I saw what I think was one Double-crested Cormorant on the north end of Goose Pond, Hanover, NH, this afternoon. It was almost hit by a waterskier boat but ducked under the water at the last minute. Judith Reeve, Hanover, NH On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM, UV-BIRDERS automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is 1 message totaling 42 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. nighthawks and other UV birds > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:56:41 -0400 > From: george clark <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: nighthawks and other UV birds > > Relatively numerous Common Nighthawks were present yesterday evening > (Sept. 2) in the vicinity of the Connecticut River around the Ledyard > Bridge (between Hanover, NH, and Norwich, VT) between 6:12 and 7:19 > pm. They were spread out and difficult to count, but I estimated at > least 41 nighthawks were present. The largest number seen at any one > time was 9 birds. Between 6:50 and 7:06 pm, a total of 37 nighthawks > were seen on the south side of the Ledyard Bridge and strung out while > flying northward along the river, in a direction opposite to what > might be anticipated during the time of fall migration. During the > entire period of observation, no nighthawks were detected migrating > southward along the river below the Ledyard Bridge. > > Other birds of interest during the time of the nighthawk observations > included 4 Double-crested Cormorants by the south side of the Ledyard > Bridge and an adult Bald Eagle flying southward down the river. > > For anyone who has not seen today's (Sept. 3) issue of the Valley News > newspaper, an article starting on page C1 reports, with a color photo, > on the adult White-tailed Tropicbird, which was picked up this past > week on a lawn in Charlestown, NH, and then transported to the St. > Francis Wild Bird Hospital in Lyme, NH, where it unfortunately > succumbed. > > This bird apparently provides the first state record for White-tailed > Tropicbird in New Hampshire. For Vermont, according to Murin and > Pfeiffer (2002, Birdwatching in Vermont, University Press of New > England, page 170), there are records from North Danville and > Woodstock, both on September 22, 1938, and associated with a major > hurricane which reached northern New England. > > George Clark > Norwich, VT > > ------------------------------ > > End of UV-BIRDERS Digest - 1 Sep 2011 to 3 Sep 2011 (#2011-7) > ************************************************************* >