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Subject: East Inlet Area - Spruce Grouse, Warblers
From: Benjamin Griffith <gobirding(AT)aol.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 12:22am
Charlie Wright and I headed up to the Pittsburg in search of boreal
specialties this afternoon (3 pm - 8 pm), we covered East Inlet Road
from almost all the way to Boundary Pond, several of the side roads, and
Scott Bog Road to the Scott Bog Dam. Many birds were not yet on
territory, especially the warblers, which were mostly found in large
mixed flocks. Overall, it was very quiet up there (which has been
typical of afternoons at this season in my experience), but with a bit
of effort we were able to locate most of the areas specialties.
Highlights:
SPRUCE GROUSE - 1 male, seen only by me, but heard calling by both of us
along the first track on the left after the East Inlet Dam
Merlin - 1 along Rte 3 in Pittsburg
Black-backed Woodpecker - 3
Least Flycatcher - 4, seemed to be the only empid back
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Gray Jay - 3 at the East Inlet Dam, 1 along Scott Bog Rd
Boreal Chickadee - only 3! none seen, not usually this hard up there,
but time of year and time of day were working against us
Philidelphia Vireo - 1 calling (not singing) at the Scott Bog Dam
Bay-breasted Warbler - 10+, 6 at Scott Bog Dam, including as many as 4
males in 1 tree!
Cape May Warbler - 1 male quite a ways down East Inlet Road
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 at the East Inlet Dam
Northern Waterthrush - only 1 at Scott Bog
Black-and-white Warbler only 1
many Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green,
American Redstart, Blackburnian Warblers
Moose - 3 cows along Scott Bog Road, 1 smallish cow along Rte 3
I've posted a few photos of a few warblers to my Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgriffith/
Ben Griffith
Merrimack, NH
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Subject: Pondicherry Sightings
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 26 May 2008 6:54am
I headed north yesterday with Gene Reagor in search of a Black-backed
Woodpecker and was Successful! Life bird that cost a pint as we traveled thru
the blood sucking forest to Little Cherry Pond. The looks were great as one of
the birds landed 50 feet from the viewing platform. Also an American Bittern
in the lawn at the Airport, heard lots of Cape Mays but saw not a one, 2 Sora
in the Marsh along with 2 Virgina rails and what sounded like a Least Bittern
repeatedly from the back of the same marsh. 3 Moose at Big Cherry and a
Snowshoe hare on the way in.
Posted a few pics:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/
Scott Young/Strafford
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Subject: Sharp-tailed sparrows, Newmarket
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 26 May 2008 10:26am
Birders,
Mark Suomala and I birded TNC's Lubberland Creek on Bay Road in Newmarket
Monday from 7-9AM. We were hoping for sharp-tails and were not
disappointed. We heard at least one and possibly two Nelson's Sharp-tails
and got a distant view of a Salt-marsh--we could see it singing but
not hear it because we were upwind.
Other birds of note
4 Black Ducks
7 Mute Swans that came flying in when Mark pished (maybe not related...)
2 Common Terns
1 Green Heron
1 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
6 peeps, at least one of which was a Least (probably all were)
2 Osprey on the nest
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1 Tricky Flycatcher (turned out to be a very brownish Pewee out in the
orchard)
2 Warbling Vireos
3 Bluebirds
1 Blackpoll
1 Blue-winged Warbler
1 Eastern Meadowlark
10+ Bobolinks
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
Kurk Dorsey
Durham
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Subject: NH Audubon birdathon results
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 26 May 2008 10:47am
Eleven teams (that I know of) took part in the annual NH Audubon
birdathon on Saturday May 24th. The teams saw 192 species between them
(195 species seen in 2004, 201 in 2005, 196 in 2006), with Steve and
Jane Mirickbs Pish and Chips tallying the highest score of 140 birds.
There was an upsurge in the number of teams operating under human power,
with Rich Frechette and Scott Spangenbergbs Peddlin Peregrines posting a
whopping 126 species from the Peterborough and surrounding towns using
peddle power only. This may be a new HP record for the state. Perhaps
my team the Sora Butt No Petrel took the new record for most miles
cycled (96) although I fell short of the awesome Peddlin Peregrines by
20 species. Highlights to follow. If anyone would like the complete
breakdown, please email me. And thanks to the several teams who raised
several hundred dollars for chapters or projects of choice.
Notable birds reported include:
Least Bittern at seen at Hinsdale setbacks
Peregrine Falcon at Hinsdale b the Cheshire Catbirds (Ken Klapper, Cliff
Seifer, Lance Tanino) observed two birds, one with food, so looks good
for a potential nest site nearby.
