birdblog

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Photoblog

August 1, 2008 - Snowy Egret at Hacker Street

July 26 to 31 - West Island & Winsegansett terns, plovers, herons

July 22 - Terns, herons at West Island

July 12 & 13 - Mill road white-eybrowed CAGO; Plovers, AMOY, etc West Island

July 6 - Loons at Hacker Street; remnants of fireworks

July 4 - Long Road baby Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Mill Road fungus

July 2 - West Island State Res. - AMOYs galore, Spotted Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sparrows; Hacker Street Eiders

June 27 to 30 - Red-thoated Loon and mating Least Terns at Hacker Street

June 25 - Stony Point Ospreys, AMOY, terns, RT Loon

June 15-19 - bad pic of Black Skimmer at West Island; AMOY, RUTU and Spotted Sandpiper at Town Beach; Orchard Oriole fledgling at Bike Path.

May 31 - June 2, 2008 -- Winsegansett -- Dunlin, Sanderlings, American Oystercatchers (movie) worried about nest and eggs. Long Road Cedar Waxwings, Goldfinch, Green Heron; West Island Piping Plovers, Shaw Road Black-bellied Plover

May 23-25, 2008 - Little Bay Lawrence's, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hummingbird on nest; Long Road Chimney Swifts, Orchard Oriole. Lake Street frogs and Canada Geese; Sandpipers at Hacker Street.

May 18-20, 2008 - May 22 - Lawrence's still at Little Bay; Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Chestnut-sided Warbler (no pic) ; Little Bay -- Red-eyed Vireo, Veery; Swan Point Cemetery (RI) - lots of birds and also some goldfish and turtles

May 12-14, 2008 - Blue-winged Warbler at Long Road; Lawrence's Warbler at Little Bay; Bobolink at Shaw Road

May 7 - 11, 2008 - Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Blue-winged Warbler, Magnolia Warbler at Long Road; Glossy Ibis at Shaw Road; Fake coyote at Atlas Tack

April 23, 2008 - Clay-colored Sparrow at Long Road

April 11-21 - Turkey Vultures; Savannah Sparrows at Atlas Tack

April 1-11, 2008 - Bluebird in Lakeville; Stony Point; Winsegansett AMOY; jellyfish

March 30, 2008 - Bald Eagles at Quittacas; Phoebe at West Island

March 20-26 -- AMOY at Hoppy's; American Wigeon & Wood Ducks at Mill Road; American Bittern at Winsegansett

March 8 - 16, 2008 - Gadwall and Green-winged Teal at Mill Road; Scaup at West Island

February 23 & 24 - Rusty Blackbirds at Long Road, golf balls at Winsegansett, Ruddy Turnstones at West Island

February 17-20, 2008 -- Snow Buntings at Winsegansett; eclipse, CAGO with white forehead

February 16 - Peregrine Falcon at center; Hooded Mergansers at Mill Road
February 10 - Brant at Fort Phoenix

February 3, 2008 - Winsegansett Snow buntings, eider & loon

January 10-13, 2008 - Killdeer, Meadowlark, Horned Lark, Red-shouldered Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Monk (!) at Shaw Road; Bufflehead at Mill Road; Hooded Mergansers at the "Y"

January 7, 2008 - Peregrine Falcon on Unitarian Church

January 1 to 6, 2008 - Carolina Wren, White-crowned Sparrows, Palm Warbler, Mockingbird, Cowbird, Fox Sparrow at various places in Fairhaven

December 22 - A few pics from the Christmas Bird Count - Chat, Savannah, White-throat.

December 14 - Red-shouldered Hawks at Egypt Lane with crows

December 5 & 9 - Long Road. Hawk (sharpie or coop?), Common Redpoll, Cedar Waxwings.

November (various) - Pintail Ducks, Green-winged Teal, leucistic House Finch, some birds from England

November 4 - West Island town beach and state reservation. Long-tailed Duck, Snow Bunting, dead Scoter, Great Blue Heron. At Hacker Street, RB Mergs.

