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Subject: Underachieving Hoodie Fledges 9
From: LindaMaley(AT)aol.com
Date: 24 May 2008 11:13am
Yesterday morning at 9:20, after an hour or so of hesitation, a Hooded
Merganser fledge nine young from a nest box in the yard. A check today revealed
nine egg membranes and one undeveloped egg. A possible explanation for the low
number of eggs might be the use of cedar shavings instead of white pine
sawdust, due to my desire to experiment with something that would not clump
when
wet. I guess I'll stick with the sawdust. That leaves one more Hooded nest
and three more Wood Duck nests, for a a total of nine in the yard this year.
Al Maley, Hampstead
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Subject: Rochester NH
From: Michael <nhsun100(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 12:55pm
Some birding along the railroad tracks in Rochester, NH to downtown and then
downtown yielded these birds: 20 species
titmouse, crow, red-winged blackbird, goldfinch, chimney swifts, robins,
mourning dove, catbirds, bluejays, Eastern phoebe, chipping sparrows, cardinals,
common yellowthroats, house sparrows, song sparrows, herring gull,
mockingbirds, starling, and a northern parula.
Michael Pachomski
Rochester, NH
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Subject: warbling vireo, yellow warbler and others, Hinsdale set-back
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 24 May 2008 3:30pm
Walking on the trail going out to the power towers at the Hinsdale set-back I
observed a little
yellow warbler flying about and gleaning the fluff off last year's cat-tails for
its nest. I got some
snapshots of it, overexposed and out-of-focus, and yet a happy image of spring
and a new
beginning.. I also got a nice shot of a common grackle with nest material in its
beak:
http://www.onejackdaw.com/My_NA_Birds_Gallery/Yellow_Warbler_Common_Grackle.html
In the same area I got these images, my best ever yet of an Eastern Kingbird,
and a first for
me, of a warbling vireo:
http://www.onejackdaw.com/My_NA_Birds_Gallery/Eastern_Kingbird_Warbling_Vireo.html
Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT
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Subject: Red headed woorpecker in Campton
From: "c-johnson(AT)hughes.net" <c-johnson@hughes.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 5:32pm
I stepped out the door this afternoon to find a red headed woodpecker
on the ground, feeding with a mixed flock of mourning doves, cow birds
and blue jays. Wow! A first for me. It stayed around long enough for me
to get quite a few photos.
Cheryl Johnson
Campton
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Subject: Corrected links to Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler and others
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 24 May 2008 5:49pm
Here are the correct links to the photos in my previous email:
http://www.onejackdaw.com/My%20NA%20Birds%20Gallery/Yellow_Warbler_Common_Gra
ckle.html
http://www.onejackdaw.com/My%20NA%20Birds%20Gallery/Eastern_Kingbird_Warbling_Vir
eo.html
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Subject: Turkey Pictures
From: "thunduh" <thunduh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 7:08pm
While driving home I saw a tom (turkey) strutting in the middle of a field in
Wilton, NH. The turkeys are about 100 yards from the road.
http://home.comcast.net/~thunduh2/turkey52408.html
A few hummingbird pictures.
http://home.comcast.net/~thunduh2/may2408.html
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Subject: Bicknell's Thrushes on Cannon Mt
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:01pm
Drove up to Cannon Mt this morning and took the first ariel tram ride of the
day at about 9:40 am (late start for them). It was foggy above about 3,000
ft and there was a steady northwest wind. I was the only customer on the
first ride. At the top, it was 39 degrees, and windier. There were patches
of snow in the deep woods, and some big sections of snow still present on
the hiking trails. I slogged through the snow and hiked about 0.5 miles down
the Kinsman Ridge Trail and back and then around the rim trail and about
0.25 miles down the overlook trail and back. It was fairly quiet on top, but
I found a few birds here and there. I briefly heard and then saw a
Bicknell's Thrush, and then about 10-minutes later heard 2 more. They were
not singing their primary song, but only vocalizing their high-pitched nasal
"vee-er" call notes (much more nasal and thinner-sounding than Veery). After
exploring for 2.5 hours, I went back to the summit restaurant and saw many
inadequately attired people shivering, including several people in shorts
with bare feet in open-toed shoes! Most of them looked like they wanted to
be somewhere else.
Highlights:
BICKNELL'S THRUSH 3 all in krumholz on east side (lee)
Dark-eyed Junco 6
White-throated Sparrow 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Common Raven 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3 heard from tram on way up
Winter Wren 2 heard from tram on way up
Black bear on ski slope (no skis or poles)
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Black-backed Woodpecker at Trudeau Road
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:09pm
After the morning of birding on Cannon Mt, I stopped by Monroe's Family
Restaurant in Twin Mountain for delicious French toast before heading over
to Trudeau Road. I wandered the trails for about 3-hours and found
25-species of birds.
Highlights:
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 singing loudly!
Winter Wren 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Hermit Thrush 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Purple Finch 1
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Birding in Franconia Notch field-trip 5/31
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 24 May 2008 8:21pm
New Hampshire Audubon
BIRDING IN FRANCONIA NOTCH FIELD-TRIP
Saturday, May 31 (Rain date: Sunday, June 1)
8am-4pm
On this day-trip, we'll explore Franconia Notch for birds, and learn a bit
about the natural history of the surrounding forest community. Weather
permitting, we'll take the first morning tram to the top of Cannon Mountain
to search for Bicknell's Thrush, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Blackpoll
Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, and other high-elevation breeding birds. We'll
also explore other areas in the notch for Peregrine Falcon, Black-throated
Green Warbler, Common Merganser, and others.
