NH.Birds for Saturday, April 12, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   RE: Warner Sandhill Cranes - NO   Joy Bockius   8:24am   Re: Eastern Bluebird Question   Peter Manship   10:22am   more sparrows   s42yth(AT)comcast.net   11:05am   Penacook Birds - April 12   PAMELA HUNT   12:16pm   Swallows - Durham   Daniel M. Keefe   12:22pm   Snow Geese   Stoodley's   12:46pm   Glossy Ibis alert   Terry Bronson   2:25pm   Osprey in Portsmouth's Great Bog   donald green    3:36pm   Osprey, sharpie, Cooper's: Merrimack 4/12   Tom Young    3:30pm   Afternoon coastal birding   Leonard Medlock    4:28pm   Keene Airport Pine Warblers   Clifford Seifer   4:57pm   Coopers Pics- Durham   Daniel M. Keefe   5:57pm   Osprey in Londonderry   Sandy   6:09pm   Souhegan River - Milford   Stoodley's   6:27pm   Lakes Region: Waterthrush, Wigeon, Fish Crow etc   Iain MacLeod   7:11pm   Warner Sandhill Cranes - NO   Jane Hills   7:49pm   Chichester: B Waxwings, Barnstead: Peregrine   Jason Lambert    8:23pm   Wood Duck Begins Incubation   LindaMaley(AT)aol.com   9:24pm   Woodcock at Massabesic Audubon Center   Jon Woolf    9:42pm   Ospreys/Great Bay   sayoung   10:44pm   ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, Fish Crow, Field Sparrow   AERART(AT)aol.com   11:44pm   Osprey at Home on Heron Pond , 4/12/08   Kevin Klasman   11:52pm   Re: Lakes Region: Waterthrush, Wigeon, Fish Crow etc   Scott Spangenberg    11:52pm

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Subject: RE: Warner Sandhill Cranes - NO
From: "Joy Bockius" <jbockius(AT)conknet.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 8:24am

I went up to the field this morning where the cranes had been seen for three
days, but no sight of them.

Joy Bockius
Warner, NH


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Subject: Re: Eastern Bluebird Question
From: "Peter Manship" <maddog54l(AT)tds.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 10:22am

First I want to thank all the people that responded, Thanks for your help. The
over whelming  response to the Eastern Bluebird question yesterday was,
getting food. Here is

What one person had to say : Your paper wasp nest looks like a White-faced
(bald-faced) Hornets nest.  They do not hibernate in the nest over the winter
so there is little danger to the bluebird.  There may be some dried young in
cells that the Bluebird is after, but I would think he/she is looking for
either insects that might have recently inspected the nest or hiding in the
nest (e.g. spiders, flies, etc.) or is looking for nesting material.

I have over the years gathered these nests after the first hard freeze  which
kills off any Wasp/Hornets that haven't gone to hibernate in the ground, never
really thought about the hive as a food source. I asked my friend Harry who
found the nest if he had a better photo of the bird on or in the nest , but
his was no better then the one I posted yesterday.. So there you have it
looking for food..see the original post for link to photo of the nest with the
hole that the Bluebird was flying in and out of.

Thanks again and good birding!

Peter Manship

Ludlow Vt

http://carolandpetes.blogspot.com


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Subject: more sparrows
From: s42yth(AT)comcast.net
Date: 12 Apr 2008 11:05am

there are two fox sparrows under my feeders...

sylvia hartmann       manchester nh


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Subject: Penacook Birds - April 12
From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 12:16pm

Greertings all,

After a moderate rain just before 8 o'clock, and no takers for my Morrill's
Farm field trip, I went down there anyway and found the following:

60 Canada Geese
40 Wood Ducks
30 American Black Ducks
120 Mallards
35 Green-winged Teal*
2 Ring-necked Ducks*
2 Common Mergansers
8 Wild Turkeys
3 Great Blue Herons
9 Killdeer
1 Greater Yellowlegs*
23 Wilson's Snipe* (a personal high for this loacation)
1 Ring-billed Gull
2 Northern Flickers
60 Tree Swallows
1 Field Sparrow*
1 Savannah Sparrow*
20 Song Sparrows
200 Red-winged Blackbirds
50 Common Grackles
and the usual suspects

Species marked with an * would be BIGBY birds, but alas, given the rain right
before 8, I'd driven to the farm. This just means I'll try getting down there
tomorrow under my own power - and perhaps even turn the day into a Walkabout!

