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Subject: Pacific Loon - Nantucket
From: "Ken Blackshaw" <kenandcindy1(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:12am
Hi Massbirders - I know this is a bit late but I was surprised to see no one
else had posted it by now. On Sunday the 18th Vern Laux, et al, had a spring
plumaged Pacific Loon off the west end of Nantucket.
Ken Blackshaw -- (Better, Better & Better)
Amateur Radio W1NQT (Never Quits Talking)
Nantucket Island -- 30 miles at sea
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Subject: Gloucester's Jodrey Pier, Pikul's pans - 05-23-08
From: "David K Weaver" <cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:51am
Good morning!
While touring around our Swedish house guest yesterday, we visited the
Jodrey Pier in Gloucester. While there, spotted a hen Common Eider with two
downy young no more than a week old. They were engaged in some interesting
foraging behavior -- at least I had never seen it before. They moved from
large white mooring buoy to large white mooring buoy and gleaned whatever
was found in the considerable algae growth on each of the buoys at waterline
and below.
At Pikul's pans on Rt. 1A in Rowley, we counted 9 Wilson's Phalaropes -- a
life species for Leif. Also at the pans were 4 Greater Yellowlegs, a
Willet, and perhaps a dozen Semipalmated Sandpipers along with 2 drake
Mallards. A Virginia Rail was heard in the adjacent marsh.
Good birding!
Dave Weaver
Manchester, MA 01944
cygnus-dkw(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Menotomy Rocks Park (Arlington) Broad-winged Hawk
From: stevensimpson(AT)comcast.net
Date: 24 May 2008 11:05am
I owe a great debt to the Jays for this morning.
They and many other nesting birds zeroed me in on what looked to be a 1st-year
Broad-winged Hawk at the park. I followed the crazed mass of birds over hill and
dale on no fewer than 9 flights of the hawk trying to shake it's pursuers. I
finally got a good view just before it left the park proper.
Then, at the other end of the park I heard the Jays going off again — this time
after a Gray-phase Screech Owl—nice!
Also at the park:
Ovenbird
Parula
BTG
Blackpol Warbler
Chestnut-sided W.
Tennessee Warbler
Redstarts
BW Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
--
Steven A. Simpson
Graphic Designer / Illustrator
Portfolio: stevenAsimpson.com
781-641-4858
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Subject: Sparrow quiz
From: "Mark Faherty" <mfaherty(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 24 May 2008 12:48pm
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Hi All,=20
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I realize a beautiful weekend in late May is not the ideal time for an
ID discussion, but I was curious to see what folks called the sparrow in
the photos at the link below. Dan Berard and I took the photos on
bird-a-thon day at in the usual marsh sparrow spot at the base of Fort
Hill in Eastham.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pajarero/2517990771/in/set-7215760523034621
9/
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Click on "All Sizes" just above the photo to get the bigger version.
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I haven't found it since, or I would have posted it sooner. Dan's in
Arizona so it took me a while to track him down and get his photos.
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I know what it is because I saw it in the field (at least I think so),
but it's less clear from the photos.
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Mark Faherty
Science Coordinator
Mass Audubon/Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, State Highway Route 6
South Wellfleet, MA 02663
508-349-2615 x-110 fax: 508-349-2632
email: mfaherty(AT)massaudubon.org <mailto:mfaherty(AT)massaudubon.org>=20
website: www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay
<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay>=20
Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts
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Subject: 5/24 Wompatuck SP
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 12:56pm
*Spent the morning birding at Wompatuck SP with Mike Maurer, Rob Finch,
Laura de la Flor & Mark Burns. The majority of migrants seemed to have
moved out. We had the following highlights:
CERULEAN WARBLER (2) The bird across from Boundary Pond continues. We
took a walk down the trail to Picture Pond, and in back of Picture Pond
we heard what we at first thought was the bird from the street. On our
way back out to the main park road, we met Rob on his way in, who had
just had the Cerulean out by the street. The bird we heard at Picture
Pond may be the second Cerulean Warbler that John Nelson had during the
week.
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (2) We had one bird calling in the hemlocks down
the Picture Pond Trail near the end of the chain link fence. It was
calling at the same time the second Cerulean was. About an hour later
we were walking down Gate 2 past Triphammer Pond when Laura and I heard
a second bird. This one was also near a hemlock grove.
