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NH.Birds for Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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Subject: Kensan Devan Meetinghouse Pond Sanctuary
From: Geoffrey Gardner <anarkiss(AT)ne.rr.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 10:27am
5/27: Two Great-crested Flycatchers swooping around and calling in the
woods at the spillway this morning.
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> Blackburnian Warbler early this evening in the woods along the path from
> Underwood Road to Back Marsh,
> singing and flitting high up in a very tall pine and in a very
> tall, spindly birch.
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> --Geoffrey Gardner
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Subject: b-b cuckoo
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 28 May 2008 10:40am
Birders
Black-billed cuckoo got on the yard list this morning, which was very kind
of him.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham
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Subject: Waterfowl ID, Greenfield
From: "Janet Romanelli" <jromane202(AT)verizon.net>
Date: 28 May 2008 11:25am
Hi - yesterday I saw a pair of waterfowl at Zephyr Lake in Greenfield -
bigger than a duck. They were a pretty light-brown color with orange beaks
and white rumps. When I looked in the Audubon, the closest I could find was
a Greater White-Fronted Goose, but I was skeptical because the orange beaks
would make them Greenland and pretty rare to breed here. Help? Sorry, I
don't have a camera.
Janet Romanelli
Greenfield, NH
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Subject: Fort Eddy Pond, Concord
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 11:37am
Yesterday took a 1-hour walk on the trail around Fort Eddy Pond near NHTI in
Concord. Saw and/or heard 21 species.
Highlights:
Eastern Kingbird 4
Least Flycatcher 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Tree Swallow 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 21
Warbling Vireo 12
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Redstart 11
Common Yellowthroat 2
Baltimore Oriole 4
Gray Catbird 1
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Re: Waterfowl ID, Greenfield
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 12:12pm
Hi Janet,
At 11:22 AM 5/28/2008, you wrote:
>Hi - yesterday I saw a pair of waterfowl at Zephyr Lake in Greenfield -
>bigger than a duck. They were a pretty light-brown color with orange beaks
>and white rumps. When I looked in the Audubon, the closest I could find was
>a Greater White-Fronted Goose, but I was skeptical because the orange beaks
>would make them Greenland and pretty rare to breed here. Help? Sorry, I
>don't have a camera.
Without seeing a picture, my immediate guess is that you were looking
at escaped domestic geese, which are descended from imported European
geese and often strongly resemble Old World geese like the Greater
White-fronted.
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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Subject: Army Corps lands near Clough SP, Weare
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 11:54am
Birded for 2.5 hours this morning. Traveled on East Weare Road to Mansion
Road to Winslow Road to Route 13.
Saw and/or heard 45 bird species. Sometning seems to have changed at this
site, as I found only 1 Yellow Warbler, which has been an abundant speceis
in the past. Annual flooding.has kept the habitat in an early successional
stage, but has also killed many aspen trees - perhaps there is some link.
Highlights:
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great-crested Flycatcher 2
Easter Kingbird 1
Tree Swallow 6
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Chimney Swift 6
Warbling Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue-headed Vireo 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Veery 2
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 4
Ovenbird 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided warbler 10
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 15
Scarlet Tanager 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Purple Finch 4
Mark Suomala
www.marksbirdtours.com
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Subject: Birding trip, Saturday, May 31, to Pillsbury State Park
From: Peg Ackerson <pegack(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 1:11pm
Saturday, May 31, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.Birding Trip to Pillsbury State ParkArranged
by the Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon. Free.Meet at the Exxon station on the
north side of Exit 16, I-89, at 7:00 a.m. Bring bug repellent, water and a
snack, and be ready for a bit of a hike.For information, call the trip leader,
Dan Hopkins: 603-443-0155
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Subject: Warren Farm/Barrington
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 28 May 2008 3:44pm
I spent 3.5 hrs poking around this morning and came up with 64 species. Quit
when the winds picked up for I could no longer hear anything. I found what I
think is a Clay-colored sparrow. The song wasn't quite right as it was single
syllable but very zheeezy single pitch. He's got a lot of work to do clearing
the X-mas tree field of Chipping Sparrows. Really likes to announce his
presence. I posted a few pics, let me know what you think.
The 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos are in the same stand of trees as last year. On
the right behind the raspberry patch as you enter.
