tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83936021914351926692024-02-07T05:01:43.236-05:00B.I.R.D.acronym for: Biron's Images Russo's DescriptionsGerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-77295809094286323722017-02-26T20:58:00.002-05:002017-02-26T20:58:32.838-05:00Guest Blog - Great White Heron<div style="text-align: center;">
My friend Ron Romano has been birding the Florida Keys and found a species - rather a sub-species - that's pretty rare. Here's my "guest blogger's" report!!</div>
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<span id="goog_2074421964"></span><span id="goog_2074421965"></span>Herons and egrets can be found throughout the United States wading in marshes or along shorelines (both fresh and saltwater) for fish and frogs, but may be seen in fields and developed areas as well. The two largest species are the Great Blue Heron and the Great Egret, both standing 3 to 4 feet tall. The Great Blue Heron is typically grayish-blue with a dull yellow bill and a distinctive black stripe extending over the eye, while the Great Egret is pure white, with a bright yellow bill and jet black legs and feet. </div>
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I'm currently birding in the Florida Keys, where a rare all-white form of the Great Blue Heron is found. Formerly considered a separate species, it's now thought to be a sub-species of the Great Blue Heron, although some preliminary unpublished data suggests that it may even be a completely separate species. </div>
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At first glance, the Great White Heron can easily be confused with the also-present egret, being all white with a yellow bill. But a closer look at the legs of these two birds found yesterday at Stock Island (near Key West) reveals the difference. Note the pale yellowish legs of the heron and the jet black legs of the egret.</div>
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Regular blue forms of the Great Blue Heron are also found in the Florida Keys, and when a Great White Heron mates with the Great Blue, a hybrid called the Wurdemann's Heron results, the plumage of which is very pale gray and white.</div>
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Ron Romano reporting from Marathon Key, Florida.....</div>
Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-52581623659674802082017-02-15T15:34:00.000-05:002017-02-15T15:34:16.301-05:00Fort Edward Grasslands IBA, New York<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My friend Laura suggested we explore Ft. Edward Grasslands in New York where there were recent reports of numerous short-eared owls, harriers, rough-legged hawks and a snowy owl! From my house it's about a two hour drive, perfect for a day trip.</div>
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here's a link to the spot: <a href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/97661.html" target="_blank">Ft. Edward Grasslands IBA</a></div>
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One of the first birds we saw was a "grey ghost", aka a male northern harrier, probably eating a mole or mouse in a field.</div>
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We looked for the snowy owl that was being seen off Swamp Road. This snowy really blended in with the scenery!</div>
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Driving along the roads we saw numerous harriers, rough-legged hawks, a kestrel and this merlin.</div>
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We met some other birders who were familiar with the area, they told us to go to Fitzpatrick Drive for the best viewing. Earlier in the day, they had seen 7 short-eared owls in a tree, along with 2 more on the ground. This is a banner year for these owls with reports of up to 15 owls seen this winter. The last such incursion was 2007. The owls were eating well, with many seen with rodents, along the road and eating on the fly!</div>
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Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-52785509284175988722016-05-26T16:44:00.000-04:002016-05-26T16:46:54.039-04:00Recent Favorites<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I can recall seeing my first cerulean warbler in college, at a cemetery, somewhere in Massachusetts. This recent sighting was the best view I ever had of one!</div>
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Cerulean warblers are usually found high up in the trees, flitting around constantly gleaning insects. We were pretty lucky this day that he found food in a shorter tree!</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiGykWIOvvwpoiRieFm9eWBFCGrZf1AyM0IxkQLX8p4Fs7JhCQFTRKcliA0e_xhfUmsPcGpQxpnK0UjrvrWppcSIv2_e44U0vXs0ZOm-f-mlJiS9wGuqOCcrQkOu12gbEO7AmbpvxRzk-/s1600/saw-whet+owl3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiGykWIOvvwpoiRieFm9eWBFCGrZf1AyM0IxkQLX8p4Fs7JhCQFTRKcliA0e_xhfUmsPcGpQxpnK0UjrvrWppcSIv2_e44U0vXs0ZOm-f-mlJiS9wGuqOCcrQkOu12gbEO7AmbpvxRzk-/s640/saw-whet+owl3.JPG" width="606" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">northern saw-whet owl</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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What a rare treat to have an owl, nest in a box in a easily viewed spot! So far two of these cute nestlings have been seen.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">northern saw-whet owl</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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When we were there, he watched as cars and people walked and drove by. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD5iwWNDPkMqGkZWNSQxk71ttaLKSnhYQb73C6KxfyivC4QIQrpW1DWVkjDTncEo4xvoRYxC0WqzXULFB8LhO9lzAq621K9pQolFPP8fEkrX337bqaSw3eCEcd2prTSHyE8s4Dxesa2p6/s1600/yellow-billed+cuckoo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD5iwWNDPkMqGkZWNSQxk71ttaLKSnhYQb73C6KxfyivC4QIQrpW1DWVkjDTncEo4xvoRYxC0WqzXULFB8LhO9lzAq621K9pQolFPP8fEkrX337bqaSw3eCEcd2prTSHyE8s4Dxesa2p6/s640/yellow-billed+cuckoo.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yellow-billed cuckoo</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Saw this one fly in, a large bird, just bigger than a blue jay. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">great crested flycatcher</td></tr>
