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Subject: Re: Shorebird quandry
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 3:46am
Doug,
When looking at an individual shorebird on Plum Island between, say,
June and July, and asking whether it is a spring migrant, fall
migrant, or itinerant wanderer, it is unlikely you can find a
definitive answer. Take a look at this web page:
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/guide/pigraphicstatus.html
and then scan down to the shorebirds, say stating at the Black-bellied
Plovers. This file plots about 150,000 sightings of birds from Plum
Island during the past six years.
As you can see many shorebird species are continuously present on Plum
Island from the first arrival of spring migrants until the last
departure of fall migrants. You can usually discern two peaks, one for
spring migration, the other for fall migration, in the data. Look,
just for example, at White-rumped Sandpiper. This species shows its
peak of spring migration in late May and early June (right now), and
its peak of fall migration extending through July and early August.
For this species there is another drawn out peak later, indicating
differences in fall migration between adults and juveniles, or maybe
between failed breeders and successful breeders.
There are a lot of interesting patterns in this chart. Check Whimbrel,
where we get just a few spring migrants that peak sharply in the
second quarter of May and then a long period of fall migration when
the birds are quite regular. Or check the Western and Baird's
sandpipers where we get no spring migrants at all, but good numbers of
fall migrants. This indicates the common migration pattern shown by
many shorebirds that migrate up through the middle of the continent in
spring, but down the coasts in fall.
So what's going on with species like Lesser Yellowlegs? You can see
that spring migration is late April through most of May, and fall
migration seems to be mostly from late June to late September (so
we're just entering the Lesser Yellowlegs "lull" time right now). What
are all birds that are present in the first three quarters of June?
Are they late spring migrants, early fall migrants, possibly those
that failed, or just a bunch of young birds or "lazy" itinerant birds
that are wandering or practicing migration, but not taking it truly
seriously yet. I'd imagine the answer is all of the above. A true
shorebird expert might be able to tell you which category an
individual is in.
So I don't think either of your questions is necessarily wrong when
applied to any given species, and I think you could add the following
statement to explain this:
3. But it's not too late or too early for young birds or itinerant
wanderers not participating in the full migration and breeding cycle
this year (they find the food available in Newburyport harbor quite
excellent and have decided this is a great place to hang for the
summer).
Good birding,
Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Think globally, bird locally.
On May 29, 2008, at 9:51 PM, Douglas Chickering wrote:
> Massbirders:
> Lois Cooper and I were on the island today. We had a nice Yellow-
> bellied Flycatcher in the Old Pines and there were still a few
> migrating warblers about; i.e. Magnolia, Black-throated Green, and
> Parula. We were also impressed by the large number of shorebirds we
> found in Stage Island Pool. Close to a hundred Semipalmated
> Sandpipers, a like number of Semipalmated Plovers, and more Dunlin.
> There were a good scattering of White-rumped Sandpipers, some
> Dowitchers and even a few Least Sandpipers. It seemed to me to be a
> lot of shorebirds for the last days of May. It got Lois and I to
> wondering. I should like to hear from those Massbirders who are
> more knowledgeable about these things than I. Which one of these
> two statements is wrong?
> 1. It's too late for these birds to be migrating north to their
> breeding grounds.
> 2. It's too early for them to be leaving their breeding grounds
> and be heading back south.
>
> Doug Chickering
> Groveland
> dovekie(AT)comcast.net
>
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Subject: Taryn Roeder/Trade/hmco is out of the office.
From: Taryn_Roeder(AT)hmco.com
Date: 30 May 2008 4:08am
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I will be out of the office starting 05/29/2008 and will not return until
06/02/2008.
Thanks for your email. I'm talking about all our Fall books at Book Expo!
In case of emergency, please contact my colleague Erika Wise at
617.351.5342 or erika_wise(AT)hmco.com
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Subject: moderator - comcast subscribers please read
From: Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore <barb620(AT)TheWorld.com>
Date: 30 May 2008 6:58am
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If you receive your massbird email via an account at comcast.net,
several email messages were not delivered last night and were
returned
as SPAM.
