B-Mail(sm): MASSBIRD for Thu, 15 May 2008

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Subject: Mt Auburn: PHOTOS: Magnolia, Redstart, 1st Y
         Orchard Male, House Wren - Tue 5-13-08
From: "brightondude04(AT)yahoo.com" <brightondude04@yahoo.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 12:18am

From Tuesday night 5/13 at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Other than hearing his song, the Wilson's sighted earlier eluded me, but I had
some other treats:

2 male magnolia warblers in the same bush, Indian Ridge
2 redstarts (one at MT Aub Pond, one on Indian Ridge
1 first year male orchard oriole on Indian Ridge
several baltimore orioles
house wren nesting pair on Indian Ridge

Photos:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhode2boston/

Thanks!
-Sean McMahon
Brighton, MA

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Subject: mourning warbler Mt. Auburn 5/14/08
From: "Peter and Fay" <peterfay(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 6:38am

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HI,

Sorry for the late post.  Yesterday Randy Barnes found and we heard a =
mourning warbler at Mt. Auburn late morning on Walnut Ave. just west of =
the Laurel Ave. circle.

Fay

Peter and Fay Vale
Wakefield, MA
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Subject: correction: Brant, not Canada geese, Plum Island
         5/11/08
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 15 May 2008 6:48am

On a previous email I had reported that I saw a flock of Canada geese over Sandy
 Point. On
closer inspection of the photos I took these turned out to be Brant geese. I
counted 24 in one
photo, but this was not the complete flock - probably more likely 30 plus
total.

Here are a couple of photos- with lots of artifact and noise - just to show what
 I saw:
http://www.onejackdaw.com/My%20NA%20Birds%20Gallery/Brant_Geese.html

Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT

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Subject: Great Meadows/Concord -- redstarts, kingbird
         5/14
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 7:46am

Between 5-7 pm, there were Redstarts singing both along the old 
railroad bed trail and the the more open areas of the NE impoundment 
trail on the river side.  Couldn't see any of them for the 
foliage.  Also a Kingbird on the woodland trail.  And a small 
unidentifiable dove that requires further investigation.

Cherrie Corey
Concord

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Subject: Forest Hills Cemetery - 2 Cape Mays
From: "Andrew Birch" <andrewlbirch(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:40am

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Hello All,

Today 25 folks joined me for some great birding at Forest Hills Cemetery.
Highlights were the adult male Cooper's Hawk perched at eye level offering
great looks, and two beautiful Cape May Warblers singing within 100 feet of
each other!

Location:     Forest Hills Cemetery
Observation date:     5/15/08
Number of species:     57

Canada Goose     15
Mallard     6
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Cooper's Hawk     1
Herring Gull     2
Great Black-backed Gull     1
Rock Pigeon     4
Mourning Dove     6
Chimney Swift     3
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Eastern Wood-Pewee     2
Least Flycatcher     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
Great Crested Flycatcher     2
Eastern Kingbird     2
Blue-headed Vireo     2
Warbling Vireo     4
Blue Jay     6
American Crow     2
Tree Swallow     5
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
House Wren     1
Swainson's Thrush     1
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     4
Northern Mockingbird     1
Brown Thrasher     1
European Starling     X
Cedar Waxwing     3

--Warblers--

Northern Parula     6
Yellow Warbler     2
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     2
CAPE MAY WARBLER     2
Black-throated Blue Warbler     3
Yellow-rumped Warbler     X
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     X
American Redstart     2
Ovenbird     3
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     2
Wilson's Warbler     1

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Chipping Sparrow     X
Song Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     4
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     6
Common Grackle     10
Brown-headed Cowbird     3
Orchard Oriole     1
Baltimore Oriole     X
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     6

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-- 
Andrew Birch
Boston Birds Moderator
http://bostonbirds.org
Medford, MA
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Subject: summer tanager
From: Jeffrey Offermann <thraupidae100(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 11:00am

There is a Summer Tanager in the Dell at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge 5/15. 
                                       Jeffrey Offermann/Cambridge

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Subject: Summer Tanager at Mt. Auburn 5/15
From: "Floyd, Chris" <chrisf(AT)mitre.org>
Date: 15 May 2008 11:10am

A first-spring male Summer Tanager has been in the Dell all morning,
feeding mostly in the higher parts of oaks.  It was first seen (by
many) on the Ivy Path (east) side, then flew and disappeared into the
higher trees in the center of the Dell.  It was relocated about 0930 by
Jeffrey Offerman in the trees above the bottom corner of Violet Path.
When I left around 1000, it was more toward the Sumac Path (west) side.
It was intermittently calling "pick-a-tuck-a-tuck", very softly and
rapidly - easy to overlook.

Chris Floyd
Lexington
chrisf(AT)mitre.org

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Subject: Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:59:42 -0400
From: Taber Allison <taberallison(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 12:00pm

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Hello, MassBirders:
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l begin!  Hundreds of birders will be birding in support of Bird-a-thon, an=
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thon.=20
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Mass Audubon thanks all MassBird users who will be birding their favorite p=
atches in support of the more than 20 Mass Audubon teams participating in t=
his event.  We wish all teams good luck and great birding as they compete f=
or the Brewster cup for most species seen, the Hatheway cup for most dollar=
s raised, and the IBA award for local birding.=20
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Have a great Bird-a-thon,
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Lincoln, MA
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Subject: Birdathon
From: Taber Allison <taberallison(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 12:04pm

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Hello, MassBirders:
=20
In less than 18 hours, Mass Audubon's 25th annual statewide Bird-a-thon wil=
l begin!  Hundreds of birders will be birding in support of Bird-a-thon, an=
d MassBird postings are providing a virtual map of =93where the birds are=
=94.  For more information about Bird-a-thon, see www.massaudubon.org/birda=
thon.=20
=20
Mass Audubon thanks all MassBird users who will be birding their favorite p=
atches in support of the more than 20 Mass Audubon teams participating in t=
his event.  We wish all teams good luck and great birding as they compete f=
or the Brewster cup for most species seen, the Hatheway cup for most dollar=
s raised, and the IBA award for local birding.=20
=20
Have a great Bird-a-thon,
=20
Taber Allison
Vice President
Conservation Science
Lincoln, MA
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Subject: "black" phoebe
From: "Marj. Rines" <marj(AT)mrines.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 12:40pm

I have gotten a lot of comments and suggestions on the phoebe with the
black chest, and the one that sounds logical came from several people
who suggested that it was the result of a brood patch which is now
growing in new feathers, and that they look black because the feathers
are still sheathed - "pin feathers". Many thanks to everyone who
commented - I really appreciate help in solving this mystery. The photos
are at:
http://mrines.com/Birds/blackphoebe.htm

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Marj. Rines
Arlington, MA
marj(at) mrines.com

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Subject: Nahanton Park, 5/15/08 Morning
From: "Paula McFarland" <saltpannes(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 12:58pm

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Location:     Nahanton Park
Observation date:     5/15/08
Notes:  Nests found:  2 Baltimore Oriole, 3 Robin's nests, inc 1 with
nestlings, Mourning Dove, Eastern Phoebe.
Yellow Warbler male feeding female.
Eastern Bluebird male and female carrying food.

