Date: 7/24/17 6:46 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, July 24, 2017
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 24th, 2017.
There was an unconfirmed report of a flock of 5 BROWN PELICANS seen flying just off of Rye Harbor on July 21st.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES, an adult and a chick, continue to be seen at their nest site area in Newmarket, and another adult was seen near Depot Road in Stratham, all on July 23rd.
An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in the coastal salt marshes located on the opposite side of Route 1A from just south of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on July 19th, and 1 was seen at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester on July 23rd.
A flock of 11 GLOSSY IBIS was seen along the coast on July 23rd.
A STILT SANDPIPER was seen on July 20, and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen on the 23rd, all at the Pickering Ponds in Rochester.
2 WHIMBRELS were seen at Rye Ledge on July 22nd.
A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen in Hampton Marsh on July 23rd.
A GREATER YELLOWLEGS was reported from Berry Bay in Freedom on July 20th.
A PIPING PLOVER and 12 LEAST TERNS were seen at Seabrook Beach on July 22nd. Beach-goers are encouraged to give these endangered birds room to raise their chicks.
4 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 22nd.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen along the coast in Hampton on July 23rd.
3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on July 19th.
A few FOX SPARROWS were reported from the White Mountains during the past week where this species appears to be expanding its breeding range.
14 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 22nd.
A FISH CROW was reported from Bicentennial Park in Hampton on July 22nd.
A few RED-CROSSBILLS were reported from Sutton, Sunapee, Hancock, Randolph, and Crawford Notch during the past week, and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was reported from Crawford Notch on July 23rd.
Birders hiking in the White Mountains during the past week reported the expected resident species such as SPRUCE GROUSE, GRAY JAY, BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, and BOREAL CHICKADEE.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and press 4 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...> 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
Date: 7/24/17 12:47 pm From: CK Borg <borealbirder...> Subject: [NHBirds] WMNF Presidential Boreals
While in the boreal high country of the White Mountain National Forest this past Sunday (7/23) en route to Mount Eisenhower, Mount Pierce, & and Mount Jackson via the Crawford Path, Appalachian Trail, & Mizpah Cutoff I encountered the following (with general thoughts on abundance):
Spruce Grouse (rare) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (common) Blue-headed Vireo (uncommon) Winter Wren (uncommon) Brown Creeper (uncommon) Red-breasted Nuthatch (uncommon) Golden-crowned Kinglet (common) Boreal Chickadee (uncommon) Gray Jay (rare) Cedar Waxwing (uncommon) Bicknell's Thrush (uncommon) Swainson's Thrush (abundant) American Robin (rare) Nashville Warbler (uncommon) Blackpoll Warbler (common) Black-throated Green Warbler (common) Yellow-rumped Warbler (abundant) Fox Sparrow (rare) White-throated Sparrow (common) Dark-eyed Junco (abundant) Purple Finch (uncommon) Red Crossbill (rare) White-winged Crossbill (uncommon)
Date: 7/23/17 1:35 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] NH Coast & Mississippi Kites update from Newmarket & Stratham
Jane and I hit the coast again today. A DRAMATIC difference in weather from yesterday's summer muggy weather, today was cold and dry with moderate to strong northeast winds, and partly cloudy. Not much southbound migrant peep movement. A couple of birds of note different from yesterday.
Glossy Ibis - Flock of 11 flying south Black Guillemot - 1 in breeding plumage off Little Boar's Head Semipalmated Sandpiper - 300+ adults roosting in Hampton salt marsh. Beautiful collection of birds. Some with yellow legs, stained from pollen. WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1 adult roosting in Hampton salt marsh. First southbound migrant of summer and a bit early. My earliest July record and only my 2nd July record. According to Fox & Keith, the earliest July record is 7/21/90.
Also, we spent well over an hour staring off-shore from Little Boar's Head, hoping for a shearwater. No luck. It was very choppy and rough offshore, but the visibility was excellent. The highlight (by far) was one or two BREACHING MINKE WHALES!! Not only is this a rare sight from the shore, but these are my first breaching Minke Whales that I have ever observed. First was a whale far offshore, that breached perhaps 4 times in succession, but two of these were partial breaches, and the of the two full breaches, only Jane got a good view of one of them and we weren't certain if it was a Minke or a Humpback. The second whale breaches came about 30 minutes later from a completely different section of ocean, but closer. Fortunately when Jason Lambert joined us. Both times nearly completely out of the water. The small thin shape and lack of significant flippers confirmed it was a Minke. We later stopped in and talked to Pete Reynolds (Granite State Whale Watch) who confirmed that boats were reporting the breaching Minke Whales, which can sometimes breach regularly in choppy waters. Coincidentally, Melanie White caught this amazing photo of a breaching Minke Whale from the Granite State Whale Watch yesterday:
Later we visited the MISSISSIPPI KITES: ------------------------------------------------------ NEWMARKET - The nest in Newmarket is doing OK, but not great. There is one large chick that was being fed several times when we visited today. And seen pooping over the side! Very hard to see and impossible to photograph due to the height and angle of the nest. The pin feathers are starting in and the bird looked very healthy. The sad part, is that we ONLY SAW ONE ADULT in the 20 minutes we were there. After talking to Deb Powers, I am now confident that the bird that was struck by the car is the male of this nesting pair. With only one adult feeding the chick, things may be more challenging, particularly with the predicted unseasonably cold days forecast for the beginning of this week. REGARDING THE INJURED KITE.....I received word that the bird is still recuperating in York, Maine at the Center for Wildlife. The difficult part is that it is being force fed and will not eat on its own. This is not unusual for captive kites. Jim Parker is an authority on Mississippi Kites and has worked extensively with injured kites. He has been corresponding with folks at the rehab center and may assist with the recuperation.
Jane and I gave some quick scans from historical kite locations in Newmarket (Gonet Drive & Piscassic Street), but came up empty. Again. Is this the only pair in Newmarket? I understand that there has been a 3rd adult in the area of the nest, but have not heard of any regular sightings outside the existing nest spot.
STRATHAM - Jane and I briefly searched off Depot Road and quickly found a kite near the north end of Depot Road just south of Rt. 33. It appeared brighter and I believe is an adult male. This may be the same bird I followed off and on for over an hour a few days ago trying to nail down a territory or nest. I have not seen or heard of any potential nest sites, and I am not sure if this bird is nesting or not. It is possible (hopeful) that a female may be on a nest somewhere in this neighborhood. The maximum count for kites in this area is 3 and we have seen birds copulating in the roost snag near the Great Bay Discovery Center at the end of Depot Road.
Date: 7/22/17 12:43 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] 5 Brown Pelicans (?) off NH Coast yesterday???
Sue Reynolds, captain of the Uncle Oscar lobster boat, called me to report that she had a single flock of 5 Brown Pelicans fly over her head heading north just outside of Rye Harbor. While she was pulling lobster traps. Although Sue is not a regular birder, she has a lot of experience with Brown Pelicans from Florida and Northern Gannets up here, so.......who knows?
Otherwise, a single Brown Pelican was photographed yesterday off Moody Beach in Wells, Maine.
Date: 7/22/17 12:27 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] NH Coast (Juveniles showing up, migrating peeps, baby Least Terns)
Jane and I covered the coast today. Typical mid-July birds as things are starting to change. Tree Swallows are gathering in big numbers, shorebirds are migrating south offshore, egrets and herons are building in numbers, and juveniles of several species are appearing. Nothing terribly rare. Photos and list of highlights below:
NH coast, Rockingham, New Hampshire, US Jul 22, 2017 5:30 AM - 11:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 12.0 mile(s) Comments: Morning birding along coast north to south of Odiorne. Humid, but overcast. Calm seas. Visibility hampered by haze, but otherwise good. Crowded on coast by 9 AM.
American Black Duck 4 Marsh Road Pond. Family group? White-winged Scoter 1 Didn't scan carefully for Black Scoters off Jenness Beach. Common Loon 20 Scattered. One group of 6 off Pulpit Rocks. Two in breeding plumage. The rest were immatures. Wilson's Storm-Petrel 0 Remarkably, ZERO. They had been rather common recently offshore. Replaced today by swallows acting like petrels. Northern Gannet 1 Great Blue Heron 23 Great Egret 54 Snowy Egret 36 At least 3 juveniles. No signs of Little Blue. Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 8 adults, 1 juvenile. Mostly in harbor at dawn. Osprey 13 Nine around Hampton salt marsh includes adults and young. Interestingly, 4 additional birds seen flying south along shoreline in Rye. Migrating? Black-bellied Plover 1 First of fall. Semipalmated Plover 52 Piping Plover 1 Seabrook beach. Killdeer 15 3 big youngsters at Yankee Fisherman's Coop. Whimbrel 2 Two birds hanging out on Rye Ledge rocks. As tide came in, they both just took off and headed south. Sanderling 5 Two migrating. Least Sandpiper 18 Semipalmated Sandpiper 386 peep sp. 766 Semipalmated/Least Sandpipers. Migrating south in 55 flocks. Short-billed Dowitcher 5 Two migrating. Spotted Sandpiper 14 At least 1 JUVENILE. Greater Yellowlegs 3 Willet 10 Lesser Yellowlegs 14 Bonaparte's Gull 9 Very scarce this year. Two 1st summer birds and 7 adults. First adults of the fall. Ring-billed Gull X Two JUVENILES. Great Black-backed Gull X First JUVENILE of the year. Least Tern 12 5 adults (3 nest sites) with 4 young on Seabrook. One nest still appears to be incubating, or possibly adult brooding young. Didn't disturb. Didn't check Hampton beach nest site. Further north 3 birds seen in Rye. Roseate Tern 4 Hampton Harbor including first JUVENILE of the year. Common Tern 50 Unimpressive numbers so far this summer. First JUVENILE of year in Hampton harbor. Fish Crow 1 Bicentennial Park. Purple Martin 14 All at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook. No fledged juveniles yet. Tree Swallow 1500 Mostly southern areas, but well up into Rye. MANY offshore. Bank Swallow 5 At least this many on wires in Seabrook. Barn Swallow X Yellow Warbler 1 Migrant. Nelson's Sparrow 4 Two singing off end of Pollack Drive. Two more singing off Marsh Road opposite pond. NO Saltmarsh Sparrows!
Also ------ Monarch - 22. Nice count for recent years. Perhaps more than we had during the whole year in 2016! Minke Whale - 1 off Rye Ledge. Pogies (Menhaden) - Still abundant off Seabrook Beach.
Date: 7/22/17 9:41 am From: Lauren Kras <lauren.kras...> Subject: [NHBirds] Seacoast Chapter Pelagic - Tuesday September 5
Sorry I am resending this. I realized there was a typo in the prior post
which at one point it said Monday but the correct date is the 5th as the
post stated which is the Tuesday after labor day.
In past years September pelagics out of Rye harbor have ventured into MA,
NH, and ME waters (which state's waters we visit depends on where the birds
are) and have turned up interesting birds including four species of
Shearwater (Great, Manx, Cory’s, and Sooty), 2 species of Phalarope
(Red-necked and Red), 3 species of Jaeger (Parasitic, Long-tailed,
Pomarine), two species of Storm-petrel (Wilson’s and Leach’s), Northern
Fulmar, and other species such as Black Tern, Sabine’s Gull and Lesser
Black-backed Gull. (As with any trip no bird species is guaranteed or
should to be expected!). As in past years, the Seacoast Chapter of NH
Audubon is organizing an all day trip on Tuesday, September 5th out of Rye
Harbor aboard the MV Granite State. The cost is 75$ per person to cover
fuel, boat time, and high-quality fish-based chum.
Additional details below:
WHEN: Tuesday, September 5th. Meet dockside in Rye Harbor at 7:30AM for an
8:00 departure aboard the MV Granite State, with Captain Pete Reynolds.
We'll spend all day at sea, searching for birds, and return to harbor
around 5pm. Steve Mirick will be calling out birds and many other
experienced pelagic birders will be on board to help call out and chum for
birds. Parking at Rye Harbor costs 5$ per car and is not included in the
trip cost. Participants are encouraged to carpool.
WHAT TO BRING: Binoculars!!! If you would like to bring a field guide, feel
free, but there should be some on board already. If you have a camera,
bring it and all necessary supplies. Snacks and a lunch are suggested along
with ample water as we’ll be at sea for many hours. There is a small galley
on board which serves snacks and beverages. Weather at sea is generally
slightly cooler than weather on shore so please check the forecast and be
prepared. Rain gear (for spray or drizzle), sunscreen, sunglasses, and hat
are recommended. Take motion-sickness pills if you're vulnerable to
seasickness an hour prior to departure.
REGISTRATION: You MUST REGISTER in advance for this trip – to do so please
email Lauren Kras at Lauren.Kras @ gmail.com. After registration please
allow 24-48 hours for confirmation via email.
COST: Cost is 75$ per person. Payment must be received before the trip or
you may lose your spot! Address to send your payment (cash or check) will
be provided upon registration. Ticket price covers boat fuel, crew time,
and chum. Leaders are experts who are volunteering their time. The amount
of chum will depend on number of participants as the cost of chum adds up
quickly.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Any cancellation made within 7 days of the trip is
non-refundable. Exceptions will be made if you find an alternate for your
slot and if your cancellation does not result in bringing the trip roster
below the minimum number to fund the boat.
We hope you will join us!
