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Subject: Weird robin behavior
From: "c-johnson(AT)hughes.net" <c-johnson@hughes.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 1:44am
I have heard of robins building multiple nests, but one pair in my yard
started fourteen of them under the eaves of an outbuilding before
finally settling in one!
Also, I looked outside this morning and noticed a rose breasted
grossbeak at the suet feeder, along with three black throated blue
warblers!
Cheryl Johnson
Campton
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Subject: Re: Keene & Hinsdale (NH) and Brattleboro & Westminster (VT)
birds today + 3 ...
From: Wendychatel(AT)aol.com
Date: 11 May 2008 6:28am
In a message dated 5/10/2008 7:54:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Subject: Hummers
From: "thunduh" <thunduh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 8:36pm
Some hummingbird pictures I took today in Wilton, NH.
http://home.comcast.net/~thunduh2/hummer51108.html
Bruce
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Subject: Little Blue Heron, Uppies, Commies, and Ovvies
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 11 May 2008 8:03pm
Thanks to Steve Mirick, I was able to find the adult Little
Blue Heron this morning about 9:00 am at the marsh
at the North Hampton-Rye town line.
4 Uppies (Upland Sandpipers) were visible at Pease
International Tradeport from the golf course parking lot.
thery were near the R34 sign. Distant with heat haze,
but recognizable.
4 Commies (Common Terns) flew overhead while I
was looking at the ocean from the south side of Great
Boars Head in Hampton. A few minutes later I found
them feeding over the marsh behind Little Jack's
Restaurant.
All 3 of these were first-of-year birds.
1 Ovvie (Ovenbird) was seen well at about 15 feet
this afternoon at Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
in Newington. Very nervous bird as it posed nicely
in the open. I'd heard many, but this was my first
sighting of the year.
Other highlights:
Snowy Egret--3 with the Little Blue, 2 at the Little River
Audubon Sanctuary, 1 at Fairhill Marsh in Rye
Great Yellowlegs--17 behind Little Jack's, 13 at the
Town Line marsh.
Willet--11 behind Little Jack's at very high tide. 2 were
seen copulating.
Inland sightings:
North Hampton thickets at Rt. 111 & Woodland Rd.:
Yellow Warbler--6
Common Yellowthroat--2
Portsmouth, Route 33 powerline south of the park-and-
ride lot:
Wood Duck--2 flyovers. Where did they come from?
Wild Turkey--1 at edge of parking lot
House Wren--1
Gray Catbird--5
Yellow Warbler--11
Common Yellowthroat--4
Field Sparrow--1
Swamp Sparrow--4
Portsmouth, Pease Tradeport along Corporate Drive:
Eastern Kingbird--2
Gray Catbird--1
Northern Mockingbird--3
Brown Thrasher--1
Yellow Warbler--5
Savannah Sparrow--4
Newington, Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge:
Osprey--3, 1 on each nest, and when I returned from
walking the Ferry Way Trail, it looked like there was a
youngster (only head visible) in the left nest
Red-tailed Hawk--1 adult landed on the water tower,
and was promptly attacked by an American Kestrel
Red-bellied Woodpecker--1 heard
Northern Flicker--2, observed a shift change at a nest
hole in a dead tree at the wetland on the Ferry Way Trail
Eastern Kingbird--2
House Wren--1
Eastern Bluebird--2, male observed carrying food to
a birch tree behind the parking lot . Female later seen
flying to same area.
European Starling--2, 1 carrying food to an apparent
nest in one of the weapons storage area gate control
boxes.
Black-and-white Warbler--1
Common Yellowthroat--2 males
Field Sparrow--3
Baltimore Oriole--1 male
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Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Sandwich area field trip this morning
From: "Tony Vazzano" <tvazzano(AT)ncia.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 5:00pm
A bird walk for the Lakes Region Chapter of NHA began at Thompson WS in
North Sandwich this morning. The trail is flooded past the first 100 yards.
We were treated to views of a calling American Bittern from less than 40
feet as it stood in the wet brush a few feet from the trail. Of the 10
species of warblers, a male Bay-breasted, a Wilson's and a Northern
Waterthrush were the highlights. Near the Community School in South Tamworth
there was another bittern.
