REPLY: Interesting report on the Towhees. They have been seen in that vicinity in past years too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David L. Webb" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [UVB] Boston Lot Lake Report > --- Daniel Hopkins wrote: > The Mascoma Chapeter of NH Audubon hosted the last in > our series of bird walks to Boston Lot Lake today. > Another beautiful morning with our 15 participants > seeing or hearing 39 species. > > Highlights included great looks at a singing Towhee, > Blackburnian Warbler, Northern Parula, and a family of > Canada Geese with 6 goslings. > > [...] > Canada Goose 2 > Mallard 2 > Turkey Vulture 1 > Broad-winged Hawk 1 > Rock Pigeon 1 > Mourning Dove 1 > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 > Pileated Woodpecker 1 > Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 > Red-eyed Vireo 1 > Blue Jay 1 > American Crow 1 > Common Raven 1 > Tree Swallow 1 > Black-capped Chickadee 1 > Tufted Titmouse 1 > Brown Creeper 1 > Veery 1 > American Robin 1 > Gray Catbird 1 > Northern Parula 1 > Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 > Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 > Black-throated Green Warbler 1 > Blackburnian Warbler 1 > Pine Warbler 1 > American Redstart 1 > Ovenbird 1 > Common Yellowthroat 1 > Scarlet Tanager 1 > Eastern Towhee 1 > Song Sparrow 1 > White-throated Sparrow 1 > Red-winged Blackbird 1 > Common Grackle 1 > Brown-headed Cowbird 1 > Baltimore Oriole 1 > American Goldfinch 1 > --- end of quote --- > > I walked up to Boston Lot Lake Monday morning and found almost the > identical > list of species: I did not find Brown Creeper, Broad-winged Hawk, or > Common > Raven, but I had a singing Indigo Bunting near the power lines where the > towhee > was singing, a Wood Thrush a little farther up the trail, three Spotted > Sandpipers at the lake foraging among the rocks, and an Eastern Phoebe. > > David Webb > Hanover > > **************************************************************** > To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] > Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. > To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Web based archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************