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Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 12, 2008
From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala(AT)marksbirdtours.com>
Date: 12 Jun 2008 9:16am
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, June 12th,
2008.
A HOODED WARBLER was found in Holderness on June 5th, but has not been
relocated since then. To look for the bird, park at the intersection of
Bacon Road and Pinehurst and hike a short distance farther down Pinehurst
until you see the trailhead on the left. Follow the trail for a few hundred
yards to a major trail junction. Turn right on the 5 Fingers trail and walk
a short distance across a stream. After the stream, the trail comes to a T
intersection. The warbler was heard near here, both to the right and left,
about 50 yards.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was discovered at the Warren Farm in Barrington on
May 28th and last reported on June 4th. The farm is open to birders after
6:00 am. There are 3 main parking areas: along the mown field before the
ponds on the left; just before the house on the left; and by the stacked
firewood. If irrigation pipes are across the road, don't drive over them.
The weedy-looking fields contain Christmas tree seedlings so don't walk
through them. After you park in one of the designated areas, the best way to
get around is to walk the roads and field edges. This is a working farm so
take care not to interfere with their operations. The sparrow has been seen
in the Christmas tree field by the rear parking lot.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Bedford on May 31st, and 2 were seen at
the same location on June 1st. The last reported sighting was on June 8th.
Birders are welcome to look for these woodpeckers. The birds were seen at 40
Buttonwood Drive in Bedford, and were perched in a tall dead white birch
tree near the house, in the front yard area. Please do not walk behind the
house.
A LEAST BITTERN, 36 MARSH WRENS, a SORA, a VIRGINIA RAIL, 13 WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, and 2 ALDER FLYCATCHERS were tallied by a canoeist at the
Hinsdale Setbacks on the Connecticut River on June 8th. A BONAPARTE'S GULL
was seen here on June 10th.
A CERULEAN WARBLER was reported from Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham on
June 7th. The bird has been most frequently found near the beginning of the
Middle Mountain trail.
A few SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS
were reported from Chapman's Landing in Stratham on June 7th.
BICKNELL'S THRUSHES were reported from several locations during the past
week, including Cannon Mountain, Mount Washington, Mount Tom, Mount Field,
and Mount Cushman.
2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS were reported from the Trudeau Road wetlands in
Bethlehem, and one was seen on the trail to Little Cherry Pond in the
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson, all on June 7th.
2 GRAY JAYS, 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES, 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and an OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER were reported from Pittsburg on June 6th.
An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was reported in Holderness on June 5th, and one
was heard at the NH Audubon Watts Sanctuary in Effingham on June 10th.
A number of migrating MOURNING WARBLERS were reported from the southern part
of the state during the past week.
A few YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were reported from
several locations in the southern part of the state during the past week.
A SUMMER TANAGER and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER were seen on Appledore Island,
one of the Isles of Shoals (in Maine), on June 8th.
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: Ivory-billed Woodpecker Film screening July 16
From: "Iain MacLeod" <iain.macleod(AT)nhnature.org>
Date: 12 Jun 2008 5:20pm
The Lord God Bird
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Boyd Hall Auditorium, PSU campus, Plymouth
The Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is pleased to present a preview
screening of a new documentary film by award winning film maker George
Butler.
In April 2005, a report that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, supposedly
extinct, had been rediscovered in the Arkansas swamps made front- page
news across the country and around the world. The rarest of rare birds,
the Ivory-bill is so spectacular that according to legend those who see
it spontaneously cry out, "Lord God! What was that?"
While for the majority of Americans this sighting came as a wholly
unexpected piece of good news from the conservation front, to the inner
circle of birders this was the latest installment in a very old,
legendary tale of hope and survival. Once common throughout the
southeast United States, the bird had vanished over the past century as
its forest habitat was devastated, reappearing periodically to reawaken
hope for threatened species and environments everywhere.
This 90-minute film tells the story of the Ivory- bill not merely as a
quaint piece of natural history, but as a story of faith and doubt,
despair and hope regarding our own relationship with the environment.
Covering the tension between skeptics who regard the bird as fantasy as
well as those with determined faith in its existence, the documentary
also explores the grass-roots conservation of the Arkansas outdoorsmen
who most recently sighted the bird.
Tickets are available at the Science Center: $20 for members; $25 for
non-members; $10 for PSU students. Seating is limited.
Call 603-968-7194 to purchase tickets or for more information.
Proceeds benefit the education programs at the Science Center.
Iain MacLeod
Executive Director
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
23 Science Center Road,
PO Box 173, Holderness, NH 03245
Phone: 603-968-7194 ext. 23 Fax: 603-968-2229
iain.macleod(AT)nhnature.org
www.nhnature.org <http://www.nhnature.org/>
NOW OPEN DAILY!
Advancing understanding of ecology by exploring NH's natural world
Northern New England's only AZA*-accredited institution.
*Association of Zoos and Aquariums -- www.aza.org
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Subject: Warren Farm
From: "sayoung" <sayoung(AT)metrocast.net>
Date: 12 Jun 2008 7:30pm
I stopped in around 7 this morning and heard a Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling
from the back fields. My mission was to get better pics of the Spatterdock
Darner up front. Terry B. showed up, we headed to the rear and ended up with
the best views of a Black-billed I've ever had-it was just above the Darner I
was after. Also think I photographed a Harris' Checkerspot (lifer for me if
true) but was interrupted by an American Redstart. Odd Couplets. Many Indigo
Buntings. About 40 species in under 2 hours with strawberries, near fields
only.
Scott Young/Strafford BB Coo
pics:http://www.flickr.com/photos/sa_young/sets/72157600207712089
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Subject: Baltimore Oriole at nest
From: hbreder(AT)comcast.net
Date: 12 Jun 2008 8:55pm
I saw a Baltimore Oriole at his nest on top of a tree on the trail out to the
power tower at the
Hinsdale set-back. He came to the nest several times within the 20 minutes that
I was
watching, I assume, to feed his offspring. I did not see the female.
C:\One Jackdaw\My_NA_Birds_Gallery\Oriole.html
Hilke Breder
Brattleboro, VT
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Subject: nesting Red-tail at UNH
From: Kurk Dorsey <kd(AT)cisunix.unh.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 2008 10:36pm
Birders
Our evening softball game, played to the accompaniment of singing Veeries,
was also graced with a Red-tailed hawk carrying nesting material on two
occasions. I believe I heard a Nighthawk in the distance, over the
greenhouses. Time to start working on a Softball life list. The first
bird would be the wounded quail I threw past the firstbasemen for an E-6.
Kurk Dorsey
Durham
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