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Subject: Mt Auburn 5/27
From: <tattler1(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 9:38am
A quick report from Mt Auburn this a.m.
Chris Floyd found an Acadian Flycatcher in the Dell. While there, a Grey-cheek
style Thrush was also observed. I'm hoping it sang after I had to head out to
work!
Linda
Linda Ferraresso
Watertown, MA
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Linda Ferraresso
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Watertown,MA
"€œFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still
dark" - Tagore
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Subject: RT Hawk Memorial Feast Day/images
From: delsolar(AT)verizon.net
Date: 27 May 2008 9:04am
Yesterday I had a couple of adult RT hawks in my backyard putting an
incredible flight display,
engaging in mating, dive bombing and doing the usual exchange of
branches. Some of this
action took place in the now dead oak tree next to my house...the best
perching place for a
lot of my images! :-) Here are a few images all taken from my
backporch, Dorchester.
This one is full frame, a flight shot so close to my back porch, I had
to add canvas to the
frame to give this adult female RT hawk space to fly in the frame.
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97716549
RT 1
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97716626
RT 2
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97716586
RT3
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97716555
RT4
http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97716551
Eduardo del Solar
delsolar(AT)bellatlantic.net
Boston, Mass
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Subject: Breeding Bird Atlas contacts?
From: bvm1290(AT)comcast.net
Date: 27 May 2008 9:30am
Hi--
I've been trying to sign on as a secondary atlaser for a local block but haven't
received any replies to my 6 emails over the last month and a half...not even a
"we're busy--get back to you later." I also had a question for them about
some bird behavior.
Anyway, since other people have been corresponded with, I think perhaps my email
is being filtered and gone into some cyber wormhole.
I wondered if anyone else has experienced this problem.
Thanks
--
Carolyn Longworth
Acushnet, MA
bvm1290atcomcast.net
Bird Pages at:
http://home.comcast.net/~birdpage/birdblog.htm
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Subject: Loggerhead Shrike!!!! Otis Airforce Base - Cape
Cod
From: "Jeremiah Trimble" <jtrimble(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 27 May 2008 9:54am
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Hello MASSBIRDERS,
Peter Trimble just called (26 May) to let me know that he has found a
Loggerhead Shrike on Otis Airforce Base today. He originally detected
it by call! Unfortunately, this area is off limits to unauthorized
people. Peter will monitor the area and see if this bird lingers (and
is joined by any others!!). This is the first Loggerhead Shrike to be
documented in the state in almost 10 years and one of less than 6 or 7
in the last 20 years!
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He also mentioned that at least a few of the Clay-colored Sparrows are
back on territory in the same areas. That species is certainly
colonizing Massachusetts!=20
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Peter managed to get some pictures of the Loggerhead Shrike. I have
posted a few of them at the following webpage:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrtrimble/sets/72157605280367526/
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Good birding,
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Jeremiah
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Jeremiah Trimble=20
Curatorial Associate - Ornithology
<http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Ornithology/index.cfm>=20
Museum of Comparative Zoology <http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/>=20
Harvard University=20
26 Oxford Street=20
Cambridge, MA 02138=20
phone: 617-495-2471=20
fax: 617-495-5667=20
email: jtrimble(AT)oeb.harvard.edu=20
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Subject: RE: Mt Auburn 5/27
From: "Floyd, Chris" <chrisf(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 27 May 2008 10:48am
The Acadian Flycatcher was playing chase with one or two other empids.
Sherm Dennison got a good look at one of the other birds and said it
looked just like the calling Acadian; so maybe there are two. I also
heard a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher calling "pee-ur" in the canopy high
above the line of big Norway spruces right by the pond. The Grey-cheek
type never vocalized while I was there, through about 0930.
Oakes Spaulding (only) saw a female Mourning Warbler between the pond
and the Ivy Path corner around 0900.
Chris Floyd
Lexington
chrisf(AT)mitre.org
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[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com] On Behalf Of
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:36 AM
To: massbird(AT)world.std.com
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Mt Auburn 5/27
A quick report from Mt Auburn this a.m.
Chris Floyd found an Acadian Flycatcher in the Dell. While there, a
Grey-cheek style Thrush was also observed. I'm hoping it sang after I
had to head out to work!