Number of species:     41

Canada Goose     X
DC Cormorant
Killdeer     2
Mourning Dove     X
Northern Flicker   4
Eastern Phoebe     1
Eastern Kingbird     1
Warbling Vireo     2
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
Black-capped Chickadee     X
Tufted Titmouse     X
Eastern Bluebird     2
Wood Thrush     X
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Mockingbird     X
European Starling     X
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     X
Yellow-rumped Warbler   X
Black-throated Green Warbler     X
American Redstart     2
Ovenbird     2
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     X
Chipping Sparrow     1
Savannah Sparrow     1
Song Sparrow     X
Lincoln's Sparrow     1, possibly 2
White-throated Sparrow     X
White-crowned Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     3
Bobolink     1, heard, then seen
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Brown-headed Cowbird     X
Baltimore Oriole  12+
House Finch     X
American Goldfinch     X

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Paula McFarland
Newton, NH
saltpannes(at)gmail

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Subject: plum island
From: "Joan Chasan" <jec56(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 1:08pm

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white crowned sparrow seen wed. at plum island behind bathrooms at =
hellcat late morning.

see picture if interested:

http://www.pbase.com/ne_wildlife_photography/image/97086978

Joan Chasan
Framingham, MA
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Subject: Summer Tanager in Peabody
From: Warren Tatro <wtatro(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 1:24pm

Hello Massbirders,

I didn't think the day could get any better, after a great day of  
birding at Parker River, but it did.  I live in a very built up area  
in Peabody, and our Pin Oak we planted 17 years ago is starting to  
attract some great birds.
Just 5 minutes ago, while I was eating lunch and looking out at my  
bird bath at a Robin, a male Summer Tanager came down to check it  
out.  My binoculars were nearby as I had just got home, and I got  
great looks and
heard him sing 3 or 4 times.  Thinking he might come back and  
actually get in the bird bath, a ran a got the camera.  The last I  
saw him he was high up in the oak, and flew to a neighbor's tree.   
I'll be waiting...

Warren Tatro
Peabody, MA
wtatro(AT)verizon.net

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Subject: Mt Auburn Cemetery 5-15-08
From: "Jeffrey Offermann" <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 1:32pm

Birders,

Sorry for the funny formatting on my last note about the Summer Tanager; it 
was sent from my phone from the cemetery.

Anyway, lots of birds came in last night, and there were no shortage of 
birders to find them. I'm sure others will augment my list. Here's what I 
saw:

Mallard -4
Double-crested Cormorant -9 migrating overhead
Great Blue Heron -1
Red-tailed Hawk -1
Rock Pigeon -4
Mourning Dove -5
Chimney Swift -4
Red-bellied Woodpecker -1
Downy Woodpecker -2
Northern Flicker -1
Least Flycatcher -2
Eastern Phoebe -2
Eastern Kingbird -1
Great Crested Flycatcher -4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow -3
Cedar Waxwing -10
Carolina Wren -1
House Wren -3
Gray Catbird -16+
Swainson's Thrush -2
Hermit Thrush -2
Wood Thrush -1
American Robin -20+ nestlings too
Black-capped Chickadee -6
Tufted Titmouse -4
Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 late?
White-breasted Nuthatch -4
Blue Jay -8
American Crow -3
European Starling -8
House Sparrow -4
Blue-headed Vireo -2
Warbling Vireo -2
Red-eyed Vireo -3
House Finch -1
American Goldfinch -6

NEW WORLD WARBLERS:
Blue-winged Warbler -1
Tennessee Warbler -1
Nashville Warbler -1
Northern Parula -9
Yellow Warbler -3
Chestnut-sided Warbler -2
Magnolia Warbler -8
Cape May Warbler -1
Black-throated Blue Warbler -6
Yellow-rumped Warbler -15+
Black-throated Green Warbler -12
Blackburnian Warbler -2
Palm Warbler -1
Bay-breasted Warbler -3
Blackpoll Warbler -1
Black-and-white Warbler -8
American Redstart -3
Ovenbird -4
Northern Waterthrush -3
Common Yellowthroat -4
Wilson's Warbler -2
Canada Warbler -1

Scarlet Tanager -2
SUMMER TANAGER -1 male in the Dell, calling occasionally and softly
Eastern Towhee -1
Chipping Sparrow -25+
Song Sparrow -2
Lincoln's Sparrow -1
White-throated Sparrow -5
Northern Cardinal -8 plus two nests located
Rose-breasted Grosbeak -2
Red-winged Blackbird -15+
Common Grackle -20+
Brown-headed Cowbird -4
Baltimore Oriole -8+
Orchard Oriole -1 imm male

72 species

Jeffrey Offermann
Cambridge
offermann(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Prothonotary Warbler - Lowell Holly Reservation
         Sandwich MA 14 May 2008
From: "Jeremiah Trimble" <jtrimble(AT)oeb.harvard.edu>
Date: 15 May 2008 1:55pm

Hello MASSBIRDERS,
Yesterday afternoon, Peter Trimble discovered a Prothonotary Warbler at
the Lowell Holly Reservation along the shores of Mashpee-Wakeby Pond on
Cape Cod.  He returned this morning to look for it with several people
with no luck.

Good birding,
Jeremiah Trimble
Cambridge, MA

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Subject: Fw: eBird Report - BHI--Great Brewster Island ,
         5/15/08
From: "rstymeist(AT)juno.com" <rstymeist@juno.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:34pm

This morning the seas were still quite heavy in the outer Harbor to prevent a
boat based survey of nesting gulls and cormorants, so we landed on Great
Brewster Island. We counted gull nests but the number is not complete, gulls
predominate on this island- but we did find three eider nests and two
Oystercatcher nests. There were several migrants noted.

