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 speciesBroad-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 maleNorthern 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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