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NH.Birds for Saturday, May 3, 2008
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Subject: Eaton/Conway birds
From: "Joshua Potter" <jpotter(AT)tinmtn.org>
Date: 3 May 2008 11:31am
This morning on Crystal Lake in Eaton:
Common Loons (2)
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallow (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (singing from woods across from the beach)
** far out on the pond was a drab brown swallow that I assume was a drab
adult or juvenile Tree Swallow, but was hoping to make into a Bank or
Rough-winged. Anyone spot either of these yet this spring?
Up Rte. 153 towards Conway village, on Dollof Pond (Conway):
Common Loon (1)
Common Mergansers (2 M, 22 F)
Ring-necked Ducks (5 M, 2 F)
Wood Ducks (5 M)
Great Blue Herons (2)
Blue-headed Vireo
Swamp Sparrow
Brown Creeper
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Happy birding,
Joshua Potter
Joshua Potter
Outreach Coordinator
Tin Mountain Conservation Center
1245 Bald Hill Road
Albany, NH 03818
(603)447-6991
www.tinmtn.org
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Subject: Pileated Woodpecker in Greenfield
From: "Janet Romanelli" <jromane202(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 11:36am
Hi - I didn't get a TOTAL look at it, because it was flitting among the
trees, but it was pretty big and had a very red head!
Janet Romanelli
Greenfield, NH
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Subject: wood thrush
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 3 May 2008 12:08pm
Birders
This morning the dog and I were greeted by the flute-like song of the wood
thrush. We then began considering other birds that might be described
instrumentally:
Veery xylophone of course
Am Bittern stand-up bass
Fish Crow kazoo?
We then got distracted by chipmunks, which Rosie now has license to
terrorize since our earlier NHBirds discussion about their bird-eating
habits. She'll never catch one, but she might distract one.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham, NH
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Subject: Kingfisher
From: Allan =?ISO-8859-1?B?UnViZbk=?= <allan(AT)nhbungalow.com>
Date: 3 May 2008 2:14pm
Around 12:30, while running through Mine Falls in Nashua, I saw a male
belted kingfisher sitting on a wire crossing the canal.
Allan
Nashua, New Hampshire
allanrube.com (new)
www.nebirds.com
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Subject: White-Faced Ibis, Newbury, MA 5/3
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 2:35pm
Dave Larson called at 2pm. He and Wayne Petersen are leading a trip for the
Birder's Certicicate Program and have found a WHITE-Faced Ibis on Scotland Rd in
Newbury, MA. It was in with glossy ibis in the first field on the left when
travelling from Rt 95.
They also had 2 Cattle Egret on Parker St.in Newburyport, in with the cows
across from the Oak Hill Cemetery.
Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
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Subject: Seacoast Chapter field trip to Brentwood Mitigation Area
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 3 May 2008 2:44pm
10 participants came along this morning for NH Audubon Seacoast
Chapter spring field trip to the Brentwood Mitigation Area. We had
a contingent of 3 from the Riverwoods retirement complex in Exeter,
plus 1 student, plus 5 adults. Thanks to all who came.
There was a bit of drizzle and occasional very light rain, plus chilly
temperatures, but we persevered to see 32 species. Not all were
seen by all participants, as some left part-way through the trip.
Canada Goose 17, including 6 goslings on pond 8 with parents.
These are the first hatched this season apparently, since they were
not there on Wednesday.
Mallard 8
Hooded Merganser 2 females
Common Merganser 3 flyovers
Pied-billed Grebe 3, 1 seen briefly on pond 2, 1 heard and 1 seen
on pond 8 by me only after the last participants had left
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 12 on nests in rookery
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1 male seen by me only at end of day
Yellowlegs species 1 flyover at starting point
Mourning Dove 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 5
Tree Swallow 80, with almost all over ponds 7 and 8
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 10
Brown Thrasher 1 in usual spot under power line
next to pond 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 25, almost all at and
near the gate between ponds 7 and 8
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1 heard and seen briefly by
a couple of participants, but not me
Eastern Towhee 1 male putting on a great concert and
giving great views between ponds 1 and 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3 under power line
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
American Goldfinch 8
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Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Monadnock Chapter field trip to Stonewall Farm
From: "Kenneth Klapper" <Kenneth_Klapper(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 3 May 2008 3:21pm
Six participants braved the drizzly weather to bird Stonewall Farm and the
rail trail this morning. Although the cold and wet conditions were
challenging, we did manage over 20 species of birds (4 sp of warblers
including N. Waterthrush) and a few spectacular looks. Many thanks to Dan
Cohen of Stonewall Farm for co-leading and for the hot chocolate and
marshmallows at the end!
