Using technology is a little inconvenient here on damp, balmy Monhegan, so I’ll first simply publish a list of the birds I’ve seen each day, and later I’ll add photos and some commentary. So check back soon!
Monhegan List
I arrived on the island at 11:45 a.m.
1. Herring gull
2. Great black-backed gull
3. Double-crested cormorant
4. American crow
5. Blue jay
6. Song sparrow
7. Black-capped chickadee
8. Yellow-rumped warbler
9. Black-throated green warbler
9. Northern cardinal
10. Northern mockingbird
11. European starling
12. Mallard
13. Blackpoll warbler
14. Mourning dove
15. American golden-plover
16. Swainson’s thrush
Elsewhere
17. Common eider
18. Black guillemot
19. Common loon
20. Northern gannet
Also
Harbor porpoise
Tags: American crow, American golden-plover, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, black-throated green warbler, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, common eider, common loon, double-crested cormorant, European starling, great black-backed gull, herring gull, mallard, mourning dove, northern cardinal, northern gannet, northern mockingbird, song sparrow, Swainson's thrush, yellow-rumped warbler
