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3 Feb Spruce Grouse on Mount Clinton [David Govatski ] 3 Feb Re: Concord TV [Kurk Dorsey ] 3 Feb Concord TV ["Dave Howe" ] 3 Feb Re: Voting is now open for the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Pho [] 3 Feb Barrow's in manchester, Towhee at my feeder [lee hansche ] 3 Feb lousy shot, but I posted the albino [evelyn nathan ] 3 Feb Pine Siskins ["Bob Crowley" ] 3 Feb white crowned sparrow [evelyn nathan ] 3 Feb Fw: Nashaway Audubon Upcoming Events! ["R. Maloon" ] 3 Feb Voting is now open for the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Photo Contest [Steve ] 2 Feb To the coast Thursday 2-2-2011 ["Bob Crowley" ] 2 Feb Coopers Hawk ["Kathy Dube" ] 2 Feb Seacoast Chapter NHA program Feb.8; The Sea Beside the Sea: An Introduction to the Gulf of Maine [Dan Hubbard ] 2 Feb Mergansers [Dewittsker ] 2 Feb Hoo hoo-hoo hoo [Dewittsker ] 2 Feb Feb 1 Odiorne, Cape May warbler [] 2 Feb February 2 Odiorne, Cape May warbler [] 1 Feb Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, February 1, 2012 ["Mark Suomala" ] 01 Feb Tufted Duck - No, Redheads - Yes [Steve Mirick ] 01 Feb NH Bird Records editor needed ["Bird Records" ] 1 Feb N Shrike ["Kathy Dube" ] 1 Feb pintail, iceland gull, Durham [Kurk Dorsey ] 31 Jan Great Bay Waterfowl (possible TUFTED DUCK, Redheads, no Canvasback) [Benjamin Griffith ] 31 Jan ovenbird in Derry [Barbara Horton ] 31 Jan Another Bald Eagle in Wolfeboro! [wendy chatel ] 31 Jan Bird Photos (recent & not so much) [Ken Klapper ] 31 Jan Re: RFI Yellow-headed Blackbird & Snowy Owl [Scott Spangenberg ] 31 Jan Bald Eagle this morning in Concord... Pictures!! ["David Lipsy" ] 31 Jan RFI Yellow-headed Blackbird & Snowy Owl [] 31 Jan Reporter Query: Have you seen snowy owls? - Fosters [David Blezard ] 31 Jan more help [evelyn nathan ] 30 Jan Composite Superbowl Species List ["PAMELA HUNT" ] 30 Jan Ixoreusitis and other assorted January birding ailments: Seacoast 1-29-12 [CK Borg ] 30 Jan CAUTION: Help ID'ing Tropical Kingbird [CK Borg ] 30 Jan Red-winged Blackbird and Sharp-shinned Hawk in Hollis [Gail Coffey ] 30 Jan Drinking Behavior ? [] 30 Jan help IDing tropical kingbird . . . [evelyn nathan ] 30 Jan you guys are good! [evelyn nathan ] 30 Jan new group amateur [evelyn nathan ] 30 Jan Superbowl of Birding IX species summary [Steve Mirick ] 30 Jan Drake Canvasback at Sunset Farm [] 29 Jan Superbowl Results - Twitchers in the Rye ["PAMELA HUNT" ] 29 Jan Horseshoe Pond, Concord [Lisa Ann LaPierre ] 29 Jan Sunday morning walk in Laconia ["Cook Anderson" ] 29 Jan White-winged Crossbills at Trudeau Road Wetlands in Bethlehem [David Govatski ] 29 Jan TV in Nashua [christine sheridan ] 29 Jan Re: Superbowl of Birding results - 'Flocking Bustards' - 75 species, 149 points [] 29 Jan Superbowl of Birding results - 'Flocking Bustards' - 75 species, 149 points [Phil Brown ] 28 Jan Yahoo Article About Snowy Owls ["Alan Howard" ] 28 Jan Superbowl Results - 69 Species (134 Points) [Steve Mirick ] 28 Jan red-bellied woodpecker [evelyn nathan ] 28 Jan Eve grosbeak [Jennie Brown ] 28 Jan Gray Jay ["Kathy Dube" ] 28 Jan ovenbird still in Derry [Barbara Horton ] 28 Jan TVs in Exeter [Mini Mahata ] 28 Jan Yellow-headed Blackbird in East Kingston [Benjamin Griffith ] 28 Jan Re: what bird? [Richard Bielawski ] 28 Jan what bird? [evelyn nathan ] 28 Jan Brown Creeper Photos ["David Lipsy" ] 27 Jan Pintails, Coot, No--Field's Grove [christine sheridan ] 27 Jan chat, snowys and glaucous today ["JoAnn O'Shaughnessy" ] 27 Jan Spring 2011 issue is on the web ["Bird Records" ] 27 Jan ovenbird still in Derry [Barbara Horton ] 27 Jan Superbowl of Birding IX tomorrow, including a new photo contest! ["David Larson" ] 27 Jan Jan 26 Cape May warbler-no, snowy owl-yes [] 26 Jan TENNESSEE WARBLER in Rye!!! (OLD REPORT) [Steve Mirick ] 26 Jan Re: canada geese in durham [David Blezard ] 26 Jan canada geese in durham [] 25 Jan Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, January 25, 2012 ["Mark Suomala" ] 25 Jan Grackle and Bluebirds in Penacook ["PAMELA HUNT" ] 25 Jan Cape May Warbler continues ["Deanne Fortnam" ] 25 Jan TV yesterday off 101 in Hampton [Cliff Otto ] 25 Jan TVs, Newmarket [Kurk Dorsey ] 25 Jan Red Crossbills ["Bob Crowley" ] 25 Jan Peregrine Falcon, Dover [] 25 Jan Rough-legged Hawk, TB Murre [Steve ] Subject: Spruce Grouse on Mount Clinton From: David Govatski <david.govatski AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:25:15 -0500 I saw a male Spruce Grouse on the Crawford Path near the junction with the Mizpah Cut-off Trail on Friday morning. This is at an elevation of 3,400 feet along the trail. I was taking a picture of an ice encrusted mountain ash when I heard the distinct flutter sound and saw the spruce grouse walking across the snow. I turned to take a picture and he flew up in a tall snow covered balsam fir and that was the last I saw of him. I waited for 15 minutes for him to reappear without luck. Other birds noted were 2 White-winged Crossbills, 40 Pine Siskins, mostly near the trailhead on the Mount Clinton Road, 15 Juncos, 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets and 1 Brown Creeper. A notable miss was gray jay and I have only missed that species 6 times in 142 winter hikes on this route. The trees were totally encrusted with snow and rime ice above 3,400 feet and that may explain why I had no chickadees or other bark and needle gleaners above this elevation. For tracks I had several snowshoe hare tracks and on the way down a set of American marten tracks. There was 10" of snow at the trailhead at the 2,000 foot elevation, 22" at 3,400 feet and 30" of snow near Mizpah Hut at 3,800 feet. Crampons were needed but snowshoes were carried on my pack. David Govatski Jefferson, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: Concord TV From: Kurk Dorsey <kd AT cisunix.unh.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:25:08 -0500 (EST) and one in Newmarket at 3:30 too Kurk Dorsey Durham On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Dave Howe wrote: > > I took a break from work a short while ago.  I went for a short walk and saw > turkey vulture near the Concord Hospital. > >   > > Dave Howe > > Concord  > >   > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NHBirds" group. > To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Concord TV From: "Dave Howe" <dmahowe AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:59:26 -0500 I took a break from work a short while ago. I went for a short walk and saw turkey vulture near the Concord Hospital. Dave Howe Concord -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: Voting is now open for the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Pho From: AERART AT aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:47:51 -0500 (EST) VOTING DEADLINE IS 5 PM TODAY, FEB. 3. http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest See Steve Mirick's post for contest details. Andrea Robbins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Barrow's in manchester, Towhee at my feeder From: lee hansche <xxleeweexx AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:45:02 -0800 (PST) Hello everyone, i finally got around to joining the google group version of the NH bird list. its good to be back :)   I had a male Barrow's Goldeneye behind 250 commercial st in Manchester this morning.   In other news, I have been visited off and on all "winter" by a Towhee at my feeders in Goffstown. http://www.flickr.com/photos/leehansche/6645404407/in/photostream   Lee Hansche Goffstown NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: lousy shot, but I posted the albino From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:20:38 -0500 here's the albino we saw so many years ago. http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6812926129/in/photostream -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Pine Siskins From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob AT fairpoint.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:30:33 -0500 Today, 2/3 There were 20 Pine Siskins and 10 Goldfinches in the road here in Chatham. The question is what do they find on the road, salt, grit, a fine seed 0or is it all of the above? As I drove into the dooryard a large Accipiter flushed from the Sugar Maples my feeders are suspended from. From it size and reddish under parts I would lean towards a Cooper’s but I will just let it go as unidentified Accipiter. Bob Crowley Chatham, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: white crowned sparrow From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:28 -0500 To add to my entourage of sparrows this winter, house, tree, fox, I did see a white-crowned yesterday out front in the forsythias. A few years ago I had an albino sparrow. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Fw: Nashaway Audubon Upcoming Events! From: "R. Maloon" <richard.maloon AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 11:45:07 -0500 Come join Nashaway Audubon for these upcoming events! February Field Trip Wintering Owls Salisbury Beach State Park and Parker River Wildlife Refuge Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:00am - 3:00pm Join us as we look for Short-eared and Snowy Owls. Wintering Harbor Seals are also known to make an appearance! Bring binoculars and a scope if you have one, and dress WARMLY. There is a $5.00 entrance fee into the refuge and no pets allowed. For more information on the parks, go to http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/salb.htm http://www.fws/gov/northeast/parkerriver/ This field trip will start from Nashua at the Exit 7 Park & Ride, on the hill behind Granite Inn. Contact Richard Bielawski to register and/or for directions to meet the group at the destination. Field Trip Coordinator: Richard Bielawski 429-2537 or rbielawski AT mac.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February Program Everything you always wanted to know (and didn't want to know) about ticks and mosquitoes in NH! Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Nashua Public Library Downstairs Theater Room 7pm Dr. Alan Eaton is an entomology specialist for UNH Cooperative Extension and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) coordinator. Dr. Eaton has run the IPM program for 25 years and is directly responsible for reducing pesticide applications and saving New Hampshire growers thousands of dollars while improving crop quality. He has helped many growers in NH to gradually adopt a seasonal IPM approach, moving from a 'spray and pray' approach to instead use beneficial insects to fight pest insects. Join Dr. Eaton, a recipient of UNH's Presidential Award of Excellence, as he talks about tick and mosquito management options and tells us how to protect ourselves from mosquito and tick borne diseases, including Lyme disease. To read more about Dr. Eaton go to http://www.unh.edu/staffexcellence/2007/pae/pae_07.cfm?image=eaton This free event is open to the public. No registration is necessary, but if you would like more information, contact Richard Maloon 424-5621 or richard.maloon AT att.