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| Subject | From | Time |
| Hummers | Stoodley's | 6:01am |
| Manchester Wood Thrush | Jane Hills | 8:11am |
| Recent sightings in Weare | RG Conroy | 8:14am |
| Walpole | Alan Johnson /R.N.Jo | 8:13am |
| Baltimore Oriloles and Hummingbirds return! | Luckyduck2001(AT)aol.co | 8:44am |
| More Warblers are happening now | Leonard Medlock | 8:14am |
| Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Oriole in Ashland | Timothy Charboneau | 8:59am |
| Avian Ecology Workshop | High Pond Farm | 9:28am |
| Kensan Devan-Meetinghouse Pond | Geoffrey Gardner | 9:27am |
| FOY Northern Oriole pair, FOY 2 catbirds | Muffie | 9:26am |
| Amherst warblers, etc. 5/6 | Tom Young | 11:13am |
| Keene Cemetery - nice migration push | Kenneth Klapper | 11:41am |
| more warblers, Durham | Kurk Dorsey | 11:50am |
| Black-throated Blue in Manchester | Jane Hills | 12:21pm |
| Locke Road, Concord, Tuesday morning | Mark Suomala | 12:20pm |
| ADMIN POSTING: May 2008 | David J. Blezard | 12:25pm |
| Durham Orioles are here... | Star Snyder | 12:05pm |
| Exeter arrivals etc | Patience Chamberlin | 12:42pm |
| FOY Rose breasted grosbeak (m); Goldfinch (m & f) | corgis | 12:41pm |
| Sargent Center (Hancock-Peterborough) update | Bruce Boyer | 12:52pm |
| Orioles in Newmarket | david.h.arnold(AT)comca | 1:00pm |
| Field's Grove, Nashua | David S. Deifik | 1:04pm |
| Bat? | Ron Cooper | 1:21pm |
| RE: Bat? | | 2:31pm |
| Harmon Preserve, Freedom | Eddison, Debra - Con | 3:05pm |
| Bionic Beak for Bald Eagle | Chet | 3:26pm |
| Re: Bat?, Plus Campton Louisiana Waterthrush, Bobolinks, ETC | John Williams | 3:24pm |
| Re: Locke Road, Concord, Tuesday morning | cperron(AT)ncia.net | 3:46pm |
| Finally migration in southern NH | Emmalee Tarry | 5:16pm |
| Nelson, Concord migrants | Phil Brown | 5:46pm |
| They're BAACK! | Hank Chary | 5:40pm |
| Hummingbird in Colebrook | David Govatski | 6:08pm |
| Keene, Swanzey, and Hinsdale--8 FOYs | Terry Bronson | 6:14pm |
| Re: Bat? | Scott Spangenberg | 6:25pm |
| Pawtuckaway Again | sayoung | 7:00pm |
| Re: Baltimore Oriloles and Hummingbirds return! | Bob Crowley | 6:47pm |
| Soo-nipi meeting | Ruth White | 7:24pm |
| Baltimore Orioles, Wood Ducks- Nashua | Jen Beaudry | 6:58pm |
| Hampton Gadwalls | Leonard Medlock | 7:10pm |
| (no subject) | JORYANDBRENDA(AT)aol.co | 7:55pm |
| Ponemah habitats, Amherst --Bog, Easement, and Industrial
Park Wetland. (some pics) | Chris Sheridan | 9:09pm |
| Whip-poor-wills at Mast Yard! | Pamela Hunt | 11:01pm |
| Newington - | Justin | 11:14pm |
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Subject: Hummers
From: "Stoodley's" <brandybrk(AT)tds.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:01am
FOY - Ruby-throated at our feeder last night and back again this
morning. Male. Yay!
Scott & Lara
Mont Vernon
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Subject: Manchester Wood Thrush
From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:11am
There was a Wood Thrush singing in my backyard this morning. Also a
Black-throated Green Warbler and a House Wren. Last evening there was a
Rose-breasted Grosbeak at my feeders.
Jane
Jane Hills
Manchester, NH
jhbird(at)verizon(dot)net
"We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An
environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves
respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings." --William
Safire
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Subject: Recent sightings in Weare
From: RG Conroy <info(AT)rgconroy.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:14am
We had a bittern calling last night in our swamp way cool!
And hummingbirds, orioles and barn swallows showed up this morning.
Many warblers too but my brain is not awake enough to access all the sound
files yet.
(Black throated green, black and white, yellow-rumps, pine so far.)
Enjoy the spring!
Rosemary Conroy
Weare, NH
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Subject: Walpole
From: "Alan Johnson /R.N.Johnson, Inc." <alan(AT)rnjohnsoninc.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:13am
Last night, driving into my dooryard, I was surprised by my puppy flushing a
beautiful Ring-neck Pheasant cock off our front lawn! It settled in one of the
pines lining our driveway and remained for about five minutes before flying
off.
