Date: 8/24/25 7:13 am From: Sylvia Miskoe <sylviasmiskoe...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Digest for - 4 updates in 3 topics
i, TOO, HAVE 2 TURK FAMILIES WITH 8 TO 10 POULTS WORKING EAST TO WEST EVERY
DAY.The swallows are still here. This is late, they are usually gone by
the 20th. 3 adults sitting on rails in the el and one active nest in the
barn.
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord
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> Missing birds
> <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/5ef96c3662a811a1?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Pam Weeks <pamela.weeks...>: Aug 22 07:19PM -0700
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> 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:
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> Bill Chaisson <wpchaisson...>: Aug 23 08:14AM -0400
>
> We had both ovenbirds and thrushes in the Danbury/Wilmot area through the
> summer. Veery and hermit thrush are most common but a few wood thrushes
> here and there as well. Ovenbirds were heard pretty much anywhere I went
> (and I walk my dog all over).
>
> Perhaps you have local predators taking a toll. All three, ovenbird, veery,
> and hermit thrush, are ground nesters.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> *W.P. Chaisson*
> 1227 U.S. Route 4
> Danbury, New Hampshire 03230
> 607-220-7425
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM Russell Thomas <russindawoods...>
> wrote:
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> 64 Nighthawks - Franklin Falls
> <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/ad629e09aebdca98?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Rob Woodward <toucanrob...>: Aug 23 12:54AM
>
> The calm before the storm. Many birds were flying from east to west but
> many were flying north into the north wind. There must be something very
> worthwhile up ahead for them to do that.
> About tomorrow. The coming storm. Notice how Zeke and I both have been
> predicting for days that a blockbuster count is coming tomorrow. How do
> we know? You can't ask. This reminds me of Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried
> Chicken with its eleven secret herbs and spices. They're a secret. Don't
> ask a magician to disclose how he performs his tricks. He won't. Don't
> ask Zeke or I how we know. We know. Guaranteed.
>
> Rob WoodwardLaconia, NH
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> Concord nighthawks
> <http://groups.google.com/group/nhbirds/t/97ba1a2b806f3c70?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Zeke Cornell <zekecornell...>: Aug 22 08:09PM -0400
>
> Six of us recorded 104 nighthawks this evening. The majority were in the
> last half hour!
> For the most part the birds were to our north, but coming in from the east.
>
> The group finally got to see a Peregrine this afternoon. It was hanging out
> on one of the local church steeples.
>
> We are getting ready for some big movements...
>
> Zeke Cornell
> Bow, NH
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