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Subject: Eliot Bridge/Pickering Ponds 4-18
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 12:03am
ELIOT BRIDGE/SALMON FALLS RIVER -
About a dozen Common Mergansers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2423874665/
3 Bufflehead
1 Raven
1 Very low flying U.S. Coast Guard jet aircraft
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2423260805/
4 Wild Turkey - On private empty lot approx. 1/4 mile before bridge
Here's one of them doing the "funky chicken"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424210424/
PICKERING PONDS -
Gulls, Gulls, Gulls
2 Blue-winged Teal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424696980/
1 Double-crested Cormorant
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424697124/
2 Mallards
4 Palm Warblers
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Turkey Vulture
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Subject: Re: Eliot Bridge/Pickering Ponds 4-18
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 12:17am
Whoops. Forgot my signature.
Chet
Dover, NH
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150
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From: Chet
To: New Hampshire Birds
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:03
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Subject: Eliot Bridge/Pickering
Ponds 4-18
ELIOT BRIDGE/SALMON FALLS
RIVER -
About a dozen Common Mergansers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2423874665/
3 Bufflehead
1 Raven
1 Very low flying U.S. Coast Guard
jet aircraft
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2423260805/
4 Wild Turkey - On private empty lot
approx. 1/4 mile before bridge
Here's one of them doing the "funky
chicken"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424210424/
PICKERING PONDS -
Gulls, Gulls, Gulls
2 Blue-winged Teal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424696980/
1 Double-crested Cormorant
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2424697124/
2 Mallards
4 Palm Warblers
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Turkey Vulture
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Subject: Displaying Ruffed Grouse
From: "Peter Manship" <maddog54l(AT)tds.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 8:21am
Found a Ruffed Grouse displaying on the edge of a road last night in Plymouth
while looking for woodcocks. Go figure! images at:
http://carolandpetes.blogspot.com/2008/04/ruffed-grouse-displaying.html
Also had :
Wilson's Snipe 1
Kestrel 1 f
Ruffed Grouse 1
Good birding
Peter Manship
Ludlow Vt
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Subject: Edward Macdowell Lake and Dam
From: Michael <nhsun100(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 10:53am
I did some birding on some of the trails of the Edward Macdowell and Dam area in
Peterborough, NH, starting at 8:30 am this morning:
Broad-winged hawks-4 flying in a group
Belted kingfishers-2
Pileated woodpecker-1
Downy woodpecker-2
Tree swallows-5
White-breasted nuthatch-6
Goldfinches-2
Juncos-4
Grackles-many
Red-winged blackbirds-many
Canada geese-4
Song sparrows-dozen
Robins-3
Chickadees-8
Titmouse-3
Chipping sparrows-2
Crows-5
Bluejays-1
Mourning doves-2
Species=19
Michael Pachomski
Rochester, NH
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Subject: Siskin
From: "Phebe Lewan" <phebelewan(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 12:33pm
I had a Pine Siskin at my feeder, along with the bright yellow goldfinches,
today. Seems late to me.
Phebe Lewan
Antrim NH
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Subject: Re: What do you think?
From: "Caroline Arnold" <carolineharnold(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 12:42pm
Re Nashville Warbler in Hooksett?: My warbler book (Stokes) shows the
spring migration line for the Nashville Warbler going right across VT and NH
on May 10 and across PA on May 1. So it does seem possible to have one
here with the warm weather we've been having and no storms.
Caroline
Amherst
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Shawn Moody <njs07(AT)live.com> wrote:
> Taking full advantage of the weather today, I went for a walk on my break
> here
> at work in Hooksett about a half hour ago. For the second day in a row, I
> heard what sounded for all the world like a Nashville warbler singing in a
> tree on the edge of the parking lot. Not having the advantage of my
> binoculars
> (as they were the only thing stolen from my car in a recent break in...go
> figure), I could only see basic details at best. The bird appeared to be
> consistent in size as compared to other warblers and had a medium to pale
> yellow underside with greenish grey wings and upper sides. The only
> available
> viewing angle and the aforementioned lack of vision aid prevented me from
> getting a better look.
>
> So with that being said, does anyone have any ideas? Could a Nashville
> warbler
> on April 18th be possible or am I losing it all together??
