New Hampshire Coast 11/1
From Steve Mirick:
15 ± birders joined Jane and I for a fun-filled day of birding along the NH Coast on a trip we led for the Brookline Bird Club.
The day started off with a complete change in itinerary as we veered northward for a staked out Eurasian Wigeon on Great Bay that flew off just as we arrived! We then visited the Exeter wastewater treatment plant and then headed east to the coast and worked north stopping at Hampton Beach State Park, Bicentennial Park, Ragged Neck, Seal Rocks and then Odiorne Point State Park. A trip extension finished the day at the Great Bog blackbird roost. Generally land birds were VERY SCARCE along the coast. Sparrows were in short supply and essentially zero warblers! A short walk around Odiorne produced almost nothing! Fortunately, we managed to scare up a few nice birds for the day!
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Partly cloudy and clearing skies
45F-60F
Winds NW 15-25 mph
Total species - 69
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Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck - 5 flying by at dusk near blackbird roost.
EURASIAN WIGEON - 1 male seen by only a few members of group from Sunset Farm on Great Bay in Greenland. Unfortunately the bird flew with the American Wigeon as most of the group drove up! :-(
American Wigeon - 4 from Sunset Farm.
American Black Duck
Mallard
NORTHERN SHOVELER - 1 female continues at Exeter WWTP.
Green-winged Teal - 17 at Exeter WWTP
Greater Scaup - A couple hundred+ distant from Sunset Farm on Great Bay
Lesser Scaup - 5 at Exeter WWTP
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead - 2 at Exeter WWTP
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon - Including 31 counted on water off Ragged Neck in Rye.
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet - Lots along coast. Most far out, but a few not too far offshore. Mostly adults.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
GREAT EGRET - 1 at Sunset Farm on Great Bay. Getting late. Especially for Great Bay.
Sharp-shinned Hawk - A couple
Red-tailed Hawk - A few along coast. A couple appeared to be migrating.
Peregrine Falcon - Distant views of a bird chasing pigeons near Hampton beach.
Semipalmated Plover - About 12 at Ragged Neck.
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling - 300+ at Jenness Beach. Huge flock continues, but not carefully counted.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 17 juveniles continue at Ragged Neck in Rye, NH. Although not rare in early November, this is a large group for the date.
Dunlin - Including 19 at Sunset Farm on Great Bay.
Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Exeter WWTP
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
ICELAND GULL - 2 first winter birds continue at Exeter WWTP.
Great Black-backed Gull
COMMON TERN - 2 picked out by Nick Barber flying into Hampton Harbor. Late. Our last tern in NH this fall was on October 4th.
COMMON MURRE - 1 continues in Rye Harbor. Great bird for NH coast and very odd for one to be hanging out in Rye Harbor. Unfortunately, it may be an ill bird.....hope it makes it. Only my 3rd record for NH. Here's my photo again from yesterday.
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 vocalizing at Sunset Farm
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark - 7 at Hampton Beach State Park.
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 at Odiorne Point State Park
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 at Exeter WWTP
Eastern Bluebird - 1 at Sunset Farm
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler sp. - 1 at Ragged Neck. Incredibly only one warbler for the day and could not be tracked down. Possible Yellowthroat/Orange-crowned.
American Tree Sparrow - 1 at Odiorne Point State Park. Our first of the winter??!!!!!
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow - 6 including 3+ at Hampton Beach State Park and great views of 3 feeding together in grasses at Odiorne Point State Park.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - 1 at Exeter WWTP
White-throated Sparrow - A few at Exeter WWTP
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting - About 311 including 170 at Hampton Beach SP, 16 at Exeter WWTP, 75 at Ragged Neck and 50 at Odiorne.
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
COMMON GRACKLE - 200,000. For those who stuck around to the bitter end, we finished the day at the Great Bog blackbird roost and witnessed "The River" of blackbirds from the parking lot of the Target Store along Rt. 33 at the Greenland/Portsmouth town line. Today it started later than yesterday....at about 4:15 PM (EST) and continued non-stop until very late when it finished somewhat abruptly almost exactly at 5:00 PM. About 25 minutes after sunset! I really don't know how many birds there are in "The River", but today's flight was significantly longer than last nights and lasted about 40-45 minutes. Based on input from others, I decided to up last nights estimate of 100,000 to 200,000 birds tonight. There may have been more than that and Len seemed to think closer to 400,000 birds.....who knows? More in a separate post.
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mammals
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White-tailed Dear
Red Squirrel
Gray Seal - Now regular along NH coast
Harbor Seal
Herps
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Painted Turtle - 1 at Exeter WWTP
Insects
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Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur - Many
RED ADMIRAL - 1 at Ragged neck (late?)
American Lady - 1 or 2
COMMON GREEN DARNER - 1 at Ragged Neck
Meadowhawk sp. - A few along coast including pair flying in tandem (likely Autumn Meadowhawk)
15 ± birders joined Jane and I for a fun-filled day of birding along the NH Coast on a trip we led for the Brookline Bird Club.
