This morning five birders participated in a soggy and foggy but  
enjoyable bird walk arranged by the Mascoma Chapter of New Hampshire  
Audubon at Bedell Bridge State Historical Park in Haverhill, NH. Birds  
were plentiful, and more than 40 species encountered. Highlights  
included hundreds of American Robins, dozens of  American Pipits,  
dozens of Rusty Blackbirds, and a lingering Scarlet Tanager. As might  
be expected for the time of year, sparrows in general were relatively  
conspicuous, and six species found.

Special thanks to Spencer Hardy for compiling the full list as  
presented below with his comments plus a few others added.

George Clark
Norwich, VT


Bedell Bridge SP, Haverhill, Grafton County, New Hampshire, US

Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:45 AM  Duration:2 hours, 30 minutes   Distance:1.0  
mile

41 species (+2 other taxa) total

25 Canada Goose     Seen mainly in flight; only 5 seen on the ground.

5 Wood Duck

6 teal sp.            Flyovers, with one mallard or black duck  
accompanying them.

3 Great Blue Heron

2 Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 Accipiter sp.

1 Red-tailed Hawk

10 Rock Pigeon

5 Mourning Dove

2 Downy Woodpecker

2 Hairy Woodpecker

8 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

1 Merlin

1 Eastern Phoebe

2 Blue-headed Vireo

1 Red-eyed Vireo

5 Blue Jay

10 American Crow

2 Common Raven

2 Black-capped Chickadee

2 White-breasted Nuthatch

1 Brown Creeper

1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

600 American Robin        Everywhere. Huge flocks over large corn  
field and a separate flock feeding on grapes among the scattered  
trees. Hundreds in the air at times, especially after accipiters  
arrived.

1 Gray Catbird

5 European Starling

50 American Pipit

2 Cedar Waxwing

1 Common Yellowthroat

10 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Black-throated Green Warbler

7 Savannah Sparrow

15 Song Sparrow

1 Lincoln's Sparrow

5 Swamp Sparrow

10 White-throated Sparrow

1 White-crowned Sparrow (adult)

1 Scarlet Tanager

1 Northern Cardinal

1 Indigo Bunting

50 Rusty Blackbird      Conservative estimate, one flock of 40+ birds  
in flight after the Merlin passed

5 American Goldfinch