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You usually hear these birds before you see them, a very distinctive, very loud, upslurred WHEEP!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH0jKfCidK0hnWT9O89ApJT8ga-XXAwAlq6iSpg9vmibaumauCgztx9pMFsbgZiS3ksUmpi5y6-KpgvB33qrmdZLdxSB0GzZn58CRs2cAbOA0KdpkmrU1BPp7ffUdCZbY8Of_wePWToIs/s1600/eastern+wood-pewee.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkH0jKfCidK0hnWT9O89ApJT8ga-XXAwAlq6iSpg9vmibaumauCgztx9pMFsbgZiS3ksUmpi5y6-KpgvB33qrmdZLdxSB0GzZn58CRs2cAbOA0KdpkmrU1BPp7ffUdCZbY8Of_wePWToIs/s640/eastern+wood-pewee.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eastern wood-pewee</td></tr>
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Easily identified by his song - peee-ah-weeeee!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">indigo bunting</td></tr>
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Nothing like the intense blue of this favorite!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">warbling vireo</td></tr>
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The song of the warbling vireo has a certain rhythm. Mnemonically it goes like this "if I see you, I will seize you, if I squeeze you, you will squirt". <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada warbler</td></tr>
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Another pretty warbler that moves through our area on his way to breed in the north.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blue-winged warbler</td></tr>
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Singing his beeee buzzzz song.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">turkey vulture</td></tr>
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Turkey vultures have an extraordinary sense of
smell. They have been known to be able to smell carrion from over a mile away
which is very unique in the bird world.<br />
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<br />Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-65765134078053931632016-05-13T19:00:00.000-04:002016-05-13T19:00:43.067-04:00More Spring Arrivals<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baltimore Oriole</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I love spring! All the birds in their most colorful plumage arrive to nest. This post looks like a study in orange (except for the kingbird). Enjoy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orchard Oriole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gray Catbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eastern Kingbird</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barn Swallow</td></tr>
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Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-19766562217339914162016-05-10T19:14:00.000-04:002016-05-10T19:14:16.420-04:00Spring Warblers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have a new camera, got it the beginning of the year and I love it. It's the Nikon Coolpix P900, it has an amazing zoom and it's pretty easy to use. Most of the time I use the "birdwatching" mode, I have yet to switch to the advanced settings. I still can't figure out what f-stops do even though Gerry explains them all the time! I just want to point and shoot. This is a great time of year to bird in Vermont! Enjoy the warblers!!</div>
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Yellow-rumps are among the first warblers to show up in the spring, they are everywhere, but most are migrating through.</div>
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Palm warblers are early migrants too, first the yellow Palms arrive, followed by western Palms. Western Palms have whitish bellies.</div>
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You usually find Pine Warblers in pine trees! This one resides in our backyard.</div>
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It's easy to find this warbler, he has a weezy weezy weezy song, sort of like a squeaky gate and he always scampers along the tree trunk and branches.</div>
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These warblers look like bandits, they sing a wichety wichety song and they like brushy areas near wetlands. They're pretty common at Herrick's Cove in Bellows Falls.</div>
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This warbler is usually found in the woods. Both male and female have that white patch on the wing which is referred to as a handkerchief.</div>
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Yellow warblers are so bright yellow, they really brighten up a dreary day and make you smile, especially as they sing "sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet!"</div>
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Most of these shots were taken at Herrick's Cove in Bellows Falls, in fact I've seen all these warblers and more there.</div>