The day started off with a complete change in itinerary as we veered northward for a staked out Eurasian Wigeon on Great Bay that flew off just as we arrived! We then visited the Exeter wastewater treatment plant and then headed east to the coast and worked north stopping at Hampton Beach State Park, Bicentennial Park, Ragged Neck, Seal Rocks and then Odiorne Point State Park. A trip extension finished the day at the Great Bog blackbird roost. Generally land birds were VERY SCARCE along the coast. Sparrows were in short supply and essentially zero warblers! A short walk around Odiorne produced almost nothing! Fortunately, we managed to scare up a few nice birds for the day!
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Partly cloudy and clearing skies
45F-60F
Winds NW 15-25 mph
Total species - 69
---------------------------
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck - 5 flying by at dusk near blackbird roost.
EURASIAN WIGEON - 1 male seen by only a few members of group from Sunset Farm on Great Bay in Greenland. Unfortunately the bird flew with the American Wigeon as most of the group drove up! :-(
American Wigeon - 4 from Sunset Farm.
American Black Duck
Mallard
NORTHERN SHOVELER - 1 female continues at Exeter WWTP.
Green-winged Teal - 17 at Exeter WWTP
Greater Scaup - A couple hundred+ distant from Sunset Farm on Great Bay
Lesser Scaup - 5 at Exeter WWTP
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead - 2 at Exeter WWTP
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon - Including 31 counted on water off Ragged Neck in Rye.
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet - Lots along coast. Most far out, but a few not too far offshore. Mostly adults.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
GREAT EGRET - 1 at Sunset Farm on Great Bay. Getting late. Especially for Great Bay.
Sharp-shinned Hawk - A couple
Red-tailed Hawk - A few along coast. A couple appeared to be migrating.
Peregrine Falcon - Distant views of a bird chasing pigeons near Hampton beach.
Semipalmated Plover - About 12 at Ragged Neck.
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling - 300+ at Jenness Beach. Huge flock continues, but not carefully counted.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 17 juveniles continue at Ragged Neck in Rye, NH. Although not rare in early November, this is a large group for the date.
Dunlin - Including 19 at Sunset Farm on Great Bay.
Wilson's Snipe - 1 at Exeter WWTP
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
ICELAND GULL - 2 first winter birds continue at Exeter WWTP.
Great Black-backed Gull
COMMON TERN - 2 picked out by Nick Barber flying into Hampton Harbor. Late. Our last tern in NH this fall was on October 4th.
COMMON MURRE - 1 continues in Rye Harbor. Great bird for NH coast and very odd for one to be hanging out in Rye Harbor. Unfortunately, it may be an ill bird.....hope it makes it. Only my 3rd record for NH. Here's my photo again from yesterday.
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 vocalizing at Sunset Farm
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark - 7 at Hampton Beach State Park.
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 at Odiorne Point State Park
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 at Exeter WWTP
Eastern Bluebird - 1 at Sunset Farm
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Warbler sp. - 1 at Ragged Neck. Incredibly only one warbler for the day and could not be tracked down. Possible Yellowthroat/Orange-crowned.
American Tree Sparrow - 1 at Odiorne Point State Park. Our first of the winter??!!!!!
"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow - 6 including 3+ at Hampton Beach State Park and great views of 3 feeding together in grasses at Odiorne Point State Park.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow - 1 at Exeter WWTP
White-throated Sparrow - A few at Exeter WWTP
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting - About 311 including 170 at Hampton Beach SP, 16 at Exeter WWTP, 75 at Ragged Neck and 50 at Odiorne.
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
COMMON GRACKLE - 200,000. For those who stuck around to the bitter end, we finished the day at the Great Bog blackbird roost and witnessed "The River" of blackbirds from the parking lot of the Target Store along Rt. 33 at the Greenland/Portsmouth town line. Today it started later than yesterday....at about 4:15 PM (EST) and continued non-stop until very late when it finished somewhat abruptly almost exactly at 5:00 PM. About 25 minutes after sunset! I really don't know how many birds there are in "The River", but today's flight was significantly longer than last nights and lasted about 40-45 minutes. Based on input from others, I decided to up last nights estimate of 100,000 to 200,000 birds tonight. There may have been more than that and Len seemed to think closer to 400,000 birds.....who knows? More in a separate post.
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
House Sparrow
Mammals
----------
White-tailed Dear
Red Squirrel
Gray Seal - Now regular along NH coast
Harbor Seal
Herps
------
Painted Turtle - 1 at Exeter WWTP
Insects
-------
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur - Many
RED ADMIRAL - 1 at Ragged neck (late?)
American Lady - 1 or 2
COMMON GREEN DARNER - 1 at Ragged Neck
Meadowhawk sp. - A few along coast including pair flying in tandem (likely Autumn Meadowhawk)
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