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You have received this notification at your request. If you no longer want to receive these email notifications, please reply to this email with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Jim Kegley, Publicity Chairperson New Hampshire Audubon http://www.nhaudubon.org/index.php Nashaway Chapter Mission: To promote community interest in enjoying, learning about, and taking care of our natural environment -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Voting is now open for the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Photo Contest From: Steve <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:58:41 -0500 Voting is now open for the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Photo Contest! To vote for your favorite photo visit: http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest to see a gallery of the 6 team photos that were submitted to the contest. Click any of the images and then use your left and right arrow keys to step through all the photos. Once you have decided on a favorite you can submit a vote for it by: 1) displaying the full-sized photo, 2) clicking on the "Vote As The Best" link that appears just below the photo, and then 3) following the directions on the page that appears. Vote and then encourage your friends to vote! Rules: Only one vote per person. You do not need to have been a Superbowl team member to vote. People that share an email address with someone else can submit multiple votes with the same email address as long as the name is different. Email addresses will be pinged to see that they are valid. Any votes that seem suspicious will be eliminated. Voting is open until 5:00pm Friday, February 3rd. The winning team photo will be announced at the Brookline Bird Club (BBC) Winter Meeting that starts at 7:00pm on Friday, February 3rd at the Bedford High School. Check the BBC web site for details (http://www.brooklinebirdclub.org). Results will be made available at http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest after the BBC Winter Meeting announcement. -- Don Crockett Great Blue Virtual Tours - Coming Soon! Road Trip 2012 - We're in New Britain, CT -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: To the coast Thursday 2-2-2011 From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob AT fairpoint.net> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:38:04 -0500 Lisa Thurston and I started at Rochester WWP , where we found two 1st year Iceland Gulls and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. At Great Bay we saw the 3 flocks of Greater Scaup along with 6 Pintails. We then tried for the Chat which according to the homeowner has not been seen since Monday morning. We found our first Snowy Owl perched on top of dune as we came off the bridge on the Seabrook side. The dune is on the harbor, west side of 1A. No Glaucous Gull. the second Owl was on a rooftop as you drove one way along the beach before reaching the casino. The third Owl was found in the lee of a large rock out on the Rye Ledge with 8 Great Cormorants. The usual ducks and gull were seen also. We then called it a day and headed home. Bob Crowley -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Coopers Hawk From: "Kathy Dube" <kdube AT ncia.net> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:02:46 -0500 first seen at 1000, still here at 1102. Kathy Dube, Berlin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Seacoast Chapter NHA program Feb.8; The Sea Beside the Sea: An Introduction to the Gulf of Maine From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard AT peoplepc.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 10:58:27 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Program: The Sea Beside the Sea: An Introduction to the Gulf of Maine Wednesday, February 8; 7:00 pm: refreshments; 7:30 pm: meeting Seacoast Science Center, Odiorne Point State Park, 570 Ocean Boulevard, Rye. Contact: Dan Hubbard, 332-4093, danielhubbard AT peoplepc.com The Gulf of Maine is a very special water body that has had a profound impact on the history of this country. Come learn how the Gulf was formed, why it is so incredibly productive, and how that productivity has shaped New England history. Presenter Mark Wiley is the Assistant Director for Education for the NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension programs and directs the UNH Marine Docent Program. ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Mergansers From: Dewittsker <dewittsker AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:28:59 -0500 Two female common mergansers on the Contoocook River in Contoocook this morning Sue Burns Contoocook -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Hoo hoo-hoo hoo From: Dewittsker <dewittsker AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 04:24:29 -0500 3:30 a.m. Sitting in the hot tub. No stars through cloud cover, but there is enough grey lighting to outline the path of the river. All is quiet except for the ice melt dripping from the roof.....the wind chimes are stirred by an occasional light gust of wind........a rooster is heard from the farm down the river......then begins a serenade from a lone great horned owl. After perhaps ten minutes, he goes quiet......then a chorus of coyotes cuts through the silence......rooster crows......a burble from the owl (indigestion?).......rooster crowing........two or three coyote staccatos.........burble...... And all the while, the drip, drip, drip of receding winter... Sue Burns Contoocook/Hopkinton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Feb 1 Odiorne, Cape May warbler From: smbasile AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:01:08 +0000 (UTC) Correction on the date of seeing the Cape May warbler-it should read February 1. Siobhan Basile Epping smbasile AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: February 2 Odiorne, Cape May warbler From: smbasile AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 05:55:26 +0000 (UTC) Hello birders, I went to Odiorne Point State Park in Rye this beautiful afternoon around 4:00pm. The weather was mild, hardly any wind and the ocean was very calm. The Cape May warbler was present and he was busy eating the ample wrack flies covering rocks and piles of washed up seaweed. Out on the water there were many horned grebes and red-breasted mergansers. There were a few common goldeneye. Far out I spotted one male long-tailed duck. Siobhan Basile Epping smbasile AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, February 1, 2012 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:57:03 -0500 This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, February 1st, 2012. A possible TUFTED DUCK was seen with a large raft of SCAUP on the southeastern part of Great Bay on January 31st, but has not been relocated. Birders are encouraged to look for this bird and photograph it, if at all possible. A male CANVASBACK was seen on Great Bay, from the Greenland side, on January 30th, 4 REDHEADS were seen on Great Bay from the Newmarket side on February 1st, and 6 NORTHERN PINTAILS were reported from Great Bay on January 31st. Up to 3 SNOWY OWLS are now being repeatedly seen along the coast in Hampton, Seabrook, and Rye during the past week. They have been seen in Hampton Beach State Park, Great Boar's Head, Hampton Marsh, Seabrook Beach, Seabrook Marsh, Ragged Neck. They are most often seen perched on buildings or on the ground. A female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen at a birdfeeder on South Road in East Kingston on January 28th. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT that was discovered along Landing Road in Hampton on January 17th, continues to be seen at various bird feeders in the area and was last reported on the 28th. This is a residential neighborhood, so please respect property and privacy if you look for the bird. A DICKCISSEL was seen with a flock of HOUSE SPARROWS at the intersection of Wallis Road and Park Ridge Road in Rye several times during the past week. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported from Route 16 in Cambridge on February 1st. 6 RAZORBILLS, and several PURPLE SANDPIPERS were seen from Great Island Common in New Castle on January 28th. A GLAUCOUS GULL has been seen irregularly in the Hampton Harbor area, mainly on the Seabrook side, and was last reported on January 29th. 2 ICELAND GULLS and 23 LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on January 29th. An ICELAND GULL was seen at the town landing on Oyster River, and a NORTHERN PINTAIL was seen at Moore Fields on Route 155A, both in Durham on February 1st. A few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and NORTHERN GANNETS were reported from the coast during the past week. 3 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS and 80 PINE SISKINS were reported from Trudeau Road in Bethlehem on January 29th. A GRAY JAY, a COMMON REDPOLL, 18 PURPLE FINCHES, and 2 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were reported from Chickwolnepy Road in Milan on January 28th. 6 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Etna, and 3 were seen Gorham, all on January 28th, and up to 4 have been seen regularly at a birdfeeder in Jefferson during the past week. A CAPE MAY WARBLER that was found at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on January 14th, has been continuously seen since then, and was last reported on January 29th. It is usually seen near the shore path that goes north from the Seacoast Science Center, beyond the Settler's Monument and towards the beach, and is often seen feeding on brine flies in the wrack. An OVENBIRD that was discovered in the yard of private residence in Derry on December 31st, continues to be seen and was last reported on January 31st. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen visiting a bird feeder in Laconia on January 26th. A VIRGINIA RAIL, a WINTER WREN, and 2 GRAY CATBIRDS were seen in Hampton Falls on January 28th. A MARSH WREN was seen at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on January 28th. 4 TURKEY VULTURES were seen in Exeter, and 1 was seen in Nashua during the past week. There were a few reports of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and CAROLINA WREN during the past week. The Superbowl of Birding, a friendly birding competition hosted by Massachusetts Audubon, was held on January 28th, and participants competing solely in New Hampshire's Rockingham County tallied 88 different bird species. 