Linda
Linda Ferraresso
Watertown, MA
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Linda Ferraresso
tattler1(AT)verizon.net
Watertown,MA
"€œFaith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is
still dark" - Tagore
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Subject: RE: Mt. Auburn Bicknell's; Oxbow today
From: "Floyd, Chris" <chrisf(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 27 May 2008 11:02am
Paul,
Thanks for sharing this nice photograph of this bird I tried to so hard
to see. It shows very well the large extent of pale (yellow?)
coloration on the mandible and, to my eye, just a hint of warmer
coloration around the eye, both characters that may indicate Bicknell's
over Gray-cheeked.
To my knowledge, the bird was observed only one day, May 25.
Chris Floyd
Lexington
chrisf(AT)mitre.org
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From: massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com
[mailto:massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com] On Behalf Of Paul Cozza
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 7:48 PM
To: Massbird(AT)world.std.com
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Mt. Auburn Bicknell's; Oxbow today
Here is a (belated) picture of the Bicknell's Thrush that has been
present at Mt. Auburn Cemetery yesterday and today:
http://picasaweb.google.com/PaulCozza/MtAuburnBicknellSThrush/photo#520
4835565076778034
This morning I spent a while at Oxbow NWR. It was pleasant, though not
overly birdy. Seems that most of the migrants have passed through
already. However, Blue-winged Warblers are at their usual place along
the entrance road near the railroad tracks. Additionally, apparently
at least one pair of Yellow-throated Vireos has now taken up residence
in the reserve. About three weeks ago I heard one singing along the
Tank Rd. Today, in the same spot there were two, one of which was
still singing loudly. They are about 100 yards done Tank Rd. from the
gate. The song is so loud it's pretty hard to miss.
Paul Cozza
Concord, MA
pcozza(AT)alum.mit.edu
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Subject: Possible Lazuli Bunting, Spencer, MA
From: Bruce deGraaf <brucedegraaf(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 27 May 2008 11:04am
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A friend of mine advised me that on Sunday 5/25/08, he saw what he believed=
was a Lazuli Bunting near the intersection of Northwest Road and Brooks Po=
nd Road in Spencer.=A0 The bird was in an area where he regularly sees Indi=
go Buntings.=A0 He described the bird as iridescent blue with a small peach=
y patch on the throat and predominantly white breast.=A0 He is familiar wit=
h Bluebirds and said that the breast coloring and shape of the bird were bo=
th like the Lazuli Bunting and not like that of a Bluebird.=0A=A0=0AThe fol=
lowing is a link to a Google map that shows the location:=0A=A0=0Ahttp://ma=
ps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=3DUTF8&hl=3Den&msa=3D0&ll=3D42.280738,-72.025723&s=
pn=3D0.014558,0.033731&t=3Dh&z=3D16&msid=3D109617099567611195294.00044e3731=
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Subject: Hooded Warbler, Arnold Arboretum
From: "Tim Factor" <tef617(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 27 May 2008 12:38pm
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In Bussey Meadow (between Washington and South St. Gates) where the path
veers 90 degrees SE (when coming from Washington St), singing his heart out
at around noon.
A pleasant surprise in an otherwise uneventful morning in JP.
--
Tim Factor
Boston
tef617(AT)gmail.com
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Subject: Westminster/Garnder 5/26
From: Tom Pirro <alurap(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 1:54pm
>Location: HP Westminster (From 31A Newcomb Rd.)
>Observation date: 5/26/08
>Notes: 5PM to 8:45PM.....22.25 bike ride from home to High Ridge and
through gardner visiting MWCC and Crystal Lake and home via rte 2A.
