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22 Jul CT Stint Parking Saturday [Roy Harvey ]
21 Jul Plum I. Highlights; 19 & 21 July 2006. ["rsheil" ]
21 Jul CT Reports 7/21/06 RED-NECKED STINT [Roy Harvey ]
21 Jul pelagics [salvatore frontierro ]
21 Jul Black-Tailed Godwit Yes at 2:30 pm 7/21 ["Bob & Carol Stevens" ]
21 Jul BT Godwit 3:30 p.m. YES []
21 Jul Black-tailed Godwit 7/21 10:30 a.m. YES []
21 Jul Black-Tailed Godwit []
21 Jul CT Reports 7/21/06 RED-NECKED STINT am YES [Roy Harvey ]
21 Jul West Gloucester Birds 7/17 ["Susan Hedman" ]
20 Jul The Godwit Evaded Me But ~ Plum Island Photo Link []
20 Jul CT Reports 7/20/06 RED-NECKED STINT, more [Roy Harvey ]
20 Jul Scope Found-Plum Is. []
20 Jul Black-tailed Godwit-YES 6:00pm ["Ian Davies" ]
20 Jul Black-tailed Godwit YES @ 5PM ["Scott Cronenweth" ]
20 Jul 19 Jul 06, Cumby's- Halifax, Ma. []
20 Jul Manchester, GLoucester and Rockport 7/20 [John Robinson ]
20 Jul BT GODWIT-YES 1:25pm []
20 Jul CT Reports Red-necked Stint No in AM [Roy Harvey ]
20 Jul Black-tailed Godwit - another negative report [Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore ]
20 Jul BT GODWIT-NO, 7/20 []
20 Jul bird irony []
20 Jul Re: Wednesday Morning Birding, 7/19/2006 []
20 Jul CT trip [kay langevin ]
19 Jul Black-tailed Godwit subspecies limosa? ["Smith, Michael" ]
19 Jul Little Gulls--Sandy Pt., Plum Island ["Justin Eby-Bosler" ]
19 Jul Re: BT Godwit Sightings Related to Tides? [Phil Brown ]
19 Jul South Beach 7/19/06 ["Peter Flood" ]
19 Jul South Beach 7/19/06 ["Peter Flood" ]
19 Jul South Beach 7/19/06 ["Peter Flood" ]
19 Jul P'town seabirds - 7/19 [Blair Nikula ]
19 Jul BT Godwit: NO 7/19: late afternoon ["Mark Lynch" ]
19 Jul CT Reports 7/19/06 RN Stint, Mis Kite [Roy Harvey ]
20 Jul BT Godwit Sightings Related to Tides? []
19 Jul Black-tailed godwit []
19 Jul BT GODWIT-YES []
19 Jul Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch - 7/18 (Cory's Shearwater and Manx to the max) ["Dan Berard" ]
19 Jul fyi - Shorebird Network Launches New Web Site [Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore ]
19 Jul North Monomoy - 7/19 (birds and bugs) ["Dan Berard" ]
19 Jul BT Godwit PM Update []
19 Jul Wednesday Morning Birding, 7/19/2006 []
19 Jul CT Reports Red-necked Stint AM YES [Roy Harvey ]
19 Jul Photos of Black-tailed Godwit [Allan Rubeš ]
19 Jul Re: Black-tailed Godwit - YES as of 10:45 am ["Dany Sloan/Exitfare" ]
19 Jul Black-tailed Godwit - Yes! (plus comments on behavior) [Stephen Mirick ]
19 Jul Black-tailed Godwit - YES as of 10:45 am []
19 Jul RI - Possible Little Egret at Napatree Point [Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore ]
19 Jul Black-tailed Godwit 8:30 am 7/19 YES []
19 Jul BT Stilt 7/19, Yes & No []
19 Jul Red-necked Stint-Yes 7/19 []
19 Jul Black-tailed Godwit - 7/19 [Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore ]
19 Jul ATTENTION AOL USERS - moderator message [Barbara Volkle and Steve Moore ]

Subject: CT Stint Parking Saturday
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey AT snet.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:46:50 -0400

I'm passing on this message from Frank Gallo of the CT Audubon Coastal
Center at Milford Pt (where the Red-necked Stint is being seeen):

"We have 100 volunteers coming to paint the coastal center tomorrow...
They're coming in a bus, but parking is going to be at a premium.  I
suspect a crowd of birders, as well.  Can you please ask birders to
car pool.  Perhaps they can park at the middle school on Milford Point
road and come together in one car.  Also ask folks to please park as
tightly as possible...  The bus has to be able to pull around and get
out.... Thanks much!!!"


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PLUM ISLAND Highlights
19 & 21 July 2006 (evening visits)

Wood Duck (1m.): S.I.P.- 7/21.
Glossy Ibis (11 juvs.): B.F.P. - 7/21.
Virginia Rail (5)-N.P. - 7/19.
Greater Yellowlegs (52): 25-S.I.P. - 7/21.
'Eastern Willet' (20): Flock high over B.F.P., migrating S, calling - 7/21.
Whimbrel (3): S.I.P. - 7/21.
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (1 ad.): Still present south of salt pans - 7/21.
Ruddy Turnstone (1): S.I.P. - 7/21.
Sanderling (6): Lot one beach - 7/21.
Semipalmated Sandpiper: (800): B.F.P.- 7/19 ; (700): S.I.P. - 7/21.
Least Sandpper (110+) - 7/19.
White-rumped Sandpiper (1): B.F.P. - 7/21.
Short-billed Dowitcher: (420) - 7/19 ; (200): B.F.P.- 7/21 ; (40): S.I.P. -
7/21.
Long-billed Dowitcher (2 ads.): B.F.P. - 7/19.
American Woodcock (4): Hellcat vic. - 7/19.
Common Tern (9; 6 ads., 3 juvs.)-S.I.P. - 7/21.
Whip-poor-will (2) - 7/19.
Tree Swallow (50,000+): Evening roost in Phragmites stands at North Pool -
7/19:  Estimate based on timed counts of arriving birds at dusk and visual
observations of roosts.  These numbers will build to perhaps 10x this
estimate in coming weeks.  Just more historically low bird usage at the
North Pool Impoundment (According to refuge website).
Bank Swallow (2500+): Ditto, as above: These numbers are often overlooked
but occur annually.
Barn Swallow  (150+):  "                     "