This morning at 6:00 on our walk heard wood thrush, veery, Louisianna
Waterthrush, chestnut sided warbler, ovenbird, and catbird.
Alan Johnson
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Subject: Baltimore Oriloles and Hummingbirds return!
From: Luckyduck2001(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 May 2008 8:44am
Finally this morning 2 Male and 1 Female Baltimore Oriole arrived. I also
had a Hummingbird on my Quince bush and 2 Catbirds.
Debbie Crowley
72 North Shore Road
Hampton, NH 03842
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Subject: More Warblers are happening now
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:14am
>From my street early this morning:
Cape May Warbler-1
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/96674603
Northern Parula-2
Nashville Warbler-2
http://www.pbase.com/lmedlock/image/96674571
Black-n-white Warbler-2
Black-throated Green-3
Yellow-rumped Warbler-7
Ovenbird-1
It's going to be an extended lunch at work today :)
Len Medlock
Exeter, NH
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Subject: Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Oriole in Ashland
From: "Timothy Charboneau" <charbs(AT)dca.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 8:59am
FOY about a week earlier then last year. Also quite a flock of purple
finches.
Tim Charboneau
charbs(at)dca.net <mailto:charbs(AT)dca.net>
76 Hicks Hill Road
Ashland, NH 03217
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Subject: Avian Ecology Workshop
From: High Pond Farm <birds(AT)highpondfarm.org>
Date: 6 May 2008 9:28am
Ornithology Workshop in Plymouth, NH
Avian Ecology: Populations and Communities
June 19-22 Leonard Reitsma
This 3-day workshop will combine lecture and discussion of key principles and
theories concerning bird morphology, behavior and ecology, together with
experience in the field. The field component will include bird identification
and observation on visits to two active avian ecological research sites near
High Pond Farm: the Bear Pond Natural Area in Canaan, NH, and the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest in Campton, NH. The research being undertaken at each site
will be thoroughly discussed. There will also be time to explore the environs of
High Pond Farm and to spend time in the classroom reviewing what webve learned
in the field.
Fee: $350, includes instruction in field and classroom, lodging for 3 nights,
and all meals from Thursday evening supper through Sunday lunch.
Len Reitsma received his B.S. in Biology from William Patterson University and
his Ph.D. in Biology from Dartmouth College. He has been professor of Biology
at Plymouth State University since 1992, and is currently chair of the Biology
Department. Len is an active researching avian ecologist specializing in
migrating songbirds; in particular American Redstarts, Black-throated Blue
Warblers, Norther Waterthrushes, Louisiana Waterthrushes, and Canada Warblers.
His research takes him to New Hampshire, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. He is the
recipient of PSUbs Distinguished Teaching Award, and is President and
Co-Founder of NEILE (New England Institute for Landscape Ecology).
For more information, visit our website at http://www.highpondfarm.org
High Pond Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Plymouth, New
Hampshire, whose mission is to provide educational opportunities for amateur and
professional naturalists. Our email address is info(AT)highpondfarm.org.
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Subject: Kensan Devan-Meetinghouse Pond
From: Geoffrey Gardner <anarkiss(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 9:27am
May 5 - 7:30 AM-Rough Legged Hawk (dark phase) at the bench. I. Gavrin saw
the same at the spillway later
in the day.
early morning-Oven Bird in the woods along Underwood Road.
May 6 - 8 AM-Chestnut-sided Warbler in the woods at the boat access.
--Geoffrey Gardner
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Subject: FOY Northern Oriole pair, FOY 2 catbirds
From: "Muffie" <MH(AT)Hendricks.mv.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 9:26am
First of the year sightings:
A pair of Northern Orioles were lured in by our half orange treat spiked on
the feeder pole. Lovely! Does anyone know if they will try to re-use the
nest they built last year?
2 Cat birds showed up.
Also seen:
3 Common Loons still not in full plumage here in the salt water - juveniles?
1 male Goldfinch, 1 female
1 male Purple Finch, 1 female
1 red wing blackbird
1 grackle
2 starlings
1 chipping sparrow
2 mourning doves
Muffie
Dover Point
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Subject: Amherst warblers, etc. 5/6
From: Tom Young <rustysnaketail(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 11:13am
This morning marked the first time this year that I encountered much warbler
activity. Up here on Overlook Drive were:
2 Northern Parulas
2 Black-throated Blue Warblers
1 Black-throated Green Warbler
5 Yellow-rumped Warblers
2 Black-and-white Warblers
1 Yellow Warbler
In addition:
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Blue-headed Vireo
6 Purple Finches
And at my feeders this morning in Merrimack were a Veery, a pair of Baltimore
Orioles, and a male hummingbird. Wow, do I ever love spring!