>Number of species: 63
>
>Canada Goose 10
>Wood Duck 3
>Mallard 12
>Common Loon 1
>American Bittern 1
>Great Blue Heron 6
>Turkey Vulture 1
>Spotted Sandpiper 4
>Mourning Dove 8
>Common Nighthawk 3
>Chimney Swift 15
>Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
>Belted Kingfisher 1
>Downy Woodpecker 1
>Hairy Woodpecker 1
>Northern Flicker 3
>Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
>Willow Flycatcher 2
>Least Flycatcher 1
>Great Crested Flycatcher 2
>Eastern Kingbird 4
>Red-eyed Vireo 3
>Blue Jay 5
>American Crow 2
>Tree Swallow 20
>Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
>Bank Swallow 200 (137 nest holes counted at sandpit)
>Barn Swallow 5
>Black-capped Chickadee 5
>Tufted Titmouse 1
>Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
>White-breasted Nuthatch 2
>House Wren 2
>Veery 4
>Wood Thrush 2
>American Robin 10
>Gray Catbird 6
>European Starling 20
>Cedar Waxwing 35
>Yellow Warbler 4
>Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
>Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
>Pine Warbler 1
>Black-and-white Warbler 2
>Ovenbird 4
>Common Yellowthroat 6
>Scarlet Tanager 3
>Eastern Towhee 1
>Chipping Sparrow 10
>Song Sparrow 4
>Swamp Sparrow 2
>White-throated Sparrow 1
>Northern Cardinal 2
>Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
>Bobolink 5
>Red-winged Blackbird 25
>Common Grackle 300
>Brown-headed Cowbird 150
>Baltimore Oriole 8
>Purple Finch 1
>House Finch 2
>American Goldfinch 6
>House Sparrow 5
>
>This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Also, during the Gardner Memorial Day Parade/ceremony I heard a Carolina Wren
singing and an imm. Bald Eagle pass overhead.
I was part of a team that did the New Hampshire Birdathon this past weekend, we
stuck to COOS county..travleing north via "Land Yatch". I hacked together a
write up a few photos on my blog if you care to look.
BTW, NH Audubon has a selection of choosing a Human Powered effort (that is very
popular and VERY competitive with some very clever team names too...such as
"Sora Butt" and for you Olive-sided Fly fans "Quick Three Gears"(I recall that
being Phil Brown's team name last year).) or you can do it by car, truck,
trawler etc.
Tom Pirro
Westminster, Ma.
http://tpirro.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Mourning Warbler
From: Richard Monroe <richmonroemonroe(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 27 May 2008 2:04pm
A male Mourning Warbler apparently hit a window here in Lexington at 0830. After
several minutes it was able to fly off. I hope it will be OK
Richard Monroe
Leominster
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Subject: Mourning Warbler Burlington
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 27 May 2008 2:32pm
At 12:30 this afternoon I was poking around my BBA block working on Fish
Crow, and was cutting through the Burlington Kohl's parking lot when I
heard a Mouning Warbler singing. Stopped. Spished. Bird hopped up. Guy
in back of me honked. I returned to Atlasing. I'd say it was my best
mall bird except I once had a Connecticut Warbler across from Decathalon
Sports. Goes to show birds are where you find them. The Fish Crow
remains elusive. I spent 15 minutes watching an expectant-looking young
crow and could hear Fish Crows in nearby, but he finally gave up and
climbed out of sight. Wish I could ID crows by sight . . .
--
Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com
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Subject: 2 MOURNING Morning at Wompatuck SP
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 2:40pm
> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand
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This morning, I intended to bird Wompatuck SP (Hingham, Norwell et al) for =
a
couple of hours but the action was so good that I birded from 0815 to 1215.
The highlight was finding, both hearing and seeing, 2 Mourning Warblers
(MOWA). These are my first Wompatuck MOWA=B9s. If you come to Hingham to
specifically look for MOWA=B9s, the better bet may be the =B3Valley=B2 section
of
World=B9s End as I believe they are regularly seen there during migration.
The Valley is on the 2nd drumlin.
Ironically, I was going to Wompatuck to see if I could find the 2nd Cerulea=
n
found on Saturday by Rob Finch, Eddie Giles and others as well as 2nd
Acadian Flycatcher found by Laura de la Flor et al. No luck on =B3seconds=B2
o=
f
those birds but did have both species. The first MOWA was at Gate 11, just
in from the gate and on both sides. I had only fleeting but sufficient
views of this bird. It was always between 1=B9 and 4=B9 above the ground.
Gat=
e
11 continues to be amazing! There were also a female Northern Parula and a
Magnolia Warbler here in addition to all the =B3normal=B2 warblers, including
the Hooded. The second MOWA was in ~100 yards from Gate 12, just beyond
trail junction N6 on the left hand side in a section of brambles and other
tangled vegetation. At this location, I had a killer view of a male MOWA
which I had first heard singing. The most likely spot in WSP for MOWA=B9s,
however, is Gate 11 as one was also seen there last year.
Late morning, I was joined by Joe Scott but we could not relocate the
MOWA=B9s. We did find something interesting. Taking the path that goes
beyond Triphammer Pond, one comes to some old buildings with 2 reasonable
sized chimney=B9s made of brick. No sooner had I said maybe these would be
good Chimney Swift breeding locations than Joe points out 6 Chimney Swifts
flying overhead. I will go back there one evening this week to see if they
are using the chimney=B9s. If anyone could let me know off line, what the
best time of evening is or any other hints, that would be great. It is an
area where I am a Supporting Atlaser.
