Books, hockey, and a bucketful of snark
Being the musings of a Yorkshire lass living in the USA. I'm a book geek, bird nerd, grammar Nazi, and hockey nut. Sarcasm is my default setting.
Bird List - final count was 142
Inspired by the serious 'big listers' I had been reading about, I decided to make a note of every species of bird I spotted in 2013. While I am nowhere near their totals, I've had a lot of fun. The list below is of the birds I saw while out and about in Massachusetts During 2013.
1/1/13
White breasted nuthatch
Mourning dove
Song sparrow
House sparrow
Tufted titmouse
American robin
Starling
Canada goose
Herring gull
(9)
1/2/13
Red tailed hawk
Northern cardinal
(11)
1/3/13
Wild turkey
Dark eyed junco
Rock pigeon
Mallard
(15)
1/5/13 - home
Blue jay
Black capped chickadee
Downy woodpecker
Red bellied woodpecker
(19)
1/6/13 - drumlin farm, MA
Eastern bluebird
American crow
White throated sparrow
American goldfinch
Brown tree creeper
(24)
1/10/13
Mute swan
(25)
1/11/13 - Waltham, MA
Mockingbird
(26)
1/12/13 - home
Cooper's hawk
(27)
1/13/13 - minuteman trail, concord, MA
Red breasted nuthatch
Golden crowned kinglet
(29)
2/2/13 - plum island, MA
Northern shrike
Northern harrier
American tree sparrow
Common eider
Black backed gull
(34)
2/18/13 - home
Carolina wren
(35)
3/10/13 - home
Common Grackle
(36)
3/15/13 - home
Red winged blackbird
(37)
3/16/13 - broadmoor, Wellesley, MA
Hairy woodpecker
Hooded merganser
Ring-necked duck
(40)
3/17/13 - halibut point, rockport
Harlequin duck
Surf scoter
White winged scoter
Long tailed duck
Turkey vulture
Great blue heron
(46)
3/24/13 - Assabet, Sudbury
Snow goose
Tree swallow
House finch
(49)
3/25/13 - Crystal Lake, Newton
Bufflehead duck
(50)
3/26/13 - Chestnut Hill Reservoir, Newton MA
Common merganser
Red breasted merganser
Ruddy duck
(53)
3/29/13 - Crystal Lake, Newton MA
Osprey
(54)
4/3/13 - Crystal Lake, Newton MA
Double crested cormorant
(55)
4/6/12 - Great Meadows
Northern shoveler
Rough winged swallow
(57)
4/6/13 - Drumlin Farm
American kestrel
Savannah sparrow
Killdeer
(60)
4/6/13 - Broadmoor, Natick, MA
Wood duck
Eastern phoebe
American woodcock
(63)
4/14/13 - Broadmoor, Natick, MA
American black duck
Palm warbler
Pine warbler
(66)
4/20/13 - Great Meadows, Lincoln, MA
American coot
Barn swallow
(68)
4/21/13 - Halibut Point, Rockport, MA
Brown headed cowbird
Black scoter
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
(71)
4/25/13 - newton cemetery, MA
Cedar waxwing
Northern flicker
(73)
4/26/13 - Newton Cemetery, MA
Chipping sparrow
(74)
4/27/13 - Charles River, Watertown, MA
Yellow warbler
(75)
5/4/13 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln MA
Baltimore oriole
Yellow-rumped warbler
(77)
5/4/13 - Newton Cemetery, MA
Belted kingfisher
(78)
5/12/13 - Nahanton Park, MA
Rose breasted grosbeak
Swamp sparrow
Black and white warbler
Grey catbird
Warbling vireo
House wren
(84)
5/12/13 - Broadmoor MA
Eastern towhee
Solitary sandpiper
(86)
5/12/13 - Home
Ruby throated hummingbird
(87)
5/18/13 - Broad Meadow Brook, MA
White crowned sparrow
Hermit thrush
Spotted sandpiper
(90)
5/19/13 - Worlds End, Hingham, MA
Wood thrush
Great egret
Orchard oriole
Common yellowthroat
Common tern
(95)
5/20/13 - Newton Center, MA
Chimney swift
(96)
5/31/13 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln MA
Bobolink
(97)
6/5/13 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln, MA
Black-billed cuckoo
(Husband isn't letting me count this one because he didn't see it)
6/8/13 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln MA
Indigo bunting
(98)
6/9/13 - Norris Reservation, Norwell, MA
Eastern wood-pewee
Eastern kingbird
(100)
6/9/13 - Nahanton Park, Newton, MA
American redstart
(101)
6/22/13 - Great Meadows, Concord, MA
Willow flycatcher
Green heron
Virginia rail
Marsh wren
(105)
6/23/13 - Moose Hill Farm, MA
Red-eyed vireo
(106)
7/4/13 - Boston Harbor, Boston MA
Ring billed gull
(107)
7/6/13 - Wellfleet Bay, Wellfleet MA
Willet
Great crested flycatcher
(109)
7/20/13 - Grear Meadows, Concord MA
Least bittern
Least sandpiper
(111)
8/3/13 - Moose Hill, Sharon, MA
Field sparrow
(112)
8/17/13 - Chestnut Hill Farm, Southborough MA
Black vulture
(113)
9/2/13 - Great Meadows, Concord MA
Glossy ibis
Snowy egret
Yellowlegs
(116)
9/7/13 - Great Meadows, Concord, MA
Little blue heron
(117)
9/9/13 - Cape Poge, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Oyster catcher
Sanderling
Semi-palmated plover
(120)
9/10/13 - Long Point, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Semi-palmated sandpiper
Greater yellowlegs
Black backed gull
Laughing gull
(124)
9/12/13 - Felix Neck, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Black bellied plover
(125)
9/21/13 - Nahanton Park, Newton, MA
Lincoln's sparrow
Magnolia warbler
(127)
9/29/13 - Great Meadows, Concord MA
Northern pintail
Green winged teal
(129)
9/29/13 - Broadmoor, Natick MA
Northern waterthrush
(130)
10/19/13 - Great Meadows, Concord MA
Sharp-shinned hawk
(131)
10/20/13 - Plum Island, Newburyport, MA
American wigeon
(132)
11/9/13 - South Meadow Pond, Clinton, MA
Greater scaup
(133)
11/10/13 - Great Meadows, Concord, MA
Pied-billed grebe
(134)
11/17/13 - Halibut Point, Rockport, MA
Common loon
Horned grebe
Northern gannet
(137)
12/7/13 - Great Meadows, Concord, MA
Common golden-eye
(138)
12/26/13 - Drumlin Farm, Lincoln, MA
Pileated woodpecker
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
(140)
12/28/13 - Plum Island, Newburyport, MA
Snowy owl
Snow bunting
(142)
