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Subject: Re: two bird ID help needed (Massabesic)
From: Cliff Otto <ottoc.bb.etc(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 8:25am
Jim, I think you are right about the Pine Warbler. My first impulse was "no
way", because I don't recall ever seeing one that yellow but a web search
turned up some similar-looking pictures and a couple of my shots show a hint
of the yellow rump patch that my Sibley's, Kaufman's, and Thayer's don't
point out.
I can go along with a fledgling Yellow Warbler, too.
Thank you for your help,
Cliff
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Jim Berry <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net> wrote:
> That's a male pine warbler, Cliff. The fledgling is getting yellow all
> over and looks like a yellow warbler. Jim
>
> Jim Berry
> Ipswich, Mass.
> jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff Otto" <ottoc.bb.etc(AT)gmail.com>
> To: "New Hampshire Birds" <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:26 PM
> Subject: two bird ID help needed (Massabesic)
>
>
>
> I photographed this bird near Milne Pond at Massabesic Audubon Center this
>> morning and I am not certain what species it is, but I'm leaning towards
>> Yellow-throated Vireo even though the yellow spectacles are missing.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639522 (just click on the Next
>> button)
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639524
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639527
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639529
>>
>>
>> I also photographed this bird in the same tree shortly before the first
>> one
>> mentioned. The looks aren't great but I am guessing it might be a
>> newly-fledged version of the other one.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639520
>> http://www.pbase.com/bb_etc/image/114639517
>>
>> Does anyone have any better ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cliff Otto
>> Manchester
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Subject: birds of Turkey Pond
From: RWoodward(AT)dhhs.state.nh.us
Date: 6 Jul 2009 8:53am
TURKEY POND, CONCORD, NH, 04 JULY 2008, 0510 - 0915, 57 - 70 F, P-CDY,
LIGHT - MOD NW WIND, HIGH WATER-FLOODED TRAILS
Saturday was not only the 7th anniversary of the Turkey Pond bird survey it
was the 200th running of the survey. Door-to-door it is about 5 miles, so
I have walked over 1000 miles or the equivalent of from here to Davenport,
Iowa. I've never been to Davenport, Iowa but I guess I would rather walk
around Turkey Pond 200 times. Data from the fourth of July weekend is a
good reflection of the overall breeding season. I have data for each year
except 2003. Here is a comparison of the average for this weekend from
2002 - 2008 and this year's results. I have tried to include species in
which I have a higher degree of confidence in the accuracy of the count and
a variety of families. Some birds are up and some are down, take a look:
Eastern Kingbird - 5.8 - 5 - only down slightly
Alder Flycatcher - 3 - 3 - holding its own
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5.5 - 4 - down a little
Wood Thrush - 3 - 2 - down a little but numbers fluctuate
Veery - 33 - 39 - way up this year
Blue-headed Vireo - 1.5 - 5 - way up this year, I've noticed this elsewhere
around town
Red-eyed Vireo - 14.5 - 25 - this population explosion began lst year, the
pre-2008 average is 13.2, they have almost doubled!
Pine Warbler - 17 - 17 - steady eddy
Ovenbird - 14.6 - 11 - 3rd straight year of decline
Common Yellowthroat - 36.5 - 27 - way down this year but lots of
fluctuation over the years
Scarlet Tanager - 6.2 - 5 - down but not by much
Swamp Sparrow - 14.5 - 19 way up but lots of fluctuation
Rob Woodward
Concord, NH
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Subject: Pittsburg, NH - 7/1/09 to 7/4/09
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 11:11am
Jane and I spent the first 4 days of July in Pittsburg. Unfortunately,
the cold wet weather of June continued into July, and we were socked in
with clouds, drizzle, light rain and cool temperatures for much of the
time. Our planned hike into the 4th CT Lake was completely rained out
on July 4th and there was a soaking rain on the afternoon of the 2nd.
The sun came out a bit on the 3rd in between rain showers, to allow for
some limited bug watching. Despite the marginal weather, we got a solid
morning of birding in on the 2nd and 3rd and birded the road to Scott's
Bog and then the East Inlet Road to 8 miles on Thursday, and on Friday
morning we birded Indian Stream Road to 18 miles.
