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Posts Tagged ‘rusty blackbird’
Thursday, September 25th, 2014
 Rusty Blackbird.  Carolina Wren.  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Awoke well before sunrise this morning—which was nice, considering the lovely sunrise. Today seemed a little more birdy overall, although the Red-Headed Woodpecker seemed to have split the island. (Someone had done a little road grating right in front of its yard.) Walked through Cathedral Woods to Whitehead today. Saw the mother of all fairy houses. Also saw a seal floating on its back.
 Sunrise. Another nice day offshore.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my fifth day on the island.
1. American Crow
2. Herring Gull
3. Blue Jay
4. Peregrine Falcon
5. Least Flycatcher
6. Baltimore Oriole
7. Dickcissel
8. Carolina Wren
9. Rusty Blackbird
10. Red-eyed Vireo
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Yellow-rumped Warbler
13. Yellow Warbler
14. Cape May Warbler
15. American Redstart
16. Northern Flicker
17. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
18. Common Raven
19. Red-breasted Nuthatch
20. Great Black-backed Gull
21. Double-crested Cormorant
22. Great Cormorant
23. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
24. Golden-crowned Kinglet
25. Black Guillemot
26. Common Eider
27. Mallard
28. Red-winged Blackbird
29. Yellow-headed Blackbird
30. Song Sparrow
31. Chipping Sparrow
32. Mourning Dove
33. Merlin
34. Sharp-shinned Hawk…
…and more I’m forgetting.
Tags: American crow, American redstart, Baltimore oriole, black guillemot, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, Cape May warbler, Carolina wren, chipping sparrow, common eider, common raven, dickcissel, double-crested cormorant, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, great cormorant, herring gull, least flycatcher, mallard, merlin, mourning dove, northern flicker, peregrine falcoln, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, red-winged blackbird, ruby-crowned kinglet, rusty blackbird, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, yellow warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow-rumped warbler
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
 Magnolia Warbler.  Philadelphia Vireo.  Ruby-throated Hummingbird.  Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Big news today was the Yellow-headed Blackbird that showed up on the island. Big news for all the birders who saw (and didn’t) see it—especially, perhaps, my own self, since it was a lifer for me. However, back at the Trailing Yew later, as I popped into my room to change from shorts to jeans, the bird showed up all sunlit and photogenic on the tip of a spruce overlooking the yard. Dang it.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my fourth day on the island.
1. Herring Gull
2. Merlin
3. Northern Flicker
4. Blue Jay
5. European Starling
6. American Goldfinch
7. Pine Siskin
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Eastern Wood-pewee
10. Eastern Phoebe
11. Unidentified empid
12. American Crow
13. Osprey
14. Peregrine Falcon
15. Sharp-shinned Hawk
16. Common Raven
17. Rusty Blackbird
18. Red-headed Woodpecker
19. Yellow-headed Blackbird
20. Northern Harrier
21. Red-eyed Vireo
22. Song Sparrow
23. Lincoln’s Sparrow
24. Chipping Sparrow
25. Baltimore Oriole
26. Yellow-rumped Warbler
27. Blackpoll Warbler
28. Palm Warbler
29. Northern Parula
30. Common Yellowthroat
31. Philadelphia Vireo
32. Magnolia Warbler
33. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
34. Belted Kingfisher
35. Ruby-throated Hummingbird…
…and more I’m forgetting.
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, Baltimore oriole, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, chipping sparrow, common raven, common yellowthroat, eastern phoebe, eastern wood-pewee, European starling, herring gull, Lincoln's sparrow, magnolia warbler, merlin, northern flicker, northern harrier, northern parula, osprey, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, Philadelphia vireo, pine siskin, red-eyed vireo, red-headed woodpecker, rose-breasted grosbeak, ruby-throated hummingbird, rusty blackbird, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, unidentified empid, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow-rumped warbler
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Saturday, September 28th, 2013
25 September 2013
 Rusty blackbird. Rarely do I see rusty blackbirds inland. Always do I see them the last week of September on Monhegan.
Tags: rusty blackbird
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