HOODED WARBLER Continues at Gate 11.
Tennessee Warbler (2-3) Seen and singing in the vicinity of Gates 9 and 11
Worm-eating Warbler We did not see or hear any (we weren't seeking
them out) but met other birds that had multiple birds in the Gate 9/Gate
12 vicinity
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2-3) Gate 2 past Triphammer Pond
Eddie
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*
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Subject: Birdathon & fuel
From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
Date: 24 May 2008 2:26pm
This may not be the appropriate forum for a detailed discussion, but for several
years now I've been troubled by the amount of fuel consumed by all the teams
during the Birdathon. I enjoy participating in the Birdathon, certainly a
worthy cause, and I now do so for the Endicott Center team, which covers only
Cape Ann--Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester. Though I realize that it
would end the traditional competition for most species in the whole state, I
think it's time to consider restructuring the Birdathon so that each center or
sanctuary would focus solely on its local region. Although this would involve
some reconfiguring of the distribution of money raised, I believe that it could
be done without any significant decrease in the total amount of funds raised.
John Nelson
Gloucester
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Subject: Mashpee Sightings
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 2:56pm
Did some birding in Mashpee this morning and found the
following.
Location: Mashpee, Barnstable County, MA, US
Observation date: 5/24/08
Number of species: 62
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 2
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 30 (16 adults, 14 young)
Great Blue Heron 4
Green Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5
Osprey 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Herring Gull (American) X
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 11
Chimney Swift 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 3 (on nest)
Great Crested Flycatcher 6
Eastern Kingbird 8
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 9 (1 pair nest building)
American Crow 7
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 23
Barn Swallow 12
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 3 (1 pair nest building)
Carolina Wren 3
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 17
Gray Catbird 39
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 11
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2 (pair)
Ovenbird 14
Common Yellowthroat 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 17
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 18
Northern Cardinal 15
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Common Grackle 65
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Orchard Oriole 5
Baltimore Oriole 36
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird
v2(http://ebird.org)
Mary Keleher
Mashpee, MA
Cape Cod Bird Club
www.massbird.org/ccbc
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Subject: MAS South Shore Sanctuaries Wompatuck SP
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 3:36pm
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This morning, John Galluzzo and I led a Mass Audubon South Shore Sanctuarie=
s
trip to Wompatuck SP (Hingham, Norwell et al) from 8-11 a.m. A group of 12
of us had a good day with the expected warbler species seen along with a
sun-highlighted Indigo Bunting (a female was also seen by others),
Gray-cheeked Thrush and an Acadian Flycatcher. With the recent emphasis on
atlasing, we ended up spending almost as much time watching and discussing
bird behavior as we did seeking out species.
On a side note, it was almost like being on Plum Island given the number of
birders! Great to see a lot friends and acquaintances.
Following is a listing of the species we recorded:
Warblers (16)
Blue-winged
Tennessee
Nashville
Northern Parula
Yellow 4
Black-throated Green
Blackburnian
Pine
Cerulean
Black-and-white 3
American Redstart 3
Worm-eating 3
Ovenbird 6
Northern Waterthrush 1-2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded
Other
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper=B9s Hawk
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern-wood Pewee
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
Eastern Phoebe
Great-crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
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Subject: Re: Birdathon & fuel
From: "Stuart Walker" <stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 3:31pm
I strongly feel this is a reasonable forum for this discussion. In the last
year or two I have started to feel increasingly ill at ease and guilty about
the amount of gas I burn driving to various birding locales, because I know
that I am contributing to the conditions that are further endangering the
very birds I am hoping to see. Our Birdathon group covered a lot of ground
and burned many pounds of fuel and pumped many pounds of particulates and
hydrocarbons into the atmosphere, and this was repeated by group after
group. We are helping to kill the things we love.
This year I feel I've pumped new life, new interest, new enthusiasm into my
birding by committing myself to seeing how many birds I can find within
walking, biking, or public transportation distance. I have more energy
because I am pushing myself more physically, and I feel challenged by the
competition with myself and with others locally. Yes, I will still drive to
see something I've never seen before, and I will enthusiastically scan the
horizon from the Helen H as we burn a ton of diesel on a pelagic trip, but I
feel strongly motivated to start cutting back - and I feel good doing it. I
don't need to drive to Great Meadows to see some ducks I've seen a hundred
times before, and if another Barnacle Goose shows up I'll content myself
with my memories of past sightings. I guess I've taken Tom Wetmore's byline
to heart: "Think globally, bird locally."