At the gravel pit on Route 113 on the Sandwich - Tamworth line there were 1
or 2 Greater Yellowlegs, a few Solitary Sandpipers and a singing thrasher.
On our way out a Peregrine flew low, just past us, and continued northbound.
Tony Vazzano
Sandwich
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Subject: White Crowned Sparrow
From: "Ken Lidstone" <klidstone(AT)pyramidadvisors.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:59am
This morning we had our first ever white crowned sparrow at our feeder.
Other visitors were rose breasted grosbeak, Baltimore oriel and a
hummingbird.
Ken Lidstone,
Hampton
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Subject: Pondicherry BBWO
From: "Rebecca Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)net1plus.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:15pm
A gorgeous day for birding at Pondicherry.
Bird highlight was a great look at a male Black-backed Woodpecker drumming on
the trail to Little Cherry Pond. I had never seen or heard them drum.
Dave covered most of the regulars and I can (maybe) add a few:
Evening Grosbeak
Magnolia Warbler (1 or 2)
2 Broad-winged Hawks interacting
Sharp-shinned Hawk
American Redstart at Airport Marsh.
Lots of Yellow-rumpeds and Nashvilles and White-throateds. No Red-eyed Vireos
for me, just Blue-headed.
Spectacular views of the mountains and the bugs were very light (whew).
Becky
Rebecca Suomala
mrsuomala(AT)net1plus.com
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Subject: Durham observations/ Bald Eagle
From: "Daniel M. Keefe" <selchie(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:33pm
I was watching the Orioles and the hummingbirds this morning, normal
activity- the Orioles were all chasing each other away- one even chased a
Male hummer. Everyone scattered when a Bald Eagle (Full Adult Male) passed
over at about 100 feet. A neat sight- I have only seen them here a few
times, and never so close.
Other visitors
Orchard Oriole (M/F)
2 Green Heron's (Three days ago )
Pair of Catbirds
Pair RB Gross beaks
White Crowned sparrow
Wren dive bombing chipmunk, and fighting with Chickadee over ownership of
new house.
Also, near Bunker Creek (Durham), a pair of Osprey circling, one clutching a
branch.
Dan
Durham, NH
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Subject: Gray Catbird, Baltimore Orioles at home on Heron Pond,
Hollis , 5/9/08
From: "Kevin Klasman" <kevinklasman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:45pm
The Orioles were first seen here on Wednesday. 22 species is also a record
for one day at our home, and we're now up to 39 species total.
Images at http://www.pbase.com/kklasman/ohp_20080509
Location: Home on Heron Pond
Observation date: 5/9/08
Notes: Gray Catbird a lifer, great photo ops of Baltimore Orioles.
Number of species: 22
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 4
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: Powderhouse Pond, Exeter
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 6:48pm
JoAnn O'Shaughnessy and I birded Powderhouse Pond in Exeter early this morning
and late afternoon:
Warblers:
Northern Parula (X)
Nashville-2
Yellow (X)
Chestnut-sided (1m)
Magnolia-2
Black-throated Blue (2m, 1f)
Yellow-rumped (X)
Black-throated Green (2, heard only)
Palm-1
Pine-(0!)
Black-and-white (2m, 1f)
American Redstart (3m, 1f)
Northern Waterthrush-1
Common Yellowthroat-5
Other highlights:
Osprey-1 (morning)
Sharp-shinned Hawk-1 (afternoon, with prey)
Broad-winged Hawk-1 (afternoon)
Least Sandpiper-5 (morning)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-1
Nest box 1 has Tree Swallow nest material--let's hope the other three are used
soon.
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/warblers
Len Medlock
Exeter, NH
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Subject: Birdsong Tune-up in Weare
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 6:51pm
Walked some less-birded trails in the Army Corps of Engineers lands adjacent
to Clough State Park in Weare this morning.
It was a brisk morning for the 8 of us, and not very buggy. The gates were
still closed, so we were limited to walking.