Enjoy,
Pam Hunt
Penacook, NH


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Subject: Swallows - Durham
From: "Daniel M. Keefe" <selchie(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 12:22pm

First Swallows here of the year this morning.

Ice went off our pond the day before yesterday and the geese are already
planning nesting.

Frogs making a racket at night, and I almost stepped on a Salamander in the
yard. Spring is good : )

Dan

Durham, NH


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Subject: Snow Geese
From: "Stoodley's" <brandybrk(AT)tds.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 12:46pm

7 Juveniles  hanging out in front of Wilkins School in Amherst

Scott & Lara
Mont Vernon


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Subject: Glossy Ibis alert
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 12 Apr 2008 2:25pm

This morning about 11:15 while at NH Audubon's
Brookside Sanctuary in South Hampton, I was amazed
to see 5 Glossy Ibis circling over the swamp.

Not finding hundreds of dead trees and downed trees
with relatively little water to their liking, the birds then
headed north or northeast.

So be on the alert.  They could touch down most
anywhere east of Route 125.

Also seen:

Osprey--2 at nest
Great Horned Owl--1 on nest with chick
4 woodpecker species (Pileated, Flicker, Downy,
Red-bellied)
Brown Creeper--calling frequently
Great Blue Heron--11 on nests
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1 flyover
Tree Swallow--10
12 other common species

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


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Subject: Osprey in Portsmouth's Great Bog
From: donald green <donald_green(AT)mac.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 3:36pm

	For the third (possibly 4th) year in a row, an osprey has occupied an  
ever-enlarging nest just east to the power substation at Ocean Road in  
Portsmouth across from the entrance to Novel Iron works.  To my  
knowledge the nest has never produced a fledgling.  Early this  
afternoon an osprey was sitting in the nest.    Is it merely a hopeful  
bachelor?    I would appreciate learning if a second bird is in  
attendance.   The best view of the nest is from the lane to the  
substation.  Look through the substation at the wooden transmission  
poles  that go toward the Great Bog Natural Area.
								Don Green


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Subject: Osprey, sharpie, Cooper's: Merrimack 4/12
From: Tom Young <rustysnaketail(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 3:30pm

This morning while raking my lawn, I heard the sound of an Osprey overhead.
Looking up, I also saw a Cooper's Hawk and a Sharp-shinned Hawk; using
binoculars, I could see them all in the same field of view. Perhaps the Cooper's
 was a female, while the sharpie was a male, as the former absolutely dwarfed
the latter.
     I also had a Common Redpoll at the feeder yesterday, as well as 6 or 8 Pine
 Siskins still around.
   
  Tom Young
  Merrimack, NH
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Subject: Afternoon coastal birding
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 4:28pm

After clamming this afternoon, I decided to hit the coast before the fog rolled
in. (Nothing new from Exeter's WWTP).

Northside Park, Hampton:
Long-tailed Duck-2 pairs (males near alternate plumage)
Surf Scoter: 7
White-winged Scoter: 3

Runnymede Farm, Hampton:
Killdeer: 5
Red-tailed Hawk: 1
Wilson's Snipe: 24

Rye Harbor State Park, Rye:
Cooper's Hawk: 1, flying from telephone pole
Purple Sandpiper: 63 from Ragged Neck
  http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/95503190

Len Medlock
Exeter, NH


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Subject: Keene Airport Pine Warblers
From: "Clifford Seifer" <clifdisc(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 4:57pm

This afternoon at the Dillant Hopkins Airport in Swanzey, the
following notable birds:

Osprey -- FOY for me
PINE WARBLER -- 2.  FOY
Northern Shrike -- 1 Still hanging around
Eastern Phoebe -- 7
Green-wing Teal -- 5m, 4f
Ring-neck Duck -- 1m, 1f

Lots of Wood Frogs and Spring Peepers calling.

