nashua Public Library starting at 7 p.m. Maybe I'll see
some of you there!
Pam Hunt
Penacook, NH
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Subject: Re: Soo-nipi meeting
From: "Ruth White" <rbwhite117(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:00am
The meeting is this Friday..............4/11,
-------Original Message-------
From: Ruth White
Date: 04/07/08 21:55:21
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Soo-nipi meeting
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: Purple Sandpipers 04/07
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:01am
Yesterday I was over on the coast, and as usual I took some time to
look for birds. There wasn't much stirring on the ocean -- an eider
or two, a few gulls, a couple of cormorants. The only find of any
note was a large flock of Purple Sandpipers at Rye Harbor State
Park. I guess they wanted to be up on the harbor jetty, but didn't
want to get drenched by the waves that were breaking over the
jetty. So instead they took shelter on the tiny rocky beach just
inside the jetty. First I saw one or two ... then a few more moved
... then I walked a bit closer ... well, make a long story short, my
best estimate is 60-70 birds in 15 or 20 square feet of shoreline. Big flock.
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: Please remove me from your lists. Thank you.
From: Sara Wotton <wotton89(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:28am
Sara Wotton
Nottingham, NH
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Subject: American Kestrel, Walpole
From: "Alan Johnson /R.N.Johnson, Inc." <alan(AT)rnjohnsoninc.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 8:46am
Three male American Kestrels at the entrance of Boggy Meadow on River Road
yesterday afternoon. There is a pair preparing to nest at Alyson's Apple
Orchard on Rt 12. They are also being seen regularly at the old Sawyer Farm
and just north of Chickerings on River Rd., near Agway on Rt. 12 and on
Barnett Hill.
I have about a dozen Kestrel nest boxes and instructions for proper placement,
made by the late Almon Welch of Walpole. These are free for anyone who wants
one.
Alan Johnson
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Subject: Re: more Flrida pics from 2007 thru 2008
From: "rraptors(AT)juno.com" <rraptors@juno.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:03am
Hi!
Love the pics!!!!! How did you get that osprey to wink at you?!?!? And the
snowy egret is GORGEOUS!!! Hope you are having fun! Our snow is melting,
melting, melting. Yeah!
Rita
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Subject: Moderator Message - Posting Guidelines
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:19am
As we get into spring and the number of posts increases, I just want to
remind list participants of a few posting guidelines:
1) Please remember to sign your posts with your name and town of
residence. This helps us to learn more about birders in our
community.....even if we don't know what we look like!
2) Try to be informative in the subject line. Include species name(s)
and location if it makes sense. Don't leave the subject line blank.
Many people don't have that much time to read all the e-mails, but may
filter them by reading through subject lines.
3) Try to help people by including general directions to birding sites
where appropriate and refrain from using abbreviations. If the location
is on private property, please indicate this in the post. Please
include specific locations for unusual bird sightings if possible. If
it is a new site of interest to the birding community, consider spending
some time and write it up by adding it to NH's WIKI site at
http://nhbirds.wikispaces.com/
4) As the number of birds starts to return (YAYYYY SPRING!!!), try to
pay attention to e-mail volume. Try not to post multiple times in one
day and pay attention to what species have been reported and try not to
be too redundant. If it makes sense, post a summary of several days of
sightings rather than daily reports. Try not to report all the common
birds on a daily basis unless it represents interesting behavior or an
unusually large number (or small number). A reminder........everyone
should have a copy of the Checklist of the Birds of NH. It is very
inexpensive at $5.95 and provides a tremendous amount of information
related to the relative seasonal abundance of birds in NH. Here is a
link for the checklist and other informative publications
http://www.nhaudubon.org/shopper.htm
Also......the New Hampshire Bird Records Publication is a must have for
any birders in NH......here is a link:
http://www.nhbirdrecords.org/
5) Keep the birding list to birds seen in NH only. There are separate
e-mail lists for Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont so post to them if
necessary. Of course, if it is a rare bird for the region, we certainly
want to hear about it in NH also!
6) DON'T HIT THE REPLY BUTTON FOR PERSONAL RESPONSES!!!! This is a
common problem that is done by accident sometimes. I've done it a
couple of times myself. One thing that I do to help me know whether an
e-mail is from NH.Birds is to redirect my NH.Birds e-mails into a
separate folder using filtering within my e-mail. When the e-mail
arrives in a separate folder other than my "In Box", then I know it's an
NH.Birds e-mail and I know not to hit the reply button.