Highlights:
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 10+
Semipalmated Plover 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Killdeer 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ruffed Grouse 1 heard drumming
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 heard drumming
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1 heard on South Sugar Hill Road
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue-headed Vireo several
Common Raven several
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow several
Barn Swallow several
House Wren 1
Wood Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 2
Yellow Warbler several
Chestnut-sided Warbler several
Yellow-rumped Warbler several
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 heard
Pine Warbler several
Black-and-white Warbler several
Ovenbird many
Common Yellowthroat several
Wilson's Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow many
White-throated Sparrow many
Swamp Sparrow heard
Northern Cardinal 1 heard
Rose-breasted Grosbeak several
Baltimore Oriole many
Purple Finch several
Mark Suomala
mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com
http://www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: White-faced Ibis, Newbury, MA 5/11
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 10:27am
Rick Heil called at 9:15am to report the WHITE-FACED IBIS on Scotland Rd in
Newbury, along with 41 glossy ibis.
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: Pondicherry IMBD Results: 73 species
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 3:28pm
A group of 28 birders celebrated International Migratory Bird Day at the
Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson and Whitefield on
Saturday. We first birded the Airport Marsh area where we were treated to
several Yellow Warblers, 4 Brown Thrashers, a female Northern Harrier; Wood
Ducks and Hooded Mergansers in breeding plumage. The walk to Cherry Pond
produced numerous singing warblers including Black-throated Green,
Black-throated Blue, Black and White, Myrtle, Chestnut-sided, Nashville,
Northern Parula, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Pine
and Palm Warblers.
At Cherry Pond we dedicated a plaque honoring the visionary efforts of Tudor
Richards to create a refuge at Pondicherry. We were treated to drumming
ruffed grouse, a pair of loons, honking Canada geese, a bald eagle flyover
and an osprey at the far end of the pond as we enjoyed some refreshments on
the viewing platform. We also walked to Little Cherry Pond anticipating that
we would see a black-backed woodpecker but to no avail. The sounds of spring
in the boreal forest made up for the absence of the woodpecker and we
enjoyed exploring the fen at the edge of Little Cherry Pond. On the way back
we spotted a robin's nest that was being raided by a red squirrel and
watched with discomfort as the squirrel took the blue eggs and cracked and
ate them.
The total number of bird species was 73 which is good for the 10th of May in
the North Country. We missed several of the later arriving warblers such as
Cape May, Bay-breasted, Mourning, Wilson's, Blackpoll and American Redstart
which are expected later this week. The only unusual species were a
White-crowned Sparrow and a Double-crested Cormorant. A friend in Randolph
also mentioned that they had White-crowned Sparrows yesterday.
Kathi and I went back early Sunday morning and walked the same route. As
luck would have it, we found both the male and female Black-backed
Woodpecker in the same location that we had looked for to no avail on
Saturday. We alerted a few other birders who were on the trail to be looking
for them. We also heard two other species that we missed on Saturday:
Wilson's Snipe and Blackburnian Warbler. As I write this note, I can see
both an Evening Grosbeak and a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the apple trees by
the house. We missed both of these yesterday but seeing a lot of birds is
only part of the experience.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: Songbird ID Programs
From: "Iain MacLeod" <iain.macleod(AT)nhnature.org>
Date: 11 May 2008 12:00pm
My Southern Woodland Songbird program went well yesterday. From 6 a.m.
to 2 p.m. we tallied 74 species in a variety of locations in the Lakes
Region (Holderness, Campton, Meredith, Sandwich and Moultonborough)
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
My next workshop is in a couple weeks:
NORTHERN FOREST BIRDS
Thursday, May 29 -- 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. AND Saturday, May 31 -- 6:00
a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Join Iain MacLeod for another in this series of in-depth workshops this
time focusing on the birds that inhabit our boreal forest habitats in
northern NH. The evening session will include a presentation with color
illustration and audio recordings. The Saturday field trip will visit
Trudeau Road in Twin Mountain, Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in
Whitefield/Jefferson and perhaps Cannon Mtn. in search of spruce/fir
specialties such as Black-backed Woodpeckers, Boreal Chickadee,
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a wide variety of northern forest dwelling
warblers.
Cost: $45/member; $55/non-member
Contact Iain at 603-968-7194 x23 or iain.macleod(AT)nhnature.org
Iain MacLeod
Executive Director
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
23 Science Center Road,
PO Box 173, Holderness, NH 03245
Phone: 603-968-7194 ext. 23 Fax: 603-968-2229
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Subject: Re: Pickering Ponds Birds and Gull Rescue
From: Jon Winslow <jon_221998(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 11:33am
Pickering Ponds, Rochester. Sunday, May 11, 2008. Many Warblers (though not near
as reported several days ago). Yellow Warbler (many), Chestnut Sided Warbler
(two) , Northern Oriole (one). Female Commone Merganser, along with all the
usual and more common species. Disturbingly though was a Immature Herring Gull I
noticed with a plastic Rite-Aid bag around it trying to fly out of the pond..
