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9 Feb ducks galore [evelyn nathan ] 9 Feb Re; yesterdays post on Coopers Hawk & Red-tailed Hawk ["David Lipsy" ] 9 Feb Common Grackle & Red-shouldered Hawk - Litchfield [Leo McKillop ] 9 Feb house-hunting bluebirds east kingston ["The Farm" ] 09 Feb Dickcissel in Exeter [Steve Mirick ] 9 Feb Coopers Hawk & Red-tailed Hawk ["David Lipsy" ] 8 Feb Pine Warbler- Litchfield (again) [Leo McKillop ] 08 Feb Barrows Goldeneye - Manchester - photos from Sunday 2/5 ["Karen Bachelder" ] 8 Feb highway 3 Nashua 3/7 [Jeanne-Marie Maher ] 8 Feb eagle sighting in Kingston [evelyn nathan ] 8 Feb manchester-eagles, barrows, falcon [lee hansche ] 8 Feb Fwd: Soo-Nipi Chapter meeting [Jan Prew ] 7 Feb Not birds but... did you see tonight's moon? ["David Lipsy" ] 07 Feb Re: Pink-sided or Oregon Junco ?? ["Jim Berry" ] 7 Feb Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, February 7, 2012 ["Mark Suomala" ] 07 Feb NH Coast Feb 6-7 (Cape May, Dickcissel, Barrow's, Glaucous) [Ken Klapper ] 7 Feb more robins in Lee [Catherine Fisher ] 7 Feb Pink-sided or Oregon Junco ?? [] 7 Feb 2-7-12 Concord Pine Siskin, Winter Wren [CK Borg ] 7 Feb birding the coast 2/6 [Jeanne-Marie Maher ] 07 Feb NH Coast (Cape May Warbler, Probable Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow) [Steve Mirick ] 7 Feb Hopkinton [Dewittsker ] 7 Feb Soo-Nipi Chapter meeting ["Jan Prew" ] 7 Feb Fish Crow Raymond [] 07 Feb Re: Portsmouth peregrines ["Christian Martin" ] 7 Feb Update on Manchester Baltimore Oriole ["Jane Hills" ] 7 Feb Grackles, robins in Lee [Catherine Fisher ] 7 Feb Black Vulture in Portsmouth [Jessie Knapp ] 07 Feb Black Vulture in Portsmouth [Steve Mirick ] 07 Feb Results of the Superbowl of Birding Photo Contest [Steve Mirick ] 6 Feb American Wigeon, Nashua [christine sheridan ] 6 Feb Eastern Bluebirds in Durham [Helen Brock ] 6 Feb Bluebirds in Wolfeboro [wendy chatel ] 06 Feb TVs in North Walpole [] 6 Feb East Kingston - Eagle and Bluebirds [] 5 Feb A slightly better photo of the Northern Shoveler [christine sheridan ] 5 Feb N. Conway/Bartlett - Bohemians and WW Crossbills [Miklos Oyler ] 05 Feb The Exeter Mallards [Steve Mirick ] 5 Feb Capital Chapter Field Trip: Bald Eagles on the Merrimack [Stephanie Parkinson ] 5 Feb Re: Northern Shoveler, Bald Eagle, TV, Herons and Mergansers/Nashua [christine sheridan ] 5 Feb Northern Shoveler, Bald Eagle, TV, Herons and Mergansers/Nashua [christine sheridan ] 5 Feb snow buntings in hampton [] 5 Feb Winter Wren - Hopkinton [] 5 Feb a 'moment' with a goldfinch [evelyn nathan ] 5 Feb NH Audubon Nashaway upcoming events [Richard Bielawski ] 5 Feb TV's in Auburn & Exeter on Friday 02-03-12 (Pictures) ["David Lipsy" ] 5 Feb Long-eared Owl in Walpole [Leo McKillop ] 4 Feb Exeter Mallards [Cliff Otto ] 4 Feb Newmarket vultures [Kurk Dorsey ] 4 Feb Coast, Exeter, and Penacook ["PAMELA HUNT" ] 4 Feb ovenbird still in Derry [Barbara Horton ] 4 Feb pm Exeter WTP [Len Medlock ] 04 Feb Southeastern NH (Cape May, Dickcissel, Snowys, Barrow's, etc.) [Steve Mirick ] 4 Feb NH Audubon Cap. Chapter Program Feb 10th [Stephanie Parkinson ] 4 Feb Cape May, Dickcissel, Snowy- YES,YES,YES [lee hansche ] 4 Feb East Kingston and Kingston - Eagles, Kinglet, RW Blackbird [] 4 Feb Mixed Blackbird Flock-Newton, NH [Paula McFarland ] 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 ] Subject: ducks galore From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:54:06 -0500 Took advantage of the BEAUTIFUL day to get my kayak in the water. Went out on PowWow River, and immediately saw lots of ducks, but am lousy at duck IDs from a distance. They all took wing long before I could properly focus on them with binoculars, however a good guess is mallard, black duck, and likely some wood ducks as well. In all I must have seen 400 - 500 ducks as I meandered down the river. The only other bird seen out there today was one kingfisher flitting across the river. What a winter! I've never been out in my kayak in early February before. Here are the only two pictures I got where any colors or markings can be seen at all. Can anyone help with captions? Evy http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6847923821/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6847923431/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: Re; yesterdays post on Coopers Hawk & Red-tailed Hawk From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:10:14 -0500 I apologize, yesterday I neglected to give the location for these photos. In Manchester, the Coopers Hawk was located at 250 Commercial Street, at the north end, in the tree across the alley at the corner of the next building northward. In Nashua, I was actually not sure where I was, it was at an executive park I happened upon behind the Clock Tower apartments next to the Nashua River. Wish I had video of the Raven. had I know that sound came from a bird, I would have taken video with my camera. still baffling as to what it was. If anyone has some knowledge or insight, I would like to hear your thoughts on the subject. This was over the marsh to the south of the business park I was in. Thank you, David David Lipsy Bow, NH Email dlipsy AT comcast.net From: nhbirds AT googlegroups.com [mailto:nhbirds AT googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David Lipsy Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:02 AM To: nhbirds AT googlegroups.com Subject: Coopers Hawk & Red-tailed Hawk Went to Manchester and Nashua today. I had a Raven fly over that made the strangest sound I have ever heard made by a bird. It sounded more like a submarines sonar than a bird. While in Manchester, I happened upon a Coopers Hawk eating some unrecognizable treat. It was quite cooperative for the photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629239592905/ In Nashua, I found a pair of Red-tailed hawks as mentioned above. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629239708377/ Enjoy. 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. -- 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: Common Grackle & Red-shouldered Hawk - Litchfield From: Leo McKillop <weomck AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:45:14 -0500 I found 2 nice surprises in my yard this morning before I was off to work. 3 Common Grackles moving from treetop to treetop 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - video -Leo McKillop -- 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: house-hunting bluebirds east kingston From: "The Farm" <hoghill AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:26:38 -0500 just saw a pair of bluebirds checking out my houses :o) Marilyn Bott East 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: Dickcissel in Exeter From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:29:40 -0500 I just got a phone call from Davis Finch who reports 2nd hand a (rather bright?) Dickcissel coming to the feeder at 22 Green Street in Exeter with a group of House Sparrows. In other news, Davis says he has NOT had his Yellow-headed Blackbird in the last week. 