You can view these missed messages via the massbird
ARCHIVES from pointers on the massbird web page at
http://www.massbird.org/ or
http://www.massbird.org/sightings/index.htm. You can also
go to the archives directly at
http://www.virtualbirder.com/bmail/massbird/latest.html
or http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MASS.html.
Thankfully, this problem is now resolved.
Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620(AT)theworld.com
Be the change you wish to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
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Subject: Re: South Beach - 5/28
From: Richard Heil <rsheil(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 7:22am
Dear Mr. Nikula,
I'm sorry but ebird has rejected this very improbable high count
(even if you didn't submit it) because outcome-certain computer
models have shown that rufa Red Knot will be extinct in just 16
months according to shorebird experts (Baker et al.), and NJ
Audubon. Possible population expansions of Horseshoe Crabs in New
England were not a part of the original model and without
confirmation by leading shorebird scientists working with computer
models we cannot at this time accept this count.
The editors
"we are looking at certain extinction by 2010, absent bold action"
--- Eric Stiles, NJ Audubon
At 09:54 PM 5/29/2008, Blair Nikula wrote:
>I made it out to South Beach late yesterday (5/28), only my second
>trip so far this year. The shorebird show was impressive, by spring
>standards, though there were no surprises (and very little other
>than shorebirds). There were hundreds of pairs (and triples, and
>quadruples) of horseshoe crabs coming ashore to spawn and most of
>the shorebirds were indulging in a feeding frenzy (Delaware Bay
>lite). In recent years, the number of spawning horseshoe crabs on
>South Beach has been increasing rather dramatically (there were
>virtually none just a few years ago, though they have always been
>numerous on North Monomoy), and the spring shorebirds have responded
>in kind. From 1700 - 2000 hrs., I recorded the following:
>
>600 Black-bellied Plovers
>45 Semipalmated Plovers
>4 Piping Plovers
>9 Am. Oystercatchers
>5 Willets
>300 Ruddy Turnstones
>250(!) Red Knots (my personal spring high, though there are
>historical counts an order of magnitude higher)
>1500 Sanderlings
>900 Semipalmated Sandpipers
>1 Least Sandpipers
>6 White-rumped Sandpipers
>2000 Dunlin
>6 Short-billed Dowitchers
>75 Common Terns (roosting on South Beach, thousands more in the area)
>1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (1s)
>
>Blair Nikula
>
>2 Gilbert Lane
>Harwich Port, MA 02646
>USA
>mailto:odenews(AT)odenews.org
>web site: http://www.odenews.org/
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Subject: Woods Hole/Long Pond
From: Greg Hirth <ghirth(AT)whoi.edu>
Date: 30 May 2008 9:50am
Made a quick stop at Long Pond in Falmouth this morning. In addition to
usual suspects
I note that the Golden-crowned Kinglets are still singing "on territory"
(I heard two different birds).
I also heard a Willow Flycatcher.
I was surprised to see a male RING-NECKED DUCK
At the Quisset Campus of the Woods Hole Oceanographic:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1)
Indigo Buntings (2 males singing)
Cheers, Greg Hirth
East Falmouth
ghirth(at)whoi.edu
Greg_Hirth(at)Brown.edu
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Subject: Hooded warbler, Plum Island
From: "Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift" <birdwsg(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 10:54am
Bonnie Buxton left a message at 7:40am saying that she and Warren Tatro had seen
a hooded warbler on the Pines Trail by the broken fence on the left side as you
walk in.
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: Mourning Warbler
From: pattyoneill(AT)juno.com
Date: 30 May 2008 11:22am
I saw a stunningly beautiful Mourning Warbler this morning while out
atlassing in Milton. I was looking for purple finch where I had seen
one during the Christmas count at the end of Ford Ranch Road, a deadend
road off Hillside Street. No sign of purple finch, so I pished and
there was the Mourning Warbler only about five feet away, the best look
I have ever had at a Mourning Warbler and a new bird for my Milton list.
