The Kingfisher

VOLUME31 — ISSUEI The Cape Cod Bird Club Newsletter SEPTEMBER— OCTOBER, 2002

Makingso many new and special birding ?ugIdet Ms.ga.s friends along the way, especially here on Cape Cod...our dream destination! Cape CodBird Club Thank you for your vote of confidence in me as your new President! Iwill do my meetings are 7:30PM Earlyin 1997, Sylviaand I fell in love with a the second Monday best to continue the tradition of presidential pondfront property in Marstons Millsafter excellence with this challengingand exciting of each month seeing a Kingfisherand several Bufflehead opportunity. at the Museum of active on the pond. We buik our dream home, Nawra!History I’mthankful too, for the capable people and then decorated our land with bird feeders you have also elected to serve with me on and bird houses! We love all the great birds Rte 6A, Brewster, your new leadership team. Ready or not... M4. that we see on a regular basis! HEREWE COME!!!! I could go on and on, but it’s time to wish

For the record, I have been a lifelong you all GOOD BIRDINGas we enter the Fall a time bird here on the Inside this issue: birder. I grew up in jamestown N.Y.,where Season ... terrific to my junior high math teacher introduced the Cape! Mymotto is ... whether you are Programsfor Sept- Oct 2 class to birding. ft quickly became my #1 enjoyingthe birds at your backyard feeders, hobby, and has delighted my entire family on a local field trip, or in an exotic location, LudlowGnscomAward 2 ever since! have f birding .. and let the good times coil!! Jackie’sLostCape Walk 2 Just a few memorable birding highlights over the years P14 7w4ows4i 2001-2002 ReIdTrips 3 - When I was IS, attracting a Brown Capped (Bored) Chickadee to my suet Sept — Oct FieldTrips 3 feeder and my surprise (and pleasure) W7iot’sAround 4 to find that experienced birders would journey 100+ miles to see it! Wow... TwitchingAcross 5 ‘I what a hobby!! NorthernAustralia - Drivingas newlyweds through upstate New York and spotting an American Bittern in a marsh, and realizinghappily

that my bride was just as excited as I was! - Seeing colorful Painted Buntingsat the The Kingfisherispublished Rattlesnake Springs, NM IBAin May. bi-monthly. Our New Look Deadline for submissionsfor Working on earlier copies of the newsletter, “The Kingfisher.” This idea and name met next issue Is: October 10th. Send to: cthc_kingfisher it occurred to me that ‘Cape CodBird Club’ is with approval by the other members of @hotmaiLcom the name of our organization which celebrated the CCBC Board. its 30th birthday last year. I felt that perhaps We hope that Website: http: / /www. our newsletter deserved its very own name YOU, the reader, massbird.org/CCBC and identity. also approve. Webmaster: Jane Carter With the Belted Kingfisheras our club logo, it was suggested that a logicalchoice would be PAGE 2 THE KINGHSHER VOLUME 31 — ISSUE I