Tom Young
Merrimack, NH
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Subject: Keene Cemetery - nice migration push
From: "Kenneth Klapper" <Kenneth_Klapper(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 6 May 2008 11:41am
I birded from ~7:30-10:30 am this morning - best migrant showing of the
year, so far! Many birds were seen early (until about 8:00 or slightly
thereafter) but some new species popped up later (Orioles, etc). 49
species, 9 warbler species, 9 FOYs.
I ran into Terry Bronson, who is in Cheshire County today. Very nice to
meet you Terry! Hope you got the bittern.
Here are the notables:
Common Loon - 1 (flyover)
Am. Bittern - 1 (calling on little marsh south of the green sheds)
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 (calling)
Merlin - 3
Chimney Swift - 2
Least Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1 FOY
Warbling Vireo - 2 (yesterday there was 1 FOY)
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - many (>100) migrating (similar to yesterday)
Tree Swallow - 1
House Wren - 1 FOY
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - several
Gray Catbird - 5 FOY
Nashville Warbler - 1 FOY
Yellow Warbler - several (yesterday there were 2 FOY)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 FOY
Magnolia Warbler - 1 FOY
Black-throated Green Warlber - 1 (heard singing)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - several
Pine Warbler - a few singing
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1 FOY (heard singing)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 FOY (both males)
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 3 FOY (at least 2 males)
Purple Finch - 1 (female)
Non-bird notes: Saw a mink in the part of the cemetery adjacent to N.
Lincoln Street - following a small creek. I was about 50 feet away.
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Subject: more warblers, Durham
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 6 May 2008 11:50am
Birders
There were at least 10 species of warblers in the Fogg Dr. neighborhood
this morning. I think 9 of them have been reported by others in the state
today, so I'll add Blue-winged to the list (near the tennis court at the
park). The other noteworthy migrant was a Yellow-throated Vireo, making
this the first year I've had one of those before a Red-eyed. If there's a
Philadelphia Vireo reading this, I dare you to get on my list before
Red-eyed too.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham NH
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Subject: Black-throated Blue in Manchester
From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:21pm
I should have held off a few hours before sending my first posting today,
because there was a Black-throated Blue Warbler (FOY for me) singing in my
neighborhood at about 10:30 AM today.
Jane
Jane Hills
Manchester, NH
jhbird(at)verizon(dot)net
"We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An
environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves
respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings." --William
Safire
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Subject: Locke Road, Concord, Tuesday morning
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:20pm
Took a 3-4 hour walk on the Locke Road extension this morning. There is an
excellent variety of habitat here - forest, marsh, wooded swamp, corn
fields, sod fields, and the land is adjacent to the Merrimack River. I saw
and/or heard 52 species.
Highlights:
Common Loon 2 flying north over the river
Double-crested Cormorant 3 on river
Spotted Sandpiper 2 on river
Wood Duck 4
Tree Swallow 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Least Flycatcher 2
Great-crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue-headed Vireo 4
Carolina Wren 1
Blue Jay 18
Fish Crow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 1
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1 plus 3 more on nearby West Portsmouth St
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 16
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 5
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Gray Catbird 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
White-throated Sparrow 10
Evening Grosbeak 2 flyovers
Butterflies
Mourning Cloak
Green Comma
Spring Azure
Reptiles
Garter Snake 1 about 18" long
Painted Turtle 15
Amphibians
Gray Tree frog singing
Spring Peepers peeping
Wildflowers
Wood Anemone
Trout Lily
Goldthread
Mark Suomala
mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com
http://www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: ADMIN POSTING: May 2008
From: "David J. Blezard" <djb1(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:25pm
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Chickadee isn't worthy of its own report.
Having just read through the messages from the past several hours,
though, there was really nothing in there to complain about so keep up
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Now, stop staring at your computer screen and go find some birds!
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Subject: Durham Orioles are here...
From: "Star Snyder" <star-roy(AT)worldpath.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:05pm
Okay I await him each year and he is "the" favorite hands down, so was
overjoyed at 10am to hear his song outside my window...and guess what? 2
females were flying after him....They all inspected the Quince Bush, then to
Mill Pond, then to Walnut Trees, then to Apple Trees then to the
Quince......well maybe just maybe this is the year they will nest closer!!!
Of course I await all the spring migrantes and all the nesting activity, but
ya got to have a favorite or two, right?
SSnyder
Church Hill, Durham
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Subject: Exeter arrivals etc
From: Patience Chamberlin <patiencec(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:42pm
Tons of birds this morning, as everyone has read with other posts.