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: Coopers Hawk & Red-tailed Hawk From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:01:38 -0500 Went to Manchester and Nashua today. I had a Raven fly over that made the strangest sound I have ever heard made by a bird. It sounded more like a submarines sonar than a bird. While in Manchester, I happened upon a Coopers Hawk eating some unrecognizable treat. It was quite cooperative for the photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629239592905/ In Nashua, I found a pair of Red-tailed hawks as mentioned above. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629239708377/ Enjoy. 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: Pine Warbler- Litchfield (again) From: Leo McKillop <weomck AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:50:05 -0500 Well it's been 2 months since I've seen a Pine Warbler in my backyard, but I saw one today. Maybe it's back ? We shall see... here are 2 images: http://weomck.com/dpreview/02082012piwa/Sequence%2001_64135_1.jpg http://weomck.com/dpreview/02082012piwa/Sequence%2001_64136_1.jpg -Leo McKillop -- 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: Barrows Goldeneye - Manchester - photos from Sunday 2/5 From: "Karen Bachelder" <kbache7674 AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:01 -0500 Took me a few days to get these posted... Here's the Barrow's Goldeneye this past Sunday (2/5/12) behind 250 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH   http://www.flickr.com/photos/74942847 AT N03/6843660329/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/74942847 AT N03/6843659797/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/74942847 AT N03/6843659213/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/74942847 AT N03/6843658663/in/photostream/ Karen Bachelder Concord, NH kbache7674 AT myfairpoint.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: highway 3 Nashua 3/7 From: Jeanne-Marie Maher <jeannemariemaher AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:11:06 -0500 Was heading to Boston yesterday for a 1pm apt. Overhead were 3 turkey vultures and on my best quick scan two bald eagles. All around exit3- 5 at aprox 11:45am Jeanne-Marie Maher 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: eagle sighting in Kingston From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:36:43 -0500 We're not on the Merrimac, but as I walked my dog at Camp Lincoln (Kingston) this afternoon, I was rewarded with one sighting aside from chickadees and a solitary herring gull. What looked like a large hawk or possibly osprey attracted my eye on an island across the frozen lake. Decided to take a jaunt across the groaning but firm-looking ice, and was rewarded!! A lovely juvenile bald eagle! Managed to get right under the tree he was perched on. happy happy joy joy http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6842562643/in/set-72157629100545403 http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6842564091/in/set-72157629100545403 http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6842563263/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: manchester-eagles, barrows, falcon From: lee hansche <xxleeweexx AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:10:18 -0800 (PST) On my way to work i looked along the merrimack river in manchester finding 2 bald eagles above, a resident peregrine falcon on his/her building perch and relocated the Barrow's goldeneye behind the mills in the area of 250 commercial st...   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: Fwd: Soo-Nipi Chapter meeting From: Jan Prew <jprew AT mcttelecom.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:36:46 -0500 Jan Sent from my Ipad Begin forwarded message: > From: "Jan Prew" > Date: February 7, 2012 3:35:56 PM EST > To: "NH BIRDS" > Subject: Soo-Nipi Chapter meeting > > Friday February 9, 7:30 pm > Robin Gray, an avid local birder and Soo-Nipi member, will talk and give a slide show about his recent visit to the birding hotspots in Peru. 763-5320 for information -- 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: Not birds but... did you see tonight's moon? From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:08:33 -0500 Just in case you missed the moon when it was somewhat low in the sky, here is a picture for your enjoyment. Wish I had a raptor flying thru, but no such luck tonight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629225701115/with/683930 3565/ 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: Re: Pink-sided or Oregon Junco ?? From: "Jim Berry" <jim.berry3 AT verizon.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:54:03 -0500 andrea, i could be wrong, but i think this bird is within the range of slate-colored junco. as i look at sibley's drawings, your bird does not appear to have brownish sides that extend far enough upward in front of the wings to be an oregon. notice how similar the brown adult female slate-colored and the female oregon are, including the back color and the brown sides and flanks. female juncos like this are a very tough call. jim Jim Berry Ipswich, Mass. jim.berry3 AT verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:55 PM Subject: Pink-sided or Oregon Junco ?? > We have had this Junco at the feeder throughout the winter. > > I haven't been able to get quality photos of it, BUT > I have posted the best ones I have so far, and > I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge about the > subspecies of the Dark-eyed Junco who might have > some thoughts on whether this might be: > > "Pink-sided Junco" or "Oregon Junco" or just a female "Slate-colored" ! > > > Here is the link to my photographs: > > _http://pets.webshots.com/album/582298304vQAcjS_ > (http://pets.webshots.com/album/582298304vQAcjS) > > > Click on each picture to see larger versions. > > > > Thanks > Andrea Robbins > Pittsfield, 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. > > -- 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 7, 2012 From: "Mark Suomala" <mrsuomala AT marksbirdtours.