Date: 5/12/26 12:12 pm From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard...> Subject: [NHBirds] RE: Pickering Ponds trails bird walk, Rochester, May 10, 2026
Hi Laura, Zeke should have shared it with you by the time you read this. Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: 'drawthislp' via NHBirds <nhbirds...>
Sent: May 12, 2026 12:47 PM
To: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard...>, <nhbirds...>
Subject: [NHBirds] RE: Pickering Ponds trails bird walk, Rochester, May 10, 2026
Thanks Dan (and Zeke and Becky also).
Can my ebird account be added to this checklist?
Laura Pagano <drawthislp...>
See you again soon.
Laura and Vic
-------- Original message --------
From: Dan Hubbard <danielhubbard...>
Date: 5/11/26 9:58 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: <nhbirds...>
Subject: Pickering Ponds trails bird walk, Rochester, May 10, 2026
Twenty-seven birders joined me for the traditional Mother's Day bird walk on Sunday. A birdy month of May at Pickering continued as 90 species were recorded. Highlights included 16 species of warbler (one parula was especially photogenic) and 2 very cooperative Virginia Rails. Thanks once again to Zeke Cornell for producing the eBird list below. Dan Hubbard, Rochester
Pickering Ponds, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, US
May 10, 2026 7:13 AM - 12:38 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.076 mile(s)
90 species
Canada Goose 7
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 10
American Black Duck 2
Bufflehead 4 Females. Very small ducks with a small white patch on the face. Smaller than Hooded Mergansers.
Hooded Merganser 9
Common Merganser 6
Wild Turkey 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 30
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Virginia Rail 2
Killdeer 6
Wilson's Snipe 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
American Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 1 Flyover
Green Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 11
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 10
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Eastern Warbling Vireo 9
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 4
Bank Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 50
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 60
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Northern House Wren 3
Gray Catbird 18
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 2
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 8
Purple Finch 6
American Goldfinch 7
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 10
Swamp Sparrow 4
Bobolink 1
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 7
Red-winged Blackbird 44
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Common Grackle 10
Ovenbird 10
Northern Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 12
American Redstart 5
Northern Parula 4
Magnolia Warbler 3
Northern Yellow Warbler 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 16
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9
