NH.Birds for Thursday, May 22, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   Pickering/East Foss Farm PICS   sayoung   8:01am   Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, May 22, 2008   Mark Suomala   8:03am   Woody Fledges 19, including 2 Hoodies   LindaMaley(AT)aol.com   8:25am   Woodpecker ID   Brad Loggans   8:35am   Exeter WWTP, PH pond   Patience Chamberlin    10:38am   Thanks--Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker   Brad Loggans   10:41am   Indigo Bunting nest, Hopkinton   Melissa Miller    10:58am   Seabrook area (shorebirds, Glaucous Gull, Brant)   Steve Mirick    2:31pm   Kettle Island heron-nest count, 5/22   Jim Berry   3:48pm   Trudeau Road - Cape May Warbler, Gray Jay, etc   Benjamin Griffith    5:22pm   Exeter Area walk moved to June 14   Leonard Medlock    7:55pm

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Subject: Pickering/East Foss Farm PICS
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 22 May 2008 8:01am

I got around to doing some quick edits of my hikes the other day. Sora, YT
Vireo and Ducks. The mystery duck is probably an aberrant female Mallard whose
so ugly she can't attract a mate of the 70+ bachelor males available.

Scott Young/Strafford     pics:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/


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Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, May 22, 2008
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 22 May 2008 8:03am

This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, May 22nd, 
2008.

A SANDHILL CRANE was reported from near the Connecticut River, at the 
Ompompanoosuc Flats in Norwich, Vermont on May 18th. A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT 
HERON was seen at the nearby Ledyard Bridge in Norwich, also on the 18th. 
Both of these sites are very close to Hanover, New Hampshire.

A LEAST BITTERN was reported from the Hinsdale setbacks on the Connecticut 
River on May 15th, a GLOSSY IBIS was seen in Rye on May 21st, and 2 
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on 
May 15th.

An ICELAND GULL was seen in Eel Pond in Rye on May 18th.

33 BRANT were seen in Hampton Harbor on May 15th, and 14 were seen at Rye 
Ledge on the 20th.

At least 1 CERULEAN WARBLER continues to be seen on the Middle Mountain 
trail at Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham, and was last reported on May 
18th.

A BREWSTER'S WARBLER was seen at East Foss Farm in Durham on May 18th.

A CAPE MAY WARBLER was seen at Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge on May 16th, and 
4 AMERICAN BITTERNS and 4 MARSH WRENS were seen here on the 15th.

An ARCTIC TERN and 3 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on May 21st, 
and 2,000 COMMON TERNS were reported from the Isles of Shoals on May 18th.

Several LAUGHING GULLS were reported from the coast during the past week.

50 PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen in Hampton on May 18th, and 26 were seen in 
Rye on May 21st.

A RUDDY DUCK, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and 2 SORAS were reported from Pickering 
Ponds near the Rochester Wasterwater Treatment Plant on May 20th.

A FISH CROW nest was discovered in Concord on May 15th.

ORCHARD ORIOLES were reported from Newmarket, Rochester, Exeter, and 
Canterbury during the past week.

2 WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard in Jefferson on May 15th.

2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen at the Deer Hill Wildlife Management Area 
in Brentwood on May 19th.

SEVERAL PURPLE MARTINS were reported from Route 153 in Freedom on May 19th, 
and 4 were seen at the Fun Spot at Weirs Beach in Laconia on May 15th.

A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was reported from Lyman on May 16th. This is near 
the northern limit for this bird in New Hampshire - at least in the past.

A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen, on the trail to Little Cherry Pond in 
the Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on May 16th.

Over 1,200 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, 150 TREE SWALLOWS, 121 BLUE JAYS, 15 
EASTERN KINGBIRDS, 4 PINE SISKINS, and 15 BOBOLINS were seen migrating north 
in Seabrook on May 18th.

Additional spring arrivals reported during the past week included: BLACKPOLL 
WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 
MOURNING WARBLER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, WILLOW 
FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, and COMMON 
NIGHTHAWK.

This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and 
press 2 as directed or ask to be transferred. If you have seen any 
interesting birds recently, you can leave a message at the end of the 
recording or send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: 
birdsetc(AT)nhaudubon.org. Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird 
Alert" in the subject line and be sure to include your mailing address and 
phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon 
web site, www.nhaudubon.org

Thanks very much and good birding.


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Subject: Woody Fledges 19, including 2 Hoodies
From: LindaMaley(AT)aol.com
Date: 22 May 2008 8:25am

At 7:40 this morning the Wood Duck outside our living room window fledged  19 
baby duckies, two of which were clearly identifiable as Hooded Mergansers.  
There was one undeveloped egg as well. Piling on is a great sport among these  
ducks, especially for those not yet ready for parenthood.
 
The young may have hatched late on Tuesday, as the female was spending a  lot 
of time looking out the entrance from that time on. It must have been a bit  
crowded in the box, which has an 8" x 8" interior dimension.
 
Al Maley, Hampstead

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Subject: Woodpecker ID
From: "Brad Loggans" <mogedy(AT)ix.netcom.com>
Date: 22 May 2008 8:35am

I have a guess on what this woodpecker I saw yesterday in Francestown is, but my
 id record is pretty poor so I was hoping someone could id him--significant crop
 on the shot, s(he) was a good distance through the trees but the markings are
visible. Thanks!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36641044@N00/2513767728/

Mary Fran Loggans
Francestown
mogedy(AT)ix.netcom.com
EarthLink Revolves Around You.