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We returned to Niagara Falls this past weekend for the opening of Gerry's show "Made of Thunder, Made of Glass II" at the Castellani Museum at Niagara University. Here's the links:</div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://castellaniartmuseum.org/folk-arts/folk-arts-exhibits/showExhibit/82" target="_blank">Castellani Museum</a></span> </span>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Made-of-Thunder-Made-of-Glass-II-exhibit-1388987581424714/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Facebook page </span></a><br />
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Of course, I immediately went over to the falls on arrival! The weather was great, hardly any snow and no wind. Lots of gulls and large rafts of ducks awaited me!<br />
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Male common goldeneyes were doing their "dance" trying to impress the ladies. </div>
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I've never seen such large numbers of redheads, we're lucky to have 4 or 5 at one time in Vermont.<br />
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It was nice to see gulls in breeding plumage and they were pretty noisy!<br />
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Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-60421341327962634672016-02-19T20:20:00.000-05:002016-02-19T20:20:58.493-05:00Cape Ann - from Gloucester to Rockport<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A favorite birding destination in the winter is Cape Ann, from Gloucester to Rockport, Massachusetts. I found this link to a map of birding spots along the way, most of which we hit. Thanks to Bryan Pfeiffer for posting this!</div>
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We started at Gloucester Harbor, it was a brilliantly sunny day. </div>
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The most numerous birds were common eiders and herring and great black-backed gulls.</div>
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We spent all day driving around the shoreline, finding lots of great birds. The worst part was getting there, we hit rush hour traffic coming and going! Still, it was a fabulous day of birding!</div>
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Peaceful Waters, a 30 acre wetlands park, in Wellington, Florida is a must for any birder or photographer visiting Palm Beach county. Birds were everywhere when we visited in January.</div>
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The park has 1500 feet of elevated boardwalks and a mile of walking trails. Here's a link to their website. <a href="http://www.wellingtonfl.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation/nature-preserves/peaceful-waters-sanctuary" target="_blank">Peaceful Waters Sanctuary</a><br />
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Roseate spoonbills were just one of the many species that lined up on the railings along the boardwalk.</div>
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There is such a variety that you can spend all day here!</div>
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Florida has done a great job turning their wastewater treatment facilities throughout the state into wetland sanctuaries!</div>
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A recent trip to Florida took me to the Lake Worth area which has lots of great birding spots. Since most of us in Vermont aren't seeing too much of the white stuff (snow!) I thought I'd do a post on all the white birds I photographed!</div>
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My friend Ron took me to Peaceful Waters Sanctuary in Wellington, a real favorite of Ron's and now one of mine too. Peaceful Waters is a 30 acre wetlands park with 1,500 feet of elevated nature boardwalks and one mile of walking trails and thousands of birds!!</div>
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Another stop was at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach. It encompasses 143,954 acres of northern Everglades and cypress swamp, protecting the integrity of the remaining Everglades ecosystem.</div>
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We also visited Dreher Park in West Palm Beach where we found lots of birds very accustomed to people. </div>
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White ibis are pretty common along the roads and highways, we ran across these on a walk in Lake Worth.</div>
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The only shot I have of a snowy egret was on Snook Islands in Lake Worth.<br />
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We don't usually see big numbers of gulls in southeastern Vermont in January. By now, the open water should be iced up or nearly so, but not with our warmest-on-record December of 2015!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 great black-backed, 2 ring-billed and 1 glaucous gull</td></tr>
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Our most common gulls are ring-billed gulls with a few herring gulls mixed in. Just a few days ago, a glaucous gull was found in Brattleboro along with 4 great black-backed gulls.</div>
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This is the first report of a glaucous gull in Windham county on eBird. They might have been seen in previous years but none were reported via eBird. That said, they are not common at all in our area.</div>
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The decline in gull numbers is surely a direct result of the closing of open landfills. Not sure how this trash came to be dumped in the stump piles near the transfer station in Brattleboro, but it attracted hundreds of gulls including an Iceland Gull!</div>
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There are 2 subspecies of Iceland gull, one is our American form called Kumlien's which breeds in Canada and shows variable amounts of dark in the wingtips.