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Tufted Duck - No, Redheads - Yes From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:31:48 -0500 I met up with Denny Abbott this afternoon and we searched for the Tufted Duck on Great Bay. Of course we had to find the scaup flock first. Not an easy task sometimes. We finally found them off Bay Road in Newmarket. Pretty good views from my old cottage (private property). We worked through them for about an hour, but no luck with the possible Tufted: Canada Goose - Several hundred to 1,000+ (not counted or scanned carefully due to sun and time constraints) Mallard/American Black Duck - 1,000+ (not counted or scanned carefully due to sun and time constraints) Greater Scaup - 1,100. Fairly accurate count/estimate Lesser Scaup - 6+ REDHEAD - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Ring-necked Duck - 1 male. Likely 2. Canvasback - 0 Tufted Duck - 0 Also of interest to me were apparently owl pellets found on the dock where I used to live. One of them was huge! In all my years, I've still only seen one Snowy Owl on Great Bay, but I think this pellet likely came from one. There were reports of one in December and early January and I wonder if there is still one around. Here is a photo: http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/OwlPellet-020112.jpg Steve Mirick Bradford, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: NH Bird Records editor needed From: "Bird Records" <BRecords AT NHAudubon.org> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:44:42 -0500 New Hampshire Bird Records is looking for a volunteer Season Editor to share the Spring Season. New Hampshire Bird Records is a quarterly publication of bird sightings in New Hampshire that also includes articles about birds and birding in the state. The Season Editor reviews the eBird reports for their season, writes the summaries of the highlights and determines the reports to be published. The season is split taxonomically between the two editors, making the job more manageable. Eric Masterson covers Waterfowl through Alcids and the second editor will cover Doves through Finches. (Ben Griffith and Lauren Kras served in this role for 2011 but have taken over as Fall Season Editors.) The job requires experience birding in New Hampshire, good writing skills, familiarity with eBird and Excel, and the ability to meet deadlines. If you are interested, please contact Managing Editor, Becky Suomala directly at: bsuomala AT nhaudubon.org or 603-224-9909 x309. Thanks! New Hampshire Bird Records All about birds and birding in New Hampshire, published by New Hampshire Audubon. www.nhbirdrecords.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: N Shrike From: "Kathy Dube" <kdube AT ncia.net> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:01:44 -0500 route 16 Cambridge, adult Northern Shrike female common merganser route 16 Dummer, 2 first year bald eagles perched close to each other in dead Pine Kathy Dube, Berlin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: pintail, iceland gull, Durham From: Kurk Dorsey <kd AT cisunix.unh.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:34:19 -0500 (EST) Birders, I've been fascinated by the Canada Goose show in Durham recently, with hundreds flying back and forth between Moore Fields and the mouth of the Oyster River. A stop today at the two town landings turned up a juvenile Iceland Gull in among the dozens of Ring-billeds, as well as a Hooded Merg, and some Buffleheads and Goldeneyes (but no unusual geese). I then headed over to Moore Fields and was lucky to pick up a drake Pintail in flight with about a dozen Mallards (perhaps over to the river, since they seem to shuttle back and forth). Kurk Dorsey Reykjavik on the Oyster -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Great Bay Waterfowl (possible TUFTED DUCK, Redheads, no Canvasback) From: Benjamin Griffith <bgriffith AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:31:44 -0500 Lauren and I poked around Great Bay this afternoon looking for the Canvasback, we had no luck but had some other nice birds. The most intriguing bird was what appeared to be a drake TUFTED DUCK seen with a large raft of scaup that spent the afternoon in the southeastern part of Great Bay. Seen briefly by either Lauren or myself on 3 occasions this bird had a striking black back contrasting with white flanks and in profile it appeared to have a round head with a tuft (although we admittedly never got a prolonged view). The bird was never seen for more than a second or two before it disappeared behind other scaup. I'm hesitant to commit to the identification as it would be a first state record, the views were exceptionally brief and the bird was always at a distance. Unfortunately, a combination of distance, lack of light, and the sheer massive number of birds made it difficult to stay on this or any other individual. Other "unusual" waterfowl in the Scaup flock performed a similar disappearing act, and any given scan of the group could easily result in only finding Greater Scaup, despite the presence of 3-4 other species of Aythya!!! Other highlights: NORTHERN PINTAIL - group of 6 from Sunset Farm. 4 males, 2 females REDHEAD - 4 in large scaup flock, 3 males, 1 female Ring-necked Duck - 1 drake in scaup flock, presumably continuing bird Greater Scaup - 1000++ in a MASSIVE raft near the center of the bay Lesser Scaup - perhaps 15, mostly mixed in with the Greaters Ben Griffith Newmarket, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: ovenbird in Derry From: Barbara Horton <byrder101 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:58:19 -0500 Hi He is still here. His feeding behavior has changed. He was out and about quite a bit during the first 3 weeks (probably really hungry!) but now he seems to come under the spruce less often or he also could be well hidden. I have seen him way under the spruce at times or towards the back. Yesterday while watching him, he was pulling up leaves and throwing them. Haven't seen that before. And I watched the same behavior today when I had about 50 robins fly in. Had one robin really going to town throwing the leaves aside and and finding goodies underneath. So there must be bugs or ? under them and the ovenbird is finding them too. The ovenbird still eats quite a bit of seed and suet. Day 32 now!! I wish I knew where he settles in for the night. I have only seen him around the spruce and once up in the trees along the brook with several cardinals. Barb Horton Derry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Another Bald Eagle in Wolfeboro! From: wendy chatel <wendychatel AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:13:22 -0500 Hello All - As I was driving north on 109A about 2 p.m. there was a Bald Eagle in a tree adjacent to some fields just north of Waumbeck Rd. on the south side of 109A. When I went out an hour or so later, I took my binoculars and surprisingly it was still there. (Wish I had taken my camera!) I would say a 2nd year bird - white blotches on it's chest. I couldn't see the face too well but it did not have a white head. Definitely a different bird from the ones I saw last week. Wendy Chatel Wolfeboro -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Bird Photos (recent & not so much) From: Ken Klapper <kklapper AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:03:49 -0500 Had a Purple Finch (female or immature type) in the yard today - only my second for the year. These have been tough to find in southern NH this winter. Since it's been pretty slow, I decided to work on posting some of my photos... here goes. Some of these are from NH (the recent Chat, a Screech Owl, Black-backed Woodpecker from the Lake Umbagog CBC, some cool sparrows, sandpipers, and a few gems from the trip to Star Island in September): http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/sets/72157612393526237/ Some are from NJ (the infamous COMMON CHAFFINCH, a Snowy Owl, Sandhill Crane, Ash-throated Flycatcher and a few more fun pics that I'd thought you'd enjoy, even if they aren't from the Granite State): http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/sets/72157629119477887/ And there's even a shot of a Harlequin Duck (from Maine): http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/6797695467/in/photostream Good Birding!! -Ken Klapper Spofford, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: RFI Yellow-headed Blackbird & Snowy Owl From: Scott Spangenberg <sjspangenberg AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:09:58 -0500 There were two Snowy Owls at Hampton Beach State Park on Monday afternoon. They were up on the roof of the main pavilion for a while. One of them flew down to the crest of the dunes on the left side of the pavilion and posed there for at least two hours. This owl was the third Snowy Owl, the one that just showed up in the last week. It is about the same degree of lightness as the Snowy that has been hanging out downtown, but the dark marks along the the edge between the face and crown look more like the edge of a receding hairline than a tiara, and the dark marks at the "ear" tufts are much less dense and distinct. Scott Spangenberg Amherst, NH On Jan 31, 2012, at 3:39 PM, jmullen43 AT comcast.net wrote: > Hello! Has anyone seen either species since Sunday? Would welcome any input. May have time tomorrow to look. > > Thanks! > > Jean Mullen > jmullen43 AT comcast.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. > To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Bald Eagle this morning in Concord... Pictures!! From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:58 -0500 Caught a Bald Eagle this morning in Concord, landing in a tree on the river behind the skating rink on Loudon Road as I was getting off the highway. I flew into the parking area, quickly assembled my camera and got some of the best pictures I have ever taken, though that may be because I am biased, as I so love Bald Eagles. I hope you enjoy these few pictures! http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/6797438427/in/set-7215762911904941 7/ David David Lipsy Bow, NH Email dlipsy AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: RFI Yellow-headed Blackbird & Snowy Owl From: jmullen43 AT comcast.net Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:39:26 +0000 (UTC) Hello! Has anyone seen either species since Sunday? Would welcome any input. May have time tomorrow to look. Thanks! Jean Mullen jmullen43 AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Reporter Query: Have you seen snowy owls? - Fosters From: David Blezard <dblezard AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:40:06 -0500 I just spotted this on Foster's website: Reporter Query: Have you seen snowy owls? - Fosters http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120131/GJNEWS_01/120139898 If anyone wants to share Snowy Owl stories and/or photos, there it a reporter looking for info and contacts. I've seen 1 myself this winter in Seabrook, but I know that several of you have seen more of them and more frequently. Plus I'm sure Len or Jason or someone else has some excellent photos. -David J. Blezard Seacoast Chapter of NH Audubon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: more help From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:11:01 -0500 Went through my archives again and have three more mystery birds, the last one Mike Thompson tentatively ID'd, and I added a second photo that I found to help. I appreciate you all!!!!!!!!! Great feedback on many photos, very inspiring. Am now inspired by damselindistress to make a dragonfly photostream. Evy http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6794939093/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6794938891/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6794938081/in/set-72157629097732727/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Composite Superbowl Species List From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:12:37 -0500 Greetings all, I thought it'd be neat to see how many species our three "Superbowl" teams found in Rockingham County this weekend, so I combined Steve's, Phil's, and my lists and it looks like we had 88 species. This is in comparison to a competition-wide total of 130 as Steve has already reported. Pam Hunt Penacook, NH Canada Goose Mute Swan American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Virginia Rail Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Black-legged Kittiwake. Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Great Black-backed Gull Razorbill Rock Dove Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker. Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Cape May Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Dickcissel Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Yellow-headed Blackbird House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Ixoreusitis and other assorted January birding ailments: Seacoast 1-29-12 From: CK Borg <borealbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:07 -0500 Folks, January was anything but productive for my paltry but growing New Hampshire bird list. In addition to a lingering case *Alcid Indigestion*, I suffered from a number of other twitchless ailments... most notable were * Ixoreusitis* (spread by members of the aptly named Turdidae family), likewise a mid January case of *Gavialgia* kept me sleepless for several nights (a mild case of which is evidently spreading along the east coast as I write), there is also an ongoing bout with *Xanthocephalosis*(potentially still curable in Kingston), and of course there was the untainable but still very painful *Pirangaphobia*, but to add insult to injury a wicked case of *Balsams Virus* (contracted while at work) has had me laid up and sleepless for seemingly weeks and kept me from enjoying (in part) the aforementioned rarities. This later malady, however, is treatable but only with a dose of neotropicals which one lingering *Cape May Warbler* provided at Odiorne State Park. Likewise a brief appearance of a *Razorbill* at Fort Stark temporarily provided soothing relief of my indigestion. As for the others (save perhaps the Yellow-headed Blackbird)… unfortunately I’ll just have to chalk those up as “wish you were here yesterdays.” Some other nice birds seen on the Seacoast yesterday included: -*Carolina Wren* (heard near Sagamore Creek Bridge / Portsmouth following an awesome Huevos Rancheros burrito at the Golden Egg) -*Purple Sandpiper* (Seal Rocks) -*Black Scoter *(Concord Point) -*Black-legged Kittiwake* (Adult / Hampton Harbor Inlet / Ocean side near the jetty) -*Glaucous Gull* (Seabrook / Fisherman’s Coop) -On Saturday the 29th I had 2 1st winter *Iceland Gulls* at the Exeter Waste Water Treatment Plant in the late afternoon. Here’s to a more productive February. CK Borg Concord, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: CAUTION: Help ID'ing Tropical Kingbird From: CK Borg <borealbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:52:27 -0500 ...Tropical Kingbird can often be safely / definitively identified only with auditory clues ...depending on where this photo was taken it is just as likely to be a Couch's Kingbird. Best, CK Borg Concord, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Red-winged Blackbird and Sharp-shinned Hawk in Hollis From: Gail Coffey <gcoffey AT TNC.ORG> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:39:38 +0000 Had a red-winged blackbird at our feeder on Saturday. Earliest we have seen one. A beautiful adult sharp-shinned hawk spent about a half hour preening while perched on a black birch branch in our yard on Saturday. Gail Coffey Hollis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Drinking Behavior ? From: jmullen43 AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Hi! I watched for about 5 minutes as 3 Pine Siskins and 1 Am. Goldfinch repeatedly fluttered from a tree in front of living room window to the metal roof above. A steady stream of water was falling from melting snow. Maybe using it as a water fountain? Believe it or not there are lots of open streams and pond edges although Silver Lake is covered (would not trust the ice however). Jean Mullen Silver Lake, NH jmullen43 AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: help IDing tropical kingbird . . . From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:57:54 -0500 I added all of the pictures I have of the kingbird to my tropical set on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6791482549/in/photostream -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: you guys are good! From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:38:58 -0500 OK, experts...(thank you all for the ID's) these were all taken in tropical places, but I think all these birds except perhaps the tropical flycatcher, are migrants, so please help me out with definite ID's. As you'll see, I've figured out the others, but please correct me if you find errors. Can't think of anything more fun than birding, and comparing notes with kindred spirits! http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6790656577/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6790655841/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6788961075/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6788955659/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6788957443/in/photostream -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: new group amateur From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:01:58 -0500 OK, if you all can bear with me, I'm new to this group and loving it so far. I'm an avid amateur 'watcher' of birds in Rockingham County. I finally got some of my bird shots up on Flickr, but am unsure of ID's on the two below. I'd appreciate help. My shots not nearly as spectacular as many from this group that I've seen, but a little different in feel, and mostly taken from my kayak. Thanks in advance. I think a whimbrel, and a willet or spotted sandpiper. Evy http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6788979717/in/set-72157629100545403 http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6788973543/in/set-72157629100545403 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Superbowl of Birding IX species summary From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:48:30 -0500 I'm forwarding this total species list (from Rockingham County, NH and Essex County, MA) along for Ann Gurka. Thanks to Ann and the army of volunteers from Joppa Flats Education Center that come together each year to make this event such a fun event. - Steve Mirick As Dave Larson previously reported, it was a very interesting Superbowl. The final species count was 130. Highlights included 2 Dickcissels, 3 Chats, the continuing Townsend's and Cape May Warblers, Pacific Loon, and Slaty-backed Gull. The entire list: Snow Goose Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead - Stage Island Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup King Eider Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon - Andrews Point Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Northern Gannet Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant American Bittern Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail American Coot Sanderling Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Slaty-backed Gull - Fish Pier Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Dovekie - Brace Cove & Andrews Point Thick-billed Murre Razorbill Black Guillemot Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Northern Shrike Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing Cape May Warbler - Odiorne State Park Yellow-rumped Warbler Townsend's Warbler - Ipswich Yellow-breasted Chat - Loblolly Cove, Nahant, & Rye, NH Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal Dickcissel - Loblolly Cove & Rye, NH Red-winged Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird - Kingston, NH Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow Ann Gurka Joppa Flats volunteer Ann & Gary Gurka -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Drake Canvasback at Sunset Farm From: <lenmedlock AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Stopped by Sunset Farm, Greenland, on way to work and found the can' hanging with Greater Scaup. Very windy so hold onto that scope! Good birding, Len Medlock Exeter, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Superbowl Results - Twitchers in the Rye From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:55:38 -0500 With all do respect to Steve, there were THREE teams competing in NH for this year's "Superbowl of Birding," and "Twitchers in the Rye" gets the dubious honor of coming in third! Of course, we generally expect to, seeing as how we restrict ourselves to the town of Rye rather than taking in all of Rockingham County. One would think that having a smaller area to work in would result in a more leisurely pace and fewer misses, but I suspect this simply lulls us into a false sense of security, since when the dust settled, we ended up right around our long-term average with 58 species and 95 points for the day. Steve and Phil have already covered some of the day's generalities (pre-dawn and afternoon wind, etc.), so I'll just provide a quick summary of the Twitchers' day. For starters, the "Twitchers" are myself (team captain), Becky Suomala (driver), Pat Myers, and Andrea Robbins (new this year, but hopefully here to stay!). After spending the night in the Portsmouth Motel 6, we hit the ground running to meet up with the "NH 4th and Longspurs" for what Steve called "cooperative owling." All this means is that we agreed to meet up at our Rye owling spots at the same time to minimize disturbance to the birds. In the end, we didn't find anything this way, and we went our seperate ways. Although not for long. We encountered the Longspurs again off Wallis Road in search of the Dickcissel, and jointly found it only to learn that some team in Massachusetts had reported one only a minute earlier, thus robbing us all of the coveted 3 bonus points (which would have been a Twitcher first). We trailed the Longspurs in getting to Odiorne, so they beat us to the Cape May. Our consolation prize: a Hooded Merganser just south of Odiorne - a species the Longspurs DIDN'T find. After the Cape May, we spent another hour searching - unsuccessfully - for catbird/thrasher/thrush at Odiorne, and then headed inland in search of feeder birds. This took longer than originally planned but we found most of our targets, picked up lunch, and headed for the coast around 1 p.m. At Rye Ledge we wrapped up the rest of our expected seabirds, with bonuses of Northern Gannet (several) and a Black-legged Kittiwake far offshore. Driving north to look at the ledge from a different angle, Andrea spotted a Snowy Owl on the rocks for what was perhaps our "coolest find" of the day. We had the same bird later on the pavilion at Ragged Neck, and saw it fly north from there - presumably to Wallis Sands where the "Bustards" found it. This is definitely a different bird from the two that have been frequenting Hampton/Seabrook: it is nowhere near as dark as the Hampton bird and lacks the black ear tufts of the Seabrook one. Our day ended with a futile game of "whack a mole" involving alcids. Becky found a group of three probable Razorbills off Pulpit Rocks, but couldn't get the rest of us on them and then they disappeared. Meanwhile, while looking for said Razorbills, I had a probable Dovekie dive - never to