Stuart Walker
Jamaica Plain, MA
stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net
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From: "John Nelson" <jnelson(AT)NORTHSHORE.EDU>
To: <massbird(AT)TheWorld.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 2:25 PM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Birdathon & fuel
> This may not be the appropriate forum for a detailed discussion, but for
> several years now I've been troubled by the amount of fuel consumed by all
> the teams during the Birdathon. I enjoy participating in the Birdathon,
> certainly a worthy cause, and I now do so for the Endicott Center team,
> which covers only Cape Ann--Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, and Manchester.
> Though I realize that it would end the traditional competition for most
> species in the whole state, I think it's time to consider restructuring
> the Birdathon so that each center or sanctuary would focus solely on its
> local region. Although this would involve some reconfiguring of the
> distribution of money raised, I believe that it could be done without any
> significant decrease in the total amount of funds raised.
>
> John Nelson
> Gloucester
>
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Subject: Plymouth County 5/24/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 4:24pm
Tim Spahr and I birded most of Plymouth County today between 0530 and 1520. We
started in my neighborhood in Manomet for a couple minutes, then drove up to
Wompatuck, and worked our way back to Plymouth via Daniel Webster.
We had 21 warbler species, and 126 species overall, so we were overjoyed.
Full list is below.
Wompatuck, DWWS, and Plymouth area (0530-1520):
(Bartlett Pond, Wompatuck, Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary [DWWS], Jenney
Pond, Nelson's Beach, Chiltonville - Plymouth, Manomet Center for Conservation
Sciences [MBO], Billington Sea)
Brant (Atlantic) 140
Canada Goose 70
Mute Swan 11
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 32
Greater Scaup 2 - Chiltonville
Common Eider (Atlantic) 20
Surf Scoter 9
Red-breasted Merganser 80
Wild Turkey 2
Red-throated Loon 2 - Nelson's Beach and MBO
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Great Cormorant 3 juvs - MBO
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Northern Harrier 1 - DWWS
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 - DWWS
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
Black-bellied Plover 77
Semipalmated Plover 8
Piping Plover 1 - Nelson's Beach
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 1 - Plymouth Harbor
Upland Sandpiper 1
Ruddy Turnstone 16
Sanderling 1 - Nelson's Beach
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35
Least Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 130
Short-billed Dowitcher 3 - Nelson's Beach
Laughing Gull 21
Bonaparte's Gull 16 - MBO and Bartlett Pond
Ring-billed Gull 170
Herring Gull (American) 30
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 15
Common Tern 45
Sterna sp. 700 - Tip of Plymouth Beach
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 15
Chimney Swift 45
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Pileated Woodpecker 1 - Wompatuck
Eastern Wood-Pewee 4
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 - Chiltonville
Willow Flycatcher 2 - DWWS
Eastern Phoebe 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 9
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 11
Red-eyed Vireo 12
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 26
Horned Lark 2
Purple Martin 55
Tree Swallow 60
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 35
Cliff Swallow 1 - DWWS
Barn Swallow 13
Black-capped Chickadee 25
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 7
House Wren 7
Winter Wren 1 - Wompatuck
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 18
Swainson's Thrush 1 - Chiltonville
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 80
Gray Catbird 77
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 70
Cedar Waxwing 37
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 2 - Wompatuck
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 34
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 4
Cape May Warbler 1 - Bartlett Pond area
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 11
Blackpoll Warbler 11
Cerulean Warbler 1 - Boundary Pond
Black-and-white Warbler 13
American Redstart 28
Worm-eating Warbler 4 - Gate 12
Ovenbird 47
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 28
Hooded Warbler 1m - Gate 11
Wilson's Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 8
Eastern Towhee 14
Chipping Sparrow 21
Savannah Sparrow 7
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Bobolink 54
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 95
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 16
Purple Finch 1 - Wompatuck. Breeder there?
House Finch 12
American Goldfinch 15
House Sparrow 40
126 species total.
