One of the highlights from this weekend was a Green-winged Teal that flushed and proceeded to fly circles around me for an extended period of time. Eventually it occurred to me to that when it made a close pass it was possible to get a photo. Surprisingly, a few came out.
Believe this young Cooper’s is at least the 4th individual Accipiter in the yard this winter.
One more from the weekend.
Common Eider at Jodrey Pier. No idea what is sticking to the bird but I’d appreciate any thoughts.
The snow on Monday created some good opportunities for photographing yard birds including this American Tree Sparrow:
Tuesday 1/5: Kestrel on the way to work. Charles again at lunch. Carolina Wren and Hairy were about the only things different.
Wednesday 1/6: Cooper’s keeping everything down in the yard before work. Paine at lunch: red-belly, creeper. Sharpie in one of the trees in the courtyard at work.
Thursday 1/7: Charles at Moody St: one tagged gull. Charles at Elm St: nothing different.
Friday 1/8: Waverly Oaks Marsh had nothing so did a quick Screech-Owl run.
Saturday 1/9: Charles again and again nothing different. The Common Merganser below did pose nicely at least. Also had 19 species in the yard.
Sunday 1/10: Pretty much stayed in, quick check for the ravens late in the afternoon (mostly to show someone where they are, saw nothing on the ride).
Monday 1/11: Beaver Brook North: Flicker, 2 Tree Sparrows, Red-belly. New Beaver Brook/Rock Meadow Patch page
A nice surprise today was a presumed family group of 3 Red-shouldered Hawks (2 juvs and an adult).
That’s juv #1, which was right in front of me.
Juv #2 was further away (and I didn’t know it was a second bird at first). A Sharp-shinned Hawk came in and eventually took a couple swipes at it, moments after this excellent shot:
You’ll probably want to click through to see it bigger. I also added notes to point out the birds (the Sharpie is especially hidden).
For no real reason, a winter flock of Dunlin from Plymouth Beach. And looking closer, there’s some Sanderling mixed in.
Here’s to fall starting:
Blackpoll Warbler, feeding on the ground for some reason, Lincoln, MA, September 2007. Hopefully many of these and others to come in the next couple months.
From the archives, some Swamp Sparrows. A fall one followed by a summer one.
First round of photos from the pelagic, these are the ones that came out fairly sharp. All Greater Shearwaters, mostly when we slowed down to chum a bit.
The other photographed highlights tomorrow