October 1- West Island - Black-bellied Plovers; October 8 - West Island - AMOY and various birds; October 18- White-crowned and Swamp Sparrows; October 21- Northern Harrier at Winsegansett beset by 17 crows. At State Res.,Lapland Longspur. October 28 - Purple Finch, RB Nuthatch at Long Road. October 31- Field Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk and Palm Warbler at Long Road

Various September birds, including nice Phoebe and Monarchs at Shipyard Farm

September 9, 2007 -- Sunrise shorebirds and Sharp-tailed Sparrows at West Island; Mill Road muck

Sept 2 & 3, 2007 - Egrets at Winsegansett and Shipyard Farm, Merlin (lousy pic) at West Island

August 25 - egret at Weeden Road; August 29 - Nice Green Heron at Lake Street; Horned Lark family at Stony Point

August 19 - Winsegansett and West Island State Reservation

August 14 & 15 - Mill Road shorebirds (nice Green Heron)

August 11 - Lloyd Center Trip to Monomoy

July 14-15, 2007 - AMOY, Sharptailed Sparrows, Mockingbird at Hacker Street; Vireo feeding Cowbird at Long Road

July 1 to 4, 2007 -- Egrets at Hacker & West Island; Piping Plover, AMOY, Ducklings, Hummers at Kay's

June 24 & 25, 2007 -- Willow Flycatcher and Brown Thrasher at Bike Path. Robin and Moon in Acushnet. Kingbird at Long Road. Egret looked like origami

June 16, 2007 -- Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Hacker Street; lousy pic of Willow Flycatcher at Shaw Road.

June 14 & 15, 2007 Great Egret and Orchard Oriole pair at Long Road; Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Hacker Street

June 4, 2007 - mostly Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Hacker Street

May 28, 2007 - Matt. Prairie Warbler, American Redstart, Black Swallowtail butterfly

May 26 & 27, 2007 - Mill Road Kingbird, swan, Wood Ducks. Long Road Orchard Oriole. Hacker Street Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Willet, Gull with crab. Quittacas Eagle nest.

May 20 & 21, 2007 - Long Road Vireos, Orioles, Flycatchers, deer, raccoon

May 16, 2007 - Long Road Green Heron

May 15 - Long Road Orioles building nest, Rough-winged Swallow
May 14 - Long Road Cowbirds, Goldie with dandelions. Mill Road swan and Yellow Warbler

May 13, 2007 - Long Road Catbird, Goldfinch and Turtle. Winsegansett AMOY plus

May 7 & 9, 2007 - Long Road Warbling Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler, Solitary Sandpiper

May 6, 2007 -- Trip to Mount Auburn Cemetery

May 5, 2007 - Long Road Parula, Tanager, Palm Warbler, Gnatcatcher

May 3, 2007 - Cattle Egret at Shaw Road

May 1 & 2, 2007 - Yellow Warbler at Fort Phoenix and Black-and-white Warbler at Long Road

April 30, 2007 - Yellow-rumped Warbler at Long Road, seal at Fort Phoenix

April 27, 2007 - Yellowlegs at West Island, Wren at Long Road
April 24 - Cormorants at Long Road

April 22, 2007 - Winsegansett Oystercatchers, one at Hacker Street too

April 20, 2007--Indigo Bunting still in the yard

April 16, 2007 - Blue-winged Teal in Rochester; Indigo Bunting in yard

April 15, 2007 - Goldfinches in the yard in the rain

April 14, 2007 - Oystercatchers at Hacker Street, 2 pairs, 1 juvie and a movie

April 11, 2007 -- Oystercatchers and House Finches at Winsegansett and Turkey Vultures at Hacker Street

April 10, 2007 -- Deer, Purple Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstones, Dunlin, Piping Plovers at West Island
April 9, 2007 - Snipe at Shaw Road

April 8, 2007 - Strange merganser at Long Road

April 7, 2007 - Winsegansett Oystercatchers

April 4 - Pine Warbler at Long Road, dueling Oystercatchers at Winsegansett
April 1 - Bad pics of Snipe at Shaw Road

March 31, 2007 -- Shaw Road Merlin

March 28, 2007 - Stony Point Dike. Oystercatchers, Hawk, Ospreys

March 14 - West Island. AMOY, Ruddy Turnstones, Dunlin, Purple Sandpipers

March 11-- Winsegansett Snowy Owl

March 4 -- RR Bridge grebe, mergansers, Hermit Thrush

February 28 - Stony Point (larks) and Assawompsett (Red-throated Loon)

February 24 - Trip to Penikese (not many birds!)