The form that breeds in Greenland and winters from there to Europe,
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A combination of warm weather and some open trash has brought a nice influx of gulls to our area!</div>
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Gulls, gulls, gulls!! The majority at Niagara Falls are Ring-billed and Bonaparte's this time of year, with Herring, Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed and a few rare ones, if you're lucky!</div>
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There's construction at Terrapin Point, so we couldn't get closer views of the Horseshoe Falls, but Gerry did get a shot of a rainbow by holding his camera over the fence!</div>
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Even with the construction, there are plenty of spots to see gulls. We headed out to Three Sisters Island for some close views of gulls.</div>
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We walked over to Luna Island where you stand between Bridal Falls and the American Falls. Looking down in the precipice there were 1000s of gulls!</div>
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A Canada Goose was hanging out right near the edge of the falls.</div>
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Notice the mass of gulls on the rocky ledges in the middle of the picture.</div>
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View of the Canadian side from above the falls.</div>
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November is a nice time of year to be there, not many tourists and luckily, we had a spell of 60 degree weather, (although I still dressed for winter!)</div>
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Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-26271962368115498282015-11-12T20:04:00.000-05:002015-11-12T20:04:06.674-05:00Reflections on a Pond<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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About a week ago, Gerry and I went to Minards Pond in Bellows Falls, a favorite birding spot. It was a lovely, warm November day with a group of ring-necked ducks and flocks of Canada geese continuously flying in. </div>
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There was a lone common merganser swimming by and a single great blue heron on the shore. Love the reflections on the water, and especially on the underside of the heron's wing. </div>
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We went to Maine to visit friends and do some birding recently. I've always wanted to take a cruise off the coast to see pelagic birds so we decided to go on the Hardy Boat puffin cruise out of New Harbor. <a href="http://hardyboat.com/puffin-watch/">hardyboat/puffinwatch</a></div>
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Here's an interesting fact: during winter, the bills and feet of puffins fade to dull shades of
their summer colors. Every spring their beaks and feet turn a colorful
orange in preparation for the breeding season. The beaks and feet of
puffins become brightly colored and the beak increases in size as the
bird matures. The size and color of puffin beaks may serve as badges of
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The boat leaves this picturesque harbor at 5:30pm to catch the puffins as they return to Eastern Egg Rock where they breed. The island is home to the world's first restored seabird colony. It's a 5 mile cruise out to the island. <a href="http://projectpuffin.audubon.org/eastern-egg-rock">projectpuffin.audubon</a></div>
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According to Audubon's website: Puffins hunt a variety of small fish including herring, hake, capelin and
sand lance. They do not come to land outside of the breeding season,
flying, swimming or riding the ocean surface throughout the year
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Along the way we saw lots of birds, puffins, black guillemots, laughing gulls, common eiders, double-crested cormorants and common terns.</div>
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Laughing gulls and common terns were the most common birds.</div>
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The island, while closed to visitation during breeding season, is home to 4 or 5 researchers. Work includes projects such as: annual
tern, eider, and laughing gull census; tern band resighting, chick
provisioning, productivity and growth studies; puffin census,
productivity, band resighting and provisioning studies; vegetation
monitoring and management; predator management; and daily weather and
bird lists.</div>
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The need for protection from what "rains" from the sky is evident!</div>
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This was a great chance to see roseate terns, listed as endangered by the US fish and wildlife department.</div>
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The largest colonies of arctic terns occur in Maine where they nest close together in order to be safe from gull predation.</div>
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On the way back from Eastern Egg Rock, we saw 3 Cory's shearwaters flying around the boat. This large, brown seabird is usually seen farther out at sea. They are large (44" wingspan) and flew low above the ocean with strong wingbeats and short glides. This was an unexpected treat and unfortunately, Gerry had put his camera away!</div>
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I knew red-shouldered hawks nested close by in our area. Often on hikes in spring, we'd hear the male and see him soaring in circles, calling frequently. In the fall I would usually see an immature hawk as well in the same area. </div>