Mallard (1 male & 1 female)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1 immature)
Cooper's Hawk (1 adult, probably male, perched in a nearby pine for a some
stunning views)
Mourning Dove (2)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Pileated Woodpecker (1 heard)
Eastern Phoebe (several)
Blue Jay (scattered)
American Crow (several)
Black-capped Chickadee (many)
Tufted Titmouse (1 calling)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2)
American Robin (several)
Cedar Waxwing (1 calling after walk)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Yellow-rumped Warlber (several)
Palm Warbler (2-3)
Pine Warbler (1-2)
Northern Waterthrush (1 singing after walk)
Chipping Sparrow (several)
Song Sparrow (several)
Red-winged Blackbird (1 calling)
American Goldfinch (several)
-Ken Klapper
Keene, NH
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Subject: Westmoreland birds & blooms walk tomorrow am
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 3 May 2008 4:14pm
The Monadnock Chapter/Harris Center-sponsored birding and botany walk led by
Melissa Coppola and Phil Brown is still on for tomorrow. We'll be startng at 9
am at the Cheshire County Farm complex off River Road in Westmoreland. Hoping
for a few early songbird migrants, blooming ephemerals, and floodplain forest
specialists.
Hope to see you there,
Phil Brown
New Hampshire Audubon
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Subject: Ruff, Rowley MA, 5/3
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 5:07pm
Patty O'Neil reported a ruff (male) around 3-4pm. from Stilt Pond along Old
Rowley Road/ Red Gate Rd in Rowley. The bird was apparently found by Paul
Peterson. It is associating with about a dozen yellowlegs.
Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
Newburyport, MA
BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
978-462-0775
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Subject: Milan, NH Sightings
From: "Naomi" <omi(AT)ncia.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 6:36pm
I went birding with a friend, who's much more experienced identifying species
than I am, the evening of May 1, 2008 from 6:00pm - 8:30pm and had a great
night. There was no wind, the temperature was 40 degrees...all in all, a
great trip. We followed Route 110 --> Route 110A --> Route 16 and back the
same route. Here is the list of what we saw:
Vernal pool with Wood Frog eggs
1 Broad-winged Hawk
1 Roughed Grouse (heard)
7 Osprey (1 heard; 6 seen; 3 nests)
1 Crow
5 Tree Swallows
?# Red-winged Blackbirds
11 Ring-necked Ducks
26 Cormorants (25 swimming together)
1 Northern Harrier
1 Common Goldeneye
2 Pairs of Hooded Mergansers
2 Eagles
6 Moose
2 Muskrats
Not bad for a couple hours. :) We plan on making another trip out soon,
hopefully within a week, particularly to check in on the Northern Harrier, the
Osprey and the Eagles. Judging on behavior, the Northern Harrier may have a
nest. All the Osprey nests were occupied by an adult, but I'm uncertain if
all were incubating. I am only familiar with one of the three nests and do
believe that at least that pair is incubating. The pair of Eagles may have
hatched young since the adult was sitting higher up in the nest.
Naomi Levesque
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Subject: Lubberland Creek Preserve - Newmarket, NH
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 7:28pm
Jane and I led a group of 20+ birders for The Nature Conservancy at
their Lubberland Creek Preserve in Newmarket. This is a wonderful walk
in the woods around Jeff's Hill area near Great Bay. Trails lead from
Bay Road near Lubberland Creek Saltmarsh (best known for the famous
Little Egret in 1998) into the woods on the northwest side of the road
through some old hardwood forest past an active beaver pond and
eventually to a Great Blue Heron rookery.
Here is a link with more information about the preserve:
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/preserves/art6217.html
The weather today was less than ideal with gray skies, easterly winds,
cool temperatures and a brief shower. We lucked out in not getting too
much picked up after the trip concluded. While the birding along the
trail was rather quiet, there still some nice birds including two Osprey
nests, and a couple of new warblers for us for the year.
