NH.Birds for Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Blue Winged Warblers     7:37am   RE: Cerulean Blue   Budington, Arthur B.   7:41am   Keene Birds   Clifford Seifer   8:44am   Odiorne Point Glossy Ibis   Leonard Medlock    9:10am   Kensan Devan-Meetinghouse Pond Sanctuary   Geoffrey Gardner    9:32am   Manchester Veery   joseagle(AT)aol.com   10:07am   Gray Catbird, Belted Kingfisher, American Redstart- Salmon Brook   Jen Beaudry    10:26am   Bobolinks, Bunting- Durham   Daniel M. Keefe   10:54am   Hummers, Blue Jays and Woodcocks in Greenfield   Janet Romanelli   1:29pm   Orchard Oriole in Hampton   Terry Bronson   4:15pm   Northern Waterthrush at Exeter Powderhouse   Budington, Arthur B.   4:19pm   Londonderry   Sandy   4:43pm   Foos Farm, Durham   Kurk Dorsey    4:59pm   Bay-breasted Warbler in Sutton   Cindy House   4:51pm   Tennessee Warbler in Manchester   Jane Hills   5:18pm   Hinsdale Setbacks - Least Bittern   Byard Miller    5:41pm   Red-headed WP   Francie Von Mertens   6:19pm   Orchid Oriole at Powderhouse Pond   joseagle(AT)aol.com   6:25pm   black bear in Munsonville   Keith M. Gordon   6:58pm   Strafford County Farm - Pickering   Chet   7:19pm   Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)   d.skillman(AT)comcast.n   7:36pm   RE: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)   Craven, Robert   7:53pm   male Cardinal,Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Hancock   Steven Smith    8:30pm   Yellowlegs at Fairhill marsh   Jon Woolf    8:41pm   Re: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)   Bruce Boyer    8:53pm   Brookside Res., South Hampton, 5/14/08   Jim Berry   11:13pm

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Subject: Blue Winged Warblers
From: <dot7e(AT)habi-scapes.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 7:37am

Last night while walking my dog I heard two Blue Winged Warblers down the
road (Highland) from me.  It was on the Kensington end by the big bend in
the road under the power lines.  There were two chatting in the sumac
'trees'.  It was at about 7:30 pm.  I dug around on the Cornell site to find
the song because I had never heard it before - buzzing in lower then buzzing
out higher.

 

Dot Sevigny

So. Hampton


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Subject: RE: Cerulean Blue
From: "Budington, Arthur B." <abudington(AT)exeter.edu>
Date: 14 May 2008 7:41am

  That is correct.  In physics we refer to the non-pigment colors as
structural colors.  I used to have a ruby throated hummingbird to show my
physics students how the throat would turn from red to black depending on the
angle at which light was reflected from it.  Blue eyes in mammals are
structural which is why your kitten might be born with blue eyes and later
turn a darker color when pigments are produced.  They sure are beautiful
either way. Wish I could find that cerulean!
Art Budington
Exeter

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu on behalf of Steve Mirick
Sent: Tue 5/13/2008 9:11 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Cerulean Blue

An interesting fact is that there are no blue pigments in bird
feathers.  The blue coloration we see is an artifact of reflected light
rather than blue pigmentation.  Pick up a Blue Jay feather and look at
it with a light source in back and the blue disappears!  No doubt this
adds to the problem in trying to see the blue in a Cerulean Warbler high
in the trees with a bright back lit sky.  Last year I got a "decent"
look at a Cerulean for the first time when I had one singing relatively
low (but slightly backlit) and got a look at it in a spotting scope in
western MA.  I've never had a "great" look at a Cerulean.

http://www.kidwings.com/bodyparts/feathers/colors/index.htm

http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/backyard_birds/myths/blue_feathers.asp
x

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA


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Subject: Keene Birds
From: "Clifford Seifer" <clifdisc(AT)gmail.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:44am

At Krif Road in Keene, 5:15 PM Tuesday:

Greater Yellowlegs -- 1
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 2
Spotted Sandpiper -- 1

No Solitary Sandpiper :(

BIGBY Birding at Green Wagon Farm, 6:30 PM Tuesday:

Gray Catbird -- 1
Northern Parula -- 1
Black and White Warbler -- 1
Baltimore Oriole -- 3
Yellow Warbler -- 1
Common Raven -- 1 Mobbed by 3 crows
American Redstart -- 2
Eastern Kingbird -- 1

BIGBY Birding at Green Wagon Farm this morning with Lance Tanino,
Most of the above plus:

Chestnut-sided Warbler -- 1
Common Yellowthroat -- 3
Bobolink -- Heard only so I don't know how many
Least Flycatcher -- 1
Wood Thrush -- 1
Lousianna Waterthrush -- 1
House Wren -- 1

Driving into work this morning on Rte 12 in Walpole, a Broad-winged
Hawk, flying across the road and setting in a tree.