Highlights from here:
Black-throated blue warbler 2 woods and rt 85 powerlines
Blue-winged warbler 1 powerlines
Nashville warbler 1 powder house pond
Chimney swifts 3 over Gilman Park
C. yellowthroat 1 heard powerlines
Great -crested flycatcher 1 heard
Red-shouldered hawk 1 near powerlines circling exactly where I
saw it/one a couple of weeks ago.
Plus other warblers reported elsewhere. Big story around here was
hundreds of Yellow-rumps. They were EVERYWHERE, small groups, big
flocks. i saw more than 200 this morning--easy. I gave up trying to
count. I've never seen numbers like this. Also, this seems a big
year for B orioles. I have heard and seen them at every stop. About
8-10 total this morning.
patience chamberlin
exeter
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Subject: FOY Rose breasted grosbeak (m); Goldfinch (m & f)
From: "corgis" <pembrokes(AT)ne.rr.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:41pm
Grace Lilly
Swanzey
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Subject: Sargent Center (Hancock-Peterborough) update
From: Bruce Boyer <bboyer192(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 12:52pm
I explored this area this AM, and found that since 5/2/08, new
warblers have appeared: B-T Blue, B-T Green, Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird;
joining species already there: Y-R, Palm, Pine, B&W . All these can be
seen on the trails on either side of Sargent Camp Rd. in the vicinity
of Halfmoon Pond. Heavy activity of Tree Swallows at the beaver pond.
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Subject: Orioles in Newmarket
From: david.h.arnold(AT)comcast.net
Date: 6 May 2008 1:00pm
We have been visited BIGTIME by orioles this AM from early in the morning on.
This noon at about 12:12 PM I was surprised to see a male Orchard Oriole
attempting to get sugar water from the hummer feeder attached by the big window
in the living room. He failed in that attempt but less than a minute later he
was back to stand upside down on the other hummer feeder (feeder with footrests
below the flowers). He stayed there for quite a while drinking the sugar water,
which he seemed to be able to get to with relative ease. Later on he was back
again.
I will certainly report back to the list if he becomes a regular.
dave arnold
Moody Point
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Subject: Field's Grove, Nashua
From: David.S.Deifik(AT)Hitchcock.ORG (David S. Deifik)
Date: 6 May 2008 1:04pm
I got out for a few minutes over the lunch hour to Field's Grove.
Had FOY Warbling Vireo as well as about 4 very high flying Chimney Swifts. So
far I haven't seen any of our local birds around town yet. There were also 2-3
Baltimore Orioles singing away.
Also had 2 Black and White Warblers, Flicker, and Carolina Wren.
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Subject: Bat?
From: Ron Cooper <Ron(AT)hightechnh.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 1:21pm
It's 1:15PM here in Salem, NH.....and I'm watching a bat fly around
doing his feeding outside my office window.
Is this common? Bats in broad daylight?
--
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Subject: RE: Bat?
From: <dot7e(AT)habi-scapes.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 2:31pm
Hopefully this is not an example of the trouble that bats are having at
least in the north east. The Boston Sunday Globe had an article this past
Sunday - and there is also an article done by the NYT. It is worth a read.
Dot Sevigny
So. Hampton
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu [mailto:owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu] On
Behalf Of Ron Cooper
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:27 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Bat?
It's 1:15PM here in Salem, NH.....and I'm watching a bat fly around
doing his feeding outside my office window.
Is this common? Bats in broad daylight?
--
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Subject: Harmon Preserve, Freedom
From: "Eddison, Debra - Conway, NH" <debra.eddison(AT)nh.usda.gov>
Date: 6 May 2008 3:05pm
Walked the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire's Forest's
(SPNHF) Harmon Preserve in Freedom today with Peter Ellis, Forest
Ecologist. The Harmon Preserve is a 330+ acre Pine Barrens preserve
with a mix of wetlands, vernal pools and the Ossipee River which
boarders the entire South boundary of the Preserve. The NRCS is working
with SPNHF to manage the pine barrens habitat through prescribed burning
and vegetation management. While we were out today we noted the
following bird species:
3 ruffed grouse
several wild turkey sign, scat, tracks, and one unfortunate bird (pile
of feathers) that may have been dinner for a coyote
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red winged black bird
Blue jays
B.C. Chickadee
W.B. Nuthatch
C. Yellow throat
Chestnut sided Warbler
Black & White Warbler
White Throated Sparrow
We missed on both eastern towhee and brown thrasher which are commonly
found in this habitat.
