And I remember hearing and seeing them in the 60's and 70's in New London,
NH. Actually, in the 60's, when I was a gullible kid, I first thought
someone was calling my neighbor because his name WAS Bob White!

Ali
Huntington

-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Arrowsmith
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] VTBIRD Digest - 26 Dec 2014 to 27 Dec 2014 (#2014-354)

Since Bobwhite occurred in the wild in Mass. when I was growing up in
the 30's and were easily found on Cape Cod in the 50's, I don't see
any reason why they couldn't reestablish themselves if given a chance.

Jean Arrowsmith

On Dec 28, 2014, at 12:00 AM, VTBIRD automatic digest system wrote:

> There are 2 messages totaling 44 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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> 1. Northen Bobwhite
> 2. More NEK bird news
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> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 08:03:10 -0500
> From: tfberriman <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Northen Bobwhite
>
> I had always assumed that the Northern Bobwhite was a southern and
> mid-western bird but in Sibley's I noticed a small pocket of the species
> in
> Idaho and Washington state. About 5 years ago on top of Burke Mountain
> in
> September I found a Northern Bobwhite ( this was at 3,300' elevation) I
> was
> surprised and I was able to call it out into the open for good looks. If
> what the man we spoke with said is true " that they are now all over the
> place" (meaning East Burke, Burke, Kirby areas) it may well be worth
> checking out if this species is starting to breed and is managing to
> survive
> through the winters. The problem is it is a lot of area to cover with not
> much bird reporting going on. On another note Dave Govatski and I found a
> Northern Bobwhite 2 years ago on Pondicherry Refuge in N.H.
>
>
>
> Tom Berriman
>
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>
> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 20:36:06 -0600
> From: Bob Stymeist <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: More NEK bird news
>
> Today we found a nice flock of 21 Bohemian Waxwings on May Pond Road in
> Barton and a single Evening Grosbeak. Could not find any Common Redpolls.
> On Christmas Day I had my 100th property bird-a Northern Shrike; a single
> male Pine Grosbeak that first showed up December 5th has not been seen
> for four days. Wild Turkeys are all over- 46 in Westmore, 26 in Barton,
> 24 in Brownington. Lake Willoughby and Crystal Lake still completely
> open-at Willoughby I counted 297 Mallards, 10 Black, 15 Common Goldeneye
> and a late Ring-necked Duck
>
>
>
> Bob Stymeist and Martha Steele
>
> Westmore VT
> Arlington MA
>
>
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