We returned to Calf Island and located 17 additional eider nests bringing the
total to at least 112 nests. We also confirmed Am. Oystercatcher.

Location:     BHI--Great Brewster Island
Observation date:     5/15/08
Number of species:     29

Mallard     2
Common Eider     94     94 adult males counted between Great Brewster and Calf
Islands, no attempt at females, 4 nests of Common Eider located on island
Surf Scoter     1
Common Loon     1     Calling right offshore
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
American Oystercatcher     4     Two nests found each with 3 eggs
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Least Sandpiper     1
Herring Gull     162     162 nests (unconfirmed)
Great Black-backed Gull     30     30 nests (unconfirmed)
Chimney Swift     2
Empidonax sp.     1
Barn Swallow     6
Swainson's Thrush     1
Gray Catbird     15
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     6
Magnolia Warbler     8
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     3
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     2
Savannah Sparrow     10
Song Sparrow     12
Swamp Sparrow     5
White-throated Sparrow     35
Red-winged Blackbird     4

Location:     Calf Island
Observation date:     5/15/08
Number of species:     21

Common Eider     17     17 additional nests located in addition to 95 found
yesterday for
a total of 112 eider nests on Calf
Double-crested Cormorant     X
American Oystercatcher     4     one pair incubating
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Least Sandpiper     10
Herring Gull     X
Great Black-backed Gull     X
Barn Swallow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Gray Catbird     2
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     3
Magnolia Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
American Redstart     1
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     4
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     4
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X

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Bob Stymeist
Arlington

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Subject: Re: Mt Auburn Cemetery 5-15-08
From: "Robert Furrow" <robertfurrow(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:18pm

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Just to add a few birds to Jeffrey's post about Mt. Auburn today...

Green Heron - 1 Flyover, seen from the tower at 10:15am
Black-billed Cuckoo - 1  Singing, audible from Harvard Hill at 6:40am
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1  Singing, audible from rotary at 7:05am
Veery - 1  Dell
Indigo Bunting - 1  Indian Ridge
Bobolink - 1  Singing from top of oak tree on Indian Ridge!

A great day today!
-Rob Furrow

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Jeffrey Offermann <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
wrote:

>
> Birders,
>
> Sorry for the funny formatting on my last note about the Summer Tanager; it
> was sent from my phone from the cemetery.
>
> Anyway, lots of birds came in last night, and there were no shortage of
> birders to find them. I'm sure others will augment my list. Here's what I
> saw:
>
> Mallard -4
> Double-crested Cormorant -9 migrating overhead
> Great Blue Heron -1
> Red-tailed Hawk -1
> Rock Pigeon -4
> Mourning Dove -5
> Chimney Swift -4
> Red-bellied Woodpecker -1
> Downy Woodpecker -2
> Northern Flicker -1
> Least Flycatcher -2
> Eastern Phoebe -2
> Eastern Kingbird -1
> Great Crested Flycatcher -4
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow -3
> Cedar Waxwing -10
> Carolina Wren -1
> House Wren -3
> Gray Catbird -16+
> Swainson's Thrush -2
> Hermit Thrush -2
> Wood Thrush -1
> American Robin -20+ nestlings too
> Black-capped Chickadee -6
> Tufted Titmouse -4
> Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 late?
> White-breasted Nuthatch -4
> Blue Jay -8
> American Crow -3
> European Starling -8
> House Sparrow -4
> Blue-headed Vireo -2
> Warbling Vireo -2
> Red-eyed Vireo -3
> House Finch -1
> American Goldfinch -6
>
> NEW WORLD WARBLERS:
> Blue-winged Warbler -1
> Tennessee Warbler -1
> Nashville Warbler -1
> Northern Parula -9
> Yellow Warbler -3
> Chestnut-sided Warbler -2
> Magnolia Warbler -8
> Cape May Warbler -1
> Black-throated Blue Warbler -6
> Yellow-rumped Warbler -15+
> Black-throated Green Warbler -12
> Blackburnian Warbler -2
> Palm Warbler -1
> Bay-breasted Warbler -3
> Blackpoll Warbler -1
> Black-and-white Warbler -8
> American Redstart -3
> Ovenbird -4
> Northern Waterthrush -3
> Common Yellowthroat -4
> Wilson's Warbler -2
> Canada Warbler -1
>
> Scarlet Tanager -2
> SUMMER TANAGER -1 male in the Dell, calling occasionally and softly
> Eastern Towhee -1
> Chipping Sparrow -25+
> Song Sparrow -2
> Lincoln's Sparrow -1
> White-throated Sparrow -5
> Northern Cardinal -8 plus two nests located
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak -2
> Red-winged Blackbird -15+
> Common Grackle -20+
> Brown-headed Cowbird -4
> Baltimore Oriole -8+
> Orchard Oriole -1 imm male
>
> 72 species
>
> Jeffrey Offermann
> Cambridge
> offermann(AT)comcast.net
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Wompatuck SP SSBC trip
From: Charles Nims <cwnims(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:36pm

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This morning, I lead a group of 30+ birders on a South Shore Bird Club trip
in Wompatuck SP (Hingham, Norwell, etc.).  This was the 3rd of 4 scheduled
Thursday morning migration walks in WSP.  It was a solid day with 19 warble=
r
species including Cerulean, Hooded and Worm-eating.  After the official tri=
p
ended, about 10 of us headed to Woodpecker Pond where activity was very
light with primarily a Spotted Sandpiper and a pair of Eastern Kingbirds.
Notable absence of raptors although 2 in our party heard a Barred Owl

Warbler species included:

Blue-winged  2  =20
Northern Parula  4
Yellow  4
Magnolia  2
Black-throated Blue  2
Yellow-rumped 3
Black-throated Green  5
Blackburnian
Pine  6
Palm
Blackpoll
Cerulean
Black-and-white  6+
American Redstart  3
Worm-eating=20
Ovenbird  8
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat  3
Hooded

Some other species:

Great Blue Heron
Spotted Sandpiper
Barred Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe  3
Great-crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  4
Warbling Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Fish Crow
Wood Thrush  2
Cedar Waxwing =20
Swainson=B9s Thrush
Veery
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Baltimore Oriole 9+
Scarlet Tanager  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Lincoln Sparrow
Purple Finch

Charlie Nims
Norwell,  MA
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Subject: Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Mt Auburn Cemetery 5-15-08
From: "tim factor" <tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:46pm

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On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:36 PM, tim factor <tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com>
wrote:

> One more!  Above the Dell to the east a Hooded Warbler, which is what I was
> looking at when the Summer Tanager first flew into view.
>
> The Tanager was a little atypical in that it had olive wings (and tail too
> maybe - I hope someone got photos), which I guess is just how the molt is
> proceeding on this particular bird.
>
> From that one spot we had Least and Great-crested Flycatchers, Phoebe,
> Kingbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
> Black-throated Blue, Black and White, Redstart, Blackburnian, and Hooded
> Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo, Summer Tanager, Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard),
> and Catbird plus Titmouse. Canada Warbler was seen there just before I
> arrived. What a great spot on a great morning!