Lauren Kras
Greenland, NH
Seacoast Chapter President
Date: 7/22/17 4:29 am From: Lauren Kras <lauren.kras...> Subject: [NHBirds] 2017 Seacoast Chapter Pelagic: September 5th
In past years September pelagics out of Rye harbor have ventured into MA,
NH, and ME waters (which state's waters we visit depends on where the birds
are) and have turned up interesting birds including four species of
Shearwater (Great, Manx, Cory’s, and Sooty), 2 species of Phalarope
(Red-necked and Red), 3 species of Jaeger (Parasitic, Long-tailed,
Pomarine), two species of Storm-petrel (Wilson’s and Leach’s), Northern
Fulmar, and other species such as Black Tern, Sabine’s Gull and Lesser
Black-backed Gull. (As with any trip no bird species is guaranteed or
should to be expected!). As in past years, the Seacoast Chapter of NH
Audubon is organizing an all day trip on Tuesday, September 5th out of Rye
Harbor aboard the MV Granite State. The cost is 75$ per person to cover
fuel, boat time, and high-quality fish-based chum.
Additional details below:
WHEN: Monday, September 5th. Meet dockside in Rye Harbor at 7:30AM for an
8:00 departure aboard the MV Granite State, with Captain Pete Reynolds.
We'll spend all day at sea, searching for birds, and return to harbor
around 5pm. Steve Mirick will be calling out birds and many other
experienced pelagic birders will be on board to help call out and chum for
birds. Parking at Rye Harbor costs 5$ per car and is not included in the
trip cost. Participants are encouraged to carpool.
WHAT TO BRING: Binoculars!!! If you would like to bring a field guide, feel
free, but there should be some on board already. If you have a camera,
bring it and all necessary supplies. Snacks and a lunch are suggested along
with ample water as we’ll be at sea for many hours. There is a small galley
on board which serves snacks and beverages. Weather at sea is generally
slightly cooler than weather on shore so please check the forecast and be
prepared. Rain gear (for spray or drizzle), sunscreen, sunglasses, and hat
are recommended. Take motion-sickness pills if you're vulnerable to
seasickness an hour prior to departure.
REGISTRATION: You MUST REGISTER in advance for this trip – to do so please
email Lauren Kras at Lauren.Kras @ gmail.com. After registration please
allow 24-48 hours for confirmation via email.
COST: Cost is 75$ per person. Payment must be received before the trip or
you may lose your spot! Address to send your payment (cash or check) will
be provided upon registration. Ticket price covers boat fuel, crew time,
and chum. Leaders are experts who are volunteering their time. The amount
of chum will depend on number of participants as the cost of chum adds up
quickly.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Any cancellation made within 7 days of the trip is
non-refundable. Exceptions will be made if you find an alternate for your
slot and if your cancellation does not result in bringing the trip roster
below the minimum number to fund the boat.
We hope you will join us!
Lauren Kras
Greenland, NH
Seacoast Chapter President
Date: 7/21/17 11:28 am From: Bruce Boyer <brumyster...> Subject: [NHBirds] Bald Eagle in Peterborough
At about 12:50 PM, I saw an adult Bald Eagle doing a westward low-altitude glide over the NW tributary channel of MacDowell Reservoir. I did not see it land before it went out of view.
Date: 7/21/17 7:02 am From: birdrecords <birdrecords...> Subject: [NHBirds] Little Blue Herons - Rochester and Rye
Zeke Cornell called to report that this morning the Little Blue Heron was present in the marsh south of Odiorne and was visible from the end of Pollock Drive. Another Little Blue was at the Rochester WTP moving around among the ponds. A reminder that the Rochester WTP is only open on weekdays until about 3:00 pm and you must check in at the office.
Becky Suomala
New Hampshire Bird Records
www.nhbirdrecords.org
Date: 7/21/17 4:05 am From: Leo McKillop <weomck...> Subject: [NHBirds] Little Blue imm. Rochester. Yes
Still here at pickering ponds as of 7am Thanks to Deb Powers for pointing it out. seen from fence looking into wtp. Currently here: https://goo.gl/maps/PDYmGhC8unz
Date: 7/21/17 3:59 am From: 'Jeff MacQueen' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Fox Sparrow on Garfield Ridge
Forgot to mention that one! Jeff MacQueen, Orford
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Date: 7/21/17 3:40 am From: 'Jeff MacQueen' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Birding between the notches
I got back last night from a three-day backpacking trip with my niece on the AT from Crawford to Franconia Notch and had some great birds along the way. While watching the sunrise over the Presidentials from Zeacliff on Wednesday morning I had two Bicknell's Thrushes, two Boreal Chickadees, a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and a Red Crossbill. Later in the morning I had another Bicknell's Thrush and a few Boreal Chickadees near Mount Guyot. We stayed that night at Garfield Ridge Campsite where we were visited in the morning by a "camp-robber" (Gray Jay), as you might expect, it was very cooperative. We also had a Bicknell's Thrush singing here. Near Garfield Pond, before heading up Mount Lafayette, a Black-backed Woodpecker was drumming right above a "stealth" campsite. By following the trail to the campsite I was able to walk right up to it. I was a little surprised to see four Common Ravens begging for food from hikers on the summit of Lafayette. Common birds were Swainson's Thrushes, Winter Wrens, Blackpoll Warblers among a few others. My big miss was Spruce Grouse despite hiking through miles of suitable habitat and looking every where, but overall, it was a great trip! I will be working on my eBird lists later. Jeff MacQueen, Orford
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Date: 7/20/17 9:06 am From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Little Blue Heron - YES
Dan Hubbard called to report that the Little Blue Heron continues from the far (small) pond at the Rochester WTP. Please be aware that the plant closes early and you should check in with management before walking around ponds.
Date: 7/20/17 5:46 am From: Steve Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Little Blue Heron in Rochester
Alan Murray just texted me to report a juvenile Little Blue Heron in the small last pond at Rochester WTP. Visible from fence at Trails at Pickering Ponds.
There seems to be a continuing push of RED CROSSBILLS throughout the southern part of the state since Phil Brown reported his sightings a month or so ago. There have been several recent reports from in the Washington/Lempster area and I heard a passing bird in the Canaan Town Forest on 7/1 while lending a hand to Dr. Reitsma of Plymouth State University with his ongoing work with Canada Warblers.
This morning, while starting my work day at a clients home on Rowell Hill Road in Sutton, I was welcomed with the sound of a single bird calling overhead. I never got a glimpse of it as it was obscured by some trees but it called the entire time it passed as it moved out of earshot, probably lasting between 5-10 seconds. Now if one could only show up for me in Sullivan County!
Date: 7/19/17 7:39 am From: Debra Powers <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] Two Mississippi kite Newmarket New Hampshire
I am seeing two Mississippi kites flying around, nest is very active, coming in and out feeding. Perhaps the one that was injured was not one of the nesting pair? Deb Powers-south berwick
Five vultures circled near North State Street, later they perched briefly on the cell tower at Penacook and North State Streets. I could not determine if they were juvenile turkeys or mature blacks. Certainly no red heads. Sylvia Miskoe, Concord
Date: 7/19/17 6:34 am From: L. Graham <lilriverdesigns.nh...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Pollinators
Noe that I think about it there were no wasps trying to nest on my eaves or in the "mouse" shed either. My old garden shed that you can see thu,l lol. I checked again this morning, the helenium which is usually covered in bee type species an the bee balm nothing.. scarey to say the least. I had bee's this Spring then I don't know when didn't notice but thinking back it's been a while since I have seen any
Date: 7/19/17 6:08 am From: Donna Carkin <dcarkin1...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Pollinators
I've noticed as well here in Brookline NH. With the exception of gypsy moths, I'm not seeing the usual activity. Also, no Japanese Beetles; none-nada-zip. Something is definitely wrong. Not that I miss Japanese Beetles, but this is very strange. On the flip side, we've had some defoliated trees due to gypsy moth damage. The trees are starting to leaf out again; I'm seeing a ton of adult gypsy moths flying. Next year is probably going to be bad for gypsy moths. Donna
Date: 7/19/17 5:48 am From: L. Graham <lilriverdesigns.nh...> Subject: [NHBirds] Pollinators
Morning, I know this is not bird related but a question for everyone. Have you noticed a marked decrease in pollinators.. honey, bumble bees, wasps an Yellow Jackets.. although I don't really miss them :) but I noticed it yesterday afternoon. There are NO bee/wasp species pollinating anything wild or in m gardens. This time of year the 5 acres around me are usually buzzing with pollinators. I'm in Nottingham. I posted this on the birding/nature sites on facebook also. Is anyone else noticing this phenomenon. Even those moths that look like hummingbirds are missing???? It's wierd.
Date: 7/18/17 11:45 am From: Francie Von Mertens <vonmertens...> Subject: [NHBirds] Chimney swiftS Peterborough
Tracking a Cooper’s hawk over downtown Peterborough I realized many small birds circling loosely near it, keeping it in their center. Some 30 chimney swifts. Hard to count—like a kettle of speedy, whirling broadwings. Migrating? Have not noticed them downtown, although haven’t looked for them with intention. Coops drifted off very very high overhead. Lost swifts in the midday haze.
Francie Von Mertens
Date: 7/17/17 6:30 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, July 17, 2017
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 17th, 2017.
A BROWN PELICAN was photographed on Seavey Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on July 11th.
A SANDHILL CRANE was photographed in Milton on July 12th.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES continued to be seen at their nest site area in Newmarket until one was reportedly injured in a collision with a car and taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center for treatment on July 13th. The prognosis for recovery is good.
2 immature LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and 2 immature LAUGHING GULLS were seen at Jenness Beach in Rye on July 11th.
An immature LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen in the salt marsh located on the opposite side of Route 1A from Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on July 15th. A GLOSSY IBIS and a STILT SANDPIPER were also seen along the coast in Rye on the 15th.
A LEAST BITTERN was reported from World End Pond in Salem on July 15th.
There was an unconfirmed report of a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER seen near Pratt Pond in the Russell-Abbott State Forest in Wilton on July 16th.
8 PIPING PLOVERS were seen on Hampton Beach during the past week, and beach-goers are encouraged to give these small, endangered birds room to roam. The adults and chicks blend in with the beach, so please tread carefully!
LEAST TERNS continued to be seen nesting on Hampton Beach during the past week. Like the PIPING PLOVERS, these birds need space to successfully raise chicks so please be mindful when visiting the beach.
5 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on July 14th.
5 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 15th.
2 EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen in Richmond on July 11th.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and press 4 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...> 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
Date: 7/17/17 11:13 am From: Joshua Jarvis <menasor77...> Subject: [NHBirds] Grosbeaks last week
Last week I had Evening Grosbeaks at my feeders in Richmond on Monday and Tuesday but did not see them since. Not sure if I am missing them due to a new job schedule, if running out of seeds for a few days sent them foraging elsewhere, or if they moved on.
Date: 7/16/17 9:07 pm From: 'Duane Cross' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Mirror Lake Loon chick is gone.
The Mirror Lake Whitefield Loons lost their chick today. It was present with them late yesterday but was missing this afternoon. The eagles have been harassing the loons for a solid month now and it appears they may have finally won the battle for the chick. I noted tonight at Martin Meadow a loon on the nesting platform. These loons are pushing the calendar a bit. Duane Cross
Date: 7/15/17 2:26 pm From: Bob Crowley <crbob...> Subject: [NHBirds] Great Blue Heron, White Form.
The Great Blue Heron, White Form Continues on Little Pond, Adams Road, Stoneham, Maine today the 15th of July. Seems to like to roost on the Beaver Lodge.
Date: 7/15/17 1:31 pm From: Steve Bennett <sbennett999...> Subject: [NHBirds] Little Blue Heron, Stilt SP, Glossy Ibis in Rye
Late this afternoon Susan Wrisley & I decided to try to find the juvenile Little Blue Heron reported earlier this morning by Lauren in the salt marsh across from Odiorne. After an hour of looking through many Snowy Egrets we located the heron in the middle of the marsh. The gray bill and pale legs distinguished it from the Snowies quite clearly. We also had good scope views of a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper among the other shorebirds. Another nice surprise was a juvenile Glossy Ibis feeding right in front of us as viewed from the end of Parsons Lane.
This morning from about 10:00-10:30 ish - I was watching and photographing a Merlin (I think - I have only seen one a few times). I was in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Penacook - northern side. I found it by following the racket a crow/raven was making (both were in close proximity). I got some fairly decent shots. It was still in the tree when I left. There are a lot of trees with nice holes in them in the cemetery.
I didn't see anyone post this update yet. The link is to a post from the Center for Wildlife on Facebook. Looks like no surgery needed. On the x-ray they call it a one year old male. Follow link to read the rest.
Closest pheasant hunting "preserve" is in Ossipee / Effingham. Not sure if they release Bobwhites. Other game bird hunting preserves are located in Hillsborough and Shoreham, VT. There's also the big game "preserve" Croydon, NH - but again, not sure if they release Bobwhites.
On Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 10:40:45 PM UTC-4, Duane Cross wrote: > > Forgot to report yesterday that I saw a Bobwhite feeding in driveway on > Sugar bush dr off the Bog Road in Campton. My guess is that he was feeding > on ants in the dirt driveway. I Have delivered this area for 25 years and > know of no one raising Quail or gamebirds in the area. I asked at the local > feed store the owner who is a bird hunter if he knew of anyone raising game > birds and he was not aware of anyone either. So anyways there is a lone, > lonely Bobwhite wandering around out there if it > matters. Duane > Cross > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#<623967728.99032.1500000040645...> >
Date: 7/14/17 2:36 pm From: Mascoma Chapter NH Audubon <mascomabirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Mascoma Chapter Has a New E-mail Address
Good afternoon.