Some photos from the trip:
http://picasaweb.google.com/stevemirick/PittsburgNH7109To7409#
A complete list is below of birds just in Pittsburg, plus sample lists
from the 3 primary locations we birded.
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Canada Goose - Several families off Day Road and 1st CT Lake. At least
30 birds.
Mallard - About 15 on 1st CT Lake.
Ring-necked Duck - 1 male on Moose Pond.
SPRUCE GROUSE - 6. Mother with 5 fledged young capable of flight in
stand of Spruce past East Inlet. Likely the same family group that Ben
had about a week earlier.
Common Loon - Pair with single chick on 1st CT Lake. Two birds also on
2nd CT Lake.
American Bittern - Nice bird being chased by Starlings off Tabor Road.
Great Blue Heron - A couple
Turkey Vulture - 1 or 2 birds seen Friday and today. Uncommon up here?
Broad-winged Hawk - A few
Merlin - One fast fly over along Rt. 3.
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper - A couple of territorial birds including one near
Scott's Bog.
Wilson's Snipe - Nice winnowing birds and calling birds on ground off
Tabor Road.
Ring-billed Gull - 12 at one time during rain on lawn near 1st CT Lake.
At least 1/2 were adults. The rest 1 year olds.
Rock Pigeon - 1 only.
Chimney Swift - Including two together over East Inlet.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - A few.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - Nice male along Indian Stream Road.
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher - Only 1. But nice views as it sang continuously
from the top of Spruce along Indian Stream Road.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher - Only about 5. Only 3 singing.
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - 2 off Tabor Road only.
Blue-headed Vireo
PHILADELPHIA VIREO - At least 4. One nicely watched while it sang off
Scott's Bog Road.
Red-eyed Vireo
GRAY JAY - 5 total. 2 at campground and 3 off Scott's Bog Road.
Blue Jay
American Crow - Outnumbered Ravens by quite a bit.
Common Raven - A few, but not many.
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow - Along Tabor Road only.
Cliff Swallow - Nesting on farm house along Tabor Road.
Black-capped Chickadee
BOREAL CHICKADEE - Only 3. One off Scott's Bog Road and nice views of
two along Indian Stream Road.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren - Ubiquitous!
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Fairly common and at times outnumbering
Golden-crowns.
Eastern Bluebird - 1 male along Rt. 3.
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler - Only a couple of males and only one of these singing.
Blackpoll Warbler - Only a couple singing the odd fast song of northern NH.
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler - Only 1 heard singing along Indian Stream Road.
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Chipping Sparrow - A couple.
Savannah Sparrow - Lots along Tabor Road.
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Bobolink - Lots along Tabor Road.
Red-winged Blackbird
RUSTY BLACKBIRD - 1 territorial bird along road to Scott's Bog.
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male at Tabor Farm.
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill - 2 flyovers along Indian Stream Road. No Reds,
however.
Pine Siskin - 0. None seen or heard.
American Goldfinch - Only a couple near our cabin.
Evening Grosbeak - 1 calling along Indian Stream Road.
Moose - 3 total. Female and calf seen on two days in a row and a 3rd
moose seen in East Inlet
White-tailed Deer - A few including a mother and fawn off East Inlet Road.
Woodchuck - 1
Red Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Bat sp.
Mink Frog
Green Frog
Gray Tree Frog
Spring Peeper
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
Atlantis Fritillary
White Admiral - A few
Northern Crescent
Sulphur sp. - A couple
Delta-spotted Spiketail - 1 off Scott Bog Road
Maine (?) Snaketail - A couple at outflow of Scott Bog
Dusky/Ashy Clubtail - One caught
Super Jewelwing - One at outflow of Scott Bog
Chalk-fronted Corporal
Bluet sp.
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
Representative eBird reports from Scott Bog Road, East Inlet Road and
Indian Stream Road below:
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Location: - Scott Bog Road
Observation date: - 7/2/09
Notes: - 4 miles of coverage from 7:15 AM to 8:45 AM. 60F. Overcast.
Light SE winds. Coverage of extent of Scott's Bog Road, plus bog from dam.
Number of species: - 42
Mallard - 1
Common Loon - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 2
Alder Flycatcher - 2
Blue-headed Vireo - 5
Philadelphia Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 10 - Some should be vireo sp.
Gray Jay - 3 - 1 juvenile by itself. 1 juvenile with one adult at a
different location.
