Monday, January 17, 2011

Bay Club Survey

Location: Bay Club, Mattapoisett
Observation date: 1/16/11
Notes: Spectacular show of Red-tailed Hawk pair sunning together.
Number of species: 11

Red-tailed Hawk 2
Herring Gull 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 10

Monday, October 25, 2010

October 23, 2010 - Cumberland Farms

Canada Goose , Turkey Vulture , Northern Harrier , Sharp-shinned Hawk , Cooper's Hawk , American Kestrel , Merlin , Killdeer , Wilson's Snipe , Northern Flicker , Blue Jay , American Crow , Black-capped Chickadee , Tufted Titmouse , American Robin , Northern Mockingbird , European Starling , American Pipit , Yellow-rumped Warbler , Blackpoll Warbler , American Tree Sparrow , Savannah Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow , White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird , Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird , House Finch, American Goldfinch, Gull (sp)

Sunday, October 3, 2010

October 2, 2010 - Bird Club Cuttyhunk Trip

Well we had an absolutely perfect day on Cuttyhunk! The following species were only some of what the group saw. Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Double crested Cormorant, Herring Gull, Laughing Gull, Ring Billed Gull, Black Backed Gull, Rock Dove , Mourning Dove, Tree Swallow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Probable Lincolns Sparrow, Common Eider, White Winged Scoter, Surf Scoter,Broad winged Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Coopers Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon,Carolina Wren, House Wren, Yellow Rumped Warbler, Northern Parula, Redstart, Black Throated Green, Yellow, Prairie, Ruby crown Kinglet, Golden Crown Kinglet, Belted Kingfisher, Catbird, Mockingbird,Cedar Waxwing, Red Breasted Nuthatch, White Breasted Nuthatch, Great Blue Heron,American Goldfinch, House Finch, Purple Finch,White Throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Osprey, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Yellow bellied Sapsucker, Red Eyed Vireo, Blue Headed Vireo, Phoebe, Pee Wee, Eastern Towhee (thousands) Dark eyed Junco,Black poll Warbler, Northern Harrier(nice Male) Palm Warbler, Probable Oriole, Chipping Sparrow, American Robin,Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, BlueBird, American Crow, Pied Billed Grebe, Brown Thrasher, Common Yellowthroat, House Sparrow, Very probable Sora(seen by only one observer) Starlings, Indigo Bunting, Yellow Billed Cuckoo, and I'm sure something I omitted. All in all a perfect day and Thank-you to our guest, Mary Keleher, Bob Stymeist, Mike Sylvia, and John Dailey, This is a trip that I would like to make an annual event. A seal Watch aboard the Cutty Hunk ferry planned for later this early Winter. Your Pres. Mike LaBossiere

Monday, August 9, 2010

August 7 Shorebird Walk - Fairhaven

American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Oystercatcher
Barn Swallow
Black-bellied Plover
Carolina Wren
Common Eider
Common Loon
Common Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Dowitcher sp.
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Greater Yellowlegs
Green Heron
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Mockingbird
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Ruddy Turnstone
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Sanderling
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Egret
Song Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Willet
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

June 27,. 2010 - Bay Club Census

catbird, Eastern Wood PeeWee, White Breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Eastern Towhee, Ovenbird, American Goldfinch, Housefinch, Chipping Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Veery, Tufted Titmouse, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, RZew Winged Blackbird, Bluebird, Black Capped chickadee, Great Crested Flycatcher, Herring Gull, Chimney Swift, Killdeer (with young) Canada Goose, Tree Swallow,Common Grackle, MOurning Dove, Baltimore Oriole, Yellow Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Kingbird(building nest) Common Yellwthroat, Pine Warbler, Barn Swallow

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

June 2010 - Maine trip

Birds of Maine June 2010

Blackbird, Red-winged
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Chickadee
Cormorant
Creeper, Brown
Crow
Dove, Mourning
Dove, Rock
Egret, Great
Egret, Snowy
Finch, Gold
Finch, Purple
Flicker
Flycatcher, Least
Grackle
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
Gull, ring-billed
Gull, Blackbacked
Hawk, Broadwinged
Hawk, Red-tailed
Heron, Great Blue
Hummingbird
Kildeer
Kingllet
Least tern
Loon
Mallard
Merganser
Nuthatch, Red breasted



Nuthatch, White breasted
Osprey
Ovenbird
Peewee
Phoebe
Raven
Robin
Ruffed grouse
Sandpiper, Spotted
Scarlet Tanager
Sparrow, Chipping
Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, White-throat
Spotted Sandpiper
Starling
Swallow, Barn
Swallow, Tree
Swift, Chimney
Thrush, Hermit
Thrush, Swainson’s
Turkey
Veery
Vireo, Blueheaded
Vireo, red-eyed
Vulture, Turkey
Warbler, Baybreasted
Warbler, Black & White
Warbler, Blackburnian
Warbler, Black-throated Blue



Warbler, Black-throated Green
Warbler, Common Yellow Throat
Warbler, Nashville
Warbler, Northern Parula
Warbler, Pine
Warbler, Redstart
Warbler, Yellow Throat
Warbler, Yellow-rump
Willet
Winter Wren
Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Piliated
Woodpecker, Red-bellied
Woodpecker, Yellow bellied Sapsucker

May 31- Bay Club census

May 31, 2010 - Bay Club census - Towhee 6,Titmouse 1 ,Cowbird 2,Chipping Sparrow 6, Veery 2, Catbird 3, Yellow warbler (?), Nuthatch 1, Robin 4, House finch 1, Oriole 5, Great crested flycatcher 4, Tree swallow 5, Red-bellied woodpecker 2, Cedar waxwing 12, Goldfinch 5, Pine warbler 7, Song sparrow 3 , Red wing Blackbird 5, Grackle 5, House sparrow 1, Bluebird 4, Red-eyed vireo 2, Warbling vireo 4, Flicker 1. Ovenbird 1, Downy woodpecker 1, Eastern wood peewee 1, Blue jay 2, Eastern king bird 1, Canada geese 2 adult and 2 young, Mourning dove 1, Red tail hawk 4, Phoebe 1, Cardinal 1, Turkey vulture 2, Hummingbird 1, Great blue heron 2, Carolina wren 1, Black & white warbler 1, Barn swallow 2, 41---a nice round number! Plus several golfers claiming to have had birdies.