The temperature may have been hovering near 30, and many of the Connecticut
River's side bays and impoundments were showing patchy ice covering, but
clear skies, a bright sun and the presence of avian migrants held forth the
prospect that spring will arrive.

The Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon. along with co-sponsors the Hanover
Conservancy and the Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) hosted seventeen birders
on a leisurely journey up the Connecticut beginning at Hanover's Wilson's
Landing, then making several stops on River Road before finishing at Lyme's
Grant Brook.

Forty species were seen over the course of two-and-a-half hours. Highlights
among waterfowl were ring-necked ducks (18) and bufflehead (3). At Grant
Brook, a juvenile bald eagle was seen flying downriver with a harassing
crow in pursuit. Many of the songbird species observed were ones that would
not be associated with migration such as dark-eyed juncos, black-capped
chickadees, American goldfinches and the now ubiquitous northern cardinal.
But sightings of swamp sparrows, eastern phoebes, red-winged blackbirds,
common grackles, a pine warbler and yellow-bellied sapsuckers gave
assurance that a new phase of bird watching was at hand. Complete eBird
lists for the day can be found by clicking on the links below.

Thanks to The Hanover Conservancy's Gail McPeek, the UVLT's Kaytee
Currie-Huggard and Mascoma Chapter Steering Committee members George Clark,
Jeff MacQueen and Blake Allison for being co-leaders. Thanks to Blake for
keeping the counts and preparing the eBird reports.

Sheridan Printing/Hanover: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44839254
Wilson's Landing: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797944
River Road/Hanover: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797929
Hidden Valley/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797921
Wilmot Farm Fields/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797907
Hewes Brook/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797888
Tover Road "Village"/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797877
Wilder WMA/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797866
Grant Brook Outflow/Lyme: https://ebird.org/nh/view/checklist/S44797857




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Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon


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