7) If you have any questions or comments regarding list content, please
send them to me (Don't hit Reply!) or David Blezard. If you have any
technical questions regarding signing on or off the list, then e-mail
David Blezard or visit the web site:
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~djb1/nh.birds.html
Enjoy the spring, and find some great birds!
Steve Mirick
NH.Birds List Moderator
Bradford, MA
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Subject: broad-winged hawk, Harrisville; other sightings
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 1:59pm
Julie Tilden just spotted a broad-winged hawk flying
and calling near the center of Harrisville.
On 4/3, a northern goshawk was observed at the
junction of Routes 9 and 123 south in Stoddard.
Yesterday evening, there were 16 rusty blackbirds and
18 Wilson's snipe at Krif Road in Keene. No
blue-winged teal or lesser yellowlegs found.
Also, 5 American kestrels were observed at Keene
Airport.
Phil Brown & Julie Tilden
Nelson, NH
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Subject: NH Coast: Snowy & Great Egrets, G. Yellowlegs, T. Swallows,
DC Cormorants
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 8 Apr 2008 4:41pm
Five new species for my year list today from a circuit of the
Hampton-Seabrook marshes and a run up the Seacoast.
Snowy Egret--1 exceedingly plumed bird ready to impress,
but no female around. In Hampton Falls off railroad causeway
northward from end of Depot Road. First this year for the state,
I think.
Great Egret--4 north of Route 286 in Seabrook
Greater Yellowlegs--1 with the Snowy Egret, 4 more behind
Little Jack's Restaurant in Hampton
Tree Swallow--1 flying north beside Route 1 across the marsh
in Hampton, 7 checking out the nest boxes along Cross
Beach Road in Seabrook
Double-crested Cormorant--4 in Eel Pond in Rye
No Piping Plovers or Dunlins seen.
Other highlights:
Great Blue Heron--3 off railroad causeway, 2 in Awcomin Marsh in Rye,
1 in marsh across from Concord Point. All in very orange-billed
breeding plumage
Great Cormorant--6 at Rye Ledge, 1 at Hampton State Park jetty
Killdeer--5 at end of Depot Road, 2 along Cross Beach Road
American Wigeon--2 near the Snowy Egret. I don't recall seeing
this species in the marsh before.
Osprey--3 near the nest off Landing Road in Hampton, 1 on, 1 below
on short post, and one soaring over the railroad causeway
Cooper's Hawk--1 at Townline Marsh on North Hampton-Rye border
American Kestrel--1 along Drakeside Road in Hampton, first time
I've seen this bird
Red-tailed Hawk--1 along Drakeside Road
Eastern Phoebe--1 heard at end of Depot Road, 1 heard along
Rt. 286 at entrance to wastewater treatment plant
Not a whole lot of waterfowl along the coast, where the surf was
definitely up, and the tide was very high. 13 common species of
waterfowl plus Common Loon seen in small numbers.
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: East Kingston, Exeter and Brentwood
From: d.skillman(AT)comcast.net
Date: 8 Apr 2008 5:43pm
Birders: Dennis Skillman and Warren Trested
East Kingston: (yard birds) - Red-bellied Woodpecker (2 calling), Tufted
Titmouse, American Crow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Flicker, Red-breasted
Nuthatch (several), Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, American
Goldfinch.
(Bodwell Field) - Killdeer, American Crow, Canada Geese (~50), Red-winged
Blackbird, Northern Flicker, Mallard.
(Rt. 108 Pond ar Bodwell Field) - Song Sparrow, Hooded Merganser (2), Black
Duck, Nothern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird.
(Pow-wow Pond) - Common Merganser (2), Greater Black-backed Gull, American
Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Herring Gull, BALD EAGLE, (2 - immature).
Exeter: (Riverwoods) American Robin, Northern Cardinal, BOHEMIAN WAXWING (6).
Brentwood Mitigation Area: Belted Kingfisher (several), Ring-necked Duck,
Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch, Pileated Woodpecker, American Crow, Mallard,
Great Blue Herons (10 on nests and 1 hunting the shoreline), Wood Duck,
Bufflehead, Common Grackle, Hooded Merganser, Green-winged Teal, Woodcock,
PIED-BILLED GREBE (2) (seen and heard at the large pond adjacent to the Heron
Rookery), Kestrel, Black-capped Chickadee. Also seen or heard were Wood Frogs,
Spring Peepers, and Eastern Painted Turtles.