Richard Heil
S. Peabody, MA
rsheil AT juno.com
http://www.savethenorthpool.com

With inquiries about the Red-necked Stint at Milford Point coming from
out of state, it seems reasonable to post some directions.

MILFORD PT is reached by taking Exit 34 off I-95.  Follow the
connector to Route 1 and go left on Route 1.  At the first light, go
right onto Lansdale Avenue.  At the next light, go right onto Milford
Point Road.  Continue straight on Milford Point Road at the next
light with the Krauser's Convenience store on the far left corner.
Just past the tennis courts the road will bear to the right, there
will then be a straight area * for several blocks and then the road
will take a 90 degree turn to the left.  At the stop sign at the end
of Milford Point Road, go right onto a street through a beachside
community.  At the end of this street, bear right into the parking
area for the CT Audubon Coastal Center.

Here is a map covering the area:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=milford,+ct&ie=UTF8&ll=41.19196,-73.093243&spn=0.045405,0.081539&om=1 


Weekend tide information:
The Red-necked Stint has been most reliable from 3 hours before high
tide to 3 hours after high tide.  At low tide, most or all of the
flock head to the extensive marsh to feed, so finding the stint would
take considerable luck at this time.  Saturday's high tides are at
9:52am and 10:08pm. Sunday's tides are 10:44am and 10:57pm.  The
evening high tide is now getting quite late, so the chance of seeing
the bird before dark is decreasing by the day.


 From Nick Bonomo:
7/21 - Milford, Milford Point -- The RED-NECKED STINT was refound this
evening on the rising tide, keeping to its pattern of occurrence. It
was seen beginning at 6:20pm and was present until 8:00pm when we
left.  The entire time it was on the "nesting/piping plover" sandbar
(which is attached to land at all tides), among a flock of at least
1500 peep.

 From Dave Rosgen:
7/20 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Mallard Marsh)
-- 1 Alder Flycatcher
White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's N. Shore Marsh) -- 1 American
Woodcock
Constitution Way (White Memorial's Cemetery Pond) -- 3 Marsh Wrens
7/19 - Hartland, Barkhamsted Reservoir ,West Service Rd. (off-limits
to the public, but birds can be found along adjacent Rt. 20) -- 2
Acadian Flycatchers, 5 Alder Flycatchers, 7 Common Ravens, 3 Winter
Wrens, pair of Northern Parulas
7/18 - Hartland, Barkhamsted Reservoir, East Service Rd. (off-limits
to the public, but birds might be found along nearby Rt. 20) -- 2
Common Ravens, 3 Winter Wrens, 2 Blackburnian Warblers
7/17 - Litchfield, Constitution Way (White Memorial's Cemetery Pond)
-- 2 Virginia Rail fledglings, 3 Marsh Wrens
Webster Rd. (White Memorial's Catlin Marsh) -- 3 Virginia Rail
fledglings, 1 Alder Flycatcher
(White Memorial's Miry Brook Marsh) -- 1 Alder Flycatcher
(White Memorial's Catlin Woods) -- 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

 From various observers:
Negative reports from morning and mid-day on the possible Long-billed
Curlew posted last night.  No positive reports.


Migration/Staging/Roosting Note:

350 Barn Swallows -- White Memorial's Cemetery Pond -- 7/17


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Hi everyone,
 In the midst of all the exciting godwit watching (my daughter and I got to see 
the godwit on tuesday too!) I just figured I drop in a quick report on the 
pelagics seen off Gloucester today... 

   
 Location: 15 miles east-southeastof Gloucester (44788/13232)-directly ontop of 
Stellwagen Bank 

  Wind: SW at 15-20 mph
  Seas State:  2 foot chop out of the southwest
   
  Greater Shearwater: 188
  Sooty Shearwater: 113
  Manx Shearwater: 9
  Wilson's Petrel: ~550
  PARASITIC JAEGER: 1 (light phase adult)
  POMARINE JAEGER: 4 (all light phase adults)
  Common Tern: 33
  ROSEATE TERN: 1
  Least Tern: 2 (Gloucester harbor)
  Northern Gannet: 4
  Bonaparte's Gull: 10 (Gloucester harbor)
  Laughing Gull: 1
   
 PS Whale sightings have thinned out a bit... only 7 Humpbacks and 5 Finbacks 
today. 

   
  S. Jay Frontierro
  7 Seas Whale Watch Captain
  Gloucester, MA

 		
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A group of 20 birders from all over New England had great views of the 
Black-Tailed Godwit between 2 pm and 2:30pm on 7/21. It was in a small pond 
about 200 yards south of the pannes. The bird was extremely cooperative, 
standing out in the open and preening, feeding and giving front, back and side 
views. 


The green heads were also out in force.

Bob Stevens
chsrms AT comcast.net
Littleton, MA

Pam Perry just called and she was looking at the bird (3:30) - same general 
area, south of the pans. 


