Winter List 2008-2009

Once again, taking an idea from the Canadians, here’s a December-February list for Waltham. Dates and locations are the first sighting. Birds in bold are my first Dec-Feb sighting in Waltham.

(Dating way back to free up the article version for 2009-2010)

2007-2008

The List:

  1. Canada Goose (12/2, Lyman Pond)
  2. Mute Swan (12/10, Hardy Pond)
  3. American Black Duck (12/14, Hardy Pond)
  4. Mallard (12/2, Lyman Pond)
  5. Ring-necked Duck (12/10, Hardy Pond)
  6. Bufflehead (2/15, Charles)
  7. Common Goldeneye (12/28, Charles)
  8. Barrow’s Goldeneye (12/28, Charles)
  9. Hooded Merganer (12/2, Lyman Pond)
  10. Common Merganser (1/2, Charles)
  11. Ruddy Duck (12/10, Hardy Pond)
  12. Great Blue Heron (12/2, Lyman Pond)
  13. Sharp-shinned Hawk (12/13, Lot 1)
  14. Cooper’s Hawk (12/20, yard)
  15. Red-tailed Hawk (12/6, Charles)
  16. American Coot (1/26, Charles)
  17. Ring-billed Gull (12/1, Lexington St)
  18. Herring Gull (12/3, Shaw’s)
  19. Iceland Gull (2/16, Charles)
  20. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2/25, Charles)
  21. Great Black-backed Gull (12/10, Hardy Pond)
  22. Rock Pigeon (12/6, Main St)
  23. Mourning Dove (12/3, yard)
  24. Eastern Screech-Owl (12/14)
  25. Great Horned Owl (1/2, Met State)
  26. Red-bellied Woodpecker (12/12, Prospect Hill)
  27. Downy Woodpecker (12/1, yard)
  28. Hairy Woodpecker (12/4, Prospect Hill)
  29. Northern Flicker (12/1, Paine)
  30. Blue Jay (12/12, Prospect Hill)
  31. American Crow (12/2, yard)
  32. Black-capped Chickadee (12/1, yard)
  33. Tufted Titmouse (12/1, yard)
  34. White-breasted Nuthatch (12/1, yard)
  35. Brown Creeper (12/4, Prospect Hill)
  36. Carolina Wren (12/7, yard)
  37. Golden-crowned Kinglet (12/1, Paine)
  38. Hermit Thrush (12/12, Prospect Hill)
  39. American Robin (12/3, yard)
  40. Northern Mockingbird (12/1, yard)
  41. European Starling (12/2, Trapelo)
  42. Cedar Waxwing (2/16, Charles)
  43. American Tree Sparrow (12/14, Met State)
  44. Song Sparrow (12/4, Prospect Hill)
  45. White-throated Sparrow (12/1, yard)
  46. Dark-eyed Junco (12/1, Paine)
  47. Northern Cardinal (12/3, yard)
  48. Red-winged Blackbird (12/14, Met State)
  49. Common Grackle (2/22, yard)
  50. House Finch (12/1, yard)
  51. White-winged Crossbill (2/8, Met State)
  52. Pine Siskin (12/4, Prospect Hill)
  53. American Goldfinch (12/2, Lyman Pond)
  54. House Sparrow (12/1, yard)

Cumulative total: 82, Mass total: later (didn’t track so it will take some time to figure…)

So a bit below the last couple years (where did the Fish Crows go?). But 4 new birds is more than last year.