>
> Shawn Moody
> Raymond, NH
> njs07(AT)live.com
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Subject: Danville
From: "Schotts" <ctschott(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 1:29pm
FOY Cowbirds at the feeder this afternoon
Chris
-Danville
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Subject: Spring has spring in Lyme Center, NH
From: Peg Ackerson <pegack(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 1:32pm
What a joy to hear the American Woodcock peenting - starting up April 13th. I
hear at dusk and dawn. Last night I heard two separate peents. Yard
observations: April 13 Hermit Thrush (1) Juncos - a flock of 30 or so
American Robins - flock of 30+ Tufted Titmouse - a pair Northern
Cardinal - female Song Sparrow (2) White Breasted Nuthatch - a pair
Fox Sparrow (1) Hairy Woodpecker - female The regulars:
Black capped Chickadee - flock is dispersing Blue Jay Morning Dove
Noticeably absent compared to last year: Purple Finch Feeder activity
definitely minimized due to basically taking down the feeders (I still throw
out some seed almost daily - I just can't resist!) April 15 Coltsfoot
starting to appear along roadside Wild Turkey - a flock with two displaying
Toms, cleaning up the birdseed in the yard April 16 Heard Peepers and Wood
Frogs in Lyme village (approx. 550' elevation), but not by the Dartmouth
Skiway (approx 920'). April 18 Hot weather has brought out the daffodils -
I am afraid they are going to blast by with the spell of hot weather.
Fiddleheads should be right along too! Several deer grazing in back pasture
April 19 Yay - new arrivals: Purple Finch (finally!) Chipping
Sparrow Tree Swallow Enjoy the great outdoors!Peg AckersonLyme Center
Peg PegAck(AT)hotmail.com
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Subject: Birds in the New London Area; FOY Northern Waterthrush
From: Peter Newbern <peternewbern(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 1:29pm
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Subject: yard birds Derry
From: Byrder101(AT)aol.com
Date: 19 Apr 2008 1:30pm
Had a pair of amorous wood ducks in my small pond yesterday. Alas, they
didn't notice the duck box we put up a few years ago.
bluebirds continue - 3rd year - mom and dad shooed off their 3 daughters
weeks ago.
carolina wren continues to sing every day though I've not seen 2 together
for at least a month
wintering over white throated sparrows haven't headed north yet but I would
imagine it will be soon.
Also this week I have had the following visitors:
purple finch - several days now, males and females
pine siskin - 1 - off and on all week
fox sparrow - 1
american tree sparrow - 1
flicker - 1 - used to see them all the time year round until their
favorite tree broke in half
pair of red bellied woodpeckers - I think they live in the woods across the
street.
broad winged hawk -1 - new yard bird - seen twice coming out of a wooded
area
And chipping sparrows returned today.
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Subject: Red-shouldered hawks
From: "Stoodley's" <brandybrk(AT)tds.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 1:54pm
We had three right above our cliffs earlier today....they took to
playing and we watched one roll another! Always a treat.
Additional Yard Birds
Great blue heron (fly over)
Brown headed cowbird (FOY)
White throated sparrow
Chipping sparrow
Red-winged blackbird
Pileated woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Purple finch
Phoebe
Turkey Vultures (cruising the ridge)
Raven
Canada geese
Titmouse, Chickadees, Junco, Bluejays, WB nuthatch, etc.
Cheers
Scott & Lara
Mont Vernon
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Subject: Wilton, NH
From: "thunduh" <thunduh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 3:16pm
Pictures of some birds I took while hiking today in Wilton, NH .
The first bird is either a female Eastern Wood Pewee or a female Eastern
Phoebe. There are two pictures of her. The male was nearby and I could not
get a clear picture of him. I also got a picture of a Towhee and a Cliff
Swallow.
http://home.comcast.net/~thunduh2/april2008.html
Bruce
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Subject: Concord Community Gardens 4/19: Flicker & Tree Swallows
Arrive
From: stbnh(AT)comcast.net
Date: 19 Apr 2008 4:48pm
A quick trip around the Concord Community Gardens this AM (4/19) featured many
commoners, a couple of unidentified birds that got away, and a some new
arrivals.