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:44:22 -0500 This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, February 7th, 2012. 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 BLACK VULTURE was reported from Portsmouth on February 7th. 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 male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen from Great Boar'e Head in Hampton on February 7th, and another one was seen on the Merrimack River near 250 Commercial Street in Manchester on February 3rd. A GLAUCOUS GULL has been seen irregularly in the Hampton Harbor area, mainly on the Seabrook side, and was last reported on February 7th. 2 ICELAND GULLS, over 20 LESSER SCAUP, an AMERICAN WIGEON, a RING-NECKD DUCK, and a NORTHERN PINTAIL were seen at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant during the past week. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 2 ICELAND GULLS were seen at the Rochester Wastewater Treatment Plant on February 2nd. The treatment plant is gated and the hours of operation are 7:30-3:00 on weekdays. If you visit, please check in at the office and be out of the plant by 2:45 so that plant personnel do not have to ask birders to leave. Do not drive on the dikes and do not block the road. The Trails at Pickering Ponds, located east of the plant, are not gated, and are always open during daylight hours. 2 RAZORBILLS and 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were reported from the coast during the past week. 10 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen off of Thompson Road in North Conway on February 5th. 4 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen from the Summit of Attitash Mountain in Bartlett on February 3rd. A SPRUCE GROUSE and 2 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen in Crawford Notch in the White Mountains on February 3rd. 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 February 7th. 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. A NORTHERN PINTAIL and an AMERICAN WIGEON were seen in Nashua during the past week. A few SNOW BUNTINGS and HORNED LARKS were seen along the coast during the past week. A FISH CROW was reported from Raymond on February 7th. A BALTIMORE ORIOLE was seen in Manchester on February 7th. An EASTERN TOWHEE was reported from Goffstown on February 3rd. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was seen in Seabrook on February 7th. Numerous TURKEY VULTURES were reported during the past week. There were a few reports of RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, CAROLINA WREN, WINTER WREN, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, and COMMON GRACKLE during the past week. There was an unconfirmed report of a LONG-EARED OWL heard in Walpole last week. 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: NH Coast Feb 6-7 (Cape May, Dickcissel, Barrow's, Glaucous) From: Ken Klapper <kklapper AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:34:39 -0500 Got out and did some birding along the coast yesterday and today. Here are the highlights: Feb 6 Turkey Vulture - one observed to the south, from Sunset Farm Hooded Merganser - 2 pair at Eel Pond (mostly open) Belted Kingfisher - one across the road from Rye Harbor Cape May Warbler - continuing at Odiorne. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/6838388885 Dickcissel - bright individual continuing at Wallis Rd, Rye (narrowly escaped a hungry Cooper's Hawk) Feb 7 Barrow's Goldeneye - male at Great Boars Head Razorbill - 1 at North Side Park in Hampton (my only alcid for the two days, unfortunately) Glaucous Gull - adult continues at Hampton Harbor (Seabrook side, just south of the Coop). Finally seen after 5 tries! Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/6838391221 Peregrine Falcon - adult on Hampton water tower. Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/passerculum/6838391853 Northern Harrier - immature bird near Hampton water tower Somehow I missed Snowy Owl both days, but yesterday Cliff Otto mentioned he had one at Hampton Beach State Park. 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: more robins in Lee From: Catherine Fisher <catherineckx AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:24:22 -0500 At 5:00 p.m. in Lee today in Stevens' field east of Tuttle Road, a group of about fifty robins. -- 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: Pink-sided or Oregon Junco ?? From: AERART AT aol.com Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:55:41 -0500 (EST) We have had this Junco at the feeder throughout the winter. I haven't been able to get quality photos of it, BUT I have posted the best ones I have so far, and I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge about the subspecies of the Dark-eyed Junco who might have some thoughts on whether this might be: "Pink-sided Junco" or "Oregon Junco" or just a female "Slate-colored" ! Here is the link to my photographs: _http://pets.webshots.com/album/582298304vQAcjS_ (http://pets.webshots.com/album/582298304vQAcjS) Click on each picture to see larger versions. Thanks Andrea Robbins Pittsfield, 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: 2-7-12 Concord Pine Siskin, Winter Wren From: CK Borg <borealbirder AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:39:41 -0500 Folks, Today at the Conservation Center (located off E. Portsmouth St) there was a small flyover flock of Pine Siskins and single Winter Wren calling from the floodplain. Good Birding, 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: birding the coast 2/6 From: Jeanne-Marie Maher <jeannemariemaher AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:36:43 -0500 had a few hours yesterday (6th) and drove over the the exeter water treatment pools, huge number of mallards, very few american black ducks and one "odd duck" looked like a mallard with a large white collar (must be a X). one female american widgeon, one female pintail then onto the coast from hampton to rye. highlight was one lone long tailed duck ring billed gulls mallards female (or juvenile) american widgeon turkey vulture red tail hawks (2) on drive over lesser scaup 8 common mergansers on river 5 (en route) 1 ring neck duck coast: red breasted mergansers horned grebes common loon red throated loon long tail duck 1 surf scouters pair of mute swans common eider 5 common goldeneye hooded merganser pair belted kingfisher good birding. Jeanne-Marie Maher 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: NH Coast (Cape May Warbler, Probable Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:32:57 -0500 A couple of hours along the coast this afternoon provided a couple of highlights: CAPE MAY WARBLER - 1 at Odiorne in its usual spot. Although today, it was flushed back into some shrubs on the west side of the trail by two walkers with dogs. I watched it for a short time while it sat back there, but I didn't spend much time there. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 1 off Route 1A in Seabrook at feeder. I was very happy to relocate this bird, which is almost certainly the same bird Jane and I saw 2½ weeks ago about 3 blocks away. A rather bright orange bill and pale lores on this young bird seem consistent with the bird being of the western "Gambel's" subspecies: http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/WhitecrownedSparrow-020712.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/WhitecrownedSparrow-020712-3.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~smirick/photos/WhitecrownedSparrow-020712-2.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: Hopkinton From: Dewittsker <dewittsker AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:07:13 -0500 3 bluebirds on the wires on Briar Hill and a bald eagle in the updrafts of Gould Hill Sue Burns 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: Soo-Nipi Chapter meeting From: "Jan Prew" <jprew AT mcttelecom.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:35:56 -0500 Friday February 9, 7:30 pm Robin Gray, an avid local birder and Soo-Nipi member, will talk and give a slide show about his recent visit to the birding hotspots in Peru. 763-5320 for information -- 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: Fish Crow Raymond From: sesantino AT comcast.net Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 19:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Yesterday afternoon about 2:00 pm I heard a fish crow calling as I was leaving the shopping plaza off of Freetown Road in Raymond. As a exited the plaza onto Center Street I observed one fish crow sitting on power lines by the shell gas station. I looked up my previous eBird observations of fish crow in this area and my earliest sighting in 2010 and 2011 were both in late March. Makes me wondering if this bird ever left New Hampshire this winter.   Scott Santino Raymond   -- 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: Portsmouth peregrines From: "Christian Martin" <CMartin AT NHAudubon.org> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:32:30 -0500 As Steve Mirick indicated, the local Portsmouth/Kittery peregrines have used the Interstate 95 bridge for successful nesting for 5 straight years (2007-2011), but in 2006 nested unsuccessfully one single year on the counterweight of the soon-to-be-history Memorial Bridge. In 2005 and prior, they nested for several years in a row at the Submarine Ways building at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. While the Memorial Bridge is hardly an "ancestral nesting location" it has been a favorite perch site for much of the past decade. I am sure when the new span is in place we will see peregrines perching there once again. - Chris Chris Martin, Senior Biologist Conservation Department, New Hampshire Audubon 84 Silk Farm Road, Concord, NH 03301 Office phone: 603/224-9909 x317; Fax: 603/226-0902; E-mail: cmartin AT nhaudubon.org; Web: www.nhaudubon.org New Hampshire Audubon -- Protecting New Hampshire's natural environment for wildlife and for people. >>> Steve Mirick 02/07/2012 9:42 AM >>> I received 2nd hand information that Jessie Knapp had a Black Vulture this morning in the vicinity of the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth while driving across (?The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge?). No doubt it was checking out all the commotion as today is the big day: http://www.wmur.com/newsarchive/30394111/detail.html I wonder how the Peregrine Falcons are reacting to the demolition of their ancestral nesting location? I don't believe they've used it in recent years, however, as the "I95 Bridge", I believe, is their preferred nesting bridge in recent years. 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: Update on Manchester Baltimore Oriole From: "Jane Hills" <jhbird AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:11:52 -0500 The female Baltimore Oriole that I reported at my backyard feeders in early January and again on January 20 has been seen daily since the latter date. She appears to be eating sunflower seed hearts, dried mealworms, and suet and enjoying a drink of water. Jane Hills Manchester, NH jhbird(at)myfairpoint(dot)net "We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings." --William Safire -- 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: Grackles, robins in Lee From: Catherine Fisher <catherineckx AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:15:40 -0500 At our feeder here in Lee yesterday, mid-afternoon, we had a pair of common grackles; later a flock of about 20 male robins passed through. Catherine Fisher -- 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: Black Vulture in Portsmouth From: Jessie Knapp <jessieknapp AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:10:12 -0500 I just wanted to give some more details now that I'm at my computer. There were about 6 vultures circling over the Albacore as I was driving over the bypass bridge. One was undoubtedly a Black Vulture. I pulled over to try to get a picture with my point-and-shoot that was in the car, but they had all started moving towards the Memorial Bridge by that point, and I couldn't get a picture. Just wanted to clarify. Jessie Kittery, ME ----------------------------- Jessica M. Knapp Ph.D. Candidate University of New Hampshire Spaulding/Rudman Halls 38 Academic Way Durham, NH 03824 -- 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: Black Vulture in Portsmouth From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:42:49 -0500 I received 2nd hand information that Jessie Knapp had a Black Vulture this morning in the vicinity of the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth while driving across (?The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge?). No doubt it was checking out all the commotion as today is the big day: http://www.wmur.com/newsarchive/30394111/detail.html I wonder how the Peregrine Falcons are reacting to the demolition of their ancestral nesting location? I don't believe they've used it in recent years, however, as the "I95 Bridge", I believe, is their preferred nesting bridge in recent years. 