Meet in the Cannon Mountain parking lot at 8:00 am. Bring a bag lunch and
wear warm all-weather gear. Please carpool.
Instructor: Mark Suomala has conducted bird surveys and given workshops in
the White Mountains for many years
Cost: $30 M/$39 NM - plus, you will have to pay your own tram fee ($12.00
regular)
Call NH Audubon to register: (603) 224-9909
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Subject: Two Immature Bald Eagles
From: "Chet" <c_farwell(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 24 May 2008 9:20pm
I've seen 2 immature Bald Eagles in as many days at Pickering Ponds.
I'm pretty certain they're two different birds. How old would the bird in
today's photo be?
Yesterday's --
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2519128663/
Today's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2519954478/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2519134377/
Also seen today:
1 Brown Thrasher
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2520016392/
2 Least Sandpipers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150/2519206979/
6 Yellow Warblers
4 Baltimore Orioles
1 Black and White Warbler
1 Great Blue Heron
4 Eastern Kingbirds
Nice breeze blowing across the ponds yesterday and today. Yessir. Nice
breeze. /sarc
Chet
Dover, NH
**GBA===
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc_5150
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Subject: (no subject)
From: JORYANDBRENDA(AT)aol.com
Date: 24 May 2008 10:04pm
We have three new born canada geese at our pond here in Effingham.
Jory, Brenda and Maggy
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Subject: Moorhen, Saltmarsh ST Sparrow, Whip-poor-will on Birdathon
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 24 May 2008 11:47pm
Dan Hubbard, Len Medlock, and I competed in the 2008
NH Audubon Birdathon today. Our team, the Sweet! Birds,
tallied 120 species.
Our route included parts of Rockingham and Strafford
Counties, including Chapman's Landing, Exeter Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Powder House Pond, Hampton Beach
State Park, Hampton Harbor, Seabrook Harbor, Hampton
Marsh, the Seacoast, Pease International Tradeport,
Strafford County Complex, Pickering Ponds, Reservation
Road powerline, Pawtuckaway State Park, Mast Road in
Epping, Brentwood Mitigation Area, and Fowler Farm in
Rochester.
We traveled 182 miles from 5:15 am to about 9:30 pm.
Here's the complete list of what we saw and heard--lots
of heard only species today. Highlights in caps.
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe--Brentwood, 1 heard at Mitigation Area
HORNED GREBE--Hampton, 2 off Bicentennial Park
Double-crested Cormorant
GREEN HERON--Exeter, 1 along Swasey Parkway
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
BRANT--Rye, 85 just south of Jenness Beach; Seabrook,
8 near nuclear plant
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Common Eider
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser--Brentwood, 1 at Mitigation Area
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail--Stratham, 1 heard at Chapman's Landing
COMMON MOORHEN--Rochester, 1 at Pickering Ponds,
second pond near Wastewater Treatment Plant fence,
first-of-year for me
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
RUDDY TURNSTONE--Seabrook, 1 in harbor off Yankee
Fisherman's Coop, first of year
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER--Hampton & Seabrook,
about 200 total in those harbors, first of year
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL--Seabrook, 1 continues in harbor
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
BARRED OWL--Nottingham, 1 heard at Pawtuckaway
about 5:30 pm
WHIP-POOR-WILL--Rochester, 2 heard at Fowler Farm, last
birds of the day, even saw eyeshine on one bird and Len saw
a silhouette as it flew, first of year
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
WILLOW FLYCATCHER--Exeter, 2 at Wastewater Treatment
Plant, first of year
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
CLIFF SWALLOW--Exeter, 1 at Powderhouse Pond
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren--Nottingham, 1 heard at Pawtuckaway
Marsh Wren--Stratham, 1 heard at Chapman's Landing
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--Brentwood, 1 heard at Mitigation Area
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER--Nottingham, 1 at Pawtuckaway
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush--Nottingham, 3 at Pawtuckaway, 1 seen, 2 heard,
first of year
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher--Exeter, 1 at Powder House Pond
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler--Exeter, 1 heard at Wastewater
Treatment Plant; Brentwood--1 heard at Mitigation Area
Nashville Warbler--Epping, 1 heard at Mast Road
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler--Rochester, 1 heard at Pickering Ponds
Magnolia Warbler--Hampton, 1 at Meadow Pond
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler--Rochester, 1 heard at Pickering Ponds
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER--Nottingham, 2 at Pawtuckaway
Black-throated Green Warbler--Nottingham, several heard at
Pawtuckaway
Prairie Warbler--Deerfield, several heard at Reservation Road
BLACKPOLL WARBLER--Hampton, 1 at Meadow Pond,
first of year
Pine Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Ovenbird
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH--Nottingham, 1 at Pawtuckaway
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW--Hampton, 2 at
Little Jack's Restaurant, first of year
Savannah Sparrow--
Song Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
INDIGO BUNTING--Brentwood, 2 at Mitigation Area
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark--Newington, 1 at Pease; Dover, 1 at
County Complex
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak--Nottingham, 2 at Pawtuckaway
House Sparrow
--
Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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