Some highlights from Superbowl of Birding Weekend (not that I competed). Saturday: Brown Thrasher, Dunback Meadow Common Redpoll, yard bird #96! Sunday: Thick-billed Murre, Jodrey Pier Adult Iceland Gull, Jodrey Pier
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Duck Walk
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Still haven’t looked at my pictures, but here’s WCAC’s news report: And some additional footage:
Charles Winter Birds
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
A few shots from today along the Charles Young male Common Goldeneye American Coot hiding About half the Ring-neck flock The day’s highlight, a Red-breasted Merganser (my second along the river) And my third a few feet away Raccoon? tracks
1649 checklists?
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
Since I apparently submitted 1649 checklists to eBird last year, I figured I should explain how. Some background first: A number of years ago, I went to see what my month lists looked like (actually half-months). According to my records, I had never seen a pigeon in September and there were many similar gaps. In [...]
Greater Boston CBC 2010
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Last Sunday was the Greater Boston Christmas Bird Count. As usual, I led the Waltham section. We had a mixed day, on the lower end for diversity (well technically exactly average) but had many high counts. The day started at 5AM, when I walked down the street hoping the Great Horned Owl would be calling. [...]
Bird of the Year 2010
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
For the 10,000 Birds Best Bird of the Year post: With 21 life birds, 10 state birds, 5 county birds, and 6 city birds, not to mention reacquainting myself with an additional 310+ species, there’s lots to choose from. So the runners up… Top life birds: Pink-footed Goose, Roseate Spoonbill (photo from later), Great Skua, [...]
Check Every Bird
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Based on a discussion from today’s sightings, a couple points that are worth repeating every so often: Check every bird Walking around Hardy Pond today (after a 7:30 AM reverse-911 call warning of icy conditions), I watched a medium-sized hawk fly up and land on a pole. Almost certainly a Cooper’s, but I took a [...]
Harry Day
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Today’s the one year anniversary of Harry showing up. Since I never got around to writing up the banding process, I figured this would be a good time to do so. The process began when Trevor Lloyd-Evans, banding director at Manomet, came by to drop off a couple traps. We set them out under the [...]
Pink
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
As promised, chased the Pink-footed Goose today. After driving around Nine Acre Corner and vicinity a bit, we finally stopped at Davis Field. Fortunately, Officer Harris pulled in right next to us and directed us to the back field. After a good bit of searching, we successfully located the goose in the back corner. Views [...]
250/200
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Just noticed that the Canvasback last week was #250 in the state, about time I reached that number (only 80+ behind the record). For another year milestone, I ran over to the Cambridge Res today at lunch hoping to catch up with the Horned Grebe that’s been around for a few days (thanks Marj and [...]