Let's hope the bird sticks around for all the weekend warriors!

Linda Ferraresso
tattler1 AT verizon.net
Watertown,MA

Tom Collins just called to say that approximately 40 birders just saw the 
Black-tailed Godwit in its "usual spot" south of the pans at Plum Island. It 
flew a short distance but was still being seen. As far as I could tell, this 
was the first appearance the bird made today, since an earlier call indicated 
birders were strategically spread out in search of the bird with no early luck. 


Linda Ferraresso
tattler1 AT verizon.net
Watertown, MA

Dave Shaw reported seeing the Black-Tailed Godwit on Plum Island at 10:55 
today. 

It was seen at the small salt pannes about 100 yards south of the large salt 
pannes, and 100 feet off the road. 


Barrett Bacall for SG

Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

 From Lynn James, Robin MacAllister:
7/21 - Milford, Milford Pt -- Red-necked Stint in the morning


Early morning reports from Windham Airport/Mansfield Hollow Dam Dike
were negative on anything resembling a Long-billed Curlew



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Mary Nelson and I paddled Jones River and the Annisquam during the late 
afternoon 

high tide.  Awesome evening. 4:30-6:30pm

Great Egrets 5
Snowy Egrets 54 - in two high tide roosts
Little Blue Heron 2
Greater Yellow Legs
Least Sandpipers
Swallows & Swifts-often flying low right by us :-)
Tree, Barn, Rough-winged, Chimmey Swifts

Susan Hedman  winterwren2 AT juno.com Gloucester MA 01930
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."  Frank Lloyd Wright 

I did meet some awfully nice folks who were also anxiously awaiting the birds 
arrival this morning!

Even though I wasn't graced with it's presence, I did take a bit of the time 
to stop scanning the marsh and capture a few images of the other current 
residents of the pool in the small set of Pannes just south of lot 3 on the 
refuge. 


The images can be found at 
http://www.pbase.com/soonipi1957/plum_island_prnwr_massachusetts2006&page=10

beginning with the spectacular sunrise shot created by the edge of the Beryl 
clouds over the Merrimack Rive this morning...

Hopefully the Godwit might be around this weekend?

Jim Fenton
Haverhill, MA

jfentonphoto AT aol.com

Special Note:  We have a report of a possible LONG-BILLED CURLEW
sighting at Windham Airport/Mansfield Hollow Dam Dike.  The bird was
seen from the dike at the far end of the airport, around 7:20 PM
today.  The light was bad, viewing conditions difficult.  I am told
that this is the time of year that the last one of these was in CT, in
the same place, in 1995.

Directions to the site: WINDHAM AIRPORT - To get there, follow the
limited access portion of Route 6 east as it by passes Willimantic.
At the end of the freeway the road loops around and brings you to a
traffic light where you have to turn right to continue east on Route 6
toward Providence.  About a mile farther is a large pull-out on the
left.  Walk up onto the levee to obtain a view of the airport.  Note
also that this does not give a view of the entire airport; apparently
there are other vantage points from the airport itself.  I am not
personally familiar with the area, but I think the following link
shows the parking lot and the dam/dike; the airport is to the left.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=windham,+ct&ie=UTF8&ll=41.747486,-72.164007&spn=0.005627,0.010192&t=h&om=1 



From Gina Nichol and Sunrise Birding walk:
7/20 - Milford, Milford Point -- RED-NECKED STINT (6-7:30 PM, same
locations as previously reported), BLACK SKIMMER, MARSH WREN

 From Frank Gallo:
7/20 - Milford Point, Milford -- Red-necked Stint has been relocated
(evening tide) on the outer bars where it was originally found.  If it
follows the regular pattern, it will move to the Piping Plover Bar to
the east of the viewing platform on the beach side.  The easiest
access is to walk back out the  driveway entrance to the first road on
the right, Francis St. and walk out  to the beach on the public access
way.  The bar is to your right and the  birds have been feeding on the
east side of it along the shore. 

 From Randy and Natasha Domina
7/20 - Milford, Milford Point -- adult RED-NECKED STINT at 5:00 pm

 From Nick Bonomo:
7/20 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- STILT SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER

 From Julian Hough:
7/19 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- 7:30am, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 

 From Paul, Judy Carrier:
7/19 - Westbrook  beech -- 1 adult CASPIAN TERN, 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON


Migration Note:

First juvenile Least Sandpiper -- Milford, Milford Point


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Roy Harvey
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The BT Godwit must have caused at least one brain freeze today on the island. A 
Kowa Scope and tripod was left behind by an observer and was subsequently 
picked up by the Refuge Law Enforcement officer. Please contact the refuge to 
retrieve your scope. 

Their number is 978-465-5753.

Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

When my friend and I arrived at 6pm the bird was feeding just south of the 
pannes. It flew away after about five minutes to the south-west and was never 
seen again by us. 



Good birding,
Ian Davies
Medford, MA
goshawk227 AT earthlink.net

As of when I split the happy scene at 4:45PM the Black-tailed Godwit was 
practically prancing on the toes of enraptured birders in the pannes south of 
Lot #3. Don't bring a scope, bring a loupe. 