CCBC Programs — September & October Our LastWalk with Jackie

Svptember 9th - Southwest Birding October 14th - Central America by Ruth Connaughton On Monday,September 9th, René Laubach, Director of the (JackteSonesis now working with the Joyce Leary willtake us on a photo BerkshireWildlifeSanctuariessince Nature Conservancyin Oregon.) graphictour of manyof the birdinghot- 1985,has led tours for the Massachu spots inTexas. She invitesus to travel setts Audubon to Belizeand Tikal, April26, 2002 — We come to Beech with her alongthe GulfCoast, through Mexico,the AmericanSouthwest, and Forest in manymoods. It isJackie’slast the Rio Grande Valley,up to Texas hill the Mid-Atlanticstates. Since hisfirst walkwith us before leavingfor Oregon! country, into the DavisMountainsand trip to Belizeand Tikalin 1992, That realizationmakes us intensely willsurround us with the beauty of Big René has returned annuallyto this aware so a couple of SpringAzures, Bend National Park fascinatingand wildlife-richarea of a blue-violetaerial merry-go-round, Central America. For four months this past winter whirlingabove the leafyfloor, really and early spring,Joyce took slides of His natural history interests include heightensour excitement! Springsun 70 — 80 bird species including: Black- birds, bats, and butterflies, and he has shine floods through the shadow-green active necked Stilt,Acorn Woodpecker, been an bird bander for many of the woods where the young leaves Golden-fronted Woodpecker, years. are just beginningto unfurl.The melody Pauraque,Scissor-tailedFlycatcher, He has authored and co-authored of the birds,a signof lengtheninglight PlainChachalaca,Phainopepla.Greater fivebooks on natural history, including and returning flight,reflects our happier Roadrunner and many shorebirds, TheBackyard&rdhouseBookwhich he mood. And happinessis the Pineand including Long-billed the Curlew. wrote with hiswife,Christyna. PalmWarbiers back in fullvoice, their Severaldayswere spent capturing Join us as René shares his fascinating colors dazzlingagainstthe blue sky and imagesof nesting adults and new chicks experiences with us. the emergingbuds. One special Palm in the rookeries on HighIsland,Texas Warbler flaunts its yellowand brown and in Layfayette,Louisiana. beauty from a few conspicuous branches The beauty of Joyce’sphotography and the lightreflectingfrom himgivesus a delightful,daringdisplay. has thrilled us in the past. You won’t A couple of want to missthis specialevening! Golden-crowned Kingletsflit in and out of branches and shrubs, allthe time sing ingtheir highthin notes. SuddenlyJackiepoints out the snappy Ludlow Griscom Award Recipient — MarkTuttle “chick-a-per-weeeoo-chick”of the ] VVhfte-eyedVireo. Most of us can actu At the May I3th CCBC meeting, Wildlife Sanctuary to help fund a allysee the yellow spectacles, ifnot the the 5th Annual Ludlow Griscom bird-related exhibit. white eye. Flutteringpersistently and Award was presented by Art King An active Walk Leader during his singingclearly,this bit of soft yellowand to Mark Tuttle. years with the Club, Mark is still gray reminds me of how my bird list is Since joining the Cape Cod Bird serving in this role. Congratulations, every bird moment How much we will allmissJackie’sear and eye! Club, Mark has been an involved Mark, on this much deserved award! participant, serving as Treasurer Disconsolatefor a moment! Then, from a distance,a Phoebe belts out his from 1992 until 1996. In the Fall exuberant song and our longingshifts of 1992, Mark also founded the A special thank youto everyone who rapidlyto exhilaration.That jubilance Cape Cod Bird Club Hotline and submitted articles, poetry, andart work I or this newsletter. lasts for most of the walkand especially acted as its Coordinator. In 1995, when loud cheery warblingannounces OCTOBER 10 - Cut-off date for Mark was the main coordinator for the Purple Finch.Evenbefore we see next newsleftr submissions!Note it,Jackietells us what to look for and, the Club giftto the Wellileet Bay the NEW emailaddress. (Continued on page 5) VOLUME 31 — ISSUE I THE KINGASHER PAGE 3

Report of Field Trips for 2001 -2002 StautTerMiller BIRD WATCHERS (1 la Rudyard Kipling) The bird club offered about 30 field Some of the highertrip totals were if you can keep your mouth shut trips over the period September 2001 StaufferMiller’sMainetrip which pro While all about you are listening to July2002. A total of 187different duced 75 species and Boband Alison’s carefully, species were seen on these 30 plus Falmouthouting of May (2 with 52 spe If you can tread lightly while ears trips and there were about 20 or 25 cies, including9 differentwarblers. are cupped :1 different leaders. MikeDettrey’s trip to South Beachin and hands are pointing frantically, For the past few years the compos Chatham inJune contributed 5 species If you can point your glassesand fte fieldtrip total has been about 170 not found on other trips (VVilson’s focusimmediately, species so this particular season ex Storm Petrel, PipingPlover, Red Knot, ii. if you can identify markings and celled. BlackSkimmerand ParasiticJaeger). winter plumage readily, if you can balancebook and scope Some of the more unusualspecies As always,several relatively common to see the wing-tip clearly, seen were: Red-necked Grebes (seen species were not seen at all -- Lesser Seeblack-capped, hooded, red only on Mark Tuttle’sCorporation Scaup,Lesser Yellowlegs, Whimbrel, beffied, long-billed, yellow-legged, Beachtrip of March 16),the Snow AmericanWoodcock, Screech Owl, white-throated, checkered or Geese seen at PlumIslandon the House Wren, Bay-breastedWarbler, spotted writer’s October trip to Maine(only Ovenbird and Northern Warerthrush. thousands of species,

