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19 Jun BBWP Trudeau road Bethlehem fledge this morning with a surprise [Duane Cross ] 19 Jun entertaining Knoxville bird [Dorothy Currier ] 19 Jun Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 19, 2013 ["Mark Suomala" ] 19 Jun sweallows fledged [Sylvia Miskoe ] 19 Jun Raven fledglings in Concord [Anne Hadshi ] 18 Jun Update BBWP Trudeau Rd Bethlehem. Only 1 chick left [Duane Cross ] 18 Jun Hairy woodpeckers fledged in Lee [Catherine Fisher ] 17 Jun quincy bog Rumney [k chamberlin ] 17 Jun barn swallows [Sylvia Miskoe ] 17 Jun Northern Bobwhite, East Kingston [] 17 Jun Cap. Chpt. FT - Pre-Work Solstice Birding-Mt Kearsarge [Stephanie Parkinson ] 17 Jun Merlin, Martins, other weekend highlights [Kyle Wilmarth ] 16 Jun RE: Cliff swallows, Fort Constitution, New Castle, NH [Jim Sparrell ] 16 Jun Coastal Jaunt - Black Crowned Night Heron [Samuel Lewis ] 16 Jun Bicknells, Black-backed, etc ["Mark Suomala" ] 17 Jun Peregrine Falcon - Concord [] 16 Jun Ashland fathers day walk [k chamberlin ] 16 Jun Backyard Bird Count for 6/16/13 - Brentwood, NH [Cocav Rauwerdink ] 16 Jun Bears at the feeders this am [Donna Ellis ] 16 Jun Nesting [Carolyn Payzant ] 16 Jun Yesterdays Freak Show/Strafford [Scott Young ] 16 Jun Barred Owl, Buntings, Tanagers etc./Nashua [christine sheridan ] 16 Jun Phoebe Chicks Fledge PHOTOS ["Jim Block" ] 16 Jun Strafford County Farm 6/15; unusual Wild Turkey behavior [Dan Hubbard ] 16 Jun A first for me at Kingston Lake [evelyn nathan ] 15 Jun Blacked-back nest update Trudeau Rd [Duane Cross ] 15 Jun ABA Article by Terry L. Bronson [Sue McGrath ] 16 Jun RE: Durham 6/15 ["Dorsey, Kurk" ] 15 Jun NH Coast Birds & Bugs (Nelson's Sparrows, Carolina Saddlebags) [Steve Mirick ] 15 Jun eBird -- Wapack NWR, Greenfield/Temple -- Jun 15, 2013 [Jeanne-Marie Maher ] 15 Jun Durham 6/15 ["Dorsey, Kurk" ] 14 Jun Fw: eBird Report - 10-mile Dodge/Partridge/Moore survey, Jun 14, 2013 [Sandy Turner ] 14 Jun Bicknell's Thrush survey ["Laura Deming" ] 14 Jun Surprise (?) Feeder Birds [Bruce Boyer ] 13 Jun Trudeau Rd Blacked-back update. [Duane Cross ] 13 Jun Acadian Flycatcher at Horseshoe Pond ["Bird Records" ] 13 Jun Not your average bird house dweller... [David Blezard ] 13 Jun Black-billed Cuckoo in Auburn [Jonathan Smith ] 13 Jun Sora, Rails - Salem [Kyle Wilmarth ] 12 Jun new yard bird--Red-bellied Woodpecker [56 ] 12 Jun Sandhill Cranes [Sandy Turner ] 11 Jun Re: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 11, 2013 [Dale J Martin ] 11 Jun Re: RFI - Bicknell's and Spruce Grouse [Alan McIntyre ] 11 Jun Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 11, 2013 ["Mark Suomala" ] 11 Jun RFI - Bicknell's and Spruce Grouse [Opororniswarbler ] 11 Jun No Subject [] 11 Jun Sweet Trail Seacoast Chapter Field Trip Bird list-55 species [Dan Hubbard ] 11 Jun GBH with Chick, and a pair of surprise visitors [David Lipsy ] 10 Jun Whale-and-bird watching, 06/10 [Jon Woolf ] 10 Jun Cap. Chapt. FT - Exploring Henniker [Stephanie Parkinson ] 10 Jun Target parking lot birding ["Jane Hills" ] 10 Jun Fw: eBird Report - Trudeau Rd., Bethlehem, Jun 10, 2013 [Sandy Turner ] 9 Jun Oyster River Forest, Durham ["Dorsey, Kurk" ] 09 Jun Caps Ridge Trail & Trudeau Road [Steve Mirick ] 9 Jun Bald Eagle, Charlestown [Bruce Boyer ] 9 Jun birds NOT seen... [evelyn nathan ] 9 Jun Bald Eagle on Lake Sunapee PHOTOS ["Jim Block" ] 9 Jun The Birds of Star Island - Set #2 [David Lipsy ] 8 Jun Blacked-back nest update Trudeau RD Bethlehem [Duane Cross ] 08 Jun NH Coast (Manx Shearwater) [Steve Mirick ] 8 Jun Carolina Wrens - Somersworth ["B Colbath" ] 8 Jun even more turkeys [Sylvia Miskoe ] 7 Jun BIRD HOUSES [LINDA LOONEY ] 7 Jun Birding the Caps Ridge Trail [Alex Burdo ] 7 Jun Brown thrasher 6/5/13 ["Eddison, Debra - NRCS, Conway, NH" ] 07 Jun Common Eider creches along NH Coast [Steve Mirick ] 07 Jun Invitation to bird exhibit ["Eduardo del Solar" ] 6 Jun ***NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter Wednesday June 12, 2013 Program - Rediscovering Rivers *** [] 6 Jun Pawtuckaway trip cancelled [] 6 Jun more turkey poults [Sylvia Miskoe ] 6 Jun Turkey in the Back Yard [Howard Titus ] 6 Jun Whip-poor-will -- Loudon [] 6 Jun killdeer takes over playground [evelyn nathan ] 5 Jun Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 5, 2013 ["Mark Suomala" ] 5 Jun Blacked-backs at Trudeau Rd [Duane Cross ] 05 Jun Information on unsubscribing and changing mail delivery [Steve Mirick ] Subject: BBWP Trudeau road Bethlehem fledge this morning with a surprise From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:20:20 -0700 (PDT)  This morning I arrived at the nest earlier than normal at 5:20 am. Heard a lot of vocalization from both parents and the chick. I snuck in quickly thinking that the adults were coaxing the young out of the nest. They left as I got into position to observe the nest. I quickly got into my climbing tree stand and climbed into position and waited. I photographed 6 different feedings. At 6:05 am the female came in and the chick popped out of the hole and onto the side of the tree. The female fed him and he circled the tree once. All of a sudden a second head popped out of the hole. The first chick said, "this is how you do it" and suddenly flew off to a clump of red spruce where he landed and started chattering. The female than left, I assume for more food.   I sat for 15 minutes hoping for the parents to return and draw the second chick out, Had to get to work so I climbed down and had just gone about 20 yards when I heard a parent return and a bunch of chattering. I ran back in time to see the second chick fly and land on a dead spruce close by. I popped a few pictures of the 2 chicks and headed out on the run. I had called Dale Martin Of Massapoag Photography who was in town to photograph the nest to tell him that the chicks were fledging. I met him on the way out. He arrive just in time to see a third chick leave the nest. As he was photographing the chicks and parents he heard yet a 4th chick calling from the nest. Dale climbed into the stand expecting to photograph the 4th chick fledging. He sat there to noon. The parents returned once to try and coax the 4th chick out of the nest but he wouldn't leave. They apparently had their hands full with the first 3 chicks out of the nest as they never returned to feed number 4.   I was very surprised at the number of chicks as in the final 2 days there was never more than one chick vocalizing even while the parents were feeding. Guess they were saving energy by taking turns. I was also amazed at the ability of the chicks to fly some distance and with decent skills for their first flight.   I watched the parents spend 2 plus weeks excavating the nest hole. I watched them switch incubating duties. I photographed them nearly everyday coming and going as they fed their chicks and I didn't expect to be there when they fledged as I only have a 50 minute window before work each morning. I was on cloud nine to be able to witness and photograph this fledging. Somewhat sorry I missed the last two but am still quite thrilled.   One note. I spent many hours sitting at the nest photographing and observing these birds. I was always told that tree knocking was a territorial thing. From my observations I agree with that. But, I also believe based on my observations that the pair communicated with each other via the knocking. Think about it. The knocking sound carries much further then their chattering call. The sudden appearance of the other mate frequently shortly after a round of knocking leads me to believe that they communicate through knocking also.   It is late now but if anyone wants to see some of todays pictures send me an email and I will send them tomorrow night after work.                                                                                                    Duane Cross                                                                                                    Franconia NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: entertaining Knoxville bird From: Dorothy Currier <dorocurr AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:55:35 -0400 http://www.youtube.com/embed/nbrTOcUnjNY -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 19, 2013 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:02:34 -0400 This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 19th, 2013. 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen feeding in a field along Plains Road, and visible from both Plains Road and Coppermine Road, in Monroe on June 12th. An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was seen north of Horseshoe Pond in Concord on June 9th. To try to see this bird, follow the railroad track and then the river path north of Horseshoe Pond – the bird was seen foraging in and around a large tree at the foot of the railroad embankment, beside a large meadow. 2 SORAS, 3 VIRGINIA RAILS, and a possible LEAST BITTERN were reported from the marsh on Geremonty Drive in Salem on June 12th. 2 MARSH WRENS were reported from the Surrey Lane marsh in Durham on June 15th. Birders on the coast reported 7 GREAT EGRETS, 8 SNOWY EGRETS, a GREEN HERON, 3 WILLETS, 6 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 ROSEATE TERNS, 2 NELSON'S SPARROWS, and a SALTMARSH SPARROW on June 15th and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was seen on the 16th. 2 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were seen on Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch on June 16th. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and a single chick continues to be seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem, and was last reported on June 18th. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen along Pleasant Street in Concord on June 15th. 6 PURPLE MARTINS, and a MERLIN were reported from Great East Lake in Wakefield on June 16th. An ORCHARD ORIOLE was reported from Pickering Ponds in Rochester on June 16th. 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. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: sweallows fledged From: Sylvia Miskoe <sylviasmiskoe AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:18:48 -0400 (EDT) The 5 barn swallows I have been watching flew sometime today. I think there are 2 other nests that I have heard but must locate. Sylvia Miskoe, Concord -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Raven fledglings in Concord From: Anne Hadshi <annehadshi AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:33:22 -0400 Heard, and then saw, 4 fledglings and 2 adult ravens in the trees around my house, with the youngsters croaking one note higher than the adults, all of them pursued by small birds when in the air. Anne Hadshi west of Concord -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Update BBWP Trudeau Rd Bethlehem. Only 1 chick left From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Visited the nest early this morning to photograph the feedings of the chicks. Was disappointed to find just one chick screeching to be fed this morning. My guess is the other chicks in the nest have starved to death. It appeared to me that one very aggressive male chick was hogging all the food being brought to the nest. The first 2 weeks the adults were able to get inside the nest to make sure all were fed. The past week I have not seen the adults enter the nest hole. One very aggressive male chick appeared to be intercepting all the food being brought to the nest. My hopes were that there was more than one male chick in the nest and they were taking turns sticking their heads out. Apparently not. Other notes. The one remaining chick is sounding more and more like his parents. Rather than continuous chatter he is now frequently mixing in some standard BBWP calls that I often hear the parents make.                                       Duane Cross                                                                                                       Franconia NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Hairy woodpeckers fledged in Lee From: Catherine Fisher <catherineckx AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:43 -0400 Watched a male hairy woodpecker making his squeaky-wheel "coaxing call" each time he fed his fledged daughter this morning. It goes something like this: He calls and waits for her to inch down the tree and get a morsel. She waits until he makes his way to her (still squeaky-wheeling) and feeds her. This scene was repeated for five feedings with Dad schlepping up and down the trunk and daughter parked in her place enjoying the view. She's looking lovely - plump, perfect feathers. Dad's feathers look a bit dull and bedraggled. Anyone who's been a parent can relate. C. Fisher -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: quincy bog Rumney From: k chamberlin <kchamberlin07 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:02:55 -0400 Beautiful day at the bog lots of new life appearing. 2 redeye vireo 50 swamp sparrows (many young) 5(PAIR) Y.T.warb 1 FOY Least flycatcher Chipp. Sparrows heard everywhere 3 catbird 1 kingfisher 4 redstart 2 ovenbird 1 Y. Warb. 1 Ep.flycatcher unknown 1 E. Wood peewee (unusually common for me this year) 1 B. T. Blue Warb Many RWBB Large group of young RB Nuthatch Hen wood duck w/chickS Garder snake Tadpoles Look out for paint turtles in the P. Lot like the one my daughter found. Many unidentified songsters doing their thing along the Entire trail -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: barn swallows From: Sylvia Miskoe <sylviasmiskoe AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:54 -0400 (EDT) One active nest that I can observe in my barn. There are 3 others I can hear. The babies are a week or more from fledging and the adults are very busy. Not birds, but deer have eaten half my hosta. And it is 25 feet from the back of the house. Sylvia Miskoe, Concord -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Northern Bobwhite, East Kingston From: d.skillman AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:43:50 +0000 (UTC) Heard calling - two "sets" in 20 minutes 7-10 separate calls each time. I have an iphone video with audible calls (but no visible bird). Three part "territorial" call and better known two part call (see "All About Birds" - Cornell Website). Also pretty sure I just saw a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, much larger and much lighter than a Tiger Swallowtail when seen from below . Another observation: I have not heard a Red-eyed Vireo since migration. But I am hearing Blue-headed Vireos every day. Usually just the opposite here. Dennis Skillman http://www.pbase.com/dennissk http://www.liteworksphoto.com -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Cap. Chpt. FT - Pre-Work Solstice Birding-Mt Kearsarge From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson AT sulloway.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:35:03 -0400 Field Trip: Pre-work Solstice Birding on Mount Kearsage Friday June 21st, 5:00 A.M. Celebrate solstice sunrise and the breeding birds of Mount Kearsage with trip leader Chris Borg. Highlights potentially include swainson's thrush and a suite of breeding warblers. We'll meet at Winslow State Park and begin our hike up the Barlow Trail: http://www.nhstateparks.org/uploads/pdf/KearsargeHikingMap_Web.pdf Be prepared for steep hiking albeit at a birders pace. Bring water, snacks, sunscreen, insect repellent, sturdy footwear, and your favorite trekking pole. Contact Chris (before June 20th) for trip specifics at borealbirder AT gmail.com. ________________________________ SULLOWAY & HOLLIS, P.L.L.C.: This message is a PRIVATE communication which may contain attorney / client privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use, or disclose to others. If you have received this message in error, please reply to sender and delete this message from your system. Thank you. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Merlin, Martins, other weekend highlights From: Kyle Wilmarth <kyle.wilmarth AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:54:27 -0400 Had a nice weekend up at Great East Lake, with a quick stop at Pickering Ponds on the way up. Great East Lake --- Purple Martin - 6 at nesting gourds in Scribner's Pond Merlin - seen from my friends yard above high pines Osprey Common Loons - 6 Virginia Rail - 1 heard and seen in Scribner's Pond marsh Baltimore Oriole - 4 Warbling Vireo - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 Pileated Woodpecker Veery Pine Warblers Yellow Warblers Common yellowthroats Pickering Ponds --- Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 near the known nest area Warbling Vireo - 4 Orchard Oriole - 1 adult male Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 Great-crested Flycatcher - pair Willow Flycatcher - 2 both heard Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Kyle Wilmarth Salem, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: RE: Cliff swallows, Fort Constitution, New Castle, NH From: Jim Sparrell <jimsparrell AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:52:11 -0400 The cliff swallows are building and settling into their nests in the entry way. Fun to watch and nice close looks. Jim Sparrell Portsmouth, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Coastal Jaunt - Black Crowned Night Heron From: Samuel Lewis <samlewis100 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:49:38 -0400 We took a quick swing up the coast this afternoon (Hampton harbor to Odiorne) with a delayed stop at North Beach in Hampton to try out our new kites...no, not the ones from Mississippi. (Although one kite was called an eagle...the albatross eagle, by the way it kept crashing.) While holding the kite in one hand I used the binoculars with the other (I don't have a problem I can stop at anytime). One common loon, some common eiders losing their breeding plumage, a couple of common terns nose diving, and dbl crested cormorants hanging out on the rocks at Plaice Cove. We saw much of the same as we headed north until we reached Rye Ledge. Veronica noticed that one of the gulls, way out on the rocks, was in fact a black-crowned night-heron. We have never seen one in such an open area away from the marsh. Is that normal?? Perhaps someone could respond and let me know. Other than that it was fairly uneventful. Sightings- Common loons Common terns Common eiders and kids Song sparrows Yellow warbler House finch (man and wife) American Robin and large kids crying for food Mourning doves Rock pigeons Snowy egret Gulls Aforementioned bc n-heron kites, plastic that is (one which would only dive right and crash, the other behaved so well we tied it to the rocks (it never crashed), while we worked with the needy one. Happy birding! Samuel Lewis Exeter, NH 603.969.3206 samlewis100 at gmail. com Sent from my tablet using Swype. Please excuse any strange words or missing punctuation due to bad "swyping" -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. 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Subject: Bicknells, Black-backed, etc From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:09:18 -0400 Atop Cannon Mt midday today: Bicknell's Thrush 2 (saw one, heard one) Swainson's Thrush 1 Blackpoll Warbler 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 plus the usual suspects The staff at the tram reported that a Golden Eagle was seen at Cannon yesterday, but I could not verify At Trudeau Road in Bethlehem: Black-backed Woodpecker 2-5 chicks still being fed - helped 4 birders from PA to see the birds Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3 plus the usual suspects In downtown Concord this evening: Common Nighthawk 1 calling overhead near the Capital Center for the Arts Mark Suomala www.marksbirdtours.com -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Peregrine Falcon - Concord From: dlv AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Greetings, Tonight I was going through downtown Concord at about 6:25 pm. I noticed a raptor up in the cross on the Congregational (?) church right off Pleasant Street. This is where I usually see the Peregrine Falcon in the winter. I pulled over - opened my trunk to grab my binoculars - just as the raptor bolted - sure looked like falcon wings to me :) I haven't seen a downtown peregrine since the winter. Debbie/Boscawen :) -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Ashland fathers day walk From: k chamberlin <kchamberlin07 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:46:13 -0400 Took a mornin walk down mill pond road today...Highlights as follows: 1 black billed cuckoo. 