We also heard spring peepers
and saw signs of the following:
deer (scrapes, beds & scat, tracks)
Moose (scrapes, beds & scat, tracks)
Coyote (scat)
raccoon (tracks)
River Otter (scat)
Beaver (trees)
trailing arbutus and leather leaf were both in bloom
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Subject: Bionic Beak for Bald Eagle
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 3:26pm
Heard a mention of this story on NECN this morning. Thought I'd pass
it along.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080505-AP-eagle-photo.html
Or here, if the link is too long for the post.
http://tinyurl.com/6z4767
Chet
Dover, NH
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Subject: Re: Bat?, Plus Campton Louisiana Waterthrush, Bobolinks, ETC
From: John Williams <john(AT)2young.us>
Date: 6 May 2008 3:24pm
Two weeks ago I noted a bat hunting midday at Occam Pond in Hanover.
Given the night temperatures then, and this week, it is likely that
there were few night time insects available, and plenty during the
day, and sonar isn't light dependent. Night hunting is preferable as
it is related to prey base (Moths, mosquitoes) , but it is also about
avoiding predators. I have watched a Cooper's Hawk chasing a bat at
twilight, and I've read about other hawk species preying on bats.
I've even seen good video footage of hawks (Red-tailed) attacking the
Mexican Freetail Bats as they emerge for the night. (In Texas)
Another observation: the one I watched was being back lit by the
sun, giving great looks at its "finger bones" through the wings.
This morning along Bog Road in Campton, (Exit 27 I-93) I got nice
looks at a Louisiana Waterthrush by a gravel pit bordering Bog Brook.
Further along, at Pulsifer's Farm, at least 4 Cliff Swallows were
working on nests on the back side of the barn, 3 male Bobolinks were
singing, and close to 20 Barn Swallows hunted the meadows. Further
along the road I heard FOY Eastern Bluebird and Ovenbird singing, as
well as several Brown Creepers singing.
At home in the early afternoon, two Spotted Sandpipers showed up at
the river, along with a pair of Green-winged Teal and a Black and
White Warbler. Several Pine Siskins are flocked with the Goldfinches,
and a House Wren was singing at the edge of the meadow.
John R Williams
Rumney
On May 6, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Ron Cooper wrote:
> It's 1:15PM here in Salem, NH.....and I'm watching a bat fly around
> doing his feeding outside my office window.
>
> Is this common? Bats in broad daylight?
>
>
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Subject: Re: Locke Road, Concord, Tuesday morning
From: cperron(AT)ncia.net
Date: 6 May 2008 3:46pm
To add to Mark's list, I drove down West Portsmouth Street (across from
Locke Road) this morning at 6:45 and saw:
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Where is the Locke Road extension?
Christine Perron
> Took a 3-4 hour walk on the Locke Road extension this morning. There is an
> excellent variety of habitat here - forest, marsh, wooded swamp, corn
> fields, sod fields, and the land is adjacent to the Merrimack River. I saw
> and/or heard 52 species.
>
> Highlights:
> Common Loon 2 flying north over the river
> Double-crested Cormorant 3 on river
> Spotted Sandpiper 2 on river
> Wood Duck 4
> Tree Swallow 3
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
> Least Flycatcher 2
> Great-crested Flycatcher 1
> Eastern Kingbird 2
> Blue-headed Vireo 4
> Carolina Wren 1
> Blue Jay 18
> Fish Crow 2
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> Northern Parula 2
> Yellow Warbler 1 plus 3 more on nearby West Portsmouth St
> Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
> Yellow-rumped Warbler 16
> Black-throated Green Warbler 1
> Pine Warbler 5
> Black-and-white Warbler 5
> Ovenbird 1
> Northern Waterthrush 1
> Brown Thrasher 2
> Gray Catbird 3
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
> Baltimore Oriole 6
> White-throated Sparrow 10
> Evening Grosbeak 2 flyovers
>
> Butterflies
> Mourning Cloak
> Green Comma
> Spring Azure
>
> Reptiles
> Garter Snake 1 about 18" long
> Painted Turtle 15
>
> Amphibians
> Gray Tree frog singing
> Spring Peepers peeping
>
> Wildflowers
> Wood Anemone
> Trout Lily
> Goldthread
>
> Mark Suomala
> mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com
> http://www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Finally migration in southern NH
From: Emmalee Tarry <emmaleet(AT)msn.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 5:16pm
I live at the Oak Hill Condos in southern Nashua just north of the
Massachusetts border.
First let me report that I have a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers that have
been here most of the winter.
Monday May 5 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-throated Green Warblers
Tuesday May 6 - Great Crested Flycatcher, Northern Parula, and Northern
Oriole
Emmalee Bowers Tarry EmmaleeT(AT)msn.com
EmmaleeTarry.uswww.NEseabirds.com AHS56.com
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Subject: Nelson, Concord migrants
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 5:46pm
We woke to the lovely song of the wood thrush at 6:30 am, and it was quickly
followed with other new arrivals for our area. From the house, we saw or heard
10 species of warblers, including blackburnian, parula, ovenbird, black-throated
blue, common yellowthroat, chestnut-sided, and a late-ish palm, among the rest.