Earlier I found two possible worm-eating warbler territories behind the
police station on Hillside Street, one territory where I had probable
worm-eatings last year. I now know of at least four to five locations
for worm-eating in the Big Blue and Unquity areas of the Blue Hills, but
so far have not been able the confirm the species as breeding.
My goal this morning was to confirm hermit thrush and black-throated
green warbler where I had probable breeders last year, but no sign at all
of the former. The BT greens are there but I had nothing more than
song high up in the trees.
Patty O'Neill
pattyoneill(AT)juno.com
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Subject: Loggerhead/Camp Edwards
From: "Peter Trimble" <merlin0426(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 1:18pm
The Loggerhead Shrike first reported Memorial Day was present in the same
location today. It seems to be covering a fairly large area and chased or
interacted with a Brown Thrasher, American Goldfinches, Eastern Bluebirds, a
Clay-colored Sparrow, and a pair of American Kestrels while I watched it
move around the area where it was singing and calling.
The area is part of Camp Edwards/Otis Air National Guard Base so there is no
general public access.
Good Birding,
Peter Trimble
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Subject: Red-billed Tropicbird off SE Rhode Island, near
Westport, MA
From: <pollypie(AT)att.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 1:28pm
Dick Ferren and Chris Raithel just called to report that they are in a boat
off Little Compton, RI and are currently watching a RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD.
The bird was first spotted as it flew about 1/2 mile east of East Island, a
tiny island just off Sakonnet Point in Little Compton. At one point, the
bird landed on a rock near East Island. As Dick was speaking to me, the
bird began flying to the east towards Goosewing Beach and Westport,
Massachusetts and they then lost sight of it. It was last seen headed east,
about 1/2 mile offshore.
RI public access is available at Sakonnet Point (watch for No Parking signs.
This area is heavily monitored by police) and South Shore Beach (Goosewing
Beach) in Little Compton, RI.
- - - - - - - - - -
Rachel Farrell
Rumford, RI
email: pollypie(AT)att.net
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Subject: Migration Watch Star Island NH - Sunday June 1
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 30 May 2008 2:50pm
Birders:
The NH Audubon trip to Star Island has been rescheduled due to inclement weather
tomorrow. It will now take place on Sunday June 1, 7am departure and 4pm
return from Rye Harbor. The cost is $40 members and $45 non-members, which
covers the boat and landing fee on Star Island. The trip was full for Sat. but
several folks are unable to reschedule to Sunday so if you are interested,
please e-mail me offline asap.
Eric
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people
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Subject: May 30th, Plum Island, Possible Western Tanager
From: Thomas Wetmore <ttw4(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 4:56pm
PI & MA Birders,
I've been debating whether to post this, but in case it is true I
think I should let you know.
This morning while looking for a reported Olive-sided Flycatcher I
encountered a yellow tanager atop a distant deciduous tree. Through my
binocs I could see the light colored and solid tanager bill and the
yellow body, which was obscured a great deal by vegetation. The bird
had fairly obvious light markings on the wings, just visible through
the leaves, that may have been the shoulder patch and wing bar of a
Western Tanager, a bird I am well familiar with from years of living
in the west. If the bird had been in the open I would have had no
qualms about its identity. As it was, however, with the possibility
that light passing through the leaves may have been the cause of
apparent light markings, and the fact that the bird was a long way
off, I am not claiming an identification. I rushed to my car, got the
scope and got it set up. As I was finding the bird it flew off and I
did not relocate it.
The location was about two tenths of a mile south of parking lot five
(the lot just south of the Pines Trail turnoff) on the island/east
side of the road. This was also the location for the reported Olive-
sided Flycatcher. I could not locate that bird either.