Clay-colored Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/
Great Blue Heron 8 rookery in the marsh which is new
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3 1 egg-laden female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 4
Brown Creeper 1
Veery 2
Hermit Thrush 1 Where are they? I went up Parker Mt. a few days ago and
there were zilch
Wood Thrush 2
Cedar Waxwing 12 probably more, they seem to be everywhere
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 7
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 9
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Waterthrush 1 In the Balckgum/White Cedar Swamp
Common Yellowthroat 12
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 5
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 9 1 female
Baltimore Oriole 6
Purple Finch 2
That's about it! Scott Young/Strafford
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Subject: Northwood Lake Bald Eagle
From: "Scott & Cindy Decker" <sckcdecker(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 28 May 2008 4:37pm
1 adult Baldy observed soaring over the lake near the town boat launch at
1530 hrs.
Scott Decker
Northwood, NH
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Subject: Eider ducklings, Bonaparte's Gulls on Seacoast
From: tbbirds(AT)comcast.net (Terry Bronson)
Date: 28 May 2008 4:44pm
A morning run up the Seacoast and then over to Pease
Tradeport was very quiet this morning, with few highlights:
Common Eider--18 little ducklings about 6 inches long
with 6 adult females shepherding them along the shore
at Seal Rocks in Rye. 17 other adults not too far away.
It was really funny to see them stand up in the water and
flap their tiny little wings like the adults often do. So begins
another year of trying to guess where they breed, since
no nests are known from the NH mainland, to my knowledge.
Bonaparte's Gull--11 in Seabrook Harbor about 8:00 am,
in varying stages of molting, but none in complete adult
breeding plumage
Also in the Harbor and on the far shore:
Black-bellied Plover--25
Semipalmated Sandpiper--20
Dunlin--10
Sanderling--10
Double-crested Cormorant--38
At Ragged Neck in Rye on the Foss Beach (north) side:
Semipalmated Plover--12
Semipalmated Sandpiper--2
Spotted Sandpiper--2
Purple Sandpiper--7
Killdeer--1
Willet--1
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Terry Bronson
Hampton Falls, NH
tbbirds(AT)comcast.net
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Subject: Warren Farm Hours/Location
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 28 May 2008 5:07pm
If you are interested the farm is open for birding by 6 am. Warren Rd. is
off Rte 4 in Barrington on the right before Hall Rd. (going west).The first
parking area is the mown field before the ponds on the left. The second
parking area is just before the house on the left. The third parking lot is in
the rear fields by the stacked fire wood. If there are irrigation pipes across
the road please don't drive over them. The weedy looking fields are Christmas
tree blocks of a small size, so please don't traipse thru them. The field
edges are mostly mown to get around. This is a working farm, they are up early
and you don't need to ask permission to be there-this is it!
Oh and please don't drive down the forest roads-walking encouraged.
Again the Yellow-billed Cuckoos are across from the first parking lot and the
Clay-colored Sparrow is in the far X-mass tree field by the rear parking lot.
Drive thru views. The asparagus and lettuce are delicious.
Enjoy! Scott
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Subject: Nighthawk- Concord
From: Melissa Miller <melmilart(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 8:34pm
Heard a nighthawk, at 8:30 this evening, first one I've heard this
year. But he didn't stick around for long.
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Subject: LOTS of Cedar Waxwings at Ponemah Bog!
From: cmsbirds(AT)comcast.net (Chris Sheridan)
Date: 28 May 2008 10:20pm
A short walk after work turned into a couple of hours
as I watched the dozens of Cedar Waxwings in the bog.
There were easily over 70, and it appeared more were flying in from the east.
Also--besides the usuals--A Green Heron circling the bog (juvenile? His legs
were orange.)
Eastern Bluebird (only saw one today)
Common Yellowthroats singing
Gray Catbirds and Eastern Towhees calling and singing
American Goldfinches
Black Duck
A single Common Nighthawk flew over.
As I left the bog, a Veery was singing..most beautiful..
Pitcher plants are blooming, sundews have unfurled their traps
and my first ladyslipper of the year was hiding in the brush.
www.pbase.com/cmsbirds/ponemah_may_28_2008
Chris Sheridan
cmsbirds AT Comcast.net
Nashua
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Subject: Bluebirds scarce this year?
From: Jon Woolf <jsw(AT)jwoolfden.com>
Date: 28 May 2008 11:21pm
This is my fourth spring as a nest-box monitor at Massabesic Audubon
Center. There have been plenty of bluebirds in each of the three
prior years, with good nesting success in 2005 and 07, and a bad year
in 06 because of the atrociously wet spring. This year, however, the
monitoring program hasn't recorded any bluebird nests. There are
tree-swallow nests in plenty, but not a single bluebird nest in any
of the Center's over 100 nest boxes. There don't even seem to be any
bluebirds around. Maybe one or two, but that's all.
Has anyone else who runs nest-boxes noticed a shortage of bluebirds
and/or successful bluebird nests this spring?
-- Jon Woolf
Manchester, NH
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