Below is a complete list of the 38 species seen or heard for the walk.
FOY is first of year for Jane and/or I.
Canada Goose - Including incubating bird in saltmarsh
Wood Duck - 4
American Black Duck
Mallard
Green-winged Teal - 18 lingering on Great Bay.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron - Appeared to be very few active nests as compared to
past years. One active nest well seen with scope views for all.
Turkey Vulture
Osprey - 3. 2 incubating females including one in Heron rookery near
Jeff's Hill and usual pair along shoreline of Great Bay. This is the
first I have seen this bird, however I think they have been in this
marsh (or nearby) in past years.
Red-tailed Hawk - 1. Nice scope views.
American Kestrel - 1 female
Greater Yellowlegs - 34. Nice large flock over saltmarsh at high tide.
Herring Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 heard only at rookery
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 heard and seen fly overhead
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow - 1
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch - Pair working around nest hole.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Just 1 singing.
Eastern Bluebird - 2. Pair at office building. Male seen in scope by all.
Pine Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 singing and seen by a few along Bay Road (FOY)
Ovenbird - 1 sang once from close along Bay Road (FOY)
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow - Seen in scope by all
White-throated Sparrow - 1 singing near trail head.
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Eastern Chipmunk
Red Squirrel
Spring Peeper
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: NH Coast & Exeter (Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull)
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 3 May 2008 7:54pm
After the TNC trip this morning, Jane and I hit the coast in the
continuous light rain, and then went to Exeter. Nothing terribly
unusual, but a couple of more new year birds for us.
Select list:
NH Coast
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Black-belled Plover - 10 in Hampton Harbor. Some in breeding plumage.
Dunlin - 35 in Hampton Harbor. Some in breeding plumage
Willet - 8 in Hampton Harbor.
Greater Yellowlegs - 15
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 in Little River Saltmarsh in North Hampton (FOY)
WILSON'S SNIPE - 1 lingering at Runnymede Farm (getting kind of late)
ICELAND GULL - 1 1st year bird on Jenness Beach in Rye.
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1 1st year bird continues in Hampton. Today in Hampton
harbor from Yankee Fisherman's coop in Seabrook. May records of
Glaucous Gulls are fairly rare.
Wild Turkey - 1 walking across saltmarsh from Rt. 1A in Rye.
Exeter (Powderhouse Pond)
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MERLIN - 1 perched in Norway Spruce near pond. Searching for a swallow
meal.
Barn Swallow - 40.
Tree Swallow - 4 (remarkably small number).
Bank Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 1 (FOY)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
BOBOLINK - Close views of 2 males perched low in cattails along side of
pond. (FOY)
Exeter WWTP
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Green-winged Teal - 3
Mallard - 30. 29 males! Bachelor's already grouping as many females
likely incubating.
Wood Duck - 4. 2 pairs
RUDDY DUCK - 1 male continues. Breeding plumage, but bill not terribly
bright turquoise.
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Barn Swallow - 4
Tree Swallow - 6
Cliff Swallow - 1
One item that is still interesting to me is the apparent lack of Tree
Swallows in some of the traditional "good" spots for this species.
Particularly with the cold weather, there are often concentrations along
the Exeter River and at Powderhouse Pond and at the Exeter WWTP.
Perhaps there are more further inland, or perhaps they are delayed a
bit, but thus far not too many as compared to past years. For instance
2,000 at Exeter WWTP on 4/25/92, 1,500 at Exeter WWTP on 5/11/95, 1,000
at Exeter WWTP on 5/8/94, 1,000 at Exeter WWTP on 4/25/98, 800 at
Rochester WWTP on 5/1/03, 300 at Powderhouse Pond in Exeter on 4/14/07.
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: RE: Hancock Sargent Center update
From: "Kevin Klasman" <kevinklasman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 3 May 2008 9:04pm
There is a goose nesting on an active beaver lodge on Mill Pond in Hollis,
NH. I've been told this is the 5th year in a row. Also today we saw 2 Great
Blue Herons and a Belted Kingfisher there.
-----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 9:12 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Re: Hancock Sargent Center update
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: fish crow
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 3 May 2008 9:26pm
Birders
There was a fish crow (aka kazoo bird) at the Durham town hall area about
7 tonight.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham NH
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