Red-headed Woodpecker.
It had been nearly twenty-five years since I’d seen a Red-headed Woodpecker—back when I took a business trip to New Orleans and happened to see an adult male. So it was nice to spend a little while today watching one. Albeit a first-year male, without that famous red headdress. Good bird.
Prairie Warbler, Mohegan Island, Maine, 22 September 2014.
But Monhegan is full of good birds. Another in particular was a Prairie Warbler that combed through all the shrubbery around the Trailing Yew, popping up from time to time. I also got looks at my first hawks out here this trip. The birding was perhaps three times better than yesterday, and the monarchs are still fluttering around in droves.
I dipped on the Lesser Black-backed Gull everyone else has seen, and a chat that’s been reported.. But the redhead made up for all that.
Plus, there’s still plenty of time.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my second day on the island.
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Yellow-rumped Warbler
3. Prairie Warbler
4. Common Yellowthroat (v)
5. Blue Jay
6. Northern Flicker
7. European Starling
8. Herring Gull
9. American Crow
10. Double-crested Cormorant
11. Great Black-backed Gull
12. Mallard
13. Song Sparrow
14. White-throated Sparrow (v)
15. Northern Parula
16. Belted Kingfisher (v)
17. American Redstart
18. American Goldfinch
19. Sharp-shinned Hawk
20. Northern Gannet
21. Red-headed Woodpecker
22. Carolina Wren (v)
23. Downy Woodpecker (v)
24. Red-eyed Vireo
25. Warbling Vireo
26. Peregrine Falcon
27. Nashville Warbler
28. Black-and-white Warbler
29. Red-breasted Nuthatch
30. Blackpoll Warbler…
…and more I’m forgetting.
v = Voice only
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