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NH.Birds for Monday, January 12, 2009
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Subject: LBBG in Newmarket
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 10:09am
Birders
Joyce, the Lesser Black-backed Gull, was at the town landing this morning
at 9AM. Unfortunately, Joyce's, the restaurant is no longer open so it
won't be eating anymore blueberry muffins, or whatever it thrived on at
that spot.
A check of likely waxwing spots in town yielded nothing.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham
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Subject: HAWK OWL in Center Harbor
From: "Tony Vazzano" <tvazzano(AT)ncia.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 10:28am
John Merrill found a Northern Hawk Owl near his house in Center Harbor this
morning. The address is 181 Coe Hill Rd. On Main St. in Center Harbor,
find the post office. Coe Hill Rd starts in less than 100 yards to the
west. Go 0.9 miles. John's house is on the left. The owl was in a couple
of diferent trees just past the house including a limb that hung directly
over the road. This location is on a hill and a curve on a snow covered
road so parking will be an issue. John has a small driveway but birders are
welcome to park there. If there is no room in the driveway, then you need
to use both common sense and courtesy in parking.
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Subject: Cedar Waxwings etc
From: Melissa Miller <melmilart(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 12:05pm
I've been waiting for the Cedar Waxwings to show up at my crab apple tree. They
usually show up in large numbers. But at the moment I only see four in the midst
of a very large flock of starlings, as well as 40+ Robins.
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Subject: Bald Eagle, Keene
From: "Kenneth Klapper" <kklapper(AT)antioch.edu>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 12:22pm
There was a Bald Eagle about 10:40 this morning flying south over the Wal
Mart shopping plaza in Keene. It appeared to be a 4th year bird - there
were some lighter colored feathers on its underwing. Otherwise the bird
looked like an adult.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kenneth Klapper
MS Candidate in Conservation Biology
Antioch University New England
Keene, NH
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Subject: PSU Bohemian Waxwings Back
From: John Williams <john(AT)2young.us>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 12:58pm
This morning I located a flock of Bohemian Waxwings as they were
feeding on a crab apple in front of the Lamson Library on Highland
Street, Plymouth. My first glance estimate was about 50 birds.
Cruising around a bit for a parking spot, I got a good look and count
of 128 birds, when another 60-80 flew in. Recounting, I had gotten to
110 when the whole mass took off. Looking about for a raptor, I
instead watched a Rock Pigeon fly in. I'm guessing that the pigeon
looked enough like a predator to alarm them. A quick look around led
me to a new roost tree right over my car...(Nice moon roof moment),
so I did another estimate, guessing 80-100. Under again as I hit
140... then two more flocks flew in for a final count of 210.
I say this as I routinely try to estimate then corroborate flock
numbers. I almost never overestimate, often running as much as 50%
low. As the season goes on I find I get more and more accurate.
Practice. Practice. Practice.
Sorry Kurk
John R Williams
Rumney
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Subject: Re: HAWK OWL in Center Harbor
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 1:59pm
At 10:25 AM 1/12/2009, Tony Vazzano wrote:
>John Merrill found a Northern Hawk Owl near his house in Center
>Harbor this morning. The address is 181 Coe Hill Rd. On Main St.
>in Center Harbor, find the post office. Coe Hill Rd starts in less
>than 100 yards to the west. Go 0.9 miles. John's house is on the
>left. The owl was in a couple of diferent trees just past the house
>including a limb that hung directly over the road. This location is
>on a hill and a curve on a snow covered road so parking will be an
>issue. John has a small driveway but birders are welcome to park
>there. If there is no room in the driveway, then you need to use
>both common sense and courtesy in parking.
I can't find either "Coe Hill Rd" or "Center Harbor" on MS Streets &
Trips. Not in Maine, not in NH. Can you be more specific -- nearest
town, rough directions, something like that?
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: RE: HAWK OWL in Center Harbor
From: "Kevin Klasman" <kevinklasman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 2:11pm
For what its worth, google maps has it. Here's a link from Nashua, NH.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=nashua,+NH+&daddr=181+Coe+H
ill+Rd,+Center+Harbor,+nh&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=43.701761,-71.460571&ssp
n=0.031708,0.076904&ie=UTF8&ll=43.510713,-71.38092&spn=1.017867,2.460938&z=9
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Jon Woolf
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:59 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Re: HAWK OWL in Center Harbor
At 10:25 AM 1/12/2009, Tony Vazzano wrote:
>John Merrill found a Northern Hawk Owl near his house in Center
>Harbor this morning. The address is 181 Coe Hill Rd. On Main St.
