Tag: weekinreview

Wednesday 5/16: Duck ponds: waterthrush was about it.

Thursday 5/17: Prospect Hill before work. Magnolia and another waterthrush to start. Redstart, Pine, Blackpoll, Parula, Yellowthroat on the hill. Black-and-white at end of Whitney. Indigo Buntings all over. Lots of Red-eyed Vireos on the road (4 in one spot). BBN again at lunch, circled the marsh and found mostly Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.

Friday 5/18: Tried Lone Tree Hill for a change. Nice selection of butterflies including first of year ringlets but not much else.

Saturday 5/19: Lazy day. Karsten’s Black Vulture report finally got me going early afternoon. Ran to Spy Pond and then though better of it and went to the tower at Mt. Auburn. Eventually picked up a (the?) Bald Eagle way off but no vulture. Two minute drive through Lincoln for Marj’s Kentucky Warbler didn’t turn it up.

Sunday 5/20: Walked to Rock Meadow and back. Mostly residents but first of year Willow Flycatcher and hummingbird plus a few local firsts. Butterflies were better and included 3 Pepper-and-salt Skippers in the West Meadow. Also had a huge snapping turtle on Trapelo.

And caught up to this guy (5/10) with a camera (click through for video).

Monday 5/21: Fairly quiet along the Pine Ledges trail at Prospect Hill. Did have a Stream Cruiser at Big Prospect.

Tuesday 5/22: Hoped for some storm birds on Hardy Pond or the Cambridge Res but found nothing but a cormorant at each.

Wednesday 5/9: Duck ponds had lots of orioles, grosbeaks, and catbirds but no warblers.

Thursday 5/10: Spent most of lunch at BBN chasing down a 4 parted warbler song and finally found it to be from a Blue-winged. Quick run through the rest added Black-and-white and 3 Solitary Sandpipers plus Red Admirals and Question Marks everywhere (3 admirals in the yard as well).

Friday 5/11: Paine was fairly quiet but did have Red-eyed Vireo,Black-throated Blue, Parula, and Indigo Bunting. Also Great Crested Flycatcher walking into work.

Saturday 5/12: MBC Big Day. Reached 100 (plus a Harvester), maybe more later.

Sunday 5/13: BBC at Mt. Auburn: Tennessee, Wilson’s among 15ish warblers plus my first Bobolinks for Mt. Auburn. Parula and Black-and-white at Hardy Pond.

Monday 5/14: Flowed Meadow had a Northern Waterthrush (new for me along the Charles) plus a couple other warblers. Unfortunately it also had a flood by the bridge, so I had to turn around and jog back instead of make a full loop.

Tuesday 5/15: BBN: Indigo Bunting, couple redstarts, first Whitetail and Little Wood Satyrs of the year.

Full report soonish, but

5/2: Various river spots near Conway, SC with nice dragonflies, Zebra Swallowtail, and Mississippi Kite.

5/3: More river spots with more of the same.

5/4: Cheraw State Park and Campbell Lake. More Gomphids and bluets.

5/5: Indoors all day.

5/6: Lee County Natural Area and Woods Bay State Park for more of the same.

5/7: Carolina Sandhills NWR on way home. Lots of Elfin Skimmers, etc. Birds included heard only Swainson’s Warbler and Bachman’s Sparrow plus Red-cockaded Woodpecker.

5/8: Hardy Pond was fairly quiet (although the arrivals of the last week were all good to catch up with).

Wednesday 4/25: Went to Beaver Brook before work, very little (had time to wander the marsh edges as well). Nothing at the duck ponds at lunch.

Thursday 4/26: Good butterfly show at BBN.

Friday 4/27: Back side of Prospect Hill. Windy and they were blasting on the Polaroid side, saw next to nothing.

Saturday 4/28: Led the BBC walk at Mt. Auburn. Too cold when we started, only a few warblers and 1 House Wren for highlights.

Sunday 4/29: Arlington Res: Bank Swallows, GW Teal, first Baltimore Oriole and Yellow Warbler of the year.

 

Joined the butterfly club walk to Arlington Great Meadows where we had Henry’s Elfin and then on to Fort Pond Brook where we added more Henry’s and some Frosted Elfins. Also lots of Springtime Darners, and a few Lancet Clubtails, a Beaverpond Baskettail, and a Dot-tailed Whiteface.

Monday 4/30: BBN: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Henry’s Elfin.

Tuesday 5/1: En route to DSA meeting, more eventually.

Wednesday 4/18: Flowed Meadow didn’t have a whole lot different.

Thursday 4/19: Nine species of butterfly at BBN, not much for birds.

Friday 4/20: Savannah Sparrow along the river walk.

Saturday 4/21: Mt. Auburn in the morning: Prairie Warbler, BH Vireo. Stopped at the duck ponds and added House Wren. Got home and saw a report of a Bonaparte’s Gull at Great Meadows. Ran over even though it was obviously long gone. Did finally get the raven and heard an interesting rail call. Also first Pearl Crescents of the year.

Sunday 4/22: Added a county and city bird among other things.

Monday 4/23: 1 Bonaparte’s still(?) at the res, plus 2 Common Loons.

Tuesday 4/24: Not much at Prospect Hill (1 call from a towhee). Gate still closed…

Wednesday 4/11: Didn’t get out and nothing exciting around home.

Thursday 4/12: Went to Purgatory Cove and intended to walk Forest Grove but it started raining and hailing. Swallows on the river.

Friday 4/13: Palm Warblers at Prospect Hill.

Saturday 4/14: Started with a Red-belly in the yard. Joined the MBC trip at Horn Pond where we had a Rusty Blackbird, Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, a raven or two, and quick views of what was probably a bittern. I hung around for a while hoping for that to pop up again and added a snipe but never got a better view. Checking the path to the West Meadow boardwalk on the way home, I had my first Chipping Sparrows of the year. Also an interesting hawk that will get a post of its own eventually.

Sunday 4/15: Led an MBC walk through Lot 1 and the West Meadow. Fairly quiet, but 2 Hermit Thrushes and a bunch of Chipping and Savannah Sparrows were nice. Afternoon walk around Lindentree and Mt. Misery turned up a singing Winter Wren and a Pileated. Plus a beaver, first Common Green Darners of the year and a couple teneral damsels (forktails presumably).

Monday 4/16: Sapsucker at Arlington Res but not much else. Green-winged Teal at the north end of the Cambridge Res. About the same in Lincoln (trading a snipe for the wren). And more of the same in Hayden Woods.

Tuesday 4/17: Two Killdeer, 8 Wood Duck, 1 Yellow-rump, lots of Green Darners at the duck ponds.

Wednesday 4/4: Swamp Sparrow singing at the end of the street in the morning, kestrel flyover in the afternoon. West Meadow at lunch added Turkey Vulture to the patch year list (finally) along with Clouded Sulphur and Eastern Comma.

Thursday 4/5: Nothing much at Prospect Hill.

Friday 4/6: Great Meadows on the day off: Rough-winged and Barn Swallows, 4 shoveler, etc.

Saturday 4/7: Joined the MBC trip at Arlington Res. More Rough-wings and otherwise similar to last week.

Sunday 4/8: Great Meadows, just missed the Sandhill Crane. On to Horn Pond where the Red-necked Grebe was present but sleeping.

Mostly

Monday 4/9: BBN was pretty quiet.

Tuesday 4/10: Kestrel at Rock Meadow.

Wednesday 3/28: Pouring when I went out at lunch, so stopped at Hardy Pond and it immediately got nice. First Double-crested Cormorant of the year, 25 Great Black-backs, the usual.

Thursday 3/29: Purgatory Cove had a Green-winged Teal (or pair) in with about 10 Wood Duck. Tree Swallows over the river and a phoebe along the edge.

Friday 3/30: Prospect Hill was pretty much as Paine was earlier in the week.

Saturday 3/31: Quick buzz of Cambridge Res (1 Bufflehead, a few geese, 2 mallard) and Flint’s Pond (Common Mergansers, Ring-necks, Ruddy, Tree Swallows) in the morning. Out to New Salem, where 2 Purple Finches showed up at Ethan’s feeders. Walking around the center of town midafternoon, we had a Pine Warbler, Hermit Thrush, and Bald Eagle.

Sunday 4/1: About the same at Ethan’s feeders but a sapsucker was new and nice. A quick drive around added 2 turkeys. Seven more on the way home. Arlington Res in the afternoon: 5 GW Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 Ruddy, 5 snipe, 1 Tree Swallow. Interesting Cooper’s in the yard:

Monday 4/2: Pretty sure I was hearing a Virginia Rail down the street this morning (plus a heron dropped in). Nothing much at the duck ponds.

Tuesday 4/3: Nothing exciting at BBN. Rail was much more obvious today, got a minimal recording in the evening.

Wednesday 3/21: Pine Warblers were in at Paine (and presumably had been). Also first Six-spotted Tiger Beetle and Cabbage Whites of the year.

Thursday 3/22: Prospect Hill: 2 phoebes, a sulphur, 4 Mourning Cloaks.

Friday 3/23: Purgatory Cove had nesting swans and there were 5 Wood Ducks split between there and the river.

Saturday 3/24: Walked Lot 1 to Met State. Ten turkeys and a singing Winter Wren at Lot 1, 3 phoebes and a Tree Swallow at Met State, not much at the West Meadow.

Sunday 3/25: Nothing on the Cambridge Res. Usual ducks (ruddy, mergansers, ring-necks) on Flint’s Pond. Nothing at School St or the prison fields. Hundreds of Tree Swallows at Great Meadows but nothing else new. Calling muskrats were interesting, not sure I’ve heard them before.

Monday 3/26: Nothing exciting in the wind at the duck ponds.

Tuesday 3/27: Eagle over Hardy Pond (and the house) in the morning (plus 2 Bufflehead, 1 Ruddy, 12 Common Mergansers, etc). Minimum of 5 Pine Warblers at Paine at lunch but not much else.