Good birding,
Tom Wetmore
Newburyport, MA
http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/
Think globally, bird locally.
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Subject: From: Stephen Baird <stephenbaird@surfglobal.net>
From: massbird-approval(AT)world.std.com
Date: 30 May 2008 4:56pm
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Dear Mass Bird and Marj Rines:
I am writing to publicly post the sighting of a Carolina Chickadee in
Franklin Park. I do not have a detailed photograph of the bird. (The
photos I have are from under the bird and do not show any wing
feathers and are dark plus not in good focus) I do have 10 minutes of
sound recording of the distinctive call on a cassette to confirm
sighting.
I first sighted the bird on May 15th. I thought it was an odd song
for a chickadee. It was flying on tops of White Pines in grove by
golf course green number 13. I returned on my usual walks May 18th
and it was singing again and sounded so different from Black Capped
Chickadees that I decided to go back home to look up chickadees and
sound recordings in guide books and internet sites. I discovered it
was a Carolina Chickadee song. It has some variations. A fifth note
and some times a 6 note version of the song. I returned the next day
with my portable tape recorder and camera to document it and it was
not present.
I returned several other times and did not hear it. I was able to
get a very brief recording on May 25th. On May 27th I lucked out and
was able to record it for ten minutes. I felt comfortable to contact
other local birders to inform them of the discovery on May 28th. I
also placed a call to Simon Perkins at Mass. Audubon. I went out May
30th and saw the bird at eye level for the first time across from the
12 fairway in a marsh area by the ball field in Franklin Park. It
was gathering food. I clearly saw it did not have any white on the
wings and was actually dark brown tint to back feathers.
Robert Mayer has viewed sighting areas May 29th and 30th. The bird
was not singing or visible either time. Other birders are scouting
the area to confirm the sighting.
I can present the cassette tape recording or make copies for review.
Sincerely,
Stephen H. Baird
Emerald Necklace Bird Club
Friends of Jamaica Pond, Inc.
PO Box 300040
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130-0030
http://www.FriendsOfJamaicaPond.org/
http://www.friendsofjamaicapond.org/emeraldnecklacebirdclub.html
http://www.olmstedpark.org/
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Subject: Wompatuck SP - Mourning Warbler, Black--Crowned
Night Heron
From: "alice morgan" <morgan.alice(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 May 2008 5:36pm
With the kind assistance of a bird named Paul, we had excellent looks
at the Mourning Warbler at Gate 12. We also saw Hooded Warbler and
several other fine birds (though not, this time, the Cerulean, which
we saw last week). At Boundary Pond, on the left as you gaze at the
pond, we had a well-hidden BC Night Heron, whose only visible part as
first seen was its legs. This reminded me that there seem to be very
few Night Herons around, or at least that we have seen very few.
Anyway, it was a nice addition.
I have to say that the numbering at Wompatuck mystifies me.
--
Alice & Dane Morgan
Brookline & S. Dartmouth, MA
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Subject: Chimney Swifts
From: birder526(AT)comcast.net
Date: 30 May 2008 6:22pm
2 Chimney Swifts were in flight above my head in the parking lot of the N.
Attleboro Stop and Shop yesterday, 5/29.
Good birding, Diane
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Diane Silverstein
N. Attleboro,MA
birder526(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Fwd: eBird Report - Parker River NWR--Hellcat
Dike , 5/30/08
From: "Fred Bouchard" <frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 30 May 2008 7:00pm
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Subject: eBird Report - Parker River NWR, 5/30/08
To: frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com
Location: Parker River NWR
Observation date: 5/30/08, 6:30-10:30am
Notes: 7am in Hellcat Blind was not early enough to catch any bittern or
rail voices.
Gross estimates of commonest species.