We're up to 49 species for the month from our yard already. From the reports,
migration appears to have been excellent across the entire southern part of the
state last night!
I added 2 more warbler species in Concord today, a yellow at Horseshoe Pond and
a redstart that just began singing out my office window.
Also at Silk Farm today was a singing white-crowned sparrow.
Horseshoe Pond had 2 eastern kingbirds and a baltimore oriole.
Phil Brown
Nelson, NH
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Subject: They're BAACK!
From: Hank Chary <hankchary(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 5:40pm
Not really news, but I'll join the chorus: today I had my feeder FOYs for
oriole, hummingbird, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
As for "Are they GONE?" yesterday I had a lone skikin at the feeder.
Hank Chary
Newmarket
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Subject: Hummingbird in Colebrook
From: "David Govatski" <pondicherry(AT)wildblue.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:08pm
A friend in Colebrook, NH (Coos County) just reported her first
Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Tuesday afternoon. She is predicting the first
bobolink on the 10th and she has 29 years of records that says it will be
there then.
At the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson, we had the first of year
(FOY) American Bittern on Monday evening and the FOY Palm Warbler on Tuesday
morning. A FOY Yellow Warbler was reported from Littleton on Sunday. Also at
Pondicherry, a loud scratching sound caught my attention this morning. It
sounded like bear cubs going up a tree. Instead it was a large pileated
woodpecker clawing up a dead black spruce tree.
The Ammonoosuc Chapter of NH Audubon is having a memorial walk to Scotland
Brook Sanctuary in Landaff at 1000 on Wednesday 7 May. We will be dedicating
a Aldo Leopold design memorial bench for former Ammonoosuc Chapter President
John McIllwaine at a legacy white pine overlooking a beaver pond at the
sanctuary. Please contact me offline if you would like to attend.
David Govatski
Jefferson, NH
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Subject: Keene, Swanzey, and Hinsdale--8 FOYs
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 6 May 2008 6:14pm
My plan today was find Black Vulture and American Bittern
along the Connecticut River at Brattleboro, VT and at
Keene. Unfortunately, I found neither. Too late in the
day, I think, by the time I got there, despite leaving home
at 5:00 am. Keene took all morning, so I didn't even get
to Brattleboro until just after noon.
But I did have 8 first-of-year species:
Green Heron--Hinsdale rail trail north of power line
Broad-winged Hawk--Airport Road in Swanzey (1)
House Wren--Keene Cemetery (2)(thanks to Ken Klapper
for the alert)
Veery--Airport Road (1)
Gray Catbird--Airport Road (2), Keene Cemetery (2), & rail
trail (3)
Yellow Warbler--Airport Road (5), Keene Cemetery (4),
& rail trail (4)
Common Yellowthroat--Airport Road (1 heard) & rail trail (1)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak--Cemetery (3) & rail trail (3)
(thanks again to Ken)
Other highlights:
Airport Road:
Ruffed Grouse--1 drumming
Wild Turkey--2 off side of runway
Sharp-shinned Hawk--1
Yellow-rumped Warbler--2
Ovenbird--3 heard
Swamp Sparrow--10
16 other common species
Keene Cemetery (wetland area off Greenlawn St. only):
Northern Flicker--2 copulating
Eastern Phoebe--2, 1 of which flew out from under the
bridge over the creek. Possible nesting.
Eastern Kingbird--1
Warbling Vireo--1
Black-and-white Warbler--1
plus 15 more common species
Hinsdale rail trail (I birded north & south from parking lot
just north of the power line crossing about 0.5 and 0.25
miles, plus the trail out to the power line poles):
Mute Swan--1
Wood Duck--1 male, 1 female
Belted Kingfisher--1
Pileated Woodpecker--1 heard
Eastern Kingbird--1
Marsh Wren--1 heard (power line trail)
Warbling Vireo--3
Yellow-rumped Warbler--3
Black-and-white Warbler--1
White-throated Sparrow--10 at least
White-crowned Sparrow--3 (power line trail)
Baltimore Oriole--1 male, 1 female
plus 17 other common species
Note: a lady from Vermont I met also had:
Least Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Redstart
Chesterfield:
Bald Eagle--1 adult cruising from over Mt. Wantastiquet
over the Connecticut River into Vermont. Seen from VT.
Hermit Thrush--1 on Gulf Road
Hinsdale:
Turkey Vulture--8 at Rt. 119 and Old Brattleboro Rd.
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Re: Bat?