Warbler Species:
Blue-winged
Northern Parula
Yellow 4
Magnolia
Pine 6
Blackpoll
CERULEAN
Black-and-white 4
American Redstart 5
Worm-eating
Ovenbird 20
Northern Waterthrush
MOURNING 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
HOODED
Some other species:
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (strangely, my first of year at WSP)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Eastern-wood Pewee 4
ACADIAN FLYCATCHER
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Winter Wren 2
Veery 12
Wood Thrush 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Cedar Waxwing 7
Scarlet Tanager 7+ (these seemed to be in every section I birded,;
anecdotally, seems like a good year)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Purple Finch (a pair, at Gate 11)
Charlie Nims
Norwell, MA
cwnims(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Re: Little Gull, Nbpt harbor 5/26, etc.
From: "Douglas Chickering" <dovekie(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 3:36pm
Massbirders:
Although it is indeed true that Lois and I discovered the Little Gull
reported below, we did not discover the Little Blue Heron. This bird was
discovered by Fay and Peter Vale, and considering the restricted viewing
window, and the fact they were driving through a section of the S curves
where there were warblers around them, this was no mean feat. Lois and I
actually drove by a pair of wind blown Egrets. It wasn't until Tom Wetmore
told us that one of them was a little Blue discovered by the Vales that Lois
and I returned to view them.
Doug Chickering
Groveland
dovekie(AT)comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
To: <massbird(AT)TheWorld.com>
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: [MASSBIRD] Little Gull, Nbpt harbor 5/26, etc.
> Fay Vale called to report that Doug Chickering and Lois cooper found an
> immature little gull in Newburyport harbor from the boat ramp on Water
> Street.
>
> Doug and Lois also found an immature little blue heron south of the Salt
> Pannes on Plum Island.
>
> Margo and I had an orange-cr warbler, 2 wood pewees, and black-billed
> cuckoo along the road north of Hellcat this morning.
>
> Fay reported seeing a mourning warbler at the New Pines Trail and Terry
> Leverich saw an olive-sided flycatcher at the Oak Hill Cemetery in
> Newburyport.
>
> Steve Grinley
> Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa Flats
> Newburyport, MA
> BirdWSG(AT)Verizon.net
> 978-462-0775
>
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Subject: Firefly Watch citizen science project
From: Museum of Science <dsalvatore(AT)mos.org>
Date: 27 May 2008 5:36pm
Dear nature lovers,
The Firefly citizen science project from the Museum of Science is now
up and running. Just in time. Firefly season is about to begin.
Please help our scientists collect data about these wonderful insects
and help preserve them for generations to come.
Check out the site at www.mos.org/firefly
Thanks
Don
Don Salvatore
Museum of Science
Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 589-0347
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Subject: Manomet 5/27/08 - Blackpolls!
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 8:32pm
Today was the day of the Blackpoll Warblers (BLPW) in Manomet. I had
no less then 67 birds between MBO and the Bartlett Pond area. It was
overall a great day, there was certainly some degree of fallout from
the line of storms north of here just pre-dawn, creating conditions
that spawned the 19 warblers that I had today, as well as the great
numbers.
Late migrants are definitely in, represented today by 1 each of Yellow-
bellied Flycatcher (YBFL), Gray-cheeked Thrush (GCTH), Lincoln's
Sparrow (LISP), 3 Mourning Warblers (MOWA), and 6 Swainson's Thrushes
(SWTH).
Full lists are below from a quick jaunt around my neighborhood this
morning, and then the rest of the day banding at MBO. Most of the
birds at MBO were out of nets, although we did have a pretty good day,
with at least 80 birds.
Bartlett Pond area (0545-0630):
Wood Duck 2
Green Heron 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 6
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Willow Flycatcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Bank Swallow 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 2
Wood Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 17
Cedar Waxwing 35
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 11
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 21 - Ubiquitous
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 7
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 2 - Getting late
Northern Cardinal 7
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Common Grackle 23
Baltimore Oriole 7
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 8
44 species
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences--IBA (0655-1700):
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Laughing Gull 6
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 35
Roseate Tern 1 - With Commons
Common Tern 130
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 4
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 25
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 7
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 6
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 20
Gray Catbird 45
European Starling 8
Cedar Waxwing 117
Tennessee Warbler 1
Northern Parula 5
Yellow Warbler 7
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 6
Cape May Warbler 1m singing all day
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 46 - Everywhere, constant song so loud and
universal that it was almost painful at times. 13 birds singing from
one spot alone at one point. This is probably a low count, I would
easily bet there were at least half again as many.