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: Results of the Superbowl of Birding Photo Contest From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:37:23 -0500 Posted for Don Crockett....although I think the "Twitchers" deserved the prize! Steve Mirick Bradford, MA The results of the Superbowl of Birding Best Team-In-Action Photo Contest have been posted at: http://www.greatblue.com/superbowlofbirdingphotocontest Come see how your favorite photo did against the competition! -- 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: American Wigeon, Nashua From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:53:17 -0500 2/06 A few minutes of light after work... I checked out Impco Pond off Burke St. and found an American Wigeon with the Mallards. First thought it was a female, now I think it is a first year male, beginning to develop a buffy cheek. Great to see these cool ducks after a rather lackluster winter. http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731 AT N03/6832604467/in/set-72157628830902275 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731 AT N03/6832604809/in/set-72157628830902275/ -- 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: Eastern Bluebirds in Durham From: Helen Brock <helen.j.brock AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:58:37 -0500 About 6 bluebirds were observed at Wagon Hill Farm in Durham on Sunday, Feb. 5. -- 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: Bluebirds in Wolfeboro From: wendy chatel <wendychatel AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:41:35 -0500 Hi All - At least 5 Eastern Bluebirds at my house in Wolfeboro this afternoon! Can Spring be far behind? 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: TVs in North Walpole From: cyndi AT together.net Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:07:57 -0500 Two TVs flying over the farm across from Agway this morning about 10:45 am. Seems a little early? Cyndi "We still talk in terms of conquest. We still haven't become mature enough to think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe." Rachel Carson -- 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: East Kingston - Eagle and Bluebirds From: d.skillman AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:46:03 +0000 (UTC) Debby and I went back to South Road to look for Blackbirds et al yesterday (Sunday). Six Red-winged Blackbirds today, but no blackbird rarities or Turk ey Vultures or Bald Eagles. On the way home we went via Rt. 108 to Sanborn Road . A sh ort distance from that intersection in one of the trees along  the road was an adult Bald Eagle scanning Bodwell's field. While walking the dogs we saw 6 Eastern Bluebirds on Taylor Way. Dennis Skillman http://www.pbase.com/dennissk http://www.liteworksphoto.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: A slightly better photo of the Northern Shoveler From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:50:04 -0500 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731 AT N03/6827709009/in/set-72157628830902275/ -- 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: N. Conway/Bartlett - Bohemians and WW Crossbills From: Miklos Oyler <oylermik AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:10:54 -0500 10 Bohemian Waxwings off Thompson Rd., North Conway 4 White-winged Crossbills from the Summit of Attitash Mountain 1 Red-tailed Hawk seen from the base of Attitash Mik Oyler -- 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: The Exeter Mallards From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:38:25 -0500 The Exeter area is now becoming famous for its huge Mallard flock. The flock seems to gather at the Exeter WTP, but in past years they've also been at the Exeter Reservoir. Presumably most of their food is coming from a person that feeds them nearby off Wheelright Creek where there is often a huge flock. It must be an amazing amount of food that is being used to feed this flock. I'm not sure how long this has been going on, but I've only paid notice to it over the last few years. My highest counts/estimates from recent years: 1/19/2009 - 1,300 at Exeter Reservoir 2/21/2010 - 1,650 at Exeter WTP 2/16/2011 - 1,600 at Exeter WTP The highest count that I've found is from Jason Lambert who estimated 2,300 from the Exeter Treatment Plant on 3/5/11. Probably the highest count ever recorded in the state from a single site. 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: Capital Chapter Field Trip: Bald Eagles on the Merrimack From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson AT sulloway.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:24:22 -0500 Bald Eagles on the Merrimack SUNDAY, February 12, 8:30 am Meet Rob Woodward at the McLane Audubon Center for this popular annual morning jaunt looking for Eagles along the Merrimack River between Concord and Manchester and wintering Peregrine Falcons in downtown Manchester. Contact: Rob Woodward at 224-0889 (evenings) ________________________________ SULLOWAY & HOLLIS, P.L.L.C.: This message is a PRIVATE communication which may contain attorney / client privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use, or disclose to others. If you have received this message in error, please reply to sender and delete this message from your system. Thank you. -- 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: Northern Shoveler, Bald Eagle, TV, Herons and Mergansers/Nashua From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:23:20 -0500 Heron "seen" out on the Marsh! On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:20 PM, christine sheridan wrote: > > > Great Blue Heron, two--one sunbathing and grooming his nuptial plumes at > the Millyard, the second heard out on the Marsh at Field's Grove. > > > -- > Chris Sheridan > cmsbirds AT gmail com > Nashua NH > > -- 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: Northern Shoveler, Bald Eagle, TV, Herons and Mergansers/Nashua From: christine sheridan <cmsbirds AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:20:51 -0500 Here and there in Nashua on Saturday and Sunday: Saturday highlights: Two Common Mergansers, Salmon Brook from Verona St. Touched down and took off. Turkey Vulture: Rockin' over Burke Street Sunday: Belted Kingfisher, two: (one usually heard on the opposite side of the "island" off Field's Grove Park. Today he came out and perched in a tree. Another Kingfisher heard on Salmon Brook off Verona Street.) Great Blue Heron, two--one sunbathing and grooming his nuptial plumes at the Millyard, the second heard out on the Marsh at Field's Grove. Bald Eagle--fantastic looks of