Birding During the Gas Crunch

This Roseate Spoonbill was a first state record, found on July 30, 2021 in Gorham, NH. Photo by Steve Bennett, 8-1-21.

Are the high gas prices making you think twice about going birding? Jon Woolf provides some tips on conserving gas and still getting out birding in the Summer 2021 issue of New Hampshire Bird Records.His article is now available on the website.

For eBird users there’s also a free article about Managing Locations using the eBird Mobile app (use the link above).

The issue has the summary of the Summer 21 birding season – remember the Roseate Spoonbill, the Eared Grebe, Lark Bunting and Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks! It was quite a season of rarities. You can read about nesting Sandhill Cranes in the state, birding in the Ossipee Mountains, how you can help Purple Martins, and many more highlights. There are lots of great articles:

    • Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks
    • From the Editor
    • Mary Wright
    • Goodhue-Elkins Award – Eric Masterson
    • Summer Season: June 1 through July 31, 2021 by Greg Tillman
    • Regional Report, Summer 2021 – Sullivan County and Lake Sunapee by Dylan Jackson
    • Vagrancy and the Roseate Spoonbill by Stephen Mirick
    • Isles of Shoals Tern Report 2021
    • Field Notes Diana Stephens and Kathryn Frieden, Editors
      • Kayaking Cormorant
      • Migration in Summer by Robert A. Quinn
      • Peregrine Falcon Returns to Boscawen, NH by Chris Martin
      • Flight of the Glossy Ibis by Dylan Jackson
      • Brown Thrasher Feeding an Eastern Kingbird by Kathryn Frieden
      • Snowy Owl in Ossipee by Kathryn Frieden
      • Leucistic Red-winged Blackbird Continues
      • Swallow Nests in Downtown Errol by Rebecca Suomala
      • The Black Guillemots of East Rock by Rebecca Suomala
    • Red-tailed Hawk Chick Raised by Bald Eagles by Diana Stephens and Chris Martin
    • Red-headed Woodpeckers Nesting at Bear Brook State Park – 2021 update by Stephen R. Mirick
    • Managing Locations in the eBird Mobile App by Kathryn Frieden
    • Volunteers Needed to Ensure Continued Success of Purple Martins by Dennis Skillman
    • Northern Goshawk Nest in Center Harbor by Iain MacLeod
    • The Sandhill Cranes of New Hampshire by Kathryn Frieden
    • Backyard Birder – Do Turkeys Sleep in Trees? Text and photos by Diana Stephens
    • Discovering the Birds of the Ossipee Mountains by Rob Woodward
    • The A-List Birds of the Lakes Region by Rob Woodward
    • New Hampshire Rare Birds Committee Report – Spring 2020 through Winter 2020-21
    • Photo Gallery – Airport Marsh Grebes and Bitterns
    • Birding During the Gas Crunch by Jon Woolf
    • What to Watch for in Summer
    • Roseate Spoonbill in Gorham

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