Peace and good birding,
Scott Cronenweth
South Portland, ME
birdguy AT maine.rr.com

At the Cumberland Farms fields, Middleboro/Halifax, Mass. 19 July 06:

1        Virginia rail
3        Grasshopper sparrows
4+      Bobolinks  
3        Red tailed hawks, one was extremely light overall, juv.
1        Northern harrier, f.   a hatch year bird.
300    Brown headed cowbirds, young and adults.
4        Eastern kingbirds
Birds are flocking to the fields- it's haying time : )

Good birding,
Dan
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Dan Furbish
Pembroke, Ma.
yellowrail AT adelphia.net

Yard:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird		1 (investigating Hosta blossoms)

Good Harbor Beach:
Semipalmated Plover				1

Niles Beach:
Common Loon					2

Heron Pond:
Great Crested Flycatcher			1


John Robinson, Rockport
johndrobinson at verizon dot net

Dave Goodine called to report that the godwit just flew into its usual spot 
200-300 feet south of the Pans. About 20 observers are watching the bird, which 
is about 50 feet off the road. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

As of 11:15 the Red-necked Stint has not been seen this morning.
However, the evening high tide has been the most reliable time
thusfar.



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Roy Harvey
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Bill Drummond phoned at about 11 AM to report that the bird still had 
not been seen this morning.

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620 AT theworld.com

JoAnn O'Shaughnessy stopped by at 9:45am to report that the black-tailed godwit 
has not been located on Plum island this morning. She had been there since 
6:30am. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
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978-462-0775

Birders, The last two lifers for me were the Black-tailed Godwit (Plum) and 
Black-tailed Gull (VT), strangely enough. 


Joe
--
Joe Paluzzi 
Who cares department......Why do newspapers force you to sign "letters to the 
editor", but they don't have to sign their own editorials? 

Yeah yeah yeah, but did you get a Black-tailed Godwit?

Joe

--
Joe Paluzzi 
Who cares department......Why do newspapers force you to sign "letters to the 
editor", but they don't have to sign their own editorials? 


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From: redpoll AT comcast.net 

This morning Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center's WMB crew (led by El 
Jefe Bill Gette) visited the outdoor observation area before breakfast, and 
then headed out on the road. Highlights of the morning included: 

Keel-billed and Chestnut-mandibled toucans
Green Honeycreepers
Green Shrike-vireo
Blue Dacnis
Amazon Kingfisher
Slaty-tailed and Violaceous trogons
Spectacled Owl
Rufescent Tiger-heron
Magnificent Frigatebird
Buff-throated and Streaked saltators
Blue-gray, Palm, Plain, and White-winged tanagers
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Bicolored Antbird
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Short-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-capped and Blue-crowned manakins
(also: Mantled Howler Monkeys and Geoffrey's Tamarin, Southern River Otter, 
Green Iguana) 


In lieu of Greenheads on Plum Island, this week's WMB was held at the Canopy 
Tower in the Soberania National Park in Panama where the temperature is in the 
low 80's, humidity at least the same. 


The next regularly scheduled WMB will be on the first Wednesday of August at 
9:30 a.m. at Joppa Flats in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA (North America). 


David Larson
currently away from Bradford, Mass 

We went on our yearly trip to Clinton, CT, this past week and I thought 
a couple of birds seen there would be interesting.  Three 
yellow-crowned night herons were seen daily at the bridge area crossing 
the estuary to the beach, and five willow flycatchers on my daily walk 
along the marsh.

Kay Langevin, Acushnet
lensantiques AT comcast.net

Haven't seen this discussed yet, and would be interested in other opinions. 
According to Nat. Geo guide, the east-coast records are of the subspecies 
islandica. However, the bird clearly looks paler, like that shown for limosa. 
In every aspect, the coloration appears to be limosa. Paulson also shows 
pictures which indicate the PI bird is limosa, but Paulson also mentions that 
east coast birds can be limosa. Today, after talking to some fellow Maine 
birders who saw it this afternoon, they also mentioned they thought it was 
limosa. 

 
Any other thoughts on this? Anybody know what the other NE records were in 
terms of subspecies? 

 
PS thanks Massachusetts for a fabulous bird!
 
Michael Smith
Gardiner, ME

Hello all,

 Yesterday, 19 July 2006, in addition to the absolutely stunning BLACK-TAILED 
GODWIT just south of the main salt pannes at 0730h, Edward Raynor, Devin 
Bosler, and I located 5 first-summer LITTLE GULLS on the sand bars at the Sandy 
Point State Reservation Beach, which is located at the south end of Plum 
Island. The little gulls were associating with a flock of about 30 Bonaparte's 
Gulls on the sand bars that extend into Plum Island Sound. At least one 
individual gave us excellent views of the underwing in flight, which showed the 
characteristic bold, black patches near the wrists. This sighting was between 
0930-1030h during the falling tide. A substantial gathering of shorebirds at 
Sandy Point provided some quality shorebird-watching. 


Shorebirds at Sandy Point, Plum Is.:
Black-bellied Plover--6
Semipalmated Plover--30
Piping Plover--18
Greater Yellowlegs--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--12
Red Knot--1
Sanderling--8
Semipalmated Sandpiper--350
Least Sandpiper--15
Western Sandpiper--1 (basic male)
Baird's Sandpiper--1 (alt-basic)
Short-billed Dowitcher--10

Another exciting day at Plum Island!

Good birding,
Justin Bosler
LSU-Baton Rouge





    

To add a bit of information, or would that be confusion(?), to Terry 
Bronson's intriguing tide theory, which certainly makes sense when you 
factor in the amount of time this bird disappears into the marsh.

I took my first shots of the BT Godwit at 12:21 on Monday 7/17 (digital 
images are time stamped). One hour past low tide. The bird stayed in 
view for a little over an hour with the last shot at 1:38, just south of 
lot #3 and close to the road most of the time.