Forgot some: Parula, Chipping and White-throated Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk,
Swainson's Thrush. That spot was hot.

>
> On the way out, though, I had a gruesome spectacle of two Crows chasing,
> cornering and killing an adult female Robin in the dry dell. I think the
> Crows were trying to raid a Robin nest in a yew and turned on the occupant
> when they were thwarted by the male. They Crows flew off into a tree with
> the Robin impaled on one's beak.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Robert Furrow <robertfurrow(AT)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Just to add a few birds to Jeffrey's post about Mt. Auburn today...
>>
>> Green Heron - 1 Flyover, seen from the tower at 10:15am
>> Black-billed Cuckoo - 1  Singing, audible from Harvard Hill at 6:40am
>> Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
>> Yellow-throated Vireo - 1  Singing, audible from rotary at 7:05am
>> Veery - 1  Dell
>> Indigo Bunting - 1  Indian Ridge
>> Bobolink - 1  Singing from top of oak tree on Indian Ridge!
>>
>> A great day today!
>> -Rob Furrow
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Jeffrey Offermann <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Birders,
>>>
>>> Sorry for the funny formatting on my last note about the Summer Tanager;
>>> it
>>> was sent from my phone from the cemetery.
>>>
>>> Anyway, lots of birds came in last night, and there were no shortage of
>>> birders to find them. I'm sure others will augment my list. Here's what I
>>> saw:
>>>
>>> Mallard -4
>>> Double-crested Cormorant -9 migrating overhead
>>> Great Blue Heron -1
>>> Red-tailed Hawk -1
>>> Rock Pigeon -4
>>> Mourning Dove -5
>>> Chimney Swift -4
>>> Red-bellied Woodpecker -1
>>> Downy Woodpecker -2
>>> Northern Flicker -1
>>> Least Flycatcher -2
>>> Eastern Phoebe -2
>>> Eastern Kingbird -1
>>> Great Crested Flycatcher -4
>>> Northern Rough-winged Swallow -3
>>> Cedar Waxwing -10
>>> Carolina Wren -1
>>> House Wren -3
>>> Gray Catbird -16+
>>> Swainson's Thrush -2
>>> Hermit Thrush -2
>>> Wood Thrush -1
>>> American Robin -20+ nestlings too
>>> Black-capped Chickadee -6
>>> Tufted Titmouse -4
>>> Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 late?
>>> White-breasted Nuthatch -4
>>> Blue Jay -8
>>> American Crow -3
>>> European Starling -8
>>> House Sparrow -4
>>> Blue-headed Vireo -2
>>> Warbling Vireo -2
>>> Red-eyed Vireo -3
>>> House Finch -1
>>> American Goldfinch -6
>>>
>>> NEW WORLD WARBLERS:
>>> Blue-winged Warbler -1
>>> Tennessee Warbler -1
>>> Nashville Warbler -1
>>> Northern Parula -9
>>> Yellow Warbler -3
>>> Chestnut-sided Warbler -2
>>> Magnolia Warbler -8
>>> Cape May Warbler -1
>>> Black-throated Blue Warbler -6
>>> Yellow-rumped Warbler -15+
>>> Black-throated Green Warbler -12
>>> Blackburnian Warbler -2
>>> Palm Warbler -1
>>> Bay-breasted Warbler -3
>>> Blackpoll Warbler -1
>>> Black-and-white Warbler -8
>>> American Redstart -3
>>> Ovenbird -4
>>> Northern Waterthrush -3
>>> Common Yellowthroat -4
>>> Wilson's Warbler -2
>>> Canada Warbler -1
>>>
>>> Scarlet Tanager -2
>>> SUMMER TANAGER -1 male in the Dell, calling occasionally and softly
>>> Eastern Towhee -1
>>> Chipping Sparrow -25+
>>> Song Sparrow -2
>>> Lincoln's Sparrow -1
>>> White-throated Sparrow -5
>>> Northern Cardinal -8 plus two nests located
>>> Rose-breasted Grosbeak -2
>>> Red-winged Blackbird -15+
>>> Common Grackle -20+
>>> Brown-headed Cowbird -4
>>> Baltimore Oriole -8+
>>> Orchard Oriole -1 imm male
>>>
>>> 72 species
>>>
>>> Jeffrey Offermann
>>> Cambridge
>>> offermann(AT)comcast.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Robert Furrow
>> 25 Gorham St.,
>> Somerville, MA 02144
>> robertfurrow(AT)gmail.com
>>
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Subject: Gray Cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Olmstead Park,
         Boston
From: Jake Miller <fiatlux.interport(AT)rcn.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 3:20pm

Birders--

Walking though Olmstead Park around 12:30 this afternoon  I  
discovered a Gray-Cheeked/Bicknell's type thrush foraging on and near  
the ground. It was  just north of the bridge that leads from the road  
toward Ward's Pond, working the understory and small trees between  
the trail and the stream. It gave great looks--indistinct partial eye- 
ring, no buff tones on face--but did not vocalize.

There were plenty of other good birds around, including three Least  
Flycatchers (two near Willow Pond and a third on one of the small  
islands in Leverett Pond, all calling from roughly the same spots at  
10:45 when I first walked by and at 12:15 when I returned to the area  
following and appointment.

--Jake

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain

fiatlux AT interport DOT net

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Subject: Re: [BostonBirds] Re: Mt Auburn Cemetery 5-15-08
From: "tim factor" <tfactor.usenet(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 2:38pm

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One more!  Above the Dell to the east a Hooded Warbler, which is what I was
looking at when the Summer Tanager first flew into view.

The Tanager was a little atypical in that it had olive wings (and tail too
maybe - I hope someone got photos), which I guess is just how the molt is
proceeding on this particular bird.

