Snowy Owl - 04/28/2018 |
Snowy Owl - 04/28/2018 |
The full list of birds is below, but birds were not the only wildlife around the island. We had a number of Harbor Seals swimming around the island and hauling out to rest on the shore. The individual below was sleeping comfortably on the western end.
Harbor Seal - 04/28/2018 |
Mute Swan (3, flying eastward south of the island)
American Black Duck (2, hanging around the island and even swimming around the Big Gun)
Common Eider (up to twenty mainly between Great Gull and Little Gull)
Black Scoter (a pair off the eastern end)
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon (scattered individuals)
Northern Gannet (2, flybys)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron (1, flyover)
Great Egret (3, flyovers)
Snowy Egret (1, with the Greats)
Osprey (1, flyover)
Bald Eagle (1)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1, Sunday)
Cooper's Hawk (1, Saturday)
Merlin (2)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
American Oystercatcher (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (heard calling by Dale Dancis while flying by)
Spotted Sandpiper (island breeders)
Willet (1, on the rocks on the western end of the island Saturday morning)
Purple Sandpiper (5, at the extreme western end on Friday)
Purple Sandpipers - 04/27/2018 |
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Snowy Owl (1)
Chimney Swift (1, flyover seen by Loyan Beausoleil)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Fish Crow (9, flyover flock)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (1)
Tree Swallow (2)
Barn Swallow (island breeders)
Carolina Wren (island residents)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3)
Veery (1)
Hermit Thrush (2)
American Robin (1)
Northern Mockingbird (1)
Gray Catbird (1, seen by Joan Walsh)
European Starling (island residents)
Ovenbird (3)
Black-and-white Warbler (several Saturday)
Black-and-white Warbler - 04/28/2018 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3)
Eastern Towhee (a couple on Friday; many more on Saturday)
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow (island residents)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
White-throated Sparrow (15)
Northern Cardinal (one pair)
Red-winged Blackbird (island breeders; females arrived on Saturday)
Common Grackle (5, have bred on island)
Boat-tailed Grackle (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird (2)
House Finch (island residents)
American Goldfinch (6)
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