My Little Big Year of Birding

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Good Day

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

Saturday, February 1, 2014

European Day!

Trip Map

Me and my daddy went to get a Tufted Duck in Rhode Island. And a Pied-billed Grebe was there. It was a lifer! I throwed rocks in the water and it was fun and then we went to get a Black-headed Gull and we did. Then went to get a Eurasian Wigeon. 6 Year birds and 2 lifers. i love the red legs on the gull its my favorite! In school i made a Penguin thingy i wanted to show you.

eBird Checklists
Watchemocket Cove, Providence County, Rhode Island, US

Pawtucket Boat Launch, Providence County, Rhode Island, US

Lifers


140	Tufted Duck	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
141	Pied-billed Grebe	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014

Year Birds

74	Tufted Duck	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
75	Pied-billed Grebe	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
76	Carolina Wren	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
77	Eurasian Wigeon	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
78	Lesser Scaup	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
79	Hooded Merganser	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
80	Black-headed Gull	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014

Tufted Duck Range Map

Black-headed Gull Range Map

Eurasian Wigeon Range Map

European Day!

eBird Checklists
Watchemocket Cove, Providence County, Rhode Island, US

Pawtucket Boat Launch, Providence County, Rhode Island, US

Lifers


140	Tufted Duck	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
141	Pied-billed Grebe	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014

Year Birds

74	Tufted Duck	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
75	Pied-billed Grebe	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
76	Carolina Wren	Pawtucket Boat Launch	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
77	Eurasian Wigeon	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
78	Lesser Scaup	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
79	Hooded Merganser	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014
80	Black-headed Gull	Watchemocket Cove	US-RI	01 Feb 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Boston Birding

Grammy, daddy and me tried to find a Lesser Black-back Gull and we did at our first stop at Christopher Columbus Park. it was really cold out and there were lots of gulls. There was a Brant there. a life bird! Also some dogs there that ate some of our bread on the ground.

Trip Map

Christopher Columbus Park, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, US

We then went to Revere Beach. We were able to get an Iceland Gull again. Then we had lunch.

Revere Beach--South End, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, US
We then went to Deer Island. More Iceland Gulls. Daddy didnt see 3 Northern Cardinals. 2 females and 1 male and a Chickadee.
BHI--Deer Island, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, US

2 year birds!

72	Brant	Christopher Columbus Park	US-MA	26 Jan 2014
73	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Christopher Columbus Park	US-MA	26 Jan 2014

Saturday, January 25, 2014

2 More Year Birds

today me and my dad went to Lake Quinsigamond. I did not want to go today. he made me. I was mad. I add 2 birds to my year list and much more to my county thing. My dad took photos of the other birds. The rarer ones were Iceland Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, and Canvasback.

Trip Map

Red-breasted Merganser

Canvasback

Iceland Gull, Hiding

70	Ring-necked Duck	Lake Quinsigamond	US-MA	25 Jan 2014
71	House Sparrow	Lake Quinsigamond	US-MA	25 Jan 2014

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Another lifer today!

we went up to some farms and we I found a bunch of Horned Larks but no Snow Buntings. i got also a Northern Flicker. A new year bird. We were looking for a Northern Shrike but didnt saw it. later we went to Wachusett for where the gulls sleep and thats where we saw Black backed gulls and Glaucous Gull but no Iceland or Lesser Black backed. im now at 69 birds on the year!

Map of Trip

Wachusett Reservoir--South Bay, Worcester County, Massachusetts, US

Glaucous Gull

68	Northern Flicker	Town Farm Rd	US-MA	22 Jan 2014
69	Glaucous Gull	Wachusett Reservoir--South Bay	US-MA	22 Jan 2014

Rhode Island Barn Owl, Sandhill Crane and More

My dad, my brother Liam and grammy and me saw a Sandhill Crane. Then we saw a Snowy Owl and we saw it again and again and again then we saw a Barn Owl. 3 lifers and 4 year birds.

Trip Map

Year Birds

64	Sandhill Crane	495 Waites Corner Road	US-RI	20 Jan 2014
65	Black Scoter	Beavertail State Park	US-RI	20 Jan 2014
66	Common Merganser	Third Beach, Middletown	US-RI	20 Jan 2014
67	Barn Owl	Sachuest Point NWR	US-RI	20 Jan 2014