Wednesday 1/25: Forest Grove and Flowed Meadow: picked out the Lesser Black-back on the ice and there were a few coots around. Walking to the landfill and around was a waste though. Thursday 1/26: Paine was quiet. Friday 1/27: Rainy. Saturday 1/28: Planned to go scan the Middlesex county portion of the Merrimack and then [...]
Wednesday 1/18: River walk had first of year Bufflehead and a female had joined the male goldeneye. Thursday 1/19: Nothing at Beaver Brook. Friday 1/20: Iceland Gull was almost a driveby at Moody St. Nothing else good among the gulls (although the Lesser was apparently around later). Two Ring-necks at the Woerd Ave boat ramp [...]
The duck walk meant that I was unable to join the BBC gull workshop field trip Sunday. That turned out to be a very good thing (in addition to all the stuff on the walk) as I headed out midafternoon to poke around the Waltham St. Fields and check on the Lark Sparrow. Parking at [...]
Sunday morning was the Waltham Land Trust’s annual duck walk. It was a bit on the cool side, but not brutal. The sun was out and there was no wind. The recent freeze had finally pushed some birds onto the Charles and the 25 or so people that joined me had a great time. Some [...]
Wednesday 1/11: Charles had all the usual stuff. Thursday 1/12: Too rainy. Friday 1/13: Too windy (and possibly rainy) at Purgatory Cove, couldn’t find anything good. Coots were just down from Norumbega, nothing at Charlesbank. Saturday 1/14: Poked around the Charles a bit. Iceland Gull, 2 goldeneye, 3 Ring-necks were about it. Sunday 1/15: Too [...]
Wednesday 1/4: Hardy Pond: few mergansers, swans, geese, gulls. Not much still open. Thursday 1/5: Lot 1 had 6 waxwings and 19 turkeys. Friday 1/6: Duck ponds were mostly frozen but had the usual Mallard, Black, and Hooded Merganser. Also 10 turkeys and a Winter Wren (#84 for the site). Saturday 1/7: Walked from home [...]
Wednesday 12/28: BBN: coyote, 7 Song Sparrows in one bush, lots of juncos, not much else. Thursday 12/29: Paine, nothing exciting. Friday 12/30: Purgatory Cove was frozen. The river was still somewhat open. Lots of mallards and black ducks, plus many gulls on the ice. Twelve or so coots visible (and a few more from [...]
Overall birds: 300 even, 13 new (all in CO) Massachusetts: 252 (5 new) Middlesex County: 198 (2 new) Waltham: 157 (new high, 7 new) Yard: 57 (2 new: Common Redpoll, Wild Turkey) Western Greenway: 114 (4 new: Rusty Blackbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Nighthawk, Clay-colored Sparrow) Charles: 97 (9 new: Great Horned Owl, Greater White-fronted Goose, [...]
Wednesday 12/21: Hardy Pond had very little. Cambridge Res had a ton of Hoodies along with Wigeon, Ruddy, Black Duck, Mallard, and Common Mergansers. Squirrel came back for the first time in a few weeks. Thursday 12/22: BBN had a flicker, 3 red-wings (should have walked that part Sunday I guess) and a ton of [...]