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Subject: RE: 215 species in NH through April 30; Big Year Update
From: "fogleman" <fogleman(AT)mvgalaxy.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 8:06am
Congratulations, Terry, on your own list achievement! I don't think 151 is
too shabby, and I predict you'll exceed your goal of 275. And thanks for
the compilation and breakdown of the list of 215 reported thus far this year
for the state along with the theoretically possibles. Very interesting to
contemplate!
Best,
Susan Fogleman
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Terry Bronson/Nancy Nelso
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:09 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: 215 species in NH through April 30; Big Year Update
>From January 1-April 30, 2008, 215 species of birds were reported
in New Hampshire to NH.Birds and NH Bird Records.
Let me emphasize that this total is REPORTED species and
makes no judgments about the validity of the reports.
Of the 306 species listed in NH Audubon's "A Checklist of the
Birds of New Hampshire," 199 of the 220 that should be
theoretically possible during the first 4 months of the year
have been seen so far.
The 21 species that were theoretically possible through the end
of April that were not seen were:
Tundra Swan
Spruce Grouse
Northern Fulmar
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
American Coot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Common Murre
Atlantic Puffin
Long-eared Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Marsh Wren
Varied Thrush
Northern Parula
Indigo Bunting
6 species that should not show up until May were seen:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Bobolink
10 species not listed in the Checklist at all were seen:
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Eared Grebe
Wood Stork
Gyrfalcon
Sandhill Crane
Slaty-backed Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Painted Bunting
Here's the complete list of species seen through April 30.
* indicates the 151 species seen by me in my 2008
NH Big Year Fundraiser for the Seacoast Chapter of
NH Audubon.
# indicates may require review by the NH Rare Birds
Committee
# Greater White-fronted Goose
* Snow Goose
*# Ross's Goose
# Cackling Goose
* Canada Goose
Brant
* Mute Swan
* Wood Duck
* Gadwall
* Eurasian Wigeon
* American Wigeon
* American Black Duck
* Mallard
* Blue-winged Teal
* Northern Shoveler
* Northern Pintail
* Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
* Ring-necked Duck
* Greater Scaup
* Lesser Scaup
* King Eider
* Common Eider
* Harlequin Duck
* Surf Scoter
* White-winged Scoter
* Black Scoter
* Long-tailed Duck
* Bufflehead
* Common Goldeneye
* Barrow's Goldeneye
* Hooded Merganser
* Common Merganser
* Red-breasted Merganser
* Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
* Ruffed Grouse
* Wild Turkey
* Red-throated Loon
* Common Loon
* Pied-billed Grebe
* Horned Grebe
* Red-necked Grebe
*# Eared Grebe
Northern Gannet
* Double-crested Cormorant
* Great Cormorant
American Bittern
* Great Blue Heron
* Great Egret
* Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
* Glossy Ibis
# Wood Stork
Black Vulture
* Turkey Vulture
* Osprey
* Bald Eagle
* Northern Harrier
* Sharp-shinned Hawk
* Cooper's Hawk
* Northern Goshawk
* Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
* Red-tailed Hawk
* Rough-legged Hawk
* American Kestrel
* Merlin
* Peregrine Falcon
# Gyrfalcon
* Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
* Black-bellied Plover
* Piping Plover
* Killdeer
* Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
* Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
* Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper
* Purple Sandpiper
* Dunlin
* Wilson's Snipe
* American Woodcock
* Black-headed Gull
* Bonaparte's Gull
* Ring-billed Gull
* Herring Gull
* Iceland Gull
* Lesser Black-backed Gull
# Slaty-backed Gull
* Glaucous Gull
* Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
* Razorbill
* Black Guillemot
* Rock Pigeon
* Mourning Dove
* Eastern Screech-owl
* Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
# Northern Hawk Owl
#Great Gray Owl
* Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
* Belted Kingfisher
* Red-bellied Woodpecker
* Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
* Downy Woodpecker
* Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
* Northern Flicker
* Pileated Woodpecker
* Eastern Phoebe
* Eastern Kingbird
* Northern Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
* Gray Jay
* Blue Jay
* American Crow
* Fish Crow
* Common Raven
* Horned Lark
* Tree Swallow
* Northern Rough-winged Swallow
* Bank Swallow
* Cliff Swallow
* Barn Swallow
* Black-capped Chickadee
* Boreal Chickadee
* Tufted Titmouse
* Red-breasted Nuthatch
* White-breasted Nuthatch
* Brown Creeper
* Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
* Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
* Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
* American Robin
Gray Catbird
* Northern Mockingbird
* Brown Thrasher
* European Starling
American Pipit
* Bohemian Waxwing
* Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
* Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
* Pine Warbler
* Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
* Eastern Towhee
* American Tree Sparrow
* Chipping Sparrow
* Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
* Savannah Sparrow
* Fox Sparrow
* Song Sparrow
* Swamp Sparrow
* White-throated Sparrow
* White-crowned Sparrow
* Dark-eyed Junco
* Lapland Longspur
* Snow Bunting
* Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
* Red-winged Blackbird
* Eastern Meadowlark
* Rusty Blackbird
* Common Grackle
* Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
* Pine Grosbeak
* Purple Finch
* House Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
* Common Redpoll
*# Hoary Redpoll
* Pine Siskin
* American Goldfinch
* Evening Grosbeak
* House Sparrow
As for my Big Year effort, I had targeted 175 species
through the end of April. I saw 137, plus 12 targeted
for later months, plus the Ross's Goose and Eared
Grebe not on the list, for a total of 151. I am thus
124 short of my goal of 275 for the year.
