The Mascoma chapter of ASNH field trip to Plum Island on Sunday was quite successful, despite the overcast sky, persistent drizzle, and a complete absence of warblers. Highlights were seeing White-faced Ibis in Newbury, MA; a breeding-plumage Ruff at Joppa Flats, a Summer Tanager in Hampton, NH and the Eastern Screech owl in Greenland, NH. Special thanks to Rick Heil for showing us the White-faced Ibis, Ken and Helen Lidstone and family for showing us the Summer Tanager and Leonard Medlock for *telling* us about the Summer Tanager and showing us the Ruff. Special thanks from *me* to JoAnn O'Shaughnessy for her networking skills that let us find all those goodies. Other birds of note at Plum Island and Joppa Flats: Hundreds of D.C.Cormorants Glossy Ibis Mute Swan Northern Pintail Gadwall Green-winged Teal Bufflehead R.B. Merganser Osprey N.Harrier American Kestrel Merlin Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Least Sandpiper Common Tern B.H.Vireo Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Towhee(lots) Savannah Sparrow Mark Krenitsky **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************