From: Scott Spangenberg <scottspangenberg(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:25pm
Most species of NH bats have to migrate just as birds do, albeit not
as far. Sometimes this happens during daytime. In terms of how
common the event is, I would say it is an uncommon but regular event
every year. I wouldn't say that you could go out on date MM/DD and
be confident that you will see a bat in daytime, but I would say that
someone on NH Birds is likely to observe this each spring and fall.
In the fall, I've seen bats migrating in daylight as much as 75 miles
offshore. I saw my first Red Bat as an offshore migrant.
Scott Spangenberg
Amherst, NH
On May 6, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Ron Cooper wrote:
> It's 1:15PM here in Salem, NH.....and I'm watching a bat fly around
> doing his feeding outside my office window.
>
> Is this common? Bats in broad daylight?
>
>
> --
> Ron Cooper
> 603-893-9486
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>
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Amherst, NH
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Subject: Pawtuckaway Again
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 7:00pm
I did a loop between North and Middle Mt. to Round Pond. Higher ground=fewer
flies, or so the logic goes. Trying to keep away from Least Flycatcher
territory! I posted some pics, probably too many to thumb thru!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/ Besides wouldn't you rather be outside,
its just a wee blood donation that underpins the ecosystem. My dryer lint is
diverse.
Non-avian: 9 Blanding's Turtles!!! 8 in one swamp. Bloodroot in flower. FOY-
Common Green Darner
Number of species: 54
Blue-winged Teal 2 a pair I flushed 3 times
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Least Flycatcher 16 I've encountered close to 50 in two days
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Warbling Vireo 3 so far more numerous than the REV
Winter Wren 4 many this year
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
Gray Catbird 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 18
Blackburnian Warbler 8
Blackpoll Warbler 2 I watched him feeding his woman
American Redstart 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 males
Baltimore Oriole 1
Pine Siskin 2
Evening Grosbeak 5
Scott Young/Strafford
I have a brain disorder for which there's but a single solution (Everytime a
bird sings I lose my concentration). I'm trying to work with it, I pick up my
binos. My mother calls it Bird Ears.
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Subject: Re: Baltimore Oriloles and Hummingbirds return!
From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob(AT)fairpoint.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:47pm
We had our first Hummingbird and White-crowned Sparrow today. Sunday I went
with Dixie and Lisa the two women you met at Odiore Point to Quebec where we
got the Common Pochard and Gargeny.Tomorrow I am going to the Massachusetts
South Shore to a friends house for a few days.
Love
Dad
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:39 AM
Subject: Baltimore Oriloles and Hummingbirds return!
> Finally this morning 2 Male and 1 Female Baltimore Oriole arrived. I
> also
> had a Hummingbird on my Quince bush and 2 Catbirds.
>
> Debbie Crowley
> 72 North Shore Road
> Hampton, NH 03842
>
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Subject: Soo-nipi meeting
From: "Ruth White" <rbwhite117(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 7:24pm
The May Soo-nipi Chapter program, The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
will be presented this Friday night ,May 9 ,in New London at the Tracy
Memorial Library.. Gary Stansfield will recount his trip from the Brooks
Range to the ocean.
Refreshments at 7.....program at 7:30. Contact Ruth White for details.
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Subject: Baltimore Orioles, Wood Ducks- Nashua
From: Jen Beaudry <jenbeaudry(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 6:58pm
A pair of Wood Ducks on Salmon Brook today with a bunch of Mallards
enjoying the weather. Also, I spotted two male Baltimore Orioles flying
in and out of trees. Two large Blue Herons continue to make daily
apprearances as well as Racoons bringing down my feeders at night! Ugh!
-Jen Beaudry
Nashua, NH
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Subject: Hampton Gadwalls
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 6 May 2008 7:10pm
JoAnn O'Shaughnessy and I met after work to scope for lingering warblers--no
luck. But behind Little Jack's in Hampton we had:
Gadwall-2 (pair)
Note: I went back to retrieve a missing foot that fell off my tripod (found
it!) only to witness a mean Mute Swan force the Gadwalls into flight. If you
look for them, check Island Path--they seemed to fly toward that direction.
Willet-7
Len Medlock
Exeter, NH
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Subject: (no subject)
From: JORYANDBRENDA(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 May 2008 7:55pm
Just saw our first ruby throated hummingbird.
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Subject: Ponemah habitats, Amherst --Bog, Easement, and Industrial
Park Wetland. (some pics)
From: cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net (Chris Sheridan)
Date: 6 May 2008 9:09pm
A short walk at the Ponemah Bog late afternoon yesterday, Eastern Bluebirds were
hawking for insects from
pines and spruces in the bog.
A Red Tailed Hawk posed for photos.
A contingent of Crows (out of sight in the woods) were making life miserable
for someone.