It wasn't seen again until Ida located it along the edge of the North 
Pool from the North Pool Overlook around 6, 1/2 hour past high tide and 
from there it flew south with a stop along the edge of the North Pool 
just north of Hellcat and then into the Bill forward Pool for a brief 
time before heading south towards the Cross Hill Farm area and not being 
relocated again that evening.

Does all of this info amount to anything.. No.. not really. Just that 
the "area of highest probability" as my good friend Linda Ferraresso 
would put it is just south of lot #3... most anytime.

Enjoy,
Phil Brown
Essex, MA 01929
nebirds.plus AT verizon.net
www.nebirdsplus.org
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Subject: BT Godwit Sightings Related to Tides?
From:
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:28:31 +0000

It has struck me that virtually all sightings of the Black-tailed
Godwit have been earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon/
early evening.

I checked the tide charts for Plum Island Sound at its south end and
come up with the following:

Monday, July 17:
High tides at 4:47 am and 5:21 pm, low tide at 11:24 am

Tuesday, July 18:
High tides at 5:49 am and 6:18 pm, low tide at 12:21 pm

Wednesday, July 19:
High tides at 6:54 am and 7:18 pm, low tide at 1:20 pm

Could the sightings, therefore, be related to the tides?  The bird
seems to disappear later in the morning and reappear in mid-
afternoon, which brackets low tide.  Perhaps the bird is out feeding
in the river channel exposed during low tide, and returns to the pans
area closer to high tide when the river channel is flooding.

As a test of this theory, for what it's worth, here are the tides
for Thursday.

Thursday, July 20:
High tides at 8:00 am and 8:18 pm, low tide at 2:21 pm

The tides would thus predict that the bird would NOT be seen
between about 11:00 am and 5:00 pm, but would be seen before
and after those hours.  Anyone want to test that?

I was lucky enough to see the bird on Tuesday from about 3:15 to
3:45 pm, along with many other people.  Spectacular!  The bill rivals
that of the Long-billed Curlew, which I saw in Utah and California
last year.

--
Terry Bronson
Fremont, NH
tbbirds AT comcast.net

I caught a ride out to South Beach this evening with Blair Nikula and Peter
Trull - both of whom spent the evening on North Monomoy.  On South Beach, 
the numbers of
shorebirds are simply overwhelming.  And keeping track of them
was near impossible.  There was some form of unknown avian menace that was
continually putting the birds in the air all evening.  Also the spread and 
emergence of Spartina grasses (including the four-foot form of
"tall cordgrass") on what used to be wide open mud flat has really concealed
many birds - in particular the "peep".

From (1645-1915) on a refreshing north/northeast wind 10-15 mph.- my best 
guestimates:

Selective:

Northern Gannet (2)
Double-crested Cormorant (200+)
Snowy Egret (2)
Black Scoter (2)
Surf Scoter (6)
White-winged Scoter (3)
Northern Harrier (1) f
Black-bellied Plover (120)
Semipalmated Plover (250+)
Piping Plover (20+)
American Oystercatcher (15)
Greater Yellowlegs (45)
Lesser Yellowlegs (3)
"Eastern" Willet (200+)
"Western" Willet (5+)
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Whimbrel (5)
Hudsonian Godwit (15)
Marbled Godwit (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (8)
Red Knot (150+)
Sanderling (60+)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (3500+)
Least Sandpiper (300)
White-rumped Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher (2800+) including 5+ hendersoni
Laughing Gull (400+)
Common Tern (20,000+) swarming over South Monomoy and adjacent waters
Roseate Tern (8)
Least Tern (10+)

Peter Flood
West Dennis
pomarine AT comcast.net

I caught a ride out to South Beach this evening with Blair Nikula and Peter
Trull - both of whom spent the evening on North Monomoy.  On South Beach, 
the numbers of
shorebirds are simply overwhelming.  And keeping track of them
was near impossible.  There was some form of unknown avian menace that was
continually putting the birds in the air all evening.  Also the spread and 
emergence of Spartina grasses (including the four-foot form of
"tall cordgrass") on what used to be wide open mud flat has really concealed
many birds - in particular the "peep".

From (1645-1915) on a refreshing north/northeast wind 10-15 mph.- my best 
guestimates:

Selective:

Northern Gannet (2)
Double-crested Cormorant (200+)
Snowy Egret (2)
Black Scoter (2)
Surf Scoter (6)
White-winged Scoter (3)
Northern Harrier (1) f
Black-bellied Plover (120)
Semipalmated Plover (250+)
Piping Plover (20+)
American Oystercatcher (15)
Greater Yellowlegs (45)
Lesser Yellowlegs (3)
"Eastern" Willet (200+)
"Western" Willet (5+)
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Whimbrel (5)
Hudsonian Godwit (15)
Marbled Godwit (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (8)
Red Knot (150+)
Sanderling (60+)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (3500+)
Least Sandpiper (300)
White-rumped Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher (2800+) including 5+ hendersoni
Laughing Gull (400+)
Common Tern (20,000+) swarming over South Monomoy and adjacent waters
Roseate Tern (8)
Least Tern (10+)

Peter Flood
West Dennis
pomarine AT comcast.net

I caught a ride out to South Beach this evening with Blair Nikula and Peter 
Trull - both of whom spent the evening on North Monomoy.  The numbers of 
shorebirds are simply overwhelming at this point.  And keeping track of them 
was near impossible.  There was some form of aparent avian menace that was 
continually putting the birds in the air all evening.  Also the continued 
spread and emergence of Spartina grasses (including the four-foot form of 
"tall cordgrass") on what used to be wide open mud flat has really concealed 
many birds - in particular the "peep".