Link to Bohemian Waxwng Photos: http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/95348909 (2
photos, click next to see both)
Dennis Skillman
Anyone interested in some photos of Caribbean birds go to:
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/95167315 and click next until the photos (or
you) are exhausted.
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Subject: June birding weekend in Ossipees/Squam Lake region
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 6:04pm
Hi birders,
Spring is in the air, and birds are on the move to
their breeding grounds in NH. Treat yourself to a
birding getaway vacation - a relaxed-paced birding
weekend on beautiful Purity Lake in Madison, NH this
June 6-8, 2008.
Back by popular demand, I will be leading a birding
weekend based at Purity Spring Resort and the
surrounding natural areas of the Ossipee Mountains and
Squam Lake. We'll also spend some time at birding
hotspots such as the Hoyt and Watts Wildlife
Sanctuaries, and take a pontoon boat trip on Squam
Lake to view nesting eagles and loons.
All this, as well as great meals and accomodations.
The weekend's birding caters to both beginners and
experts alike. Reservations and more information is
available through the following link:
http://www.purityspring.com/theme-birdwatching.htm
Thanks for allowing this posting.
Phil Brown
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Subject: RE: broad-winged hawk, Harrisville; other sightings
From: "fogleman" <fogleman(AT)mvgalaxy.com>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 6:02pm
Wow, cool! Quite early for BW, so maybe spring really IS coming? I hadn't
seen any reports of Broadies at watchsites south of here but north of Texas
yet, so this brings hope!
Susan Fogleman
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From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Phil Brown
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:59 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: broad-winged hawk, Harrisville; other sightings
Julie Tilden just spotted a broad-winged hawk flying
and calling near the center of Harrisville.
On 4/3, a northern goshawk was observed at the
junction of Routes 9 and 123 south in Stoddard.
Yesterday evening, there were 16 rusty blackbirds and
18 Wilson's snipe at Krif Road in Keene. No
blue-winged teal or lesser yellowlegs found.
Also, 5 American kestrels were observed at Keene
Airport.
Phil Brown & Julie Tilden
Nelson, NH
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Subject: Tree Swallows, Brentwood
From: d.skillman(AT)comcast.net
Date: 8 Apr 2008 7:05pm
I forgot to mention in my previous list that we saw about 6 tree swallows at the
first pond and another small group at the Heron rookery pond in the Brentwood
Mitigation Area.
Dennis Skillman
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Subject: Capital Chapter Field Trip-Morrill's Farm
From: "Stephanie Parkinson" <steph(AT)ttlc.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:49pm
MORRILL'S FARM, PENACOOK
Saturday, April 12, 8:00-11:00 AM
Explore this mix of grasslands, wetlands, and forest in the Merrimack River
floodplain with Pam Hunt. This is a good time for waterfowl migration, and
perhaps we'll find some early songbird arrivals as well. The trip will be
entirely on foot, and covers a distance up to 4 miles, all of it on level
ground. Bring a scope if you have one and are willing to carry it around.
Meet at the Hannah-Dustin Park-n-Ride just west of Exit 17 on I-93.
Contact: Pam Hunt at 753-9137 or biodiva(AT)verizon.net
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: Cocheco River Bald Eagles/Dover
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 10:06pm
Went boating this afternoon with Chris Martin to check on the Cocheco eagles.
Apparently we witnessed hatch sign-male carrying small fish to edge of nest,
head bobbing by the brooding bird then its disappearance (tearing,
ripping,feeding?). The brooding bird was very fidgety when trying to get
settled back into the center of the nest. Kept standing and turning almost 360
degrees and gazing into the nest. Her head appears held in a more upright
position than the late February siting. The large size of the nest obscures
good views from near.
Other noteworthy birds:
Ring-necked Duck 6
Bufflehead 16
Common Goldeneye 80 the count of the biggest flock that whistled
overhead
Common Merganser 68 only 18 females
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1 continuously out over the water
Osprey 4 migrating up the Salmon Falls River
Bald Eagle 2 or perhaps more
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2 resident birds
Eastern Phoebe 2
Common Raven 1
Non-Bird: 2 Mourning Cloaks dancing together over the water
1 weasel like skull underneath one of the feeding perches
Wood Frog Chorus!
Scott Young/Strafford
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