A horde of Blue Jays flew in (15 or so birds) and dispersed throughout the
bog,
making about every jay noise possible, then quieting down.
Soft quacking from unseen ducks, A few chickadees. I saw few other birds. A
fair number of chipmunks in the woods. A muskrat and some huge painted turtles.
On the other side of the highway, ---Last fall PSNH came in with machines and
ground up a stand of young (mostly) birch under the power line easement near
the substation leaving a few clumps of pasture rose. This area has become the
home of several Towhees. At least one pair seem to be nesting.A couple of Fox
Sparrows turned up today, and a Gray Catbird actually brushed my leg
as he flew in. A Merlin flew out from the pines.
The towhees have managed to keep a lot a shrubbery between them and a photo,
but
today the male became so irate at a loud House Sparrow party in his rose clump
that he chased one of them into
another clump of bushes, then put on an elaborate display before hightailing it
back to his clump.
In a little wetland on Northern Boulevard in the Bon Terrain Industrial Park, a
lone female
Hooded Merganser can be seen in the afternoons sunning herself and preening in
company with some turtles.
I haven't seen a male there since early spring. If she were nesting would she be
incubating now?
A Belted Kingfisher rattled and dove, dispatching two little fish in the ten
minutes or so I watched.
www.pbase.com/cmsbirds/ponemah_birds
Chris Sheridan
Nashua NH
cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Whip-poor-wills at Mast Yard!
From: "Pamela Hunt" <PHunt(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 6 May 2008 11:01pm
Greetings all,
I'm happy to report that Whip-poor-wills have returned to the Mast Yard State
Forest on the Concord/Hopkinton town line. This evening on a 2 hour, 4.5 mile
walk I heard at least 3, despite almost no moon and a some cloud cover.
AND, in conjunction with their return to this site, I'd like to make everyone on
NH.Birds aware of an exciting opportunity to help us learn more about these
birds, which you may know have been declining across their range for over 40
years.
This summer, in addition to conducting our usual WPWI survey routes, we hope to
do more intensive studies at two WPWI "hot-spots," Mast Yard and the Ossipee
Pine Barrens. A few of you joined me last June at the latter in a pilot run,
and all had a great time, so this year I want to expand that effort. The first
"event" in this regard is a field trip/training I'm holding at Mast Yard next
Friday. This will be an opportunity to 1) hear WPWIs, 2) maybe even SEE one, 3)
find other night birds (we had a Swa-whet there last May, but no promises on
that one!), and MOST IMPORTANTLY 4) help collect valuable data.
What I hope to do at Mast Yard and Ossipee is hacve teams of observers out there
doing point counts where they triangulate on individual WPW so we can map them
out to look at habitat use. This will require a bit of experience using a
compass, hiking on trails at night (you'll always be in pairs or threesomes,
both for the protocol and for safety reasons), and 4-6 nights between mid-May
and July. You could help at either site.
The trip to Mast Yard is next Friday, May 16, starting at 7:30 P.M. We will
meet at the River Hill Market at the intersection of Bog Road and River Road in
Penacook. Bring study footwear, a flashlight or headlamp, and a compass if you
have one. We'll be out for a couple of hours, but the trip will not go if it's
raining (I'd entertan a rain date of the 17th if there's enough interest, so
please let me know if you ARE interested).
If you have any questions, my contact info is below. Thanks,
Pam
Pamela D. Hunt, Ph.D.
Senior Conservation Biologist
Audubon Society of New Hampshire
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-9909 extension 328
phunt(AT)nhaudubon.org
FAX: (603) 226-0902
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Subject: Newington -
From: Justin <justin00hay(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 6 May 2008 11:14pm
With 2 toddlers in tow to play "find the cormorant" I saw what appeared to be
large numbers of black crowned night herons on the Piscataqua River today at the
end of Patterson Lane in Newington. They were flying south down the river
between 6 and 7 PM on the Maine side. There were many gulls mixed in, so I can
say for certain I saw 10, but possibly as many as 100. It is hard to say for
certain because there were countless numbers moving and it looked like a school
of herring where it was impossible to focus on one bird.
Also observed were what I believe to be a pair of great crested flycatchers on
a wire at Sprague's Avery Lane terminal on the river. It was a considerable
distance but it was clearly two robin sized birds with bright yellow breasts,
straight stiff tails, and brown backs, perhaps a slightly darker-brown heads
remiscent of an oversized yellow-brown phoebe. Very intesting to watch the two
of them dive down to the ground then fly back to the wire.
One loon, one cormorant were fishing off the boat launch, and a nervous male
mallard duck that didn't like a three year old throwing rocks and pieces of
seaweed.
The nest of red tailed hawks near the police station appears to be active as
well.
-Justin Richardson
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