an adult soaring low over Lake Street, Main Street, and the Hunt Home on corner of Allds and Main. No one else looked up; guess they thought I was just some kind of a nut, gawking and pointing up at the sky! Gulls at Burger King greatly discomfited. Best bird of the weekend: A female Northern Shoveler on the marsh from Verona Street. I spent considerable time watching ducks and geese from here, hoping to re-find and get a better look at a duck I'd seen Saturday dabbling at a distance with some Black Ducks (probably a female Gadwall, but just not certain enough...) The little Shoveler swam briskly out onto the marsh from the stream and entered an area of relatively thick dead vegetation, where she dug around with her remarkable bill--99% of the time with her tail to me and head hidden. I did get some dreadful photos (can't get close here), posted here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731 AT N03/6825696711/in/set-72157628830902275 http://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731 AT N03/6825699239/in/set-72157628830902275/ Also numerous Black Ducks, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers and Canada Geese, finches in full song and two Mute Swans snoozing in the sunshine at the Millyard, though the cob kept one eye open and on me at all times! -- 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: snow buntings in hampton From: gregtillman AT comcast.net Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Hampton Beach State Park had 6 snow buntings this morning. I did not see a Snowy Owl, although some non-birders were asking about it. South of Boar's Head had some action, with flocks of Black Scoters (about 30) and Long-tailed Ducks (6 or 8); and an interesting tight cluster of 5 Horned Grebes. Few goldeneyes, no Barrow's. Most of the rest of the coast was fairly quiet. A kingfisher at Rye Harbor was the only other noteworthy bird of the day. No Cape May at Odiorne, although a couple of photographers camped on the beach may have kept it from its usual haunts. Rye Harbor also had a cluster of people watching a small Harbor Porpoise, which was swimming, but trapped in the inlet on the south side of the harbor. People from the New England Aquarium were due to arrive shortly, and the story is expected to have a happy ending, but i did not stay to watch. -greg -- 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: Winter Wren - Hopkinton From: rwoodward30 AT comcast.net Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:33:40 +0000 (UTC) Today while taking a walk along Branch Londonderry Turnpike around the corner from my house I found a Winter Wren in the marshy vegetation along the road. Winter Wren is listed as rare to very rare in winter in the Checklist of the Birds of NH, although it probably got its name from its habit of wintering over in northern latitudes. Over the last 10 years, there is an average of 3.5 records per winter in NH Bird Records, mostly in December and January. On the similar date of February 7, 1993, I found one in the marsh along Bela Brook behind my house. The bird was flushed from its refuge between the vegetation and the snow. According to my journal, the high temperature that day was 15 degrees and the morning low was minus 20, tying the record low for that date. Rob Woodward 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: a 'moment' with a goldfinch From: evelyn nathan <evynathan AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:12:42 -0500 Threw out some seed earlier, (most of what is in these 2 pictures is feeder cast off) and when I went out for a walk a very friendly little puffed up goldfinch was hopping around partaking. When I returned he flew right in to greet me and ate very calmly, almost at my feet, while I took these shots. He (she?) seemed almost to seek out human company. http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6825117209/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/75384445 AT N06/6825115689/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: NH Audubon Nashaway upcoming events From: Richard Bielawski <richard.bielawski AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 13:25:15 -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 -- 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's in Auburn & Exeter on Friday 02-03-12 (Pictures) From: "David Lipsy" <dlipsy AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 02:19:53 -0500 Hello, On my way up to Maine I saw 2 Turkey Vultures soaring over the highway in Auburn. Pulling the truck over onto the side allowed me to photograph the two birds as they came overhead. I then spotted another in the vicinity of the Exeter WWTP and was able to photograph that bird as well. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65293799 AT N04/sets/72157629180145509/ On the drive, in the stretch from Manchester thru to just before the bridge in Portsmouth, I counted 7 Red-tailed Hawks sitting in trees alongside the highway, plus another 5 in Maine on my way to Scarborough. Got some fantastic shots of Eared Grebes, Long-tailed Ducks and Loons, which I plan on loading onto Flickr soon, and will post in case anyone is interested. Thank you, And 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: Long-eared Owl in Walpole From: Leo McKillop <weomck AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 01:24:04 -0500 (message forwarded by friend who was unable to post to the list) This report is a couple of days old, but might interest some. Early Wednesday morning, about 1am, I was laying in bed when I heard a Long-eared Owl in the yard. At first, I thought it might be my imagination, but after a few calls, I jumped out of bed and got dressed. I played some calls outside in an attempt to draw the owl back in, but only got silence in response and it was cold so I didn't try too long. Anyway, the calls and their timing were a solid match for the "typical female" call found here: http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Asio&species=otus I have tried playing limited calls in the nights since without any luck at all and I am leaving town early Sunday morning so may try playing tapes once more before dawn. If anybody has any thoughts or opinions on this at all, I would be thrilled to hear from you. Everybody else who may be interested in owls, keep your ears open! One more thing, I have done limited birding around town the last couple days with Anne Winters and Leo McKillop. Highlights for us included several Golden-crowned Kinglets, several Pine Siskins and Snow Buntings. Good birding, Jason Pietrzak