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Location Bartlett Pond, Manomet
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Owner Marshall Iliff

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  5
  • Distance:  0.7 mi

Checklist Comments

I twitched the hobby that Ian had found a few hours earlier. The 4h of watching were done from the bridge that crosses the outflow from Bartlett Pond, near the intersection of Short St and Taylor Ave.I pulled up just minutes before Ian spotted it streaking down the beach. I would not have had a countable look, but I put my binoculars on the flight path and the bird banked left and over the road, gave a few languid, long-winged flaps, and then disappeared, never to be seen again. A four-hour vigil after that point produced no additional sightings. WEATHER: Overcast and foggy, but with the conditions lifting as I arrived (probably accounting for the bird's disappearance), intermittent drizzle, moderate NE winds, 55 F. Ian's notes for the hobby are below: ***MEGA. First state record, and apparent second record for the lower 48 states. Found at 1:15pm, spotted from my dining room flying in from the north and landing in a tree across the pond that I live on. After about 15 minutes of being perched, it took off and flew to the south, and I thought I would never see it again. I went to try to relocate it in the direction it flew off to, where I almost immediately refound it, and watched it on and off for the next two hours and 40 minutes, when it was either flying above the treeline stooping on insects/swallows, or making passes along the Taylor Ave area close to the ground. The 2h 40m of watching were done from the bridge that crosses the outflow from Bartlett Pond, near the intersection of Short St and Taylor Ave. Photos at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/uropsalis/sets/72157626752661300/

Totals

37
Species Observed
687 individuals
1
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  15

  2. Mute Swan

    Number observed:  2

  3. Mallard

    Number observed:  5

  4. Common Eider (Dresser's)

    Number observed:  2

  5. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

    Number observed:  3

  6. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  2

  7. Chimney Swift

    Number observed:  15

  8. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Number observed:  1

  9. Spotted Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

  10. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  55

    Details

    *High count. No unusual gulls seen mixed in with them. Most were SY.

  11. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  60

  12. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  30

  13. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  35

  14. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  15

  15. Common Tern

    Number observed:  15

  16. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  15

  17. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  2

  18. Eurasian Hobby

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    ***MEGA. First state record, and apparent second record for the lower 48 states. Found at 1:15pm by Ian Davies, I delayed the chase until the last second, leaving the house at 2:40 and barely making it in time for the very last flyby. My view was of an extremely fast-flying falcon that streaked through the houses revealing no field marks. Fortunately the bird banked left, and was a mid-size falcon, smaller and slimmer than a male Peregrine and with very long, even width wings that were sharply pointed at the tip. The bird took several very languid flaps with lots of movement at the tips of the wings, unlike the stiffer but undulating flap of a Peregrine. I did not see much of the plumage, but it was generally dark above, had a dark "helmet" of some sort with a dark mustache, and a pale breast with heavy linear black streaks. I did not note the orangeish lower belly/undertail in my brief view, but it shows clearly in Ian's photos at:http://www.flickr.com/photos/uropsalis/sets/72157626752661300/

    Media

  19. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

  20. American Crow

    Number observed:  8

  21. Black-capped Chickadee

    Number observed:  2

  22. Bank Swallow

    Number observed:  150

    Details

    *High count. Hundreds of swallows were feeding over Bartlett Pond and the surrounding area, and the Bonaparte's Gulls were hawking insects as well. All of this activity was likely why the Hobby was present.

  23. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  100

    Details

    *High count. Hundreds of swallows were feeding over Bartlett Pond and the surrounding area, and the Bonaparte's Gulls were hawking insects as well. All of this activity was likely why the Hobby was present. Ian saw 15 Northern rough-winged as well.

  24. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  80

    Details

    *High count. Hundreds of swallows were feeding over Bartlett Pond and the surrounding area, and the Bonaparte's Gulls were hawking insects as well. All of this activity was likely why the Hobby was present.

  25. European Starling

    Number observed:  8

  26. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  2

  27. American Robin

    Number observed:  5

  28. House Sparrow

    Number observed:  10

  29. House Finch

    Number observed:  5

  30. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

  31. Orchard Oriole

    Number observed:  2

  32. Baltimore Oriole

    Number observed:  3

  33. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  15

  34. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  5

  35. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  10

  36. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  2

  37. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  2

Additional species seen by Ian Davies:

  1. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed: 3

  2. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed: 1

  3. Merlin

    Number observed: 1

  4. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed: 1

  5. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed: 15

Additional species seen by Meghan Powell:

  1. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed: 1

  2. Merlin

    Number observed: 1

  3. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed: 1

  4. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed: 15

Additional species seen by Jessica Johnson:

  1. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed: 1

  2. Merlin

    Number observed: 1

  3. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed: 1

  4. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed: 15

Additional species seen by Jeremiah Trimble:

  1. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed: 3

  2. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed: 1

  3. Merlin

    Number observed: 1

  4. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed: 1

  5. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed: 15
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