Birdnotes

Sightings listed for the Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society

Sunday, September 01, 2013

{BIRD NOTES} ~ September 01, 2013

Bird Notes 

 

A spectacular first year Goshawk at the Retreat Meadows this morning (9/1)
---Hector Galbraith, Dummerston, VT

 

Teeny Hummer

While visiting my sister in Windham this past week we were entertained by busy humming birds at her feeders. I asked a question about their nests. She then showed me a small glass bottle containing a humming bird nest in which lay a perfect baby humming bird skeleton. She had found it beneath a nearby shrub.  I shed a few tears.

---Maggie Newton, W. Brattleboro, 8/28/13

 

Nighthawks

8/27  60 over Saxtons River, 42 in Dummerston.

8/28   Another great night at Westminster Station with 779 birds tallied by 6 observers.

8/29  A cool & overcast evening produced 249 birds bringing the total for the season to 3,203.

8/30  A slow night with only 42 birds.
---Don Clark, Grafton, VT

 

PUTNEY  MOUNTAIN  HAWK  WATCH

2013-08-30   Observation Start Time: 10:00    End Time: 14:00    Observer Hours: 4

Day's Raptor Counts

BV

TV

OS

BE

NH

SS

CH

NG

RS

BW

RT

RL

GE

AK

ML

PG

UA

UB

UF

UE

UR

Day's
Total

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

 

Official
Counter

John Anderson

Observers

 

Weather

Cool and foggy in the valley this am. Hot on the mt. Just a hint of a west breeze. Green Mountains hazed to a seried blues. Winds from SW and failing by 2 pm.

Non-raptor Notes

The hardhack and goldenrods were abuzz with insects, among them a bumblebee size tachinid fly with a white face and yellow bands and spiny hairs on its abdomen.
3 Common Loons

 

 

Robin Twins

Photo by Tom Prunier

 

 

 

“Earthflight” A Nature Special on Vermont Public Television

What would it be like to see the world from a bird’s perspective? To experience riding on the backs of bald eagles and snow geese or flying alongside a flock of brown pelicans as they scan and dive for fish in the ocean below. State-of-the-art technology and sophisticated camera techniques have now made it possible to do just that and more as EARTHFLIGHT, A Nature Special Presentation takes viewers on a breathtaking aerial adventure over six continents.   It took EARTHFLIGHT series producer John Downer and his team four years to film more than 100 bird species in 40 different countries. Using strategically placed cameras, including tiny HD cameras placed on the backs of trained birds, this six-part series captures amazing viewpoints that have never been seen before.

 

Episode One: North America (airs Wednesday, September 4 at 8 p.m.)
Snow geese, pelicans, and bald eagles fly over the Great Plains, the Grand Canyon, Alaska, New York City and the Golden Gate Bridge as they encounter and engage with bears, dolphins, bison, and spawning fish.

Here’s more information and a one-minute trailer:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/earthflight/introduction/8388/

 

 

 

Bullwinkle Strikes Again

Photo by Sandy Merritt

Imagine awakening in the morning and finding this bruiser in your driveway.

He seems to like the leaves of this shrub in my sister’s yard in Colorado.

 

 

 

Have a Happy & Safe

 

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Please share your birding news with us.

Any new migrants or nesters?

What have you seen while on a trip?

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Al Merritt

chpmnkx@sover.net

SVAS   www.sevtaudubon.org

 

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