pietrzak at gmail dot 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: Exeter Mallards From: Cliff Otto <ottoc.bb.etc AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:27:09 -0500 Pam Hunt mentioned: My guestimate on the number of Mallards at the latter location is on the order of 1000-1500. The number on the southeast pond (partially frozen) is mind-boggling. Eleven days ago, I stopped by the Exeter WWTP on my way to the coast and saw many, many Mallards. I took fifteen overlapping photographs of the ones on the ice in the second pond in the left. I remarked to this list that is saw more Mallards than I knew existed (500 ?). Pam's comment made me wonder, so I used Photoshop to merge my photographs as a panorama (the result was over 38,600 pixels in length). I then used a paint brush to dot each one as I counted and came up with about 680 on the ice and in the water nearby. I also counted another 245 on the roadway between that pond and the one on the right. That gave me a total of 1,025 Mallards. I'd guess my count was accurate to within +/- one-half percent of the total, but it also did not include Mallards in the first pond on the left and some that were flying around. Truly an amazing sight. Clifford 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: Newmarket vultures From: Kurk Dorsey <kd AT cisunix.unh.edu> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:58:09 -0500 (EST) Birders My vulture count was 11 this morning along Bass St. in Newmarket, about 7:30. They recommended the donuts at L&M on Elm Street, and I concur. 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: Coast, Exeter, and Penacook From: "PAMELA HUNT" <biodiva AT myfairpoint.net> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:44:18 -0500 Wow! Pam Hunt sightings are apparently quite noteworthy (thanks guys!). I can add a couple of things to Steve and Len's recent posts: Swamp Sparrow on Wallis Road in Rye (another Superbowl miss from last weekend) female Northern Pintail at the Exeter Wastewater Treatment Plant. (couldn't find Len's Iceland Gull) My guestimate on the number of Mallards at the latter location is on the order of 1000-1500. The number on the southeast pond (partially frozen) is mind-boggling. This is where the pintail was, and I'd likely have never picked her out if she hadn't chosen that moment to walk to the edge of the flock and fly away. This morning on the Island were the continuing Common Grackle and a Red-shouldered Hawk. I actually think the latter is a DIFFERENT BIRD than the one seen about a mile away from November through Jan 1 (and which moved farther away during that period). Photos of the former show a much more orange breast, whereas the bird this morning had a smaller and was paler orange "bib." Happy Spring (no matter what the groundhogs may have said!) Pam Hunt Penacook, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Mirick" To: "NH.Birds" Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 5:08 PM Subject: Southeastern NH (Cape May, Dickcissel, Snowys, Barrow's, etc.) > Fortunately, Jane and I weren't nearly as rushed as Lee Hansche! We > managed some of the same highlights today along the coast plus a few > others from a few spots in Newmarket, East Kingston and Kingston. > > *** Indicates 7 species seen today that we missed last weekend on > Superbowl! > > ***Barrow's Goldeneye 1 Adult male in close to shore from south side > of Great Boar's Head with a small handful of Commons. First we have seen > him this year. > Red-throated Loon 11 Including raft of 8 inside Hampton harbor inlet. > Good count for date. > Red-necked Grebe 35 Basically in one raft off Bicentennial Park. A > couple more from scattered locations. > Great Cormorant 22 Most from Concord Point and south of Odiorne. > Some now sporting full breeding plumage with frosted face and white flank > patches. > ***Glaucous Gull 1 Adult in Hampton harbor near Yankee Fisherman's > Coop. > ***Razorbill 2 One inside Hampton harbor inlet. The other off > Bicentennial Park. > ***Black Guillemot 2 Both from Pulpit Rocks in Rye. > Snowy Owl 2 Both in same neighborhood and both seen from Hampton > Beach SP looking south. Sitting on houses on south side of Hampton harbor > inlet. We couldn't find the Rye bird. > Horned Lark 9 In grasses at bathrooms at Bicentennial Park in > Hampton. > American Robin 5 Noteworthy because they were first seen offshore > over Rye Ledge. Cutting low over rocks and bucking the wind and crossed > Route 1A right next to us. Where had they come from to get offshore like > that? > Cape May Warbler 1 Continuing bird at Odiorne. > Yellow-breasted Chat 0 We gave a rather cursory check for the bird off > Landing Road in Hampton, but no luck. > Dickcissel 1 Continuing bird off Wallis Road in Rye. > Red-winged Blackbird 1 Male along Route 1A in Rye. > ***Common Grackle 1 Male teed up near feeders in Seabrook. > Pam Hunt - 1 Female at Odiorne with camera and binoculars in hand! Now > recorded twice in last 2 weeks! > > Inland: > > ***Turkey Vulture - 5 roosting in Pine Trees off Nichols Road in Newmarket > by ballfield in mid-afternoon. > Brown-headed Cowbird - 65 off South Road in East Kingston with 3 > Red-winged Blackbirds, but no sign of Yellow-headed or Rusty Blackbird. > Northern Pintail - 2 males in Powwow Pond in Kingston with about 150 > Mallards and a few other waterfowl. Mostly from causeway or Small Pox > Road in river upstream (south) of pond. > ***Hooded Merganser - 8 in Powwow Pond in Kingston. > > Steve & Jane 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: ovenbird still in Derry From: Barbara Horton <byrder101 AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:43:41 -0500 Hi Yep, the ovenbird is still hanging out in my yard. Again I do not see him as often. Saw him once today. And the other day, after seeing the ovenbird several times way under the spruce and no opportunity for pictures, I spotted him or so I thought out in the open so grabbed the camera and shot away. It was getting dark - really! Didn't download them till the next afternoon and I did it again. It was the hermit thrush. 