A high count today of eight birds in one field, the one and only Great Meadows in Charlestown, NH. Also a female which had been dead for quite some time — probably an early migrant that starved. If one considers that this species is in serious decline, then what must the numbers have been like […]

Rare geese are a great way to track migration. The pink-footed goose seen in NJ turned up in NH two weeks later. Additionally, four Greater White-fronted Geese (race unspecified) were seen March 11 60 miles to the southwest of the Pink-footed goose location.  Four Greater White-fronted Geese of the Greenland race were seen on March […]

Geese are one of the genera whose migratory pathways are better understood, and this is increasingly the case with the advent of satellite telemetry. Battery weight still precludes the use of satellite transponders on small passerines and shorebirds, which form the bulk of the continents long distance migrants. That said, they are expensive to use and so […]

I am getting the word out (NH.Birds is down) on a pink-footed goose (state first) found by Taj Schottland in Walpole this am. In Vic Malnati’s farm in Walpole, NH across from the Agway. Seen by many today despite the lack of listserv. My fifth species of goose for this field this spring alone (Canada, […]

A return of freezing weather kept the numbers of waterfowl down today for the annual duck patrol. Two groups, comprising about 30 people, covered the CT river from Hinsdale to Charlestown, recording a paltry total of 12 species of waterfowl, but a new one for the NH CT River Valley this year – Greater White-fronted […]