-- Cliff Seifer
Keene NH


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Subject: Coopers Pics- Durham
From: "Daniel M. Keefe" <selchie(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 5:57pm

Had a nice view of a Coopers that spent about 10 minutes sitting under our
window this morning- there was a sparrow hiding directly underneath him in
the forsythia (The Sparrow escaped certain death!).

A few pics through the glass

http://www.pbase.com/falcon8826/coopers_hawk

Dan


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Subject: Osprey in Londonderry
From: "Sandy" <slmolloy(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 6:09pm

There was an osprey working the large pond in Century Village this
afternoon.  Also heard my first peepers of the year.

 

Sandy


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Subject: Souhegan River - Milford
From: "Stoodley's" <brandybrk(AT)tds.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 6:27pm

FOY - Osprey working the river - right behind the fish hatchery

Pileated working a tree

2 gazillion Canada geese and Mallards

Phoebe

4 Wood ducks - 2 male - 2 female

While I was away, Pine grosbeak in the yard

Scott & Lara
Mont Vernon


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Subject: Lakes Region: Waterthrush, Wigeon, Fish Crow etc
From: "Iain MacLeod" <pandiain(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 7:11pm

Spent the day birding the Lakes Region

Chemung Marsh, Meredith
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH -- 1
Osprey -- 1 male near nest

Gilford Meadows Rt 11B, Gilford
This area was frozen last week, but looked like it should be good for
waterfowl when it melted -- IT IS
NORTHERN PINTAIL -- 1 male
Mallard -- 142
AMERICAN WIGEON -- 2
Green-winged Teal -- 14
Black Duck -- 14
Canada Goose -- 66
Wood Duck -- 2
Ring-billed Gull -- 196
Herring Gull -- 2
Wilson's Snipe -- 4
Killdeer -- 24
FISH CROW -- 4
American Kestrel -- 1
Red-tailed Hawk -- 1
Turkey Vulture -- 1 feeding on road kill cat

Lake Winnesquam, Tilton
Osprey -- 5 (pair at nest and 3 migrants)
Red-shouldered Hawk -- 1
Tree Swallow -- 3
Common Merganser -- 3

Ayres Island Dam, New Hampton
Osprey -- 6 (lots of fighting and display around nest -- 2 males displaying
with fish/2 females landing on nest)
BROAD-WINGED HAWK -- 1 migrating north
Sharp-shinned Hawk -- 3 migrating north
Ring-necked Duck -- 2
Double-crested Cormorant -- 1
Tree Swallow -- 10+ migrating north

River Road, New Hampton to Bridgewater
Double-crested Cormorant -- 3 in river
Osprey -- 1
Common Merganser -- 16

Iain MacLeod
Ashland, NH
pandiain(AT)verizon.net
603-968-7287


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Subject: Warner Sandhill Cranes - NO
From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 7:49pm

I spent from 5:45 to 7:00 PM this evening overlooking the field on Pumpkin
Hill Road in Warner where Sandhill Cranes had been reported, but with no
luck. :-(  Fortunately, it was a beautiful evening!

 

Jane Hills

Manchester, NH

jhbird(at)verizon(dot)net

 

"We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists.  An
environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves
respect.  A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings."  --William
Safire


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Subject: Chichester: B Waxwings, Barnstead: Peregrine
From: Jason Lambert <smiley314(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 8:23pm

>From work today on Pleasant st. in Chichester:-Osprey: 1 slowly soaring
past-Bohemian Waxwings: 25 still hanging around, in the past couple weeks I
have seen anywhere from 50 to 200.-Killdeer: several, they are calling and
flying over all day.  Finally spring has come to Barnstead, so I walked up to
the apple orchard to see if any birds had shown up yet:-Robins: 100 or
more-Eastern Phoebe: 3-Northern Flicker: 1-Hairy Woodpecker: 2-Eastern
Bluebird: 4 (2 pairs)-Goldfinch: 2-Osprey: 1 flying over as I walked
home-Peregrine Falcon: 1 completely caught me off guard, it was flying over
quite high and I just happened to look up at the right time.-Red-tailed Hawk:
a pair that got chased off by crows-Savannah Sparrow: 1 (FOY)-Canada Geese: 2
likely the same 2 that fly over the house every morning, I'll have to check to
see if they are nesting out back again. http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/bluebirds
Jason LambertBarnstead, NH


