YIR 2012

January:

January Wood Thrush

Plus continuing Lark Sparrow, Cassin’s Kingbird, Barnacle Goose, etc.

February:

Spotted Towhee

March:

 

Roseate Tern

FOY for the country I think.

Frigatebirds

Swallow-tailed Kite

Phantom DarnerGreat PondhawkAntillean Saddlebags

April:

Bonaparte's

With 4 Horned Grebes too

May:

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Clapper

Great Blue

June:

Chestnut-collared

July:

Least Tern

and

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

August:

Olive-sided Takeoff

September:

Horned Grebe

Great Cormorant, Arlington Res

Sparrow 1

Sparrow 2

October:

Wood Sandpiper

Grebes

Blue Grosbeak

And a second Connecticut

Lapwing 1

And a bunch of New Mexico stuff.

December:

Pine Grosbeak

 

For the year, 18 lifers (9 FL, 1 SC, 1 ME, 1 RI, 1 MA, 5 NM), 3 state birds, 2 county birds, 6 new for Waltham, and 4 for the yard. For the bugs, 24 new dragonflies (11 FL, 13 SC) and 1 for the state, 11 new butterflies (maybe more, still sorting through a few FL ones I think but 7 FL, 3 SC, 1 MA) and 2 for the state.

Birds of the year: Wood Sandpiper nationally, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck for MA, Least Tern locally.

Bug of the year: Phantom and Swamp Darners, Giant Swallowtail.