As I thought about what to do next it slowly drifted toward shore. I went to my
truck got some leather work gloves and got a long stick. I located the bird and
slowly crept up and stabbed the plastic bag, holding it in place. I carefully
picked up the bird and let him latch onto my finger, it kept him happy while I
assessed his condition. I noticed the bag(which I thought was caught around his
feet ) was actually wound so tightly around its neck I can't believe it could
breathe. It took five minutes to unravel the bag enough to slip it around its
neck. I gave him the
once over and aside from some messed up feathers on one wing he looked good
enough for release. I put him back in thepond and he briskly swam off with his
head high and looking alert. If anyone goes to Pickering Ponds today or Monday
please have a good look in the frdt pond closest to the parking area and see if
he was able to fly off by himself, thank you. That was my Mothers Day gift to my
mom who passed away last year. She was the one who got me interested in birding
and I know she would have been very happy to see that bird swim off without
that bag around it.
Jon Winslow
Dover, NH
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Subject: CT River birds
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 11 May 2008 9:03pm
I birded Mt. Wantastiquet in Hinsdale this morning and then headed to the
setbacks for a quick check, where I bumped into Greg Seymour and Cliff Seifer
who was just finished leading a Monadnock Audubon trip. Of note was my FOY
yellow-throated vireo at the setbacks, a pine siskin flyover on Mt. Wantastiquet
along with three eastern towhees and four prairie warblers. The black vulture
was still present at retreat meadows and could actually be seen from the summit
of Mt. Wantastiquet in NH with a good scope (note to Terry Bronson).
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people
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Subject: FOY ruby-throated hummingbird - Chester
From: "Maureen Lein" <mmleinnh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 11:53am
A little late compared to others, but we just got our first male
ruby-throated hummingbird.
Maureen Lein
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Subject: Powderhouse: Cerulean?
From: Jason Lambert <smiley314(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 9:39pm
Sorry for the late post on this one, bad time for computer problems.
Yesterday evening on my way home from the coast I stopped at Powderhouse Pond
for the second time that day. I had the usual warblers and this one came down
and landed in front of me. Seems like a Juvenile Cerulean but I'm not that
great with warblers.
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/warblers
For today I stayed close to home:
- Evening Grosbeaks: 52 on 5/6/08, and atleast 30 today
- Nashville Warbler: 1 in the yard
- Indigo Bunting: 1 at the feeders
- Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black and White, and Chestnut-sided Warblers in the
orchard
- Redstart: 1 in the orchard
- Bobolink: 2 in the orchard
- B. Oriole: 2 in the orchard
- The Woodcock remains on her nest.
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Subject: Cerulean W. at Pawtuckaway...
From: Patience Chamberlin <patiencec(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 5:39pm
...continues at Middle Mt trail. Easily located due to its lusty,
continual singing. And great views due to the relatively sparse
foliage, as Mark mentioned in his post yesterday. Also one Red-eyed
Vireo, FOY, and American Redstart, FOY. It was a quick trip! And a
pleasure to meet Scott Young also enjoying the bird.
In our woods back in Exeter: very quiet except for highlights...
Blackburnian Warbler 1, FOY
Black-throated blue 1 it seems a good year for them here
At our feeders: highlights..
White-crowned Sparrow 1 second day here
B Orioles
Downtown Exeter:
Chimney swifts 30-ish the numbers are steadily ramping up
Powder House Pond in Exeter was packed with birds: almost all in the
trees and bushes alongside the walk. wonderful views at eye level.
N Parula 6
Black-throated blue W. 1
Am. redstart 2
Nashville W 1
Chestnut-sided W 1
Yellow W 10+ I stopped counting
Yellow- rumped W ditto
Warbling Vireo 3
C Yellowthroat 2
B Oriole 4
E Kingbird 1
Tree swallows 2 I think they are using one of the boxes Len put up.
My idea of a great Mother's Day!
Patience Chamberlin
Exeter
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