-- Cliff Seifer
Keene NH


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Subject: Odiorne Point Glossy Ibis
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 9:10am

Not much warbler activity very early at Odiorne Point, Rye, but did have 8
Glossy Ibis flyover.

Len Medlock
Exeter, NH


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Subject: Kensan Devan-Meetinghouse Pond Sanctuary
From: Geoffrey Gardner <anarkiss(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 9:32am

13 May-Black and White Warbler - Underwood Road

             Broad-Winged Hawk - at the bench

14 May-Acadian Flycatcher-in the woods, high in the trees on the west side
of the Pond about 1/4 mile from
               the spillway.

--Geoffrey Gardner


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Subject: Manchester Veery
From: joseagle(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 May 2008 10:07am

There is a Veery in my backyard ..
JoAnn O'Shaughnessy


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Subject: Gray Catbird, Belted Kingfisher, American Redstart- Salmon
         Brook
From: Jen Beaudry <jenbeaudry(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:26am

A Gray Catbird has been devouring the oranges I set out for the Orioles. 
Unfortunately, I've only seen one Oriole land.  I was shocked to see a 
Downy Woodpecker landing on the oranges as well until I realized he was 
after the ants that had invaded the oranges!!!!

On another note... I been lucky to watch a Belted Kingfisher this week 
perched on his look-out perch and then hovering and swooping down to the 
brook!  Plus, I had my very first American Redstart in a flowering tree 
in my yard yesterday!

-Jen Beaudry
Nashua, NH

____________________

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Subject: Bobolinks, Bunting- Durham
From: "Daniel M. Keefe" <selchie(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 10:54am

New arrivals here in Durham

Yesterday an Indigo Bunting showed up.

This morning four Bobolinks singing in our apple tree.

Our Crab apple has just opened, and there is a bright yellow warbler that
appears to be eating blossoms.

Dan,

Durham, NH


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Subject: Hummers, Blue Jays and Woodcocks in Greenfield
From: "Janet Romanelli" <jromane202(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 1:29pm

Hi!

 

A pair of hummingbirds arrived Saturday - pretty late for me, and then some
Blue Jays on Sunday.

 

I got a note from a friend at the south end of town who saw a mama woodcock
and two chicks last evening (Tuesday).

 

Janet Romanelli

Greenfield, NH


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Subject: Orchard Oriole in Hampton
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 14 May 2008 4:15pm

In one of those fortuitous moments of serendipity, I made a
split-second decision on the way home from a quick circuit
of Hampton-Seabrook marshes (absolutely nothing due to
high tide) to visit a new area.

Along Drakeside Road in Hampton, which runs from the
north end of the Route 101/Route 1 traffic circle west to
Towle Farm Road, there is a new conservation area
opposite the Hampton Meadows development.  I'm not
sure what its name is since there's no sign yet.

It has a small parking area and a trail out into the upper
reaches of Hampton Marsh west of Route 1, crosses a
field and then loops through some woods.  There are a
couple of platforms, which I assume are for school group
presentations.  An interesting area.

Anyway, I wasn't even out of my car when I spied a male
Orchard Oriole perched on a small bush only 30 feet
behind the parking area.  My first of the year.  He was
singing, and flew back and forth to some of the other
small bushes and the trees along Drakeside Road.
I did not notice him when I returned from hiking the trail.

In the hour I was there, I tallied 19 species, mostly
common birds, but including 2 Eastern Kingbirds,
3 Baltimore Orioles, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Northern
Flicker, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat,
1 Red-tailed Hawk, and 1 Canada Goose (actually a
Goose neck sticking up out of the grass--possibly
sitting on a nest).

Those in the area might find it an interesting place
to spend an hour or so.

--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net


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Subject: Northern Waterthrush at Exeter Powderhouse
From: "Budington, Arthur B." <abudington(AT)exeter.edu>
Date: 14 May 2008 4:19pm

Thanks to a tip as to where to look from Len Medlock, and an early morning
song identification from Rich Aaronian, I was able to get great looks at the
Northern Waterthrush at 3 o'clock this afternoon. I guess that big orange cat
that has been prowling around the edge of the pond didn't get him after all. I
was sitting on the edge of the bank just below the first apartment balcony
looking to the right of a large boulder at the waterline.  Bobbing up and down
and turning about was the waterthrush. It would have been a great picture!

