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September 29, 2007

Bird Watch

These recent sightings are compiled by Newburyport Birders. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at newburyportbirders@comcast.net or 978-462-4785. Visit www.newburyportbirders.com for more.

High Road, Newbury: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Goldfinch, Common Grackle, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, House Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Mourning Dove, Tufted Titmouse, American Crow, Red-tailed Hawk.

Winnacunnet High School, Hampton, N.H.: Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel.

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island: Whip-poor-will, Northern Shoveler, Razorbill, Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Greater Scaup, Common Eider, White-winged Scoter, Common Loon, Greater Shearwater, Leach's Storm-Petrel, Northern Gannet, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Cormorant, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Sora, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Willet, Whimbrel, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, American Woodcock, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, Whip-poor-will, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe.

Also, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Nashville Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Seaside Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow.


Battis Farm, Amesbury: Indigo Bunting, Red-tailed Hawk.

Baker Road, Salisbury: Barred Owl.

Patmos Road, Rowley: Great Horned Owl.

Erie Avenue, Newburyport: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird.

Plummer Avenue, Newburyport: Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Martin Burns Wildlife Management Area, Byfield: Wild Turkey, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Purple Finch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker.

Bird banding station on Parker River National Wildlife Refuge: American Goldfinch, American Redstart, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-capped Chickadee, Blackpoll Warbler, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Canada Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Eastern Towhee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Magnolia Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Ovenbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Tennessee Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Winter Wren, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow-shafted Flicker.

Little's Lane, Newbury: Savannah Sparrow, Bobolink, American Pipit, House Wren, Killdeer.

Eastman's Fishing Boat, Seabrook: Connecticut Warbler, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Greater Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Red-necked Phalarope.

New Hampshire Seacoast: Common Eider, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, American Kestrel, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Northern Gannet, Common Nighthawk.

Artichoke Reservoir, West Newbury: Gadwall, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Spotted Sandpiper.

Newburyport harbor: Laughing Gull, Black-headed Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian Tern, Common Tern.

Cherry Hill, Reservoir, West Newbury: Ring-necked Duck.

Ash Street Swamp, West Newbury: Wood Duck, Marsh Wren, Virginia Rail, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Swamp Sparrow.



Salisbury Beach State Reservation: Peregrine Falcon, Common Tern, Killdeer, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Rowley River, Rowley: Greater Yellowlegs, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Little Blue Heron, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, American Black Duck, Green Heron.

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