Please use our new e-mail address for all correspondence with the Mascoma Chapter: <mascomabirds...>
The Yahoo account remains active, and it is not clear that it was hacked as thought initially. Just the same, we think it better to err on the side of caution and start afresh.
Blake Allison, Steering Committee Chair Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon
Date: 7/13/17 8:36 pm From: David Lipsy <dlipsy...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Mississippi Kite struck by car
INJURED MISSISSIPPI KITE ALIVE AND IN STABLE CONDITION.
Center for Wildlife
York ME 07-13-17
According to an inside source, the Newmarket Mississippi Kite that was hit by an automobile today is alive and has a decent chance for a successful release back to nature. X-rays are being performed tomorrow on a broken Ulna. The break appears to be clean, and is in the center of the shaft, which gives the facility a good chance of a successful wing repair.
Currently the bird’s wing is wrapped. If the x-rays confirm the prognosis, surgery will be scheduled.
Since a birds bones are hollow, a rod is inserted into both sides of the break. The fact that the break is in the center, and clean, lends itself to a probable successful outcome.
The x-rays will confirm this.
> On Jul 13, 2017, at 5:14 PM, <jacksonwrxt89...> wrote:
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> I just saw a post to the Birdwatchers of New Hampshire Facebook page that says one of the Newmarket Kites was struck by a car today. They said it was taken to York Bird Rescue but there is no other information provided concerning the birds condition. Extremely bad news to say the least.
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Earlier, I was about to post a link to a video of the kites I shot last weekend when I saw Dylan's sad post about the kite being injured. I know everyone hopes the bird will recover, thank goodness someone took it where it will get help.
I didn't know if the injured bird was one of the parents at Huckins drive or one of the others around, so I stopped by the nest on my way home tonight around 8pm. An adult was on the nest, but I didn't see the other adult on any of the usual perches.
Anyway, here is a link to my video where I had a few brief views of the chick in the nest.
Forgot to report yesterday that I saw a Bobwhite feeding in driveway on Sugar bush dr off the Bog Road in Campton. My guess is that he was feeding on ants in the dirt driveway. I Have delivered this area for 25 years and know of no one raising Quail or gamebirds in the area. I asked at the local feed store the owner who is a bird hunter if he knew of anyone raising game birds and he was not aware of anyone either. So anyways there is a lone, lonely Bobwhite wandering around out there if it matters. Duane Cross
Date: 7/13/17 2:14 pm From: <jacksonwrxt89...> Subject: [NHBirds] Mississippi Kite struck by car
I just saw a post to the Birdwatchers of New Hampshire Facebook page that says one of the Newmarket Kites was struck by a car today. They said it was taken to York Bird Rescue but there is no other information provided concerning the birds condition. Extremely bad news to say the least.
Date: 7/13/17 4:35 am From: DEBRA M POWERS <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] not sure if it was reported yesterday-sandhill crane milton nh
It just amazes me the generosity of people, this wonderful women posted ( on facebook) that a Sandhill crane was hanging out on her front lawn all day in Milton. She was will for people to come see. It had been there from 8am-6:30pm, not sure if it is still there. It was very friendly which was concerning, the below pic was not cropped! I had to keep on backing up. It seemed to like its reflection in her truck and later another car that pulled up to observe. Such a treat, but I hope it has not lost its family.
Date: 7/12/17 5:09 pm From: JOHN ROCKWOOD <loonphotog...> Subject: [NHBirds] Loon Duet 7/12/2017 video
Loon pair performing a tremolo duet. They saw a great blue heron flying by twice and gave an alarm call. Video shot from my kayak in NH. The chick on the back had been snoozing. Please do not approach loons!
Date: 7/12/17 11:50 am From: Catherine Fisher <catherineckx...> Subject: [NHBirds] Quick bird outing at Old Mill Reserve, Lee
While monitoring the Reserve this morning had good looks at brown thrasher, prairie warbler, goldfinch, mourning dove, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, yellow throat, chickadee, titmouse, and towhee.
Date: 7/12/17 10:46 am From: DEBRA M POWERS <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] Gull ID assistance please Immature glaucous gull????
Not trying to be a pain, just was a nice morning for birding. This was at HBSP, I know it is a immature gull, but doesn't look like the usual. ID help please.
Date: 7/12/17 10:36 am From: DEBRA M POWERS <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] 2 mature black-crowned night heron 2-immature North Hampton NH
Was thrilled to see two mature black-crowned night heron and two immature in the same location as observed last week, North Hampton. I have never seen an adult before.
Additionally, HBSP the least tern continues to nest, a new pair of piping plovers have been born, look like within the last week or so. Two babies with two adult and then the original two babies with two adults that I have been observing for a few weeks now, those babies now getting big.
Date: 7/12/17 6:37 am From: Jim and Julie Moulton <jmoultons...> Subject: [NHBirds] Black-billed Cuckoos in Spofford
Heard a cuckoo calling from the forest behind the house. When I played a recording (xeno-canto.org), a pair emerged and flew toward the house. They landed briefly before moving on.
Date: 7/11/17 6:42 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican - YES!!! On Seavey Island however
Yes. The Pelican is still around, so keep your eyes open along the coast!
Becky Suomala (currently on Appledore Island), reports that the Pelican was seen and photographed out on Seavey Island at the Isles of Shoals, this afternoon. Not sure what time.
I hit the coast late this afternoon. Socked in with fog when I got there, but fortunately, it lifted. On Jenness Beach in Rye, there was an eclectic group of birds including 2 immature Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 2 immature Laughing Gulls, an immature Mute Swan, and a migrating Whimbrel through the fog!
Other migrating shorebirds included a couple of flocks of Short-billed Dowitchers (30 and 8) and several small flocks of peeps.
After the fog lifted, I scanned far offshore, hoping for a shearwater or pelican or albatross. No luck. I did see 3 (!) Minke Whales. Possibly working some of the schools of Pogies.
Date: 7/10/17 6:08 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, July 10, 2017
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, July 10th, 2017.
A YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS was photographed at the Isles of Shoals on July 3rd
and 4th. It was flying near White Island, Seavey Island, and Star Island and
landed several times. A BROWN PELICAN was photographed in the same area on
July 5th. A BLACK TERN, 2 ARCTIC TERNS, and a GREAT CORMORANT were seen at
the Isles of Shoals on July 9th.
An adult SANDHILL CRANE was photographed along Route 3 in some large fields
in Twin Mountain about a mile from the Carroll-Whitefield Town Line on July
4th, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a field on Deerfield Road in
Nottingham on July 7th.
2 MISSISSIPPI KITES continue to be seen at their nest site area in
Newmarket, and were last reported on July 9th.
A possible SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was photographed in Chatham on July 8th
and 9th, but has not been relocated.
A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered in a small pond near the start
of Sleepy Hollow Drive in Greenland on June 15th, has been seen numerous
times since then, and was last reported on July 3rd. 5 BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERONS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 9th.
2 LEAST BITTERNS were reported from World End Pond in Salem on July 4th.
A STILT SANDPIPER was seen in the pools located west of Route 1A just south
of Odiorne Point State Park in Rye on July 9th – an early southbound
migrant!
11 PIPING PLOVERS were tallied along Seabrook and Hampton Beaches on July
9th. Beach-goers are encouraged to give these small, endangered birds room
to roam. The adults and chicks blend in with the beach, so please tread
carefully!
4 pairs of LEAST TERNS were seen nesting on Hampton Beach on July 9th. Like
the PIPING PLOVERS, these birds need space to successfully raise chicks so
please be mindful when visiting the beach.
3 ROSEATE TERNS were seen in Hampton Harbor on July 9th.
2 NELSON’S SPARROWS were reported from the coast on July 9th.
4 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on July 5th.
An ORCHARD ORIOLE was seen in Orford on July 5th.
10 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 1st, and
a pair was seen at Great East Lake in Wakefield on July 5th.
2 BICKNELL’S THRUSHES, 2 GRAY JAYS, and 4 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen along
the Caps Ridge Trail in Jefferson Notch on July 4th.
A RED CROSSBILL was reported from Washington on July 5th, and 2 WHITE-WINGED
CROSSBILLS were seen at Trudeau Road in Bethlehem on July 9th.
2 EVENING GROSBEAKS have been seen repeatedly in Richmond during the past
week, and were last reported on July 7th. Recently, a pair was seen in Etna,
and another pair was seen in Enfield.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 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...> Please put either "bird sighting" or "Rare Bird
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phone number. The RBA is also available on-line at the New Hampshire Audubon
web site, www.nhaudubon.org
Date: 7/10/17 2:04 pm From: Bob Crowley <crbob...> Subject: [NHBirds] NO Scissortail in North Chatham, NH
The owners of Notchview Farm Rt. 113, Main Rd. Chatham, NH said the bird was seen yesterday and the day before continually but not today. The owners said that birders are welcomed. I spent 4 hours and drove 45 miles checking out the area's fields and swamps but there huge areas that are impossible to get into. This is the last house in Chatham on the left as you enter Evans Notch. Hope it shows up again.
Date: 7/10/17 10:11 am From: birdrecords <birdrecords...> Subject: [NHBirds] Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chatham
A likely Scissor-tailed Flycatcher was seen Saturday and Sunday in Chatham, but has not yet been found today. The bird was seen at Notchview Farm on Rt. 113 north from Fryeburg, the last house on the left. The photos are a bit fuzzy but there doesn't seem to be any other species that makes sense.
Date: 7/10/17 9:15 am From: Hale, Stephen <Steve.Hale...> Subject: [NHBirds] Hiking and Birding in North Chatham, NH
Just saw the post about the possible Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chatham. I was just there yesterday, albeit not birding the agricultural fields.
A small party completed a 9.8 mile loop hike of the Baldface Circle Trail. The hike passes through northern hardwoods forest, significant rock ledge on the granite domes of North and South Baldface mountains (3,600'), and some spruce-fir in the saddle between these two peaks. Observed species (27) are listed below. This is a challenging hike (and rock scramble), but great for birding as the ledges support patches of shrubs and tree vegetation that the bird use, but it is also very open making the birds easy to see. A visit to the Emerald Pool, only 0.7 miles in from NH113 is a recommended non-avian detail to take in too.
Steve Hale
Open World Explorers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo (?)
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Dr. Stephen R. Hale
Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
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(F) 603.862.1251
(C) 603.767.7895
Date: 7/10/17 8:55 am From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Possible Scissor-tailed Flycatcher in Chatham
I took a look at photos forwarded to me by Becky Suomala at NH Audubon and taken by Becky Knowles in Chatham NH. They are terrible photos, but show what may be a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. It would be great if someone could check it out to confirm this.
I talked with Becky Knowles and she said it would be OK if people searched for it.
The address is 2427 Main Road, Chatham, NH. This is the location of Notch View Farm. It is opposite Stone House Road.
Becky photographed the bird on Saturday. She says she has not seen the bird today, but hasn't been looking. It was in the fields near the house and was perched on the white fence wires, but there are other fields in this area.
The bird should be visible from the road; however, she seemed OK for birders to visit and search for the bird.
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Today, Scott Heron and I took a trip up north in search of boreal birds. We began our day at the Caps Ridge Trail on Mount Jefferson, then we stopped by the marsh at the Whitefield Airport, Pondicherry NWR and made one last stop to Trudeau Road in Bethlehem before returning home. We had spectacular weather for today's adventure and many notable birds. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate two target species, Gray Jay and Black-backed Woodpecker. The following are today's highlights:
Whitefield Airport Marsh:
Pied-billed Grebe 1: The first bird I've ever heard sing.
Pondicherry NWR:
Nice diversity of birds, but nothing exciting to report.
Trudeau Road:
White-winged Crossbill 2: Scott insisted he heard a Finch-like call that initially I didn't hear. Eventually we found the culprit, a first year male White-winged Crossbill. Another bird later joined it, but I was unable to determine its sex.
https://flic.kr/p/VZoGmb
Scott and I also inadvertently did a complete sweep of the state's native Thrushes:
Wood Thrush: Singing at the Hannah Dustin memorial in Canterbury when we met up in the morning.
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Hermit Thrush: A few at Pondicherry
Veery: One at Pondicherry
Eastern Bluebird: Valley Road, Jefferson
I didn't work very hard for birds but there were some pleasant sightings.