From that one spot we had Least and Great-crested Flycatchers, Phoebe,
Kingbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Green,
Black-throated Blue, Black and White, Redstart, Blackburnian, and Hooded
Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo, Summer Tanager, Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard),
and Catbird plus Titmouse. Canada Warbler was seen there just before I
arrived. What a great spot on a great morning!

On the way out, though, I had a gruesome spectacle of two Crows chasing,
cornering and killing an adult female Robin in the dry dell. I think the
Crows were trying to raid a Robin nest in a yew and turned on the occupant
when they were thwarted by the male. They Crows flew off into a tree with
the Robin impaled on one's beak.

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Robert Furrow <robertfurrow(AT)gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just to add a few birds to Jeffrey's post about Mt. Auburn today...
>
> Green Heron - 1 Flyover, seen from the tower at 10:15am
> Black-billed Cuckoo - 1  Singing, audible from Harvard Hill at 6:40am
> Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
> Yellow-throated Vireo - 1  Singing, audible from rotary at 7:05am
> Veery - 1  Dell
> Indigo Bunting - 1  Indian Ridge
> Bobolink - 1  Singing from top of oak tree on Indian Ridge!
>
> A great day today!
> -Rob Furrow
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Jeffrey Offermann <offermann(AT)comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Birders,
>>
>> Sorry for the funny formatting on my last note about the Summer Tanager;
>> it
>> was sent from my phone from the cemetery.
>>
>> Anyway, lots of birds came in last night, and there were no shortage of
>> birders to find them. I'm sure others will augment my list. Here's what I
>> saw:
>>
>> Mallard -4
>> Double-crested Cormorant -9 migrating overhead
>> Great Blue Heron -1
>> Red-tailed Hawk -1
>> Rock Pigeon -4
>> Mourning Dove -5
>> Chimney Swift -4
>> Red-bellied Woodpecker -1
>> Downy Woodpecker -2
>> Northern Flicker -1
>> Least Flycatcher -2
>> Eastern Phoebe -2
>> Eastern Kingbird -1
>> Great Crested Flycatcher -4
>> Northern Rough-winged Swallow -3
>> Cedar Waxwing -10
>> Carolina Wren -1
>> House Wren -3
>> Gray Catbird -16+
>> Swainson's Thrush -2
>> Hermit Thrush -2
>> Wood Thrush -1
>> American Robin -20+ nestlings too
>> Black-capped Chickadee -6
>> Tufted Titmouse -4
>> Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 late?
>> White-breasted Nuthatch -4
>> Blue Jay -8
>> American Crow -3
>> European Starling -8
>> House Sparrow -4
>> Blue-headed Vireo -2
>> Warbling Vireo -2
>> Red-eyed Vireo -3
>> House Finch -1
>> American Goldfinch -6
>>
>> NEW WORLD WARBLERS:
>> Blue-winged Warbler -1
>> Tennessee Warbler -1
>> Nashville Warbler -1
>> Northern Parula -9
>> Yellow Warbler -3
>> Chestnut-sided Warbler -2
>> Magnolia Warbler -8
>> Cape May Warbler -1
>> Black-throated Blue Warbler -6
>> Yellow-rumped Warbler -15+
>> Black-throated Green Warbler -12
>> Blackburnian Warbler -2
>> Palm Warbler -1
>> Bay-breasted Warbler -3
>> Blackpoll Warbler -1
>> Black-and-white Warbler -8
>> American Redstart -3
>> Ovenbird -4
>> Northern Waterthrush -3
>> Common Yellowthroat -4
>> Wilson's Warbler -2
>> Canada Warbler -1
>>
>> Scarlet Tanager -2
>> SUMMER TANAGER -1 male in the Dell, calling occasionally and softly
>> Eastern Towhee -1
>> Chipping Sparrow -25+
>> Song Sparrow -2
>> Lincoln's Sparrow -1
>> White-throated Sparrow -5
>> Northern Cardinal -8 plus two nests located
>> Rose-breasted Grosbeak -2
>> Red-winged Blackbird -15+
>> Common Grackle -20+
>> Brown-headed Cowbird -4
>> Baltimore Oriole -8+
>> Orchard Oriole -1 imm male
>>
>> 72 species
>>
>> Jeffrey Offermann
>> Cambridge
>> offermann(AT)comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Robert Furrow
> 25 Gorham St.,
> Somerville, MA 02144
> robertfurrow(AT)gmail.com
>
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Subject: Endangered Species Day Whale Watch program
From: "David Larson" <dlarson(AT)massaudubon.org>
Date: 15 May 2008 3:16pm

Here's a way to relax following the Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon on May 17 -
get out and look for seabirds and mammals. This trip helps to support a
local non-profit.

----------------------------------

Endangered Species Day Whale Watch
Sunday, May 18
9 AM-4 PM
Aboard the M/V Prince of Whales, Newburyport, MA

Fundraiser for Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

In recognition of the importance of the Gulf of Maine to a number of
endangered species, we're holding our
first-ever Endangered Species Whale Watch! Join us as we head out into
the Gulf of Maine to look for
endangered species and others, including the fin whale, second-largest
animal on the planet, humpback whales,
Minke whales, and a variety of pelagic birds and fish!

The trip features expert commentary from our naturalists/research
scientists and there will be the
opportunity to interact with several of our staff and volunteers
throughout the trip. The longer time frame
will allow us to spend more time with whales and enjoying the Gulf of
Maine. In essence-it will be an
amazing experience! Bring your camera and binoculars!

$60 Members/$75 Non-members

Call 603-431-0260 or visit www.blueoceansociety.org/ww.htm for
reservations and information

-----------------------------------------
--
David M. Larson, Ph.D.
Education Coordinator
Joppa Flats Education Center
Mass Audubon
Newburyport, MA
978-462-9998

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Subject: Gloucester & Manchester 5/14 & 5/15
From: <winterwren2(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 3:44pm

Manchester MA----------5/15
Wild Turkey     1
Chimney Swift     X
House Wren     2
Gray Catbird     X
Northern Parula     2
Yellow Warbler     1
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Magnolia Warbler     2
CAPE MAY WARBLER     1
Black-throated Blue Warbler     2
Yellow-rumped Warbler     4
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Pine Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     2
Ovenbird     3
Common Yellowthroat     1
Chipping Sparrow     X
Northern Cardinal     X

Gloucester-Eastern Point afternoon,5/14/08

Mute Swan     X
Common Eider     X
Double-crested Cormorant     X
Green Heron     1 my first of year
Chimney Swift     X
Tree Swallow     X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     X
Barn Swallow     X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Cedar Waxwing     20
Black-throated Blue Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     2
Black-and-white Warbler     2
American Redstart     2
Ovenbird     3

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: Birding Authors Kenn Kaufman and Tim Gallagher to
          Cambridge!
From: Taryn_Roeder(AT)hmco.com
Date: 15 May 2008 3:48pm

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Join us at the Harvard Book Store (1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge) 
on May 22 at 7 p.m. for a special evening of birding history, personal 
memoir and travelogue! 
Legendary birders KENN KAUFMAN and TIM GALLAGHER will share the spotlight 
to discuss their life experiences and talk about their new books. 