From (1645-1915) refreshing north/northeast wind on a rising tide produced 
the following 

Today's NNE winds brought a nice movement of shearwaters past Race 
Point early this morning (but curiously not a single storm-petrel or 
jaeger).  Everything was flying from west to east.  Winds were NNE  AT  
10-20mph and visibility was moderate in occasional showers.  From 
0545 - 0630 I recorded:

1 Common Loon (alt.)
665 Greater Shearwaters
82 Sooty Shearwaters
16 Manx Shearwaters
300 shearwater sp.
9 N. Gannets
4 Laughing Gulls
20 Common Terns

At Herring Cove in P'town (0640 - 0650):
2 Greater Shearwaters
1 Manx Shearwater
2 Roseate Terns
120 Common Terns

Blair Nikula

2 Gilbert Lane
Harwich Port, MA 02646
USA
mailto:odenews AT odenews.org
web site: http://www.odenews.org/ 

We arrived at Plum just before 4PM and stayed till after 7PM and hung in the
area where the bird had been seen (ie: south of the Salt Pannes) and the
bird did NOT put in an appearance. There were several other folks there AND
birders like Bob Stymeist and Rick Heil were also on the island, working
south, and when we left, we heard no positive reports. ie: It was not at
Bill Forward et.
Mark Lynch/Sheila Carroll
moa.lynch AT verizon.net

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
7/19 - Simsbury, Great Pond State Forest -- 1 adult MISSISSIPPI KITE
(seen from 6:30- 7:00am, could still be in the Farmington valley)

 From Nick Bonomo:
7/19 - Milford, Milford Point -- The adult RED-NECKED STINT continued
until at least 7:15 (dead high tide) this evening.  Unlike previous
rising tides, the bird did not appear with the main flock on the small
sandbar to the right.  Instead, it fed quite actively on the back side
of the left, aka "nesting/piping plover," sandbar with a small
gathering of peep.  Here it afforded point blank views in excellent
light.

 From Jack Wells:
7/19 - Milford Point, Milford -- RED-NECKED STINT seen after 4:30 PM
on the "Piping Plover Bar" east of the Beach Platform by birders from
RI, NY, and  MA. Excellent close views walking between 2 SANDERLINGS.
A WESTERN SANDPIPER also seen in flocks of  peeps.

 From Frank Mantlik:
7/18 - West Haven, Sandy Point, 6;45-7:45pm (tide high) -- adult
CASPIAN TERN, 12 BLACK SKIMMERS, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER
7/18 - Westport, Gray's Creek (adjacent to exit road at Longshore Golf
Park) -- 1 imm. LITTLE BLUE HERON
7/16 - Milford, Milford Point --  13 PIPING PLOVERS in one flock, 1
BLACK SKIMMER, 1 RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, RED-NECKED STINT

 From Nick Bonomo with Glenn Williams and Patrick Dugan:
7/18 - Long Island Sound, off Norwalk -- 1 to 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS


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Roy Harvey
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It has struck me that virtually all sightings of the Black-tailed
Godwit have been earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon/
early evening.

I checked the tide charts for Plum Island Sound at its south end and
come up with the following:

Monday, July 17:
High tides at 4:47 am and 5:21 pm, low tide at 11:24 am

Tuesday, July 18:
High tides at 5:49 am and 6:18 pm, low tide at 12:21 pm

Wednesday, July 19:
High tides at 6:54 am and 7:18 pm, low tide at 1:20 pm

Could the sightings, therefore, be related to the tides?  The bird
seems to disappear later in the morning and reappear in mid-
afternoon, which brackets low tide.  Perhaps the bird is out feeding
in the river channel exposed during low tide, and returns to the pans
area closer to high tide when the river channel is flooding.

As a test of this theory, for what it's worth, here are the tides
for Thursday.

Thursday, July 20:
High tides at 8:00 am and 8:18 pm, low tide at 2:21 pm

The tides would thus predict that the bird would NOT be seen
between about 11:00 am and 5:00 pm, but would be seen before
and after those hours.  Anyone want to test that?

I was lucky enough to see the bird on Tuesday from about 3:15 to
3:45 pm, along with many other people.  Spectacular!  The bill rivals
that of the Long-billed Curlew, which I saw in Utah and California
last year.

--
Terry Bronson 
Fremont, NH 
tbbirds AT comcast.net

I arrived on Plum Island at about 11 AM to look for  the black-tailed godwit. 
 I met people who were from central Maine and  other locations.  The godwit 
had not been seen  for some time. After  searching as far south as the Bill 
Forward Pool blind and waiting long periods,  I was heading for home with the 
intention of stopping one last time south of the pans. While driving along 
south 

of lot 3 at about 3:15 PM, I looked out and saw  the bird flying along side 
me. We stayed together for about 1/4 mile until he  set down south of the pans 
and afforded great  close looks for about 10  min. The crowds then started to 
gather and the commotion seemed to make the bird  skittish and it flew and 
landed in several different locations. When I left, there was a lot of activity 

trying to re-locate the bird.  
 
Alan Marble

The godwit was seen again late this afternoon by a number of observers at and 
south of the Salt Pannes. Warren Harrington stopped in and reported that, as 
everyone was looking for the bird, one person had the godwit flying up from the 
area of the Warden's and it landed in the pans south of the main pans. It flew 
again nearer the main pans where everyone there got very close views, and then 
it flew back a few hundred feet south. Warren said that he went down the island 
for a while and on his way back, no one was at the pans area and he didn't know 
where the bird had gone. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

Tuesday was quite the day for shearwatering. The day started off fairly well
with a flock of Greaters, Sooties, and Manx within a few minutes from port.
The number of Greaters and Sooties was about the same as it has been for the
past few weeks but the number of Manx saw an insane increase. Both the 9:30
and 1:30 trips had several birders onboard which made both trips quite
entertaining. Another highlight was the whale activity and number of
Humpbacks. Enough of the small talk... on to the numbers!!!