ones), the SandhillCrane at Province- Again,Iwould liketo thank all You can be called “abirder,” town seen by Diane Silverstein leaders and trip participantswho, mydear. and MikeDettrey’s trip at the Beech together, made this a banner field by MartsZanfmno Forest of May25 and the Fox Sparrow trip season. Good birdingand found February 10 in Falmouthby Bob see you in the field. Submitted by Jinks Keil Vander PyIand AlisonRobb’sgroup.

[ie1d Trips--September and October staunr Miller, Coordinator

SEPTEMBER Friday, September 20: Corn Hillin Chatham at 8:00 AM. Leader, Jim Truro for sparrows. Meet at 8:30AM Talin, 508-896-7169. Sunday, September 8: Falmouth.9:00 in Orleans at Friendly’snear rotary to AM.Lookingfor shorebirds on carpool. Leaders,MikeDettrey and the Friday, October I I: Corn Hillin Diane Silverstein,508-398-9484, email BuzzardsBayshore. Meet behind the Truro for sparrows. Meet at 8.30 AM West FalmouthPost Officeon Rt 28-A [email protected]. in Orleans at Friendly’snear the Leaders, Bob Vander Pyland Alison rotary to carpool. Leaders, Mike Robb, 508-540-2408. Sunday, September 22: Falmouth. Dettrey and Diane Silverstein,508- 9:00 AM. Fallmigration. Meet at 398-9484,e-mail Birder526taoLcom. Friday, September 13: Monument Locust Street parking area for the bike Beachand area. Meet at 8:00 AMat path. Leaders,Bob Vander PyIand AlisonRobb,508-540-2402. Sunday, October 13: Falmouth. DunkinDonuts insideGray Gables Food 9:00 AM.Let’ssee whats out there. Market on Shore Road in Bourne to Meet at Locust Street parkingarea for visita variety of sites, including North OCTOBER the bike path. Leaders, BobVander Falmouthsewage beds. Trip willlast till Pyland AlisonRobb,508-540-2408. about noon. Leader,StaufferMiller, Friday, October 4: Meet at Harwich 508-362-3384,e-mailstaufferseepub. vegetablegardens alongSissonRoad in corn. Sunday, October 20: Meet at Harwichat 9:00 AMfor birdingthere, Marstons Millspost officeat 8.00 AM then other places. Co-leaders, Nancy for a walkaround MuddyPond Sunday, September 15: Coast Guard Reider 508-398-8296and Ruth Con (water levelspermitting) and visits Beachin Eastham. Meet at the parking naughton, 508-432-1580. to a cranberry bog and other places lot at 8:00 AMto walk the beach. The in “the Mills.”Post officeis off River start of the walk coincideswith a high Saturday, October 5: Moms Island, Road,near junction with Rt. 149. tide. Leader, MarkTuttle, 508-362-3015. Chatham. Meet at parkinglot of Leader,StaufferMiller, 508-362-3384, Monomoy NWR headquarters in [email protected]. PAGE 4 THE KINGASHER VOLUME 31 — ISSUE I

