Waltham 2007

Here’s a list of birds and bugs seen in Waltham in 2007 with date of first sighting and place. Italics is on the yard list and Bold is new to Waltham.

Birds

  1. Canada Goose (1/2, Lyman)
  2. Mute Swan (1/1, HP from yard)
  3. Wood Duck (1/21, Charles)
  4. American Black Duck (1/4, Charles)
  5. Mallard (1/2, Lyman)
  6. Green-winged Teal (1/21, Charles)
  7. Ring-necked Duck (1/18, Charles)
  8. Bufflehead (4/19, HP from yard)
  9. Common Goldeneye (2/1, Charles)
  10. Hooded Merganser (1/2, Lyman)
  11. Common Merganser (1/8, Hardy Pond)
  12. Ruddy Duck (4/29, Hardy Pond)
  13. Ring-necked Pheasant (4/26, Met State)
  14. Wild Turkey (6/2, Met State)
  15. Horned Grebe (11/10, Cambridge Res)
  16. Double-crested Cormorant (4/5, Hardy Pond)
  17. Great Blue Heron (1/4, Charles)
  18. Green Heron (5/14, Lyman)
  19. Black-crowned Night-Heron (6/11, Lot 1)
  20. Turkey Vulture (1/9, Paine)
  21. Northern Harrier (9/5, yard)
  22. Sharp-shinned Hawk (3/11, Charles)
  23. Cooper’s Hawk (1/4, Charles)
  24. Broad-winged Hawk (8/27, Prospect Hill)
  25. Red-tailed Hawk (1/3, Paine)
  26. American Kestrel (1/2, UMass Field Station)
  27. Merlin (9/14, Met State)
  28. Virginia Rail (3/28, Leitha)
  29. American Coot (2/1, Charles)
  30. Killdeer (3/5, UMass Field Station)
  31. Lesser Yellowlegs (10/3, Lyman)
  32. Solitary Sandpiper (4/29, Met State)
  33. Spotted Sandpiper (5/10, UMass Field Station)
  34. Least Sandpiper (8/16, Lyman)
  35. American Woodcock (3/30, Lot 1)
  36. Ring-billed Gull (1/1, HP from yard)
  37. Herring Gull (1/2, Lyman)
  38. Iceland Gull (1/31, Stanley)
  39. Great Black-backed Gull (1/8, Hardy Pond)
  40. Rock Pigeon (1/2, Main at Linden)
  41. Mourning Dove (1/1, yard)
  42. Black-billed Cuckoo (5/30, Paine)
  43. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (5/16, Paine)
  44. Eastern Screech-Owl (1/2, Lyman)
  45. Great Horned Owl (4/29, Met State)
  46. Common Nighthawk (5/20, yard)
  47. Chimney Swift (4/29, Hardy Pond)
  48. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (6/22, Paine)
  49. Belted Kingfisher (7/30, Hardy Pond)
  50. Red-bellied Woodpecker (1/7, Prospect Hill)
  51. Downy Woodpecker (1/1, yard)
  52. Hairy Woodpecker (1/19, Prospect Hill)
  53. Northern Flicker (2/20, Paine)
  54. Eastern Wood-Pewee (5/16, Paine)
  55. Eastern Phoebe (3/14, Prospect Hill)
  56. Great Crested Flycatcher (5//12, Prospect hill)
  57. Eastern Kingbird (5/3, Charles)
  58. Blue-headed Vireo (4/24, Prospect Hill)
  59. Warbling Vireo (5/9, Lyman Pond)
  60. Red-eyed Vireo (5/16, Paine)
  61. Blue Jay (1/1, yard)
  62. American Crow (1/1, yard)
  63. Fish Crow (1/4, Charles)
  64. Common Raven (5/2, Prospect Hill)
  65. Tree Swallow (4/11, Hardy Pond)
  66. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (5/3, Charles)
  67. Bank Swallow (5/19, Hardy Pond)
  68. Barn Swallow (5/10, UMass Field Station)
  69. Black-capped Chickadee (1/1, yard)
  70. Tufted Titmouse (1/1, yard)
  71. Red-breasted Nuthatch (8/13, Paine)
  72. White-breasted Nuthatch (1/1, yard)
  73. Carolina Wren (1/21, Charles)
  74. House Wren (6/11, Lot 1)
  75. Golden-crowned Kinglet (1/31, Prospect Hill)
  76. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (11/23, Charles)
  77. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (4/29, Met State)
  78. Veery (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  79. Hermit Thrush (1/20, Met State)
  80. Wood Thrush (5/10, Leitha)
  81. American Robin (1/3, WHS)
  82. Gray Catbird (5/3, yard)
  83. Northern Mockingbird (1/1, yard)
  84. Brown Thrasher (8/30, Met State)
  85. European Starling (1/1, yard)
  86. Cedar Waxwing (3/27, Leitha)
  87. Blue-winged Warbler (6/23, Lot 1)
  88. Tennessee Warbler (5/16, Paine)
  89. Nashville Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  90. Northern Parula (5/7, Paine)
  91. Yellow Warbler (5/3, Charles)
  92. Chestnut-sided Warbler (5/16, Beaver Brook)
  93. Magnolia Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  94. Black-throated Blue Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  95. Yellow-rumped Warbler (1/4, Charles)
  96. Black-throated Green Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  97. Pine Warbler (4/23, Paine)
  98. Palm Warbler (4/21, Met State)
  99. Blackpoll Warbler (5/10, UMass Field Station)
  100. Black-and-white Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  101. American Redstart (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  102. Ovenbird (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  103. Common Yellowthroat (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  104. Canada Warbler (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  105. Scarlet Tanager (5/19, Prospect Hill)
  106. Eastern Towhee (5/1, Met State)
  107. American Tree Sparrow (2/23, Paine)
  108. Chipping Sparrow (4/11, WHS)
  109. Field Sparrow (10/16, Waverly Oaks)
  110. Savannah Sparrow (5/3, Charles)
  111. Fox Sparrow (3/17, yard)
  112. Lincoln’s Sparrow (10/16, Waverly Oaks)
  113. Song Sparrow (1/8, Hardy Pond)
  114. Swamp Sparrow (4/26, Met State)
  115. White-throated Sparrow (1/1, yard)
  116. White-crowned Sparrow (5/5, yard)
  117. Dark-eyed Junco (1/3, Paine)
  118. Snow Bunting (12/23, UMass)
  119. Northern Cardinal (1/1, yard)
  120. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5/8, Prospect Hill)
  121. Indigo Bunting (5/7, Paine Estate)
  122. Red-winged Blackbird (2/18, Charles)
  123. Eastern Meadowlark (9/27, UMass)
  124. Common Grackle (2/25, Miriam)
  125. Brown-headed Cowbird (3/21, Miriam)
  126. Orchard Oriole (5/29, Charles)
  127. Baltimore Oriole (5/4, Leitha)
  128. House Finch (1/1, yard)
  129. American Goldfinch (1/1, yard)
  130. House Sparrow (1/1, yard)

