6:00 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: After reaching the end of the road on the island we took a brief walk out from the carpark to the beach, & back again.
Weather: bright, sunny, cooling breeze.
11 species
Osprey 2 over the sea.
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern X
Tree Swallow X
Grey Catbird X
Cedar Waxwing 1 alighted in the small trees around the carpark.
Common Yellowthroat 1 male, briefly showed at the top of a tall shrub as I sat in the car. Striking bandit's mask stood out in the sunlight.
American Redstart 2 total; the first was a female on the ground in the carpark at the front of our car. An unusual please to see one, on the ground, but great to get such a close look! The second I saw when I took a brief walk up a small path just off the carpark.
Yellow Warbler X - a few adults in low shrubs around the area with vociferous young in tow.
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Sunday, 14 July 2013
Parker River NWR--Salt Pans, Essex, MA, USA, 13-Jul-2013
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Family roadtrip to a place I have been reading about for ages. We drove the length of the island & back again, hardly venturing out due to the swarms of biting green-headed flies. On the way back dusk has set so mosquitoes cam out instead, but a wonderful place nonetheless & I hope to return many times as there were lots of birds.
Weather: bright, sunny & very hot.
12 species
Snowy Egret 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper X
Least Tern X
Eastern Kingbird X
Tree Swallow 2
Grey Catbird X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14695560
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Family roadtrip to a place I have been reading about for ages. We drove the length of the island & back again, hardly venturing out due to the swarms of biting green-headed flies. On the way back dusk has set so mosquitoes cam out instead, but a wonderful place nonetheless & I hope to return many times as there were lots of birds.
Weather: bright, sunny & very hot.
12 species
Snowy Egret 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper X
Least Tern X
Eastern Kingbird X
Tree Swallow 2
Grey Catbird X
European Starling X
Song Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14695560
Plum Island--North End, Essex, MA, USA, 13-Jul-2013
3:50 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Comments: With Kim. Weather: bright, warm some clouds.
3 species
Purple Martin X - at lighthouse gourds. An easy life-tick.
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle X
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Protocol: Incidental
Comments: With Kim. Weather: bright, warm some clouds.
3 species
Purple Martin X - at lighthouse gourds. An easy life-tick.
Northern Cardinal 1
Common Grackle X
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Sunday, 30 June 2013
Olmsted Park--Willow Pond and Meadow, Suffolk, MA, USA, 29-Jun-2013
6:55 PM - 7:16 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Second part of a small patch visit. Even more mozzies at this part of the park so I quickly walked through, but on the way back I had a nice surprise.
6 species
Mallard 5 including 4 chicks.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 adult. As I walked back towards to Leverett Pond a man was crouched taking photos of what I assumed was the reflection in one of the pools. As I got closer I saw he was actually photographing this heron which was close to the path. It soon flew off as it saw me, but after briefly updating the finder as to what it was, I walked round the other side of the pond where I watched it from near the road. Resplendent in breeding plumage it was motionless for a long while but when a mallard family bustled through it flew off to Leverett Pond where I did not see it again when I walked back that way. Site-tick.
American Robin X
Song Sparrow 1 heard singing in the meadow.
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564122
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Second part of a small patch visit. Even more mozzies at this part of the park so I quickly walked through, but on the way back I had a nice surprise.
6 species
Mallard 5 including 4 chicks.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 adult. As I walked back towards to Leverett Pond a man was crouched taking photos of what I assumed was the reflection in one of the pools. As I got closer I saw he was actually photographing this heron which was close to the path. It soon flew off as it saw me, but after briefly updating the finder as to what it was, I walked round the other side of the pond where I watched it from near the road. Resplendent in breeding plumage it was motionless for a long while but when a mallard family bustled through it flew off to Leverett Pond where I did not see it again when I walked back that way. Site-tick.
American Robin X
Song Sparrow 1 heard singing in the meadow.
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564122
Olmsted Park--Leverett Pond, Suffolk, MA, USA, 29-Jun-2013
6:25 PM - 6:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Another later patch visit - plenty of mosquitoes about so I couldn't linger unfortunately.
7:16pm to 7:30pm on the way back.
Weather: bright & sunny, breeze (N).
15 species
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
American Robin X
Grey Catbird 1 heard.
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 , a site-tick.
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564075
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Another later patch visit - plenty of mosquitoes about so I couldn't linger unfortunately.
7:16pm to 7:30pm on the way back.
Weather: bright & sunny, breeze (N).
15 species
Canada Goose X
American Black Duck X
Mallard X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
American Robin X
Grey Catbird 1 heard.
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 1 , a site-tick.
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564075
Monday, 24 June 2013
Olmsted Park--Leverett Pond, Suffolk, MA, USA, 23-Jun-2013
7:55 PM - 8:27 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: An evening patch visit with mum.
Weather: hot & sticky; dusk.
11 species
Canada Goose X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Northern Flicker 1 dusting itself in the dust of the batting zone on the software pitch.
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 including one juvenile. Flying over the water calling as they frequently exchanged food. Both were brown therefore not tree swallow.
American Robin X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564059
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: An evening patch visit with mum.
Weather: hot & sticky; dusk.
11 species
Canada Goose X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Northern Flicker 1 dusting itself in the dust of the batting zone on the software pitch.
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 including one juvenile. Flying over the water calling as they frequently exchanged food. Both were brown therefore not tree swallow.
American Robin X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
House Sparrow X
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14564059
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