Hamblett Nash trail with detour on Meetinghouse Trail to back of Musquash Pond: Wood Duck - One heard Common Yellowthroat - Heard everywhere Song Sparrow - Heard everywhere Red-winged Blackbird - At least 10
HN Trail to Second Swamp - Woodpecker Jackpot. Within 20 yards there I saw: Pileated Woodpecker - 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Flicker - 3 Also Peewee
Third Swamp Kingfisher - 2 Red tailed Hawk - 2 being aggressively attacked by what were Blackbirds or Kingbirds (too far away to ID) Great Blue Heron standing on nest with at least one chick
Powerlines back to parking lot This is a good spot for Prairie Warbler and Towhee. I heard at least 10 of each but only got 2 Towhees and One Prairie Warbler to leave the trees with some ineffective pishing. Field Sparrow - At least 5 heard and I finally spotted 2. Catbird - 1
Date: 7/9/17 2:08 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] NH Coast (4 Least Tern NESTS, Stilt Sandpiper, migrating shorebirds)
Jane and I hit the coast this morning. We ran into Mike Resch in Seabrook and worked the coast together. Highlights:
Hampton Harbor at low tide early ---------------------------------------------- Great Egret - 32 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 5 Great Blue Heron - 4 Roseate Tern - 3 Common Tern - A few, but not a lot
Seabrook & Hampton Beaches ----------------------------------------- LEAST TERN - 4 NESTS!!! The 3 nests we had on July 1st made it through the 4th of July and they picked up one more. 3 of the nests were grouped relatively close on Seabrook Beach, and one nest continues on Hampton Beach. All of the nests had eggs in them. 3 nests had 2 eggs each and 1 nest had a single egg for a total of 7 eggs. Piping Plover - 11 total. I could NOT relocated the pink-flagged adult that we saw on July 1st. This bird was banded down in the Bahamas, but I haven't received details on this bird yet.
Pools & Marshes south of Odiorne ---------------------------------------------- Killdeer - 4 Semiplamated Plover - 2 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 4 Least Sandpiper - 50+ Short-billed Dowitcher - 30 STILT SANDPIPER - 1 adult picked out by Mike Resch independent from Leo's earlier sighting. This is my 4th July record and my earliest record for New Hampshire (7/14/12). According to Keith & Fox, the earliest for the State is July 8th in 1976. Nelson's Sparrow - 2
Date: 7/8/17 10:03 am From: Sue Burns <dewittsker...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Whippoorwilling in Amherst 7/7
Also hearing a whip-poor-will here at the bend of the river in Contoocook and have a bat roosting in the eaves of my house
> On Jul 8, 2017, at 8:19 AM, Christine Sheridan <cmsbirds...> wrote: > > With the skies clearing and a bright high moon, Cathy Kenny and I went looking for Whip-poor-wills in the remnants of the old pine barren off Hertzka Drive and Northern Boulevard in Amherst. > > Between 8:35 pm and around 9: 15 we found eight birds singing, in the areas which have not been recently cut over. After around 9:45 the birds quieted down.There were also quite a number of large bats flying around, Big Brown I assume. > > On the way home I swung by the parking lot at Ponemah Bog and found three more Whips singing. > > I used my cell phone to try to capture some of their song. (Along with a little extraneous human whispering.) > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731@N03/34948594224/in/dateposted-public/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/42971731@N03/35748184606/in/dateposted-public/ > > Chris Sheridan > Nashua NH > > > > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to <nhbirds...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Date: 7/8/17 6:11 am From: Linda M. Charron <clinda912...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Whippoorwilling in Amherst 7/7
I've been hearing them every night about 10:30 from my bedroom window. Sounds like 2 birds talking back and forth from 2 opposite locations in my neighborhood. Love that sound!
With the skies clearing and a bright high moon, Cathy Kenny and I went looking for Whip-poor-wills in the remnants of the old pine barren off Hertzka Drive and Northern Boulevard in Amherst.
Between 8:35 pm and around 9: 15 we found eight birds singing, in the areas which have not been recently cut over. After around 9:45 the birds quieted down.There were also quite a number of large bats flying around, Big Brown I assume.
On the way home I swung by the parking lot at Ponemah Bog and found three more Whips singing.
I used my cell phone to try to capture some of their song. (Along with a little extraneous human whispering.)
Date: 7/8/17 5:19 am From: Christine Sheridan <cmsbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Whippoorwilling in Amherst 7/7
With the skies clearing and a bright high moon, Cathy Kenny and I went looking for Whip-poor-wills in the remnants of the old pine barren off Hertzka Drive and Northern Boulevard in Amherst.
Between 8:35 pm and around 9: 15 we found eight birds singing, in the areas which have not been recently cut over. After around 9:45 the birds quieted down.There were also quite a number of large bats flying around, Big Brown I assume.
On the way home I swung by the parking lot at Ponemah Bog and found three more Whips singing.
I used my cell phone to try to capture some of their song. (Along with a little extraneous human whispering.)
ian, great post and fabulous photos! i've always enjoyed seeing baby birds fed, but your photos are as good as the real thing. i hope i see more of your work. (I subscribe to NH birds as well as massbird.) jim
Jim Berry Ipswich, Mass. <jim.berry3...>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Clark" <recipes...> To: "Vermont Birds" <VTBIRD...>; <nhbirds...> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 10:24 PM Subject: [NHBirds] Kingbird pix
>A pair of Eastern kingbirds fledged this week in North Haverhill, NH. I > watched them Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and took a few pix. > Tuesday both were in the nest. Wednesday the larger of the two ventured > out > of the nest to a nearby branch for a few minutes before making his way > back > to his tree and eventually back into the nest. Thursday morning found both > of them on a well-lit branch about 15 feet from the nest. I had great > views > of both parents bringing in bugs - mostly dragonflies - and a few berries. > Take a look, http://ianclark.com/critters/kingbirds.php > > There have been kingbirds nesting in this nest since I found it in 2012, > the > first year I started getting serious about nature photography. On one of > my > early trips, I'd seen one of the parents perched on several very promising > photo props. The next morning, I was back before dawn, shoved my kayak > into > the brush and set up a nice 'fort' out of camo cloth and sat back to await > the kingbirds. One of the adults eventually showed up and landed right > where > I wanted. After preening a bit, he? set to work nabbing dragonflies. After > he grabbed the third, he flew over and landed on the bow of my apparently > not very well hidden kayak. He looked me over, found me uninteresting and > went back to hunting. After he caught a few more dragonflies, he took one > to > the nest, which is how I found it. After about the eighth or ninth flight > to > catch bugs, he decided the bow of my boat wasn't a suitable perch. My head > provided a much better view, and he was comfortable coming and going from > there for much of the morning. I decided I probably didn't need to try to > hide from them anymore. Ever since, one of the adults will use my kayak as > a > perch when I sitting in the area. I found one source that says the > greatest > age recorded for kingbirds was 11+ years. I'm hopeful that I've been > watching the same parents all these years.
Date: 7/7/17 7:25 pm From: Ian Clark <recipes...> Subject: [NHBirds] Kingbird pix
A pair of Eastern kingbirds fledged this week in North Haverhill, NH. I watched them Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings and took a few pix. Tuesday both were in the nest. Wednesday the larger of the two ventured out of the nest to a nearby branch for a few minutes before making his way back to his tree and eventually back into the nest. Thursday morning found both of them on a well-lit branch about 15 feet from the nest. I had great views of both parents bringing in bugs - mostly dragonflies - and a few berries. Take a look, http://ianclark.com/critters/kingbirds.php
There have been kingbirds nesting in this nest since I found it in 2012, the first year I started getting serious about nature photography. On one of my early trips, I'd seen one of the parents perched on several very promising photo props. The next morning, I was back before dawn, shoved my kayak into the brush and set up a nice 'fort' out of camo cloth and sat back to await the kingbirds. One of the adults eventually showed up and landed right where I wanted. After preening a bit, he? set to work nabbing dragonflies. After he grabbed the third, he flew over and landed on the bow of my apparently not very well hidden kayak. He looked me over, found me uninteresting and went back to hunting. After he caught a few more dragonflies, he took one to the nest, which is how I found it. After about the eighth or ninth flight to catch bugs, he decided the bow of my boat wasn't a suitable perch. My head provided a much better view, and he was comfortable coming and going from there for much of the morning. I decided I probably didn't need to try to hide from them anymore. Ever since, one of the adults will use my kayak as a perch when I sitting in the area. I found one source that says the greatest age recorded for kingbirds was 11+ years. I'm hopeful that I've been watching the same parents all these years.
Date: 7/7/17 2:18 pm From: David Larson <dlarson...> Subject: [NHBirds] Seabird Cruises out of Newburyport, MA
Once again this summer, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center is partnering with Newburyport Whale Watch to offer Seabird Cruises. These dedicated seabird trips will be held on August 14 and September 11, Mondays, from 9 am to 3 pm. We will head out in search of storm-petrels, shearwaters, gannets, jaegers, terns, gulls, and phalaropes, and whatever else we can find. These are not whale watching cruises—we are in it for the birds. I will be onboard for sighting and narration. We are hoping for a birdy time on the water this year!
David M. Larson, Ph.D., Science and Education Coordinator
Joppa Flats Education Center, Mass Audubon, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA 01950
Telephone: (978) 462-9998
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Date: 7/7/17 2:08 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Taxonomic Changes - Goodbye to the Thayer's Gull!
The American Ornithological Society or AOS (formerly called the AOU) is the "official" organization (in the US at least) for putting names (common and scientific) on bird species and aligning relationships among the species. They meet periodically to discuss changes in our understanding of what we think is a species and address all of the birds found in North American.
The checklist committee met recently and made a few changes.
The biggest change impacting birders in NH is the elimination of the Thayer's Gull as a species. This form of gull has always been a problem.....with taxonomy and identification!! Some of the original research that created this species has been in question for many years, and identification has always been controversial. In New Hampshire, I have the first accepted record for the State back on December 28, 2005. Since then, there have been a handful of other sightings, and a LOT of birds that have been confusing or controversial. At last, the Thayer's Gull has been "lumped" with the Iceland Gull. Good riddance! Both are now simply called ICELAND GULL!
Date: 7/7/17 1:33 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] NH Coast (Scoters and a guillemot, but no pelicans or albatrosses)
I spent a few hours on the coast this morning/afternoon. Calm seas and overcast skies meant good visibility, but it started raining. Hoping for a flyby albatross......no luck. :-(
Nothing unusual, but of interest is an enormous number of Menhaden (Pogies) fish that are along the shoreline right now. According to Jim Chase of the Seacoast Science Center, they have been present in huge numbers inside Newburyport Harbor and Striped Bass and Bluefin Tuna have been chasing them. And fishermen chasing them! Apparently a few Tuna have been speared inside the harbor. Very unusual.
Along the NH coast, I witnessed the Menhaden especially off Seabrook Beach, where the entire surface of the ocean appeared to be moving! Along the whole beach! In one spot there were a bunch jumping out of the water. Presumably being pursued by something big! The only birds that seemed to associate with these fish were a decent number of large gulls lining the beach.
My highlights:
Common Eider 460 Informal survey of eiders on coast from Hampton Beach, north to Odiorne and includes Great Island Common in New Castle. Doesn't include inner Portsmouth Harbor or rocks off Hampton harbor inlet. Includes all young eiders. Some as big as adults, some relatively small fluff balls. Point counts from numerous spots, careful not to double-count. Largest single point count was near Seacoast Science Center with 84. Hoping to relocate one of King Eiders, but no luck. White-winged Scoter 2 Black Scoter 3 Common Loon 7 Scattered along coast. Northern Gannet 2 Black Guillemot 1 Adult off north side of Great Boar's Head.
After seeing the albatross and pelican reports from yesterday, I decided to hop on the 2 PM Granite State Whale Watch. Captain Pete did his best to find the birds, piloting as close to the appropriate islands as was safe and even announcing to the boat what might be there, but there was no sign of either from the water. Oddly, shearwaters continue to be very rare, and we got shutout. 4 Gannets and 5 Wilson's Storm-petrels did show up, and there were at least two Black Guillemots near the island (also a brownish shorebird that was not flying like a Spotted Sandpiper--not sure what that was). With the wind it was pretty choppy at times, which made IDing terns and that shorebird a challenge.
We had a great look at Crow the Fin Whale and four Minkes, so it was a productive trip!
Date: 7/6/17 5:13 pm From: 'MascomaBirds' via NHBirds <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Possible Mascomabirds Hack
Please do not open any subsequent e-mails from <mascomabirds...> The mail box may have been hacked.
I regret any inconvenience this may cause.
Blake Allison, Steering Committee Chair Mascoma Chapter of New Hampshire Audubon
Date: 7/6/17 6:47 am From: Cliff Otto <bye.bye.nh.birdy...> Subject: [NHBirds] a little more on Chukar
According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology the Chukar was first introduced to North America in 1893 when five pair were shipped from Karachi (India at that time) to Illinois but it wan't until about 40 years later that the species became widely introduced over here. Between 1931 and 1970, almost 800,000 were released in 41 states (including Hawaii) and almost 11,000 in six Canadian provinces.They thrived out in western/north-western U.S.
New Hampshire has at least six private bird hunting clubs that stock Ring-necked Pheasant, Bobwhite, Quail, Chukar, Hungarian Partridge, and the like. Their suppliers sometimes offer inter-bred species.
This state includes Chukar in a licensed season: Oct 1 - Dec 31 with a limit of 4 per day. I don't understand the state's laws well enough to know if this applies to private land or only to birds found in the wild (i.e. escaped or otherwise). If it only applies to birds found in the wild then perhaps Chukar should be counted on life lists for this state.
Btw, the Chukar is the official national bird of Pakistan.
Date: 7/5/17 5:59 pm From: Benjamin Griffith <bgriffith...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican - Isles of Shoals
Melanie White, naturalist on Granite State Whale Watch, photographed the immature Brown Pelican this evening between Star and White Islands, eventually flying north into Maine.