Wind: SW
Temp: 60s
Wave Conditions: Partially choppy
Visibility: ~ 5 miles

Port + within Race Point:
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (both 1s)
Black-crowned Night-heron - 1
Black Tern - 2 (1ad 1 imm)
Least Tern - 2
Roseate Tern - 5
Osprey - 1

Ocean:
Greater Shearwater ~ 3,492
Sooty Shearwater ~ 2,454
Manx Shearwater - 72 (There were flocks of just Manx and atleast 2 Manx in
every flock of shearwaters)
Cory's Shearwater - 1 (YAY! He was seen during the 9:30 voyage)
Common Tern ~ 25
Wilson's Storm-petrel ~ 1,200
Parasitic Jaeger - 3 (1ad 2 imm)
Northern Gannet - 15 (1ad)
Sanderling ~ 2 (heard only as they flew over. There were atleast 2)

Whales:
Humpback - 22 (including one full breach less than 20ft off the boat that
soaked many a passenger)
Minke - 7

Insects:
Monarch - 5
Spot-winged Glider - 1

Another succesfull day aboard the Dolphin VIII!!!

- Dan Berard
  Wellfleet

Naturalist
Mass Audubon
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Naturalist/"bird guy"
Provincetown Dolphin Fleet
Tues 9:30 and 1:30 voyages

Thanks to Rob Kluin for the following information....

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620 AT thewrold.com

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>Subject: Shorebird Network Launches New Web Site
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:21:24 -0400
>Shorebird Network Launches New Web Site
>
>The Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN), a key 
>program of Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, is pleased to 
>announce the launch of its newly completed web site.
>
>Read more at http://www.manomet.org/naturereport/#whsrn

I spent the afternoon leading a field trip to North Monomoy for a group of
Wellfleet Bay Day Campers. The number and species of birds and insects
present was quite impressive. I was not able to keep track of the numbers
but just to give people an idea of the species present here is the list.

Birds:
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Sanderling
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red Knot
American Oystercatcher
Hudsonian Godwit
Semipalmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Osprey
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Glossy Ibis
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Salt-marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
White-winged Scoter
Surf Scoter

Mammals:
Gray Seal

Butterflies:
Monarch
Orange Sulphur
Pearl Crescent
Cabbage White
Common Wood-nymph
Questionmark

Dragonflies:
Seaside Dragonlet
Spot-winged Glider
Common Green Darner
Plus several that evaded my identification.

Tiger Beetles:
Cicindela formosa
Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis (This is actually an endangered species with
only 2 stable colonies on the east coast, one of which is on Martha's
Vinyard. There are only a few (less than 30 individuals) on Monomoy and
South Beach combined.)

Also there were lots and lots and lots of Trimerotropis maritima (Seaside
Grasshopper) and the Tabanus nigrovittatus (Greenheads) kept us company the
whole time we were there.

- Dan Berard
  Wellfleet

Naturalist
Mass Audubon
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

Naturalist/"bird guy"
Provincetown Dolphin Fleet
Tues 9:30 and 1:30 voyages

As of 4:00pm, I have not received any positive reports that the godwit has been 
seen since late morning. I have had 2 negative reports from folks that have 
tried unsuccessfully early this afternoon. There are many more birders heading 
for the island this afternoon so, hopefully, it will reappear. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
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This morning Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center's WMB crew (led by El 
Jefe Bill Gette) visited the outdoor observation area before breakfast, and 
then headed out on the road. Highlights of the morning included: 

Keel-billed and Chestnut-mandibled toucans
Green Honeycreepers
Green Shrike-vireo
Blue Dacnis
Amazon Kingfisher
Slaty-tailed and Violaceous trogons
Spectacled Owl
Rufescent Tiger-heron
Magnificent Frigatebird
Buff-throated and Streaked saltators
Blue-gray, Palm, Plain, and White-winged tanagers
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Bicolored Antbird
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Short-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Red-capped and Blue-crowned manakins
(also: Mantled Howler Monkeys and Geoffrey's Tamarin, Southern River Otter, 
Green Iguana) 


In lieu of Greenheads on Plum Island, this week's WMB was held at the Canopy 
Tower in the Soberania National Park in Panama where the temperature is in the 
low 80's, humidity at least the same. 


The next regularly scheduled WMB will be on the first Wednesday of August at 
9:30 a.m. at Joppa Flats in Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA (North America). 


David Larson
currently away from Bradford, Mass 

 From Frank Gallo:
7/19 - Milford, Milford Point -- The Red-necked Stint is still present
and was reported just after 10 AM feeding on the flats to the east of
the Piping plover bar.

There is also a report on MassBird that a birder from PA had the stint
at 6:30 AM.



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Roy Harvey
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Thanks to everyone who pointed out the Black-tailed Godwit on Mass Bird,
Plum Island Birds, and even New Hampshire Birds. I caught it this morning
around 7:30. There was a large group of people there, some I knew and others
from as far away as upstate NY.

Here are 4 of the photos I took:

http://www.nhbungalow.com/galleries/Black-tailed%20Godwit/index.html


Allan
Nashua, New Hampshire
www.nebirds.com 

Could anyone furnish me with driving directions to Plum Island from
Boston?  That would be great as I am new to the area.

