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Subject: Re: quality of black oil sunflower seeds -Question
From: "Fern Woodruff" <fernw(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 7:29am
Thanks! That is a very informative article.
Does anyone know if birdseed comes with a date on the bag?
Or is the only way to know you are getting fresh seed to buy at a specialty
store?
Fern Woodruff
Londonderry
----- Original Message -----
From: <hbreder(AT)comcast.net>
To: "New Hampshire Birds" <NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:18 AM
Subject: quality of black oil sunflower seeds
> Here is an informative post on the quality of black oil sunflower seeds
> which
> I thought I pass along: http://www.birdchick.com/wp/2009/12/
>
> Hilke Breder
> Brattleboro
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Subject: Heron in Penacook!
From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva(AT)myfairpoint.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 11:05am
Greetings all,
My walk around Penacook this morning was capped off by a GREAT BLUE HERON that
flew over me as I was going along the canal that seperates The Island from the
"mainland." It dropped down and I took a detour to find it sitting on a rock
below the cement dam on the Contoocook - where herons are seen with some
regularity in the warmer months. This is by far the latest I've ever had a GBH
on any of my various foot surveys. My guess is that it was on the move in
response to the fairly recent freeze up of lakes and ponds.
Also of note on the walk were 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a Cooper's Hawk.
Junco numbers have doubled after Wednesday's snowfall presumably pushed them
to edges and feeders.
Enjoy,
Pam Hunt
Penacook, NH
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Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Yudicky Farm/Southwest Park, Nashua ,
12/12/09 (Saturday)
From: Chris Sheridan <cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 11:52am
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From: do-not-reply(AT)ebird.org
To: cmsbirds at comcast.net
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:07:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Location: Yudicky Farm/Southwest Park, Nashua
Add'l notes: Completely missed the Eagle, duh!---just took a quick shot at the
Oak at distance as turning down another trail and it turned up as a huge dark
brown thing on an upper branch on photo, hint of white tail (adult?); resolution
too poor to be 100% so didn't add to list,( but what else could it be?)
Juveniles seen at Lovewell, Salmon Brook and on River last fall/winter.
White-crowned sparrows were first-winter gobbling wild rose hips with some
White-throats near Beaver Pond. Pinkish bill, no yellow lores, clear light
breast and belly.
Location: Yudicky Farm/Southwest Park, Nashua
Observation date: 12/12/09
Notes: Gilson Road Rail Trail Parking lot unplowed and chained off. Groton
Road Parking lot mostly unplowed. Probable Bald Eagle in "Legendary Oak." not
added. Only went on Swamp and Beaver Trails.
Number of species: 23
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 3
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura 20
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 6
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 8
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 17
Common Raven - Corvus corax 2
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 30
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 7
Brown Creeper - Certhia americana 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa 4
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 11
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 6
American Tree Sparrow - Spizella arborea 17
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 4
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 6
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) - Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis 45
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 8
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/nh)
Chris Sheridan
Nashua
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Subject: Black Vulture in East Kingston
From: "David Donsker" <ddonsker(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 12:04pm
I just received a phone call from Denny Abbott to tell me that Davis Finch
has a Black Vulture currently visiting his meat pile behind his home in East
Kingston, NH.
Davis welcomes birders to visit.
His address is:
91 South Road
East Kingston, NH
David Donsker
North Hampton
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Subject: a little comedy to brighten a wintery day
From: Michael Thompson <mthompson2100(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 1:11pm
hello all!
well i was working yesterday with lee hansche and we came up with the idea
of a prototype shrike feeder! :) here is my cartoonish rendition. we laughed
for a little while about it.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mthompson2100/BirdFun#5414784424828850738
enjoy
--
Michael Thompson
Derry, NH
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Subject: Jeffrey's Ledge photos; Black Vulture-yes
From: Len Medlock <lenmedlock(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 3:59pm
Rough seas but great company made a wonderful journey to Jeffrey's Ledge and
beyond, organized by Eric Masterson. Eric will post a trip report later but
asked that we post photos. Please visit Jason Lambert's site for others.
Dovekie: http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/120253636/original
Northern Fulmar: http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/120253758/original
Black-legged Kittiwake: http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/120253734/original
Greg Tillman, Jason, and I dipped on the Eastern Screech-owl in Rye, after the
trip, but headed down to E. Kingston in fading light to hope for Black Vulture.