As I said, I snapped a couple of pictures of the Chukar this morning, because without 'em even I wouldn't have believed I saw it. :-) I was using a crummy little pocket digital camera, so the photos are pretty crummy too, but they're better than nothing:
Also as I said in my original post, I'm assuming this is a stocked or escaped bird. Several searches haven't found anything online about chukar releases in NH, but no other answer makes any sense at all.
-- Jon Woolf Manchester, NH
At 05:24 PM 7/5/2017, Cliff Otto wrote:
I put up a couple of photos I took this morning of the Chukar, one of it running away from me and hte other of a fairly close side view. Unfortunately, I was unable to get a front view.
They are the first two photos in this gallery. Click on a thumbnail to see a large version and use your right arrow key to get to the second one.
I put up a couple of photos I took this morning of the Chukar, one of it running away from me and hte other of a fairly close side view. Unfortunately, I was unable to get a front view.
They are the first two photos in this gallery. Click on a thumbnail to see a large version and use your right arrow key to get to the second one.
Date: 7/5/17 2:17 pm From: Steve Hale <srhale20...> Subject: [NHBirds] Adult Bald Eagle in Barrington
An adult Bald Eagle is currently being observed near top of a tall white pine on perimeter of northeastern cove on North River Lake in Barrington (lake also occupies Nottingham and Northwood). A Broad-winged Hawk is not happy about it, and makes many harrassing runs.
Date: 7/5/17 1:52 pm From: birdrecords <birdrecords...> Subject: [NHBirds] Albatroos on Seavey Island, Isles of Shoals
A Yellow-nosed Albatross was photographed sitting on the rocks at Seavey Island of the Isles of Shoals (NH portion). This is the site of the Tern Restoration Project and the bird was seen and photographed by two of the biologists, Elizabeth and Taylor.
A native of southern Eurasia, the Chukar was introduced to North America as a game bird. A handsome little cinnamon and gray partridge with striking stripes along its sides and a bright red bill and feet, the Chukar is a distinctive game bird. Since the 1940s this species has established itself in the Great Basin and southern Canada, where it lives in arid, rocky terrain. It has also been introduced to Hawaii.
Date: 7/5/17 11:56 am From: Cliff Otto <bye.bye.nh.birdy...> Subject: [NHBirds] Re: Chukar?!? in Epping
As best I can determine this was a Chukar and not a cross with a Red-legged Partridge. I saw it about 10:45. It sure could run and it moved into the Lowe's parking lot.
Date: 7/5/17 11:04 am From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Cap's Ridge Trail yesterday
Jane and I did our (nearly annual) hike up the Cap's Ridge trail yesterday. A beautiful day, but it seems harder and harder each year to leave our house by 4:00 AM to get to the trail head early! :-) Bird song was OK, but I suspect we might have had better luck a week or two earlier.
Caps Ridge and LinkTrails, Coos, New Hampshire, US Jul 4, 2017 6:39 AM - 11:20 AM Comments: Hike up to Pothole rock and over Link Trail to stream crossing. Count of birds in one direction only. Beautiful day. Temp in 50's. Partly sunny, but cloudy by the time we got back to car. Not much wind. Some black flies around rock. Not a lot of bird song, but some. 18 species - Mostly heard only birds.
Hairy Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 6 Blue-headed Vireo 4 GRAY JAY 2 Juvenile at pothole rock by itself. At least one more far down Link Trail. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemirick/34915189853/in/photostream/ Black-capped Chickadee 1 BOREAL CHICKADEE 4 All on the way to Pothole Rock. One gave a rare show as it hopped around in plain view from the rock: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemirick/35337684500/in/dateposted/ Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Winter Wren 7 Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 BICKNELL'S THRUSH 2 Disappointing showing. One bird calling at Pothole Rock. Another one called a couple of times far down Link Trail. And that's it! A more typical count is 4 or 5. Swainson's Thrush 17 Some singing. Mostly call notes. A bit low. Previous counts include 30 on 7/5/08, 17 on 6/30/09, 30 on 7/3/10, 18 on 6/27/15, and 19 on 6/25/16. American Redstart 5 Magnolia Warbler 7 Blackpoll Warbler 16 Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Dark-eyed Junco 10 White-throated Sparrow 5 KURK DORSEY - 1 adult male at parking lot. Rare sighting north of his normal range!
After the hike, Kurk joined us as we poked around Airport Marsh. There we found the previously reported Pied-billed Grebe as well as a somewhat uncommon Double-crested Cormorant. Perhaps more unusual was a COMMON BUCKEYE butterfly which I photographed. Presumed to be fairly uncommon or rare sighting from north of the White Mountains. As we left the Airport Marsh to head home we drove south on Route 3. I commented to Jane how nice the fields looked along Route 3 in Twin Mountain!!! Arrghhh! I guess I am now 0 for 5 in finding Sandhill Cranes! :-(
Date: 7/5/17 8:49 am From: Joshua Jarvis <menasor77...> Subject: [NHBirds] Evening Grosbeaks continue, Richmond. Possible courtship behavior.
The Evening Grosbeaks are still visiting my feeders on Fish Hatchery Rd in Richmond. I saw them Monday and today.
Today I witnessed something odd. The female started flapping her wings like a baby bird begging for food and the male fed her. Is this courtship behavior?
This weekend I was able to check in on the Great East Lake/Scribner River
Purple Martins — one pair confirmed swapping places every few minutes in
the gourd. This set up is a mess and could use some help. With the Funspot
colony seemingly 'done for' these may be the last known martins in the
Lakes Region.
Date: 7/5/17 7:08 am From: Steve Bennett <sbennett999...> Subject: [NHBirds] LEAST BITTERN, Rails at World End Pond
*On Tuesday afternoon Jenna Pettipas, Susan Wrisley & I paddled around World End Pond in Salem, NH for a little over 4 hours. Our target bird was the Least Bittern, as this is one of the few places in the state to reliably find this bird. Reliable might be an overstatement as it is a lot of work to track them down. However, after paddling through some pretty thick lily pads for several hours, we did indeed find a beautiful Least Bittern teed up straddling the reeds overlooking the marsh for several minutes. The bittern was at the far east side of the pond and first appeared at about 7PM.*
*While the bittern certainly was the highlight, we were also entertained by a family of Virginia Rails running around on the lily pads, including 2 little black fuzz-ball babies.*
Date: 7/5/17 6:48 am From: DEBRA M POWERS <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] black-crowned night-heron 3 north hampton???? believe I am correct
Good Morning:
I believed I have ID'ed correctly, same place as last year.
Other notable this am:
Two babies piping plovers with parents at HBSP ( believe it is the same pair as last week with three babies, stayed in the same area of the beach, also TONS no of garbage!)
Least Tern still nesting however she flew off with her mate? Had a visual on one egg now.
Seabrook beach I heard a Bobwhite, i was unable to find it however, was in a more residential area, I have not heard one of those sense I was a kid.
Date: 7/5/17 5:11 am From: Jon Woolf <jsw...> Subject: [NHBirds] Chukar?!? in Epping
There is an adult CHUKAR in Epping: specifically, feeding in one of the little landscaped areas between the TDBank and the Lowe's along Fresh River Road. I have a couple of photos which I'll post when I can.
Date: 7/4/17 5:41 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, July 4, 2017
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 4th, 2017.
A BROWN PELICAN was discovered along the coast on June 24th, and was last
reported on the 28th. It was later seen in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a field on Deerfield Road in Nottingham on
June 29th, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES are reportedly raising 2 young in Monroe.
3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen at their nest site area in Newmarket on July
3rd.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was reported from the Oyster River Forest in Durham on
July 2nd, but has not been relocated.
An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered in a small pond near the
start of Sleepy Hollow Drive in Greenland on June 15th, was last reported on
the July 2nd, and may still be present. There was a report of a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in a pond along Post Road in Greenland on July
1st, possibly the same bird.
15 PIPING PLOVERS were tallied along Seabrook and Hampton Beaches on July
1st. Beach-goers are encouraged to give these small, endangered birds room
to roam. The adults and chicks blend in with the beach, so please tread
carefully!
3 pairs of LEAST TERNS were seen nesting on Hampton Beach on July 1st. Like
the PIPING PLOVERS, these birds need space to successfully raise chicks.
3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport on July
2nd.
8 NELSON’S SPARROWS were reported from the coast on July 1st.
3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on June 29th.
A pair of FISH CROWS is nesting at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye and they
were seen apparently feeding chicks on July 1st.
10 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 1st.
A few RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Canaan, Bradford, and Marlborough
during the past week, and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was reported from
Pittsfield on July 3rd.
2 EVENING GROSBEAKS have been seen repeatedly in Richmond during the past
week, and were last reported on July 2nd. Another 2 were seen in New Boston
on the 25th.
The Coordinated Nighthawk Watch in the pine barrens area in Ossipee,
Madison, and Tamworth counted 11 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on July 3rd. Please
contact NH Audubon if you want to help this program.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 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...> 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
Date: 7/4/17 5:41 pm From: David Govatski <david.govatski...> Subject: [NHBirds] Sandhill Crane in Twin Mountain
John Gutowski and June Rogier saw and photographed an adult Sandhill Crane at 1820 on 4 July 2017 in the Twin Mountain section of Carroll. The location was along Route 3 in some large fields about a mile from the Carroll-Whitefield Town Line. These fields are also a great place to hear whip poor wills from a safe roadside pullout.
I arrived after the crane left and decided to check out Airport Marsh on the way home. I heard and then saw a Pied Billed Grebe on Airport Marsh. This is unusual for this time of year when it should be nesting. Several young hooded mergansers were on the pond as were three young black ducks. A bittern was calling and a great blue heron was hunting frogs. A monarch butterfly was visiting the milkweed.
Date: 7/4/17 5:39 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, July 4, 2017
-RBA
*New Hampshire
*July 4, 2017
*NHNH0704.17
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Tuesday, July 4th, 2017.
A BROWN PELICAN was discovered along the coast on June 24th, and was last
reported on the 28th. It was later seen in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
2 SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a field on Deerfield Road in Nottingham on
June 29th, and 2 SANDHILL CRANES are reportedly raising 2 young in Monroe.
3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen at their nest site area in Newmarket on July
3rd.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was reported from the Oyster River Forest in Durham on
July 2nd, but has not been relocated.
An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered in a small pond near the
start of Sleepy Hollow Drive in Greenland on June 15th, was last reported on
the July 2nd, and may still be present. There was a report of a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON in a pond along Post Road in Greenland on July
1st, possibly the same bird.
15 PIPING PLOVERS were tallied along Seabrook and Hampton Beaches on July
1st. Beach-goers are encouraged to give these small, endangered birds room
to roam. The adults and chicks blend in with the beach, so please tread
carefully!
3 pairs of LEAST TERNS were seen nesting on Hampton Beach on July 1st. Like
the PIPING PLOVERS, these birds need space to successfully raise chicks.
3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS were seen at the Pease International Tradeport on July
2nd.
8 NELSON’S SPARROWS were reported from the coast on July 1st.
3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on June 29th.
A pair of FISH CROWS is nesting at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye and they
were seen apparently feeding chicks on July 1st.
10 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on July 1st.
A few RED CROSSBILLS were reported from Canaan, Bradford, and Marlborough
during the past week, and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL was reported from
Pittsfield on July 3rd.
2 EVENING GROSBEAKS have been seen repeatedly in Richmond during the past
week, and were last reported on July 2nd. Another 2 were seen in New Boston
on the 25th.
The Coordinated Nighthawk Watch in the pine barrens area in Ossipee,
Madison, and Tamworth counted 11 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS on July 3rd. Please
contact NH Audubon if you want to help this program.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 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...> 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
Date: 7/4/17 8:14 am From: Pam Kasnet <pamkas...> Subject: [NHBirds] Common Ravens, Exeter
This morning I had a "conspiracy" of at least half a dozen Common Ravens calling back and forth and making a huge racket in general around my house and neighborhood. They didn't seem to be mobbing or focusing on any one thing. This lasted about 45 minutes. Positively identified by sound comparison on Cornell site.
Pam KasnetExeter
Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S® 5, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
Zeke Cornell and I checked for a few birds this morning.
We had no luck with the Acadian Flycatcher at Oyster River Forest although there was lots of bird activity, especially at the field.
We did see 2 Mississippi Kites at Huckins Drive, one bird on the nest.
No Sandhill Cranes in Nottingham either.
The Coordinated Nighthawk Watch in the pine barrens area in Ossipee/Madison/Tamworth turned up 11 nighthawks tonight, the most active area in the state this year. Elsewhere overall nighthawk activity is down. If you'd like to help watch, please contact me.
Date: 7/3/17 7:45 pm From: Jack Swatt <jswattbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Lempster Swainson's Thrush and unusual Ruffed Grouse distraction display
The singing Swainson's Thrush continues in the Lempster Town Forest off of Mountain Rd, well out of it's normal breeding range. Also today at Ashuelot Headwaters Forest in Lempster, we came across a family of Ruffed Grouse. First 4 young grouse flew up from a grassy area into a nearby hemlock stand. Then an adult (I'm assuming a female), strutted out from the grassy area with it's tail fanned out and all fluffed up in a displaying posture. It quickly did a 180 turn and headed back towards the wooded edge. shortly later we heard it giving covey calls. I've seen Ruffed Grouse give a broken wing display to lure me away from young, but have never seen anything like this. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this behavior before.
