Patch 2011

Two patches this year: the Western Greenway and Charles River (Watertown Square to Norumbega). Goal is the 5 year average plus 5, so 120 for the Greenway and 73 for the Charles. Bold is a patch tick, italics is otherwise notable.

Greenway (95% as of 12/6)

  1. Mute Swan (3/22)
  2. Canada Goose (1/28)
  3. Wood Duck (2/17)
  4. American Black Duck (2/17)
  5. Mallard (1/3)
  6. Northern Pintail (1/5)
  7. Hooded Merganser (1/3, breeding 7/21?)
  8. Wild Turkey (4/7)
  9. Double-crested Cormorant (3/19)
  10. Great Blue Heron (4/17)
  11. Green Heron (5/5)
  12. Turkey Vulture (2/17)
  13. Osprey (4/26)
  14. Sharp-shinned Hawk (4/22)
  15. Cooper’s Hawk (1/8)
  16. Red-tailed Hawk (1/8)
  17. American Kestrel (4/27)
  18. Peregrine Falcon (1/25)
  19. Killdeer (3/19)
  20. Spotted Sandpiper (7/21)
  21. Solitary Sandpiper (5/25)
  22. American Woodcock (3/20)
  23. Ring-billed Gull (1/3)
  24. Herring Gull (4/10)
  25. Rock Pigeon (3/1)
  26. Mourning Dove (1/5)
  27. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (5/13)
  28. Black-billed Cuckoo (5/27)
  29. Great Horned Owl (1/8)
  30. Common Nighthawk (9/4)
  31. Chimney Swift (5/5)
  32. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (6/2)
  33. Belted Kingfisher (2/22)
  34. Red-bellied Woodpecker (1/7)
  35. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (4/17)
  36. Downy Woodpecker (1/3)
  37. Hairy Woodpecker (1/8)
  38. Northern Flicker (1/8)
  39. Eastern Wood-Pewee (5/24)
  40. Willow Flycatcher (5/28)
  41. Eastern Phoebe (4/7)
  42. Great Crested Flycatcher (5/3)
  43. Eastern Kingbird (4/27)
  44. Blue-headed Vireo (10/6)
  45. Warbling Vireo (5/16)
  46. Red-eyed Vireo (5/12)
  47. Blue Jay (1/5)
  48. American Crow (1/4)
  49. Common Raven (12/6)
  50. Tree Swallow (4/17)
  51. Barn Swallow (4/22)
  52. Black-capped Chickadee (1/3)
  53. Tufted Titmouse (1/3)
  54. Red-breasted Nuthatch (3/29)
  55. White-breasted Nuthatch (1/4)
  56. Brown Creeper (11/19)
  57. Carolina Wren (1/8)
  58. House Wren (4/22)
  59. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (4/22)
  60. Golden-crowned Kinglet (4/27)
  61. Eastern Bluebird (3/17)
  62. Hermit Thrush (3/29)
  63. Wood Thrush (5/3)
  64. American Robin (1/5)
  65. Northern Mockingbird (1/8)
  66. Brown Thrasher (4/17)
  67. Gray Catbird (5/3)
  68. European Starling (1/3)
  69. Cedar Waxwing (5/23)
  70. Blue-winged Warbler (5/24)
  71. Nashville Warbler (5/13)
  72. Northern Parula (5/3)
  73. Yellow Warbler (5/3)
  74. Chestnut-sided Warbler (5/3)
  75. Magnolia Warbler (5/25)
  76. Black-throated Blue Warbler (5/12)
  77. Black-throated Green Warbler (4/27)
  78. Yellow-rumped Warbler (4/19)
  79. Pine Warbler (4/6)
  80. Palm Warbler (4/19)
  81. Blackpoll Warbler (5/25)
  82. American Redstart (8/18)
  83. Black-and-white Warbler (4/27)
  84. Ovenbird (5/3)
  85. Northern Waterthrush (7/21)
  86. Louisiana Waterthrush (7/26)
  87. Common Yellowthroat (5/3)
  88. Eastern Towhee (5/3)
  89. American Tree Sparrow (1/3)
  90. Chipping Sparrow (4/14)
  91. Clay-colored Sparrow (9/26)
  92. Field Sparrow (4/10)
  93. Savannah Sparrow (4/17)
  94. Fox Sparrow (3/19)
  95. Song Sparrow (1/8)
  96. Lincoln’s Sparrow (9/18)
  97. Swamp Sparrow (4/17)
  98. White-throated Sparrow (1/3)
  99. White-crowned Sparrow (10/16)
  100. Dark-eyed Junco (1/3)
  101. Scarlet Tanager (5/9)
  102. Northern Cardinal (1/3)
  103. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (4/27)
  104. Indigo Bunting (5/13)
  105. Dickcissel (10/2)
  106. Orchard Oriole (5/25)
  107. Baltimore Oriole (4/27)
  108. Red-winged Blackbird (3/2)
  109. Brown-headed Cowbird (3/19)
  110. Rusty Blackbird (4/7)
  111. Common Grackle (2/24)
  112. House Finch (1/5)
  113. American Goldfinch (1/3)
  114. House Sparrow (1/3)

