Are you an occasional, avid, or even obsessive birder? We want to know what you've been seeing in the Mount Washington Valley. Perhaps there is a flock of bohemian waxwings in your yard or you spotted a northern saw whet owl on your last hike. Tin Mountain's Eco Sightings is a great place to share your encounters with other interested naturalists in the area.
Please include what bird you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred.
let us know what you've seen during your outdoor adventures
in the Mount Washington Valley
Check Out Our New Face and Focus!
If you've visited Tin Mountain Conservation Center's Blog in the past, you'll notice we've changed the focus and even name of our page. In an effort to better circulate the natural history of the area, we have modified our blog to be used as a resource for interesting and rare ecological sightings in the area.
We invite members of the community and visitors alike to share what exciting encounters you've had during your adventures in the area. Please post your comments in the most applicable category. In your comment, make sure to include what you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred. Good luck and happy spotting!
Tin Mountain Conservation Center is a non-profit environmental education center in the Mount Washington Valley. Visit our website for up-to-date information on programs and events.
We invite members of the community and visitors alike to share what exciting encounters you've had during your adventures in the area. Please post your comments in the most applicable category. In your comment, make sure to include what you saw, where you saw it, and when the sighting (or sightings) occurred. Good luck and happy spotting!
Tin Mountain Conservation Center is a non-profit environmental education center in the Mount Washington Valley. Visit our website for up-to-date information on programs and events.
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It's Wednesday afternoon 2/17/10 an there is a northern shrike hanging out in the field at Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany on Bald Hill Road. He has been in the apple tree near the barn and the tall maple on the edge of the field below.
It was a great day birding on Plum Island on Saturday, February 20. The list of birds we saw follows.
Bird Sightings Plum Island Trip 2/20/2010
Canada Goose- Branta Canadensis
American Black Duck- Anas rubripes
Mallard- Anas platyrhynchos
Common Eider-Someteria mollissima
White-Winged Scoter-Melanitta fusca
Long-tailed Duck-Clangule hyemalis
Bufflehead—Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye- Bucephala clangula
Red-throated Loon- Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe- Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe- Podiceps grisegena
Great Cormorant-Phalacrocorax carbo
Bald Eagle-Haliaeeyus leucocephalus (Immature)
Northern Harrier- Circus cyaneus
Red-Tailed Hawk- Bueto jamaicenusis
Herring Gull-Larus argentatus
Greater Black-Backed Gull-Laurs delawarensis
Ring Billed Gull-Lorus delawarensis
Rock Pigeon- Columba livia
Snowy Owl-Bubo scandiacus
Hairy Woodpecker- Picoides villosus
American Crow- Corvus brachyrhynchos
Tufted Titmouse- Baeolophus bicolor
American Robin- Turdus migratorius
House Finch-Carpodacus mexicanus
European Starling- Sturnus vulgaris
On Monday, 2/15/10 starting at 7:50 AM I watched a barred owl for about 15 minutes. It sat on a couple of snowbanks within 50 feet of our terrace - seemed unconcerned with my watching and trying to photograph it.
It also sat in a couple of trees in the same area, watching in all directions. Really wonderful.
Judy Fowler
There was a large flock of over 150Cedar and Bohemian Waxwings by the White Mountain Cafe in Gorham, NH. They were in the crab apple and birch trees right at the edge of the parking lot.
A friend told me tonight she had seen a black headed grosbeak in her yard. They seem to be a western species. Has anyone seen them here?
Black-headed grosbeak would be something. She needs a photo. There are a pair of wood ducks and a pair of hooded mergansers on the pond at Tin Mountain. We hope they nest.
We had hooded mergs, ring neck ducks, and common mergs on the old course of the Saco yesterday. Lots of swamp sparrows. Several tree swallows were in the field at Tin Mountain this afternoon. We also had bluebirds checking out the nest boxes last week.
Pheobes and northern flickers are back. Anybody seen pine warblers yet?
Re: my 3/30 post, could it have been a Rufous-sided Towhee?
Here's the list from Ducks and Doughnuts bird trip on April 10:
Green-Winged Teal, Common and Hooded Mergansers, Beautiful Wood Ducks, Mallards, Black Ducks, Canada Goose, Spectacular Northern Harrier, Lots of Kestrels, red-winged black bird, brown creeper, Flicker, Phoebe, cowbird, robin, crow, barn and tree swallows,herring gulls, and a white breasted nut hatch. Great Day birding!
Finally, a few warblers have arrived on Butter Hill in Chatham, NH. Several yellow-rumps this morning. I had a pine warbler about a week ago. The purple finchs have been very vocal. Hermit thrush call notes and winter wrens have been heard for the past two weeks.
Lots of raptor activity the past two days. Several broadwings and acipitors, and a osprey directly over the Tin Mountain Center on Thursday.
Here's a list of birds seen at the Brownfield Bog 5/1/2010
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Hooded Merganser Lophodytes
cucullatus
Wild Turkey Meleagris
gallopavo
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus
podiceps
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker Picoides
pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven Corvus corax
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile
atricapillus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus
calendula
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila
caerulea
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica
coronata
Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta
varia
Northern Waterthrush Seiurus
noveboracensis
Savannah Sparrow Passerculussandwichensis
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius
phoeniceus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
American Goldfinch Carduelis
cristis
Just did the first bird plots on the TMCC sanctuary this morning. Mant blacked-throated blue warblers, a couple black-troated green warblers, many ovenbirds, and a Nashville warbler. We could use some bird surveyors if you have time between 6 and 10 AM any mornings between now and July 31st. either post your availability or call me at Tin Mountain.
Scissor-tailed flycatcher still in N. Conway this AM. Lisa Thurston spotted it Tuesday night hawking insects on Depot Road between Rt 16and the North/South Road. He was hanging out most of Wednesday untilabout 3PM. Was back at 9AM this morning.
Whippoorwills calling all night and Eastern towhees nesting and calling nearby at home on Rte. 113 in Madison. Hoping to get towhees to come to the mealworm feeder so I can get some better pictures.
Today my son and I found a dead and somewhat decomposed bird at one side of our house. We think it is a Parula Warbler, based on bird books and the colors visible on the bird - beautiful blue and bright yellow. I had not heard of this warbler before. Has anyone seen one?
There's a noisy woodpecker nest at the southwest end of Chase Pond. It appeared to be a hairy at the top of a red maple snag.
On Saturday morning (7/24/2010), at about 7AM, I saw what looked to be a scissor-tailed flycatcher. My rooster alerted me to a large bird in the trees with an extremely long tail flying along the treeline to the west. I have not seen since. I had never seen one before except for the pictures in the peper recently.
This was a report from a local resident who saw the bird in the vicinity north of Pudding Pond.
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