4 red e vireo 2 warb. Vireo 8 y. Warb 6 com. Y. Throat 2 blue j 8 dees mostly fledglings 3 tit mice 1 great blue heron 1F wood duck 4 brown thrasher 6 catbird 4 oriole 8 red wing Bb 10 grackle 6 starling 12 cedar Waxwing 2 robin 2 redstart 1 flicker 6 swifts 3 crows 6 song sparrow Happy fathers day dads... -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Backyard Bird Count for 6/16/13 - Brentwood, NH From: Cocav Rauwerdink <cocav.rauwerdink AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:45:55 -0400 *Backyard Bird Count for 6/16/13 – Brentwood, NH* Scarlet Tanager (1 male, BEAUTIFUL breeding plumage, jumping around in mid to upper canopy) Hairy Woodpecker (at least 2, a mom and fluffy baby. Baby waited on a nearby tree while mom got seeds for him) Downy Woodpecker (numerous) American Robin (1) Black-Capped Chickadee (1) Tufted Titmouse (2) Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (2 male, 2 female – the 2 males were chasing each other) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (1 male) Bluejay (2) American Goldfinch (numerous) Chipping Sparrow (1) House Sparrow (2 males) Mourning Dove (several) Red-Bellied Woodpecker (1) White-Breasted Nuthatch (2, with at least one juvenile) Northern Cardinal (1 male, 1 female) Recent sightings: Great Crested Flycatcher Canada Goose (2 V’s, about 20 birds, flew directly overhead) Turkey Vulture (3) Common Nighthawk (3) Common Yellowthroat heard but not visualized -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bears at the feeders this am From: Donna Ellis <donnaellis1014 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:37:53 -0400 I went to put the feeder out this am and was heading back into the house when I noticed 2 bears coming up the driveway. I thought about going back and getting the feeders but decided it would be a better idea to head into the house. I grabbed the camera instead and yelled at the bear when it pulled down my feeder but it didn't care. The yearling feasted while momma looked on. They stayed almost 15 minutes till the bird see was gone. Then they licked the hummingbird feeder and headed into the woods. I guess I wont be putting up the feeders till winter, taking them in at night was not enough. I was surprised a yearling would still be with it's mother. Very nice looking bears though. http://www.flickr.com/photos/83206725 AT N08/9058843344/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/83206725 AT N08/9058848264/in/photostream/ Love nature! Donna -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Nesting From: Carolyn Payzant <carolynpayzant AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:36:01 -0400 Interesting weekend pileated woodpecker - 2 days in a row Broadwinged hawk at my feeder. - I did get a photo but horrible...he was flying and I tried to keep up with him. Three interesting birds nesting in the yard 2 nest of Catbirds (different locations)....I believe the young are still in the nest. In a same small tree A robin nested and raised young. They flew the nest in the last T storm What I find interesting is we had a chipping sparrow nest 3 feet above the robin. The young are still in the nest. Also what was interesting is the robin and sparrow started building the nest at the same time. Robins are gone and the sparrow ( M & F) are still feed their young. They should be off in a couple of days. Carolyn Payzant Powder Hill area Bedford -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Yesterdays Freak Show/Strafford From: Scott Young <sayoung603 AT outlook.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:21:07 -0400 A fledgling Brown-headed Cowbird was begging morsels from Dad around the back deck. He happened to be a Pine Warbler. The Catbirds hated this.Along the Suncook River/Epsom today came across the new Bank Swallow Colony. They've moved upstream from previous settlements. Else of note: Blue-winged Warbler,Indigo, Tiger Beetles and high water. Scott A. YoungStrafford -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Barred Owl, Buntings, Tanagers etc./Nashua From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:09:46 -0400 Nancy Murphy and I spent a few hours rambling through portions of Nashua's Southwest Park and Tirrell Conservation land today. Hightlights included a brilliant arraw birds (Baltimore Oriole, Indigo Bunting, American Goldfinch, all males and Cedar Waxwings) bathing in the stream that crosses the path at the Beaver Pond, and locating a Barred Owl beleaguered by scolding Balt.Oriole, Scarlet Tanagers, Ovenbird and (probable) Wood Thrush. Our list included: Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) female first spotted about 50 feet up a pine tree Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) screaming at circling Red-tails, defending nest? Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Barred Owl (Strix varia) being mobbed by Ovenbird, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager! Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X American Crow (Corvus brachyrhyncos) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) -- Chris Sheridan cmsbirds AT gmail com Nashua NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Phoebe Chicks Fledge PHOTOS From: "Jim Block" <jab AT valley.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:23:22 -0400 At least three phoebe chicks left their nest under our porch roof this morning. For a short while their parents put on a show, perhaps trying to distract me from trying to figure out where the chicks were. Photos are at: http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2013/06/phoebes/ Jim Block Etna, NH www.facebook.com/TugHillPhoto -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Strafford County Farm 6/15; unusual Wild Turkey behavior From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard AT peoplepc.com> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:10:56 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Yesterday AM at Strafford County Farm (55 species), I observed Wild Turkey behavior that is new to my experience. When I entered one of the fields, a single female in the middle of the field responded to me by prostrating itself in the grass. It remained flattened to the ground, including with its head and neck extended, until I was within 5 feet at which time it stood up and ran to the hedgerow. There were no young apparent in the vicinity. Dan Hubbard, Rochester -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: A first for me at Kingston Lake From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:48:10 -0400 Saw, but more importantly HEARD, a fish crow on a spit across from Camp Lincoln while kayaking on Kingston Lake this morning. I had seen a pair of crows in a dead tree on my approach, so I assume these were the same crows. I heard the pileated woodpecker sounding on a tree for the second year in a row at the same spot, and close by, a cedar waxwing was hopping through the as yet unripe blueberries. A pair of eastern kingbirds were noisy at my approach, and I soon spotted their nest in a pine overhang. A solitary osprey rounded out an otherwise very quiet morning on the lake. Possibly significant was a complete absence of tree swallows, usually swarming around the 9th Street marsh entrance. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Blacked-back nest update Trudeau Rd From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:58:29 -0700 (PDT) Photographed at the nest for 3 hours this morning and again for 3 hours this evening. The male chick is by far the most aggressive and frequently stick his head out of the hole. When the parents show with food he is right there to snatch it. He snaps his head out trying to steal the food before his siblings have a chance. It amazes me the parents don't sustain  an eye injury from the sharp beak of the young male. I have several times seen a female chick but not during the feeding. The male won't allow it. Today for the first time I noticed the parents did not go into the nest to clean up the droppings. Because of this I am guessing they are planning to fly the coop soon. But, what do I know. Perhaps the parents cant fit into the cavity anymore due to the size of the young woodpeckers.                                                                                 Duane Cross                                                                                 Franconia NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: ABA Article by Terry L. Bronson From: Sue McGrath <newburyportbirders AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:14:24 -0400 Birders, On a recent rainy day I read, Terry Bronson's article in the March/April issue of ABA's _Birding _ Terry's article on North American's Endemic Bird Species: A Country-by-Country Overview. Terry , a former NH birder is now the President of Mountaineer Audubon in Morgantown, West Virginia and does fieldwork for the West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas II. I hope you also enjoy the article. Best Wishes, Sue Sue McGrath Newburyport, MA -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: RE: Durham 6/15 From: "Dorsey, Kurk" <Kurk.Dorsey AT unh.