Biggest misses so far are Canvasback, Redhead,
Black Vulture (which I missed by 5 minutes), Broad-
winged Hawk, Short-eared Owl, Winter Wren,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Hermit Thrush.
My May target list is 87 species due to arrive this month,
plus 38 species left over from January through April.
Hopefully, I can get 75 of the 87 and 8 of the 38 by
June 1, which would leave me at 234.
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Keene Cemetery May 1: BG Gnatcatcher, Least FC
From: "Kenneth Klapper" <Kenneth_Klapper(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 8:07am
Yesterday I birded Keene Cemetery from 7-9am with Emily Hague. We had a
few FOYs for us - a singing Least Flycatcher and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
Other notables include the Am. Bittern (still calling away!), 3 Warbler
species (B&W, Pine, and Yellow-rumped), several RC Kinglets, N. Harrier,
and an adult Cooper's Hawk (probably male) carrying away it's "early bird"
breakfast.
-Ken Klapper
Keene, NH
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Subject: Clough SP & ACOE Lands, Weare
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 9:13am
Walked the Army Corps of Engineers lands and part of Clough State Park in
Weare yesterday aorund noontime;
Saw or heard 25 species. Only 2 warbler species. East Weare Road is not
under water. Part of the Clough State Park paved roads are still under
water.
Things should be hoppin' when I give my birdsong tune-up workshop there on
Sunday, May 11 (see below for description)
Highlights:
Wood Duck 6
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Osprey 1
Tree Swallow 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
Evening Grosbeak 2
Mark Suomala
mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com
http://www.marksbirdtours.com
I will be conducting Birdsong Tune-up workshops on May 10 and 11 for NH
Audubon. We will meet at Pawtuckaway State Park on Saturday, May 10, and at
Clough State Park on Sunday, May 11. This is a good chance to learn bird
songs and practice techniques to help you remember them.
May 10 BIRDSONG TUNE-UP: PAWTUCKAWAY STATE PARK
In this workshop we'll listen and look for spring birds of the forests and
wetlands of Pawtuckaway State Park. We'll walk and drive to several sites in
the park to learn about and practice birdsong identification. Eastern
Towhee, Least Flycatcher, Cerulean & Blackburnian Warblers, American
Redstart, Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush, and Yellow-throated Vireo
are all possible. "Walk-ins" are welcome, but in such case, payment by cash
only . Meet at the Reservation Road powerline corrider off of Route 107 in
Deerfield at 6:00 a.m., or contact me for directions if you are unsure of
the meeting site.
May 11 BIRDSONG TUNE-UP AT CLOUGH STATE PARK
In this workshop we'll listen and look for spring birds of the forests,
wetlands, and shrublands of Clough State Park. We'll walk and drive to
several sites in the park to learn about and practice birdsong
identification. Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue-winged,
Chestnut-sided, Nashville, and Yellow Warblers are all possible. "Walk-ins"
are welcome, but in such case, payment by cash only. Meet at the
T-intersection at the end of Sugar Hill Road South off of Route 77 in Weare
at 6:00 a.m., or contact me for directions if you are unsure of the meeting
site.