** 
Kenn Kaufman's new book is called "FLIGHTS AGAINST THE SUNSET: Stories 
that Reunited a Mother and Son." At age sixteen, Kaufman left home to 
travel the world in search of birds. Now a grown man and a renowned 
ornithologist, he has come back to visit his ailing mother and explain to 
her what drove his obsession with bird life. FLIGHTS weaves an original 
story and examines how we communicate about our passions with those who do 
not share the same interests, as well as how to celebrate the world of 
infinite possibilities and wonder.
**
An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of 
American society, consisting of obsessed individuals who still use the 
ancient training techniques and language of falconry. What is so 
compelling about the sport? In FALCON FEVER: A Falconer in the 
Twenty-First Century, Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with 
falcons for an answer. Gallagher offers us a unique glimpse into 
contemporary falconry, and reveals a surprisingly frank and revealing 
personal story.

For more information, go to www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

*****
Taryn Roeder
Assistant Director of Publicity
Trade & Reference Division
Houghton Mifflin Company
222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116
617.351.3818, taryn_roeder(AT)hmco.com
www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
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Subject: Gray Cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Olmstead Park,
         Boston
From: Jake Miller <jakemiller(AT)mac.com>
Date: 15 May 2008 4:22pm

Birders--

Walking though Olmstead Park around 12:30 this afternoon  I  
discovered a Gray-Cheeked/Bicknell's type thrush foraging on and near  
the ground. It was  just north of the bridge that leads from the road  
toward Ward's Pond, working the understory and small trees between  
the trail and the stream. It gave great looks--indistinct partial eye- 
ring, no buff tones on face--but did not vocalize.

There were plenty of other good birds around, including three Least  
Flycatchers (two near Willow Pond and a third on one of the small  
islands in Leverett Pond, all calling from roughly the same spots at  
10:45 when I first walked by and at 12:15 when I returned to the area  
following and appointment.

--Jake

Jake Miller
Jamaica Plain

fiatlux AT interport DOT net

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Subject: hingham: Turkey Hill, Wompatuck, 5/15
From: maurice.gilmore(AT)comcast.net
Date: 15 May 2008 4:28pm

Folks,

  Visited Turkey Hill in Hingham this AM. Blue-winged warbler 
in full blue-wing song. Stayed a while to see if any other vermivora 
were nearby, but found no others.

 Nice bobolinks, bluebirds up in the fields and trees by the house.

  Thanks Mollie Taylor. Got the cerulean low and singing as soon as 
I opened the door of my car. It stayed so long that I opened the trunk 
of my car and got the scope out and counted feathers. A true glut.

The hooded was at gate 11 performing and sometimes singing a song 
with a buzz in it. It mostly sang the usual song, then would be quiet, and 
start up with this repeated song consisting of a buzz after other notes.

No more birds to add to Charlie Nims' very complete report.

Pete Gilmore
Newton, MA
maurice.gilmore(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: Birding Authors Kenn Kaufman and Tim Gallagher to
          Cambridge!
From: Taryn_Roeder(AT)hmco.com
Date: 15 May 2008 4:34pm

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Join us at the Harvard Book Store (1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge) 
on May 22 at 7 p.m. for a special evening of birding history, personal 
memoir and travelogue! 
Legendary birders KENN KAUFMAN and TIM GALLAGHER will share the spotlight 
to discuss their life experiences and talk about their new books. 

** 
Kenn Kaufman's new book is called "FLIGHTS AGAINST THE SUNSET: Stories 
that Reunited a Mother and Son." At age sixteen, Kaufman left home to 
travel the world in search of birds. Now a grown man and a renowned 
ornithologist, he has come back to visit his ailing mother and explain to 
her what drove his obsession with bird life. FLIGHTS weaves an original 
story and examines how we communicate about our passions with those who do 
not share the same interests, as well as how to celebrate the world of 
infinite possibilities and wonder.
**
An entire subculture of the sport exists outside the mainstream of 
American society, consisting of obsessed individuals who still use the 
ancient training techniques and language of falconry. What is so 
compelling about the sport? In FALCON FEVER: A Falconer in the 
Twenty-First Century, Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with 
falcons for an answer. Gallagher offers us a unique glimpse into 
contemporary falconry, and reveals a surprisingly frank and revealing 
personal story.

*****
Taryn Roeder
Assistant Director of Publicity
Trade & Reference Division
Houghton Mifflin Company
222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116
617.351.3818, taryn_roeder(AT)hmco.com
www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
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Subject: Mid-Cape Sanctuaries 5/15
From: "Walz,Christopher" <CWalz(AT)nec.edu>
Date: 15 May 2008 8:14pm