Blue Jay - 2
Boreal Chickadee - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Winter Wren - 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 7
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 9
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Nashville Warbler - 9
Northern Parula - 4
Magnolia Warbler - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 9
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 5
Canada Warbler - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 12
Dark-eyed Junco - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Purple Finch - 2
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Location: - East Inlet Road
Observation date: - 7/2/09
Notes: 1 hour and 8 miles of coverage of East Inlet Road from 9:30 AM
to 10:30 AM. 63F overcast.
Number of species: - 28
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 6
Red-eyed Vireo - 7
American Crow - 2
Black-capped Chickadee - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Winter Wren - 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 13
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 6
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Nashville Warbler - 4
Northern Parula - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 7
Blackburnian Warbler - 3
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 4
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Canada Warbler - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 7
Dark-eyed Junco - 4
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Location: - Indian Stream Road
Observation date: - 7/3/09
Notes: - 3 hours of birding along Indian Stream Road to mile marker 18
from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM. Overcast 61F. Light rain toward end of
birding. Loggers suggest a CB radio tuned to channel 19 when logging
trucks are driving along road. Usually M-Fr.
Number of species: - 56
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Black-backed Woodpecker - 1 - Male. Nice views.
Northern Flicker - 3
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 - Only 1. Singing continuously.
Alder Flycatcher - 3
Least Flycatcher - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 17
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 - Seen. Not heard.
Red-eyed Vireo - 17 - Some should probably be vireo sp., since I am not
good at ID of song of PHVI. Most sounded good for REVI.
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 7
Tree Swallow - 2
Black-capped Chickadee - 4
Boreal Chickadee - 2 - Nice views of two birds together.
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Winter Wren - 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 7
Veery - 9
Swainson's Thrush - 8
Hermit Thrush - 5
American Robin - 27
European Starling - 1 - Near beginning of road.
Cedar Waxwing - 12
Nashville Warbler - 10
Northern Parula - 22
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 9
Magnolia Warbler - 18
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8
Black-throated Green Warbler - 9
Blackburnian Warbler - 4
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 16
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 9
Mourning Warbler - 1 - Heard only.
Common Yellowthroat - 24
Canada Warbler - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 8
Lincoln's Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 24
Dark-eyed Junco - 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 3
Purple Finch - 3
White-winged Crossbill - 2 - Flyovers.
Evening Grosbeak - 1 - Heard only.
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Subject: Caps Ridge Trail Birds on Monday
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 3:15pm
Kathi and I walked up the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson Notch on a rainless
early Monday morning before breakfast. We saw or heard the following:
4 Gray Jays including 2 juveniles near the bottom of the trail.
3 Bicknell's Thrush including one with good views near Pothole Rock.
2 Swainson's Thrushes.
2 American Robins at the Trailhead.
1 Black-backed Woodpecker female at Pothole Rock.
4 Boreal Chickadees.
18 Blackpoll Warblers.
3 Magnolia Warblers.
4 Yellow-rumped Warblers.
6 Winter Wrens.
2 Red-breasted Nuthatches.
5 White-throated Sparrows.
4 Dark-eyed Juncos.
On Sunday Tom Berriman, Carl Bretton and I made the trip to see the
Henslow's Sparrow in Montague, MA. We heard the distinctive call as soon as
we got out of the car and spent about 30 minutes watching him. There were 13
birders present and I think we all wondered about the presence of this bird
which has been listed as extirpated from MA. The frequent rains have kept
the fields from getting mowed but it won't be long. This species has
declined greatly across much of its range. We later drove down to the
Holyoke Range and Skinner State Park and enjoyed searching for a Cerulean
Warbler calling in the canopy from near the summit.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: Morning whalewatch, 7/6/09
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 7:07pm
Hoping for some of the great birding from over the weekend, I rode
with Granite State Whale Watch's morning run from Rye Harbor this
morning. We spent most of the time in Massachusetts waters, going
almost as far south as the tip of Gloucester before turning and
heading back north. Eric Masterson was also aboard, so we staked out
the bow platform and generally had a fun time watching for birds and
whales both. The variety show of species from the 4th was nowhere to
be found, but other things made up for that.