What’s Around Ron Ayotte

Thisarticle on birds seen on Cape BlueWarbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Hudsonian Godwit, RuddyTurnstone, Codis based onpersonal observations, Warbler, PalmWarbler, Blackand Red Knot, Sandeding, Dunlin, Short- supplemented by information from the White Warbler, Eastern Towhee, billed Dowitcher, Roseate Tern, Arctic White-throated Sparrow, Purple Finch. Tern, LeastTern, Horned Lark,Savais. Rare (R2As) BirdAlerts of MassAudu MassAudubon: BaldEagle,Broad- nab Sparrow. MassAudubon: Grea.tét, bo’i ft covers the period from April to winged Hawk Common Tern, Least Sooty and Manxshearwater, Black- July (when ‘TheKfr’fisher’goes to Tern, Chuck-wills-widow,Whip-poor- crowned Night-heron, Blue-wingedTeal, press) and therefore is more general will, NashvilleWarbler, Northern Parula, Marbled Godwit, Semipalmated Sandpi per, Whfte-rumped Sandpiper, Stilt than usuaL Theplaces visited follow, MagnoliaWarbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, BlackburnianWarbler, Oven- Sandpiper, Wild Turkey, Little Gull, the outline CapeCoat roighly of 8irdirq bird, Kentucky Warbler, Wilson’s War Lesser Black-backedGull, Forster’s Tern, published by the ClubandMassAudu bler, Scarlet Tanager. RoyalTern, Great Horned Owl, Indigo ban. (Remember, very commonbirds Bunting. have been omitted) Late May 2002: Provincetown (Beech Forest): Wood Duck, BaldEa Late July 2002: Chatham (South Early April 2002: Brewster, Yar gle, Osprey, Cooper’s Hawk Belted Beach): Snowy Egret, Black-bellied mouth, Dennis: Northern Gannet, Kingfisher,Easter Phoebe, Great Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Great Blue Heron, Brant, Lesser Scaup, Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Plover, American Oystercatcher, Common Eider, White-winged Scoter, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Greater Yellowlegs,Lesser Yellowlegs, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Met Ruby-crowned Kinglet,Blue-grayGnat- Willet, Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, ganser, Osprey, RuddyTurnstone, catcher, Cedar Waxwing, Northern Pa RuddyTurnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Sanderling, Dunlin, Lesser Black-backed rula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpi Gull (!),Tree Swallow, FishCrow, Cedar Warbler, Black-throated BlueWarbler, per, Short-billed Dowitcher, Roseate Waxwing. MassAudubon: Red- Black-throated Green Warbler, Magnolia Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, shouldered Hawk, BaldEagle,Blue- Warbler, BlackpollWarbler, Blackand Least Tern, Barn Swallow,Bank Swallow, winged Teal, Common Snipe, Kilideer, White Warbler, American Redstart, Ov Tree Swallow,SavannahSparrow. PipingPlover, American Oystercarcher, enbird, Mourning Warbler, Waterthrush MassAudubon: Greater, Sooty and Lesser Yellowlegs,Northern Rough- sp., Common Yellowthroat, Canada ManxShearwaters, Wilson’s and Leach’s winged Swallow. Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Tow Storm-petrels, Yellow-crowned Night- hee, Baltimore Oriole, Swamp Sparrow, heron, Green Heron, BlackScoter, Late April 2002: Yarmouth, Dennis, White-throated Sparrow, Purple Finch. BaldEagle,White-rumped Sandpiper, Orleans, Eastham, Chatham, MassAudubon: Sooty Shearwater, Dunlin, ParasiticJaeger, Gull-billedTern, Provincetown (Beech Forest): Com Green Heron, American Kestrel, Merlin, Forster’s Tern, BlackSkimmer, Chim mon Loon, Great Egret,SnowyEgret, Peregrine Falcon, Greater Yellowlegs, ney Swift White-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Brant,Wood Duck, Surf Scoter, Witlet, RuddyTurnstone, Least Sandpi Tanager. per, EURASIANKESTRELCooper’s Hawk Short-billed Dowitcher, American Greater Yellowlegs,Willet, Great Woodcock, ParasiticJaeger, Roseate Horned Owl, Belted Kingfisher,Hairy Tern, BlackSkimmer, Olive-sided Fly Woodpecker, Red-belliedWoodpecker, catcher, American Pipit, Rose-breasted Grosbeak Eastern Phoebe, White-eyed Vireo, Bank Sept. 9th - Books for Auction Swallow, Barn Swallow, Red-bellied Nut hatch, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned June 2002: (Nopersonalobservations). Ellie Miller is again offering some Kinglet,Ruby-crowned Kinglet,Pine Wilson’s Storm-petrel, MassAudubon: books for auction. They’re not new Warbler, PalmWarbler, Blackand White Least Bittern, RuffedGrouse, Hudsonian Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Godwit, MississippiKite, BaldEagle, but ore good books and any opening Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird. Broad-winged Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, bid will be accepted: Black-bellied Willet, Ruddy Turn- MassAudubon: Broad-winged Hawk Plover, 1. Songbirds in Your Garden by John Northern Goshawk, Wild Turkey, Black- stone, ParasiticJaeger, Arctic Tern, K.Terres. This is a classic, ifl bellied Plover, Yellow-belliedSapsucker, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Black-billed excel Blue-grayGnatcatcher, Savannah Cuckoo, Yellow-billedCuckoo, Eastern lent condition. Sparrow. Wood Peewee, Common Nighthawk 2. 18 full-color Audubon prints Whip-poor-will, Cedar Waxwing, Grass (reproductions, needless to say). Early May 2002: Provincetown hopper Sparrow, Yellow-headed Black (Beech Forest), Harwich, Chatham: bird, Saftmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, 3. Chorus, an anthology of bind po Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Sharp- Summer Tanager, Lark Bunting. ems, compiled by Susanne Knowles. shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk Belted Hard cover, near-pristine condition. Kingfisher,Red-breasted Nuthatch, East Early July 2002: Chatham (South 4. The National Geographic Soci ern Phoebe, Blue-grayGnatcatcher, Beach): Snowy Egret,Wilson’s Storm- Song Birds Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned petrel, Black-belliedPlover, Piping ety’s and Garden of Kinglet,Blue-headed Vireo, Gray Cat Plover, American Oystercatcher, North America. Another classic, bird, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Greater Yellowlegs,Willet, Whimbrel, packed with interesting information.