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Subject: Wood Duck Begins Incubation
From: LindaMaley(AT)aol.com
Date: 12 Apr 2008 9:24pm

We have an absurd number of duck nests on our one-acre suburban lot, but  
it's not often that we witness the start of incubation. At 7:15 P.M. today a  
pair of Wood Ducks arrived and the female entered the box to begin incubating  
the eggs that she (and possibly others) have layed over the past two  weeks.
 
Two pairs of Hooded Mergansers are already incubating, and the five or six  
other pairs of Wood Ducks will soon begin. We're looking at 5-6 weeks of duck  
traffic jams.
 
Al Maley, Hampstead NH

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Subject: Woodcock at Massabesic Audubon Center
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 9:42pm

On a whim, tonight I went over to Massabesic Audubon Center to look & 
listen for woodcock.  The last time I managed to go looking for 
displaying woodcock, last year, I was rewarded by hearing one of the 
little guys from the brush in the pond field, and dimly seeing his 
flight display against the fading sky.  This time I did better: a 
male woodcock in the exact same place, and there was enough light 
left for me to watch him scurrying over the ground and _zzznt_ing 
away.  The only way it could have been better is if there had been 
enough light to get a picture, but of course there wasn't.

-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH


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Subject: Ospreys/Great Bay
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 10:44pm

I was out sloshing in the salt marsh trying to get on a flock of shorebirds.
Heard a shrill whistle close, looked up, nothing. Turned around, eyes bugged
and got to witness some pair bonding. He brought her a real nice stick with a
little green on the top. Not for delicate eyes.

Try the set, its in chronological order:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/

Scott Young/Strafford


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Subject: ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, Fish Crow, Field Sparrow
From: AERART(AT)aol.com
Date: 12 Apr 2008 11:44pm

A single Rough-winged Swallow was flying around over the small 
pond at the Epsom Rest Area on Route 4 in Epsom.   It then sat on  a light 
post 
for excellent observation through binoculars, April 12, 2008.  
 
A Fish Crow was heard again, April 12th,
on Veteran's Drive, near the bridge over the Merrimack River in  Hooksett.  
It was first heard there March 30th.  
 
There were 10 Common Goldeneyes in the Merrimack 
River near the bridge in Hooksett ( 7F, 3M), 
and 6 Common Mergansers flew over.  
 
And a FOY Field Sparrow was seen in Pittsfield 
today April 12th, as well as 6 Fox Sparrows and 
a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.  
 
Also today, a Pine Warbler was singing in Manchester 
on Rt 114A.   
 
George and Andrea Robbins

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Subject: Osprey at Home on Heron Pond , 4/12/08
From: "Kevin Klasman" <kevinklasman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 11:52pm

An Osprey, my favorite bird, showed up this evening, perched on a snag out
over the pond. It stayed until we left home, just before dark.

I also saw a male Common Merganser leading 4 females around, as if he was
showing off the place, acting very cool!

Also the usual suspects, including 20 Slate-colored Juncos, an all-time high
count for me.

Location:     Home on Heron Pond
Observation date:     4/12/08
Number of species:     16

Wood Duck     2
Mallard     2
Hooded Merganser     2
Common Merganser     6
Osprey     1
Mourning Dove     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
American Robin     1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     20
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Common Grackle     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     2

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


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Subject: Re: Lakes Region: Waterthrush, Wigeon, Fish Crow etc
From: Scott Spangenberg <scottspangenberg(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 11:52pm

First LOUSIANA WATERTHRUSH of the year here in Amherst, too.  There  
was one singing out back off and on for most of the day.  In addition  
to the regulars, a Pileated Woodpecker, Terry's Yellow-bellied  
Sapsucker, and FIVE FOX SPARROWS also delighted me.

Scott Spangenberg
Amherst, NH

On Apr 12, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Iain MacLeod wrote:
> Chemung Marsh, Meredith
> LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH -- 1