Number of species: 77
Canada Goose 66
Mute Swan 5
Gadwall 25
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 34
Green-winged Teal (American) 7
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Black-bellied Plover 82
Semipalmated Plover 8
Killdeer 4
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet (Eastern) 25
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 115
Least Sandpiper 20
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 18
peep sp. 150
Short-billed Dowitcher 22
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Least Tern 5
Roseate Tern 1
Common Tern 18
Mourning Dove 15
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 5
Empidonax sp. 6
Eastern Kingbird 30
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 7
Purple Martin 18
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
Catharus sp. 1
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 60
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 7
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 55
Yellow Warbler 50
Blackpoll Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 25
Wilson's Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 30
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 28
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 2
Bobolink 35
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 8
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 25
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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frederickbouchard(AT)gmail.com
78 farnham st
belmont 02478 ma
617-484-6692
www.fredbouchard.com
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Subject: Re: Wompatuck SP - Mourning Warbler,
Black--Crowned Night Heron
From: Mary Keleher <maryeak(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 30 May 2008 7:02pm
During Frank Caruso's Cape Cod Bird Club trip to
Wompatuck this morning we all (8 of us) had great
looks at the male Cerulean Warbler. We followed its
singing back and forth on the last path on the left
where the main road ends for quite some time. It
finally ended up where we parked (go figure) at the
end of the road and we had nice looks at it in a tree
right above us.
Also heard some loud tree banging on the last path
that we suspected was the Pileated Woodpecker.
We too had the Mourning Warbler, best looks I've had
of one, Hooded Warbler, very cooperative, Worm-eating
Warbler, and many other nice birds.
Mary Keleher,
Mashpee, MA
--- alice morgan <morgan.alice(AT)gmail.com> wrote:
> With the kind assistance of a bird named Paul, we
> had excellent looks
> at the Mourning Warbler at Gate 12. We also saw
> Hooded Warbler and
> several other fine birds (though not, this time, the
> Cerulean, which
> we saw last week). At Boundary Pond, on the left as
> you gaze at the
> pond, we had a well-hidden BC Night Heron, whose
> only visible part as
> first seen was its legs. This reminded me that there
> seem to be very
> few Night Herons around, or at least that we have
> seen very few.
> Anyway, it was a nice addition.
>
> I have to say that the numbering at Wompatuck
> mystifies me.
>
> --
> Alice & Dane Morgan
> Brookline & S. Dartmouth, MA
>
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Subject: Manomet 5/30/08
From: Ian Davies <goshawk227(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 7:30pm
I did a quick 40m circuit around my neighborhood this morning before heading off
to banding, and there were some new arrivals. The highlights were for sure one
each of Blackburnian (BLBW) and Bay-breasted Warblers (BBWA), both Manomet birds
for me. Brings my little within walking distance list up to 208!
Banding/MBO was pretty slow today, but there were some goodies. Very good
numbers of Thrashers (BRTH) for here, I'd only ever had one at a time before.
Also nice was a calling Black-billed Cuckoo (BBCU), and lots of lingering
waterbirds.
Full lists below.
Bartlett Pond and Brook (0505-0545):
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 7
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 11
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 43
Yellow Warbler 11
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1m - Vinebrook Rd
Blackburnian Warbler 1m - Arboretum Rd
Pine Warbler 4
Bay-breasted Warbler 1m - Arboretum Rd
Blackpoll Warbler 9
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 8
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 8
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 12
39 species
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences--IBA (0600-1730):
Common Eider 15
Surf Scoter 2
Red-breasted Merganser 25
Red-throated Loon 1 - Still here
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 95
Great Cormorant 4 - After a 3 day hiatus the three usual were back with
another friend
Snowy Egret 5 - Very strange, while looking over the ocean I saw this flock
of 5 birds come in off of Cape Cod Bay low to the water, and then hug the
coastline about 100m offshore, and headed north the same way until out of sight.
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 11
Bonaparte's Gull 8 juvs - Still around as well
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Least Tern 7
Common Tern 32
Rock Pigeon 3
Mourning Dove 10
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 25 - Havent been back to check the swallow colony since last
weekend
Barn Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 11
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 22
Brown Thrasher 4 - One female with a brood patch, confirmed breeding!