February 19-- Bald Eagles at Quittacas

February 17 - White-fronted Goose at Shaw Road

February 10, 2007--American Pipit at Winsegansett, Gulls and ice at Town Beach, Hooded Mergs and Goldeneyes at Railroad Bridge, female Bufflehead in Matt. River

February 7 - Eastern Meadowlarks at Shaw Road
February 5 - Robins in Acushnet

February 3, 2007--Long Road. Rusty Blackbird, Robins, Crows mobbing Hawk

January 27 weekend trip to Nantucket

January 21--Nasketucket Bird trip to Scusset

January 8 - Bluebirds at Lake Street
January 1, 2007 - Snow Goose at soccer fields

December 5 & 6 - Red-bellied Woodpecker in yard; PAIR of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers at Long Road.

November 26, 2006 -- Yellow-rumped Warbler at Mattapoisett landing

November 10 - Brown Thrasher at Mill Road
November 9 - Ruby Crowned Kinglet at Long Road; Ring-necked Ducks at Mill Road

November 5 -- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
November 3 - Thrush @ Long Rd., Unitarian Church in moonlight
November 1, 2006 - Winsegansett American Pipit

October 22 to 29 -- Various places including Stony Point Dike. Various birds including Snow Bunting, Osprey, Swamp Sparrow, Kinglet

October 1 to October 19, 2006 - Palm, Nashville, Yellow-rumped Warblers; Ruby-crowned Kinget, Kingfisher, Greater Yellowlegs, Savannah Sparrow, Black-bellied Plover at all my birding spots.

September 23 -- Snowy Egrets and AMOY family at Winsegansett

September 22 -- Cooper's Hawk, Monarch butterflies and Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Hacker Street

September 17 & 21 -- Various birds at Horseneck, Allen's Pond and Demarest Lloyd, including AMOY

September 7 to 10, 2006 -- West Island: Green Heron, Least Sandpiper, Gr. Yellowlegs, Moonrise, Semipalmated Plover, Spotted Sandpiper; Bobolink, Great Blue Heron, Saltmarsh Sharptailed Sparrow.
Winsegansett: Least Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpiper, Herring Gull & Snowy Egret, Savannah Sparrow.

September 1 to 4 -- Osprey at Mattapoisett, egrets at Winsegansett, Black Scoter at Stony Point

August 24 -- Hacker Street--Turkey Vulture; Winsegansett -- Egrets and AMOY( including juvie); Sconticut Neck cows

August 23 -- Hacker Street cormorants, dowitchers, Laughing Gull; Acushnet hummingbird; Plymouth Beach Sanderling; Long Road Mallard

August, 2006 -- Some birds I saw in Greenland and Denmark

July 30 -- Winsegansett Common Terns, Willets, Greater Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper; Ruddy Turnstone

July 21 -- Long Road ducks and dragonfly; Hacker St. crows, Saltmarsh Sparrow, terns, willet, Spotted Sandpiper
July 22 - West Island Piping Plover, AMOY, Dowitchers, Terns; Mattapoisett Dump road Kingbirds and flycatchers
July 23 - water lilies at Tinkham Pond
July 26 -- Long Road deer, butterfly, Red-Eyed Vireo and muskrat

July 9 & 16 - Tricolored Heron, Least Sandpipers at Winsegansett; Bunnies at Seahorse; Nice pic of mockingbird at Hacker Street

July 6 & 8 -- Cedar Waxwings, Mourning Cloak butterfly, Scarlet Tanager at Railroad trail