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Hi Everyone,
=20
All the birds through my workday.
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Stop&Shop Plaza, Hyannis, 0600 hrs
Rough-winged swallows
Baltimore Oriole=20
House Sparrow
Tree Swallows
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West Barnstable, 0900 hrs
Tree swallows
Barn Swallows
2 Eastern Kingbirds
American Goldfinch
Eastern Pheobe - nest with eggs
Yellow Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat
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Past few days I have been finding piles of feathers remaining after some =
hawk's breakfast.  This morning I found a Cooper's hawk feather nearby.
=20
Long Pasture Sanctuary, Cummaquid 1030 hrs
Calling Bobwhite
Red-winged blackbirds - (female carrying material and building 1800 hrs)
Eastern Bluebird- female, nest with 5 eggs
Black-capped Chickadees - pair excavating nest cavity
Yellow Warbler - singing
Carolina Wren- nest with 4 eggs
Northern Flicker - calling
Eastern Kingbird
Common Grackles
=20
Also, Robert Buchsbaum MAS Staff, heard a NORTHERN PARULA at Long =
Pasture around 1000 hrs
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Ashumet Holly Sanctuary, East Falmouth 1300 - 1700
today's agenda- 4 hours of mowing
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Almost mowed over a nesting Mourning Dove, ground nest is less than 3 =
feet from the "Barn Swallow Barn" near the kiosk - 1 egg - lucky for her =
she spooked off the nest or there would have been feathers everywhere!
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Many Barn Swallows
Tree Swallows - 6-7 pairs, some building, some with eggs
Eastern Bluebirds 1 pair, nest with chicks, about a week old
=20
Many, Many, Orioles -=20
Courting Orchards, and Mating Baltimore's
=20
Calling Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-winged Blackbirds
1 - NORTHERN PARULA  - male
American Robins
House Sparrow
Common Grackle
1- White-breasted Nuthatch
1- Cooper's hawk- looked like it was carrying food- (3/12 observed a =
pair making lots of noise in same area- now there is a nest but couldn't =
tell if it was occupied)
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If anybody is interested we have a bird walk with the main subject on =
Orioles at Ahumet Holly - =
http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Long_Pasture/cat=
alog.php?code=3D71-LP08SP1&sancName=3DLong%20Pasture&getresults=3Dlong
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Chris Walz=20
West Barnstable, MA
Property Manager
Mid-Cape Sanctuaries
CWalz(AT)massaudubon.org
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Subject: Mt. Auburn 4/15/08 46 species in Dell, including
         Summer Tanager, Canada Warbler
From: "Jean Mullen" <JMullen43(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:06pm

Hi! Massbirders,

I arrived at Mt. Auburn around 10:30 this morning and checked the board. 
Seeing both a Summer Tanager and Hooded Warbler had been reported at the 
Dell, I headed over for what was to become a "Big Stand".
The tanager was the first bird spotted in the trees above the Dell. It only 
got better from there. Most birds were seen bathing, those not bathing have 
an N.B. after their name. In order seen:

1. Summer Tanager (seen again later in the afternoon on the Weeping Birch 
and then it flew to Redbud.)N.B.
2.Black-and-White Warbler -male and female-several
3. Black-throated Blue (male and female)
4. Black-throated Green
5.Veery
 6. Yellow-rumped Warbler -many
7. American Robin -several
8. Catbird-many
9. Magnolia Warbler -3 at one time
10. Yellow Warbler -3 at one time
11. Palm Warbler
12. Wood Thrush
13. Ovenbird -several but only 1 bathing
14. Northern Parula -several
15. Common Yellowthroat- 3 appearances
16.Nashville Warbler -3
17. Baltimore Oriole 1 male, 3 female
18. American Redstart male and female
19. Blue-winged Warbler- made 3 appearances during day
20. Wilsons Warbler- ditto
21.Scarlet Tanager -female
22. Red-breasted Nuthatch -2
23. Tufted Titmouse
24. Chestnut-sided Warbler - seen at least twice
25. Mourning Dove
26. Rose-breasted Grosbeak- male and female
27. Song Sparrow
28. Chipping Sparrow
29. Common Grackle
30. Cardinal male and female
31. Brown-headed Cowbird
32. Downy Woodpecker-male
33. American Goldfinch
34. Blackburnian -female
35. Prairie Warbler-female
36. Lincoln's Sparrow
37.Canada Warbler
38. Black-capped Chickadee
39. Swamp Sparrow
40. White-throated Sparrow
41. House Wren N.B. and heard only
42. Hermit Thrush
43. Red-eyed Vireo
44. Swainson's Thrush N.B.
45. American Crow N.B.
46. Blue Jay N.B.
 I also thought I had a female Cape May but didn't get good enough look to 
count it. Had a  brief look at the Bay-breasted as well but didn't get a lot 
of color.

On the way out to the gate at 6:55PM I had a Carolina Wren below the Chapel. 
Had a fifteen minute lunch break away from Dell around 3:15.

It was a fun day and was happy to share it with other birders.

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Subject: Great Meadows/Concord, May 15
From: Cherrie Corey <cherrie.corey(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:00pm

Beautiful, still afternoon and lots of bird song with the low light 
and occasional sprinkles.  Began my walk to a Wood Thrush's call from 
the woods up near the old railroad bed.  Saw 4 Least Sandpipers (2 
and 2, might have been pairs?), near the outflow grate on the dike 
trail.  While resting by the river, I watched a Kingbird take several 
dives at the water's surface presumably after insects.  Redstarts, 
Orioles, Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Yellowthroats, and 
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were all singing along the river trail.  Got a 
good look at a beautiful Redstart just beyond the refuge boundary.  I 
came upon a large Great Blue Heron up in a tree preening itself out 
by the river's edge...startled both of us.  On return down the dike 
trail, I stopped to join a man trying to figure out the antics of a 
River Otter swimming around in the upper impoundment with its tail in the air.

Also heard a Great Crested Flycatcher chattering away in the big oak 
outside the Lincoln Public Library earlier today.

Great walk,
Cherrie Corey
Concord

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Subject: Lawrence's Warbler in Fairhaven
From: bvm1290(AT)comcast.net
Date: 15 May 2008 9:08pm

Tonight's "Warblers after Work" walk led by Mike Boucher of the Paskamansett
Bird Club scared up a Lawrence's Warbler at Little Bay Conservation Area in
Fairhaven.

Lousy photo but at least recognizable:
http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/4946719_ahn3Q#295900967_6A63x

And lest you think that virtue is its own reward, I found an iPod as I was
picking up trash and beer cans during the walk!

--
Carolyn Longworth
Acushnet, MA
bvm1290atcomcast.net
Bird Pages at:
http://home.comcast.net/~birdpage/birdblog.htm

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Subject: Oops-forgot to sign previous post Mt. Auburn Dell
          today
From: "Jean Mullen" <JMullen43(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:22pm

My apology for not signing post re: Mt. Auburn today!

Jean Mullen
Burlington, MA
jmullen43(AT)comcast.net

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Subject: CT Report 05/15/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:36pm

 From Greg Hanisek:
5/15 - Waterbury, neighborhood walk -- TENNESSEE WARBLER.

 From Mike Warner:
5/15 - Wilton, Merwin Meadows -- Wilson's Warbler, adult male, aux.
parking lot.

 From Brian Bielfelt:
5/15 - Greenwich, Gimbel Sanctuary -- Blackburnian Warbler, Hooded
Warbler.

 From Don Morgan:
5/15 - Pomfret?, Connecticut Audubon Center?? -- Blackburnian Warber,
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink.