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Subject: Exeter WWTP, PH pond
From: Patience Chamberlin <patiencec(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 22 May 2008 10:38am

A nice selection of birds this morning mostly in the trees lining the  
fence to the south.  Good views of all--low and close.

Killdeer 2
Least sandpiper   1  hanging out w/ killdeer on remains of glacier

Least flycatcher  1   FOY
Willow flycatcher   1 FOY  well heard   saw another (?) , but it never  
sang. struck me as a willow, not an alder, but who knows.

Blackpoll warbler   1  maybe 2  same bird?
Wilson's warbler		1 maybe 2
Magnolia w.		1
Redstart		1 male
C. yellowthroat
Yellow   w.    lots
B orioles   several   males, females, young male

no dice with the orchard oriole.

Powder house pond:  highlights

Black-throated blue  1 male   wonderful looks.  worth the trip!
Magnolia  w   1
Redstart  1 female
Blackpoll	1
Cedar waxwings  several

Blue jay nesting    eye level, before the steps to powder house.  very  
public spot!  should be fun to monitor progress.

Patience Chamberlin
exeter


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Subject: Thanks--Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
From: "Brad Loggans" <mogedy(AT)ix.netcom.com>
Date: 22 May 2008 10:41am

Thanks to all who responded--all agreed a female Yellow -bellied Sapsucker.  I
thought that it might be but sure if I said so I'd be wrong ! Now I wonder if
I'll be lucky enough to have it visit again :))

Mary Fran Loggans
Francestown

mogedy(AT)ix.netcom.com
EarthLink Revolves Around You.


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Subject: Indigo Bunting nest, Hopkinton
From: Melissa Miller <melmilart(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 22 May 2008 10:58am

Of possible interest: this is third hand, but, my mother just told me a
friend of hers has discovered an indigo bunting nest on the ground at
the edge of the field on her property on Gould Hill, in Hopkinton.

Melissa Miller
Concord


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Subject: Seabrook area (shorebirds, Glaucous Gull, Brant)
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 22 May 2008 2:31pm

Fair number of shorebirds roosting at high tide this afternoon as well 
as a couple of other nice birds:

On rocks at south side of Hampton Harbor entrance on Seabrook Beach (in 
Hampton)
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Black-bellied Plover - 7
Ruddy Turnstone - 2
Sanderling - 100+ (many were striking in high breeding plumage)
Purple Sandpiper - 100+
Short-billed Dowitcher - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1

Also in area:

Glaucous Gull - 1 1st summer plumage continues.  Seen from parking lot 
overlooking harbor in Seabrook.

http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/glaucousgull1.jpg

Brant - 7 off Seabrook Beach & 15 more in marshes off Rt. 286 along 
Blackwater River.

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA


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Subject: Kettle Island heron-nest count, 5/22
From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 22 May 2008 3:48pm

Two folks from the Trustees of Reservations and I helped Simon Perkins from 
MAS conduct the annual count of heron nests on Kettle Island off Manchester 
today.  We didn't have time to count on Eagle Island and will have to do 
that later.  Here are the totals:

great egret             142 nests (new record)
snowy egret           300 nests (new record)
little blue heron     12-15 nesting pairs (typical count)
black-cr. night heron    28 nests (Eagle I. usually has more)
glossy ibis             172 nests (the record is 185, last year)

Little blue nests are estimated from the number of adults seen, as the nests 
and eggs are virtually indistinguishable from those of the snowy egrets.

Today's timing was good because the nests held either eggs or very small 
young, not big enough to be able to climb out of the nest.  Most of the 
young had apparently hatched within the last few days.

The herring and black-backed gulls were mostly still on eggs.  We didn't 
spend any time surveying them, but i saw only one or two gull nests in which 
the eggs were hatching.  Cormorants don't nest on Kettle like they do on 
most of the other islands.  Maybe they don't like herons?

Odds and ends:

1 trashed canada goose nest; 1 pair seen without young
1 mallard nest with 8 eggs; another with broken shells
several grackle nests (we see some every year)
5 common eiders, but no nests or young seen
1 pair of rock pigeons entering and leaving a probable nest site in a 
crevice

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


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Subject: Trudeau Road - Cape May Warbler, Gray Jay, etc
From: Benjamin Griffith <gobirding(AT)aol.com>
Date: 22 May 2008 5:22pm

I spent between 11:30 and 1:00 walking around Trudeau Road in Bethlehem 
today (5/22).  There were good numbers of most of the expected 
(breeding) species of warblers, and a surprising array of boreal 
breeders and migrants. 

Highlights follow:

Black-backed Woodpecker - 2 about 500 feet west of the main snowmobile 
trail along trail 104

GRAY JAY - 1 heard and seen briefly near the intersection with the main 
snowmobile trail, certainly my first for this location

Boreal Chickadee - 1 in the same areas as the Black-backeds

CAPE MAY WARBLER - 1m singing

Blackpoll Warbler - 2m

Canada Warbler - 1m

Black Bear - 1 on Cannon Mtn

Ben Griffith
Merrimack/Thornton, NH


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Subject: Exeter Area walk moved to June 14
From: Leonard Medlock <lmedlock(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 22 May 2008 7:55pm

The Seacoast Chapter's beginner bird walk in Exeter scheduled for this Saturday
has been moved to Saturday, June 14. Please view the chapter's web site for
additional field trip announcements.

http://mysite.verizon.net/lmedlock/field-trips.htm

Good birding.
Len Medlock