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NH.Birds for Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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Subject: December 6th pelagic - three spots left
From: "Eric Masterson" <emasterson(AT)plcnh.org>
Date: 1 Dec 2009 12:36pm
Birders:
Three spots have opened up for the Jeffries Ledge Pelagic this Sunday
December 6th on the UNH Gulf Challenger out of Portsmouth NH. The trip is
limited to 20 people and costs $75pp. If interested please contact me off
list.
Depart Portsmouth 8am, return to dock 3pm. The trip will be rescheduled to
December 12th or 13th if Sunday is a weather cancellation (seas above 3-4
feet). Payment must be received in advance. Cancellation will be at 24
hours notice, in which case fare is returned or you have first option on the
weather date.
Expect to see loons (red-necked and common), fulmar, northern gannet, great
cormorant, common eider, black-legged kittiwake, and up to six species of
alcid (guillemot, dovekie, Atlantic puffin, common murre, thick-billed
murre, razorbill).
Eric Masterson
Executive Director
Piscataquog Land Conservancy
www.plcnh.org
Phone: 487-3331
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Subject: Powwow Pond--IBA , Kingston
From: Patience Chamberlin <patiencechamberlin(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 1 Dec 2009 1:38pm
Location: Powwow Pond--IBA
Observation date: 12/1/09
Notes: These seen today from various viewpoints on the pond. Amazingly
quiet for land birds.
Number of species: 3
Mallard 15
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Patience Chamberlin
Exeter
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/nh)
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Subject: Hooded Mergansers- Route 113 Albany 11/30-12/1
From: jmullen43(AT)comcast.net
Date: 1 Dec 2009 2:35pm
Hi! There is a pair of Hooded Mergansers in the pond on 113 between Madison
and Route 16. If you come from 16 towards Madison they are on the largest pond
on theB right. The next pond belongs to the rod and gun club. I saw them at a
distance in the morning yesterday but could not stop.B Saw them late that
afternoon. Had good looks this morning and when I returned at 12:30 today they
were still there close to the road.
Jean Mullen
Silver Lake/Madison
jmullen43(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Ruffed Grouse -Kancamagus 12/1
From: jmullen43(AT)comcast.net
Date: 1 Dec 2009 2:57pm
I spent from 9:30 to 12:30 driving along the Kanc making several stops. The
male B grouse was the best bird of the morning. It was feeding along the edge
of the road near the Oliverian Brook trail.
Here are the stops I made with results:
B Lower Falls-nada
Rocky Gorge Scenic Area
3 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Downy Woodpecker
Bear Notch Rd. The "birdiest" area
8 Black-capped Chickadees
4 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 American Crow
Sugar Hill Overlook
nada
Sabbaday Falls Trail- nada but well worth the short walk to see the falls. My
first time there.
Was hoping for a Boreal Chickadee or Gray Jay. Oh well, did get in a lot of
steps though!
Jean Mullen
Silver Lake/Madison
jmullen43(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Waxwings in Jaffrey
From: Bruce Boyer <brumyster(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 1 Dec 2009 3:58pm
I saw a flock of about 45 waxwings high in a tree near Rte. 124 in
Jaffrey Center. When I returned with binocs, they were already gone,
so I can't say which species.
Bruce Boyer
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Subject: Coastbirding 12/01
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 1 Dec 2009 5:19pm
I had an errand to run over on the coast this morning, so I took some
time to do a coast run. At Odiorne Pt Park, I walked out to Frost
Point and saw mostly the expected things: GBB, Herring, Ring-billed,
and Bonaparte's gulls, bluejays, chickadees, and so on. A couple of
loons, a few sea ducks, all pretty far offshore. In Little Harbor, I
was able to find a couple of Long-tailed Ducks. Also lots and lots
of crows, seemingly everywhere.