Instructor: Mark Suomala has been teaching birdsong I.D. for more than
10-years
Contact NH Audubon to Register for these Workshops (603) 224-9909
Cost: $20 M/$26 NM per day
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Subject: FOY hummingbird
From: "Suzanne Smith" <zanne1(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 9:36am
Female hummer at our feeder this morning. almost 2 weeks earlier than last
year. or is it because I have the feeder up this early? hmmm.
Suzanne Smith
Hebron, NH
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Subject: Exeter birds
From: "Aaronian, Richard S." <raaronian(AT)exeter.edu>
Date: 2 May 2008 12:59pm
Some notables from my Ornithology class field trip this morning:
PEA woods: Pine W. (1), Black-and-White W. (2-3), Blue-headed Vireo (2)
Powderhouse Pond: Rough-winged Swallow (3), Greater Yellowlegs (2)
WWTP: Ruddy Duck (1 drake)
Rich Aaronian
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Subject: East Coast Bird Migration Time Table
From: "Paula McFarland" <saltpannes(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 2 May 2008 3:19pm
I found a Solitary Sandpiper on Plum Island this morning. While trying to
figure out when they usually arrive, I happened upon this site:
http://www.birdnature.com/timetable.html
According to this site, the Solitary Sandpiper usually shows up around May
15th.
Note the drop down menu at the bottom of the page. You can pick an
east-coast state, and see the arrival and departure dates.
I hope others find this site useful, too.
Paula McFarland
Newton, NH
saltpannesatgmaildotcom
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Subject: Conway, Purple Martins, FOY
From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob(AT)fairpoint.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 3:08pm
There were three Purple Martins at the traditional nesting houses on Rt. 302
at the NH/ME state line across from the Stateline Store. This property has a
new owner who is very happy to have them nesting there.
Bob Crowley
Chatham, NH
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Subject: Pawtuckaway, Candia rail trail, and Exeter WWTP on 5/2
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 2 May 2008 4:46pm
I headed to Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham this
morning to see what might be there at this early date.
The answer, not surprisingly, is not much.
The Tower Road loop is still gated--normally it doesn't
opern until a week or so before Memorial Day. There
was a bit of flooding at the end of Reservation Road
just before the T-intersection but it was confined to
3/4 of the road, and you could walk by on one side
without getting wet feet.
At that flooded area, there was a small flurry of activity:
BLUE-HEADED VIREO--2, first of year, 1 seen, 1 heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler--7, maybe even 10, all in
breeding plumage
Pine Warbler--4, 1 male even seen well!
EVENING GROSBEAK--1 male, 1 female
Red-breasted Nuthatch--1 heard
Black-capped Chickadee--9
American Robin--2
Downy Woodpecker--2
Turkey Vulture--2
Wood Duck--1 drake, 1 hen, sitting up in a tree
Inside the gate along the road through the wetland area
until the hill begins:
Mallard--5
SWAMP SPARROW--1, maybe 2
White-throated Sparrow--1 tan-striped bird hopping
along the ground, flicking its left wing every once in a
while. Didn't fly--maybe it can't.
Tufted Titmouse--1 heard
American Goldfinch--2 heard
Common Grackle--1 heard
On the way into the park I stopped at the Reservation
Road powerline crossing, which is in Deerfield.
Sitting there was the monster brush-cutting machine,
which I've heard called the alligator. Its handiwork
was evident--the land under the powerline was mostly
denuded of vegetation. Shortly after I arrived, the workers
came and fired it up to continue cutting brush northward.
It seems like it's only been 2 years since the brush was
last cut--but I guess they don't want it to get too high.
Anyway, there wasn't too much there:
EASTERN TOWHEE--3 males, 2 seen
Field Sparrow--2
EASTERN BLUEBIRD--1 male, 1 female
Eastern Phoebe--1
Song Sparrow--3
Black-capped Chickadee--2
Mourning Dove--2
American Crow--1
Brown-headed Cowbird--1 male
Blue Jay--5
Turkey Vulture--2, 1 feasting on the remains of either
a Coyote or a German Shepherd just off the south side
of the road. Not enough left to tell for sure what it was.
On the way home, I visited the Rockingham Rail Trail
in Candia east of Lane Road. The same powerline
crosses the trail, and the alligator had done its work
there too.
Most noteworthy bird was Red-winged Blackbird--there
were at least 13 males singing in the marsh east of
the powerline, which is actually in Raymond. Only 6
other very common species seen.
