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Posts Tagged ‘lark sparrow’
Saturday, September 27th, 2014
 Yellow-headed Blackbird.  Least Flycatcher.  Palm Warbler. The blackbird hangs around. I got a couple half-way decent photos. Also a Least Flycatcher and a Palm Warbler. (Many palms today.) Hated to have to leave—the snake I saw swimming across the Ice Pond kind of made up for the bittersweet return trip inshore.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my last day on the island.
1. Herring Gull
2. American Crow
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Blue Jay
5. European Starling
6. Northern Flicker
7. Merlin
8. American Goldfinch
9. Pine Siskin
10. Carolina Wren
11. Song Sparrow
12. Red-eyed Vireo
13. Great Black-backed Gull
14. Double-crested Cormorant
15. Peregrine Falcon
16. Osprey
17. Cape May Warbler
18. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
19. Yellow-headed Blackbird
20. Rusty Blackbird
21. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
22. Lark Sparrow
23. White-throated Sparrow
24. Black-throated Green Warbler
25. Dickcissel
26. Mallard
27. Wood Duck
28. Belted Kingfisher
29. Great Blue Heron
30. American Redstart
31. Golden-crowned Kinglet
32. Palm Warbler
33. Least Flycatcher
34. White-crowned Sparrow…
…and more I can’t remember.
 Swimming snake (crossing the Ice Pond).
Tags: American crow, American goldfinch, American redstart, belted kingfisher, black-throated green warbler, blue jay, Cape May warbler, Carolina wren, dickcissel, double-crested cormorant, European starling, golden-crowned kinglet, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, lark sparrow, least flycatcher, mallard, merlin, northern flicker, osprey, palm warbler, peregrine falcon, pine siskin, red-eyed vireo, ruby-crowned kinglet, rusty blackbird, song sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, white-throated sparrow, wood duck, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellow-headed blackbird, yellow-rumped warbler
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
 Clay-colored Sparrow.  Greater Yellowlegs.
 Yellow-rumped warbler. With so much going on out here, it’s hard to make time for thrilling blog entries. So for the next few days, I’ll just try for a partial species list and post a few semi-decent photos. And maybe mention a few highlights—like the Clay-Colored Sparrow that wowed us by fluttering back and forth along the trail, munching on Queen Anne’s Lace.
Monhegan List
Tally of species from my third day on the island.
1. Herring Gull
2. American Crow
3. Blue Jay
4. Yellow-rumped Warbler
5. Song Sparrow
6. Merlin
7. Baltimore Oriole
8. European Starling
9. Great Black-backed Gull
10. Black-capped Chickadee
11. Red-breasted Nuthatch
12. Red-eyed Vireo
13. Black-and-white Warbler
14. Mallard
15. Greater Yellowlegs
16. Sharp-shinned Hawk
17. Peregrine Falcon
18. Northern Flicker
19. Blackpoll Warbler
20. Red-winged Blackbird
21. Lark Sparrow
22. Clay-colored Sparrow
23. White-throated Sparrow
24. Red-headed Woodpecker
25. Eastern Phoebe…
…and more birds I’m forgetting.
Tags: American crow, Baltimore oriole, black-and-white warbler, black-capped chickadee, blackpoll warbler, blue jay, clay-colored sparrow, eastern phoebe, European starling, great black-backed gull, greater yellowlegs, herring gull, lark sparrow, mallard, merlin, northern flicker, peregrine falcon, red-breasted nuthatch, red-eyed vireo, red-headed woodpecker, red-winged blackbird, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, white-throated sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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Sunday, September 21st, 2014
 Bald Eagle. Big rains this morning, coming through in waves, but by the time I’d dropped Jack of at Boone’s house and arrived at the Monhegan boat dock, the sky had cleared. Seas were moderately bouncy, but right after I set foot on the island, the sun came out, so I dashed over to Trailing Yew and changed into shorts and sandals.
 Monarchs, Monhegan Island, Maine, 21 September 2014. Thing is, there weren’t a lot of birds around—fewest on any day I’ve been here, I’d say, weather conditions not being ideal for migration. On the other hand, monarch butterflies were everywhere.
Not much time to write out here, but that little bit of butterfly news seems fitting and fortuitous.
Monhegan List
I arrived on the island about 11:30 a.m.
1. Bald Eagle*
2. Herring Gull*
3. Double-crested Cormorant*
4. Great Black-backed Gull*
5. Blue Jay*
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler
7. Lark Sparrow
8. Carolina Wren (v)
9. Northern Flicker
10. American Crow*
11. Mallard
12. Belted Kingfisher
13. Blue-winged Teal
14. Black-capped Chickadee
15. Red-eyed Vireo
16. American Redstart
17. Song Sparrow
18. Cedar Waxwing
Elsewhere
19. House Finch
20. Mourning Dove
21. Great Blue Heron
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American crow, American redstart, bald eagle, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, blue jay, blue-winged teal, Carolina wren, Cedar waxwing, double-crested cormorant, great black-backed gull, great blue heron, herring gull, house finch, lark sparrow, mallard, mourning dove, northern flicker, red-eyed vireo, song sparrow, yellow-rumped warbler
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