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 25
Yellow Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 7
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 8
American Redstart 6
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Canada Warbler 6 - 4f 2m
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 4
60 species
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Good birding,
Ian Davies
Manomet, MA
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Subject: BBC NH Bicknell's cancelled, weather
From: WCDrummond(AT)aol.com
Date: 30 May 2008 8:38pm
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Dear Friends,
=A0 The Bicknell's Thrush trip for tomorrow is cancelled.=A0 The weather doe=
s not=20
look great and we do not want a lot of people doing a long drive with the=20
high gas prices and have a good chance of not getting the bird.=A0 We will h=
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=A0 Good birding, everyone.
Bill Drummond
North Andover, MA
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http://web.mac.com.crossbillsbirding
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Subject: CT Report 05/30/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 9:44pm
From Carl Ekroth:
5/30 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 2 LEAST BITTERNS calling, one
seen.
From Greg Hanisek:
5/30 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW still vocal as noted by Bruce Finnan.
From Bruce Finnan:
5/30 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest, field by the end of Hunter's
Mountain Rd -- CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still present and showing
nicely this morning (~8:00-8:30).
From Donna-Rose Smith:
5/30 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River, Althea's Meadow
-- in dead sycamore tree, Olive Sided Flycatcher.
From Paul DeGennaro:
5/30 - West Hartford, Wilcott Park -- 2 BAY BREASTED WARBLERS.
From Brian Toal:
5/30 - West Hartford, Rt. 44 Powerlines -- MOURNING WARBLER, singing
in the brush by first power pole on right side of the trail.
From John Maynard:
5/30 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- MARSH WREN not far
north on Willard Island trail in phragmites thicket on right side of
path. Heard and seen at 8:45 a.m.; BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER seen nearby
soon after on center path "warbler" tree.
From Randy Domina:
5/29 - New Haven, East Rock -- MOURNING WARBLER near the bend of the
"river trail".
From Tim Antanaitis:
5/29 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest, Hunters Mountain Road --
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW. The Clay-colored was singing
at 2:30 at its usual spot. The Lincoln's was along the stone wall a
hundred feet in from the east gate.
East Hampton, Laurel Ridge -- PINE SISKIN still hanging around
From Frank Mantlik, with Charlie Barnard:
5/29 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- 3-7:30pm; 2 BLACK
VULTURES, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 12 species of warblers, including
singing MOURNING WARBLER and HOODED WARBLER.
From Nick Bonomo:
5/29 - West Haven, Sandy Pt -- 3 RED KNOT
Milford, Milford Pt -- 4 RED KNOT, 5 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS
From Brian Bielfelt:
5/29 - Greeenwich, Gimble Sanctuary --2 Swainson's Thrushes (singing
in the same area), 2 Gray-cheeked (one singing in the SE corner and
one on singing on the north side of the field)
5/29 - Greenwich, Fairchild Gardens -- 1 Acadian Flycatcher
5/29 - Stamford -- Common Nighthawk flying over Summer Street
From Lisa Marie Gagnon:
5/28 - Stafford Springs -- Whipporwill
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Subject: Photo of Red-billed Tropicbird - Rhode Island
From: <pollypie(AT)att.net>
Date: 30 May 2008 10:11pm
I've posted a photo of the Red-billed Tropicbird that Dick Ferren took this
afternoon off Little Compton, RI. Dick Ferren and Chris Raithel were able
to observe the bird for approximately 15 minutes. This photo was taken just
after the bird took off from a rock and flew directly in front of the boat!
Another birder did a thorough search of the rocks and islands off Little
Compton by boat at 4:30 pm, but was unable to relocate the bird.
http://home.att.net/~b4021/Red-billed_Tropicbird_RFerren_30May2008_RI.jpg
Rachel Farrell
Rumford, RI
email: pollypie(AT)att.net
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