American Crow
American Robin
American Goldfinch
Black-Capped Chickadee
Chipping Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Bluebird (pair)
European Starling
Hairy Woodpecker
House Finch
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker - FOY
Northern Mockingbird
Pine Warbler
Red-Winged Blackbird
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Tree Swallow - FOY
White-Throated Sparrow (1 heard) - FOY
Wild Turkey
and possible Palm Warbler (heard faintly)
Sheridan Brown and Debra Callahan
Concord, NH
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Subject: Jefferson area birds
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 4:57pm
Spring has arrived in the north country with a variety of sights and sounds
including: Wood Frogs quacking like ducks, Ruffed Grouse drumming, and
American Woodcock peenting.
There is still some snow in the woods in the valley and 3-5 feet in the
mountains above 3,000 feet elevation but fields are open and greening up and
Cherry Pond had ice out on 18 April.
On Friday I saw 3 Pileated Woodpeckers on a dead tree in our back yard.
White-throated sparrows are singing and dark-eyed juncos are back in large
numbers. Today we had 8 Evening Grosbeaks and 20 Common Redpolls looking for
seed that was spilled on the lawn and wondering where all the feeders had
gone to. Hermit thrushes and winter wrens are also back at Pondicherry and
today I saw 14 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers that must have arrived recently.
Also at Cherry Pond on Saturday morning was a 1st year Bald Eagle that was
adept at catching fish. In addition there were 24 Ring-necked Ducks, 6 Wood
Ducks, 8 American Black Ducks, 9 Green-winged Teal and 8 Canada Geese. Also
1 Otter, 3 Beaver, 1 Muskrat and a fresh pile of bear scat on the trail in.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: Wrong Location for Kingfisher
From: "Airedale1" <Airedale1(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 5:42pm
Sorry, but the Female Belted Kingfisher that I reported seeing yesterday was
not in Tuftonboro. It was in a marsh, in front of the Abenaki Ski Area in
Wolfeboro on Route 109A
Paul Merritt
Laconia
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Subject: Keene & Hinsdale
From: "Lance Tanino" <Lance_Tanino(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 5:58pm
19 April 2008
Green Wagon Farm, Keene with Cliff Seifer
Morning:
1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
1 White-throated Sparrow
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
6 Savannah Sparrow
Woodpeckers (Downy, Hairy, Pileated, and N. Flickers were extremely vocal
and active)
19 Turkey Vulture (roosting in trees and sunning on the ground near a
wetland)
Hinsdale Bluffs with Marshall Iliff
At mid-day:
78 Green-winged Teal - along the shore on the VT side of the CT River
below Vernon Dam
1 American Wigeon - same as above
18 Cedar Waxwing
1 Rough-winged Swallow - at the dam
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Subject: Owl Prowl!
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 6:07pm
This morning at the incredibly early 4:00 AM, approximately 40 hardy
birders showed up at the Durham Market Place parking lot for the annual
seacoast chapter Owl Prowl! A glorious morning with relatively mild
temperatures and no wind at all and sparkling sunshine to greet the
dawn. And a great dawn it was!! As usual, we walked in the dark out
Longmarsh Road to what is now called the "Longmarsh Preserve", which is
town owned property in Durham. Listening for owls and other wildlife,
we were treated to the continuous raucous calls of Barred Owls, a
distant Great Horned Owl, a beaver slapping its tail, peepers chorusing
as well as a Ruffed Grouse drumming.
Observers - 40
Species - 70 1
Time - 4:00 AM to 1:00 PM
43F - 65F - Sunny - Winds light and variable
Longmarsh Preserve - Moore Fields - Chapman's Landing - Greenland area -
Exeter WWTP - Powderhouse Pond
SNOW GOOSE - 19 continue at Sunset Farm in Greenland
Canada Goose
Mute Swan - 1 on Mill Pond in Durham
Wood Duck - 6 or so at Longmarsh Preserve. Including scope views of
pair walking around up in a tree!!!
American Black Duck on Great Bay.
Mallard
Green-winged Teal - 2 at Longmarsh Preserve
Ring-necked Duck - 3 at Longmarsh Preserve. 5 Exeter WWTP
Greater Scaup - 50 lingering at Sunset Farm
LESSER SCAUP - Pair continues at Exeter WWTP
Hooded Merganser - 6+ at Longmarsh Preserve
Common Merganser - 1 at Longmarsh Preserve. 2 at Chapman's Landing.