July 4, 2006 -- Allen's Pond Swallows; Crows, fishermen at Long Road

June 27 & 28 -- Piping Plovers, Willet at West Island; Crows, cat, swallowtail butterfly at Long Road. Sign about herbicides

June 23 - Hacker Street - Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
June 26 - Ducks in the backyard! Riverside Cemetery - interesting Cowbirds

June 13 -- Nesting AMOY at Winsegansett; Riverside Cemetery mocker
June 14 -- Pratt Farm...Eastern Phoebe
June 15 -- Fort Phoenix -- Cedar Waxwing and mocker
June 16 -- Cedar Waxwing at Long Road. Geese at Quittacas Waterworks

June 11, 2006 - Towhee on Railroad Bed near Brandt Island Road
June 10- Deer in same place
June 7 - Soggy birds, grackle & peanut
June 5 - four AMOY

June 4, 2006 - Tinkham Pond Baltimore Oriole and tent caterpillars; Camp Massasoit Cormorant
June 2 - Long Road--Canada gosling, Green Heron. Little Bay Song Sparrow. West Island Willet and RUTU

May 31, 2006 - Long Road--Black-billed Cuckoo, Cedar Waxwing, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Rough-winged Swallow

May 29, 2006--Winsegansett. AMOY, Least Tern, Ruddy Turnstones, Black-bellied Plover, Barn Swallow, Snowy Egret

May 28, 2006-- Wood Thrush at Long Road.
May 27 -- Tiger Butterfly in backyard; Great Blue Herons at Long Road

May 24, 2006 -- Long Road GC Flycatcher, heron and blackbird. Horseneck gulls, PIPL, kids. Gooseberry Dowitcher, Least Tern, Ruddy Turnstone

May 21, 2006 -- Yardbirds (sparrow, oriole); Long Road Kingbird and Blackbirds; Pope Park wrens

May 17 - Mocker at Hacker St.
May 18- Killdeer, Common Tern and Tree Swallows at Allen's Pond; Yellow Warbler at Little Bay

May 10 - Mill Road Oriole.
May 11 -- Stony Point, Hacker Street, Winsegansett

May 8 - Long Road Great Blue Heron and muskrat

May 6 - Long Road swallows in burrow
May 7 - Nasketucket Wood Thrush; Winsegansett AMOY & Willets; West Island Snow Bunting

May 3--West Island Piping Plover
May 5 -- Snow Bunting, terns, willets, yellowlegs at West Island

April 30 - Acushnet wrens; Allen's Pond swallows, grackle

April 28 -- Winsegansett AMOYs, Snowy Egret, Least Sandpiper
April 27-- Mill Road turtles and Tree Swallows.

April 23 & 26, 2006--AMOYat Winsegansett and Hoppy's Landing; Greater Yellowlegs at West Island; Egrets at Winsegansett and Little Bay; Savannah Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Green Heron, Canada Goose, Robin at Long Road; Yellow-rumped Warblers at Tinkham; Osprey and Mockingbird at Winsegansett.

April 20 & 21, 2006--AMOYat Winsegansett and Hoppy's Landing

April 19, 2006--AMOY, Snowy Egret & Ospreys at Winsegansett; Kestrel at Standard Times field (FHV)

April 17, 2006--mostly AMOY at Winsegansett

April 16, 2006 - Bunny at Soccer Field, Yellowlegs at YMCA, Palm Warbler, guinea fowl at Tinkham

April 13 & 14 & 15--Long Road Kingfishers; Turkey Vulture, bat

April 12, 2006--Long Road Kingfishers checking out a burrow

April 10, 2006--McDonald's/bank wires--Am. Kestrel; Hacker St. AMOY & Savannah Sparrow

April 9, 2006--Long Road Ruby-Crowned Kinglet. YMCA Gulls and cormorants.