 From Erich Buchholz:
5/15 - Suffield, residence near CT river -- WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
picking at sunflower seed under feeder.

 From Amy Hopkins:
5/15 - Guilford -- I have been seeing a White-crowned Sparrow in my
yard in Guilford on and off for weeks.

 From Arne Rosengren w/ John Maynard, Debbie Tenney, Nancy Rosenbaum:
5/15 - Old Lyme, Nehantic State Forest, Uncas Pond road, entrance
closest to route 156 -- In wooded swamp adjacent to road, Brewster /
Lawrence warbler, which looked and sang like a Blue-wing with a black
throat.  No black eye line. 

 From Shaun Martin and Richard Trepp:
5/14 - Lyme, Nehantic State Forest -- Hooded Warbler, Cerulean
Warbler.
Madison, Hammonasett State Park -- 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 Little
Blue Herons, 2 Boat-tailed Grackles.
New Haven, East Rock Park -- Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian
Warbler.
Stratford, McKinney Refuge -- Little Blue Heron (white phase),
White-crowned Sparrow.
Litchfield, White Memorial -- Whip-poor-will, Purple Finch,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Brown Creeper.
23 Warbler species day across all locations.

 From Roy Harvey:
5/15 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck State Forest -- several Hooded Warblers in
various parts of the forest.

 From Bev Propen:
5/15 - Orange yard -- 3 PINE SISKINS at the sunflower chip feeder in
backyard, continuing all day.  I haven't had any since the winter.

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Subject: Cape Cod migrants - 5/15
From: Blair Nikula <odenews(AT)odenews.org>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:30pm

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Although the Beech Forest (Provincetown) had just a modest assortment 
of migrants this morning, High Head in North Truro was alive with 
warblers and assorted other transients, including a Summer 
Tanager.  Highlights:

Beech Forest (0630-0745):
1 Wood Duck
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Least Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbirds
1 Blue-headed Vireo
2 Red-eyed Vireos
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Swainson's Thrush (several others plus a Veery seen after I left)
1 Hermit Thrush
2 N. Parulas
3 Yellow Warblers
2 Magnolia Warblers
15 Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 Pine Warblers
1 Blackpoll Warbler
3 Black-and-white Warblers
1 Ovenbird
1 N. Waterthrush
2 Com. Yellowthroats
1 White-throated Sparrows
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

High Head, North Truro (0830 - 1000 hrs.)
1 Green Heron
4 Turkey Vultures
1 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Broad-winged Hawks
2 Least Flycatchers
6 Eastern Kingbirds
2 Red-breasted Nuthatches
1 Wood Thrush
25 Northern Parulas
20 Yellow Warblers
2 Chestnut-sided Warblers
15 Magnolia Warblers
20+ Black-throated Blue Warblers
12 Yellow-rumped Warblers
4 Black-throated Green Warblers
1 Prairie Warbler
2 Blackpoll Warblers
4 Black-and-white Warblers
6 American Redstarts
1 Ovenbird
1 Northern Waterthrush
12 Common Yellowthroats
2 Wilson's Warblers
1 SUMMER TANAGER (imm.m./f.)
1 Field Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrows
4 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
6 Bobolinks
1 Orchard Oriole (imm.m./f.)
15 Baltimore Orioles

Pilgrim Heights (1015 - 1145):
6 Turkey Vultures
2+ N. Harriers
4 Sharp-shinned Hawks
1 Cooper's Hawk
8 Broad-winged Hawks
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo
3+ Fish Crows
1 Brown Thrasher
1 Nashville Warbler
3 N. Parulas
5 Yellow Warblers
1 Magnolia Warbler
2 Yellow-rumped Warblers
2 Black-throated Green Warblers
1 Blackburnian Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Ovenbirds
4 Com. Yellowthroats

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
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Subject: Another new yard bird
From: Al Curtis <killdeer89(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 9:50pm

My wife and I have lived in our house in Harwich for almost 25 years 
and have been feeding birds for at least 15. In the past week we have 
had 2 firsts for our yard, an Indigo Bunting on last Friday and this 
afternoon (5/15) a Black-and-white Warbler. One can only hope it's a trend!

Al Curtis
Harwich, MA
killdeer89 "at" comcast.net

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Subject: Simple pleasures
From: "Douglas Chickering" <dovekie(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 15 May 2008 10:08pm

Massbirders:
    Circumstances of the season and my participation in the Great Plum 
Island Birding Contest led me to the island early, and eventually I found 
myself walking north up the road that leads from the Wardens into the S 
Curves.  I was in the company of Warren Tatro, Chris Chiccone and Nancy 
Landry; fellow birders in the same quest.  To add to our Plum Island list 
and to partake in the simple and delicious pleasures of birding in the quiet 
of the early morning. Birding on foot along the road, now almost deserted of 
traffic. We were looking for birds.  It wasn't a spectacular day.  There was 
a light cloud cover; an occasional cooling but not chilling wind. It was a 
comfortable day.  Other than our voices and the songs and calls of our avian 
neighbors the morning was subdued and quiet.We talked of birds as we scanned 
the roadside and tree tops; looking for the occasional tugs of motion that 
would set our attention on edge.
    I don't think there really is anything that quite compares with this 
relaxed yet anticipatory form of birding.  The birds were numerous but not 
overwhelming.  Each individual could be spotted; sorted from the foliage, 
identified and enjoyed.  You got to contemplate the beauty of the 
Chestnut-sided warbler or Parula or Scarlet Tanager. We were able to take in 
all the delicate markings of an unusually bold and visible Lincoln Sparrow; 
and always there was the possibility, the hope of something extraordinary. 
A bird that has overshot its mark, a bird to stir the heart, to send out 
over the hot networks.  A bird that would draw a crowd. We never came across 
such a treasure; but that was no matter.  Just the possibility behind each 
flickering form high in the trees was enough to but an edge to the quiet 
morning.
    Black-thoated Blues,Black-throated Greens, Black-and-whites, a Blackpoll 
and Yellowthroats high and low populated the roadside in impressive numbers. 
These birds, in some circles may seem prosaic, even pedestrian, but as they 
sang and called and leapt and pirouetted, they were special. It's something 
that Lois and I have experienced on numerous occasions, and something that 
has enriched our lives.  Simple pleasures of a May morning.  Something to be 
cherished something that makes life so sweet.

Doug Chickering
Groveland
dovekie(AT)comcast.net

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