Art Budington
Exeter


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Subject: Londonderry
From: "Sandy" <slmolloy(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 4:43pm

No new species today but four baby geese were foraging while the parents
kept beady eyes on me as I passed by.

 

Sandy


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Subject: Foos Farm, Durham
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 14 May 2008 4:59pm

Birders
As the only person in the state without a Cerulean Warbler sighting, I'm 
feeling kind of left out.

I had an interesting parallel warblering experience today.  45 minutes at 
West Foss Farm with an infant in his backpack (the last 20 of those with a 
demonstrably unhappy infant) yielded the following species of note:
Yellow Warbler
B&W
Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped
Blue-winged
Chestnut-sided
Nashville
Magnolia
Ovenbird
Parula

As well as Scarlet Tanager, RB Grosbeak, Balto Oriole, Wood Thrush, 
Catbird, GC Flycatcher, House Wren, and Bluebird.

Minus the Bluebird, I had the exact same list
on our block of Fogg Drive during the day, adding only
Pine Warbler
Black-throated Green
Veery
and oddly a flyover Bobolink

It feels like there is a sort of stasis right now, with new species 
dribbling in.  Is there a deluge on the way?  Will I need the warbler sump 
pump to deal with the coming flood?

Wondering in Durham
Kurk Dorsey


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Subject: Bay-breasted Warbler in Sutton
From: "Cindy House" <cjhouse(AT)tds.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 4:51pm

We had a Bay-breasted Warbler singing by our pond this morning.  A new yard
bird for us.

Cindy

Cindy House
145 Birch Hill Rd.
Warner, NH  03278

603-456-3005
www.cindyhouse.com


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Subject: Tennessee Warbler in Manchester
From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 5:18pm

I'm 95% certain that a Tennessee Warbler has been visiting my backyard suet
feeder for the past couple of days.  This morning I got great looks at it in
good light only 20 feet away.  After consulting various field guides, I
simply cannot find anything else but a Tennessee that looks like "my" bird.

 

The bird is warbler-sized with a typical sharp warbler bill.   It has an
olive green back and a gray head with a definite white supercillium.  It has
no wing bars.   The breast and belly are clear white except for a very pale
yellow wash on the throat.  The undertail coverts are white.  

 

It is definitely NOT an Orange-crowned Warbler, but I'm open to any other
suggestions!  I have not heard it singing as yet.

 

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: Hinsdale Setbacks - Least Bittern
From: Byard Miller <byard(AT)virtualflybox.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 5:41pm

Visited Hinsdale Setbacks today from 7:00 am to 2 pm. Species total  
for the day was 61. Some highlights...

Least Bittern - 3
Virginia Rail - 2
Marsh Wren - many
Spotted Sandpiper - 1

9 Warbler Species
Yellow
Black & White
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow-rumped
Black-throated Blue
Pine
Chestnut-sided
Prarie

Woodpeckers
Downy
Hairy
Red-bellied
Pilleated - working on nest cavity
Northern Flicker

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-crowned Sparrow
Scarlet Tananger
Orchard Oriole - both male & female
Wood Thrush

Byard Miller
Marlborough NH
Bird Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534802@N02/


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Subject: Red-headed WP
From: "Francie Von Mertens" <vonmertens(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 6:19pm

Just received photos taken last Sunday of a red-headed woodpecker feeding on 
birdseed spread on porch railing in Sharon.  Has not returned.
Francie Von Mertens
Peterborough


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Subject: Orchid Oriole at Powderhouse Pond
From: joseagle(AT)aol.com
Date: 14 May 2008 6:25pm

To add to the birds previously listed was an orchid oreole Joan Mckibben and I
found?the afternoon. Not the numbers we had Sunday, except for yellow rumps.
While back in Manchester my son found?a dead nashville warbler in the yard and
I?found a red fox!
JoAnn O'Shaughnessy


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Subject: black bear in Munsonville
From: "Keith M. Gordon" <kmg(AT)myexcel.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 6:58pm

Just had a BB take down our feeders @ 6:00 PM. Guess the State is right when
they say take them in.
Keith M Gordon, PE
680 Granite Lake  Road
Munsonville, NH 03457


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Subject: Strafford County Farm - Pickering
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 7:19pm

    Pickering -

5 Baltimore Orioles
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2493509006/

1 Belted Kingfisher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2493508700/

1 Yellow Warbler
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Tree Swallows
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Cooper's Hawk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2493508834/

Strafford County Farm

2 Eastern Bluebirds
Several Sparrows
1 Kingbird

    While I was following around a couple of Baltimore Orioles, this guy 
showed up.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2492532381/

    Scared the daylights out of me. It came out from the woods along the 
river into the clover field I was walking along at the bottom of the hill on 
the right hand side of the property behind the animal shelter. I'm glad it 
decided to take off after giving me a look. Came to within 15-20 feet of me.