Butterflies (31):  Silver-spotted Skipper (6/6), Juvenal’s Duskywing (4/27), Least Skipper (8/2), European Skipper (6/20), Little Glassywing (6/28), Peck’s Skipper (8/6), Hobomok Skipper (5/28), Dun Skipper (7/27), Black Swallowtail (5/28), Spicebush Swallowtail (8/19), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (5/13), Clouded Sulphur (5/2), Cabbage White (4/17), American Copper (5/28), Banded Hairstreak (6/20), Cherry Gall Azure (5/24), Summer Azure (8/12),  Eastern Tailed-Blue (9/4), Monarch (7/19), Red-spotted Purple (8/18), Viceroy (5/28), American Lady (5/13), Painted Lady (5/28), Red Admiral (5/28), Mourning Cloak (4/10), Question Mark (5/25), Eastern Comma (4/10), Pearl Crescent (5/28), Appalachian Brown (7/19), Common Ringlet (5/28), Little Wood Satyr (5/28), Common Wood-Nymph (7/19)

Odes (24+): Ebony Jewelwing (6/6), Eastern Forktail (5/25), Common Green Darner (5/25), Canada Darner (9/13), Shadow Darner (9/13), Lance-tipped Darner (8/18), Common Baskettail (5/25) , Prince Baskettail (6/28), Mocha Emerald (7/19, probably had in the past, it may be the most common emerald around), Clamp-tipped Emerald (8/12), Calico Pennant (6/20), Eastern Pondhawk (7/15), Widow Skimmer (7/15), Common Whitetail (5/28), Slaty Skimmer (7/21), Twelve-spotted Skimmer (7/15), Blue Dasher (7/15), Spot-winged Glider (6/28),  Wandering Glider (8/6), Eastern Amberwing (8/3), Ruby/Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (7/19), Band-winged Meadowhawk (8/19), Autumn Meadowhawk (8/12), Black Saddlebags (7/26) [possible Springtime Darner 5/25]

Charles (133% as of 12/4)