And finally, I stopped at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment
Plant in mid-afternoon:
Ruddy Duck--NO
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Red-tailed Hawk--1
Osprey--1
Killdeer--3
Wood Duck--2
Mallard--27
Tree Swallow--5
Barn Swallow--1
Ring-billed Gull--47
Red-winged Blackbird--3
Common Grackle--2
American Crow--1
Rock Pigeon--4
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Hancock Sargent Center update
From: Bruce Boyer <bboyer192(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 5:01pm
I returned to the beaver pond yesterday. In the AM sun, there were
still YR and Palm Warblers fluttering in the small snags at the W
shore, easy to see and appreciate, but not as abundant as before.
Under the PM clouds, they were gone. Maybe the solar warming activates
the bugs they are eating. Saw 4 Wood Ducks, 2 F Common Mergansers, a
YB Sapsucker excavating a perfectly round nest (?) cavity. A huge
Raven landed atop a tall snag above a GB Heron nest, then flew away; a
heron arrived at the nest within less than minute, maybe preventing
loss of its eggs. A Pileated Woodpecker also landed on a tall snag. A
Canada Goose is nesting atop a large active (?) beaver lodge.
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Subject: Milton Northern Parula and Nashville Warbler
From: "Pat Watts" <pwatts(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 6:01pm
I have had one Parula on and off today and a short sighting of a Nashville
Warbler. Hopefully they'll stick around for a little while!
Pat Watts
Milton
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Subject: RE: Hancock Sargent Center update
From: "Sandy" <slmolloy(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 7:34pm
I have a Canada goose nesting on a beaver lodge, too. I wondered how common
that is and weather the lodge would be active.
Sandy
Londonderry
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Bruce Boyer
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 5:00 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Hancock Sargent Center update
I returned to the beaver pond yesterday. In the AM sun, there were
still YR and Palm Warblers fluttering in the small snags at the W
shore, easy to see and appreciate, but not as abundant as before.
Under the PM clouds, they were gone. Maybe the solar warming activates
the bugs they are eating. Saw 4 Wood Ducks, 2 F Common Mergansers, a
YB Sapsucker excavating a perfectly round nest (?) cavity. A huge
Raven landed atop a tall snag above a GB Heron nest, then flew away; a
heron arrived at the nest within less than minute, maybe preventing
loss of its eggs. A Pileated Woodpecker also landed on a tall snag. A
Canada Goose is nesting atop a large active (?) beaver lodge.
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Subject: Re: Hancock Sargent Center update
From: Bruce Boyer <bboyer192(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 9:12pm
There are definitely beaver on the Hancock pond, and very impressive
tree demolition going on in the vicinity of the lodge, so I'm quite
sure the lodge is occupied.
On May 2, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Sandy wrote:
> I have a Canada goose nesting on a beaver lodge, too. I wondered
> how common
> that is and weather the lodge would be active.
>
> Sandy
> Londonderry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu
> ] On
> Behalf Of Bruce Boyer
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 5:00 PM
> To: New Hampshire Birds
> Subject: Hancock Sargent Center update
>
> I returned to the beaver pond yesterday. In the AM sun, there were
> still YR and Palm Warblers fluttering in the small snags at the W
> shore, easy to see and appreciate, but not as abundant as before.
> Under the PM clouds, they were gone. Maybe the solar warming activates
> the bugs they are eating. Saw 4 Wood Ducks, 2 F Common Mergansers, a
> YB Sapsucker excavating a perfectly round nest (?) cavity. A huge
> Raven landed atop a tall snag above a GB Heron nest, then flew away; a
> heron arrived at the nest within less than minute, maybe preventing
> loss of its eggs. A Pileated Woodpecker also landed on a tall snag. A
> Canada Goose is nesting atop a large active (?) beaver lodge.
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Subject: Pickering Ponds Today
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 2 May 2008 9:52pm
A quick walk through...
1 Northern Flicker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2460734706/
3 stubborn Common Mergansers
2 equally stubborn Double-crested Cormorants
1 Great Blue Heron
Several Swallows - same as the other day
20 or so Yellow-rumped Warblers
2 Savannah Sparrows
1 Chipping Sparrow
2 Tufted Titmice
Small flock of 15 or so Crows
Chet
Dover, NH
**GBA===
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150
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