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 11
Northern Waterthrush 1
Mourning Warbler 3m - 2 singing, one banded
Common Yellowthroat 11
Wilson's Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1 - Getting late!
Northern Cardinal 11
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 14
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 12
69 species
84 species total
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net
www.pbase.com/daviesphoto
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Subject: CT Report 05/27/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 27 May 2008 9:38pm
From Kevin Burgio:
5/27 - Hamden Backyard -- 8:13 AM, 1 singing MOURNING WARBLER outside
my bedroom window. Singing for the past 15 minutes.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/27 - Bloomfield, Penwood State Park -- 1 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.
From Shaun Martin:
5/27 - Greenwich, Great Captains Island -- Royal Tern about 500 yards
behind the island on the Long Island side.
From Mark Aronson:
5/24-27 - New Haven, Whitney Avenue, in the vicinity of the Yale
Divinity School Steeple and Whitney Avenue -- hawking Common Nighthawk
nightly around 7:30 - 8:30.
From Ernie Harris:
5/27 - Bolton backyard -- 6:30-7:30AM; BLACKBILLED CUCKOO.
From Tim Antanaitis:
5/27 - East Hampton, Laurel Ridge -- 1 PINE SISKIN
From Linda Rediker and Ralph Amodei
5/26 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in
field at 5:10pm.
From Craig Lawrence:
5/26 - Old Greenwich, CT, Greenwich Point Park -- SNOW GOOSE feeding
in the cove area along Todd's Driftway near the park entrance.
From Roy Zartarian:
5/26 - Newington, Young Farm -- BOBOLINKS, 2 males and 1 female seen.
From Jim Bair:
5/26 - Beacon Falls, Rimmon Rd., field just north of Seymour Line --
Boblink (reliable spot for these birds, it seems).
From Robert S White:
5/26 - Lyme, Hartman Park -- CERULEAN WARBLER, many heard, one seen.
From Jim Bair:
5/26 - New Haven,l East Rock Park -- 1 Peregrine Falcom, flying by
monument.
From Bruce Finnan:
5/25 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- The Clay-colored Sparrow
was present this afternoon in the field at the end of Hunter's
Mountain Road in Naugatuck. It kept a VERY low profile. I thought
perhaps it had moved on but then saw it once, sing briefly, and take
off toward the woods by the NW (I think) corner of the field.
From Chris Loscalzo:
5/25 - East Haven, mouth of the Farm River -- eleven BLACK SKIMMERS.
From Jerry Connolly:
5/25 - Hammonasset State Park (Willard's Isle) -- OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, WILSON'S WARBLER, BROWN THRASHER
From David Schonfeld:
5/25 - West Hartford, along powerline South of Rt. 44 on Avon Mtn. --
1 BREWSTER'S WARBLER (adult male backcross, "bee buzzzz bee"), 1
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER ("hic, 3 beers!").
From Ken Elkins with Steffanie Liskey, Mardi & Towne Dickinson:
5/25 - Milford, Milford Point sandbars -- 5:30-6:30pm (just after high
tide), 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 13 species of
shorebirds
From Phil Asprelli:
5/25 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- Juvenile Black-billed Cuckoo in
tree at the base of the giant steps across from Rice Field.
From Paul Carrier
5/25 - Harwinton feeders -- a single PINE SISKIN.
From Linda Vegliante, Andrew Dasinger, Paul Hicks, and
Glenn Williams:
5/24 - Old Lyme, Griswold Point -- CASPIAN TERN
East Lyme, Nehantic -- SWAINSON'S THRUSH, ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS
Old Lyme, Beaver Brook Road(?) -- ALDER FLYCATCHER
Old Lyme, Nehantic -- WHIP-POOR-WILL
Madison, Hammonasset -- BLUE-WINGED TEAL, LITTLE BLUE HERON
From Deb Bishop:
5/24 - New Hartford, Rt. 44 power lines -- 1 ORCHARD ORIOLE
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