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