-- Jack Swatt, with Amanda Kallenbach and Dave Tucker
I forgot to add earlier that I also saw a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker land on a pole in the powerlines today in Richmond. Not sure if this is unusual, I do not see them often in summer.
Date: 7/2/17 5:05 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Birds & Bugs Big Day (Greater Scaup, YC Night-Heron, Variegated Fritillary, Mississippi Kites, etc)
Today, Jane and I did our third annual 4th of July "Birds & Bugs Big Day" where we attempted to see or hear as many species of birds, dragonflies and butterflies as we can in a single day. Once again, not an all-out effort, but still managed to give it our all from about 5:30 AM to 5:15 PM.
We had our decent year for birds with 105 species, Birds can be difficult at this time of year as the amount of song decreases. Highlights included the continuing YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, today off Sleepy Hollow Road, 2 over-summering GREATER SCAUP on Great Bay, a Horned Lark with 3 Upland Sandpipers at Pease Tradeport and our first "fall" migrant Shot-billed Dowitchers. An African Goose "took a shine" to Jane in Epping, but I don't think we can count it for our list! A few glaring misses today included Common Loon and Red-bellied Woodpecker!
Dragonflies were generally OK, but not great. No southern vagrants and mostly expected species. Things seem a bit behind schedule perhaps? Water levels VERY HIGH on rivers.
Butterflies generally slow with many species represented by only a single individual. Highlights included a Common Buckeye in Durham and a VARIEGATED FRITILLARY in North Hampton. My (overdue) first ever for New Hampshire.
Weather was mostly sunny all day with moderate winds out of the southwest. Generally muggy and windy. Temperature peaked at about 88F.
A few photos from today including the Variegated Fritillary:
BIRDS - 105 SPECIES ------------------------------ Canada Goose Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard GREATER SCAUP - 2 males together off Sunset Farm on Great Bay. Very rare July record and perhaps the first July record for NH? My previous late date is 6/25/02 on Great Bay. Common Eider Surf Scoter - 1 male from Pulpit Rocks White-winged Scoter - 1 male flyby from Little Boar's Head. Wild Turkey - Lots around. Including one brood of chicks. Very cute! RED-NECKED GREBE - 2 continue from off Wallis Sand's Beach in Rye Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 continuing bird off Sleepy Hollow Road in Greenland. Turkey Vulture Osprey MISSISSIPPI KITE - Pair continue on Huckin's Drive in Newmarket. Female still on nest. Male flying around nearby. Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel - One or two at Pease Tradeport Peregrine Falcon - One driveby off Spaulding Turnpike in Newington Virginia Rail - 2 at Gile Road Marsh in Lee/Nottingham Killdeer Willet Upland Sandpiper - 3 at Pease Tradeport SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2 SOUTHBOUND MIGRANTS. First of Fall!!!!! Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Least Tern - 1 in Seabrook Common Tern - We didn't put any effort into searching for Roseates due to crowds and visibility. Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 in Nottingham Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow - A couple along the coast. HORNED LARK - 1 at Pease Tradeport. Rare and local nester in seacoast. Pease is likely the only current nesting location, but they've nested at Hampton Beach SP. Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 over Lamprey in Lee Bank Swallow - Small colony at gravel pit in Newmarket is still very active. Earth movement is in process here, however, and nest bank has changed. Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Marsh Wren - 2 at Eel Pond Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 at Tuttle Swamp in Newmarket Eastern Bluebird Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush - 1 singing at KDAFF (Kurk Dorsey Acadian Flycatcher Field!) American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat American Redstart NORTHER PARULA - 1 singing on Deerfield Road in Nottingham. Rare in summer in seacoast area. This is my 2nd July record. Previous was 1 at Pawtuckaway SP on July 13, 1998. Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Pine Warbler Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow - Just one! And not singing! None off Marsh Road. Stark contrast to yesterday! Saltmarsh Sparrow - 1 at Little Jack's in Hampton. Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole - 1 female in Newington. One immature male singing at KDAFF. Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - 1 female type at Tuttle Swamp in Newmarket. House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow
Recent rarities missed: ------------------------------- King Eider - Searched, but no luck Bufflehead at Odiorne - Searched but no luck Sandhill Crane - We got to Nottingham fields at about noon. No luck. We're now 0 for 4 chasing Sandhill Cranes this year!!! Grasshopper Sparrow - None at Pease. Acadian Flycatcher - Got to the fields in Durham at about 3:30 and 88F. No singing Acadian, but surprised to have constant song from Wood and Hermit Thrushes, Indigo Bunting, and even Orchard Oriole.
DRAGONFLIES - 24 SPECIES --------------------------------------- Ebony Jewelwing Variable Dancer Powdered Dancer Bluet sp. Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner Lilypad Clubtail COMMON SANDDRAGON - 1 on Lamprey River in Lee. Different location from where I've had them before. This one perched on a rock in the middle of the river. We ID'd it with the spotting scope! Prince Baskettail Halloween Pennant Eastern Pondhawk Seaside Dragonlet - Super abundant on coast. Dot-tailed Whiteface Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Blue Dasher Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Black Saddlebags
BUTTERFLIES - 16 SPECIES ----------------------------------- Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 or 3 Least Skipper European Skipper Peck's Skipper - 1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Several Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur - Perhaps 2 or 3 Orange Sulphur - 1 Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1 Monarch - 1 VARIEGATED FRITILLARY - 1 at Philbrick Marsh in North Hampton. Overdue, but my first record for NH!! A more southern species, this butterfly is expanding northward. Red-spotted Purple - 1 Pearl Crescent - 1 COMMON BUCKEYE - 1 in Durham at KDAFF Red Admiral - Several American Lady - 1
About June 15 the Monroe Sandhill Cranes were seen with 2 young in the corn field on Rte 135 just north of the village. We have been away and had not heard. We will post if they are relocated.
Today was the second time since warm weather moved in and the winter flocks left I saw a Junco. Yes, an occasional summer junco usually happens once or twice each summer (and sometimes one just stays in the area). I am not sure if this is unusual or not.
I had an Acadian flycatcher singing this morning shortly after 7 at the Oyster River Forest in Durham. Access is from a parking lot with a metal gate on Packers Falls Road just north of Mill Road. Follow the packed dirt road straight to the large field, about half a mile. The bird sang 4-5 times from the mature forest on the left side of the field and then went quiet for the next half hour that I was there. I did not see it.
Other birds present were 3+ Orchard Orioles, Hermit Thrushes, Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Buntings, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos, and Bobolinks.
In the Woodridge neighborhood, the two stars of the morning were a Blue-winged Warbler and a Red-breasted Nuthatch in the same tree. At Foss Farm, highlights were a Prairie Warbler and a Willow Flycatcher. All told, 50+ species on the greater Mill Road corridor on a sticky July day.
This morning I went to Canaan to lend a hand in some ongoing research of Canada Warblers with Plymouth State University's Dr. Leonard Reitsma. I joined one of his grad students, Christian Burns, in collecting fledging data of birds they have banded previously. We did our work in the Canaan Town Forest off Route 4 just west of the entrance of Switch Road. We found all our target birds with relative ease but the biggest excitement came in the flyover of a RED CROSSBILL. The bird quickly passed overhead calling as it went by.
Dr. Reitsma met up with us later on after he did the same work in a different location also in Canaan. He informed me that he had at least three SWAINSON'S THRUSH in that area. I've worked in that area with him over the previous two years and on each occasion we found them there suggesting it is likely to be an active breeding area for them.
Dr. Reitsma always seems to have some sort of a surprise when we get together and today was no exception. He showed me a video a student of his, Jess Sullivan, captured of a truly amazing sight. He recorded over an hour and forty-five minutes of video of a Hermit Thrush nest with three chicks in it. Amazingly the birds were being fed by a Black-capped Chickadee!!! To make it more bizarre, he didn't see any adult Hermit Thrush visit the nest for the entire time he recorded it. Truly a sight that raises a ton of questions. As a bonus, he also captured the moment where one of the young actually fledged. I'm not sure of exactly where this was filmed but I'm confident it was in Canaan.
The following link is a short video I took of a portion of Jess' film. Please mind the loud bang towards the end as Dr. Reitsma's neighbor was blasting off a shotgun next door.
https://flic.kr/p/V5UrMH
Date: 7/1/17 5:50 pm From: Corinne in Bedford, NH <c.null...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Usually I see them for a few days in the spring migration but they move on. This year they arrived, then departed for a month or two, but lo and behold they're back!!!
-----Original Message----- From: <nhbirds...> [mailto:<nhbirds...>] On Behalf Of Stephen Mirick Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2017 3:43 PM To: <nhbirds...> Subject: [NHBirds] Banded Piping Plover on Hampton Beach
I forgot to mention. One of the adult Piping Plovers on Hampton Beach was banded with a color band on its right let. Pink band with black lettering "3T".
Presumably this bird has been researched. Can anyone shed light as to where it was banded?
Date: 7/1/17 12:42 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Banded Piping Plover on Hampton Beach
I forgot to mention. One of the adult Piping Plovers on Hampton Beach was banded with a color band on its right let. Pink band with black lettering "3T".
Presumably this bird has been researched. Can anyone shed light as to where it was banded?
No Brown Pelicans today. But a few nesting birds of interest. Jane and I walked a portion of both Seabrook Beach and Hampton Beach very early. Then worked our way north to check on some other coastal nesters before heading in to Greenland to check on night-herons and kites.
LEAST TERN - 3 NESTS! All with adult incubating. Two on Seabrook Beach, roughly off Dracut Street access. Thanks to Kyle for the tip on these. Another nest at Hampton Beach SP in area it has nested in past years. I believe this is the first time that 3 pairs have nested in NH since the 1960's. We never saw any of the birds fly so can't say how many eggs are there. These birds are likely getting a bit of a late start and may all be renesters after June storms. In addition to birds in Hampton/Seabrook, we had 3 adult Least Terns in Philbrick Marsh in North Hampton.
PIPING PLOVER - 15 total We only had 8 birds on Seabrook Beach in two territories. One pair with 4 full grown chicks. And one pair with no young. At Hampton Beach SP we only had 7 total birds as with one adult with 4 young chicks and two adults that are STILL INCUBATING.
NELSON'S SPARROW - At least 8! Our first of the year. At least 3 at Philbrick Marsh on North Hampton/Rye town line. Two more at the end of Pollock Drive in Rye. And then at least 3 off Marsh Road in Rye, opposite the Marsh Road Pond. Jason Lambert felt that there were likely 4 or more here. This is a first for this specific location.
SALTMARSH SPARROW - 0!! We did not see a definite Saltmarsh Sparrow today. We didn't give it much effort, but I would have thought we should have seen one today. My "sense" is that Nelson's can nest higher up in the saltmarsh and therefore may cope better with rising sea levels. In any event, the Saltmarsh Sparrow may be the "canary in the coal mine" with respect to Global Warming.
FISH CROW - Pair at nest at Odiorne Point State Park. FEEDING YOUNG in nest. Couldn't see the young, but it appeared they were feeding young.
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON - 1 adult in back yard off Post Road in Greenland. .7 MILES NORTH OF Sleepy Hollow Road. Presumed to be the same bird as that at Sleepy Hollow. Or could there be a pair!?!?!?! And a nest?!!?!?! A long shot, but intriguing.
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 continues near Great Bay Discovery Center in Greenland. Seen soaring over the roost tree just up from the parking lot at the center. If there is a nest in this area, it might be tough to find due to the configuration of the roads and the lack of open areas. We're still hoping to find a nest here, however. Apparently the nest in Newmarket is doing well. Hatching should be soon.
Just returned from viewing the 2 Sandhill Cranes that were present in the large field on Deerfield Road, Nottingham, NH. They both strolled into view from up near the farm house and crossed the field to just over the knoll (where we couldn't see them). We then heard crane noises from the back of the field and the two took flight, squawking all the while. They were headed roughly southwest and flew from view. All very exciting!
NH Audubon received a report and photo of two Sandhill Cranes on Deerfield Road in Nottingham yesterday, June 29. The birds were in the first field on the left when you turn onto Deerfield Road from Rt. 156 in Nottingham.
Becky Suomala New Hampshire Bird Records www.nhbirdrecords.org
Date: 6/29/17 10:45 am From: DEBRA M POWERS <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] least tern has two eggs on new nesting area HBSP
The least tern continues to nest at HBSP, I am pretty positive the nest has moved three times now, this current location being for almost two weeks. Looking back at other pictures from different days you can see only one egg and the landscape around the nest is different. Today I observed her leave the nest for a brief time and you can see two eggs.
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Date: 6/29/17 6:11 am From: DENNIS <d.skillman...> Subject: [NHBirds] NH Seacoast Purple Martin update
We have two Martin nest sites supported by NH Audubon (Pam Hunt's Aerial Insectivore Project) and volunteers. The sites are off Cross Beach Road in Seabrook and off Island Path Road in Hampton. We have expanded the number of gourds at each site this year. We now have 18 gourds at Seabrook, and 12 at Hampton.
The year started out terribly with 10 dead adult Martins found in the gourds after 2 bouts of extended cold rainy weather in May. They likely died of starvation and hypothermia. Since then, things have been steadily improving. Here is my latest report from yesterday:
Warren, Pat and I visited the gourds in Seabrook at 10:30 AM. Every gourd (18/18) has eggs - 10 nests have 5 eggs each, the remainder have 4 eggs each except for gourd 17 which has 3, for a total of 81 eggs. We may get a couple more eggs in 17 this week, but I expect egg laying is done for the other gourds and the majority of the nests are incubating, indicated by the fact that several Martins stayed in the gourds until the rack was well on its way down. I expect we will see some hatchlings next week.