Chet
Dover, NH
**GBA===
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150


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Subject: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)
From: d.skillman(AT)comcast.net
Date: 14 May 2008 7:36pm

Birders: Warren Trested, Dennis Skillman (5/14/08, 7am to 11:30 AM)

On Tower Road: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Yellow
 Warbler, Robin, Catbird, Swamp Sparrow, Blue Jay

Middle Mountain Trail: Wood Thrush, A. Crow, Pileated Wodpecker (heard calling
and drumming, the drumming sound echoed and was primeval!), Ovenbird, Chipping
Sparrow, Red-eyed Vireo, A. Redstart, Winter Wren (sang constantly for over 30
minutes)  You know you are having a good day birding when a Winter Wren singing
gets annoying because you are trying to hear the Cerulean. And then the
Ceruleans started about 400' up the trail. They sang with a few interruptions
for the next 2 hours that we were there. I believe we saw both male and female,
and heard them sing the traditional Cerulean song the whole time. We saw them
about 5 times, and we heard them singing way more than we were able to see them.
 Photos are at: http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97067620 and
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97067626 . I believe this is a male due to
the blue coloration and the lack of a light colored eyebrow. The yellow wash on
the underside is more like a female, but it may be enhanced by light reflected
off the yellow-green leaves below it. Other opinions?

It was very quiet people-wise on the trail today, with only two other birders
venturing part way up to where we were while we were there. The other birds on
the trail were: Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, Scarlet Tanager,
Black-throated Green Warbler, Solitary Vireo, Veery, Turkey Vulture, Hairy
woodpecker, Great-crested Flycather and Yellow-throated Vireo.

At the start of the Tower Trail we saw a Baltimore Oriole in the blossoming
apple tree and saw and heard Chipping Sparrows.

On the way out Tower Road we stopped and followed a Nashville Warbler down the
trail opposite the new bridge on a logging trail. Photo at:
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97071572 . We also saw a Turkey Vulture,
heard a Common Yellothroat and saw a Broad-winged Hawk.

At the powerline crossing on Reservation Road we were treated to quite a visual
and even better auditory show considering how warm it was and how late it was:
Tree Swallow, Prairie Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Parula, A. Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, E. Towhee,
E. Phoebe, Great-crested Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat and
Field Sparrow.

What a place, what a great day to be there!

Dennis Skillman


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Subject: RE: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)
From: "Craven, Robert" <r.craven(AT)snhu.edu>
Date: 14 May 2008 7:53pm

Having visited these spots lately and seen a few of the birds you mentioned
(thanks mostly to Mark Suomala), I'd like to send my appreciation for a very
entertaining revisit -- such a good rendition of this wonderful place, and
what nice photos too.  Bob.

r.craven(at)snhu.edu
Manchester

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From: owner-NH.Birds(AT)lists.unh.edu on behalf of d.skillman(AT)comcast.net
Sent: Wed 5/14/2008 7:36 PM
To: New Hampshire Birds
Subject: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)

Birders: Warren Trested, Dennis Skillman (5/14/08, 7am to 11:30 AM)

On Tower Road: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow,
Yellow Warbler, Robin, Catbird, Swamp Sparrow, Blue Jay

Middle Mountain Trail: Wood Thrush, A. Crow, Pileated Wodpecker (heard calling
and drumming, the drumming sound echoed and was primeval!), Ovenbird, Chipping
Sparrow, Red-eyed Vireo, A. Redstart, Winter Wren (sang constantly for over 30
minutes)  You know you are having a good day birding when a Winter Wren
singing gets annoying because you are trying to hear the Cerulean. And then
the Ceruleans started about 400' up the trail. They sang with a few
interruptions for the next 2 hours that we were there. I believe we saw both
male and female, and heard them sing the traditional Cerulean song the whole
time. We saw them about 5 times, and we heard them singing way more than we
were able to see them. Photos are at:
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97067620 and
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97067626 . I believe this is a male due to
the blue coloration and the lack of a light colored eyebrow. The yellow wash
on the underside is more like a female, but it may be enhanced by light
reflected off the yellow-green leaves below it. Other opinions?

