Bird-a-thon Day 2

Our Trip!

Today was bird-a-thon day 2 and my dad woke me up at 7am then we went in the car and left to go and find a Grasshopper Sparrow. When we went to the spot(Oarkhurst Rd, Sutton) we saw Beth, Paul, and Nancy and when they left we saw 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and a Brown Thrasher singing. Then we went to Blackstone and got 3 Black Vultures and gulls were there. Then we went on a hill and there were Chimney Swifts everywhere and I had a big near my face and one came and ate it right near my face! There were 2 Graylags there. Then an Orchard Oriole flew in and it was a lifer!!!!! A Great Blue Heron was there and he staring at the Graylags and they had a talk fight!

Then we went to our next spot (Westborough WMA) and when we got there we heard a sound. We heard and saw a Wilson's Warbler and a Canada Warbler and a Blackpoll. We also got a Willow Flycatcher then right after that we got a Swainson's Thrush! Then I found my own Ruby-throated Hummingbird all by myself! Also we got a Wood Thrush and more Orchard Orioles and LOTS of Baltimore Orioles!! Then we went to another side and there was a beaver dam. I got an Indigo Bunting that was singing and then it flew out! It was pretty because it had all blue on it and its one of my second favorite colors. Then I went to my baseball game and we won!

Then we took a longer ride to the beach! (Westport) We did very bad at getting shore birds!  We did get some Killdeers and lots of Willets! And we also got American Black Ducks then Red-breasted Merganser some Black Scoter and then there were Common Eider. We also walked on a path and met this guy who knows a lot about owls my dad told me!( Brian Cassie). We also got 3 Saltmarsh Sparrows and they were running on the ground! When we walked in the woods we heard a White-eyed Vireo but we couldn't see him. Then when we walked out we had 2 White-eyed Vireos and we got to see them! We had to pull off a thousand ticks on us!

At first when we went to a spot we heard a Worm-eating Warbler sound but when my dad finally found it it was a Chipping Sparrow. Then after when we went back we got the bird we wanted!  After we were done birding then my dad took me to the beach to play on some rocks! And I almost touched a cute little rabbit! We found 5 baby bunnies that ran up to us!

Tommorrow we are going to have a relaxing day!!!

Oakhurst Fields, Worcester County, Massachusetts, US 
Blackstone Canal, Blackstone Ma, Worcester County, Massachusetts, US 
Blackstone, 99 Susan Drive, Worcester County, Massachusetts, US 
Westborough WMA, Worcester County, Massachusetts, US 
Gooseberry Neck, Bristol County, Massachusetts, US 
Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail, Bristol County, Massachusetts, US 
Acoaxet Area, Bristol County, Massachusetts, US 

Dad Note-
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Grasshopper Sparrow

Orchard Oriole Lifer!

Blackpoll Warbler

Swainson's Thrush lifer!

1 of 4 Yellow-throated Vireo's

Wood Thrush

Indigo Bunting

Lifer Saltmarsh Sparrow

Lifer White-eyed Vireo

Worm-eating Warbler

after his lifer Orchard Oriole

after his lifer Willow Flycatcher and Swainson's Thrush

 after his lifer Indigo Bunting

 after his lifer Saltmarsh Sparrow and Willet

after his lifer White-eyed Vireo

relaxing

New Year Birds

198	Orchard Oriole	Blackstone Canal, Blackstone Ma	US-MA	17 May 2014
199	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
200	Willow Flycatcher	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
201	Swainson's Thrush	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
202	Indigo Bunting	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
203	Willet	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014
204	White-eyed Vireo	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014
205	Saltmarsh Sparrow	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014

Lifers

215	Orchard Oriole	Blackstone Canal, Blackstone Ma	US-MA	17 May 2014
216	Willow Flycatcher	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
217	Swainson's Thrush	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
218	Indigo Bunting	Westborough WMA	US-MA	17 May 2014
219	Willet	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014
220	White-eyed Vireo	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014
221	Saltmarsh Sparrow	Allen's Pond--Quansett Trail	US-MA	17 May 2014

102 species for Mass Audubon's Bird-a-thon for Broad Meadow Brook of Worcester!

Canada Goose -- 45 18 -- -- -- -- Mute Swan -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Wood Duck -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- American Black Duck -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- Mallard -- 12 9 -- -- -- -- Common Eider -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- Black Scoter -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- Red-breasted Merganser -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Wild Turkey -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- Double-crested Cormorant -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- American Bittern -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Great Blue Heron -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Great Egret -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- Black Vulture -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Turkey Vulture -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Osprey -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- Red-tailed Hawk -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Virginia Rail -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- Killdeer -- 2 5 -- -- -- -- Spotted Sandpiper -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Greater Yellowlegs -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- Willet -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- Lesser Yellowlegs -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- American Woodcock -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- Ring-billed Gull -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Herring Gull -- -- 35 -- -- -- -- Great Black-backed Gull -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- Rock Pigeon -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Mourning Dove -- 4 9 -- -- -- -- Common Nighthawk -- 5 -- -- -- -- -- Eastern Whip-poor-will -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- Chimney Swift -- -- 25 -- -- -- -- Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Red-bellied Woodpecker -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Downy Woodpecker -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Hairy Woodpecker -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Northern Flicker -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Peregrine Falcon -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Willow Flycatcher -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- Eastern Phoebe -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Great Crested Flycatcher -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Eastern Kingbird -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- White-eyed Vireo -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Yellow-throated Vireo -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- Warbling Vireo -- -- 12 -- -- -- -- Red-eyed Vireo -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Blue Jay -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- American Crow -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Common Raven -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Tree Swallow -- 4 19 -- -- -- -- Bank Swallow -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Barn Swallow -- -- 17 -- -- -- -- Black-capped Chickadee -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- Tufted Titmouse -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- White-breasted Nuthatch -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- House Wren -- 1 3 -- -- -- -- Carolina Wren -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -- 1 5 -- -- -- -- Eastern Bluebird -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Veery -- 1 1 -- -- -- -- Swainson's Thrush -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Wood Thrush -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- American Robin -- 10 20 -- -- -- -- Gray Catbird -- 3 24 -- -- -- -- Brown Thrasher -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Northern Mockingbird -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- European Starling -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- Cedar Waxwing -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- Ovenbird -- -- 5 -- -- -- -- Worm-eating Warbler -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Blue-winged Warbler -- -- 8 -- -- -- -- Black-and-white Warbler -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Common Yellowthroat -- 5 20 -- -- -- -- American Redstart -- -- 14 -- -- -- -- Yellow Warbler -- 4 42 -- -- -- -- Chestnut-sided Warbler -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Blackpoll Warbler -- 3 7 -- -- -- -- Pine Warbler -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Yellow-rumped Warbler -- 1 8 -- -- -- -- Prairie Warbler -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- Canada Warbler -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Wilson's Warbler -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Eastern Towhee -- -- 9 -- -- -- -- Chipping Sparrow -- 2 6 -- -- -- -- Field Sparrow -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Grasshopper Sparrow -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Saltmarsh Sparrow -- -- 3 -- -- -- -- Song Sparrow -- 4 20 -- -- -- -- Swamp Sparrow -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- Scarlet Tanager -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Northern Cardinal -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Indigo Bunting -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- Bobolink -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- Red-winged Blackbird -- 16 39 -- -- -- -- Common Grackle -- 9 21 -- -- -- -- Brown-headed Cowbird -- -- 16 -- -- -- -- Orchard Oriole -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- Baltimore Oriole -- 1 15 -- -- -- -- House Finch -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- American Goldfinch -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- House Sparrow -- 2 8 -- -- -- --