We had many oven birds heard from our yard in Auburn, NH, as well as many
along the Rockingham Rail Trail between the traffic circle in Manchester
and Depot Road in Auburn, but that was spring and early summer.
I was sitting on my porch on Sunday, and to my great surprise, a thrush of
some kind landed in the spruce tree at the end of the porch just 6' away
from me. We were both quite surprised, and it flew away before I could get
beyond "spotted chest and brownish."
Our great entertainment right now is the family group of 3 female turkeys
and 6 quickly growing poults who love scrounging beneath our feeders (yes,
they come in at dusk every night!) They are now so comfortable that the
group hangs out on the front lawn for hours on end.
I did see a Northern Water Thrush on our HOA common land (65 acres laced
with trails along a beaver swamp) last week.
Pam Weeks
Auburn, NH
On Friday, August 22, 2025 at 5:53:00 PM UTC-4 Deborah de Peyster wrote:
