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 [...]
Sunday was the Greater Boston CBC, so I suppose I’m required to post a bit about it. Too cold for many pictures. I got up a little before 6, intending to go owling. That didn’t work out as my car really didn’t want to start. On the third attempt, I finally got it to start [...]
A few photos from chasing around Essex county yesterday: Cassin’s Kingbird (4th state record) Northern Shrike Sandhill Cranes calling (and vaguely visible) A few more photos
Sunday was supposed to be the last BBC pelagic of the year (actually the Saturday before but bad weather pushed it back). At the last minute, I decided to go and then spend Monday on the Cape, finally getting around to chasing the Brown Booby and anything else that was around. Unfortunately the trip was [...]
Some highlights from a snow-filled Waltham St. Fields today. Unhappy Killdeer Chipping Sparrow posing nicely ‘Yellow’ Palm Warbler Dickcissel Lark Sparrow continues Have a suspicion that there were two birds, although these photos are all of one.
The long weekend provided lots of birds. Sunday was the Big Sit, so I spent the day at the tower by parking lot 7 on Plum Island with Joshua Rose and Nick Paulson. Felt slower than last year but we ended up with 72 species (plus several things like peep sp) so it couldn’t have [...]
Nice series of events last night and this morning: 1. Laptop keyboard and trackpad stops working. 2. Make Apple store appointment for the morning. 3. Decide that even though it’s raining, might as well stop at Arlington Res on the way and hopefully find the Blue Grosbeak. 4. Arrive at Arlington Res, take quick look [...]
A few photos from the BBC trip to South Beach yesterday: Highlight of the day and a state bird, Royal Tern. Gray Seals were all over the ocean. Quite a few Cory’s Shearwaters were flying by and hundreds if not thousands of Wilson’s Storm-Petrels were around as well. Sanderling A mix of terns (Common, Forster’s, [...]