  1. Greater White-fronted Goose (3/23)
  2. Canada Goose (1/2)
  3. Mute Swan (1/2)
  4. Wood Duck (1/23)
  5. Gadwall (3/14)
  6. American Wigeon (1/20)
  7. American Black Duck (1/2)
  8. Mallard (1/2)
  9. Blue-winged Teal (9/14)
  10. Green-winged Teal (9/14)
  11. Ring-necked Duck (1/2)
  12. Lesser Scaup (1/14)
  13. Bufflehead (11/4)
  14. Common Goldeneye (1/6)
  15. Barrow’s Goldeneye (1/2)
  16. Hooded Merganser (1/2)
  17. Common Merganser (1/2)
  18. Red-breasted Merganser (1/9)
  19. Pied-billed Grebe (9/23)
  20. Double-crested Cormorant (3/14)
  21. Great Cormorant (3/14)
  22. Green Heron (7/28)
  23. Great Blue Heron (1/2)
  24. Great Egret (8/11)
  25. Black-crowned Night-Heron (7/28)
  26. Turkey Vulture (5/1)
  27. Cooper’s Hawk (2/12)
  28. Red-tailed Hawk (1/9)
  29. Merlin (1/2)
  30. Virginia Rail (4/11)
  31. American Coot (1/9)
  32. Killdeer (4/12)
  33. Spotted Sandpiper (8/5)
  34. Solitary Sandpiper (8/5)
  35. Lesser Yellowlegs (9/24)
  36. Least Sandpiper (7/28)
  37. Semipalmated Sandpiper (8/29)
  38. Pectoral Sandpiper (9/18)
  39. Ring-billed Gull (1/2)
  40. Herring Gull (1/2)
  41. Iceland Gull (12/4)
  42. Lesser Black-backed Gull (3/14)
  43. Great Black-backed Gull (1/2)
  44. Rock Pigeon (1/2)
  45. Mourning Dove (1/2)
  46. Great Horned Owl (2/16)
  47. Belted Kingfisher (4/20)
  48. Chimney Swift (4/28)
  49. Red-bellied Woodpecker (5/1)
  50. Downy Woodpecker (1/2)
  51. Hairy Woodpecker (1/2)
  52. Northern Flicker (3/14)
  53. Great Crested Flycatcher (5/1)
  54. Eastern Phoebe (7/28)
  55. Eastern Kingbird (5/1)
  56. Warbling Vireo (5/6)
  57. Yellow-throated Vireo (5/1)
  58. Blue Jay (1/2)
  59. Common Raven (12/4)
  60. American Crow (1/6)
  61. Fish Crow (1/9)
  62. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (4/20)
  63. Tree Swallow (4/20)
  64. Bank Swallow (4/20)
  65. Barn Swallow (4/28)
  66. Black-capped Chickadee (1/2)
  67. Tufted Titmouse (1/28)
  68. White-breasted Nuthatch (1/2)
  69. Red-breasted Nuthatch (5/1)
  70. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (5/1)
  71. Carolina Wren (1/2)
  72. Golden-crowned Kinglet (1/2)
  73. American Robin (1/6)
  74. Northern Mockingbird (1/2)
  75. Gray Catbird (5/26)
  76. European Starling (1/2)
  77. Cedar Waxwing (2/12)
  78. Northern Parula (5/4)
  79. Yellow Warbler (4/28)
  80. Yellow-rumped Warbler (4/12)
  81. Pine Warbler (4/8)
  82. Palm Warbler (4/8)
  83. Common Yellowthroat (5/26)
  84. Chipping Sparrow (4/28)
  85. Song Sparrow (1/2)
  86. Swamp Sparrow (5/4)
  87. White-throated Sparrow (2/12)
  88. Dark-eyed Junco (1/2)
  89. Northern Cardinal (1/2)
  90. Red-winged Blackbird (3/2)
  91. Rusty Blackbird (3/30)
  92. Common Grackle (3/6)
  93. Brown-headed Cowbird (4/12)
  94. Baltimore Oriole (5/1)
  95. House Finch (1/20)
  96. American Goldfinch (1/2)
  97. House Sparrow (1/2)

Butterflies (3): Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (6/1), Cabbage White (5/1), Eastern Comma (5/1)

Odes (16): Blue-fronted Dancer (7/1), Violet Dancer (8/4), Powdered Dancer (8/4), Stream Bluet (6/1), Orange Bluet (6/8), Vesper Bluet (7/31), Fragile Forktail (7/18), Eastern Forktail (5/26), Common Green Darner (5/26), Common Baskettail (6/1), Prince Baskettail (6/8), Halloween Pennant (7/31), Eastern Pondhawk (7/28), Slaty Skimmer (8/4), Blue Dasher (7/18), Ruby/Cherry-faced Meadowhawk (7/31)