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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

My dad and me went to western mass. We tried to find a Redhead Duck. But we didn't find it. There were so many bald eagles there scaring them. When we were driving then we stopped again then we find the Long-tailed Duck and it was a lifer for me. Then we tried to get the Eastern Meadowlarks. We couldnt find them at first but we kept looking and I found by myself in a tree some Cedar Waxwings! Dad would of missed them! A year bird! We heard Eastern Bluebirds as well. Then my dad finally saw the meadowlarks. A lifer! We then went over to a big river (Connecticut) and my dad showed me through our scope a Northern Pintail and some other cool ducks! Then we went to grammies for a Super Bowl party!

Map of Trip

eBird Checklists
River Road, Agawam, Hampden County, Massachusetts, US

Bondis Island--boat ramp, Hampden County, Massachusetts, US

Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, US

Northampton--East Meadows, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, US

Lifers

142	Long-tailed Duck	River Road, Agawam	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
143	Eastern Meadowlark	Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
144	Northern Pintail	Northampton--East Meadows	US-MA	02 Feb 2014

Year Birds

81	Long-tailed Duck	River Road, Agawam	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
82	Eastern Bluebird	Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
83	Cedar Waxwing	Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
84	Eastern Meadowlark	Silvio O. Conte NWR--Fort River Division	US-MA	02 Feb 2014
85	Northern Pintail	Northampton--East Meadows	US-MA	02 Feb 2014

2014 Big Year List

Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Blue Jay
Northern Cardinal
Canada Goose
Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Peregrine Falcon
Fish Crow
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
American Crow
Mute Swan
Great Cormorant
Snowy Owl
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Sanderling
Northern Harrier
Horned Lark
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Loon
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
American Robin
European Starling
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown Creeper
American Goldfinch
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Northern Mockingbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-throated Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
Black Scoter
Common Merganser
Barn Owl
Northern Flicker
Glaucous Gull
Ring-necked Duck
House Sparrow
Brant
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Tufted Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Carolina Wren
Eurasian Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Black-headed Gull
Long-tailed Duck
Eastern Bluebird
Cedar Waxwing
Eastern Meadowlark
Northern Pintail
Hairy Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Barnacle Goose
Wild Turkey
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Great Blue Heron
American Woodcock
Common Grackle
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Greater White-fronted Goose
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Goshawk
Trumpeter Swan
Pink-footed Goose
Snow Goose
Ring-necked Pheasant
Field Sparrow
House Finch
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Great Egret
Fox Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Tundra Swan
American Coot
Tree Swallow
Osprey
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bonaparte's Gull
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Kestrel
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant
Lesser Yellowlegs
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cooper's Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-headed Vireo
Hermit Thrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Barn Swallow
Brown Thrasher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Upland Sandpiper
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Shoveler
Virginia Rail
Merlin
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Manx Shearwater
Piping Plover
Snowy Egret
Chimney Swift
House Wren
Baltimore Oriole
Warbling Vireo
Wood Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Gray Catbird
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Broad-winged Hawk
Northern Waterthrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Worm-eating Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Eastern Kingbird
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Bank Swallow
Prairie Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Canada Warbler
Bobolink
Grasshopper Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Black-crowned Night Heron
American Bittern
Common Nighthawk
Eastern-Whip-poor-will
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Indigo Bunting
Willet
White-eyed Vireo
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Tern
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Least Tern
Mississippi Kite
Green Heron
Monk Parakeet
Black-billed Cuckoo
Clay-colored Sparrow

My Life List

Great Egret
Osprey
Great Horned Owl
House Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Rock Pigeon
Eastern Screech-Owl
Wood Duck
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Spotted Sandpiper
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Northern Lapwing
Ring-billed Gull
Barred Owl
Horned Lark
Pine Grosbeak
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
American Coot
Herring Gull
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Brown Pelican
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Boat-tailed Grackle
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Sanderling
Snow Goose
Red-shouldered Hawk
American Crow
Black-headed Gull
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Monk Parakeet
Blue Jay
European Starling
Red-headed Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
Pink-footed Goose
Northern Harrier
Short-eared Owl
Mallard
American Woodcock
Song Sparrow
Common Grackle
American Kestrel
Great Blue Heron
Eastern Towhee
Killdeer
Northern Mockingbird
American Bittern
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Swamp Sparrow
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Baltimore Oriole
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Northern Saw-whet Owl
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Merlin
Snow Bunting
Common Goldeneye
Ruddy Duck
Iceland Gull
Northern Hawk Owl
Wild Turkey
Hairy Woodpecker
Gray Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mourning Dove
Dark-eyed Junco
Ring-necked Duck
Common Loon
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Black-backed Gull
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Peregrine Falcon
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Harlequin Duck
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Cooper's Hawk
Eastern Bluebird
MacGillivray's Warbler
Palm Warbler
House Finch
Fish Crow
White-winged Scoter
Great Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Lapland Longspur
Surf Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
Red-throated Loon
Ross's Goose
Cackling Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Canvasback
Brown Creeper
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pileated Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
Black Scoter
Barn Owl
Glaucous Gull
Brant
Tufted Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Long-tailed Duck
Eastern Meadowlark
Northern Pintail
Barnacle Goose
Painted Bunting
Green-winged Teal
Greater White-fronted Goose
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Goshawk
Trumpeter Swan
Ring-necked Pheasant
Field Sparrow
Eastern Phoebe
Fox Sparrow
Bonaparte's Gull
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Vesper Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant
Lesser Yellowlegs
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-headed Vireo
Hermit Thrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Barn Swallow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Upland Sandpiper
Virginia Rail
Rusty Blackbird
Yellow-throated Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Manx Shearwater
Piping Plover
Snowy Egret
Chimney Swift
Warbling Vireo
Wood Thrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Parula
Least Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Worm-eating Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Eastern Kingbird
Solitary Sandpiper
Bank Swallow
Prairie Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Canada Warbler
Bobolink
Grasshopper Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Cape May Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Veery
Orchard Oriole
Willow Flycatcher
Swainson's Thrush
Indigo Bunting
Willet
White-eyed Vireo
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Prothonotary Warbler
Common Tern
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black Tern
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Least Tern
Mississippi Kite
Green Heron
Black-billed Cuckoo
Clay-colored Sparrow

2 comments :

kriztinoFebruary 5, 2014 at 11:53 AM
Owen ! I am loving your blog. You're 6 and I'm 60 and you've seen more birds this year than me !
I just saw the Eastern Meadowlark for the first time this week also... I want to see one again.
devingriffithsFebruary 6, 2014 at 5:00 AM
I've been reading your posts and I love your blog, Owen! Congratulations on the Tufted Duck and Black-headed Gull. Looks like your Little Big Year is off to a great start (nothing better than birding with dad!). Good luck and keep up the great work! See you in the field.

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