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 […]

Again with the Connecticut I hear you say. Well get used to it for at least another month!  I checked out Great Meadows in Charlestown, NH and then did another dusk count of goose migration from Bellows Falls. 1700 between 6:30 and 7:30 pm.  Its at times like these that I am very grateful I […]

Hands down my favorite time of year.  Waterfowl migration along the Connecticut River is awe-inspiring in the truest sense of the word.  Today, March 20th, a cackling goose amongst about 5,000 Canada Geese was the best of 17 species of waterfowl, including gadwall (Hinsdale and Walpole), pintail (Hinsdale), and Am. Wigeon (Walpole).  I had the, […]