>in Center Harbor, find the post office. Coe Hill Rd starts in less
>than 100 yards to the west. Go 0.9 miles. John's house is on the
>left. The owl was in a couple of diferent trees just past the house
>including a limb that hung directly over the road. This location is
>on a hill and a curve on a snow covered road so parking will be an
>issue. John has a small driveway but birders are welcome to park
>there. If there is no room in the driveway, then you need to use
>both common sense and courtesy in parking.
I can't find either "Coe Hill Rd" or "Center Harbor" on MS Streets &
Trips. Not in Maine, not in NH. Can you be more specific -- nearest
town, rough directions, something like that?
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: Re: HAWK OWL in Center Harbor
From: "Tony Vazzano" <tvazzano(AT)ncia.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 2:14pm
Jon,
Center Harbor is at the northern tip of Lake Winnipesaukee. Any good road
map should show it. Heck, When I went to Belknap College there in the early
70's, we naturally considered it to be the Hub of the Universe. It is a
real NH town.
At the lights in Meredith go east on Route 25. The next town is Center
Harbor. As you approach take a left just past Canoe Restaurant (on the
right). Then immediately go left onto Coe Hill Rd.
Good luck,
Tony Vazzano
Sandwich
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Subject: Bald Eagle -- Lyme
From: Blake Allison <blake_allison(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 2:50pm
In Lyme, an adult bald eagle was observed at 11:15 this morning, flying in a
northerly direction near the junction of NH State Route 10 and Whipple Hill Rd.
Blake Allison
Lyme, NH 03768-3322
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Subject: Glaucous-winged Gull - No, Hawk Owl - Yes in NH
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 3:47pm
No luck with the Glaucous-winged Gull this morning at the Rochester WWTP
in Gonic, NH. Relatively few gulls, and a nuisance eagle ruined
everything by perching in a pine tree. Birders covered from about 8 AM
to 11:30 AM. We (Jason, Scott, Ben, and I) abandoned the site when the
eagle flew over and we heard about the Hawk Owl in Center Harbor, NH!
Despite the relatively few gulls, there were some nice ones. Ben
Griffith had 7 species. I'll let him post his summary later. One nice
bird in the area was a single Bohemian Waxwing off Pickering Road not
far from the parking access to the Trails at Pickering Ponds.
So.....1 hour drive to Center Harbor where we readily got the Northern
Hawk Owl found by John Merrill this morning in his "yard"!!!! Bird
perched alongside the road near John's house. Surprisingly low to the
ground. It was very active, looking around constantly, but was
oblivious to us on the road and never flew in the brief (1/2 hour) that
I was there. Flyover Bohemian Waxwing(s) and a flyover WW Crossbill as
well. Here's my photo.....more by others later!
http://home.comcast.net/~smirick//photos/northernhawkowl1.jpg
Also.....parking is difficult as stated below. Be VERY CAREFUL about
where you park. Don't park on the corner. Park where cars can see from
both directions and don't go too far off the side of the road. The
shoulder is deceptively steep and one (4-wheel drive) got stuck today!
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
> The address is 181 Coe Hill Rd. On Main St. in Center Harbor, NH.
> Find the post office. Coe Hill Rd starts in less than 100 yards to
> the west. Go 0.9 miles. John's house is on the left. The owl was in
> a couple of diferent trees just past the house including a limb that
> hung directly over the road. This location is on a hill and a curve
> on a snow covered road so parking will be an issue. John has a small
> driveway but birders are welcome to park there. If there is no room
> in the driveway, then you need to use both common sense and courtesy
> in parking.
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Subject: hawk owl
From: "Carol Foss" <CFoss(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 5:24pm
To everyone who goes to see the hawk owl -
Pay close attention to where this bird is looking! Some years ago I went to see
one in a large park in Portland, Me. After observing it persistently peering
up into the sky, we looked up and discovered a Snowy Owl flying south, so high
overhead that we could barely see it with the naked eye, and needed binoculars
to determine its identity. Shortly thereafter, it made several forays at a
nearby spruce - and lo, out flew a Long-eared Owl! So there is no telling what
discoveries this bird may provide!
Happy owling!
Carol
Carol R. Foss, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
603-224-9909 X331
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Subject: Northern Hawk Owl/Center Harbor
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 5:24pm
Great bird doing next to nothing for long periods near the road! A light
Rough-legged Hawk flew over to add to the show.