At Sunken Forest cove there were a couple of Great Cormorants on the
rocks. (As a side note, does anyone know what the point is behind
those carefully-constructed rock cairns on the rocks there?) Pulpit
Rocks produced two good looks at Red-necked Grebes, along with a male
Surf Scoter and a couple of Red-breasted Mergansers too. In the cove
north of Ragged Neck was a single duck which I believe was a female
Bufflehead. I looked around along Rte 111 for the Greater
White-fronted Goose, but saw no geese of any kind. Didn't see
anything else interesting until I got down to Hampton Beach State
Park. I pulled into the parking lot there, scanned the grass for
larks or buntings (none found), then turned around and saw a large
bird perched atop the picnic shelter. This bird:
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/peregrine01_web.jpg
http://www.jwoolfden.com/bird_photos/peregrine02_web.jpg
Now, I've seen wild Peregrine Falcons before, but always at long
range. In most of those cases someone else had to point it out to
me. In all cases it was so distant that the ID had to be based on
size and shape. The only times I've been close enough to a peregrine
to see markings, they were captive birds. Never before have I been
close enough to a wild Peregrine to really study it and satisfy
myself that yes, it's a peregrine and no, I didn't need any help to
find it or identify it. I've CERTAINLY never been close enough to
get decent pictures. Or any pictures at all, for that matter.
I didn't see any bands on either leg. I have other photos that show
both legs, and I don't see bands in any of them. Is it safe to
conclude this is a completely wild bird, hatched and raised and grown
without any human interaction at all?
I snapped the second photo just as it launched itself, and flew away
toward the north. I waited a couple of minutes, looked around a bit
more, then went back to my car. As I was pulling out, I saw the
gulls in the north-side lot scatter, and a black shape plunging down
from above them. It wasn't one bird; it was two. After a moment the
two untangled themselves and took off south across the parking
lot. The two flight silhouettes were virtually identical but for
size: long tail, small head, falcon wings, fast flapping flight. I
believe one was the Peregrine, and the other was a Merlin that I've
seen before in that area several times. The Peregrine was in the
lead and the Merlin was chasing it, which leads me to think the
Merlin had just caught something, and the Peregrine stole it.
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, December 1, 2009
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 1 Dec 2009 8:25pm
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, December 1st,
2009.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was discovered in North Hampton on November
7th, and was most recently seen in the fields east of Runnymede Farm on
Route 111 on the 28th.
A EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on Great Bay and was last reported on
November 26th. Also present on the bay during the past week were 30 AMERICAN
WIGEON, a RED-NECKED GREBE, and over 500 GREATER SCAUP.
A DICKCISSEL was again seen along River Road in Walpole close to the
Westmoreland town line. It was associating with several AMERICAN TREE
SPARROWS.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen off of Route 111 at the Little River
Saltmarsh overlook in North Hampton, and a PALM WARBLER and 4 YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS were seen at the Hampton Wastewater Treatment Plant, all on
November 29th.
A hiker on the Caps Ridge Trail off of Jefferson Notch Road saw 32 BOHEMIAN
WAXWINGS, 2 GRAY JAYS, and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES on November 26th.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen in the Hampton Harbor public parking area located
in Seabrook on November 28th, and a different GLAUCOUS GULL was seen near
the same location on the 29th.
A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 6 ICELAND GULLS, and a possible THAYER'S GULL
were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on November 30th. The
treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on
weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be out of the
plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders to leave.
Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails at Pickering
Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always open during
daylight hours.
A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen off of Seabrook Beach on November 28th,
and one was seen off of Little Boar's Head in North Hampton on the 29th.
Several NORTHERN GANNETS were seen quite close in along the coast on
November 28th.
58 LESSER SCAUP were reported from the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on
November 28th, and an ICELAND GULL was seen here on the 29th.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen off of Little Boar's Head on November 29th
A PIED-BILLED GREBE was seen on Powwow Pond in Kingston on December 1st, and
one was seen in Eel Pond in Rye on November 29th.
3 BALD EAGLES were seen by hawk-watchers on Pitcher Mountain in Stoddard on
November 29th.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:
birdsetc(AT)nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon
web site, www.nhaudubon.org
Thanks very much and good birding.
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