April 6, 2006-- Stony Point Dike, Wareham. Northern Gannet, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Osprey, Marbled Godwit, Brant, AMOY

April 3 & 5, 2006 -- Great Egret at Winsegansett; finches in the snow in my backyard; Sanderling at Gooseberry Neck; AMOY, Osprey and dead seal at Winsegansett

April 2, 2006--Phoebes at Long Road; AMOY at Hoppy's Landing.

April 1, 2006--Dead Gannet and live Ospreys at Horseneck; Gulls at Gooseberry. AMOY at Winsegansett (March 31)

March 26, 2006--AMOY at Winsegansett; Savannah Sparrow at West Island

March 18-22-- Allens Pond Osprey and PIPL; Bike Path flickers; Quittacas Ring-necked Ducks

March 15, 2006--Norfolk Stony Brook Audubon wildlife sanctuary

March 10-13, 2006--Plymouth sanderlings, Long Road robin, Winsegansett eider

March 8, 2006--Stony Point--Marbled Godwit, Dunlin, Brant, Sanderlings, Mayflower

Feb. 20- Sachuest Point, RI- Harlequins. West Island-GBH

Feb. 19--Sakonnet Point, RI- Harlequin duck

Feb. 12 to 15, 2006--Assawompsett-Hooded Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks. Mill Road--Field Sparrows. Fort Phoenix -- Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, snow and sleds.

February 8, 2006- Stony Point Dike -- Marbled Godwit, Snow Bunting, Black-bellied Plovers

February 5, 2006--Gooseberry Neck--Purple Sandpipers, Dunlin, Sanderlings

February 4, 2006- Penikese Island

January 29, 2006- Peregrines and feathers on the bike path, wren, mockingbird, catbird. Hooded Merganser on Tinkham Pond

January 25, 2006-Palmer's Island (Barrow's Goldeneye) and YMCA (Horned Grebe) -- other birds too!

January 21, 2006-Finches and cardinals in backyard

January 19, 2006--Peregrine Falcon again

January 15, 2006--Red-shouldered Hawk in Rochester

January 11, 2006 - Song Sparrow , Horned Larks, Great Black-backed Gull at Winsegansett; Hawk at 7/11; Chickadee and WB Nuthatch at library

January 7 -- Starling at Shaw Road, Northern Harrier at soccer fields, Northern Flicker at feeder. January 8--Marbled Godwit at Stony Point Dike, Common Loons, Peregrine Falcon. Sharp-shinned hawk at feeders.

http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/1102959

January 4, 2006 - Peregrine Falcon on Congregational Church (lousy photos!)

January 1, 2006- Yellow Breasted Chat and Catbird at Egypt Lane; Buffleheads, Hooded Mergs, GBH, Eider-Sconticut Neck

December 25, 2005 -- Ducks and sparrows-Mill Road

December 24, 2005 -- HOLA at Winsegansett; MOCK, DUNL, GBHE at town beach, West Island

December 23, 2005 - Eiders at Hacker Street; Peregrine Falcon on Congregational Church

December 9 - 12, 2005 -WB Nuthatch at library; Tree Sparrow at Long Road; Greater Yellowlegs at Sandy Beach

December 8, 2005 - Swamp and Song Sparrows at Sandy Beach; Horned Larks, Herring Gull at Winsegansett

December 7, 2005 - Horned Larks at Winsegansett. American Pipit, Savannah Sparrow and Dunlin at Town Beach on West Island

December 5, 2005 - Winsegansett--Dunlin, Horned Larks, Northern Harrier, Common Eider

December 1, 2005 - AMOY at Winsegansett

November 27, 2005 - Am. Pipits and Horned Larks at Winsegansett; Dunlin, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow at Hacker Street.

November 25, 2005- Long Road-Coot, Creeper, Red-Breasted Nuthatch; Fort Phoenix - Brant; Little Bay - Song Sparrow, Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Various November, 2005 birds including AMOY!

http://clongworth.smugmug.com/gallery/1384026/1/65384578

October 9, 2005--West Island -- Tree Swallows massing; fall Great Egret

September 25, 2005--West Island & Stony Point -- Turkey Vulture eating gull

September 18, 2005-West Island--possible American Golden Plover?