MY TURN:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/sets/72157600170423458/
Scott Young
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Subject: Hawk Owl and Spruce Grouse in NEK of VT
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 5:59pm
This is a combination NEK-VT and North Country-NH post. Three of us went to
Eden, VT to see the Northern Hawk Owl on Monday morning. A pair of New
Haven, CT birders were conveniently watching the owl perched on a balsam fir
tree along Route 118 in Eden, VT. We had excellent looks and also met
Charlotte Bill who originally found it several days ago. Always a treat to
see one of these owls and the finder. The location is 1.1 miles west of the
junction of Route 100 and 118.
>From Eden we drove to Ferdinand, VT also in the North East Kingdom and went
snowshoeing in the Wenlock Wildlife Management Area. This is a great area
for a variety of boreal species. We snowshoed over to Moose Bog and were
successful in spotting a male Spruce Grouse about 30 feet off the trail and
about 15 feet up in a black spruce tree. One of the highlights was when it
pooped its sawdust like scat in front of us but fortunately not on us. We
also saw 3 Boreal Chickadees, several White-winged Crossbills and heard a
Black-backed Woodpecker.
In Stratford, NH we had great views of a Northern Goshawk. In North
Umberland we saw a raptor fly across Route 3 in front of us carrying a
pigeon. I believe it was a red-tailed hawk.
At our feeders in Jefferson, NH we continue to have about 40 Evening
Grosbeaks, 1 Pine Grosbeak, 30 Pine Siskins, 2 Common Redpolls, and 18-20
Tree Sparrows. We are now having probably daily appearances of a Northern
Shrike and occasional forays by a Sharp-shinned hawk.
I had a call from Len Medlock while looking at the Eden Hawk Owl informing
me that a Northern Hawk Owl had been found near Center Harbor, NH. We now
have at least one hawk owl in the northern tier of states. I have a feeling
more may be out there.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: Hawk Owl note
From: "Len Medlock" <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 6:35pm
Just a note that when I left it was feeding on a chipmunk that it apparently
caught (before I arrived) and just before folks left, it flew over out back.
So if you go, mind the parking that Steve Mirick posted and check the back
of the fields, especially along the trees near the apple tree.
Len Medlock
Exeter, NH
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Subject: Rochester WWTP (no Glaucous-winged, but THAYER'S) + Ctr
Harbor Hawk Owl
From: "Benjamin Griffith" <bgriffith(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Jan 2009 7:16pm
I headed out to the Rochester WWTP this morning in hopes of seeing the
Glaucous-winged Gull. No luck there, but Jason Lambert and I had nice looks
at an adult Thayer's Gull. On top of that, there were incredible
concentrations of white-winged gulls, especially considering there were not
very many gulls present for most of the morning. At one point I had 5
Iceland and 5 Glaucous in the same scope view! Went up for the Hawk Owl
with everyone else.
I've posted a photo of the Thayer's and a few obligatory Hawk-Owl shots
here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/BenGriffithBirds/ThayerSAndHawkOwl#
Highlights from the treatment plant:
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Glaucous Gull - 10+ all 1st/2nd winter including 8 in view at one time
Iceland Gull - 12+, all 1st winter, except for one adult
THAYER'S GULL - 1 adult first seen at a distance, then relocated at
relatively close range (but generally mostly concealed by other gulls).
Folded primaries were seen briefly, but well, showing a very HERG-like
pattern and tone from above, but only dark subterminal bar on an otherwise
white P10 below. The head of this bird was round and the eye was a medium
brown. It was seen side by side with several Iceland Gulls, which it
matched in size and head shape, although the bill was slightly thicker (but
still looked small-billed compared to nearby HERGs)
Highlights from the Hawk-Owl spot:
Rough-legged Hawk - 1 adult female first discovered by the Hawk-Owl
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL - 1
Bohemian Waxwing - 1 flying over
Song Sparrow - 1 chased by Hawk-Owl
Pine Siskin - several flyovers
White-winged Crossbill - several flyovers
Ben Griffith
Merrimack, NH
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Subject: Epping Carolina wrens
From: smbasile(AT)comcast.net
Date: 12 Jan 2009 11:57pm
A pair of Carolina wrens have been visiting my feeders. I had a pair of them all
last winter and through summer. By the end of summer I stopped seeing them. I'm
not sure if this is the same couple or not.
Also last winter I had a pair of red-breasted nuthatches but I have not seen
them yet this winter.
A female red-bellied woodpecker came to the feeder.
Siobhan Basile
Epping
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