reappear. And as the day drew to an end at Odiorne, it was Andrea's turn to find a disappearing Razorbill - the result being the Twitchers' first-ever alcid shut-out. The consolation prize was a male Greater Scaup that flew in behind the Seacoast Science Center just before we were about to leave. Last add of the day was a flock of Cedar Waxings off Route 1B not long before we had to turn our sights to Newburyport for the wrap-up party - and where we got to show off our way-cool "Twitchers in the Rye" team shirts. In the process we also raised approximately $1000 for NH Bird Records and NH eBird (projects of NH Audubon's Conservation Department). Thanks to our sponsers and all the NH birders who find and report their birds! Pam Hunt for the Twitchers Full species list: Canada Goose Mute Swan (a TITR first - pair in marsh south of Rye Harbor) American Black Duck Mallard Greater Scaup (Odiorne) Common Eider White-winged Scoter Surf Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser (another Twitchers first - south of Odiorne) Red-breasted Merganser Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Northern Gannet (yet another First) Great Cormorant Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Purple Sandpiper (2 at Rye Ledge) Black-legged Kittiwake (another First - off Rye Ledge) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl (Marsh Road Pond) Snowy Owl Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren (amazingly enough - ANOTHER first for us!) Golden-crowned Kinglet (Love Lane) Eastern Bluebird American Robin Northern Mockingbird European Starling Cedar Waxwing CAPE MAY WARBLER American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal DICKCISSEL Red-winged Blackbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Big misses: Cooper's Hawk - one seen by Becky and Andrea at Odiorne (at least 3 of us needed it for it to count) Hairy Woodpecker - one heard by Becky and I and of course those pesky alcids Small misses - all the staked-out birds at Odiorne, Eastern Screech-Owl, and a variety of hard-to-find land birds such as Brown Creeper and Red-breasted Nuthatch -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Horseshoe Pond, Concord From: Lisa Ann LaPierre <parisviolin76 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:18:40 -0800 (PST) A trip to Horseshoe Pond late this morning turned up the usual suspects.  Ponds were frozen over, river open, wind persistent, dreamy winter blue sky day.   House sparrow Northern mocking bird House finch Red-tailed hawk (1) - being hassled by crows Amercian Crow White-breasted nuthatch Blue jay American robin - most abundant bird today - more than 200 Pileated, Hairy, Downy woodpeckers Northern Cardnial Golden-crowned kinglet Black-capped chickadee Dark-eyed junco Common Raven Song sparrow Rock dove European Starling   A quick afternoon trip to Garvin's Falls produced a few additional birds to round out the day.   Common goldeneye Common merganser Mallard Red-tailed hawk (2) Ring-billed gull Herring gull American robin - in abundance along the river - very active and especially chatty today   Lisa LaPierre Concord -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Sunday morning walk in Laconia From: "Cook Anderson" <hca314 AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:31:50 -0500 Went "down town" today and found 21 species. It was mild for late January but breezy. The only bird of interest was an apparently wintering Song Sparrow located in brush pile on Rowe Court. The Hermit Thrush that frequented 9 Ledgecroft Place was last observed on Thursday, January 26th. It was present for five days. Cranky Yankee -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: White-winged Crossbills at Trudeau Road Wetlands in Bethlehem From: David Govatski <david.govatski AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:32:42 -0500 A trio of White-winged Crossbills feeding on tamarack seeds were seen on Sunday morning in the Trudeau Road Wetlands in Bethlehem. One pink male, one female, and a first year male with an attractive yellow orange color. 80 Pine Siskins were also noted. There was three inches of snow on the ground and a lot of ice in places from all the rain we have been having. At our home in Jefferson we are seeing between 2 and 4 Evening Grosbeaks daily at our feeders after a three week absence. We have pine siskins in the white birch trees around our home but they have not visited the thistle feeders due to all the natural food still around. David Govatski Jefferson, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: TV in Nashua From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:05:35 -0500 Soaring over Canal Street this afternoon. -- Chris Sheridan cmsbirds AT gmail com Nashua NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: Superbowl of Birding results - 'Flocking Bustards' - 75 species, 149 points From: eric.masterson AT myfairpoint.net Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:39:28 -0500 The Traveling Wilburys of the birding world perhaps. Well done. The Flocking Bustards flew again in yesterday’s Superbowl of Birding IX, marking the fifth year the Bustards and seventh year this ever-morphing team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Superbowl of Birding results - 'Flocking Bustards' - 75 species, 149 points From: Phil Brown <downtownpab AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:04:14 -0800 (PST) The Flocking Bustards flew again in yesterday’s Superbowl of Birding IX, marking the fifth year the Bustards and seventh year this ever-morphing team has competed in the Rockingham County competition of this fun annual birding event. The 2012 Bustards are Captain Phil Brown, driver Dan Fallon, Cliff Seifer, Ken Klapper, and ringer Katrina Fenton. We were fortunate enough to have an excellent day of birding, great weather conditions, lots of camaraderie and shared scouted birds between teams, and great competition from both the NH 4th and Longspurs and the Twitchers in the Rye. We were also lucky enough to reclaim the crown in 2012 – or as Steve joked yesterday “borrow” it, with a total of 75 species and 149 points in Rockingham County, NH! This is our best species and points total since 2008 – see yearly breakdown below.   The Bustards had a very interesting day of birding with lots of great species. Among them were two “five-point birds” – the Turkey Vulture and Yellow-headed Blackbird, both of which we found first (for six extra points total – and a handful of almost as difficult to find four-point birds – Gray Catbird, Common Raven, Red-winged Blackbird, Winter Wren, and Virginia Rail (more on this one below). But, as notable as what we found, this event always seems to focus on what we missed. The Chat, Cape May Warbler, and Dickcissel (all five points each) were all big misses for us, and a big time sink. As Steve noted, wind was an issue in the morning for owling, but we managed a seen-only Great Horned Owl, which flew to us on the roadside at 6:00 am to check us out. We risked straying from our route and got behind about 1 hour, but picked up some great inland birds as a trade-off, including three four-point birds within 10 minutes in one place. We also made a strategic decision not to chase the coastal five-pointers until later in the day, which ended up hurting us. The trade-off is that we were able to very quickly find some difficult coastal birds with relative ease at high tide (Razorbill, Purple Sandpiper) with only 1.5 hours on the coast (including time at Odiorne). Still, another hour on the coast would have been nice. All in all, we did well because we found most of the common birds (including all 39 of the 1-point birds for the first time), we worked really hard, picked a good route, some scouting, including Steve’s, paid off (thanks Steve and 4th and Longspurs), and we had a bit of ‘lady luck’ on our side.   Thanks to all the Bustards: Dan Fallon for his excellent and mostly legal driving (and for getting us on the yellow-headed blackbird), Ken Klapper and his unofficial sponsor ‘Monster Energy Drink’ for keeping him with us, Cliff Seifer for constant determination and ability to get on birds quickly, and Katrina Fenton for a sharp eye and picking up several key species (and to Eric Masterson, for allowing Katrina to participate).   The Superbowl of Birding is a must do event for those interested in the NH and MA birding communities. It makes for great stories and facilitates friendly competition and community. Thanks to all the folks at Mass Audubon for providing the idea and venue year after year, and for a well-run and volunteer-driven event.   COMPLETE BIRD CHECKLIST FOR FLOCKING BUSTARDS, 1/28/12 – ROCKINGHAM COUNTY Canada Goose  X Mute Swan  X American Wigeon  1 hen at Wheelwright Creek, Exeter American Black Duck  X Mallard  X Northern Pintail  1 hen at Wheelwright Creek, Exeter Greater Scaup  X Lesser Scaup  X Common Eider  X Surf Scoter  X White-winged Scoter  X Long-tailed Duck  X Bufflehead  X Common Goldeneye  X Hooded Merganser  X Common Merganser  X Red-breasted Merganser  X Red-throated Loon  X Common Loon  X Horned Grebe  X Red-necked Grebe  X Northern Gannet  1 off Odiorne Pt. picked out by Katrina Great Cormorant  X Turkey Vulture  2 or more roosting off Bass Street in Newmarket at 5 am; about 10 or more elsewhere Bald Eagle  2 or more at Davis Finch’s house Northern Harrier  1 from Defiant Lobster Company over marshes; toughest “1-point bird” in county Sharp-shinned Hawk  2 – 1 each at Stuart Farm and Davis Finch’s house Cooper's Hawk  X – 1 each at Exeter WWTP and somewhere else(?) Red-tailed Hawk  X – Katrina counted over 20 for the day! VIRGINIA RAIL  1 – maybe our ‘bird of the day’ and definitely biggest surprise – flushed from along a flooded path at end of Blake’s Lane in Hampton Falls/Kensington; bird “jumped” into water from near my feet, and team sacrificed wet feet halfway through the day to get great looks at it just feet away with some patience and persistence! Purple Sandpiper  X – from Great Island Common in New Castle Island Dunlin  20 – small flock flying south through harbor at sunset; our last bird of the day with seconds to go Bonaparte’s Gull  X Ring-billed Gull  X Herring Gull  X Iceland Gull  1 at Exeter WWTP Great Black-backed Gull  X Razorbill  6 or more from Great Island Common; really nice looks at high tide Rock Pigeon  X Mourning Dove  X Great Horned Owl  1 initially seen in Newmarket and assumed to be a Barred; it flew in and morphed into Great Horned when I hooted for this species (we only counted the Great Horned) Snowy Owl  1 – great pick by Katrina from the car in an unexpected rooftop near Wallis Sands in Rye Red-bellied Woodpecker  2 Downy Woodpecker  X Hairy Woodpecker  X Northern Flicker  2 Blue Jay  X American Crow  X Common Raven  1 at Davis Finch’s house Horned Lark – good size group (~40) at Stuart Farm Black-capped Chickadee  X Tufted Titmouse  X Red-breasted Nuthatch – scouted bird finally cooperated along Wild Rose Lane in New Castle White-breasted Nuthatch  X Winter Wren  1 at end of Blake’s Lane Eastern Bluebird  X American Robin  X Gray Catbird  2 in marshy area at end of Blake’s Lane Northern Mockingbird  X European Starling  X Cedar Waxwing  X American Tree Sparrow  X Savannah Sparrow  1 at Sunset Farm Song Sparrow  X White-throated Sparrow  X Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  X Northern Cardinal  X Red-winged Blackbird  X – small flocks at Davis’ house and over Exeter WWTP Common Grackle  1 or 2 at Davis’ house Brown-headed Cowbird  X – large flocks at Davis’ house YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD – 1 bright female finally tracked down and eventually picked out of shrubs by Dan at Davis’s house (thanks to Davis for hosting us and alerting us to its presence) House Finch  X American Goldfinch  X Pine Siskin  1 or 2 calling from overhead along New Road in Newmarket House Sparrow  X 75 species, 149 points   Other species not seen by majority of team so not countable: Great Blue Heron  - 1 flying into distant haze seen only be two of us in scope Yellow-breasted Chat  - seen briefly by Dan under cover below feeders at Defiant Lobster Co.; despite waiting about 20 minutes, it didn’t come out while we were there   Misses: 2-point birds: Black Scoter Black Guillemot – I may have had a couple from Great Island Common, but they disappeared Eastern Screech-Owl – we always seem to miss this bird on game day Carolina Wren  X Golden-crowned Kinglet  X 3-point scouted birds: Barrow's Goldeneye – ran out of time to check Great Boar’s Head Wild Turkey – missed at several scouted locations Peregrine Falcon – not obvious on its usual perch on the water tower Glaucous Gull – very few gulls in Hampton Harbor when we arrived close to sunset Belted Kingfisher – ‘reliable’ bird at Brookside WS not present 4-point scouted birds: Fox Sparrow – Steve’s bird in E. Kingston not present Rusty Blackbird – 2 staked out birds didn’t show 5-point scouted birds: Cape May Warbler  - bird at Odiorne didn’t show in half hour or so of searching until 4 pm Dickcissel – couldn’t even find the house sparrow flock at 4:15 pm Chipping Sparrow – Steve’s bird in Newmarket not to be found   Team Total by the years, Rockingham County only: 2006 total: 78 sp, 148 points (Iain, Eric, Rebecca, Phil – “Granite State Grippers”) 2007 total: 79 sp, 165 points* (Eric, Phil, Dan, Seth – “New Hampshire Audubon”) 2008 total: 77 sp, 154 points (Eric, Phil, Dan, Lance, Cliff – “Flocking Bustards”) 2009 total: 65 sp, 109 points (Eric, Iain, Phil, Dan) 2010 total: 73 sp, 138 points (Eric, Phil, Dan, Peter) 2011 total: 68 sp, 129 points* (Phil, Dan, Ken, Cliff) 2012 total: 75 sp, 149 points* (Phil, Dan, Ken, Cliff, Katrina)    Phil Brown Captain, Flocking Bustards -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Yahoo Article About Snowy Owls From: "Alan Howard" <AlanLHoward AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:54:02 -0500 Very interesting. http://news.yahoo.com/snowy-owls-soar-south-arctic-rare-mass-migration-17533 6821.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Superbowl Results - 69 Species (134 Points) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:13:25 -0500 David Donsker, Paul Lacourse, and Jane and I competed again this year for the "Superbowl of Birding" sponsored by the Joppa Flats Education Center of Massachusetts Audubon. This is the 9th year for this competitive event, which is a fun way of beating the winter cold and getting out and finding birds in Essex County, MA and Rockingham County, NH. Our team name is the "4th and Longspurs". As we have done in the past years, we participated in the category of "Rockingham County". A weighted valuation system determines the winner, where the rarity of the species determines the number of points awarded. Unlike last year when we were "clicking" with every bird, this year we had tough luck. We had a strong start and stuck to the itinerary, but after Odiorne, the staked out birds left their stakes, and for some reason our team fell out of sync in the cosmic time-space-bird continuum. In other words, we were not in the right place at the right time! How could we miss the Turkey Vultures all over the place? And why did the Yellow-headed Blackbird fly off before we got to Davis's yard and then return a 1/2 hour after we left? And why had the weathermen not predicted the stiff seabreeze that ruined our late afternoon coastal birding! Despite some nice birds around, we ended up with only 69 species and 134 points. Our second lowest species total, We ended up in 2nd place....but there were only 2 teams! We lost to the Flocking Bustards, but of some interest is fact that we had FOUR 5-pointers (!) that they didn't have! Go figure. Here is a history of our results: 2004 - 75 species 2005 - 63 species 2006 - 78 species 2007 - 78 species 2008 - 77 (shared) species 2009 - 76 species 2010 - 72 (shared) species 2011 - 81 Species 2012 - 69 Species 5:00 AM - 5:00 PM Not a bad day with nice temperatures and mostly sunny skies. Wind was a big issue in pre-dawn hours and then again in late afternoon on coast with strong seabreeze. Morning hours were great with little wind and mild temperatures. Essentially no snow. A couple of icy patches in parking areas on Great Bay. 32F to 46F The following is our list of birds in taxonomic order: --------------------------------------------------- Canada Goose Mute Swan American Wigeon - Female off Brown Road in Hampton Falls American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail - Female in Portsmouth harbor. No Green-winged Teal. Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup - 23 at Exeter WTP Common Eider Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Great Cormorant Great Blue Heron - One off Landing Road in Hampton Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk - Only one accipiter, a Cooper's before dawn, for the whole day! Red-tailed Hawk - Everywhere. Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull - None at Exeter Treatment Plant. Found this 1st winter bird at Swasey Park in Exeter. Great Black-backed Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl - One calling at Rye Recreation area. SNOWY OWL - One sitting on the new Pavilion building right on Hampton Beach by the casino. Belted Kingfisher - One seen from "Wooden Bridge" in Rye. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Only 1! Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - 3 for the day. Pileated Woodpecker Blue Jay American Crow Horned Lark Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch - Thanks to Phil Brown for this bird off Wild Rose Land in New Castle. Almost zero along coast this winter. White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren - One singing away off Wallis Road. Another at Odiorne. Winter Wren - We were happy to get this off Blake's Road in Hampton Falls, until we later learned that the "Flocking Bustards" had the Winter Wren at this spot...plus 2 Catbirds, plus Virginia Rail!!!!! MARSH WREN - One bird calling from cattail marsh at Odiorne. Our biggest "surprise" bird of the day. Eastern Bluebird - Only 1 American Robin Northern Mockingbird Common Starling Cedar Waxwing - Just 3 or 4 at Exeter Hospital. CAPE MAY WARBLER - Nice bird in early morning sitting in it's favorite spot. Our only 3-point bonus for the day. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT - Nice find by Paul Lacourse in phragmites at Defiant Lobster off Landing Road in Hampton American Tree Sparrow Savannah Sparrow - NONE at Stuart Farm. Only one bird, possibly the exact same bird we had on the Coastal CBC, at Sunset Farm. Last bird of the day. Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal DICKCISSEL - Bright bird at feeder on Wallis Road. Shared with the "Twichers in the Rye" team, but missed the bonus points by 1 minute! Red-winged Blackbird - A few off Great Bay Road in Greenland. Brown-headed Cowbird House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Lots of misses today.....here are some big ones ----------------------------------------------------------------- REDHEAD - 2 males on Great Bay two days ago. Very hard to miss them as we only were able to find about 200 of the 400+ scaup on the bay. Hooded Merganser - Several last weekend. None today. Common Merganser - 4 on Great Bay two days ago TURKEY VULTURE - EVERYONE seems to be getting vultures. Almost inconceivably, we couldn't get one today as they left Davis Finch's feeders just before we got there. Peregrine Falcon - None in Portsmouth or Hampton Shorebirds - ZERO.....no Purples, no Dunlin, no Sanderlings. Bonaparte's Gull - They've cleared out in the last couple of weeks, but we've had one or two around, but not today. Glaucous Gull - Not in his usual spot today Razorbill - Uggh. None despite a good scan from Fort Stark in morning. Black Guillemot - None Barred Owl - 3 at Rye Recreation area for Christmas Bird Count....zero today. Winds hurt us a bit. Common Raven - None for us at Davis's feeder. Brown Creeper - Tough bird this winter for us. Golden-crowned Kinglet - One 2 days ago. Not today. Eastern Towhee - Two staked out from CBC....not found today. Chipping Sparrow - The bird we had a couple of weeks ago in Newmarket could not be found. Fox Sparrow - Staked out bird in East Kingston.....a no show. Swamp Sparrow - Two birds last weekend in Portsmouth marsh. Not today. White-crowned Sparrow - Bird in Seabrook last weekend. No luck. Snow Bunting - Still a hard bird for us lately, despite the fact that others have seen them. Rusty Blackbird - Two birds staked out at two feeders yesterday. None today. YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD - Ugghh. Steve Mirick Team Captain for the "4th and Longspurs" Bradford, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: red-bellied woodpecker From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:12:23 -0500 A red bellied woodpecker in my yard this AM, also 4 house finches, a half dozen goldfinches Kingston -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Eve grosbeak From: Jennie Brown <jenniebonkers AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:49:08 -0500 This morning 3grosbeaks at my feeders in Gorham. First here in over a year! Also one purple finch. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Gray Jay From: "Kathy Dube" <kdube AT ncia.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:39:57 -0500 Chickwolnepy Rd. Milan, NH 2 redwinged blackbirds, never before in January 1 am. tree sparrow 18 purple finch 1 redpoll bluejays bc chickadees 1 Gray Jay several pine siskin several gold finch crows and raven mourning doves Kathy Dube, Berlin, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: ovenbird still in Derry From: Barbara Horton <byrder101 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:59:50 -0500 Hi FYI - Just spotted the ovenbird under the spruce a few minutes before 10. Good luck to all participants in the super bowl!! Barb Horton Derry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: TVs in Exeter From: Mini Mahata <mmahata1 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:01 -0500 4 TVs cruising through Exeter close to Front and Linden at 8:23 AM good luck competitors http://www.flickr.com/photos/75370585 AT N02/6775889187/ Mini Exeter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Yellow-headed Blackbird in East Kingston From: Benjamin Griffith <bgriffith AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:37:39 -0500 I just received word that the Yellow-headed Blackbird has returned to South Road in Kingston. Ben Griffith Newmarket, NH ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Steve Mirick" Date: Jan 9, 2012 1:54 PM Subject: Yellow-headed Blackbird in East Kingston To: "NH.Birds" Davis Finch called to report a Yellow-headed Blackbird coming to his feeder this afternoon with the flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds. Fortunately, I was in the area and stopped by and was able to see it. Davis lives off South Road in East Kingston, and it might be seen from the road near his house or further north at a neighboring feeder. Be very careful of traffic along this road. The plumage appeared to me to be that of a female, or perhaps a 1st winter male. Also present were 20++ Brown-headed Cowbirds and 3 Turkey Vultures. Steve Mirick Bradford, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT ** googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** group/nhbirds?hl=en . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: what bird? From: Richard Bielawski <richard.bielawski AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:27:35 -0500 This picture must of been taken somewhere south of New England. The bird is a female Anhinga. Richard Bielawski Merrimack, NH On Jan 28, 2012, at 4:43 AM, evelyn nathan wrote: > Not sure, are these cormorants double breasted or great cormorants? Juveniles? Breeding plumage? Help? > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. > To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: what bird? From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:43:25 -0500 Not sure, are these cormorants double breasted or great cormorants? Juveniles? Breeding plumage? Help? http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Brown Creeper Photos From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:12:01 -0500 Back on the 23rd, on a rainy foggy day, I was snooping around Lake Winnipesaukee hoping to see if there were any eagles around, but the fog was so thick you could not see much of anything. I spotted some movement on the property of a closed up camp, and saw that it was a White-throated Sparrow. Hoping to get a few shots, I leapt from the truck, but it would not put down, and kept hopping in and around all sorts of things. I never did get any decent shots. Then something swooped in about 10 feet above my head; looking up I saw a Brown Creeper happily doing it's thing up the tree. Here are a few shots of the bird; as I said, it was a very nasty day, but they came out okay. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/6773800873/in/set-7215762906316011 3/ Happy birding, David David Lipsy Bow, NH Email dlipsy AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Pintails, Coot, No--Field's Grove From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:15:07 -0500 Also, no Black Ducks or Canadas, only two pairs of Hooded Mergansers and a few Mallard Drakes this afternoon. The water is very high right now, maybe not great for dabbling and shallow diving. -- Chris Sheridan cmsbirds AT gmail com Nashua NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: chat, snowys and glaucous today From: "JoAnn O'Shaughnessy" <joshaugh2 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:26:40 -0500 I saw the chat today feeding around 11:00 am at 125 Landing Rd.. Two snowys with one on Atalntic Ave ( Street off of Ocean Blvrd. heading in towards the beach just noth of the State Park) (not to be confused with the Atlantic Hotel between H and I streets on Ocean Blvrd). I'vr seen birds at both these locations many times. The other was in Seabrook on Tilton Street. The Glaucous was rooftop near Eastmans dock at hightide. No Barrows from GBH all week. Good Luck to all Super Bowlers! JoAnn O'Shaughnessy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Spring 2011 issue is on the web From: "Bird Records" <BRecords AT NHAudubon.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:26:29 -0500 Hello Birders! The Spring 2011 issue of New Hampshire Bird Records is out and you can now see its Table of Contents and read a free article about the famous whalewatch with the White-winged Dove. Check our website at http://www.nhbirdrecords.org/journal/contents.htm This issue was sponsored by Pat Niswander on behalf of the Concord Bird and Wildflower Club in memory of Betty Densmore. Betty was an avid birder and enjoyed the many field trips that the Club offered. She was also a longtime member of New Hampshire Audubon and will be greatly missed. On the cover is a photo by Len Medlock of the Ruff that was at Chapman’s Landing in Stratham, NH in April. You can read about this and other highlights of the season, such as the state’s first Pink-footed Goose, by new Season Editors, Eric Masterson, Ben Griffith and Lauren Kras. Here's the full listing of articles. Spring 2011 Contents Photo Quiz by David B. Donsker Spring Season: March 1 through March 31, 2011 by Ben Griffith, Lauren, Kras and Eric Masterson Hawks Galore! by Iain MacLeod Photo Gallery - Forget the Whales, Watch (out for) the Birds! by Jon Woolf Field Notes, compiled by R.A. Quinn The Will to Survive by Christine Sheridan Banded Tern Along the Connecticut River by Eric Masterson Red-breasted Merganser Foraging in a Cornfield by Robert A. Quinn New Hampshire Audubon’s 2011 Birdathon Highlights by Phil Brown My First Birdathon by Aiden Moser Birding New Hampshire’s Largest State Park - Pisgah by Ken Klapper Backyard Birder - The Confused Bodyguard by George W. Gavutis, Jr. New Hampshire Bird Records is a must-have for any New Hampshire birder. You can subscribe on-line at: http://www.nhaudubon.org/nature-store/nh-bird-records New Hampshire Audubon members receive a discount. Happy Birding! Rebecca Suomala for the New Hampshire Bird Records Team New Hampshire Bird Records All about birds and birding in New Hampshire, published by New Hampshire Audubon. www.nhbirdrecords.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: ovenbird still in Derry From: Barbara Horton <byrder101 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:59:33 -0500 Hi The ovenbird is still here. 28 days now. He hasn't been seen as much these past 3 days. On Wed. I saw him around 11:30 and that was it for the day. He may have been out there but I check often every day. Thursday I didn't see him till 3:15 and again at 4:35. Today I didn't see him till 10:30. In the past I have seen him as early as 7 am and usually many times a day. Maybe the warm weather we had got the bugs out and about. Or the multitude of house sparrows that of course discovered the easy pickings. Way too many! He also seems to come out when it is a bit more "peaceful" under the spruce. Today he is eating seed. Barb Horton Derry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Superbowl of Birding IX tomorrow, including a new photo contest! From: "David Larson" <dlarson AT massaudubon.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:30:23 -0500 All this nasty rain will soon stop and tomorrow morning, at 5 a.m., the Superbowl of Birding IX will start. Even if you are not on a team, you can participate by helping to judge our new photo contest online. The rules are listed below. The online voting will begin at http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, January 30th. Superbowl of Birding Team-in-Action Photo Contest In conjunction with this year's Superbowl of Birding IX, Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats (http://www.massaudubon.org/joppa) and Great Blue Virtual Tours (http://www.greatblue.com) will be running a photo contest! All Superbowl teams are encouraged to participate by submitting an image of their team in action during the Superbowl. The wider birding community is encouraged to participate by voting for the best team image as part of an online poll. The Best Superbowl Team-In-Action Image · This is a contest for the best image of a Superbowl team in action taken during the Superbowl (eligibility period of 5:00am to 5:00pm on Saturday, January 28th [snow date: Sunday, January 29th].) · Only one image can be entered per team and the image must have been taken by team members. · Images can be edited using photo editing software (e.g. Photoshop, Paintshop, etc.) to add captions, speech bubbles, or to composite multiple images taken during the Superbowl eligibility period. · Other than text and text decoration all elements of the photograph must have been shot during the Superbowl eligibility period by a member of the Superbowl team or by using a camera with a shutter delay or a remote. · Team images can be serious, intense, humorous, and/or creative. Images must be G-rated. · Images must be submitted by 11:59pm on Sunday, January 29th (Monday, January 30th, if the Superbowl of Birding is held on the snow date). · The best image will be determined by an online poll that is open to anyone on the Internet (one vote per person). Prize Package for the Winning Team: The team with the winning image will be awarded the following prizes: · Gift Certificate for $100 for The Grog in Newburyport (www.thegrog.com ) · 2 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt books about birds and birding for each team member (www.hmhbooks.com ) · $25 Gift Certificate for each team member from Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift (www.birdwatcherssupplyandgift.com ) · Grab bag of cleaning kits, binocular suspenders, and hats from Swarovski Optik (www.swarovskioptik.com ) Judging: · A photo gallery of all the submissions will be posted at http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest by 11:59pm on Monday, January 30th (Tuesday, January 31st if the Superbowl has a snow date). · The gallery will present each of the team submissions accompanied by a "Vote as Best" button. Clicking the button will prompt the viewer to enter their name and email address before their vote is registered. Only one vote per person. Viewers who share an email address can submit multiple votes with the same email address as long as a different name is entered. Email addresses will be pinged to see if they exist. Votes will be monitored and those deemed suspicious will be eliminated. · Voting will be open until Thursday, February 2nd at 11:59pm. The team image with the most votes as of 11:59pm on February 2nd will be the winner of the prize package. In the case of a tie, the winner will be determined by a panel consisting of Bill Gette, David Larson, and Don Crockett. Prize Winner Announcement: Prize winners will be announced at the Brookline Bird Club's Winter Meeting on February 3rd (www.brooklinebirdclub.org ) and posted on MassBird and New Hampshire Birds. The meeting starts at 7:30pm (social hour begins at 6:30pm) and will be held at Bedford Middle School Auditorium in Bedford, MA. See the BBC web site for more details (http://content.brooklinebirdclub.org/2011/11/winter-meeting-2012.html). Submission Details: Photos should be in landscape orientation with a minimum width of 2000 pixels. Photos should be submitted in JPEG format and have a file size that does not exceed 1Megabyte. Images must be emailed as an attachment to superbowlofbirdingphotocontest AT gmail.com by 11:59pm on Sunday, January 29th (Monday, January 30th if the Superbowl of Birding is held on the snow date). Include the following info in your entry submission: Subject: Best Superbowl Team-in-Action Photo Entry Body: Team Name: Team Leader Name: Team Leader Email: Image Title: Photographer(s): Equipment Used: Prize Package Pickup Options: The winners can pick up the prize package either at the BBC Winter Meeting or from Joppa Flats Education Center after February 3rd. If you cannot pick up the package in person, please supply a mailing address for the package to be shipped to: Be sure to attach your team image -- David M. Larson, Ph.D. Education Coordinator Joppa Flats Education Center Mass Audubon Newburyport, MA 978-462-9998 Don Crockett Great Blue Virtual Tours - Coming Soon! Road Trip 2012 - We're in Gloucester, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Jan 26 Cape May warbler-no, snowy owl-yes From: smbasile AT comcast.net Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Hello Birders, I went to Odiorne Point State Park in Rye hoping to see the Cape May warbler. I was there from 3:30 to 4:30 pm and did not see the bird. There was a raft of 12 common goldeneye; 6 males and 6 females I watched a common loon dive down and come up with a crab and swallow it 1-great cormorant 3-common eider 5-red-breasted mergansers 1-harbor seal Driving south on Ocean Boulevard in Hampton Beach I saw a snowy owl on the roof of the Atlantic Breeze Suites at 429 Ocean Boulevard. Siobhan Basile Epping smbasile AT comcast.