Had an odd quartet "singing" at dawn this morning: Barred owl, the woodcock, turkey gobbling and the mallards quacking... A funny combo of songs compared to the usual feeder birds warming up for spring :o) Fox, Am tree and song sparrows along with building numbers of juncos.. Happy to see the fox sparrows, as last spring they passes us without stopping. Yesterday a female, second year coopers hawk landed on the deck, we were all in the kitchen 3 feet away from it... nice close up. she had my chickens froze up hiding in a bush with no leaves. Though a full grown laying hen would be a stretch for a hawk her size.... they didn't know that! Funny to watch. Dave Merker Etna, New Hampshire Cape May Raptor Banding Project Inc. www.capemayraptors.org Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:31:10 -0700 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [UVB] golden crowned kinglet To: [log in to unmask] I've been seeing/hearing Golden-crowned Kinglets along Mink Brook for the past couple weeks. But I was pleased last Friday though to hear a Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing too, as well as a Brown Creeper. Kyle KittelbergerDartmouth From: wayne cripps <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 10:06 AM Subject: [UVB] golden crowned kinglet Golden crowned kinglet seen sunday morning at the turnout on route 5 south of the mouth of the pompy! It was up in the shadows of a pine tree. Wayne http://www.flickr.com/photos/56340258@N04/8631739334/