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA
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Subject: Blue Hills raven, etc
From: Milton Trimitsis <milton.trimitsis(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 4:38pm
Highlights from a midday walk in the Houghton's Pond section of the Blue
Hills Reservation south of Boston were a common raven, and out-of-place
gnatcatcher, and spectacular looks at singing prairie warblers. Full
list follows.
Milton Trimitsis
Roslindale, MA
Location: Blue Hills Reservation/Buck Hill Area
Observation date: 5/25/08
Notes: Breezy with intermittent clouds and sun. Temp in mid 60's F.
Number of species: 32
Ring-billed Gull X
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 My first of year in this area.
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 8
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1 I saw this bird soaring and "stooping" near the area of
the nest behind the DCR maintenance yard.
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 This bird was on a wide path near the State
Police barracks. I've not seen gnatcatchers anywhere near here before.
Hermit Thrush 3 My FOY singing males in this area.
Wood Thrush 12
American Robin X
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling X
Pine Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 5 The five males were all at the top of Buck Hill,
actively defending territory and giving wonderful looks.
American Redstart 2 I saw the male and female together in some low
saplings and scrubby vines at the base of Tucker Hill. The male was singing
constantly. Safe date for breeding 1 week away.
Ovenbird 15 Well distributed throughout the area I hiked.
Common Yellowthroat 5 Around some of the smaller ponds near Houghton's
Pond.
Eastern Towhee 3 All near the top of Buck Hill.
Chipping Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3 one bird at the top of Tucker Hill and at least two on
Buck.
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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Subject: East Brookfield/Spencer 5/24
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 6:32pm
Today we did some serious atlasing in two blocks that are mostly in EAST
BROOKFIELD and SPENCER: WARREN 10 AND WARREN 11. Now in the second year of
the Breeding Bird Atlas II, I have to admit I am finding atlasing addictive.
For one thing, it totally changes the way you bird. Instead of chasing
species, you go to a very confined area and explore every nook and cranny.
Many of these locales are not what one would call “primary” birding
destinations, but it doesn’t matter because what you are looking for is also
different from “standard” ticking. You drive down roads, walk down trails
and step into sandpits you likely would never have given a second look
before. Your idea of a species to get excited about expands: , a
Black-throated Green Warbler gets really exciting when you unexpectedly find
one breeding in a tiny pocket of hemlock and pines in a block where they are
not common at all. And you know what, it’s still exciting when you finally
turn one up in another block. I have found myself getting a thrill from
finally finding breeding Rock Pigeons in some out of the way, non-urban
block. You also learn to celebrate a variety of things: a catbird carrying
nesting materials (Confirmed!); displaying Rose-breasted Grosbeaks; a
Baltimore Oriole weaving a nest (Confirmed!); a Wood Duck with a brood of
ducklings (Confirmed!). All of these give you a thrill because that’s what
you are looking for while atlasing: breeding BEHAVIOR. So you begin to
closely observe every species Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Green
Herons. To find a nest of a Green Heron is a major accomplishment that beats
getting 300 species in a Massachusetts year list hands down. And of course,
with all this close observation, SOMETIMES you also find a rarity or at
least something uncommon which is the icing on the cake. Today there was
little song, numbers were low and migration basically a non-event: it was
all residents and migrant breeders.