At Hampton we have 2 well formed nests and found one egg on the ground. We did not see any Martins, but that is not unusual as it was a good time for the birds to be out feeding. We are host to several newly hatched Tree Swallows in gourd 5, same as last year. Hope to see some Martin eggs here next week.
In addition to these two sites, there is a nest with eggs at a private residence in Rye.
Before doing the nest check we were lucky to see the Brown Pelican in Hampton Harbor and while watching had an immature Peregrine Falcon fly overhead.
Usually I never see sapsuckers outside of migration, this week I saw two. One a couple days ago in Fitzwilliam, and one today in the power lines in Richmond.
As well as the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker I saw the following:
Great Blue Heron - flying over Belted Kingfisher - Not near water, they hang around the dry side for some reason, I suspect a nest. Broadwing Hawk Ruby Throated Hummingbird Blue Jay American Crow Eastern Phoebe European Starling Prairie Warbler Common Yellowthroat Cedar Waxwing Grey Catbird Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Rufous Sided Towhee American Goldfinch Indigo Bunting
Calls heard include:
Red Eyed Vireo Song Sparrow Chestnut Sided Warbler Northern Cardinal
Date: 6/28/17 5:54 pm From: Steve Bennett <sbennett999...> Subject: [NHBirds] Our Pelican is now in Newburyport
Angela Walsh just posted on Ebird that she had a Brown Pelican fly-by the Route-1 Merrimack River bridge in downtown Newburyport at 6:30 this evening (Weds).
Most likely our bird that was found last Saturday by Steve & Jane, and viewed for most of this morning in Hampton Harbor.
Date: 6/28/17 2:50 pm From: Marie Harris <marie...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Digest for - 13 updates in 12 topics
I saw what I'm pretty sure (from shape, color and call), was a Great Crested Flycatcher (on two occasions) on a neighbor's fence on Scruton Pond Road in Barrington two weeks ago. Marie Harris Barrington, NH
On 6/28/2017 4:45 PM, <nhbirds...> wrote: > <nhbirds...> > <%0A%20%20https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#%21forum/nhbirds/topics%0A> > Google Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#%21overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#%21overview> > > Topic digest > View all topics > <%0A%20%20https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#%21forum/nhbirds/topics%0A> > > > * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron hot spot <#group_thread_0> - 1 Update > * Brown Pelican, flew north from harbor <#group_thread_1> - 1 Update > * Brown Pelican Moving <#group_thread_2> - 1 Update > * Brown Pelican Continues <#group_thread_3> - 1 Update > * Great Crested Flycatcher, Richmond <#group_thread_4> - 1 Update > * Information on banded Willet <#group_thread_5> - 1 Update > * Olive-sided Flycatchers - Second College Grant <#group_thread_6> - > 1 Update > * Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor - 9:30 AM > <#group_thread_7> - 2 Updates > * Pelican currently on Hampton Harbor flats <#group_thread_8> - 1 > Update > * Brown Pelican - Yes <#group_thread_9> - 1 Update > * evening grosbeak confirmed. <#group_thread_10> - 1 Update > * Red Crossbill- Marlborough <#group_thread_11> - 1 Update > > Yellow-crowned Night-Heron hot spot > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/dbd4ea97cfd7203a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > birdrecords <birdrecords...>: Jun 28 06:07PM > > For eBird users, > There is now a stakeout Hot Spot for the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in > Greenland to report your sighting. It would be great if everyone could > use it to submit their eBird reports so all reports are under the same > location and easy to find. If you have already entered the sighting > you can easily merge your personal location with the Hotspot, so > please take a minute to do so. The instructions are below . If you > have other checklists from this location, and you only want to merge > the checklist with this rarity, there are also specific instructions > for this listed. > > Thanks! > Becky Suomala > NH eBird and New Hampshire Bird Records > www.nhbirdrecords.org<http://www.nhbirdrecords.org> > > TO MERGE A LOCATION: > 1. Click on "My EBird" at the top right of any page > 2. Click on "Manage my locations" on the list on the right > 3. Find the location that you want to merge > 4. At the far right of the site entry, click "edit". > 5. This should pull up a map with your location at the center and > several round "radio buttons" above the map next to the words: Rename, > Move, Merge. > 6. Click the "Merge" button and pre-existing hot spots should appear > on the map as red "pins" and your personal locations as blue "pins". > 7. Click on the hot spot you wish to merge your location WITH (your > location will be indicated by a green and red symbol). The name of the > hot spot will appear at the top of the map indicating how many > checklists you are merging with that spot. > 8. We highly recommend that you check the box next to "delete after > merging" - this will not delete your data or the merged location, it > will simply delete that original location so you won't be tempted to > use it again. > 9. Click on the square box labeled "Merge" > 10. eBird will ask if you are sure. Double check before you click > "Yes" as this action can't be undone! > > All your records for the old location will get relabeled in the > database as the pre-existing hot spot. This is the location that will > now appear in "my locations." You can always rename a hot spot within > your "my locations" list, but that won't change the name in the eBird > database. > > TO CHANGE A SPECIFIC CHECKLIST LOCATION TO A HOT SPOT LOCATION: > 1. Click on "My EBird" at the top right of any page > 2. Click on "Manage my Checklists" on the list on the right > 3. Find the observation that you want to change > 4. At the far right of the site entry, click "View or edit". > 5. Click "edit location" on the right next to the location name. > 6. Click on Find it on a Map and enter NH, then Zoom to town. > 7. Zoom in until you find the appropriate Hot Spot > 8. Click on the Hot Spot and then Continue. > 9. Your Checklist will appear with the new location. > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Brown Pelican, flew north from harbor > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/19f057eea55144de?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Kyle Wilmarth <kyle.wilmarth...>: Jun 28 12:18PM -0400 > > I just received a call from Harold Otto and he mentioned that as of > 12:10pm > the Brown Pelican flew north up Hampton River toward the north end of the > harbor and lost track of it. > > Kyle Wilmarth > Plaistow, NH > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Brown Pelican Moving > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/732582b386bffd13?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Scott Spangenberg <sjspangenberg...>: Jun 28 12:15PM -0400 > > A couple with a jet ski pulled up at the sandbar 2nd he's flown off, > out of view from where I'm standing at the marina on the North side. > > Scott Spangenberg > Amherst, NH > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Brown Pelican Continues > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/225ec3a3c70d45a4?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Scott Spangenberg <sjspangenberg...>: Jun 28 11:50AM -0400 > > The pelican is still at the North end of the mud flats across from the > harbour bridge as of 11:48. > > The water has risen enough that it's feet are under water, so it may > move shortly. I've already seen it fly around a bit before returning > to the same spot. > > Thank you to all of the folks that have been updating us on the status > of this bird! > > Scott Spangenberg > Amherst, NH > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Great Crested Flycatcher, Richmond > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/ca2c387787e41bb9?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Joshua Jarvis <menasor77...>: Jun 28 11:23AM -0400 > > I just had an odd flycatchers (I saw in the powerlines in Richmond last > sunday ) identity confirmed. It was a Great Crested. I am not sure if they > are unusual or not, I have not seen one since I was a kid. Maybe it is > because they use snakeskin in their nests and I hardly ever see snakes > anymore. > > > https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/19466441_1582694565135226_7200593356457330374_o.jpg?oh=4bd8b2661264b36de02ea6899ec13250&oe=59C90D09 > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Information on banded Willet > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/6546321eb7fc9365?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Bob Crowley <crbob...>: Jun 28 11:03AM -0400 > > Here is the promised information on the banded Willet photographed at > the King Rail Hotspot in Wells, Maine. > > Hi Bob, > > Great photos of 0914-47138 and thank you for sharing! The BBL will email > you an official certificate of appreciation for reporting the bird, but > here is some more info: > > This bird was banded on 6/10/2014 near the Drake's Island part of the > refuge. Only about 3 miles (and 3 years) north of where you observed it! > We're hoping to recapture it this year to remove the geolocator, which > provides data on wintering locations for a Willet project we've been > working on. > > Thanks again! > > Lauren Gilpatrick > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Olive-sided Flycatchers - Second College Grant > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/eadec8a916fadc11?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Jess Cosentino <jmcosentino2...>: Jun 28 10:49AM -0400 > > As I was walking along the road inside the Second College Grant this > morning, I could hear two different Olive-sided Flycatchers singing off in > the distance. The dirt road parallels the Swift Diamond River and the > birds > were heard south of the road maybe 5-5.5 miles east of the confluence with > the Dead Diamond River. Likely over 200 m away from road side. > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor - 9:30 AM > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/61a6ed64e207a1e8?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Stephen Mirick <smirick...>: Jun 28 09:48AM -0400 > > Steve Carlson emailed to report that the Brown Pelican continues in > Hampton harbor. > > "currently roosting at the far north end of flats in Hampton harbor. > Nearly even with bridge, can be seen from harborside park just south of > the bridge". > > Steve Mirick > Bradford, MA > Warren <warren.trested...>: Jun 28 10:24AM -0400 > > Still there at 10:20. Moved to closer sandbar. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Pelican currently on Hampton Harbor flats > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/7ee3b0474478552e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Scott Heron <smheron...>: Jun 28 08:22AM -0400 > > It's just chillin'. It can be seen from Yankee Fisherman's Coop. > > Scott Heron > Kingston, NH > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Brown Pelican - Yes > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/a593acd2233f48fe?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Scott Heron <smheron...>: Jun 28 08:14AM -0400 > > Currently flying over Hampton Harbor bridge. > > Scott Heron > Kingston, NH > > Back to top <#digest_top> > evening grosbeak confirmed. > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/4ab3d7eea22834c5?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Joshua Jarvis <menasor77...>: Jun 27 07:12PM -0400 > > I saw the evening grosbeak land on top of a pine by my house in Richmond. > Another summer with the state notable bird back in my area. > > Back to top <#digest_top> > Red Crossbill- Marlborough > <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/6698d17d6c258200?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > > Chad Witko <chadjwitko...>: Jun 27 10:23PM > > Greetings, > > Today while conducting point counts at the Kensan-Devan Wildlife Sanctuary > in Marlborough (Meetinghouse Pond), I had a single flyover Red Crossbill. > > Cheers, > Chad Witko > -- > Chad Witko > www.chat-happens.com > > "I came to believe birds are the most vivid expression of life. 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In the recent revision of NH's endangered species list (March 2017), we elevated Cliff Swallow to "threatened" to acknowledge recent declines in both the number of colonies and number of birds at extant colonies. Like many other aerial insectivores, Cliff Swallows are declining over a larger area than NH, although in this particular case the greatest declines are in the Northeastern United States. In an effort to get a better handle on the state's population, I'll be checking historical colonies over the next couple of years, as well as trying to find new ones, and the help of the extensive NH birding community would be welcomed. There are a couple of specific things you can do.
1) If you see Cliff Swallows flying around in June and July, there's a very good chance they're nesting somewhere nearby. Take a moment to watch them and look for potential colony locations. All known colonies in NH are on buildings or bridges, and usually in open areas like farms or near large bodies of water. If you DO find nests PLEASE report these! If you use eBird, simply add a note about the number of nests in the species comments. The same applies if you see birds obviously going under a bridge or the eaves of a barn. If you don't use eBird, consider doing so, but otherwise report any confirmed nestings to me. Many of the current reports in eBird ARE from known sites, but many (if not most) lack any notation about breeding activity, so even if the site is known to me, it's always valuable to provide additional data. As a rule of thumb, it can never HURT to provide a few notes on this species so that people like me who use the data have a little more information to work with.
2) If you're interested in some avian sleuthing, there are a handful of places in the state with some recent history of Cliff Swallows in summer but no confirmed nestings. I'm happy to direct people to these locations, at which point the directives from the previous point apply. Most current colonies are in the Lakes Region or North Country, but there are scattered ones elsewhere. The latter tend to be quite small (often only 1-4 pairs), so it can take some perseverance to even find a site with active birds in the first place. But if you do, you might have a chance to add a new colony to the list!
In all cases, I'd very much appreciate specific locations for Cliff Swallow sightings, especially if there are nests. If you're not using a specific location in eBird, at least try to make a note about the location in a checklist that covers more territory (e.g., the "NH Coast" eBird hotspot). I'd obviously prefer a fine-tuned location for any colonies, but will take what I can get.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide in this endeavor, and if you're interested in an assignment by all means get back to me!
Pam
Pamela D. Hunt, Ph.D.
Avian Conservation Biologist
New Hampshire Audubon
84 Silk Farm Road
Concord, NH 03301
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Date: 6/28/17 11:08 am From: birdrecords <birdrecords...> Subject: [NHBirds] Yellow-crowned Night-Heron hot spot
For eBird users,
There is now a stakeout Hot Spot for the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Greenland to report your sighting. It would be great if everyone could use it to submit their eBird reports so all reports are under the same location and easy to find. If you have already entered the sighting you can easily merge your personal location with the Hotspot, so please take a minute to do so. The instructions are below . If you have other checklists from this location, and you only want to merge the checklist with this rarity, there are also specific instructions for this listed.
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5. This should pull up a map with your location at the center and several round "radio buttons" above the map next to the words: Rename, Move, Merge.