Cheers,
Dany Sloan
Allston, MA
exitfare AT gmail.com

On 7/19/06, jmirick AT comcast.net  wrote:
>
>
> It was deja-vu all over again. After just missing the bird fly out over the
> marsh (same time, place, & direction as yesterday morning), I decided to
> give the bird until 10:45 am before slinking into work. You see, I got a
> call at 10:20 am yesterday that it had come back to the usual spot (just
> south parking lot 3), so leaving at 10:45 would give it extra time to make
> its way back (right?). Sure enough, at 10:15am I was just south of lot 3
> when Ron Lockwood drove by to tell us that the bird was just south of us.
> Remarkable!
>
> Well the bird was well worth the wait. It was extremely close to the road
> and was busy feeding. Just as we were about to leave, it flew north, giving
> us nice looks at the white underwing. It landed in the main salt pannes and
> was in relatively deep water as we drove by.
>
> Thanks to everyone, esp Bill Drummond & Ron Lockwood, for the team effort in
> getting me and other folks on this bird!!
>
> Jane Mirick
> Bradford, MA


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aim: pleasesleep

Yes!  Jane got the bird today for the first time.......even if she did 
get in to work 2 hours late!

For the 3rd day in a row, Jane and I arrived just in time to hear 
everyone say that the bird "had just flown off"!  This time, we both 
stuck around long enough for it to fly back  In almost the exact same 
way it did yesterday.  Both yesterday and today, the bird was in the 
marshes just south of parking lot #3 in the early morning and both 
yesterday and today, the bird flew off deep into the marsh to places 
unknown at very close to 8:30 AM.  And both yesterday and today, the 
bird flew back to the road at exactly 10:15 AM.  Yesterday the bird flew 
in to the salt pannes, and today it flew back in to the area south of 
parking lot #3.  I believe Hector Galbraith was the first to see it fly 
back in this morning at about 10:15, when it apparently flew in from the 
south.

When we left at about 10:30 AM, the bird was feeding in a small pool at 
the southerly end of the salt pannes.

Steve Mirick
Bradford, MA

It was deja-vu all over again. After just missing the bird fly out over the 
marsh (same time, place, & direction as yesterday morning), I decided to give 
the bird until 10:45 am before slinking into work. You see, I got a call at 
10:20 am yesterday that it had come back to the usual spot (just south parking 
lot 3), so leaving at 10:45 would give it extra time to make its way back 
(right?). Sure enough, at 10:15am I was just south of lot 3 when Ron Lockwood 
drove by to tell us that the bird was just south of us. Remarkable! 


Well the bird was well worth the wait. It was extremely close to the road and 
was busy feeding. Just as we were about to leave, it flew north, giving us nice 
looks at the white underwing. It landed in the main salt pannes and was in 
relatively deep water as we drove by. 


Thanks to everyone, esp Bill Drummond & Ron Lockwood, for the team effort in 
getting me and other folks on this bird!! 


Jane Mirick
Bradford, MA

Thanks to Chris Raithel and Rachel Farrell for sending this report
along.  This may be a report some of  you wish to investigate.

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620 AT theworld.com


>From: 
>Subject: [RI Birds] Possible Little Egret at Napatree Point
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:12:36 -0400
>
>
>Chris Raithel observed a possible Little Egret early this morning at 
>Napatree Point in Westerly. This bird was with about 20 Snowy Egrets 
>in the Kitchen section of the point (north or inside the point, in 
>the tidal pool and flats).  Chris suggests that birders bring their 
>scopes and cameras, if possible.  Photos will be helpful in 
>confirming the identity of the bird.
>
>Several shorebirds were also feeding at Napatree, including one 
>WHIMBREL and a "WESTERN" WILLET.
>
>I would appreciate any updates throughout the day.  There is one 
>previous RI record for Little Egret -  a bird on Block Island in 1998.
>
>
>
>- - - - - - - - - -
>Rachel Farrell
>email: pollypie AT att.net

Patty O'Neill called to say the Black-tailed Godwit was still being seen south 
of the pans around 8:30 a.m Wednesday a.m. It was quite close to the road at 
the time though it had since flown out into the marsh. Birders were trying to 
relocate it when she called. 


Linda Ferraresso
tattler1 AT verizon.net
Watertown, MA

Bill Drummond reports that the godwit was seen by many observers this morning 
between dawn and 8:25 am, first in the pans and then just south of the pans and 
Lot 3 in its "usual spot". At 8:25am (2 minutes before Steve & Jane Mirick 
arrived), it flew west into the marsh and as of 9:30am, has not been relocated. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

I received a message from Ken (sorry, could not make out the last name on my 
machine)from Pennsylvania who saw the stint in CT at 6:30 this morning. 


Steve Grinley
Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift
Route 1 Traffic Cir
Newburyport, MA 01950
BirdWSG AT Verizon.net
978-462-0775

Bill Drummond reports that as of 8:12 AM, the Black-tailed
Godwit is still present at Plum Island.

It continues just south of the salt pannes near the road opposite kettlehole.

Thanks to all for your reports!

Barbara Volkle
Northboro, MA
barb620 AT theworld.com

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>SPAM icon, instead of clicking on TRASH!
>
>AOL doesn't know when you click on the wrong icon, and doesn't
>understand an intermittent problem.
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>If an occasional spam gets to the massbird list or you wish to
>unsubscribe and have trouble doing so, ALWAYS contact me directly
>at barb620 AT theworld.com.
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>In summary:
>      - do NOT designate any email from massbird as spam
>      - click on TRASH, not SPAM!
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>Please be very careful about this and save all of us involved the
>time and trouble it takes to fix these situations!
>
>Thank you for your cooperation!
>
>Barbara Volkle, moderator
>Northboro, MA
>barb620 AT theworld.com
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