11.27.13 - Yarmouth - Home

Yarmouth MA

 

On the busiest travel day in the Northeast, there is a nasty storm. 

Here is how 2 locals are braving the elements...

Two Northern Flickers seeking shelter from the storm.

 

I think they are thankful for our birdhouse and the protective oak branches!

Happy Thanksgiving!

11.19.13 - Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets
John Wing Trail - Brewster MA 
 
What a chilly morning we had, which concerned me due to the wind...and then - we were rewarded with our braving the elements!  What a beautiful bluebird ballet!  It was the only thing I could think of, and I didn't want to leave that magical spot.  Thank you for joining in on Tuesday Tweets!  I have included my prints and will also get Matt's photos (which will be credited as such) on here as well.  I was able to figure out the "mystery bird" once I didn't have my vision tearing from the wind and a close up of a photo.  I am saving the answer for a caption under the photo... you are going to LAUGH!  Birdwatching, I feel, can be a humbling experience!  Thanks for sticking with me!

Our List:
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
Gulls (did not take the time to I.D.)
Eastern Bluebird

Matt - THANK YOU so much for sending your spectacular photos.  I will post them as well, in the next few days.

Click on the photos to enlarge them

Chilly morning on the marsh

Eastern Bluebird 

American Goldfinch!!! (Winter/nonbreeding plumage)

 American Goldfinch

Test your eyes!!!  Talk about camouflage! 

I couldn't resist the contrast of the bare birch branches with the blue sky.

All of the above photos are from my camera. 

I will also post Matt's photos, which I do have. 

 

Next Tuesday Tweets at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

 

Happy Birding!

 

11.4.13 - Green Briar Nature Center - Monday Morning Bird Walk
Four Ponds - Pocasset MA

Our list:
We Saw:
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Flicker
Mute Swan
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Eastern Phoebe
Mallard
American Black Duck

We Heard:
Carolina Wren

The photos did not come out as well as I'd like them too, and you'll notice some I put in of foliage in particular, simply because I could not resist.
Great having you along for the walk Sylvia and Anne!

Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker

Basin Pond

 

Mute Swan

Mute Swan mates

Mallards & Mute Swan

Front door & back door

Mallards, Pied-billed Grebe & Mute Swan

Pied-billed Grebe & Mallards

Pied-Billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Path at Four Ponds

 

 

 

11.5.13 - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets

John Wing Island - Brewster MA

 

Our List

We Saw:

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

American Crow

Song Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Northern Flicker

House Finch

White-throated Sparrow

Blue Jay

Double-crested Cormorant

Sharp-shinned Hawk

White-breasted Nuthatch

Great Blue Heron

 

We Heard:

American Robin

 

And in the mammal department:

Cottontail Rabbit

Red Squirrel

 

We Heard:

Chipmunk

House Finches

Yellow-rumped Warbler (lousy shot)

Northern Flicker

Great Blue Heron

 

Next Tuesday Tweets - November 19 at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

in Brewster 9:30am.

Next Monday Morning Bird Walk - December 2 from Green Briar Nature Center

in East Sandwich, van meets at Green Briar 9a (Rain Date December 9)

 

 



 

10.8.13 - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets
John Wing Trail - Brewster MA

It certainly was an exciting morning on the marsh-particularly with the extended sighting of the Harrier!  AMAZING!  That was a lesson to me that behavior along with habitat, are certainly excellent determining factors when you're unsure of bird identification.

We Saw:
Harrier
American Crow
Blue Jay
Northern Flicker
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
European Starling
Tree Swallow - (after viewing the photo, I am certain of this...forgive my mistake - you'll see in the photo below)
Great Black-backed Gull
Great-crested Cormorant
Black-capped Chickadee

We Heard:
American Robin
Northern Cardinal
Song Sparrow
Carolina Wren

Tupelo

Harrier

Tree Swallow

Fall colors (not the greatest camera)

 

 

 

10.21.13 - Green Briar Nature Center - Monday Morning Bird Walk

South Cape Beach Trail - Mashpee MA

 

Another spectacular morning!

We Saw:

Mallard

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Lesser Yellowlegs

Eastern Kingbird

Black Duck

Great-crested Cormorant

Coopers Hawk

Great Blue Heron

American Crow

 

Mallards

Great Egrets & Snowy Egret

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Lesser Yellowlegs

Song Sparrow

Great Blue Heron

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Snowy Egret & Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Snowy Egret

Murder(American Crows) over the marsh

Great Black-backed Gull

 

10.22.13 - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets

Lee BaldwinTrail - Brewster MA

 

We Saw:

Blue Jay

House Finch

Song Sparrow

Fish Crow

White-breasted Nuthatch

Great Blue Heron

Hairy Woodpecker

Tufted Titmouse

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

Red-winged Black Bird

Gray Catbird

Red-winged Black Bird, tipped over eating tree top seeds

Tupelo

Birch

Tufted Titmouse

Paine's Creek

 

Beech Trees

Natural Steps