6. Click the "Merge" button and pre-existing hot spots should appear on the map as red "pins" and your personal locations as blue "pins".
7. Click on the hot spot you wish to merge your location WITH (your location will be indicated by a green and red symbol). The name of the hot spot will appear at the top of the map indicating how many checklists you are merging with that spot.
8. We highly recommend that you check the box next to "delete after merging" - this will not delete your data or the merged location, it will simply delete that original location so you won't be tempted to use it again.
9. Click on the square box labeled "Merge"
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All your records for the old location will get relabeled in the database as the pre-existing hot spot. This is the location that will now appear in "my locations." You can always rename a hot spot within your "my locations" list, but that won't change the name in the eBird database.
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Date: 6/28/17 9:18 am From: Kyle Wilmarth <kyle.wilmarth...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican, flew north from harbor
I just received a call from Harold Otto and he mentioned that as of 12:10pm the Brown Pelican flew north up Hampton River toward the north end of the harbor and lost track of it.
Date: 6/28/17 8:50 am From: Scott Spangenberg <sjspangenberg...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican Continues
The pelican is still at the North end of the mud flats across from the harbour bridge as of 11:48.
The water has risen enough that it's feet are under water, so it may move shortly. I've already seen it fly around a bit before returning to the same spot.
Thank you to all of the folks that have been updating us on the status of this bird!
Date: 6/28/17 8:24 am From: Joshua Jarvis <menasor77...> Subject: [NHBirds] Great Crested Flycatcher, Richmond
I just had an odd flycatchers (I saw in the powerlines in Richmond last sunday ) identity confirmed. It was a Great Crested. I am not sure if they are unusual or not, I have not seen one since I was a kid. Maybe it is because they use snakeskin in their nests and I hardly ever see snakes anymore.
Date: 6/28/17 8:03 am From: Bob Crowley <crbob...> Subject: [NHBirds] Information on banded Willet
Here is the promised information on the banded Willet photographed at the King Rail Hotspot in Wells, Maine.
Hi Bob,
Great photos of 0914-47138 and thank you for sharing! The BBL will email you an official certificate of appreciation for reporting the bird, but here is some more info:
This bird was banded on 6/10/2014 near the Drake's Island part of the refuge. Only about 3 miles (and 3 years) north of where you observed it! We're hoping to recapture it this year to remove the geolocator, which provides data on wintering locations for a Willet project we've been working on.
Date: 6/28/17 7:49 am From: Jess Cosentino <jmcosentino2...> Subject: [NHBirds] Olive-sided Flycatchers - Second College Grant
As I was walking along the road inside the Second College Grant this morning, I could hear two different Olive-sided Flycatchers singing off in the distance. The dirt road parallels the Swift Diamond River and the birds were heard south of the road maybe 5-5.5 miles east of the confluence with the Dead Diamond River. Likely over 200 m away from road side.
Date: 6/28/17 7:24 am From: Warren <warren.trested...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor - 9:30 AM
Still there at 10:20. Moved to closer sandbar.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 28, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Stephen Mirick <smirick...> wrote: > > Steve Carlson emailed to report that the Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor. > > "currently roosting at the far north end of flats in Hampton harbor. Nearly even with bridge, can be seen from harborside park just south of the bridge". > > Steve Mirick > Bradford, MA > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to <nhbirds...> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Date: 6/28/17 6:48 am From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor - 9:30 AM
Steve Carlson emailed to report that the Brown Pelican continues in Hampton harbor.
"currently roosting at the far north end of flats in Hampton harbor. Nearly even with bridge, can be seen from harborside park just south of the bridge".
The Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon's website, Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon - Home has been updated. Visit, and you'll find information regarding upcoming birding events, complete recaps of this past May's "Warbler Wednesdays" and "Feathered Fridays" walks and field report archives dating back a decade.
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Upcoming Events Summer Birdwatching Calendar Birding River Road – Hanover to LymeSaturday, July 226:30 am – ... | |
Date: 6/27/17 9:32 am From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson...> Subject: [NHBirds] Capital Chpt. FT: CASCADE MARSH IN SUTTON (July 8)
NOTE THE TIME!!
Field Trip: Cascade Marsh in Sutton
Date: Saturday, July 8, 3:00 PM until dusk.
Join Bob Quinn on a trip in the outer reaches of Merrimack County at a "new" spot that traditionally has been a great place for marsh birds, including bitterns, rails, and nesting Pied-billed Grebes. We'll also check out some nearby sites in New London and Andover. Be prepared for some damp walking but on mostly flat and easy terrain. Please note that we will be out until dusk to get the most out of the marsh birds. Meet at the end of the ramp at Exit 10 off Interstate 89 north, in South Sutton. Contact Bob Quinn at <RAQbirds...><mailto:<RAQbirds...>
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Date: 6/27/17 9:29 am From: Stephanie Parkinson <sparkinson...> Subject: [NHBirds] Capital Chapt. FT: EARLY MORNING ON BOG ROAD (July 7)
Field Trip: Early Morning on Bog Road
Date: Friday, July 7, 6:00-8:00 am
Bog Road in Penacook is home to several "northern" species (e.g., Canada Warbler) not easy to find in most of Concord. On this newest installment of the chapter's popular "birding before work" series, we'll walk the old RR grade through forest and wetland to see what early July has to offer. Note that we're far more likely to hear than see many of the birds in this area, so consider the excursion a chance to practice your bird song identification skills! Meet at the Riverhill Market (junction of Carter Hill and Bog Roads). Contact Pam Hunt at 753-9137 or <biodiva...><mailto:<biodiva...>
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Date: 6/26/17 6:27 pm From: Mark Suomala <mrsuomala...> Subject: [NHBirds] Rare Bird Alert, New Hampshire, June 26, 2017
This is New Hampshire Audubon's Rare Bird Alert for Monday, June 26th, 2017.
A BROWN PELICAN was seen in several locations along the coast on June 24th
and 25th. It was seen from Concord Point in Rye, Bicentennial Park in
Hampton, and in Hampton Harbor, and could possibly still be present.
A BROWN BOOBY was discovered on Cobbett’s Pond in Windham on June 10th. It
was last reported on the 20th and appears to have left the area.
An immature male KING EIDER was seen along the coast in the cove located at
the North Hampton and Rye town line on June 24th.
3 MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen near their nest in Newmarket on June 20th.
A BLACK VULTURE was seen in Hollis on June 22nd.
An adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered in a small pond near the
start of Sleepy Hollow Drive in Greenland on June 15th, was last reported on
the 26th, and may still be present.
A pair of PIPING PLOVERS has hatched 3 chicks and they were seen foraging on
Hampton Beach on June 26th. The young birds are extremely vulnerable at this
stage of their lives and beach-goers are encouraged to give these small,
endangered birds room to roam. The adults and chicks blend in with the
beach, so please tread carefully!
A pair of LEAST TERNS was seen nesting on Hampton Beach on June 26th. Like
the PIPING PLOVERS, these birds need space to successfully raise chicks.
A COMMON TERN was seen on Squam Lake on June 22nd.
6 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were reported from the Concord Airport on June 22nd.
20 PURPLE MARTINS were seen at Cross Beach Road in Seabrook on June 24th.
A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen near the Little Cherry Pond trail at the
Pondicherry National Wildlife Refuge in Jefferson on June 22nd.
A male SPRUCE GROUSE was seen near the summit of Mount Success on June 24th.
There were several reports of RED CROSSBILLS from scattered locations during
the past week.
BICKNELL’S THRUSHES were reported from Mount Washington, Dixville Peak, and
Smarts Mountain (Lyme) during the past week.
A RED-THROATED LOON was reported on June 23rd, and a RED-NECKED GREBE was
reported on the 24th, both from Lake Winnipesauke.
Other lingering migrants still being reported during the past week included
a BUFFLEHEAD and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES on the coast, and a LESSER SCAUP in
Rochester.
This message is also available by phone recording: call (603) 224-9909 and
press 4 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...> 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
Date: 6/26/17 9:47 am From: David Govatski <david.govatski...> Subject: [NHBirds] Jefferson Notch Road is OPEN
The Jefferson Notch Road is now OPEN as of 24 June 2017.
Boreal birding is often very good in the vicinity of the Caps Ridge Trailhead which is at 3007 feet in elevation. A one mile hike to an overlook called Pothole Rock should afford plenty of blackpoll warblers and likely Bicknell's thrush, yellow bellied flycatcher, boreal chickadee, gray jay and black backed woodpecker. Sometimes the best woodpeckering (a type of birding) is the first few hundred yards of trail.
Date: 6/26/17 5:14 am From: Debra Powers <dmp2ec...> Subject: [NHBirds] Three piping plover babies Hampton
Currently serving three piping plover babies, Hampton New Hampshire. Least tern still nesting however it looks like they have move the nest further back. Deb Powers- south Berwick
Today my friend Joe Bourget and I made the trip up to the north country in search of boreal birds. We visited the wind turbine access road at Dixville Peak in Dixville/Millsfield. It was a day filled with nostalgia as I worked on this mountain for two months assisting in a Bicknell's Thrush study in 2011. We arrived around 5:30am and slowly made our way to the top, frequently stopping along the way to document what bird species we could find. The roughly seven mile drive yielded 35 species. The following are the highlights from our trip:
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER 1: One extremely cooperative bird seen right before the gates at the end of the road before the turbines. It kept perching closer and closer to us seemingly attracted to the sounds of our camera shutters. Unfortunately, it kept getting chased off by a Blackpoll Warbler.
https://flic.kr/p/W8VhXH BICKNELL'S THRUSH 1: An exhaustive search finally resulted in the discovery of one bird near the end of the road. It provided brief views but no photo opportunities. I did manage to record a video containing its calls.
https://flic.kr/p/W8UFvF SWAINSON'S THRUSH 6: Prevalent at the end of the road.
MOURNING WARBLER 1: One bird found along the access road well below the summit. The first Mourning Warbler I've ever photographed!
https://flic.kr/p/W5sWPh BLACKPOLL WARBLER 6: Many at and near the end of the road.
FOX SPARROW 1: One singing bird up at the end of the road. It was exciting to see this bird here as it was one of my fellow field tech's in 2011 who first noted these birds to be breeding here.
https://flic.kr/p/W8UFsK
Extralimital: After leaving Dixvillle we went just across the border to the Wentlock WMA in Island Pond, VT. We went in hopes of a few more boreal species we missed in NH. Neither of us could've expected what we found when we discovered an adult female SPRUCE GROUSE with 5(!) chicks in tow. Both of us got amazing photos and mine can be found in the following album.
https://flickr.com/photos/103784740@N03/sets/72157682675037143
We saw a male Spruce Grouse yesterday near the summit of the mountain while looking for the old plane wreck up there. I heard some thrushes too but wasn't sure which ones. I know how to ID hermit and wood thrush by sound and it wasn't those two.
Date: 6/25/17 2:10 pm From: Stephen Mirick <smirick...> Subject: [NHBirds] Brown Pelican - YES?!?!!? And a bit more info
One of the (non-birder) folks who lives out on Concord Point in Rye just emailed me that the Brown Pelican was BACK there late this afternoon and was present up until about an hour ago, when it flew off and headed south. It may be that this bird will continue along our coast. We'll see! I've asked her to let me know if it returns to Concord Point.
In other news.....Louis Bevier has taken a close look at the photos of the NH bird and the Maine bird and believes that they are the same individual based on some specific plumage characteristics. The "Maine Bird" had been hanging out in the Prout's Neck area of Maine. Off Scarborough and Old Orchard Beach. It was first seen on June 20th and was seen daily until it was last seen on the evening of June 23rd. The New Hampshire bird was seen first at 9:30 AM in Rye NH at Seal Rocks pull-off. So the timing is perfect to suggest these are almost certainly the same bird.
Louis is estimating that the bird may be 12+ months old. Possibly closer to 20 months.
Date: 6/25/17 11:20 am From: Rebecca Suomala <rsuomala2...> Subject: [NHBirds] Mt. Washington Auto Road
Today was one of the three days this season when the Mt. Washington Auto Road is open for sunrise making it a great time to drive it for birds. The road opened today at 3:30am which is a good time if you are aiming to be on the summit for sunrise. The forecast was for clouds on the summit, so we arrived by 5:00 and headed up, birding as we went. It was sunny up until about 5,500 feet and birds were vocal despite an increasing wind. Here are the highlights.
Date: 6/25/17 10:43 am From: Steve Hale <srhale20...> Subject: [NHBirds] Saturday 6/24 birding at Bear Brook SP (Alder Flycatcher) and Smarts Mountain (Bicknell's Thrush)
Yesterday I led two separate birding trips - a morning trip at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown and an evening 9.4 mile loop hike up Smarts Mountain in Lyme, NH.
The Bear Brook State Park trip was an introductory birding class for about 15 novice birders. We tallied 27 species in a short quarter-mile of walking. Highlights were a singing Alder Flycatcher, battling Black-and-White Warblers, and easy for all to view was an Eastern Phoebe delivering food to a fledged Brown-headed Cowbird (creating a perfect teachable moment).
The hike up Smarts Mountain yielded a singing Bicknell's Thrush at the summit (3,280 ft.), a few Swainson's Thrushes, Blackpoll, Magnolia, Nashville, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Views at the top (fire tower) were spectacular.