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As we were hiking our usual route, I could hear the call of a red-shouldered very close by, a repeated kee-ah kee-ah kee-ah. Looking up, I saw a nest in a crotch of a tall maple, about 60 feet off the ground. </div>
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Gerry continued on, but I went to a better vantage point and saw a head sticking out of the nest! The call I was hearing was the nestling! Rushing home, I dragged Gerry back with his camera.</div>
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After a bit of a wait, we were rewarded when one popped up from the nest.</div>
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Soon his nest-mate appeared too, stretching his wings!</div>
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We were hoping for an adult to show up as we could hear one close by, it was being mobbed by blue jays. </div>
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We didn't see the adults but here's a picture Gerry took of one during hawk migration on Putney Mountain last fall.</div>
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On our hike the next day, we came across a fawn in the grass, she was perfectly still, crouched in the grass, the dogs didn't even notice!</div>
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Today we birded at the North Springfield Reservoir, there's a variety of spots to explore with lots of trails. There's over 1300 acres of forest, field, wetland and two lakes. At the north end, in a pine tree, a pair of bald eagles had been nesting for a few years. But in late winter, a pair of great horned owls stole their nest! I'm not sure if the bald eagles found a new spot in the area or not.</div>
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The fledged great horned owlet sat up against the tree trunk waiting for his parents to return with food. Young owls move onto nearby branches when they are six weeks old. </div>
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On a trail that follows the fence line of the Hartness State Airport, we always find prairie warblers. Not a bird of open prairies, this warbler nests mainly in young second growth scrub and densely overgrown fields. </div>
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Not named for the city of Baltimore, but the 17th century Lord Baltimore whose heraldic, coat-of-arms colors they share. Regardless, the Baltimore oriole is the state bird of Maryland.</div>
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One of the last migrants to return in the spring, this alder flycatcher was singing his "ray-BEER" song. This flycatcher is identical to the willow flycatcher and can only be determined by their song which is not learned but rather, inherited. The willow flycatcher sings "FITZ-bew", we heard both species in the area.</div>
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Last Saturday, Gerry and I joined the <a href="http://www.sevtaudubon.org/" target="_blank">southeastern Audubon group</a> for a warbler walk led by Richard Foye. We walked along the Fort Hill Rail Trail, aka the Hinsdale setbacks, in New Hampshire. It's a great spot for migrating birds along the Connecticut River.</div>
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Our most common warbler of the day was the yellow-rumped warbler. We must have seen 50 or more!</div>
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The common yellowthroat is another very abundant warbler.. This is the female, the males are usually the ones seen, since they make the most noise singing! wichety wichety wichety!</div>
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Another warbler usually found near water is the yellow warbler, even on an overcast day, this warbler is as bright as the sun. He sings "sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet!"</div>
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A very good find was this singing, yellow-throated vireo.</div>
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We also found a pair of blue-gray gnatcatchers building a nest. They use spiderwebs on the outside and add lichen. Once it's finished, it's well camouflaged.</div>
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It was four years ago that we had the last big invasion of Bohemian Waxwings from the north. Reports were coming in on eBird of sightings north of here, you could see their movement as the large flocks continued southward in search of food. </div>
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When they find a food source - this time of year it's fruit and berries - they'll stay in that area until the trees and bushes are stripped clean. We found them eating apples, probably slightly fermented, in old apple trees in Grafton.</div>
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Every winter, flocks of horned larks and snow buntings show up on cornfields in our area. Our local Agway feed store always puts seeds out behind the store in Walpole, New Hampshire. This winter at least three lapland longspurs have been associated with the flocks of horned larks.</div>
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While not a rare bird in our area, they are uncommon and usually associate in flocks of horned larks. They blend in pretty well, so you need to scan carefully to find the prize! </div>
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In summer, the lapland's appearance is quite striking. The breeding male has a black face and chest and rufous colored nape. Unlike most birds with different breeding and non-breeding plumages,
longspurs molt only once a year. In the fall, they molt into
