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| 643.1 | a tired red-tailed hawk | NETCAD::CREEGAN | | Fri Feb 07 1997 15:51 | 6 |
| Red tailed hawk being mobbed by ravens as it sat on a lamp-post
here in the parking lot at the Littleton facility.
Littleton
Massachusetts
USA
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| 643.2 | Epsom, NH | ENQUE::PARODI | John H. Parodi DTN 381-1640 | Mon Feb 10 1997 08:29 | 13 |
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Saw a northern goshawk on Saturday. It flew to four different places in
the yard before disappearing into the woods. Each time it moved, it was
shadowed by three or four bluejays, who kept about a 20-foot distance
while in flight. When the goshawk landed, the jays would land within
five feet or so, on a different branch. _All_ groundfeeding activity
stopped while this guy was in the area.
Does anyone know what the jays were doing? They didn't seem very
aggressive -- it didn't look at all like songbirds pecking at a
low/slow hawk.
JP
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| 643.3 | Quiet winter woods (Mass. USA) | ASDG::BECHTLER | | Tue Feb 11 1997 09:46 | 23 |
| Sunday was a beautiful day, sunny, about 35 F, just a little crunchy
snow underfoot. I took a walk at my favorite summer haunt, Delaney
Wildlife Management Area in Stow, Mass. (USA). The lake was solidly
frozen, with ice fishermen and ice skaters in evidence.
It was VERY quiet in the woods (of course, that's partially why I go
there). I heard chickadees, a red-breasted nuthatch, a cardinal, and
some woodpecker drumming -- but never got a look at any of them. Even
the chickadees wouldn't come in response to pishing (which they do
reliably in summer).
In the marsh I was surprised to hear some "cheeps" from the reeds
sticking up above the ice. Two swamp sparrows! Seems a bit north of
their usual wintering range, but it _has_ been a mild winter.
Near the road on the drive out, I saw a Sharp-Shinned hawk perched high
in a tree, and a Red-Tailed Hawk soaring.
All in all, nothing like coastal birding in Mass. in the winter, but a
pleasantly solitary walk on a sunny winter day.
Laurie
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| 643.4 | Bittern at Fleet Pond | BROUGH::DAVIES | Hype is a 4 letter word ! | Mon Feb 17 1997 05:50 | 0 |
| 643.5 | Bluebird back already? | LJSRV1::FURBECK | SINK: Single Income, Numerous Kids | Wed Feb 19 1997 10:41 | 5 |
| My Mother-in-law reports "the" bluebird couple has returned to her
box. Is it "the" or "a" ?? He's been singing up storm. She called
the Acton (Mass) Conservation Comm (who put up the box for her) and they
said to put out some plain suet for them. She's hoping for another
summer with them!
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| 643.6 | NW Toronto, Canada | TROOA::TEMPLETON | One fine day......Spring | Wed Feb 26 1997 11:31 | 17 |
| We pass a beautiful home with a large pond on the way to and from the
office every day, last fall I noticed a pair of swans on this pond,
now the day is longer I can see they have wintered over, the home owner
must have put a pool heater in one corner of the pond because it is a
very neat round hole, no matter how cold the temperature gets it is
there.
This morning I noticed a few other birds had arrived, the geese I can
recognize because they are large but because I look down on the pond from
quite a height I could not make out the other birds that were there as they
were much smaller than the Geese and swans, also they looked to be
black but that could just be because at that time of the morning the
trees cast shadow over the pond.
Other than the Red Tail Hawks and Crows there does not seem to be much
action around right now, even my back yard feeders did not get as many
visitors this winter.
joan
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| 643.7 | Blue Heron, no doubt about it. | NETCAD::CREEGAN | | Fri Feb 28 1997 12:29 | 6 |
| Yesterday, around 2:30 PM saw a blue heron standing on
one of the nests at the rookery next to Kimball's Farm
less than a mile from the LKG facility. What does it
eat this EARLY in the sesson? Most ponds and lakes
are only beginning to melt and we can still get belted
with more snow.
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