2 times now he has fooled me. Good grief! Also had the following birds this morn seen from my living room windows, cardinal titmouse chickadee house sparrow goldfinch junco mourning dove flicker red belly woodpecker downy wood pecker bluebird grackle bluejay white breasted nuthatch white throated sparrow song sparrow robin 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: pm Exeter WTP From: Len Medlock <lenmedlock AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 22:38:59 +0000 (UTC) After visiting the Snowy Owls on the coast, I swung by Exeter WTP. Highlights.... American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid)-2 Mallard-300 (at least) Ring-necked Duck-1 drake with LESC Lesser Scaup-17 seen from pond 2 Bufflehead-1 Ring-billed Gull-13 Iceland Gull-1 PAM HUNT-1, seen with bins and scope. Always a great encounter! Snowys: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmedlock/6819324009/in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmedlock/6819324647/in/photostream 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: Southeastern NH (Cape May, Dickcissel, Snowys, Barrow's, etc.) From: Steve Mirick <smirick AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:08:48 -0500 Fortunately, Jane and I weren't nearly as rushed as Lee Hansche! We managed some of the same highlights today along the coast plus a few others from a few spots in Newmarket, East Kingston and Kingston. *** Indicates 7 species seen today that we missed last weekend on Superbowl! ***Barrow's Goldeneye 1 Adult male in close to shore from south side of Great Boar's Head with a small handful of Commons. First we have seen him this year. Red-throated Loon 11 Including raft of 8 inside Hampton harbor inlet. Good count for date. Red-necked Grebe 35 Basically in one raft off Bicentennial Park. A couple more from scattered locations. Great Cormorant 22 Most from Concord Point and south of Odiorne. Some now sporting full breeding plumage with frosted face and white flank patches. ***Glaucous Gull 1 Adult in Hampton harbor near Yankee Fisherman's Coop. ***Razorbill 2 One inside Hampton harbor inlet. The other off Bicentennial Park. ***Black Guillemot 2 Both from Pulpit Rocks in Rye. Snowy Owl 2 Both in same neighborhood and both seen from Hampton Beach SP looking south. Sitting on houses on south side of Hampton harbor inlet. We couldn't find the Rye bird. Horned Lark 9 In grasses at bathrooms at Bicentennial Park in Hampton. American Robin 5 Noteworthy because they were first seen offshore over Rye Ledge. Cutting low over rocks and bucking the wind and crossed Route 1A right next to us. Where had they come from to get offshore like that? Cape May Warbler 1 Continuing bird at Odiorne. Yellow-breasted Chat 0 We gave a rather cursory check for the bird off Landing Road in Hampton, but no luck. Dickcissel 1 Continuing bird off Wallis Road in Rye. Red-winged Blackbird 1 Male along Route 1A in Rye. ***Common Grackle 1 Male teed up near feeders in Seabrook. Pam Hunt - 1 Female at Odiorne with camera and binoculars in hand! Now recorded twice in last 2 weeks! Inland: ***Turkey Vulture - 5 roosting in Pine Trees off Nichols Road in Newmarket by ballfield in mid-afternoon. Brown-headed Cowbird - 65 off South Road in East Kingston with 3 Red-winged Blackbirds, but no sign of Yellow-headed or Rusty Blackbird. Northern Pintail - 2 males in Powwow Pond in Kingston with about 150 Mallards and a few other waterfowl. Mostly from causeway or Small Pox Road in river upstream (south) of pond. ***Hooded Merganser - 8 in Powwow Pond in Kingston. Steve & Jane 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. 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Subject: Cape May, Dickcissel, Snowy- YES,YES,YES From: lee hansche <xxleeweexx AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:59:23 -0800 (PST) Made the tough decision to get upearly and bird the coast before going in for a LONG work day im manchester.   First stop, Odiorne SP to catch up with the Cape May Warbler that i had missed last week. I found him already being watched as the clock struck 8:00am. This was a life bird and a fun, pretty little guy to watch even if i had seen a hundred of them. Next up was the dickcissel who wasnt quite as cooperative, but after an hour of watching House sparrows, Tree Sparrows, House Finches and others i finally picked him out at a feeder and without a moment to spare as i had to get to work soon.... i managed to swing in to hampton beach state park long enough to scan the roof tops pick out a snowy and speed back to manchester 5 minutes before work.SUCCESS!   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: East Kingston and Kingston - Eagles, Kinglet, RW Blackbird From: d.skillman AT comcast.net Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:20:59 +0000 (UTC) Birding yesterday (with Warren Trested) and today (with Debby). We birded for several hours with Davis Finch on his property on South Road (25 species). Most interesting was sighting at least 5 different individual Bald Eagles (3 mature at one time and 2 immature together + several other individual immature sightings). One of the matures had black-tipped tail feathers. Also, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, my first Red-winged Blackbird of the year, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Common Ravens. Eight Turkey Vultures seen at one time. Not present were the Rusty Blackbird and the Yellow-headed Blackbird. Great fun! At the Powwow River off Smallpox Road in Kingston: Common Merganser, Pintail, Hooded Merganser, many Mallards, Black Duck, Canada Goose. I have never seen so little ice on Powwow Pond. There is no ice in sight from the boat launch on New Boston Road, but very few birds on the lake. Further east the lake is frozen. To see photos from the last week, start here and click on next until you get to the end: http://www.pbase.com/dennissk/image/141192612 To see birds from this winter (NH and MA), start at the same link and click previous (Cape May Warbler, Chat, Snowy Owl, Cassin's Kingbird, Sandhill Cranes, etc) Dennis Skillman http://www.pbase.com/dennissk http://www.liteworksphoto.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: Mixed Blackbird Flock-Newton, NH From: Paula McFarland <saltpannes AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:07:23 -0500 I had a flock of approximately 200 blackbirds in my yard this morning. The flock included Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds and Starlings. They did not find my feeders (thankfully)! Photo of a portion of the flock: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saltpannes/6817187271/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Video of a portion of the flock: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saltpannes/6817341463/in/photostream/ Paula McFarland Newton, 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: 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. 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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.