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:i:::4:h FOCUS ON THE FIELD GUIDE An Extraordinary Day of Bird Watcher Watching Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Sunday, September 22, 2002 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Since the first printing of Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds in 1934, the genre of Natural History field guides has exploded. Today, a multitude of field guides on the market is helping mi]lions and millions of people access and understand the world around them. Focuson the FieldGuide will bring together some of the most recognized field guide authors who will share their personal insights regarding the field guide through a moderated panel discussion.

Imagineaddingthese seven to your life list at onetime!

Peter Alden — Worldwide tour leader, naturalist, and principal author of “National Audubon Society Regional Field Guide” series. Organized first-ever Massachusetts statewide biodiversity movement.

Jim Coe - Artist and naturalist. Authored and ifiustrated the “Golden Field Guide, Eastern Birds: A Guide to Field Identification of North American Species.”

Noble Proctor - Author, tour leader, and professor of ornithology. Longtime Mend of Roger Tory Peterson. Completed fifth edition of Peterson’s “field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America.”

Herb Raffaele - Author of “A Guide to the Birds of the West tidies” and “A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.” Chief, Division of International Conservation, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

David Sibley - Renowned naturalist, artist, and author of best-selling “The Sibley Guide to Birds” and “The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior.”

Don & Lillian Stokes - Authors of “Stokes field Guide to Birds,” hosts of “Stokes at Home” public television series, and hosts of cable TV series, “Birdwatching Workshop.”

The program will be moderated by John Kricher, Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, and author of “A Guide to Eastern Forests,” “A Guide to Rocky Mountain and Southwest Forests,” and “A Guide to California and Pacific Northwest Forests.”

Admission: $50.00 per person. Includes a delicious brunch and speaker program at Manomet’s facility overlooking Cape Cod Bay, Plymouth, MA. Credit cards are accepted. Seating is limited, and reservations are required. To reserve your space, please call 508-224-6521 by September 13, 2002.

An exhibit of art and photography, and a book signing, will be featured before and after the program. Field guides will be available for purchase. For directions to Manomet, visit www.manomet.org. This program is made possible through the generous support of Swarovsld Optik (www.swarovskioptik.com).