Moorhen b The Sweet! Birds (Terry Bronson, Dan Hubbard, Len Medlock) as
reported at Pickering Ponds
Cape May Warbler b one seen by Peddlin Peregrines in Peterborough area
Grasshopper Sparrow b one seen by Phil Brown at Swanzey Airport
White-crowned Sparrow b Peterborough by Peddlin Peregrines
Long-eared Owl b Peterborough by Peddlin Peregrines
Black Tern b Tom Pirrobs Forbush Crossbill (with Chuck Caron and Paul
Meleski) Cherry Pond
Sooty Shearwater b Odiorne Point as reported by Steve Mirick
Wilsons Storm Petrel b From pelagic reported by Jon Woolf
Glaucous Gull b Sweet! Birds on coast
Black-crowned Night Heron b Cheshire Catbirds, Cheshire County
Surf Scoter b inland record by Forbush Crossbills from Scott Pond, Coos
County
Gray Jay and Boreal Chickadee - Forbush Crossbills Coos County
Sora in Hancock b Peddlin Peregrines
Red-bellied Woodpeeker b feeding young in Hinsdale seen by the Sora Butt
Olive-sided Flycatcher b Hancock bird just yards from my house
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - by Sweet! Birds, Rockingham County
Vesper Sparrow b Phil Brown, Swanzey Airport
White-winged Scoter b Forbush Crossbills, Coos County
Semi-palmated Sandpiper b Lake Wantastiquet by Cheshire Catbirds
Tennessee Warbler by three teams in southwest
Bay-breasted Warbler seen by three teams in Peterborough area
Orchard Oriole at Otter Brook b Phil Brown
Short-billed Dowitcher at three locations in southwest including 27
birds in Powdermill Pond, Hancock.
Notable misses
green winged teal
northern harrier
merlin
lesser yellowlegs
sanderling
laughing gull
bonepartes gull
eastern screech owl
Philadelphia vireo
Fish crow
Purple martin
Lincolns sparrow
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for
people
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Subject: pondicherry sightings part 2
From: "Joan McKibben" <joan(AT)storcon.mv.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 1:04pm
To add to Scott Young's list at Pondicherry yesterday, 5/25
Many, many chestnut sided warblers with good looks at singing birds
A Merlin hunting over the platform at lunch time.
Thank you, Tudor Richard for having the foresight to work to save such a
magnificent place, and Thanks to Dave Govatski for all the work you do in
Coos county.
Joan McKibben
Litchfield
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Subject: Re: pondicherry sightings part 2
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 26 May 2008 1:54pm
I will second that.
>>> "Joan McKibben" <joan(AT)storcon.mv.com> 05/26/08 1:03 PM >>>
To add to Scott Young's list at Pondicherry yesterday, 5/25
Many, many chestnut sided warblers with good looks at singing birds
A Merlin hunting over the platform at lunch time.
Thank you, Tudor Richard for having the foresight to work to save such a
magnificent place, and Thanks to Dave Govatski for all the work you do in
Coos county.
Joan McKibben
Litchfield
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Subject: Re: pondicherry sightings part 2
From: "Eric Masterson" <EMasterson(AT)NHAudubon.org>
Date: 26 May 2008 1:55pm
I will second that.
Thank you, Tudor Richard for having the foresight to work to save such a
magnificent place, and Thanks to Dave Govatski for all the work you do in
Coos county.
Joan McKibben
Litchfield
Eric Masterson
Vice President, Development
New Hampshire Audubon
3 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
Phone 224-9909 ext. 307
New Hampshire Audubon
Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people
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Subject: Baby Tree Swallow
From: "thunduh" <thunduh(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 May 2008 4:35pm
I hadn't checked this bird house in a long time. Last month there were two
tree swallows on it.
When I got there I saw tree swallows flying around the field and then one
entered the house. When it left this baby stuck out its head. Its color is
brown and not dark blue like its parents.
http://home.comcast.net/~thunduh2/tres52608.html
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Subject: NH Coast this morning
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 May 2008 4:50pm
Jane and I spent a few hours along the coast this morning but came home
before getting lost in the crowds and heat. Clearly a few birds
arriving last night, but (at least for us), not having any luck with any
of the more unusual warblers (like Cape May and Bay-breast and
Tennessee) and only today picked up our first Blackpoll of the year. A
few Yellowthroats and flycatchers, but nothing odd. As expected, many
females and immature males noted.