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: TENNESSEE WARBLER in Rye!!! (OLD REPORT) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:26:51 -0500 I just got word and photos through Barbara Guay of Rye that she had a TENNESSEE WARBLER in her yard along Route 1A just south of Rye Harbor on December 23, 2011. Although this is an old report, it is still an incredibly late date and a record for the state, pending acceptance by the NHRBC. I doubt it's still around, but who knows!? Here are 3 photos Barbara took of the bird: http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/TennesseWarbler-122311-1-BarbaraGuay.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/TennesseWarbler-122311-2-BarbaraGuay.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/TennesseWarbler-122311-3-BarbaraGuay.jpg In this incredible "Non-Winter" year, here is my quick summary of 9 warblers this winter that I know about in NH (since December 1st): Ovenbird - 12/31/11 through at least 1/22/12. Rare overwintering bird, but there are at least 3 other January records. **TENNESSEE WARBLER - 12/23/11 in Rye Common Yellowthroat - At least 2 in December with one in Newington and one in Westmoreland. **CAPE MAY WARBLER - 1/7/12 through today (likely present since November) **NORTHERN PARULA - 12/17/11 Pine Warbler - 1 in Litchfield on 1/3/12 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Very few. I believe only one on Coastal CBC in Greenland, and one in early January in Rochester. **BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER - 12/20/11 - 12/22/11 Yellow-breasted Chat - 2 with one in Rye and one in Hampton. Rare to have 2 in mid-winter. ** Indicates likely record late dates for state of New Hampshire Two other possible warblers that sometimes show up in early December went unrecorded (as far as I know) this winter: Orange-crowned Warbler Palm Warbler Steve Mirick Bradford, MA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Re: canada geese in durham From: David Blezard <dblezard AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:40:32 -0500 They have been very active recently. More so than I recall in past years. The fly over the UNH campus going back and forth between the fields and the estuary a few times each day. I keep looking at them for something other than a Canada on each fly over, but nothing exciting yet… -David J. Blezard dblezard AT mac.com On Jan 26, 2012, at 7:54 AM, napap AT comcast.net wrote: > Yesterday afternoon about 3:45 while at the gas station I saw about 400-500 Canada geese fly over generally from Great Bay towards Moore Fields making lots of noise. > Ann Ablowich, Durham > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: canada geese in durham From: napap AT comcast.net Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:54:23 +0000 (UTC)  Yesterday afternoon about 3:45 while at the gas station I saw about 400-500 Canada geese fly over generally from Great Bay towards Moore F ields ma k ing lots of noise. Ann Ablowich, Durham -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, January 25, 2012 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:04:20 -0500 This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Wednesday, January 25th, 2012. A VARIED THRUSH was seen in Dover on January 19th but has not been relocated. A THICK-BILLED MURRE was seen in Hampton Harbor on January 24th and 25th, and a possible COMMON MURRE was reported from coastal Rye on the 23rd. A dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen hovering low over the median strip along Route 101 in Candia on January 25th. 2 SNOWY OWLS have repeatedly been seen along the coast in Hampton and Seabrook during the past week. They have been seen in Hampton Beach State Park, Great Boar's Head, Hampton Marsh, Seabrook Beach, and Seabrook Marsh. They are most often seen perched on buildings or on the ground. A SHORT-EARRED OWL was seen at Hampton Beach State Park, and an EASTERN SCREECH-OWL was seen during the day in a tree on the Exeter Parkway, both on January 22nd. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT that was discovered along Landing Road in Hampton on January 17th, continues to be seen at various bird feeders in the area and was last reported on the 24th. This is a residential neighborhood, so please respect property and privacy if you look for the bird. A DICKCISSEL was seen with a flock of HOUSE SPARROWS at the intersection of Wallis Road and Park Ridge Road in Rye on during the past week. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen with a flock of 25 HORNED LARKS at the Malnati farm fields in Walpole on January 21st. A flock of 15 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS and 15 CEDAR WAXWINGS was seen in fruit trees on the Pleasant Street side of Northway Bank in Berlin on January 21st. 2 ICELAND GULLS, a NORTHEN PINTAIL, and 6 LESSER SCAUP were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant on January 22nd. A pair of RED CROSSBILLS was seen near Upper Kimball Pond in Chatham on January 25th. A CAPE MAY WARBLER that was found at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on January 14th, has been continuously seen since then, and was last reported on January 25th. It is usually seen near the shore path that goes north from the Seacoast Science Center, beyond the Settler's Monument and towards the beach, and is often seen feeding on brine flies in the wrack. An OVENBIRD that was discovered in the yard of private residence in Derry on December 31st, continues to be seen and was last reported on January 22nd. 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS were seen in Concord, and 1 was seen in Dover, all during the past week. A flock of 30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was seen at Morrill's Farm in Penacook on January 22nd. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen at a birdfeeder in Manchester on January 22nd. A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was seen at a birdfeeder in Lyme Center on January 22nd. An AMERICAN COOT was seen in Field's Grove in Nashua on January 25th. A flock of 8 TURKEY VULTURES was seen in Newmarket on January 25th. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen in Seabrook on January 22nd. There were reports of FOX SPARROWS in East Kingston, North Hampton, Concord, and Milton during the past week. 2 SNOW BUNTINGS were seen in Hampton Falls on January 21st. A flock of 42 PINE SISKINS was seen in Pittsfield on January 25th. A WINTER WREN was reported from Westmoreland on January 23rd, and one was reported from Hanover on the 22nd. A HERMIT THRUSH was seen visiting a bird feeder in Laconia on January 24th. 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Grackle and Bluebirds in Penacook From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:21:22 -0500 Greetings all, This morning I did me walk around "The Island," where the highlight was a Common Grackle coming to a feeder. At the other end of the island a flock of 5 Eastern Bluebirds were another pleasant surprise. My total of 24 species was the highest for this route since mid-November. In other news, the previously-mentioned "Merrimack County Big Year" now stands at 60 species (that I know about), with Concord alone at 48. Good Birding! Pam Hunt Penacook, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Cape May Warbler continues From: "Deanne Fortnam" <deanneart AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:18:19 -0500 Had a great day at the coast today. Didn't see any Snowy Owls or the Chat but did get some terrific looks at the Odiorne Cape May Warbler. What an obliging little bird! I got to its preferred site beyond the monument and waited for 45 minutes or so for it to make its appearance. While I was waiting heard then saw a lovely flock of Cedar Waxwings, probably 15 to 20 birds. http://www.deanneart.com/2012/2012-01-25CMWarbler_7513.jpg Deanne Fortnam Nashua -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: TV yesterday off 101 in Hampton From: Cliff Otto <ottoc.bb.etc AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:02:00 -0500 Kurk Dorsey's report of Turkey Vultures over Newmarket reminded me that I saw one yesterday morning on my way to the coast. It was eating something in the median strip, I think in the same location as teh Ravens I mentioned the other day--east of I95 but before Landing Road. Cliff Otto Manchester -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: TVs, Newmarket From: Kurk Dorsey <kd AT cisunix.unh.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:50:33 -0500 (EST) Birders, About 2:15 there were at least 8 vultures circling over downtown Newmarket (I believe they were looking for parking). Kurk Dorsey Durham -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Red Crossbills From: "Bob Crowley" <crbob AT fairpoint.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:45:34 -0500 At the dam this morning on Upper Kimball Pond there were a pair of Red Crossbills in the road. They flew off to the East. Bob Crowley Chatham, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Peregrine Falcon, Dover From: bill AT williamkramer.com Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:50:08 -0800 A Peregrine Falcon just flew past my window on Central Ave in Dover. Going to be hard to focus the rest of the day! William Kramer Artist/Photographer www.williamkramer.com Nottingham, NH -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en. Subject: Rough-legged Hawk, TB Murre From: Steve <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:06:01 -0500 Dark morph rough leg hovering low over median strip along route 101 in Candia about 30 minutes ago. Thick-billed Murre currently way up in Hampton harbor along northern edge. Apparently seen there yesterday as well. Steve Mirick Bradford, MA Sent from my iPad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To post to this group, send email to nhbirds AT googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nhbirds+unsubscribe AT googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds?hl=en.