September 14, 2005 -- West Island -- Sanderling, Amoy, Gbbg, Sepl, spotted sandpiper

September 13, 2005- West Island Seaside Sparrow

September 9& 11--West Island--Egrets, Cormorants, Laughing Gulls, amoy

Sept. 3, 2005--Mill Rd.- Eastern Phoebe
Sept. 1, 2005--Town Beach--Semipalmated Plovers
August 31, 2005--Town Beach--Terns, amoy, Laughing Gull
August 21, 2005--Long Road - Butterfly
August 20, 2005--Hacker St.--Swallows and Waxwings

August 13, 2005--Cooper's Hawks, Acushnet

July 12-17, 2005 -- Long Rd., West Island, Hacker St.

July 4, 2005 -- Stony Point Dike--AMOY, PIPL, Scoter

June 29, 2005 -- Long Road -- lousy pic of Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

June 22, 2005 --Long Road --good pic of Yellow Warbler

June 19, 2005 -- Stony Point Dike--AMOY, terns, Killdeer, kissing Osprey, egg

June 12, 2005 -- Hacker Street terns, Mill Road swans

June 1, 2005 West Island-PIPL, COTE; Hacker St.--AMOY, Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

May 26, 2005 West Island--Red Phalarope, Great Egret

May 23, 2005 Little Bay Bike Path--Black-Bellied Plovers, Yellow Warbler

May 22, 2005 Cranberry bogs--Great Crested Flycatcher

May 19, 2005 Stony Point, Wareham -- PIPL, AMOY, OSPR, COTE

May 16, 2005 Mill Road--Baltimore Orioles

May 15, 2005 Cedar Swamp, Profile Rock, Dighton Rock, West Island

May 12, 2005 Mill Road--Baltimore Oriole, Catbird, Chipping Sparrow, Osprey

May 10, 2005 Town Beach--AMOY, Piping Plover

May 5, 2005 Town Beach - Great Egret, Piping Plover, flint(?) point; May 4 -- PIPL, Osprey (Winsegansett)

April 30, 2005 Town Beach - AMOY, Willets; April 28 - Hacker St. Snowy Egrets

April 27, 2005 -- Town Beach -- AMOY, Sanderlings, Piping Plover

April 24, 2005 -- Town Beach, West Island -- AMOY & Greater Yellowlegs

April 18, 2005 -- Stony Point -- Osprey, AMOY, Piping Plover, Kestrel

April 17, 2005 -- Hacker Street AMOY & RB mergansers

April 10, 2005 - Plymouth & Myles Standish-piping plovers

April 8, 2005--Pope Beach-- gannets and amoy

April 3, 2005 -- Betty's Neck eagle & Mary's Pond osprey

March 30, 2005 -- Oystercatchers, West Island

Various March 2005 birds

March 17, 2005 -- Stony Point. Snowy Owl

March 14, 2005 -- Mill Road swans

March 13, 2005--West Island AMOY; Mill Rd. swans, yardbirds

Feb. 20, 2005--West Island--buntings, turnstones

Jan 30, 2005--West Island--icy beach

Jan. 27, 2005--juncos getting grit off the side of the library?

Jan 24, 2005--backyard birds after big snow

Jan 20, 2005--Robins

Jan 16, 2005--Mill Road bluebirds & creeper and Little Bay catbird

Jan 12, 2005 -- Dead loon and live oystercatcher at West Island

Jan 9, 2005 -- RS Hawk at Assawompsett and Oystercatchers at West Island

Dec 27, 2004 -- backyard birds

Dec 24, 2004--oystercatchers at West Island

Dec 13, 2004--Bonapartes Gull and oystercatcher at West Island

Dec 12, 2004--Stony Point, Wareham

Nov. 27, 2004--West Island, Bike Path & backyard

Oct 24, 2004--yellow-rumped warblers at Horseneck

Oct 13, 2004--Plymouth Beach

Oct 4, 2004--Allens Pond

Sept 26, 2004--Blue Jay "anting"