I've posted some recent photos from trips close to home and up to the North Shore and Southern Maine.
Cattle Egret - Easier to find in the eastern part of the state than here in the west. Always nice to locate one. (Hellcat/Plum Is. Oct 31,2010)
Shorebirds on the move....Even though the Curlew Sandpiper hadn't been seen in four days prior to our trip, we headed out to Sandy Point. These Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers and Sanderlings were on the move...When looking for rare shorebirds, a Peregrine Falcon is not what you want.
Peregrine Falcon- A great bird, but not when scoping through large flocks of shorebirds.
Sandhill Crane- Bird of the day on October 31st....definitely a treat!
King Eider-young male in Ogunquit Maine. (Perkins Cove)
Perkins Cove- Ogunquit, Maine.
Gray Kingbird- 2nd State record for Maine. (Perkins Cove)
Fox Sparrow- Goodell Street Feeder.
White-throated Sparrow- Feeder.
Tundra Swans- Quabbin Res. This group of 19 was found by the Hampshire Bird Club (Tom Gagnon & Larry Therrien leading) Nov. 20, 2010
Cackling Goose- Umass Campus Pond/Amherst. 11-21-2010
Cackling Goose- Bird #2 at the Campus Pond.
American robin and Winter berry
