Date: 3/25/21 2:53 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] 42 Species at Portsmouth Country Club!
Pam Hunt had 42 species this morning, and so did I!
I took a long 3 mile walk along the paved walkway at the Portsmouth
Country Club. Sadly, fog limited visibility on the bay otherwise, I
would have had more. Nothing terribly unusual. Highlight of the walk
was a Great Horned Owl incubating on a nest in a pine tree. Tipped off
by mobbing crows, it was one of the very few times that I've found a
Great Horned Owl nest. Total list:
Canada Goose 199
American Wigeon 9
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 179
Green-winged Teal 2
Greater Scaup 382 Rough estimate.
Lesser Scaup 1 Male with Black Ducks partly up river.
Bufflehead 23
Common Goldeneye 7
Common Merganser 7
Wild Turkey 1 Gobbling.
Mourning Dove 8
Killdeer 12
Ring-billed Gull 33
Herring Gull 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1 Adult
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Great Horned Owl 1 Incubating on nest. Thanks to the Crows for
pointing it out!
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 9
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 9
Northern Mockingbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 8
American Robin 16
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 7
American Tree Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Song Sparrow 17
Red-winged Blackbird 89
Brown-headed Cowbird 26
Common Grackle 8
Northern Cardinal 4
