NH.Birds for Thursday, November 12, 2009

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Pitcher Mountain Hawkwatch Nov. 10 and 11   Lance Tanino    1:58pm   Red tail hawk over McLaughlin Middle School   Lynn Roberge    3:53pm   Pileated woodpecker in Chester (near the Raymond town line)   Maureen Lein   4:11pm   Northern Shrike near Whitefield Airport   David Govatski   7:30pm   Southeastern NH (Snow Goose, Lapland Longspur)   Lauren Kras    9:06pm   Exeter WWTP   Cliff Otto    9:39pm

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Subject: Pitcher Mountain Hawkwatch Nov. 10 and 11
From: Lance Tanino <lancemanu808(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 1:58pm

Pitcher Mountain Hawkwatch is now on hawkcount.org

11-10-09
Turkey Vulture (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (3)

11-11-09 with Wendy Ward
Turkey Vulture (1)
Northern Harrier (1)
Northern Goshawk (1)
Red-shouldered Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (17)

Lance Tanino
Keene, NH


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Subject: Red tail hawk over McLaughlin Middle School
From: Lynn Roberge <lynn4020081996(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 3:53pm

As I was driving to McLaughlin Middle School,,,I stopped to watch a beautiful
mature Red Tailed Hawk, soaring just over the trees.
 
 
Lynn Roberge
Manchester NH


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Subject: Pileated woodpecker in Chester (near the Raymond town line)
From: "Maureen Lein" <mmleinnh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 4:11pm

For the second day in a row, at about this same time (4 pm) I saw a pileated
woodpecker in the dead tree by my mailbox.  I haven't seen one here in ages.
Hear them, but rarely see them.

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Maureen M. Lein
Chester NH 03036-4114


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Subject: Northern Shrike near Whitefield Airport
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 7:30pm

I saw an adult Northern Shrike on Hazen Road near the Whitefield Airport on
Thursday morning after a walk to Cherry Pond which had only three hooded
mergansers. In the late afternoon I hiked up the Caps Ridge Trail in
Jefferson Notch where it was quiet. Only a half dozen red-breasted
nuthatches, 2 hairy and 1 downy woodpecker that late in the afternoon.
Mountain ash trees were full of berries.

 

David Govatski

Jefferson, NH


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Subject: Southeastern NH (Snow Goose, Lapland Longspur)
From: Lauren Kras <lauren.kras(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 9:06pm

Today I spent some time birding around before class.  I checked the
Rochester WWTP, swung down the coast (where the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE continues), and spent time inland as well... highlights below:

Location:     Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant

Snow Goose     my first of the fall - http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkras/
Northern Shoveler     female
Greater Scaup     nice to see away from the bay
Lesser Scaup     good comparison with Greater
Ruddy Duck     this bird has been regular in the past week

Location:     Hampton Beach SP

Horned Lark     9
Lapland Longspur     1 - FINALLY!!! Number 304 for the year!!!

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Lauren A. Kras
Dover, NH


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Subject: Exeter WWTP
From: Cliff Otto <ottoc.bb.etc(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2009 9:39pm

There was a flock of at least thirty Lesser Scaup there today.

Cliff Otto
Manchester