{BIRD NOTES} ~ January 19, 2014

Bird Notes

 

 

Gulls, Gulls and More Gulls in Connecticut River at Turners Falls, MA

 2 male and a female Barrow’s Goldeneye

 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS,

11 ICELAND GULLS,

 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

---Western Mass RBA

 

 

West B. Mergansers

A Common Merganser pair were making their way up the fast flowing Whetstone Brook this afternoon - seen from the Meadowbrook Road bridge.

---Nori Howe, West Brattleboro, VT

 

 

Bald Eagles Over VT

This Monday 1/13/14 at our house off Quarry Road in Westminster we saw an adult Bald Eagle fly west over the house.  Today (Wed 1/15/14) I saw an adult bald eagle flying south over the CT River at I91 mile marker 13.  A visitor from Weathersfield Bow, VT says that they see the eagles often as they take the shortcut over the big bow in the CT river.  

---Tom Prunier, Westminster, VT

 

 

Big Numbers of Coastal Snowy Owls

SNOWY OWLS continue to make their presence known in remarkable numbers.  This week SNOWY OWL reports included 7-10 in the Newburyport-Plum Island area, and 4 at Salisbury Beach Reservation.

---RBA Eastern Massachusetts

 

 

A Program Reminder:

Endocrine Disruption and Impacts on Wildlife

On January 21st Susan Whittemore, Professor of Biology at Keene State College, will discuss the phenomenon of endocrine disruption, or how certain man-made chemicals are interfering with normal hormone function, with an emphasis on the detrimental impacts on wildlife.  Join us at 7:00pm in the  Brooks Memorial Library's community room in Brattleboro, VT.

Sponsored by Southeastern VT Audubon Society

FREE and open to the public

                                                                                                                            

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Please share your birding news with us.

Any Owls?

Hawks?

Finches?

Waterfowl?

What have you seen while on a trip?

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Al Merritt

chpmnkx@sover.net

SVAS:   www.sevtaudubon.org

 

 

Happy New Year!

I wonder how many of us have written the 2013 date on documents so far this year?