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:51:44 +0000 Also need to add 2 Fish Crows in the Woodridge area this evening. Kurk Dorsey Durham ________________________________ From: nhbirds AT googlegroups.com [nhbirds AT googlegroups.com] on behalf of Dorsey, Kurk [Kurk.Dorsey AT unh.edu] Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 4:13 PM To: NHBirds Subject: [NHBirds] Durham 6/15 Birders, I spent a little more than an hour this morning at TNC's Lamprey River Preserve on Packers Falls Road, across from Garrison House Farm. 38 species in a little more than an hour, with highlights being: -- great view of Black-billed Cuckoo --Red-shouldered Hawk in the woods failing to be sneaky --Red-bellied Woodpecker --2 Willow Flycatchers --Great-crested --2 pewees --2 Warbling and 1 Yellow-throated Vireo --Veery and Wood thrush --1 Red-breasted Nuthatch --4 RB Grosbeaks, including one fledgling --4 Baltimore Orioles, including 3 singing males --1 Scarlet Tanager --2 Yellowthroats, 1 Pine Warbler, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 Yellow Warblers, and one odd bird that I figured was probably an Ovenbird singing an abbreviated song --8+ Bobolinks The grass is very high in places and wet from the rain, so within a few minutes I could feel the water running down my legs inside my jeans! On the other hand, the ticks were unable to attach to my pants because they were wearing life preservers. I then spent a few minutes at the Surrey Lane marsh, which turned up --2 Marsh Wrens --1 Swamp Sparrow --1 Willow Flycatcher --RG Grosbeak, B. Oriole, and Warbling Vireo Finally, later in the day there were two Carolina Wrens dueling at Jackson Landing Kurk Dorsey Durham -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: NH Coast Birds & Bugs (Nelson's Sparrows, Carolina Saddlebags) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:23:48 -0400 Jane and I hit the coast this morning and into the afternoon. Tough time of year for finding much, but sometimes there's a nugget along the coast in June. Not this year. There's been a Black-necked Stilt at Plum Island this week. Why can't it find its way north to NH? Anyhow, we made the most of the day by searching for dragonflies as it warmed up. The NW winds seemed to have brought in an incursion of Four-spotted and Painted Skimmers, normally uncommon (but regular) species along the coast, and several Carolina Saddlebags, a more unusual species. Only a couple of photos of the skimmers and the Bald Eagle: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40298884 AT N06/ Birds -------- Common Loon 1 offshore. Not much time spent scanning offshore due to bright sun. Great Blue Heron 3 Great Egret 7 Snowy Egret 8 Green Heron 1 Osprey 3 including 1 incubating in Seabrook, 1 at Meadow Pond, and 1 odd bird flying IN FROM OFFSHORE at Little Boar's Head, then flew north along shoreline!? Bald Eagle 1 adult at Odiorne. No doubt one of the pair from New Castle. Broad-winged Hawk 1 young bird in wing molt in Rye. Willet 3 on Meadow Pond where they nest. Bonaparte's Gull 6 immature birds along coast. Roseate Tern 6 in Hampton harbor Common Tern 60 in Hampton harbor Great Crested Flycatcher 1 at Odiorne. Nesting? Or more likely late northbound migrant. American Redstart 1 immature male at Church Street parking lot. Late northbound migrant? NELSON'S SPARROW 2 singing on territory at Philbrick Marsh in N. Hampton with a Saltmarsh Sparrow. Finally our first of the year. Dragonflies ----------------- Bluet sp. Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner - A few including a couple of pairs in tandem SWAMP DARNER - 1 at Rye Recreation area pond. Seen fairly well for a couple of minutes and then disappeared. Unicorn Clubtail - 1 at Rye Recreation area and 1 at Odiorne. Emerald sp. - 1 at Odirone Baskettail sp. - A couple at Odiorne. Eastern Pondhawk Seaside Dragonlet - Lots in saltmarsh at Odiorne. Dot-tailed Whiteface - 1 in Rye. NEEDHAM'S SKIMMER - Pretty sure we had a female type at Odiorne. Chased after it for photos, but failed. Twelve-spotted Skimmer Four-spotted Skimmer - BIG incursion of Four-spotted Skimmers carried by NW winds. Seen from several areas including 20+ at Odiorne. Painted Skimmer - BIG incursion of Painted Skimmers carried by NW winds. Seen from several areas including 12+ at Odiorne. Spot-winged Glider - Just one or two Common Whitetail - At Rye Recreation area only. CAROLINA SADDLEBAGS - 5 (!!!) total including 1 at Philbrick Marsh in N. Hampton (new for town), 2 at Odiorne, 1 at Lock Road in Rye, and 1 at Marsh Road pond in Rye. Black Saddlebags - Common, but not a whole lot. One pair seen in Tandem. Butterflies (not many) -------------------------------- Skipper sp. - A few at Odiorne. Couldn't get a good photo for ID. Least Skipper - A couple at Odiorne Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Cabbage White American Lady - Just 1 Common Ringlet - A few Steve & Jane Mirick Bradford, MA -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: eBird -- Wapack NWR, Greenfield/Temple -- Jun 15, 2013 From: Jeanne-Marie Maher <jeannemariemaher AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:24:35 -0400 jmmaher Jun 15, 2013 Wapack NWR, Greenfield/Temple Traveling 4.6 miles 300 Minutes Observers: 2 All birds reported? Yes Comments: While hiking Ted and Carolyn trails 3 Turkey Vulture Yellow bellied sapsucker on nest. At least 2 Vicks 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Mourning Dove 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Blue Jay 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Wood Thrush 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 4 Ovenbird 2 Chipping Sparrow 2 Scarlet Tanager -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Durham 6/15 From: "Dorsey, Kurk" <Kurk.Dorsey AT unh.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:13:11 +0000 Birders, I spent a little more than an hour this morning at TNC's Lamprey River Preserve on Packers Falls Road, across from Garrison House Farm. 38 species in a little more than an hour, with highlights being: -- great view of Black-billed Cuckoo --Red-shouldered Hawk in the woods failing to be sneaky --Red-bellied Woodpecker --2 Willow Flycatchers --Great-crested --2 pewees --2 Warbling and 1 Yellow-throated Vireo --Veery and Wood thrush --1 Red-breasted Nuthatch --4 RB Grosbeaks, including one fledgling --4 Baltimore Orioles, including 3 singing males --1 Scarlet Tanager --2 Yellowthroats, 1 Pine Warbler, 2 Black-and-white Warblers, 3 Yellow Warblers, and one odd bird that I figured was probably an Ovenbird singing an abbreviated song --8+ Bobolinks The grass is very high in places and wet from the rain, so within a few minutes I could feel the water running down my legs inside my jeans! On the other hand, the ticks were unable to attach to my pants because they were wearing life preservers. I then spent a few minutes at the Surrey Lane marsh, which turned up --2 Marsh Wrens --1 Swamp Sparrow --1 Willow Flycatcher --RG Grosbeak, B. Oriole, and Warbling Vireo Finally, later in the day there were two Carolina Wrens dueling at Jackson Landing Kurk Dorsey Durham -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Fw: eBird Report - 10-mile Dodge/Partridge/Moore survey, Jun 14, 2013 From: Sandy Turner <smtprgrn AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:27:37 -0700 (PDT) ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "do-not-reply AT ebird.org" To: smtprgrn AT yahoo.com Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 10:26 AM Subject: eBird Report - 10-mile Dodge/Partridge/Moore survey, Jun 14, 2013 10-mile Dodge/Partridge/Moore survey, Grafton, US-NH Jun 14, 2013 6:15 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 10.5 mile(s) Comments:    Ann Kimball joined Mark and me 48 species Canada Goose  21    11 young Wood Duck  2 Common Loon  2 Great Blue Heron  1 Red-tailed Hawk  1 Rock Pigeon  2 Mourning Dove  4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3 Hairy Woodpecker  4 Northern Flicker  1 Pileated Woodpecker  2 Olive-sided Flycatcher  1 Alder Flycatcher  2 Least Flycatcher  2 Eastern Phoebe  2 Great Crested Flycatcher  2 Eastern Kingbird  2 Blue-headed Vireo  1 Warbling Vireo  2 Red-eyed Vireo  29 Blue Jay  21 American Crow  5 Barn Swallow  1 Black-capped Chickadee  3 Red-breasted Nuthatch  2 White-breasted Nuthatch  3 Eastern Bluebird  1 Veery  8 Wood Thrush  2 American Robin  16    1 recently fledged young Gray Catbird  2 European Starling  1 Ovenbird  8 Northern Waterthrush  2 Common Yellowthroat  3 Chestnut-sided Warbler  2 Black-throated Blue Warbler  2 Yellow-rumped Warbler  1 Chipping Sparrow  4 Song Sparrow  15 Swamp Sparrow  4 Scarlet Tanager  6 Red-winged Blackbird  8 Common Grackle  4 Baltimore Oriole  4 Purple Finch  11 American Goldfinch  3 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14416859 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bicknell's Thrush survey From: "Laura Deming" <LDeming AT NHAudubon.org> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:13:36 -0400 Hi all, I am looking for someone to fill in for me to do a Bicknell's Thrush survey this month. It is one of the Mountain Birdwatch routes (VT Center for Ecostudies), and is in Huntington Ravine, along Raymond Path. I have all the materials, but they are also available on the VCE website. If anyone is interested, please contact me off list. (There was a Fox sparrow on this route last year!) Thanks! Laura Deming Sr. Wildlife Biologist Conservation Dept. Audubon Society of NH Concord, NH 03301 (603) 224-9909 x335 ldeming AT nhaudubon.org www.nhaudubon.org (603) 224-9909 x335 -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Surprise (?) Feeder Birds From: Bruce Boyer <brumyster AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:48:01 -0400 I just saw a pair (M&F) of Brown-headed Cowbirds at my feeder; never seen them at a feeder before. Also, I'm surprised to see Chipping Sparrows frequently attacking the suet. Bruce Boyer Jaffrey -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Trudeau Rd Blacked-back update. From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:15:22 -0700 (PDT) This morning I had 30 minutes to photograph the nest before work. The first 20 minutes the parents logged 8 feeding visits. One of my pictures shows 3 bills reaching for food from it's parent. Guess I saw 5 Blacked-back Woodpeckers this morning! Also another picture shows the yellow crown spot of a male on one of the chicks. A sign that they are becoming well feathered. Duane Cross                                                                       Franconia NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Acadian Flycatcher at Horseshoe Pond From: "Bird Records" <BRecords AT NHAudubon.org> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:13:50 -0400 Hello All, We received the following report at New Hampshire Audubon on June 10: "June 9, 2013, RR track and river path north of Horseshoe Pond, Concord. Acadian Flycatcher: Same area as last year - this time perched in and working from a large mountain ash tree (?) at foot of RR embankment, beside big meadow." Aiden Moser New Hampshire Bird Records Volunteer New Hampshire Bird Records All about birds and birding in New Hampshire, published by New Hampshire Audubon. www.nhbirdrecords.org -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Not your average bird house dweller... From: David Blezard <dblezard AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:38:38 -0400 This morning, a Cooper's Hawk was roosting on top of one of the bird boxes in our yard. It appeared to be an adult female. I'm pretty sure she couldn't fit! -David J. Blezard Lee, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Black-billed Cuckoo in Auburn From: Jonathan Smith <jksmith69 AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:59:40 -0400 My first ever Cuckoo was in the bushes behind the feeders just as I was leaving this morning around 10:00 am. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jksmithphotography/9032470897/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/jksmithphotography/9034697010/ Jonathan Smith Litchfield, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Sora, Rails - Salem From: Kyle Wilmarth <kyle.wilmarth AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:39:23 -0400 On a short walk down to Geremonty Dr. Marsh last night in Salem we heard a fair amount of activity from within the marsh. 2 Sora --- both calling, descending call - one right after the other 3 Virginia Rail (at least) -- heard in 3 separate locations in the marsh, likely more Also noted a possible Least Bittern. I thought I had seen something jumping around the reeds, but could not get a clear visual. Watched the area for a little over 5 minutes before moving on, with no sign of any other birds that I could have mistaken it for. Other than a domestic Muscovy that's been hanging out at Hedgehog Pond for over a week now, it's been pretty quiet around town. Kyle & Amanda Salem, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: new yard bird--Red-bellied Woodpecker From: 56 <jennmckown1 AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:41 -0400 (EDT) First time we have ever had a red-bellied woodpecker in the yard at the feeder! Made my day! Jennifer McKown Brookfield, NH -----Original Message----- From: nhbirds To: Digest Recipients Sent: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 4:51 pm Subject: [NHBirds] Digest for nhbirds AT googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 4 Topics Today's Topic Summary Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/topics [No Subject] [1 Update] Sweet Trail Seacoast Chapter Field Trip Bird list-55 species [1 Update] GBH with Chick, and a pair of surprise visitors [1 Update] Whale-and-bird watching, 06/10 [1 Update] [No Subject] simonson AT verizon.net Jun 11 11:16AM -0500 unsubscribe don simonson Sweet Trail Seacoast Chapter Field Trip Bird list-55 species Dan Hubbard Jun 11 09:15AM -0400 -----Forwarded Message----- From: bikenbird AT aol.com Sent: Jun 10, 2013 10:24 PM To: DANIELHUBBARD AT peoplepc.com Subject: Sweet Trail Bird list 12 tireless hikers with the 2 coleaders Dan Hubbard and Al Stewart, Jr. went birding the Sweet Trail, Sunday June 9, 2013 from 8 am - 2:30 pm on a Seacoast Chapter field trip. The weather was a pleasant partly sunny day. Thank you Steve Bennett for keeping the trip bird list. Here is what we found along the trail (54 species): HO= heard only Pileated Woodpecker Red-eyed Vireo House Finch American Goldfinch Eastern Phoebe Red-bellied Woodpecker Great Blue Heron (+ on nests) Ring-billed Gull Mourning Dove White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Downy Woodpecker Tufted Titmouse - HO Black-capped Chickadee Tree Swallow Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Eastern Wood-Pewee Common Merganser Green Heron Blue Jay American Crow Gray Catbird Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Brown Creeper - HO Pine Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Hairy Woodpecker Scarlet Tanager Belted Kingfisher Black-throated Green Warbler - HO Ovenbird - HO Hermit Thrush - HO Indigo Bunting - HO Canada Goose (+Goslings) Mallard Red-tailed Hawk Warbling Vireo Chestnut-sided Warbler Common Yellowthroat Yellow Warbler Northern Cardinal - female American Robin Black-and-White Warbler Osprey - male & female Turkey Vulture Double-crested Cormorant Mute Swan (8 in a flock) Bobolink - male Common Grackle Chipping Sparrow - HO Song Sparrow - HO Baltimore Oriole - male Barn Swallow Eastern Bluebird (drive back to start point- 1 car only) Other wildlife (in deference to the interests of young Maddoc Johnson whose curiosity and boundless energy put us all to shame): Bullfrog Green Frog American Beaver (sunning him or herself) Painted Turtle Common Garter Snake GBH with Chick, and a pair of surprise visitors David Lipsy Jun 11 02:26AM -0400 Hello all, Monday I visited a friends property where a Great Blue Heron has a nest. It's baby was finally seen yesterday for the first time so I went out this morning to photograph it. While there, I had a visit from a pair of Osprey. The photos can be seen at the link below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157634059799735/ I also played around with my camera and took some High Quality HD Video. If I can figure out how to get it to where I am happy with it, I will posit some. Good birding to all, David David Lipsy Eagle Eye Photography Concord, NH dlipsy AT comcast.net Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/ Website: http://davidlipsy.zenfolio.com/ Whale-and-bird watching, 06/10 Jon Woolf Jun 10 09:30PM -0400 I went out with Granite State Whale Watch today. It was an afternoon run, leave at 2, back in about 6:30. The weather was chilly and a bit misty, but the sea was nice: long, low, slow rolling waves, otherwise almost flat calm. A good day for looking for whales and birds. If only there had been more of them to find... 3 Minke whales and one Fin whale were a light but acceptable number of whales, supplemented by sightings of several Harbor Seals and a small school of tuna. However, the avian side was quite thin, and nearly nonexistent beyond the Isles of Shoals. There were the usual small numbers of cormorants, gulls, and terns, and I did log my first Wilson's Storm-petrels of the year (2). There were also a surprising number of loons on the water inside the Isles -- at least 8 Common Loons and at least 1 Red-throated Loon. Oh, and a single male Common Eider flying by well outside the Isles. However, other than those, there was nothing. No shearwaters, no fulmars, no migrants that I saw, not even any gannets. I sure hope the birding out there gets better soon. -- Jon Woolf Manchester, NH You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group nhbirds. You can post via email. To unsubscribe from this group, send an empty message. 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To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Sandhill Cranes From: Sandy Turner <smtprgrn AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:23:32 -0700 (PDT) Breaking news!!!! After 14 years alone on the meadows of Monroe, the Sandhill Crane now has another one within 20 feet.  The two were first reported by Gail Bunnell June 11 behind her place by the Connecticut River, but this morning (the 12th) they were at a usual feeding field along Plains Rd.  Mark and I were doing a Grassland Survey and could see both from one of our survey fields on Coppermine Rd. Sandy Turner Lyman -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 11, 2013 From: Dale J Martin <dale AT massapoag.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:39:26 -0400 Heck on Sunday I photographed the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the nesting hole of the Black-backed Woodpeckers nesting hole. I wasn't really setup so the photo isn't great but will share with anyone interested. Regards, Dale Dale J. Martin Massapoag Pond Photography 1070 Lancaster Avenue Lunenburg, MA 01462 Email: dale AT massapoag.org Website: www.massapoag.org Facebook: Massapoag Pond Facebook Phone: 978-582-1049 Mobile: 508-849-7730 On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Mark Suomala wrote: > A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and 1 of their chicks continues to be seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem, and was last reported on June 10th. Also tallied in the area were a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Re: RFI - Bicknell's and Spruce Grouse From: Alan McIntyre <foldedcrow AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:46:55 -0400 For several years I have gone backpacking around the Baldface mountains. Each time I have seen a spruce grouse roaming about at Eagle crag. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:07 PM, Opororniswarbler wrote: Dear NH birders, I'm coming up to NH this weekend and hoping to try for Bicknell's Thrush and - if I'm lucky - Spruce Grouse. Any suggestions on locations for either would be much appreciated. Thanks! Neil Hayward Cambridge, MA opororniswarbler AT gmail.com http://accidentalbigyear2013.blogspot.com Sent from my iPhone -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. 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Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 11, 2013 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:44:18 -0400 This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, June 11th, 2013. Birders on the coast reported a MANX SHEARWATER, 3 SURF SCOTERS, 11 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, 36 BLACK SCOTERS, 2 NORTHERN GANNETS, 8 GREAT EGRETS, 21 SNOWY EGRETS, a BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, a LAUGHING GULL, 5 ROSEATE TERNS, 260 COMMON TERNS, and 3 SALTMARSH SPARROWS, all on June 8th. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and 1 of their chicks continues to be seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem, and was last reported on June 10th. Also tallied in the area were a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, a NORTHERN FLICKER, 3 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 4 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 6 COMMON RAVENS, a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 2 VEERYS, 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a HERMIT THRUSH, a WOOD THRUSH, a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, a NASHVILLE WARBLER, an AMERICAN REDSTART, a MAGNOLIA WARBLER, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and 2 CANADA WARBLERS. Birders hiking on the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson Notch reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 5 HAIRY WOODPECKERS, 16 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, a COMMON RAVEN, 4 BOREAL CHICKADEES, 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, a BROWN CREEPER, 5 WINTER WRENS, 8 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 4 BICKNELL'S THRUSHES, 13 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, a MOURNING WARBLER, 3 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 14 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 19 BLACKPOLL WARBLERS, 7 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 10 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, 6 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 4 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and a PURPLE FINCH. 4 INDIGO BUNTINGS, a SCARLET TANAGER, 2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS, a PINE WARBLER, a PRAIRIE WARBLER, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, a BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, several OVENBIRDS, an EASTERN WOOD-PEEWEE, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and a GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER were all reported from the Oyster River Forest in Durham on June 9th. 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. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: RFI - Bicknell's and Spruce Grouse From: Opororniswarbler <opororniswarbler AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:07:45 -0400 Dear NH birders, I'm coming up to NH this weekend and hoping to try for Bicknell's Thrush and - if I'm lucky - Spruce Grouse. Any suggestions on locations for either would be much appreciated. Thanks! Neil Hayward Cambridge, MA opororniswarbler AT gmail.com http://accidentalbigyear2013.blogspot.com Sent from my iPhone -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: No Subject From: simonson AT verizon.net Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:16:28 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Sweet Trail Seacoast Chapter Field Trip Bird list-55 species From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard AT peoplepc.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:15:36 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: GBH with Chick, and a pair of surprise visitors From: David Lipsy <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:26:50 -0400 Hello all, Monday I visited a friends property where a Great Blue Heron has a nest. It's baby was finally seen yesterday for the first time so I went out this morning to photograph it. While there, I had a visit from a pair of Osprey. The photos can be seen at the link below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157634059799735/ I also played around with my camera and took some High Quality HD Video. If I can figure out how to get it to where I am happy with it, I will posit some. Good birding to all, David David Lipsy Eagle Eye Photography Concord, NH dlipsy AT comcast.net Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/ Website: http://davidlipsy.zenfolio.com/ -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Whale-and-bird watching, 06/10 From: Jon Woolf <jsw AT jwoolfden.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:30:37 -0400 I went out with Granite State Whale Watch today. It was an afternoon run, leave at 2, back in about 6:30. The weather was chilly and a bit misty, but the sea was nice: long, low, slow rolling waves, otherwise almost flat calm. A good day for looking for whales and birds. If only there had been more of them to find... 3 Minke whales and one Fin whale were a light but acceptable number of whales, supplemented by sightings of several Harbor Seals and a small school of tuna. However, the avian side was quite thin, and nearly nonexistent beyond the Isles of Shoals. There were the usual small numbers of cormorants, gulls, and terns, and I did log my first Wilson's Storm-petrels of the year (2). There were also a surprising number of loons on the water inside the Isles -- at least 8 Common Loons and at least 1 Red-throated Loon. Oh, and a single male Common Eider flying by well outside the Isles. However, other than those, there was nothing. No shearwaters, no fulmars, no migrants that I saw, not even any gannets. I sure hope the birding out there gets better soon. -- Jon Woolf Manchester, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Cap. Chapt. FT - Exploring Henniker From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson AT sulloway.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:13 -0400 Field Trip: Exploring Henniker Saturday, June 15th , 7:00 A.M. to Noon Henniker is another largely underbirded area of Merrimack County, although new birder Aiden Moser is starting to change that. Aiden will co-lead this trip with Bob Quinn, and we'll visit sites largely within the Army Corps flood control lands in search of local breeding birds. Meet at Amy Brook Park (off Old Concord Road in Henniker) at 7:00 or the McLane Center at 6:30. For more info contact Lynnea Koester AT 428-8313. ________________________________ SULLOWAY & HOLLIS, P.L.L.C.: This message is a PRIVATE communication which may contain attorney / client privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use, or disclose to others. If you have received this message in error, please reply to sender and delete this message from your system. Thank you. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Target parking lot birding From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:14:57 -0400 I was just at the Target store in Hooksett and there were two interesting birds there: first, I heard a Prairie Warbler singing repeatedly from the woody/grassy area west of the parking lot; second, a hen Wild Turkey flew in and landed on a grassy median next to the lot. You never know when/where you'll be birding! Jane Hills Manchester, NH jhbird(at)myfairpoint(dot)net "We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings." --William Safire -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Trudeau Rd., Bethlehem, Jun 10, 2013 From: Sandy Turner <smtprgrn AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 06:33:16 -0700 (PDT) Beautiful morning to be at Trudeau Rd.        Sandy and Mark Turner ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "do-not-reply AT ebird.org" To: smtprgrn AT yahoo.com Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:29 AM Subject: eBird Report - Trudeau Rd., Bethlehem, Jun 10, 2013 Trudeau Rd., Bethlehem, Grafton, US-NH Jun 10, 2013 7:15 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) 26 species American Black Duck  2 Mourning Dove  5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 Black-backed Woodpecker  3    Male and female feeding at least one young (also seen) Northern Flicker  1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  3 Blue-headed Vireo  4 Blue Jay  1 American Crow  2 Common Raven  6 Black-capped Chickadee  2 Red-breasted Nuthatch  1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1 Veery  2 Swainson's Thrush  3 Hermit Thrush  1 Wood Thrush  1 Northern Waterthrush  1 Nashville Warbler  1 American Redstart  1 Magnolia Warbler  1 Yellow-rumped Warbler  1 Canada Warbler  2 White-throated Sparrow  4 Red-winged Blackbird  1 American Goldfinch  1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14385849 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Oyster River Forest, Durham From: "Dorsey, Kurk" <Kurk.Dorsey AT unh.edu> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 23:20:27 +0000 Birders, I took a nice walk this morning along the dirt road that provides access to the newly conserved land in the email's title. Parking is on Packers Falls Road just north of Mill Road, and access is via a gated dirt road on the right side of PF Road, just north of the pull-off (you can park at the gate, too, but I believe it's an emergency access point for the retirement home). The trail is level and smooth, although there are many branches that one might explore. The main trail goes into a meadow that is gaining some shrubs, and it was pretty wet, so I didn't explore there in much depth. Still, it seems like a great place to take beginning birders. 33 species in about an hour: Highlights: --Pileated and Red-bellied Woodpeckers --4 Indigo Buntings, including a female --great looks at a Scarlet tanager while RB Grosbeaks sang nearby --7 warblers, including Pine, Prairie, Black & White, Yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided, Blue-wing (up close!), and Ovenbirds, including one doing the broken-wing trick --Pewee, Willow, Phoebe, Great-crested all calling --Waxwings foraging up close Kurk Dorsey Durham -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Caps Ridge Trail & Trudeau Road From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:23:51 -0400 Jane and I headed north today for a change. Nice to get up into the mountains! We had "decent" weather, but a bit cool. Fortunately, not much wind and zero bugs. We got a nice early start of 6:30 AM at the Cap's Ridge Trail, but thrush song was surprisingly a bit quieter than I expected. Still managed a few Bicknell's and some other nice birds. Surprised to see the change in the landscape from blowdowns in recent years. Along the way, we ran into lots of other birders including: Alex Burdo & Leslie Burgham on the Cap's Ridge Trail Jay & Michelle Gamble at Trudeau Road Bob Crowley at Trudeau Road Caps Ridge and LinkTrails, Coos, US-NH ----------------------------------------------------- Jun 9, 2013 6:30 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) Comments: Count is primarily of total of birds going up. Hike up and across Link Trail to major stream crossing. Turned around at 9:00 AM and back to car by about 10:30 AM. Overcast with some fog. Light winds. 52F - 55F. 23 species Hairy Woodpecker 5 Including one at rock overlook. BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER 1 Buzzed by me about 2/3 way up Caps Ridge Trail. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 16 Blue-headed Vireo 3 Gray Jay 0 None at rock overlook. Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 2 BOREAL CHICKADEE 4 One on Caps Ridge. The rest on Link Trail. Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 5 Low? Golden-crowned Kinglet 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Singing from along Link Trail. BICKNELL'S THRUSH 4 Two heard at rock overlook. One calling and one singing. Two more calling down Link Trail. Curiously birds at rocks heard ONLY on hike back down, but not heard on hike up! Swainson's Thrush 13 Low. Not sure why so quiet. MOURNING WARBLER 1 My first sighting for this trail. Singing repeatedly off Caps Ridge Trail from area of blowdowns. American Redstart 3 Including a pair at rock overlook! Unusual at this elevation? Magnolia Warbler 14 Blackpoll Warbler 19 Yellow-rumped Warbler 7 Black-throated Green Warbler 10 Including a pair around rock overlook. White-throated Sparrow 6 Fox Sparrow 0 Hoped for one, but no luck. Apparently one was seen here last summer. Dark-eyed Junco 4 Low? Purple Finch 1 And highlights only at Trudeau Road --------------------------------------------------- BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER - First we chanced upon a male (the male of the nest?) flying in front of our car along Trudeau Road near the entrance road to the landfill. Then we walked around to the nest site and watched the female bring food in to the nest hole where we could hear the young. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 2 Swainson's Thrush - 1 Canada Warbler - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 singing Steve & Jane Mirick Bradford, MA -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bald Eagle, Charlestown From: Bruce Boyer <brumyster AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 17:09:30 -0400 I was driving on NH 12 a mile or two S of Charlestown this afternoon and saw an adult Bald Eagle flying W at low altitude toward the Conn. River. Bruce Boyer -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: birds NOT seen... From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:56:17 -0400 Just an observation, but I went out on the Powwow River this morning for 3 hours. In years past I've always seem spotted sandpipers on the mud flats, and a few other sundry peeps. Looked back at old pictures and I have them from May- July there. Not a single one or any peep today, only the usual red wings, a pileated woodpecker fly-over, and a few woods regulars, such as song sparrows and catbirds. I have seen a definite decline of bird life on the river segment between Powwow and Country Pond over the past several years. Also, don't know if Audubon placed the wood duck nesting boxes there, but all - save one - are partially or fully submerged. Evy Nathan Kingston -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Bald Eagle on Lake Sunapee PHOTOS From: "Jim Block" <jab AT valley.net> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 15:55:33 -0400 Chris Martin of NH Audubon and I spent 90 minutes scanning tall pines in vain this morning. As he was about to head home, he pointed over my head at an eagle flying toward us. You can see photos of the eagle, some crows bothering it, and five loon cruising at sunrise here: http://www.jimblockphoto.com/2013/06/eagle-on-sunapee/ Jim Block Etna, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: The Birds of Star Island - Set #2 From: David Lipsy <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 03:13:19 -0400 Hello all, Here is a link to Set #2 from the Star Island trip. I hope to have the last set out sometime this week. There are two birds I am requesting help on. One looks to be a pair of Herring Gulls, but their legs are the wrong color. And the second, well, I have no idea at all what it might be. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157634020377144/ Good birding, David David Lipsy Eagle Eye Photography Concord, NH dlipsy AT comcast.net Flickr Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/ Website: http://davidlipsy.zenfolio.com/ -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Blacked-back nest update Trudeau RD Bethlehem From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 18:14:44 -0700 (PDT) Haven't been to the nest hole since Wednesday. Was happy to find that the young are now being quite vocal. Also for the first time I saw a chick in the opening taking food from it's parent. The feeding trips were much more common today. I would estimate about a dozen nest visits an hour at it's peak after 8am this morning. Took a second  trip late this afternoon arriving at 5 pm. Only one visit with food during the first 45 minutes then just before 6pm they were bringing food every 5 to 7 minutes.                                                                                                                                Duane Cross                                                                                                                                Franconia NH   PS took several hundred pictures for anyone interested in seeing a few. Make a request and I will email direct.DC -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: NH Coast (Manx Shearwater) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:51:33 -0400 Comments: Morning birding up coast. Lots of time spent scanning offshore despite high seas and not-so-great visibility. Common Eider X Surf Scoter 5 White-winged Scoter 11 Scattered locations on coast. Largest group of 5 off Little Boar's Head. Black Scoter 36 35 off North Beach in one group. Common Loon 13 Scattered along coast. At least 3 possibly migrating. At least 2 adults in breeding plumage. Manx Shearwater 1 Watched for about 1 minute just south of Ragged Neck in Rye. Northern Gannet 2 Only 2 or 3 for day. Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 8 Snowy Egret 21 Turkey Vulture 1 Black-bellied Plover 1 In Awcomin marsh in Rye. Laughing Gull 1 1st summer bird. Roseate Tern 5 Common Tern 260 150 off Hampton harbor inlet. Saltmarsh Sparrow 3 Windy, so not searched too much. Still no Nelsons for year. Steve & Jane Mirick Bradford, MA -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Carolina Wrens - Somersworth From: "B Colbath" <neversmoon AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 10:07:10 -0400 A group of 4 Carolina wrens appeared at my home about a week and 1/2 ago and have been present every day since. I have had a wren or two in the past, usually visiting briefly in spring or fall but never nesting (to my knowledge). Four is unprecedented for my yard. There doesn't see to be any feeding or begging going on, so I question if this is a family. The group puzzles me exceedingly, as I had always assumed they would be in pairs or singular. Can anyone enlighten me on the habits of C. wrens? Is it usual for 4 wrens to congregate? Barbara Colbath Somersworth, NH neversmoon AT comcast.net -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: even more turkeys From: Sylvia Miskoe <sylviasmiskoe AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2013 09:21:27 -0400 (EDT) Mama hen escorted 10 poults across my back lawn, 50 feet from the kitchen window! Sylvia Miskoe, Concord -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: BIRD HOUSES From: LINDA LOONEY <lindalooney58 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 18:10:39 -0700 I HAVE SOME RED CEDAR BOARDS I WAS GOING TO USE FOR BIRDHOUSES. SOMEONE SAID THE SMELL OF THE CEDAR KEEPS BIRDS AWAY. ANY ADVICE OR EXPERIENCE? THANKS, LINDA LOONEY58 AT GMAIL.COM -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Birding the Caps Ridge Trail From: Alex Burdo <aburdo10 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:00:09 -0400 Hi All, I'm planning on visiting the Caps Ridge Trail early Sunday for Bicknell's Thrush and other boreal species. I have never birded this trail before, and was interested in specific information as to where along the trail one has the best chance of locating Bicknell's Thrush and other boreal birds. Also, if I were to access the trail from Bretton Woods, would I reach it by going up Base Station Road until I reached Jefferson Notch Road, and then continuing on that until I found the trailhead? Any information on birding or accessing the trail would be very much appreciated. Thanks! Alex Burdo Fairfield, CT -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Brown thrasher 6/5/13 From: "Eddison, Debra - NRCS, Conway, NH" <debra.eddison AT nh.usda.gov> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:37:56 +0000 Late post but there was Brown Thrasher along the railroad tracks near the Conway Railroad building on Wednesday 6/5/13 Debra Eddison Soil Conservationist Natural Resources Conservation Service 73 Main Street, P.O. Box 533 Conway, NH 03818 PH (603)-447-2771 X101 FX (603)-447-8945 NOTICE TO HISPANIC OR WOMEN FARMERS: If you believe USDA improperly denied you farm loan benefits during 1981-2000, see www.farmerclaims.gov for more information. This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Common Eider creches along NH Coast From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:10:57 -0400 I got out this morning for a few hours along the coast. Not much happening with this storm as winds were relatively light and out of the NE. I didn't see any noteworthy pelagic species, and ZERO Gannets! A couple of lingering birds included 6 White-winged Scoters and 5 Surf Scoters at Pulpit Rocks, and a Black-bellied Plover at Concord Point. I spent some time counting young Common Eiders as they are now everywhere along the coast! I started counting at Odiorne, and worked my way south. I did not count at all from areas around New Castle, but ended up with 148 downy young eider fluff balls in 8 creches! Most of the youngsters were of a similar age, and all were very young and had only down feathers. I did not take the time to count adult and sub-adult eiders. This is a high count of downy young for me for this increasingly common species; however, I don't count them carefully each year. Here is a map of where the creches were located: http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/Common%20Eider%20creches%20on%20NH%20Seacoast%20-%2006-07-13.jpg Some other counts of young downy chicks from past years: 7/27/97 - 13 young south of Odiorne. 7/25/98 - 4 young in Rye harbor. 