Totals for the two blocks are as follows:
Great Blue Heron (5: we found what appeared to be an old rookery that also
had one HUGE (even huge for a Great Blue) new looking nest, but no nesting
birds were seen)
Green Heron (2: Sheila took a number of shots of one Green Heron that was
perched right next to a Drake Mallard. Every time the Mallard preened, so
would the Green Heron. When the Mallard stopped, so would the heron. Weird)
Canada Goose (2: pair: no young)
Wood Duck (11: 3 pair and 1 female flying out of a nest hole in tree)
Mallard (11: at least 3 pair, no ducklings seen)
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Rock Dove (2: there has got to be more of these around all the mill
buildings)
Mourning Dove (15)
Chimney Swift (15+ several display flights seen)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (4: including 1 at nest hole)
Downy Woodpecker (5)
Hairy Woodpecker (4)
N Flicker (2: seems low for the habitat covered)
Willow Flycatcher (5)
Least Flycatcher (4)
Eastern Phoebe (8)
Great Crested Flycatcher (5)
Eastern Kingbird (20: nest building seen)
Yellow-throated Vireo (1)
Blue-headed Vireo (3: not expected in these blocks, but a good find in small
isolated hemlock/pine areas)
Warbling Vireo (27: nest building)
Red-Eyed Vireo (33)
Blue Jay (10)
A Crow (11)
COMMON RAVEN (pair of adults searching for food: we so far have failed to
find a nest)
Tree Swallow (21: all nesting in natural cavities)
Black-capped Chickadee (25)
TUFTED TITMOUSE (28: including a newly fledged young being fed by adult:
seems early)
White-breasted Nuthatch (6)
Brown Creeper (3)
Carolina Wren (1: seems low for habitat)
House Wren (12)
Veery (7: we watched what appeared to be a territorial dispute between two
birds: they flew at each other and then bounced at each other, bill straight
up and open, neck stretched out)
Wood Thrush (1: extremely low)
American Robin (94)
Gray Catbird (67: nestbuilding)
European Starling (31: some had newly fledged young)
Cedar Waxwing (2)
WARBLERS:
Blue-winged (3)
Yellow (47)
Chestnut-sided (6)
Magnolia (1)
Black-throated Blue (2)
Yellow-rumped (1)
Black-throated Green (5)
Pine (16)
Prairie (1)
Black and White (4)
A Redstart (7)
WORM-EATING (1: great looks at a territorial bird in good breeding habitat)
Ovenbird (29)
Northern Waterthrush (7)
Louisiana Waterthrush (1)
C Yellowthroat (41)
Scarlet Tanager (3: low)
Chipping Sparrow (24)
Song Sparrow (25)
Swamp Sparrow (13)
N Cardinal (34)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (7)
Bobolink (23)
Red-winged Blackbird (139)
C Grackle (25)
Brown-headed Cowbird (8)
Baltimore Oriole (38)
House Finch (5)
A Goldfinch (6)
House Sparrow (37)
PLUS: Eastern Cottontail (sev); White-tailed Deer; Red Fox (1: that
sauntered right by us near a marsh)
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
Moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: identity help please
From: "Joan Chasan" <jec56(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:36pm
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need help with identity of this bird. taken at Natick broadmore
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97570393
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97570395
thanks
Joan Chasan
Framingham,ma
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Subject: RFI: Mount Auburn Report
From: Eddie <emgiles(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:46pm
*I was planning a trip to Mount Auburn tomorrow morning, and I was
wondering if anyone that had been there today could give me an idea of
what the birding was like. Please reply with positive and/or negative
reports. Thank you.
Eddie
*
*
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Eddie, Maura, & Jason Giles
East Bridgewater, MA
emgiles(AT)verizon.net*
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Subject: Re: Birdathon & fuel
From: "John Liller" <John.Liller(AT)worcesteracademy.org>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:45pm
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"Stuart Walker" <stuarttwalker(AT)comcast.net> writes:
>"Think globally, bird locally."
Here, Here! My wife and I did our Birdathon counting within 3 miles of
our house. We had 62 species and used up less than half a gallon of gas.
Therefore, we averaged about 150 species per gallon. Who out there can
top this?
John Liller
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John Liller
Worcester Academy
Worcester MA 01604
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Subject: massbird charter and posting guidelines - from
the moderator
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)theworld.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:42pm
With summer here, this is a good time to again post the massbird
charter.
We've passed an historical milestone - 900 subscribers! Join me
again in applauding all of you who have contributed to the
success of MASSBIRD. The diversity of observations rests with
you. From
the Berkshires to Cape Cod, from Cape Ann to southwestern
Massachusetts,
birders visit coast and mountains, forest and field, wetlands and
river plains.
While most of us are in Eastern Massachusetts, observations from
those
of you elsewhere help to paint a more complete picture of what's
going on
in our state.
Special thanks to all those seasoned birders who provide background
information and tutelage to those readers who are just starting
birding
and to those of us not at the expert level. Thanks to all of you for
your contributions.
Please take a minute or two to read the MASSBIRD CHARTER and
POSTING GUIDELINES!
Thank you for your participation!
Barbara Volkle, moderator MASSBIRD
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
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Please save this for future reference!
