Sunday, October 21, 2012

Weekend Birds- Oct 19-21, 2012




Friday afternoon
Cormorant
100 Gannets,  flying north to south in groups from 2-10
Peregrine  Falcon  
20 ducks flying south
Great black backed gull
Herring gulls
2 Laughing gulls
Goldfinches, House finches, song sparrows, cardinals
Monarch butterflies  
 
Saturday
Golden crowned kinglet heard in Squam Swamp
More gannets!
Gray tailed Tattler at UMass Field Station
7 egrets
Kingfisher
Greater yellowlegs

Sunday
Whimbrel at U Mass Field Station
Green winged teal
Greater yellowlegs, black bellied plovers
Golden crowned kinglet seen in Sconset beach pines
Harlequin duck pair off Sankaty Head
Kestrel hunting on the bluff
Loon
 
Eiders

More Fall Mushrooms from Sconset






















Shrooms on the Beach in Sconset









Shrooms on the Beach, October 21, 2012