Hey everyone,
 
I figured that birding might be pretty good with the on and off storms, so I headed down to Mink Brook Preserve this afternoon to see what I could find- luckily the rain held off for the most part. Most of the activity was in the denser forest rather than near the water. I saw mostly the same migrants as I had yesterday, except for a Broad-winged Hawk that flushed and a couple Black-throated Greens that took the place of yesterday's Black-throated Blues. The most interesting sighting though was an Evening Grosbeak that I heard calling as it flew overhead. 
 
My best sighting though was not a bird, but a mammal. As I sat down to note what I was hearing I heard some movement and looked up, only to see my lifer Fisher!! It ran off as I got my camera, and I tried hiking after it, but it was no where to be found. Pretty awesome mammal though!
 
Cheers,
Kyle Kittelberger
Dartmouth
 
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Mink Brook Nature Preserve, Hanover, Grafton, US-NH
May 8, 2013 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
25 species

Broad-winged Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  X
American Crow  X
Fish Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  X
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  2
House Wren  2
Ovenbird  2
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  1    adult male
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
American Goldfinch  4
Evening Grosbeak  1    heard only

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