RUFFED GROUSE - 1 wonderful drumming bird at Longmarsh Preserve
(Langmaid Farm area).
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 migrating flocks in afternoon. Totaling 60
birds. Possibly inland migrants.
Great Blue Heron - 7 on nests at Longmarsh Preserve
GREAT EGRET - 1 at Longmarsh Preserve. Rare for this location. I think
only my third record. My first record for this location was in 1982!!!!!
Turkey Vulture
Osprey - Pair on nest. Female appeared to be incubating.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk - Two later in day after trip broke up. (FOY)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel - At least 2 migrating, plus 2 or so at Moore Fields in
Durham. Plus at least one at Sunset Farm.
Virginia Rail - 0. Tried several spots with tape. Apparently not back
yet. Any day, however.
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe - 7+ flushed at Chapman's Landing.
American Woodcock - 0. Langmaid Farm is no longer a spot to find them. :-(
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
"STRANGE-BILLED" GULL - 1. What I am now thinking is just an aberrant
1st winter Ring-billed Gull was present at the Exeter WWTP. Although it
has a plain green-gray bill, much different from a typical Ring-billed
Gull (or typical Mew Gull of this age class!), I can't find anything to
really support it as being a Mew Gull. I was hoping though! Here are a
couple of photos by Len Medlock:
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/gulls&page=2
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
GREAT HORNED OWL - 1 distant bird hooting. Heard by only a few.
BARRED OWL - 4+
Belted Kingfisher - At least 4 for the day.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Pair on territory off Longmarsh Road.
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker - Pair on territory at Longmarsh Preserve.
Northern Flicker - A few
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 flyby seen by a couple on trip.
Eastern Phoebe - A few
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow - Remarkably few swallows for the day. Perhaps only a dozen!
Barn Swallow - 1 at Exeter WWTP
Black-capped Chicakdee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper - At least one pair working on nest at Longmarsh Preserve.
WINTER WREN - 1 (or possibly 2) singing at Longmarsh Preserve. Don't
usually get them here on this trip.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - At least two for the day. One singing.
Eastern Bluebird - One at Sunset Farm.
Hermit Thrush - At least 3 singing at dawn at Longmarsh Preserve.
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler - One at Longmarsh Preserve.
Pine Warbler - At least 4 for the day. One called down from pines into
view.
Palm Warbler - 2 off Longmarsh Road. 2 more at Exeter WWTP.
Chipping Sparrow - EVERYWHERE. At least 12 singing while driving around.
VESPER SPARROW - 1 distant scope view for a few at Moore Fields.
Unfortunately, could not get closer views.
Savannah Sparrow - Several from a few spots.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - 1 off Longmarsh Preserve. Sang once. (first of season)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
EASTERN MEADOWLARK - Nice scope views of one singing at Moore Fields.
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch - 1 at Longmarsh.
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Beaver - Tail slapping before dawn along Longmarsh Road.
Muskrat
Painted Turtle - Approximately 75 in one small pond at Exeter WWTP
Snapping Turtle - 1 at Powderhouse Pond (FOY)
Snake sp. - 1 (I think it was a Ribbon Snake)
Pumpkinseed (fish) - Several dozen in Powderhouse Pond
Spring Peepers - No Wood Frogs or Pickerel Frogs.
Mourning Cloak - 3 (FOY)
Wooly Bear caterpillar - 1
Dear Tick - 1+ (I hope every did a tick check when they got home!)
Jupiter - 1
Moons of Jupiter - 4
North Star - 1
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Pawtuckaway Lake/Nottingham
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2008 6:31pm
I came across a pair of loons today in the center of the lake. One of them
has a yellow and orange bobber attached to the left side. I couldn't see any
monofilament hanging from its mouth, so I would guess it is tangled around the
wing or leg. It seemed healthy. Three Fish Crows were picking on an equal
number of flickers on one of the islands-veery amusing. Then lots of the usual
stuff : warblers, kinglets,Ospreys, Broad-wings, Red-shoulders, many other
hawks, Ducks, Ducks and more ducks. Not too many House Finches, maybe none!
Scott Young/Strafford
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