MASSBIRD is a mailing list dedicated to the interchange of wild bird
and
birding information relevant to Massachusetts and New England. This
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is intended for the discussion of local issues - such as birding
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If you wish to bring up a topic of environmental concern that is of
special
interest to birders in Massachusetts or the northeast ( ie. local
content),
contact me. Such posts should be designed to summarize the issue
and inform readers of how they can pursue the topic from that point
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Most of us lead enormously busy lives - family, home and work
commitments,
and of course, a demanding interest in birding. Please respect each
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charter.
Please SIGN your posts with your NAME, TOWN and EMAIL ADDRESS.
This is the convention used by MASSBIRD and other birding email
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Be sure to give the location of your sightings by town. Many birders
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these.
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sure
that it is clear what species they refer to by pairing them with the
full
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If possible, provide details on numbers of birds seen, especially
unusual
species. Records are created from postings to MASSBIRD for Bird
Observer
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Especially with seabird posts, please try to note when, where and how
long your observation was. Noting weather information is also
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Finally, if you are not able to post or reach me at my primary email
address,
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Thanks for your continued support and for making MASSBIRD a
successful
forum!
Barbara Volkle, moderator
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Subject: Worcester Peregrines: lost and now found 5/24
From: "Mark Lynch" <moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:14pm
Some of you may know that the city of WORCESTER has hosted a pair of nesting
Peregrine Falcons for the last few years. Originally they nested in a
planter on the backside of the Flagship Bank building and then for two years
in a nesting box put up by Fish and Wildlife on the Fallon Building on
Chestnut Street. Last year (2007), though three young were hatched, two of
them flew into buildings and one falling in a cooling well. In 2008, though
two Peregrines were initially spotted in winter into early spring, they
failed to show up in the nesting box on Chestnut Street and seemed to have
disappeared altogether. I got a call from Tom French of Fish and Wildlife
last week touching base about the fate of the Worcester Peregrines and I
agreed to continue to actively search…even though I work downtown, I am
always looking and I had not seen them for some months. The local paper, the
Telegram and Gazette even did a piece on the missing Peregrines a few days
back.
Well, FRIDAY (yesterday) as Sheila and I were leaving the radio station on
Portland Street we spotted a PEREGRINE that flew over us and perched on the
corner of the Bancroft Commons building on the corner of Franklin and
Bancroft. In fact there is what appears to be a very old, completely open
nest box on this corner, and the falcon was perched on the edge of this box.
Here’s my post to Central Mass Bird Update for Friday:
“At 1PM today, Sheila and I spotted a large adult Peregrine that flew onto
the corner of FRANKLIN and PORTLAND and began to tear apart a bird. Feathers
were flying everywhere. This is the exact spot where there is a VERY old box
located. As we drove around to get another view, we spotted a second
Peregrine, smaller, browner. Perched on the corner of the BANK NORTH
BUILDING kitty corner from the first peregrine. We only had bins and try as
we might we could not see if there was a nest”.
Today, after atlasing, we again attempted to find the downtown Peregrines,
with the following results:
SATURDAY, MAY 24:
“From 11am-noon we watched the Peregrines downtown. One bird was found
perched on the edge of the small open (and old) box on the corner of the
BANCROFT COMMONS building on the corner of Franklin and Portland Streets
(SEE ATTACHED PHOTO) . We watched it for a while. It was faced inwards;
sometimes holding it's wings out when it got breezy. At one point it flew
over to the corner of the Flagship Bank building and sat there. We changed
our position to a parking area across from the old Centrum parking garage.
Here we had views of both the perched falcon and the corner of Bancroft
Commons. Suddenly the bird flew down and away. I turned my attention to the
"nest box" (NB: I have no idea if anything is in there) and a falcon flew up
weirdly, dropped down again, and then flew up with a prey item. It then
entered the box, WITH IT'S BACK TO US all the time, and began to
systematically tear up the prey items for c.15 minutes. We could not clearly
see if the bird was feeding the gobbets to young or just eating the bird
itself. It certainly LOOKED like it MAY have been feeding young. While this
was going on, a SECOND Peregrine was clearly seen taking off from the
Flagship Bank Building roof and heading away low. We never saw that bird
again. Eventually the bird in the nest box stopped tearing the prey item up,
took what was left of the carcass in its talons, flew over to the Flagship
Bank building. When it arrived there, the carcass remnant was gone, so I
assume it dropped it en route. Perched on the corner of the Flagship Bank,
we watched it extensively preen and clean it's talons and even scraping its
bill on the lightening rod!