We didn't spend much time searching the harbor or offshore, but there
appeared to be fewer shorebirds and still no Bonaparte's or Laughing Gulls.
6:00 AM - 11:00 AM
SSW winds 10-20 mph
Clear and warming to 75F
Seabrook Dunes thickets
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Canada Goose 67. Several small flocks of Canada Geese moving
northward. Not sure what to make of this. Are these late migrants, or
dispersers?
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 moving north. Seemed out of place.
Swainson's Thrush 1 singing in dunes.
Northern Parula 4
Yellow Warbler 10
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 10+
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
American Redstart 12+
Common Yellowthroat 8
Wilson's Warbler 2
Canada Warbler 3
Bobolink 1
American Goldfinch Yep, but no migrating flocks noted.
ZUGUNRUHE* - 40+ migrating warblers taking off from thickets in early
morning (about 7 AM). In small groups, a few would take off with flight
calls attracting other birds out of the thickets. Groups of 5 to 15
would take off and leave the thicket heading due west. Rising high and
over the marsh. A few indentified included Magnolia, Redstart, and Canada.
> *The migratory drive in animals, especially birds.
Odiorne Point State Park in Rye
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Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
House Wren 2
Yellow Warbler Didn't count. Likely some locals, some migrants.
Magnolia Warbler 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
American Redstart 12
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 33. Most or all likely migrants.
MOURNING WARBLER 1 ?imm male? seem briefly by me only.
Wilson's Warbler 3
Canada Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Also of some interest:
Cedar Waxwing - 182 in several flocks along the seacoast. Most about 10
to 25 in size. Some of these heading southward, possibly re-orienting
toward suitable habitat. None seen coming off the ocean, but seems
these were migrants.
Blue Jay - 33 MIGRATING.
Steve & Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA
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Subject: Late report - Kittiwake in Seabrook on Saturday
From: Steve Mirick <smirick(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 26 May 2008 5:07pm
Tony Federer came down from the mountains (he drove) and was back in the
seacoast on Saturday and sent along this report of a Black-legged
Kittiwake. Too bad we didn't get that bird for the birdathon.
Interesting to have Sooty Shearwater and Black-legged Kittiwake swimming
on the water from very close to shore on a day with strong NW winds!
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE - a wonderful performance by an adult amongst the
fishing boats just inside the Seabrook Harbor bridge. Flew around and sat
on water only 100 feet away. Probably my best view ever in North America.
About 11:30, still there when we left.
Steve Mirick for Tony Federer
Bradford, MA
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Subject: YB Cuckoo, Barrington
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 5:31pm
Stopped at Warren Farm in Barrington for 20 minutes this morning en route to
meet Kurk Dorsey. Parked at the entrance to the farm and listened and
looked. Walked no more than about 100 yards. Saw and/or heard 30 species.
Highlights:
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Ovenbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Veery 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Wild Turkey
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: YB & BB Cuckoos, Bellamy WMA, Dover
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 5:52pm
Birded from 9:15 am until 1:00 pm at the Bellamy River Wildlife Management
Area in Dover today. It was warm and slightly breezy. Lots of birds singing
despite the late morning hours and warm day. One Blue-winged Warbler was
singing a slower-than-usual 3-part song, with a rattle-like part akin to the
chatter of an Eastern Kingbird - very unique - I made sure to see it!
Highlights:
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO 1
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO 1
ORCHARD ORIOLE 3 (2 first-spring males and one after-second-year
chestnut-red & black male)
Baltimore Oriole 6
Bobolink 37
Indigo Bunting 1
Blue-winged Warbler 8
Common Yellowthroat 26
Yellow Warbler 21
Chestnut-sided Warbler 7
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird 2
WILLOW FLYCATCHER 8
Alder Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Great-crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
LINCOLN'S SPARROW 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Scarlet Tanager 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 2
Gray Catbird 4
House Wren 1
Barn Swallow 6
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Sandwich shorebirds
From: "Tony Vazzano" <tvazzano(AT)ncia.net>
Date: 26 May 2008 6:33pm
Shorebirds this afternoon at the Ambrose Gravel Pit on Route 113 in Sandwich
by the Tamworth line:
Dunlin - 1 ( my first for this area )
Semi-palmated Plover - 3
Killdeer - 2
Least Sandpiper - 25
Solitary Sandpiper - 4
Spotted Sandpiper - 4
Tony Vazzano
Sandwich
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Subject: Cheshire Catbirds proved fewer species seen with a car
From: "Lance Tanino" <Lance_Tanino(AT)antiochne.edu>
Date: 26 May 2008 7:04pm
2008 NH Audubon Birdathon
CHESHIRE CATBIRDS Team Members
Lance Tanino, Cliff Seifer, and Ken Klapper competed as Cheshire Catbirds
(second year in a row)
ROUTE
Peterborough (Route 202), Marlborough, Swanzey (Airport), Hinsdale (Rail
trail, Setbacks, Bluffs, town), Chesterfield (Pisgah State Park and
Spofford Lake), Westmoreland (CT River and Chickering Farm), Surry (dam,
lake, Dort Rd), Keene (town)
TRAVEL & TIME
Too many (140+ but who's counting anyway eh) miles, 12AM to 9:15PM (21.25
hrs)
SPECIES HIGHLIGHTS (115 total species)
Sora (2) - Peterborough Route 202 and Hinsdale Setbacks
Barred Owl - Marlborough
Great Horned Owl - Swanzey
Marsh Wren (10) - Hinsdale Setback
Peregrine Falcon (1)- Hinsdale Setback; a pair was obs. the day before
with one carrying an unknown prey item and second one chasing it.