We started seeing storm-petrels within half a mile of the harbor. A
little while later, maybe two or three miles out, Eric called out two
floating jaegers a couple of hundred yards away but wasn't sure of
the species. There were a lot of Greater and Sooty Shearwaters --
about half and half. A single Cory's and a single Manx
shearwater. A couple of hundred Gannets, of which one was an adult
and the rest were scattered among 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year
plumages. And a truly mind-boggling number of Wilson's
Storm-Petrels. At one point we had more than a thousand in view at
once -- in every direction, as far as the eye could see were those
little black birds pattering on the water. It was the biggest
storm-petrel show I've ever seen.
I have a goal of one day getting a perfect "field guide" picture of a
storm-petrel. Wings spread, gliding, in about a 45-degree bank so
you can see the white rump, the bill with the tube nose, and the
entire upperwing with the pale wing bands. Haven't gotten it yet,
but today I got pretty close. I got a few pictures that were no
better than what I've taken before:
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/WISP_flying_03.jpg
and one or two that were definitely better:
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/WISP_flying_01.jpg
One that was not quite what I wanted, but grand anyway:
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/WISP_flying_02.jpg
and one that, while not what I had in mind, was still the best
storm-petrel picture I've taken yet, and perhaps the best I ever
will. Note that these are two _different_ crops from _one_ original picture:
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/WISP_pattering_1.jpg
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/WISP_pattering_2.jpg
Oh, and as for the whales: a pod of Harbor Porpoises, four or five
Fin whales, four or five Minke Whales, three different Humpback
Whales, and at least three seals of various species.
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: Afternoon Whale Watch - 7/6/09
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 9:31pm
I joined up with Dennis Abbott and Paul Lehman for the afternoon Whale
Watch out of Rye, NH on the Granite State Whale Watch. Unlike the
morning trip, the boat got a tip of Humpbacks a bit further north, so we
were treated to a trip completely in NH waters (if that matters to
anyone!). The show was great! One of the better whale watches I've
been on with 4 or 5 Humpback Whales continuously bubble feeding and
gorging themselves and shearwaters all around as well. We just sat
there and watched for the whole trip while the whales and birds fed all
around us.
One of these days I'll learn to get better photos......
http://picasaweb.google.com/stevemirick/WhaleWatch070609#
Location: - Jeffrey's Ledge - NH
Observation date: - 7/6/09
Notes: - Afternoon Whale Watch on Granite State out of Rye, NH with
Dennis Abbott and Paul Lehman. Counts/estimates provided by Paul Lehman.
Common Loon - 2 - Two immature birds together well beyond Isles of Shoals.
NORTHERN FULMAR - 1 - Not seen by me.
CORY'S SHEARWATER - 17 - A new high count for me in NH and I think it
ties a count from last summer as a new high count for NH.
Greater Shearwater - 200
Sooty Shearwater - 200 - Personal high count for me in NH waters and one
of the highest counts for the state.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 1,800 - Personal high count for me in NH
waters. Only a few inside Isles of Shoals. Huge concentration in area
of whales.
Northern Gannet - 40 - Not carefully counted. Still, reduced numbers
from yesterday.
Great Cormorant - 1 - Immature bird on Isles of Shoals. Not seen by me.
Roseate Tern - 1 a bit past Isles of Shoals
jaeger sp. - 1 - Distant bird in flight picked out by Paul.
Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Mt. Washington--Alpine Garden area
From: "Len Medlock" <lmedlock(AT)myfairpoint.net>
Date: 6 Jul 2009 11:58pm
Location: Mt. Washington--Alpine Garden area
Observation date: 7/5/09
Notes: My wife and son wanted to travel the Mt. Washington Auto Road, so we
did. I was white-knuckled practically the whole way up--but it is a
wonderful opportunity (http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/114699745).
Cloudy summit; temps in the 40's and sustained winds at 30-40 mph, with
gusts to 60mph!
Number of species: 6
Bicknell's Thrush 5 (4 seen at three pull-offs between 4-5,000', 1 heard)
American Pipit 2 (heard only near Alpine garden, and at one pull-off between
4-5,000'. With any luck, I'll see them at Moore Fields in Durham on their
journey back)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)-2
Blackpoll Warbler-2 (1 heard; 1 seen,
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/114699777)
White-throated Sparrow-2
Dark-eyed Junco-3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Len Medlock
Exeter, NH
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