Re: [NHBirds] Digest for nhbirds@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

[Jacquie McGillicuddy]

On 4/23/26 at home I heard and saw a Carolina Wren.  I tried to identify it with Merlin bird id but was unable to. It didn’t recognize it. I knew what it was! Got the pic to confirm it. 

This is in Gorham NH which is technically considered out of their range. But I’ve seen them here in the winter too. 

Jacquie

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Aaronian, Rich <raar...@exeter.edu>: Apr 23 01:51PM Huckleberry Lane Green -winged Teal 16 Glossy Ibis 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1   Rich Aaronian, Exeter Sent from my iPhone

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Mrs. Barred Owl Goes Into Concealment Mode

Alfred Maley <alfre...@gmail.com>: Apr 22 06:37PM -0400 This morning about 9 AM Mrs. Barred Owl arrived in the Sargent Crab by the deck. Both male and female like the trees, which leaf out early and whose branches intermingle to form a “roof” that mostly conceals the owls on the larger branches below.   But something occurred that I had never seen before - the owl went into concealment mode. She squatted down firmly on the branch (as if in sleep mode the talons lock tight on the branch) and she fluffed her feather and closed her eyes to slits, while still facing up at the sky, In essence she became just another branch on the tree, albeit a somewhat fat one.   This lasted only five minutes or so and then she turned to her normal activity - eating.   Al Maley Hampstead, NH

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