Possible nesting pair on Mount Wantastiquet.
Greater Yellowlegs (1) - calling and flying overhead at Hinsdale Setback
Solitary Sandpiper (3) - Hinsdale Setback, Pisgah SP, Surry Lake
LEAST BITTERN (1) - Hinsdale Setback; perched along edge of wetland at
0652 hrs.
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER (23) - Hinsdale Setback (5), perched on log with
SESA; Surry Lake (18) resting and feeding on mudflat
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (1) - Hinsdale Setback perched on log with SBDO
preening
Cliff Swallow (1); Hinsdale, Recycle Way bridge
Orchard Oriole (2); pair was observed on the Bluffs at Hinsdale
Bank Swallow (~100); three separate nesting colonies along CT River below
dam
Northern Goshawk (1); Obs. from the Bluffs at Hinsdale flying along the CT
River
Red-shouldered Hawk (3); One along Old Chesterfield Rd. and a pair was
very vocal at the Pisgah SP entrance
Common Loon (1); feeding off the public beach at Spofford Lake where
there weren't any white caps due to strong winds
American Kestrel (1); Chickering Farm, Westmoreland
Vesper Sparrow (1); One was resting along a rock wall during strong winds
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (20); Surry Place mudflats
LEAST SANDPIPER (10); Surry Lake mudflats
American Bittern (3); Dort Rd. and Surry Place Lake
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1); heard flight call around 2000 hrs. from
Dort Rd. in Surry
Wilson's Snipe (1); winnowing over Surry Lake wetland
SILLY MISSES:
Broad-winged Hawk, Virginia Rail, Common Raven, Brown Creeper,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Carolina Wren, White-throated Sparrow,
Purple Finch, and Evening Grosbeak
MAMMALS:
Beaver; lots at Hinsdale Setbacks slapping their tails in the water
Eastern Cottontail
Mink (a pair running around Hinsdale Setbacks)
Moose (tracks at Pisgah SP)
Muskrat
Red Fox (Marlborough and Westmoreland)
White-tailed Deer
Lance Tanino
Keene, NH
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Subject: Common Nighthawks!
From: Scott Spangenberg <scottspangenberg(AT)mindspring.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 7:18pm
Look up!
36 Common Nighthawks migrating tonight (Monday 05/26) over my house
in the NE corner of Amherst, NH. General direction was SW to NE,
albeit with several loops along the way, with the first one spotted
at 5:27PM and the last at 7:04PM. The main flight (28 birds) was
over by 6:20. An additional 20 passed over last night (05/25). A
very nice end to the long weekend, and a most pleasant start to a
week off.
Scott Spangenberg
scottspangenberg (at) mindspring.com
http://www.scottspangenberg.com
Amherst, NH
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Subject: yard birds derry
From: Byrder101(AT)aol.com
Date: 26 May 2008 8:21pm
Hi
Had 2 pine siskins and a male purple finch on the feeders Friday. Nice
surprise.
Male indigo bunting Sunday morn -even nicer!
Still have a magnolia warbler hanging around.
1 low flying turkey vulture tonight
The bluebird babies are somewhere across the street. The male has continued
to come to the meal worm feeder usually at supper time and gather
megamouthfuls of worms. Hadn't seen the female for a week but she finally showed
up
Saturday. I've tried to find out where the babies are but trying to follow the
male is impossible. He is on to me and will take all sorts of different routes
to throw me off. Has even gone to the nest box and pretends to feed babies
when he returns for more worms and sees me lurking at the end of the driveway
ready to spy on him to see where he goes. He sure is tricky!