Yard: 54

New: 12

Odes

  1. Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) (5/30, Paine)
  2. Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis) (6/16, Met State)
  3. Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis) (6/24, Charles)
  4. Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis) (8/1, Charles)
  5. Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) (6/10, yard)
  6. Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans) (5/29, Charles)
  7. Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum) (6/25, Lyman Pond)
  8. Orange Bluet (Enallagma signatum) (6/24, Charles)
  9. Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita) (5/29, Charles)
  10. Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) (5/10, yard)
  11. Sedge Sprite (Nehalennia irene) (6/8, yard)
  12. Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta) (7/29, Prospect Hill)
  13. Black-tipped Darner (Aeshna tuberculifera) (7/26, Paine)
  14. Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa) (9/12, WHS)
  15. Common Green Darner (Anax junius) (5/9, Lyman Pond)
  16. Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) (5/29, yard)
  17. Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps) (6/15, UMass)
  18. Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa) (9/1, Met State)
  19. Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa) (6/24, Met State)
  20. Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) (6/22, Paine)
  21. Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) (5/12, Prospect Hill)
  22. Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) (7/14, Charles)
  23. Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) (8/2, Paine)
  24. Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella) (6/24, Met State)
  25. Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) (6/21, Paine)
  26. Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) (6/18, Lyman Pond)
  27. Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) (6/27, Hardy Pond)
  28. Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum) (6/16, Met State)
  29. Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) (7/29, Prospect Hill)
  30. Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum) (8/15, Prospect Hill)
  31. Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) (8/1, Stanley)

Butterflies

  1. Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) (6/2, UMass Field Station)
  2. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) (5/21, Paine) (first Tiger sp. 5/8 Lincoln St)
  3. Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) (6/28, Prospect Hill)
  4. Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) (4/23, Paine)
  5. Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) (5/8, Prospect Hill)
  6. Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) (6/15, UMass)
  7. Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius) (9/18, Lyman)
  8. American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) (6/11, Lot 1)
  9. Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) (6/21, Paine)
  10. Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops) (7/31, Prospect Hill)
  11. Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) (5/8, Prospect Hill)
  12. Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) (7/29, Prospect Hill)
  13. Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas) (6/11, Lot 1)
  14. Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) (5/1, Met State)
  15. Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) (7/5, Paine)
  16. Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) (6/11, Lot 1)
  17. Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) (6/21, Paine)
  18. Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) (3/27, Paine)
  19. American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) (5/29, yard)
  20. Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) (6/15, WHS)
  21. Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) (6/24, Met State) this one had a mild white band, so Hybrid Admiral is more accurate
  22. Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) (5/30, Paine)
  23. Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia/inornata) (5/30, Paine)
  24. Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) (7/29, Prospect Hill)
  25. Monarch (Danaus plexippus) (6/21, Paine)
  26. Silver-spotted Skipper* (Epagyreus clarus) (6/11, Lot 1)
  27. Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) (6/19, Prospect Hill)
  28. Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus) (6/22, Paine)
  29. Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades) (6/19, Prospect Hill)
  30. Dreamy Duskywing (Erynnis icelus) (6/11, Lot 1)
  31. Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis) (5/7, Paine)
  32. Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptise) (7/16, Prospect Hill)
  33. Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) (6/7, Waverly Oaks)
  34. Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor) (6/11, Lot 1)
  35. European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) (6/16, Paine)
  36. Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) (8/31, UMass)
  37. Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius) (5/29, yard)
  38. Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles) (6/19, Prospect Hill)
  39. Long Dash (Polites mystic) (6/11, Lot 1)
  40. Northern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia egeremet) (7/29, Prospect Hill)
  41. Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok) (6/6, Paine)

Mammals

  1. Whitetail Deer (6/30, Lot 1)
  2. Raccoon (4/2, Lexington St.)
  3. Gray Squirrel (1/1, yard)
  4. Eastern Chipmunk (2/28, yard)
  5. Eastern Cottontail (2/18, Charles)
  6. Woodchuck (7/2, Kennedy)
  7. Red Fox (11/??, Trapelo)

Other stuff

  • First yellowjacket 3/3 (Lyman Pond)
  • Wood Frog (4/1)
  • Spring Peeper (4/8)
  • Painted Turtle (4/9)
  • Snapping Turtle (5/3)
  • Garter Snake (4/21)
  • Grasshopper (5/7)
  • Bat (late date 11/29)