12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Second part of post-Thanksgiving walk. The woods were very quiet, almost dead, with not even a feeding party moving through.
Weather: Bright, sunny, cold, windy (E).
11 species
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Bufflehead X
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Red-winged Blackbird X - heard singing from undergrowth.
House Sparrow X
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Saturday 26 November 2011
Gooseberry Neck, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, 25-Nov-2011
9:10 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Out for another post-Thanksgiving walk. I walked the single trail then around the headland on the shore before re-joining the trail back. All ducks & loons out at sea, in small groups or larger rafts of up to 20.
Weather: Bright, sunny, windy (E).
20 species
Canada Goose 6 overhead.
Harlequin Duck 1 close-in, near to the rocks just off the car-park.
Greater Scaup 8
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 10
White-winged Scoter 10
Bufflehead 5
Red-throated Diver 6
Great Northern Diver 6
Horned/Slavonian Grebe 10
Northern Harrier 1
Grey Plover 2
Sanderling 10
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
SNOWY OWL 1 flew up from the roadside as I drove across the spit to the car-park. Unmistakable large & white (indicating a male) with different wing shape to the gulls which soon mobbed it all the way to the main shore. It had disappeared, probably inland, by the time I stopped the car & got my 'scope out. After the walk we drove along to Horseneck Beach, to see if it could be re-located but no further sign there or anywhere along the way.
Palm Warbler 1 flew low from the shrubs onto the path where it bobbed its tail. It then flew back to a shrub showing its yellow undertail coverts. It looked like a Western-type from the rest of its dull plumage.
Double-crested Cormorant 4 on rocks off headland.
Song Sparrow 1 on ground in bushes near to car-park on the way out.
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Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Out for another post-Thanksgiving walk. I walked the single trail then around the headland on the shore before re-joining the trail back. All ducks & loons out at sea, in small groups or larger rafts of up to 20.
Weather: Bright, sunny, windy (E).
20 species
Canada Goose 6 overhead.
Harlequin Duck 1 close-in, near to the rocks just off the car-park.
Greater Scaup 8
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 10
White-winged Scoter 10
Bufflehead 5
Red-throated Diver 6
Great Northern Diver 6
Horned/Slavonian Grebe 10
Northern Harrier 1
Grey Plover 2
Sanderling 10
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
SNOWY OWL 1 flew up from the roadside as I drove across the spit to the car-park. Unmistakable large & white (indicating a male) with different wing shape to the gulls which soon mobbed it all the way to the main shore. It had disappeared, probably inland, by the time I stopped the car & got my 'scope out. After the walk we drove along to Horseneck Beach, to see if it could be re-located but no further sign there or anywhere along the way.
Palm Warbler 1 flew low from the shrubs onto the path where it bobbed its tail. It then flew back to a shrub showing its yellow undertail coverts. It looked like a Western-type from the rest of its dull plumage.
Double-crested Cormorant 4 on rocks off headland.
Song Sparrow 1 on ground in bushes near to car-park on the way out.
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Friday 25 November 2011
Smith Neck Road & Area, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA, 24-Nov-2011
2:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Post-Thanksgiving walk around local area, including later walk down to the shore at Apponagansett Bay.
Weather: Bright, sunny, cold, no breeze.
21 species
Canada Goose 100, all day in the field opposite the house.
Wild Turkey 12, earlier in the day, through the yard then back again into the woods.
Bufflehead X
Great Northern Diver X
Turkey Vulture X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Mourning Dove 30, feeding in the fields amongst the geese & in the trees next to the field.
Belted Kingfisher, 1 on small jetty on the bay. It sat for quite a while.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 in trees in other next door yard.
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow 2
Carolina Wren X - heard.
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird, 1 in bush on roadside as I walked to the shore.
Dark-eyed Junco, 4 in the low side bushes adjoining the other next door yard.
White-throated Sparrow, 4 in the low side bushes adjoining the other next door yard.
Starling X
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle 6
House Sparrow X
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Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: Post-Thanksgiving walk around local area, including later walk down to the shore at Apponagansett Bay.
Weather: Bright, sunny, cold, no breeze.
21 species
Canada Goose 100, all day in the field opposite the house.
Wild Turkey 12, earlier in the day, through the yard then back again into the woods.
Bufflehead X
Great Northern Diver X
Turkey Vulture X
Red-tailed Hawk X
Mourning Dove 30, feeding in the fields amongst the geese & in the trees next to the field.
Belted Kingfisher, 1 on small jetty on the bay. It sat for quite a while.
Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 in trees in other next door yard.
Downy Woodpecker X
Blue Jay X
American Crow 2
Carolina Wren X - heard.
American Robin 6
Northern Mockingbird, 1 in bush on roadside as I walked to the shore.
Dark-eyed Junco, 4 in the low side bushes adjoining the other next door yard.
White-throated Sparrow, 4 in the low side bushes adjoining the other next door yard.
Starling X
Northern Cardinal X
Common Grackle 6
House Sparrow X
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Sunday 20 November 2011
South End Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, 19-Nov-2011
12:00 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Leaving carpark to enter temporary accommodation on Worcester St.
2 species
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 overhead, low, spooking the cardinal. Small size, rounded wings. Life tick.
Northern Cardinal, 1 chipping alarm note.
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Protocol: Incidental
Comments: Leaving carpark to enter temporary accommodation on Worcester St.
2 species
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, 1 overhead, low, spooking the cardinal. Small size, rounded wings. Life tick.
Northern Cardinal, 1 chipping alarm note.
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Monday 14 November 2011
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, 13-Nov-2011
11:20 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: First post-emigration outing to an established location. Thought I'd check this place out before Spring when it's at its peak, & was shown around by a friendly lady who noticed I was birding.
Weather: Bright, sunny, cool.
14 species
Red-tailed Hawk, 2 soaring overhead.
Herring Gull, 1 over.
Mourning Dove X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
GREAT HORNED OWL, 2 in trees in the Dell to which I was taken by my newly-acquainted guide. One of the young birds was soon picked up in a tall oak. Its sibling was more difficult to find in another tree but I managed to find it after I was left alone to wander round the area. Life-tick.
Downy Woodpecker, 1 in tree next to Auburn Pond feeders.
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
American Robin X - several around Halcyon Lake.
Dark-eyed Junco X
White-throated Sparrow, 10 seen in total; an initial couple were spotted as I headed along Indian Path on the way down to the Dell, but several more seen on the way back.
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch 6, amongst the pines in the Dell.
House Sparrow X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
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Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments: First post-emigration outing to an established location. Thought I'd check this place out before Spring when it's at its peak, & was shown around by a friendly lady who noticed I was birding.
Weather: Bright, sunny, cool.
14 species
Red-tailed Hawk, 2 soaring overhead.
Herring Gull, 1 over.
Mourning Dove X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
GREAT HORNED OWL, 2 in trees in the Dell to which I was taken by my newly-acquainted guide. One of the young birds was soon picked up in a tall oak. Its sibling was more difficult to find in another tree but I managed to find it after I was left alone to wander round the area. Life-tick.
Downy Woodpecker, 1 in tree next to Auburn Pond feeders.
Blue Jay X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
American Robin X - several around Halcyon Lake.
Dark-eyed Junco X
White-throated Sparrow, 10 seen in total; an initial couple were spotted as I headed along Indian Path on the way down to the Dell, but several more seen on the way back.
Northern Cardinal X
American Goldfinch 6, amongst the pines in the Dell.
House Sparrow X - on Auburn Pond feeders.
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