Barb Horton Derry
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Subject: Newington Terns
From: Justin <justin00hay(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 10:07pm
Thanks for all the emails I received from people with advice on terns and their
tolerance for boats moored close to their next sites.
As it "terns" out, they arrived sometime on Friday-Saturday. I observed
approximately 50 on Hen Island today. There were none on thursday.
I'm not experienced identifying terns but all of them appeared to be common
terns.
-Justin Richardson
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Subject: Whippoorwills in Freedom
From: AERART(AT)aol.com
Date: 26 May 2008 10:21pm
We decided to hold an impromptu count of the
Whippoorwills along the abandoned airstrip
in the Freedom Town Forest, (pine barrens)
Sunday night, May 25, 2008.
It was a clear, moonless evening with light wind.
Starting at sundown (8:15 pm) we walked the
1 1/2 mile, sand airstrip and counted
Whips as we walked.
We heard AT LEAST 14 individual singing
Whippoorwills.
The birds were most vocal from 8:30 to 9 pm
as it was just getting dark. The vocalization decreased
as darkness decended.
Also of interest were:
2 Thrashers
Barred Owl
Lincoln's Sparrow (singing)
Woodcock
Turkey Vulture -- that went over at 8:35 pm !
(George remarked that it needed headlights)
and the International Space Station crossed the
sky as well.
George and Andrea Robbins
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Subject: Human-powered Birdathon - 115 species in Cheshire County
From: Phil Brown <downtownpab(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 26 May 2008 10:59pm
My team, 'The Biotic Man' consisted of only me this year. Again, I decided to
bike, completely within my "new" home county of Cheshire. It was a completely
unscouted route, and I visited several places for the first time. All in all, a
great day of birding, learning, and adventure, and I managed to tie the Cheshire
Catbirds with 115 species for the day (some thanks due to Lance's sharp eyes at
Surry Lake, where I had almost missed the flock of 18 dowitchers!) Sharing is
the name of the game, after all.
I started at 5 am, after oversleeping almost 2 hours(!), but I managed to see a
bittern across the street from where we live in Nelson at 6 am.
I was up to 59 species by 615 am around the center of town and got to 74 species
by 8 am when leaving Nelson. It was all downhill after that, both literally and
figuratively, as I trekked towards Keene, Swanzey, and Surry.
A stop at Otter Brook Preserve in Roxbury yielded a singing Orchard Oriole at
the north end of the park and a red-shouldered hawk over the dam. Also visible
from the dam was an active raven nest which provided great looks!
I spent close to 3 hours around the Keene Airport two different times and picked
up about only half of what was possible there, but some nice birds in the mix,
including grasshopper sparrow, nighthawk, pewee, and kestrel.
Another 3+ hours were spent biking AROUND Surry Lake in a successful
(eventually) search for the beach access point. Before finding the beach, I was
reduced to finding a dismal 4 species of birds thru a 5-hour midday stretch,
probably my most fruitless Birdathon stretch of the last 5 years.
That luck changed at Surry Lake, with a handful of shorebird species, green
heron, and a kingfisher (secretive this time of year).
In total, I traveled over 50 miles by bike through back roads, main roads, bike
trails, and rail trails in Nelson, Roxbury, Keene, Swanzey, and Surry - several
of the Surry miles were through harsh roadbiking conditions - around Surry Lake
on woods trails, through powerline cuts, and through a desert-like sand pit with
an aggressive rogue mule!
And I raised at least several hundred dollars for my upcoming master's thesis
project - spring migrating waterfowl along the Lower Connecticut River IBA - so
it was a doubly successful and enjoyable day.