Now from this vantage point, we could also view the former nesting location
at Flagship Bank, where it used to nest in the planter. We NEVER saw either
bird enter that area.”
It is still not clear by any means if the pair is nesting or not, but I want
to encourage more observers to watch this location if you are in the area,
and send your observations into Massbird or RICK QUIMBY'S Central Mass Bird
Update.
Mark Lynch
Moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net
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Subject: Quabbin Park May 24
From: "John Hoye & Audrey McCarthy" <lt.jaeger(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:36pm
Today at Quabbin Park to add to larry Therrien report Audrey and I had
Eastern Wood Pewee, Two Yellow bellied Flycatchers, a Ruffed Grouse
drumming, a Black billed Cuckoo and a mother Turkey with 8 very small young
John Hoye and Audrey mcCarthy
Also on way home we had a very close and prolonged look at a Ruffed Grouse
"sandbathing' at the side of the road
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From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:32pm
AMAYzing day on Eastern Point-
19 warbler species and very likely a Mourning Warbler-heard only
once John Nelson and I birded EP on foot and it was difficult to drag
ourselves away. I feel like my count was quite conservative. I have never
seen so many warblers, quite a fall out Excellent close looks at many
warblers species, Family of eider in the harbor
Number of species: 63
Mute Swan X
Mallard X
Common Eider X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Egret 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Red-tailed Hawk X
Semipalmated Plover 5
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 12
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Least Flycatcher 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 6
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Brown Thrasher 2
Tennessee Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 8
Yellow Warbler 9
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Magnolia Warbler 12
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Blackburnian Warbler 10
Bay-breasted Warbler 18
Blackpoll Warbler 12
Black-and-white Warbler 6
American Redstart 10
Ovenbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Wilson's Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 5
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow X
Field Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 7
Bobolink 4
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole X
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
winterwren2(AT)verizon.net
Susan Hedman, Gloucester
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature." Frank Lloyd Wright
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Subject: Sparrow I.D.
From: Carol Thrope <clt51(AT)peshe.org>
Date: 24 May 2008 9:24pm
Mark, I am only using one guide for reference on your Sparrow question,
but from Stokes photographs, I am betting on a Le Conte's Sparrow.
Chest with white, crown stripes, eye and ear patch look /just right/,
habitat is appropriate, but territory map sure looks like this one lost
his way! This would be a life bird for me...
Carol Thrope, Arlington
clt51(AT)peshe.org
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Subject: Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Plum Island
From: "Greg Dysart" <dysart(AT)volume3.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 9:30pm
After reading Tom Wetmore's post on the PlumIslandBirds list serve I
realized that unusual looking Flycatcher I saw on Plum today was a
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
The bird was seen while walking on the boardwalk north of the Hellcat
parking area, heading towards the road crossing.
I got a poor back photo of the bird but did have clear looks at the bird
prior to trying to photograph it. The yellow belly was very yellow.
Here' my days list.
Lots of activity on the island and no bugs (yet).
Location: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge - Kettle Hole
Observation date: 5/24/08
Number of species: 33
Canada Goose X
Gadwall 7
American Bittern 1 (heard at the old blind)
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Common Tern 2
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Gray Catbird X
Brown Thrasher 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler X
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler X
Cape May Warbler 1 (seen at the old blind)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart X
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 5
Canada Warbler X
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Bobolink X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Eastern Meadowlark 1 (seen from North Pool Overlook)
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Greg Dysart
http://volume3.com/birds.html
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Subject: CT Report 05/24/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 9:52pm
Note 1: Sorry if this isn't as complete as usual, I am a bit rushed.
Note 2: This report will probably not be produced on Sunday and Monday
nights. See CTBirds for what is happening.
From Patrick Dugan:
5/23 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE at
6:30 AM, in the parkng lot by Meig's Point
From Frank Gallo:
5/24 - Milford, Milford Point -- Breeding plumaged Black Tern and
Caspian Tern were on the LIS bars from 2 to at least 3 p.m. on a
rising tide (near high at 3). A pair of Orchard Orioles is still
hanging around the building, the male is a 2nd-year and still green.