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Horned larks are pretty distinctive with their yellow faces, black masks and tiny horns. Their repeated song, “tsee-ee”, is weak and high, and is usually
delivered in flight. In winter the song becomes a faint tinkling sound.</div>
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You can see the tiny horns on the horned lark on the right in this picture.</div>
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Here's a couple shots showing the dark tail on the horned lark.</div>
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This bird is philopatric, or faithful to its birthplace, where it
returns after every migration. Consequently, each local population
adapts to the color of its habitat; 15 distinct subspecies have been
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We hiked up Putney Mountain last week to join the hawk watchers for a few hours. The Putney Mountain hawk watch has been going on for 40 years in the fall. There's always someone watching in September and October, unless it's raining. There weren't too many birds flying overhead for good pictures but Gerry managed to catch a few. here's a link to see the hawk watch data.</div>
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Besides the hawk watchers, a flock of sheep have been on the mountain eating the buckthorn and other invasive shrubs that are invading the mountain top.</div>
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A sweet looking Maremma watch dog is protecting his flock. Here's a link to see a video of the sheep being herded from the farm in Westminster to Putney Mountain.</div>
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Besides hawks, we found migrating songbirds on the path up to the mountain.</div>
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A good way to identify a hermit thrush, besides the red tail, is their habit of slowly raising their tail.</div>
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August is the time when states ask the public to report sightings of turkeys. In Vermont, you can report here: <span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/turkey_survey_survey.cfm" target="_blank">Vermont turkey survey</a></span></div>
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New Hampshire sightings can be reported here: <span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/turkeybroodsurvey/" target="_blank">New Hampshire turkey survey</a></span></div>
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Yesterday morning, 4 adult females and 35 young poults of various sizes nibbled their way through our field.</div>
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The adult females acted as look-outs, watching over their young charges. It's quite common for hens and their broods to join with other females. Adult females without young may also join as foster moms.</div>
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From the New Hampshire site, I found this information which is probably similar to Vermont turkeys as well:</div>
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The term “brood” refers
to a family group of young turkeys accompanied by a hen. New Hampshire
hens generally begin laying eggs from mid-April to early May and
complete their clutch of about 12 eggs in early to mid-May. Incubation
lasts for 28 days, and most nests hatch from late May to mid-June. If
incubating turkey eggs are destroyed or consumed by predators, hens
often lay a replacement clutch of eggs that hatch late June through
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We all know how Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the symbol of the United States, not the bald eagle. from Wikipedia:</div>
The idea that Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey as the national bird comes from a letter he wrote to his daughter Sarah Bache on January 26, 1784.<i> </i><br />
<i>"For in Truth the Turkey
is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true
original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain &
silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier
of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a
red Coat on."</i><br />
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According to the Audubon bird site, the Mississippi kite "breeds from Arizona and southern Great Plains east to Carolinas and
south to Gulf Coast. Its range has expanded somewhat in recent years;
increasingly wanders north to southern New England in spring. Winters in
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A nesting pair was discovered in Newmarket, New Hampshire in 2008, it was New England's first record of a nesting pair! They have come back every year since. </div>
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Gerry and I stopped on Gonet Drive to see an adult soaring around above the tree tops. We located the nest where a white, fuzzy chick was sticking his/her head up. </div>
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According to the Global Raptor Information Network site:<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This species has steadily
expanded its breeding range over the past century into new regions
around the margins of its historical range, as it existed at the time of
Audubon and Wilson (Bolen and Flores 1989, 1993), and wanderers now
occur almost annually in most of the eastern United States. The first
nesting record of Mississippi Kites for Ohio was documented in 2007
(McCormac and Boone 2008), and, remarkably, the first breeding records
for both New Hampshire and Connecticut were reported in 2008 (Donsker
2008). By 2010, Mississippi Kites were found nesting in New Hampshire,
Connecticut and (successfully) in Rhode Island (Petersen 2011). The
reasons for this sudden range expansion are not well understood. The
