Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, USA, 24/12/2008 to 03/01/2009

A non birding trip the following were seen whilst out & about during the visit. The weather was mainly freezing cold with snow, even the seashore had frozen by the new year.

24/12/2008 - Apponagansett Bay, MA.
Bufflehead - Small mixed sex groups on the water.

25/12/2008 - Apponagansett Bay, MA.
Brant/Brent Goose - Flock of about a dozen flying in to the water next to the bridge.

26/12/2008 - En route to New Hampshire.
Red-Tailed Hawk - Sitting by roadside outside Boston.

27/12/2008 - North Conway, NH.
Raven - Being mobbed by two American Crows.

28/12/2008 - Cranmore Mountain, NH.
Bluejay, Black-Capped Chickadee - In the trees next to the ski-lift.

29/12/2008 - Bethell, ME.
Bluejay, Red-Tailed Hawk - Amongst trees alongside the road.

30/12/2008 - Apponagansett Bay, MA.
Brent/Brant Goose, Eider - On the bay's water.

30/12/2008 - Brooklawn Green, New Bedford, MA.
Ring-Billed Gull (20+), Herring Gull (~6), Great Black-Backed Gull (2 adults, 3 juveniles).
- All on the pond in mixed gull flock/roost.

31/12/2008 - Apponagansett Bay, MA.
Brant (18), Bufflehead (~6), Mallard, Goldeneye (male), Ring-Billed Gull (20+).
- The heavy snowfall maybe forced the birds closer to the shore, particularly the brants.

01/01/2009 - South Dartmouth.
American Robin, Ring-Billed Gull, Northern Flicker, Eider.
- On the road-trip to & from the mall, the flicker was in a garden's bush, the eider off padanaram bridge.

02/01/2009 - Apponagansett Bay, MA.
Great Black-Backed Gull, Black Duck (6-10), Brant Goose, Bufflehead.
- All on the bay's shore, with the black duck finally seen here, & only a surprise that I haven't seen them more often.

02/01/2009 - En route to Sachuest Point, RI.
Cardinal (4), Cooper's Hawk?
- The hawk flew over Crescent Road, Middletown, near to a petrol station, too brief a view to tell whether it was a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk but a good sighting nonetheless.

03/01/2009 - Quincy, MA.
Cardinal, Black-Capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker.
- All seen in the 'parking lot' prior to going to the airport!

3 new species.