Despite my pictures to the contrary, apparently they mostly don't spend time in water and never dive. Dale, you're so right, the ducks are all dressed up for the races! They are very fancy in the way they walk too, they really prance along, like a horse high stepping! :) Gorgeous ducks. Some of the highlights included four spotted sandpipers seen up at Boston ot Lake, a singing Louisiana waterthrush, two rose-breasted grosbeaks and an indigo bunting.Ī complete list of the day's sightings can be found by clicking on the link below.Thanks Sue and Dale! I had a lot of fun with these birds this trip and I'm really happy with some of the photos I got. It was a very productive outing for the season's last "Warbler Wednesday." Despite damp conditions and a temperature hovering near 50 degrees, a group of nine birders managed to tally 42 species. The day's list included in order of appearance: Seventeen people led by walk host "Pip" Richens observed 34 species. Partly sunny skies and breezy, cool conditions were the order of the day. Twelve warbler species were talllied, and the morning was capped by an immature bald eagle flying south over Wilder Dam as the group prepared to disembark from the parking lot. As always happens, a good amount of the allocated time ended up being spent under the power lines watching the scrub and two apple trees that are warbler magnets. With high hopes that spring migration was moving into high gear, nine birders led by Pip Richens, headed up the trail to Boston Lot Lake. Thirty-two species were observed with seven warblers and a least flycatcher among those counted.To cap off the enjoyable morning, a broad-winged hawk patiently posed atop a snag some 50 yards up the trail from the parking area.Ī complete list of species counted may be viewed by following this link: The inaugural "Warbler Wednesdays" birding series attracted 15 participants who headed up to the lake under partly cloudy skies and a temperature that started near freezing but warmed to 50 degrees by the trip's end. Green Heron at the "Mystery Trail"/Brenda Martin "Mystery Trail" Pond and Wetland/Blake Allison - Lyme, NH Please go to the following link for a complete count of the morning's observations. The day's "best bird" was a black-billed cuckoo heard calling from a thicket, but despite best efforts no visual contact was made. Ted Boze and Becky Cook led a party of nine birders who managed to record 35 species over a bit more than two hours. The last "Feathered Friday" of the season took place under partly sunny skies with the temperature ranging from 45 to the mid-50s. Thanks to Becky Cook and Ted Boze for leading and compiling the species record.įor a complete checklist of birds seen, please click on the following link: A male and female Wood Duck were seen at the pond with at least 6 chicks. Highlights were two Indigo Buntings seen together, and a combined sightingof pairs of Orioles and Red-eyed Vireos in the same tree. This morning the luck of "Feathered Fridays" continued as seven birders were rained on getting to and leaving from the Union Village Dam area, but enjoyed almost three hours of no rain while finding 45 species. Highlights included alder and least flycatchers, red-eyed and blue-headed vireos and a northern waterthrush. Thirty-nine species were observed, and there was a noticeable uptick in warbler and insectivore sightings. On a sparkling, spring morning, twelve birders set out into the bucolic, setting of the Union Village Dam Park's "Mystery Trail" in search of newly arrived spring migrants. Warbler numbers remained low, but insectivore sightings included least and alder flycatchers, three blue-headed vireos and eastern kingbirds and phoebes.Ī complete checklist of birds seen, is available when you click on the following link: An interesting mix of 36 species waa observed. The second "Feathered Friday" outing occurred under unsettled conditions with Becky and Ted hosting seven other birders. It clearly was too early for warblers and flycatchers.įor a complete checklist of birds seen, please click on the following link: Highlights included a ruffed grouse, a wilson's snipe, eight ruby-crowned kinglets and two pine warblers. Under mostly sunny skies, nine observers kicked off the Mascoma Chapter's 2014 "Feathered Friday" series logging a respectable, early spring total of twenty-five species.
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