We waited and then a mob (murder?) of crows came calling and flew from the pine
in the field, and among them was the BLVU. Managed a few lousy photos--good for
shape only--as it was harassed by crows and flew out of sight:
Black Vulture (it's the larger bird):
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/120253792/original
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/120253807/original
Len Medlock
Exeter , NH
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Subject: An eclectic mix: Siskins, Swans, Hoodies, Grebes: Fwd: -
Millyard Tech Park, Nashua , 12/13/09
From: Chris Sheridan <cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 5:20pm
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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 2:50:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Interesting mix of birds at the Millyard Tech parking lot this morning.
Something was stirring up the Rock Pigeons on Main Street--when they fly around
all helter-skelter, I suspect a hawk, but didn't see it. (Driving, alas.) Young
Grebe continues its apparent infatuation with ducks. Don't seem to find House
Finches anywhere...
Location: Millyard Tech Park, Nashua
Observation date: 12/13/09
Notes: No House Finches here either..!
Number of species: 22
Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 63 All were the smallish dark ones. One
with almost completely white head.
Mute Swan - Cygnus olor 2
American Black Duck - Anas rubripes 9
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) - Anas rubripes x platyrhynchos 1
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 23 One with lots of white, part domestic?
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus 2
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps 2 Adult disappeared right away.
Immature again seen with Mallards and Geese and later with a pair of Black
Ducks.
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1 Big shaggy in its usual spot unter
the wooden footbridge.
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus 1
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus 2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 2
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 6
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 1
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 2
American Tree Sparrow - Spizella arborea 2
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia 1
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 2
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 2
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 0
Pine Siskin - Carduelis pinus 3 In birches with Goldfinches.
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 20
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 100 Mostly at east end of parking lot.
No House finches among them.
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/nh)
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Subject: Jeffries Pelagic
From: "Eric Masterson" <emasterson(AT)plcnh.org>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 8:24pm
Thirteen folks boarded the UNH Gulf Challenger for a five hour pelagic to
Jeffries Ledge, including a swing by the Shoals and a bearing that took us
over the shallows of Old and New Scantum. As with last year, the weather
made this the fourth try, but overall it was worth it, albeit we hit a five
hour window in the weather. The journey back was marked by winds peaking at
30 knots, but for the bulk of the trip, the seas were two to three feet,
with 15 knot winds out of the southwest. Thanks to Steve Mirick for calling
the birds, and for spotting most of the good ones.
Black Duck - 1
Common Loon - 1
Northern Fulmar - 23 including 4 dark morph all over Jeffries/scantum
Iceland Gull - 2 (1st Year, adult)
Glaucous Gull - 1 ad
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ad
Kittiwake - 35 - surprisingly all adult, mostly well past shoals
Black Guillemot - 2 near isles of shoals
Razorbill - 23
Dovekie - 6 including group of four seen well on the water over New Scantum
Atlantic Puffin - 1 seen well and briefly on the water by a few - New
Scantum
Common Murre - 1 flyby
Alcid sp. - 18
For a map of our route.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20225164@N05/?saved=1
Eric Masterson
Executive Director
Piscataquog Land Conservancy
www.plcnh.org
Phone: 487-3331
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Subject: Jeffreys Pelagic pics
From: Jason Lambert <smiley314(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 9:07pm
Here are just a few more photos from the pelagic trip today. There's also one
of the Black Vulture, not the best quality.
Black-Legged Kittiwake
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265152
Iceland Gull
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265143
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265144
Dovekies
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265150
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265148
Black Vulture
http://www.pbase.com/tucky13/image/120265153
Jason Lambert
Barnstead, NH
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Subject: eBird Report - Spofford Lake , 12/13/09
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 13 Dec 2009 9:14pm
> Subject: eBird Report - Spofford Lake , 12/13/09
> To: downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com
> Date: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 8:59 PM
>
>
> Location: Spofford Lake
> Observation date: 12/13/09
> Number of species: 6
>
> American Black Duck 8
> Hooded Merganser 40
> Common Merganser 4
> Common Loon 1
> Horned Grebe 1
> Cedar Waxwing X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/nh)
>
Phil Brown
Stoddard, NH
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