Month: July 2018

Wednesday 7/25: No shorebirds or much of anything at the duck ponds or BBN.

Thursday 7/26: Nothing particularly exciting at Farm Pond.

Friday 7/27: Usual at Forest Grove, House Wren was a river year bird.

Saturday 7/28: Nothing at Nine Acre. Ospreys had fledged at Knox Trail. Ayer section of Oxbow NWR had a Tennessee Warbler and a good number of other things. And lots of mosquitos.

Sunday 7/29: Great Egret and not much else at Draw Seven/Earhart. Showed Karsten and a visitor around Hanscom, got just about everything expected other than Prairie Warbler.

Monday 7/30: Parula, 2 Redstarts, probably more at BBN.

Tuesday 7/31: Tried for another early warbler at Nobscot but settled for a woodcock.

Wednesday 7/18: RB Nuthatch at Dunback.

Thursday 7/19: Usual at Lot 1. Hummingbird at Pease and a flock of ibis over 95 were interesting.

Friday 7/20: Pair of Pileateds among the usual at Heard.

Saturday 7/21: Went down to Westport for the day. Gooseberry was nice, although would have been nicer if the King Eider and any of the seabirds showed up. Did have a few shorebirds, some other oversummering ducks, the Great Cormorant, and a few other things. Couldn’t turn up Seaside Sparrows at Allen’s Pond but had a bunch of Saltmarsh, a White-eyed Vireo, and a bit more. Finished with 14 Bristol county birds. Stopped at Draw Seven (4-6 Common Terns, no shorebirds) and Blair Pond (2 Least Sandpipers) on the way home.

Sunday 7/22: Too rainy, quick pond loop had the 2 loons at Flint’s but little else.

Monday 7/23: Distant Least Bittern at Great Meadows, not much else.

Tuesday 7/24: Marsh Wren, Osprey, FOY Lance-tipped Darner at Round Hill.

Wednesday 7/11: Eagle among the usual at Forest Grove.

Thursday 7/12: Green Heron and not a whole lot else at Lindentree.

Friday 7/13: Clamp-tipped Emerald about it at BBN.

Saturday 7/14: Did a coastal swing. No migrants at Deer Island, did get a handful of new site birds but none were exactly exciting. Big feeding flock off the tip had me go all the way back for the scope, but couldn’t pull anything besides common gulls and terns. Belle Isle had a few shorebirds. Tide too high at Draw Seven.

Sunday 7/15: Lazy so just got eaten by mosquitos at BBN/West Meadow/duck ponds. Got scared by a turkey and had a Black-shouldered Spinylegs at the ponds, not much else.

Monday 7/16: Quiet at Kaveski/Meriam’s.

Tuesday 7/17: Prairie Warbler and little else at Hobbs Brook, water level way too high still (and another inch and a half of rain in the afternoon can’t help).

Wednesday 7/4: Sandy Beach had an event, so straight to Draw Seven. Few terns and the rest of the usual. Same at Sylvester Baxter and Earhart. Too hot for anything else.

Thursday 7/5: Two woodcock would have been the highlight at BBN except for this Lawrence’s Warbler:

Friday 7/6: Quiet at the duck ponds.

Saturday 7/7: Concord 4th of July butterfly count, very quiet. Black Dash was about the best butterfly, nothing exciting for odes or birds.

Sunday 7/8: Tried to refind the Lawrence’s with no luck (no Blue-wings either). Several Mocha Emeralds and a Black-tipped Darner were nice. Carlisle walk had a Sweetflag Spreadwing and the usual.

Monday 7/9: Had College Pond to myself thanks to construction. Barred Owl was calling as I walked in, Mocha Emeralds everywhere and probably a Spatterdock Darner too.

Tuesday 7/10: Day trip to NJ, a Broad-wing over the Pike and Fish Crows in the neighborhood were the only things of note.

Wednesday 6/27: FOY Calico Pennant in Sudbury.

Thursday 6/28: Way too rainy in the morning. Nothing at the res on the way home, RB Grosbeak in the yard though.

Friday 6/29: More of the same.

Saturday 6/30: Went to Hanscom before it got too hot (and the games started). Slowish start but ended with 48+ species including first for Bedford Orchard Oriole and American Woodcock plus FOY Widow Skimmers.

Sunday 7/1: Nice Eastern Least Clubtail photos and not a ton else at Bertozzi.

Monday 7/2: Sat at Flint’s for an hour, mostly sorting through swallows. FOY Familiar Bluet and Swift River Cruiser and the loon showed up as I was about to pack up.

Tuesday 7/3: Young Spotted Sandpiper and otherwise too hot at Great Meadows.