6/17/99 - 3 young at Seal Rocks in Rye. 6/2/02 - 69 young at Seal Rocks in Rye. 6/11/03 - 6 young south of Odiorne. 7/11/03 - 13 young at Seal Rocks in Rye. 6/19/04 - 27 young on NH Coast (19 Seal Rocks & 8 off Little Boar's Head) 7/23/06 - 20 young at Seal Rocks in Rye. 6/20/07 - 46 young on NH Coast (41 at Pulpit Rocks in Rye) 6/15/08 - 90 young on NH Coast 6/14/09 - 69 young on NH Coast 6/6/10 - 35 young at Seal Rocks in Rye 6/7/13 - 148 young along NH Coast It is noteworthy to remember that a Common Eider nest has NEVER BEEN FOUND (to my knowledge) along the immediate NH coast. Only out at the Isles of Shoals. If we average an optimistic 4 young per nest, then the 148 young seen today represents 37 nests!!! Where are the nests? My continuing theory is that most/all nest on islands in Maine at the mouth of Portsmouth harbor; however, I suspect strongly they have nested at Fort Stark in New Castle in past years based on findings of shell fragments. It is still also possible they nest somewhere along the Rye coast. Steve Mirick Bradford, MA -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Invitation to bird exhibit From: "Eduardo del Solar" <delsolar AT bellatlantic.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:12:56 -0400 I would like to invite you to my Birds of the Americas 2013 exhibit. This exhibit is of images taken in coastal and rain forest areas of Peru as well as images from Galapagos, Costa Rica, Canada and Massachusetts. The exhibit will run till the end of the month. It will be housed at the Parker Hill Branch Library in Boston. The event is free to the public and is only 2 blocks away from the Roxbury Crossing T stop and the Reggie Lewis Sports Center in Boston. In addition to the 19 framed prints from my Bird of the Americas collection, I created a Photo Album made of 47 prints of owl images I have taken in the last few years. Last year was a terrific year for Snowy owls. This year was also awesome for Great Grey owls and Barred owls. In addition to Snowy and Great Grey owls, this photo album has Barn owls, Northern Hawk owls, Burrowing owls and Screech owls. The Photo Album is available at the library only if you request it for viewing at the front desk. As always I try to make my images available online for those unable to view them physically. Below are links to the invitation and the images in the exhibit. Invitation/directions/hours http://delsolar.org/docs/exhibits/boa13.html BOA 2013 images (19 prints) http://delsolar.org/webs/boa13/index.html Owls Photo Album (47 prints) http://delsolar.org/webs/albumowl/index.html Eduardo del Solar Boston, Mass delsolar AT bellatlantic.net website http://delsolar.org -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: ***NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter Wednesday June 12, 2013 Program - Rediscovering Rivers *** From: bikenbird AT aol.com Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 23:55:48 -0400 (EDT) New Hampshire Audubon Seacoast Chapter Wednesday June 12, 2013 Program - Rediscovering Rivers Although a major engine that supported the economy of our nation, our rivers were long abused until the creation of the Clean Water Act. This talk by Tom Ballestero, PhD, of the UNH Department of Civil Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering Section will describe river systems and how we now restore these systems with ecosystems being a primary driver. In addition, how land use decisions of the past affected our streams and how modern land use decisions try to integrate aquatic systems into the process will be included. All are welcome to attend our Wednesday June 12, 2013 program which is free of charge at the Seacoast Science Center (wheelchair accessible), Odiorne Point State Park, 570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye NH (click here for Google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/mfnQT ). Refreshments are at 7:00 PM. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM. For more information see our web site at http://www.seacoastchapter.org/programs. Cancellations will be announced on WOKQ, 97.5 FM and this Google group. Al Stewart, Jr NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter Executive Board -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Pawtuckaway trip cancelled From: rwoodward30 AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 21:39:23 +0000 (UTC) The NHA Capital Area Chapter field trip to Pawtuckaway State Park this Saturday is cancelled due to a forecast of steady rain from Friday night into Saturday morning. Rob Woodward Concord, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: more turkey poults From: Sylvia Miskoe <sylviasmiskoe AT aol.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:20:02 -0400 (EDT) About 4 pm I went across the road for a pony drive around my field. There is a gravel track around the edge. The hay is pretty high. As I started out I saw a turkey on the east side. By the time I had walked 2/3 way around the field, on the west side, the hen was just emerging from the grass and going into the woods. A 2nd look and she had poults with her. As I approached they scuttled into the woods and down the gravel path. About chicken broiler size. Some ran and some flew. I was surprised they could fly. There were between 8 and 10. Mama spent a lot of time calling and calming. Probably some of the calls came from the poults. My peaceable kingdom is thriving. Sylvia Miskoe, Concord -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Turkey in the Back Yard From: Howard Titus <h_titus98 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:51:40 -0700 (PDT) I know that turkeys are not uncommon in NH, and have likely been seen frequently in Nashua, but today is a first-time back yard sighting for me.  I looked out the kitchen window shortly after noon, and there it was, strutting and grazing across the yard.  The past several months have produced some unusual things in the yard.  Bluebirds in the spring - sadly, they've found somewhere else to nest - and a pair of flickers that seem to have found a home somewhere nearby.  Both the male and female visit the suet feeders several times per day.  Everything else seems to be normal, although the numbers of goldfinches and mourning doves are down a bit. Howard Titus Nashua -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Whip-poor-will -- Loudon From: AERART AT aol.com Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 08:59:34 -0400 (EDT) Well, it has now been three years in a row that our daughter has had a Whip-poor-will singing and sitting on her house on Cross Brook Rd in Loudon, so I figured it was time to report it ! Andrea Robbins Pittsfield, NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: killdeer takes over playground From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:04:43 -0400 A nice piece of bird news: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130606-NEWS-306060428 Evy Nathan Kingston -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 5, 2013 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 22:14:28 -0400 This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, June 5th, 2013. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen in Newmarket on June 1st. A CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW was heard calling in Newton on June 3rd. Several WHIP-POOR-WILLS and COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were reported during the past week, including a flock of 26 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS in Newmarket on May 31st. 40 BRANT were reported from Portsmouth Harbor on May 31st. 2 LAUGHING GULLS, 3 ROSEATE TERNS, and a PURPLE MARTIN were seen in the Hampton Harbor area during the past week. 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, 26 SNOWY EGRETS, a BONAPARTE’S GULL, a RED-THROATED LOON, and a PEREGRINE FALCON were reported from the coast on June 2nd. A pair of BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS continues to be seen along the forest road at the Trudeau Road wetlands in Bethlehem, and was last reported on June 5th. An AMERICAN BITTERN has been heard regularly from a nearby wetland. Several YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were reported during the past week. 4 MOURNING WARBLERS, 9 WILSON’S WARBLERS, and a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER were reported from coastal sites during the past week. 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Chatham on May 31st. 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. -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Blacked-backs at Trudeau Rd From: Duane Cross <duaneups AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:55:13 -0700 (PDT) Have been observing and photographing the Blacked-backs bringing food to their nest hole early every morning before work. By my calculations the hatch was 8 to 9 days ago based on observations. Not sure how long before the young fledge but it is a definite Blacked-back sighting for anyone willing to make the trip.                                                                                                              Duane Cross                                                                                                              Franconia NH -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. Subject: Information on unsubscribing and changing mail delivery From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:32:50 -0400 As we approach the summer vacation season, many of you may want to stop receiving e-mails while away. There are two approaches that you can take: 1) Unsubscribe to the list 2) Change subscription settings so that you don't receive e-mails. You can always check recent posts on a number of archive locations on the web. This allows you to post if you like, but you won't receive e-mails. The directions on how to unsubscribe are at the bottom of every e-mail as an e-mail "footer". I've also added a direct link in the footer, to a site where you can change your delivery settings to "digest", or "no e-mail" for changing your delivery settings. So check out the bottom of this e-mail! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me directly. 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