From Frank Gallo and CAS birding 201 class
5/24 - Stratford, Railroad Trail -- at least 7 Boat-tailded Grackles
hanging around the cottonwoods behind the small pond at the end of
Long Beach Blvd (behind the factory) where they usually hang out.
There were at least 5 males, and 2 females and may have been more.
From Bill Banks and Ed Sadowski:
5/24th - Naugatuck Naugatuck State Forest -- 13 Species of Warbler
including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and CERULEAN WARBLER; 3 GRAY-CHEEKED
THRUSH, 4+ Swainson's Thrushes. 1 Clay-Colored Sparrow in the field
at top of Hunter Mountain Road.
From Paul Cianfaglione and 23 Hartford Audubon Members:
5/24 - Windsor, Northwest Park -- 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 SWAINSON'S
THRUSH, 4 ORCHARD ORIOLE.
From Brian Bielfelt:
5/24 - Greenwich, Audubon Greenwich -- Sing male Tennessee Warbler
seen at 8:05 on the northwest corner of the property in oaks at the
end of Hillside Trail. Sing male Blackburnian Warbler seen 20 minutes
later on Beech Hill trail, about 100m west of where one was found
yesterday. Also two Swainson's Thrushes close by and a third on
Hillside trial.
From Marty Moore and Judy Moore:
5/24 - North Haven, Quinnipiac State Park, of Banton Street -- Good
assortment of woodland nesters and warblers this morning including
Tennessee Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler.
From Charlotte Weston and Banding Crew:
5/24 - Milford, CT Audubon Coastal Ctr -- Orchard Oriole, female,
recapture; Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
From Jan Collins:
5/24 - East Granby Farm -- noon time, several BOBOLINKS and 1 EASTERN
MEADOWLARK seen from bench in north field.
From Jim Dugan with Angela Dimmitt, John Johnson, Olaf Soltau:
5/23 - Kent, River Rd -- 19 Warbler species, 5:30AM-8:30AM, including:
Mourning Warbler where Roy found it, 4 Cerulean Warblers.
From Paul Carrier:
5/23 - Harwinton, Leadmine brook swamp, off rt 4 -- singing 3 ALDER
FLYCATCHERS. Also by bushes covering the stream just south of bridge,
a YELLOW BELLIED FLYCATCHER for over 5 mins.
From Mark Scott:
5/23 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- SWAINSON'S THRUSH, HOODED WARBLER,
WILSON'S WARBLER.
From Fran and Tom Holloway
5/23 - Lyme, Hartman Park -- 3 CERULEAN warblers at about 8:30 on main
trail past "amphitheater" near large boulder on left.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/23 - Avon, Fisher Meadows -- 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, 2 ORCHARD
ORIOLE.
From Carl Ekroth:
5/23 - Ellington, Green Rd -- 3 BROWN THRASHERS.
5/24 - Granby, McClean Game Refuge, with Hartford Aud. Saciety trip --
1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Go in from rt. 10 and take left fork
after cabin and pond.
From Steve Ballentine:
5/23 - West Hartford, Rt 44 powerline cut -- Brewster's Warbler
continues on the south side of Rt 44, about three-quarters of the way
from Rt 44 to where the stream crosses the powerline trail.
From John Marshall:
5/23 - Naugatuck, Hunter's Mountain Road field, 6:00 AM --
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.
From Sam Fried, Cark Ekroth and Hartford Audubon Society walk:
5/24 - McLean Game Refuge SP, Route 10 entrance in Granby, about 1/2
mile along main trail -- YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
From Arthur Shippee
5/23 - Hamden, North Lake Dr. -- 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE
5/24 - Hamden, Waite St. -- COMMON NIGHTHAWK
From Susanne Shrader:
5/24 - Granby, McLean Game Refuge -- singing BROWN CREEPER.
From Frank Mantlik:
5/22 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- At 8:22, a flock of 65
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS flew north over the Meigs Pt nature center. Then
along the exit road at 8:30pm there were 4 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS flying
about and an AMERICAN WOODCOCK peenting.
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Subject: identify please
From: "Joan Chasan" <jec56(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 11:04pm
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consensus seems to be either a phobe or a pewee. There were several of =
them flying around and perching, so maybe they were both there!
Broadmoor in Natick
Joan Chasan
Framingham, MA
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