Complete List: (My highlights in BOLD)
Common loon b 1 calling near Childbs Bog
Double-crested cormorant b 2(i) on Wilson Pond, Swanzey
AMERICAN BITTERN b 1 seen at ~6 am near home in Nelson, 1 at Dort Rd marsh
Great blue heron b x
GREEN HERON b Surry Lake north end
Turkey vulture b x
Canada goose b x
Wood duck b x
Mallard b x
Cooperbs hawk b 1a at Keene Airport
NORTHERN GOSHAWK b pair seen from Rt. 101 near Keene Airport
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK b 1 from Otter Brook dam
Red-tailed hawk b x
Broad-winged hawk b x
American kestrel b Keene Airport
Semipalmated plover b 12 at Surry Lake north end
Killdeer b x
Solitary sandpiper b 1 at Surry Lake north end
Spotted sandpiper b x
Least sandpiper b 10 at Surry Lake north end
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER b 18 at Surry Lake north end
Wilsonbs snipe b 1 calling at Surry Lake north end
American woodcock b 4 at Keene Airport @ 830 pm
Rock pigeon b x
Mourning dove b x
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO b 1 calling on Nelson Rd ~ 0615
Barred owl b 2 from yard, 1 at Otter Brook
Common nighthawk b 1 at Keene Airport at 815 pm
Chimney swift b x
Ruby-throated hummingbird b feeders in yard, 1 over Surry Lake, 1 over Keene
Airport
Belted kingfisher b pair at Surry Lake
Yellow-bellied sapsucker b x
Downy woodpecker b x
Hairy woodpecker b x
Northern flicker b x
Pileated woodpecker b x
Eastern wood-pewee b 1 at Keene Airport
Alder flycatcher b x
Willow flycatcher b Krif Rd
Least flycatcher b x
Eastern phoebe b x
Great crested flycatcher b x
Eastern kingbird b x
Blue-headed vireo b x
Warbling vireo b x
Red-eyed vireo b x
Blue jay b x
American crow b x
Common raven b x including nest with young at Otter Brook dam
Tree swallow b x
Northern rough-winged swallow b x
Bank swallow b x including 3 colonies b Surry, Otter Brook, and 1 more
Barn swallow - x
Black-capped chickadee b x
Tufted titmouse b x
White-breasted nuthatch b x
Red-breasted nuthatch b Nelson Rd
Brown creeper b Old Concord Rd in Nelson
Carolina wren b 1 near Antioch, 1 along Main Street in Keene
House wren b x
Winter wren b Nelson Rd
Golden-crowned kinglet b x
Veery b x
Hermit thrush b x
Wood thrush b x
American robin b x
Gray catbird b x
Northern mockingbird b x
Brown thrasher b 1 calling along Keene bike path just north of Rt. 101
European starling b x
Cedar waxwing b x
TENNESSEE WARBLER b 1 singing along Nelson Rd near cuckoo
Nashville warbler b x
Northern parula b x
Yellow warbler b x
Chestnut-sided warbler b x
Magnolia warbler b x
Black-throated blue warbler b x
Yellow-rumped warbler b x
Black-throated green warbler b x
Blackburnian warbler b x
Pine warbler b x
Blackpoll warbler b 2 along Nelson Rd
Black-and-white warbler b x
American redstart b x
Ovenbird b x
Northern waterthrush b x
Common yellowthroat b x
WILSON'S WARBLER b 1 singing along Old Concord Rd in Nelson
Canada warbler b x
Scarlet tanager b x
Eastern towhee b 1 singing at Dort Rd trails near marsh
Chipping sparrow b x
Field sparrow b 1 singing in field next door, 1 singing at Dort Rd marsh
Savannah sparrow b x
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW b 1 singing at Keene Airport
Song sparrow b x
Swamp sparrow b x
White-throated sparrow b x
Dark-eyed junco b 1 singing along Old Concord Rd in Nelson
Northern cardinal b x
Rose-breasted grosbeak b x
Indigo bunting b x
Bobolink b x
Eastern meadowlark b lots at Keene Airport
Red-winged blackbird b x
Common grackle b x
Brown-headed cowbird b x
ORCHARD ORIOLE b 1 singing at Otter Brook preserve in Roxbury
Baltimore oriole b x
Purple finch b x
House finch b x
American goldfinch b x
Evening grosbeak b 1 at Dort Rd near marsh
House sparrow b Keene
Some big misses:
Hooded merganser
Ruffed grouse
Wild turkey
Greater yellowlegs
Ring-billed gull
Eastern bluebird - despite being in perfect habitat much of the day!
Prairie warbler
Louisiana waterthrush
Vesper sparrow
Bald eagle - 3 today at Surry Lake!
Osprey - 1 today at Surry Lake
Phil Brown
Nelson, NH
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Subject: CERULEAN WARBLER Eaton
From: AERART(AT)aol.com
Date: 26 May 2008 11:36pm
Heard singing several times high in trees
on Potter Road in Eaton, just west of the
southernmost end of Conway Lake,
Sunday morning, May 25, 2008.
We were unable to see the bird, but
the song was very diagnostic with three
rising parts.
(George had recently heard a Cerulean
at Pawtuckaway, also. )
George and Andrea Robbins
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