It was very quiet people-wise on the trail today, with only two other birders
venturing part way up to where we were while we were there. The other birds on
the trail were: Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, Scarlet Tanager,
Black-throated Green Warbler, Solitary Vireo, Veery, Turkey Vulture, Hairy
woodpecker, Great-crested Flycather and Yellow-throated Vireo.

At the start of the Tower Trail we saw a Baltimore Oriole in the blossoming
apple tree and saw and heard Chipping Sparrows.

On the way out Tower Road we stopped and followed a Nashville Warbler down the
trail opposite the new bridge on a logging trail. Photo at:
http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/97071572 . We also saw a Turkey Vulture,
heard a Common Yellothroat and saw a Broad-winged Hawk.

At the powerline crossing on Reservation Road we were treated to quite a
visual and even better auditory show considering how warm it was and how late
it was: Tree Swallow, Prairie Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Chestnut-sided
Warbler Northern Parula, A. Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle,
E. Towhee, E. Phoebe, Great-crested Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat and Field Sparrow.

What a place, what a great day to be there!

Dennis Skillman


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Subject: male Cardinal,Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Hancock
From: Steven Smith <kwedun(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:30pm

   I just had a  male Cardinal in my yard, two days ago there was a  
male and female rose breasted Grosbeak, unfortunately they did not  
stay - yesterday a bear raided my thistle feeder, it now comes in  
every night.

   Steve Smith, Hancock


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Subject: Yellowlegs at Fairhill marsh
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:41pm

Quick sighting report from Fairhill Salt Marsh this afternoon, just 
south of Odiorne Point: four Yellowlegs, probably all Greaters.

-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH


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Subject: Re: Pawtuckaway State Park - 5/14/08 (Cerulean!)
From: Bruce Boyer <bboyer192(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 8:53pm

I'm sure the "yellow wash" is a color cast caused by the reflection as  
you say, or else by some photographic artifact, perhaps from JPG  
conversion. Notice that the yellow or greenish effect is only in  
shadow areas. On the throat, for example, it is white where not  
shadowed, and greenish below. I'm sure the true color is white.

On May 14, 2008, at 7:36 PM, d.skillman(AT)comcast.net wrote:

> The yellow wash on the underside is more like a female, but it may  
> be enhanced by light reflected off the yellow-green leaves below it.  
> Other opinions?


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Subject: Brookside Res., South Hampton, 5/14/08
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 14 May 2008 11:13pm

Pretty dead for land birds at Brookside today.  Normally I would list only 
highlights, but in this case I'm including the entire eBird list to show 
what little variety there was after days of easterly winds that I think have 
retarded the return of most of our coastal-area resident breeders.  We were 
there in mid-day, but the amount of song for even mid-day in May was 
miniscule and we were there long enough (on a loop walk) to have heard far 
more birds had they been there.  Black-throated greens were the only 
numerous warblers.  Imagine a three-hour walk on a pretty day in mid-May 
with zero ovenbirds and zero catbirds.

Jim Berry
Ipswich, Mass.
jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net

> Location:     Brookside Res., South Hampton
> Observation date:     5/14/08, 1100-1400
> Notes:     With days of easterly winds near the coast, this place was as 
> dead as I've ever heard it for songbirds in May. Most of the breeding 
> birds have apparently not returned yet.
> Number of species:     30
>
> Canada Goose     1-2
> Wood Duck     1
> Mallard     2
> Great Blue Heron     ~20     10-12 active nests, some with small young, 
> the others with incubating birds
> Osprey     2     nesting pair; female incubating
> Red-tailed Hawk     1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Northern Flicker     1-2
> Pileated Woodpecker     1-2
> Eastern Phoebe     1
> Great Crested Flycatcher     2
> Red-eyed Vireo     1
> Blue Jay     11
> American Crow     X
> Tree Swallow     X     several in and out of cavities in beaver swamp
> Black-capped Chickadee     8
> White-breasted Nuthatch     2
> Eastern Bluebird     1
> Wood Thrush     1 m
> American Robin     2
> Black-throated Blue Warbler     3 m
> Black-throated Green Warbler     11 m
> Common Yellowthroat     2 m
> Scarlet Tanager     2
> Song Sparrow     2 m
> Northern Cardinal     1 m
> Red-winged Blackbird     X
> Common Grackle     X
> Baltimore Oriole     3 m
> American Goldfinch     2
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)