Mississippi Kite is categorized as a species of "Least Concern" by
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Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199174703686004768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8393602191435192669.post-17579409265713639022014-07-28T13:55:00.001-04:002014-07-28T14:00:18.490-04:00Birding Plum Island<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We recently birded Plum Island, aka Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, just south of Newburyport, Massachusetts. There's 4700 acres of diverse habitats, including 3000+ acres of salt marsh. Here's the link to read more about it. </div>
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There was a phenomenal number of shorebirds on the mudflats. Semipalmated plovers and sandpipers, lesser and greater yellowlegs, short-billed dowitchers, black-bellied plovers and others, along with Hudsonian godwits and 2 American Avocets!!</div>
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When we first arrived at the Bill Forward Pool mudflats, the avocets were way off in the distance, but they came closer and closer and finally took off. Gerry got some great shots. These elegant, long-legged shorebirds are seen mostly out west but they are rare-but-regular visitors to the Atlantic coast, although mostly in the fall.</div>
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Least terns were also quite abundant and we had great views of their flying and diving abilities.</div>
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Most of the refuge's ocean beaches are closed to protect nesting piping plovers. We did find four of these baby-faced birds at Sandy Point beach.</div>
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Except for the really nasty greenheads (a horsefly worse than the ones we encounter here in Vermont), we had a great time, saw lots of birds and met some really nice fellow birders!</div>
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We visited friends in Northampton, Mass, had a great time and did some birding!</div>
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There's an amazing rookery at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary where there's at least 50 great blue heron nests and we spotted one huge, but empty, bald eagle nest.</div>
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A cool fact - thanks to specially shaped neck vertebrae, great blue herons can curl
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We found one nest with at least 2 babies who were probably half the size of their parents. They won't have adult plumage until they are two or three years old. </div>
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The eggs are incubated for almost a month and the chicks will fledge when they are about two months old.<br />
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These two chicks look like they're having a friendly conversation about the weather. It was pretty hot that day!</div>
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Another cool fact - great blue herons have specialized feathers on their chest that
continually grow and fray. The herons comb this “powder down” with a
fringed claw on their middle toes, using the down like a washcloth to
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Despite their impressive size, great blue herons weigh only 5 to 6
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Every morning and afternoon, I run and hike on the trails in the woods behind our house. The birds are always singing, especially the ovenbirds - teacher, teacher, teaCHER, teACHER, TEACHER!!</div>
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A week ago, an ovenbird flew up from the ground in front of me, and when I looked, I noticed her nest! Gerry and I came back later to take pictures and I couldn't find it again!! It looked so obvious when I first saw it!<br />
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stone on the trail so we could come back and take pictures! It still
wasn't obvious at first, it's amazing how well camouflaged it is!<br />
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Only the female sits on the eggs and broods the chicks, but both male
and female feed them. By day 8, the chicks leave the nest one at a time, with several hours
between the first and last. As they run and hop away from the nest, the
parents split the brood. The male keeps his young within the territory,
and the female leads hers to an adjacent area. Females feeding young in
neighboring territories are not harassed. The chicks need several more
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There's 4 eggs inside but a clutch can contain up to 6. </div>
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The nest is dome-shaped with a side entrance, it resembles a Dutch oven, which is how the ovenbird got its name.I hope everything goes well and we can update with news of the baby birds!!</div>
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While scanning the marshes at Herrick's Cove in Bellows Falls, I saw a bittern with white feathers!! I realized he was doing a courtship display for the female!!</div>
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The pictures were taken through my spotting scope with my Canon PowerShot, so the quality is not good. But I read on the Audubon website that "the bittern has a remarkable, though rarely seen, courtship display" so I decided to share the pictures anyway.</div>
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He followed her through the grasses and eventually I lost sight of them. Later on, they both flew across the marsh, the male looking noticeably larger. </div>
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