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Date: 6/3/25 6:18 pm From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard...> Subject: [NHBirds] eBird Report - Pickering Ponds, Rochester, Jun 1, 2025 56 species
I was joined by 22 birders for our annual nest walk at Pickering Ponds trails in Rochester. It was quite successful due to many hours of nest sleuthing by Alan Murray, thank you Alan! Thanks also to Zeke Cornell for tallying the list below. A woodcock venturing across the trail was entertaining. Dan Hubbard, Rochester Pickering Ponds, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, US Jun 1, 2025 7:09 AM - 11:39 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.619 mile(s) Checklist Comments: NH Audubon Seacoast Chapter outing led by Dan Hubbard and nest-finder extraordinaire, Alan Murray. Under Alan's tutelage we were able to view the nests of thirteen different species! 56 species Canada Goose 18 Wood Duck 44 A few adults with many chicks… Mallard 4 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 40 Most likely an undercount... Virginia Rail 1 Calling from the marsh along the spur trail below the waste treatment plant... Killdeer 3 American Woodcock 1 Walking on a trail… Spotted Sandpiper 2 American Herring Gull 11 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 7 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Willow Flycatcher 2 Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 4 Nest… Warbling Vireo 7 Nest… Red-eyed Vireo 7 Common Raven 1 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Tufted Titmouse 1 Bank Swallow 3 Tree Swallow 12 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 15 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 Two nests… Northern House Wren 2 European Starling 1 Gray Catbird 11 Nest… Eastern Bluebird 2 Nest… American Robin 12 Nest… Cedar Waxwing 7 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 4 Chipping Sparrow 0 Nest… Song Sparrow 11 Nest... Swamp Sparrow 1 Orchard Oriole 4 Nest… Baltimore Oriole 7 Nest… Red-winged Blackbird 18 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Common Grackle 3 Ovenbird 2 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 6 American Redstart 10 Nest… Yellow Warbler 12 Nest… Pine Warbler 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Nest… View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S245543831 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home) -- To Change your e-mail delivery settings (digest, daily, no mail) visit: https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/subscribe?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NHBirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nhbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nhbirds/<7a7b66c5-48c9-f69c-05e7-74b0b822cc7d...>

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