April 2006 Galleries

April 30, 2006 : April 29--Mary Jane and I went down the "silver" path to Winsegansett Marsh. Saw AMOY and Yellowlegs. Got ticks but no pics! April 30 - House wrens back from wintering. Two birds squawking but couldn't tell if both males. One male sang a lot and put sticks into all three houses. A house sparrow couple came by looking perplexed. Allen's Pond - Barn Swallows, Tree Swallows, but no AMOY.

April 30, 2006

April 29--Mary Jane and I went down the "silver" path to Winsegansett ...

Updated: Apr 30, 2006 2:43pm PST

April 27 & 28, 2006 : Cool weather both days, cold on the 28th even.

April 27 & 28, 2006

Cool weather both days, cold on the 28th even.

Updated: Apr 28, 2006 3:44pm PST

April 20 & 21, 2006 :

April 20 & 21, 2006

Updated: Apr 26, 2006 4:15pm PST

April 23 & 26, 2006 : April 23 was very windy and cold. Saw AMOY at Winegansett and Hoppy's but too windy for pics. April 26 was sunny and beautiful but windy and cool. Saw AMOY at Winsegansett but far away.

April 23 & 26, 2006

April 23 was very windy and cold. Saw AMOY at Winegansett and Hoppy's ...

Updated: Apr 26, 2006 3:54pm PST

April 19, 2006 : Cold and windy but partly sunny till it rained later in afternoon. Amoy at Winsegansett were each sitting on a rock but a Snowy Egret showed up and the AMOYS took umbrage and flew off. Osprey were working on nest. A person who lives near there said she saw an osprey chasing a deer across the marsh (?!) Kestrel was on the lines working the Standard Times field.

April 19, 2006

Cold and windy but partly sunny till it rained later in afternoon. Am ...

Updated: Apr 19, 2006 7:46pm PST

April 17, 2006 : Went to Town Beach and Shipyard farm. Not much. Winsegansett--The AMOY were at the beginning of the trail. They were making little sounds and flashing their wings once in a while. The smaller male was also looking up with its head cocked and then the female started doing it. I thought they were concerned about the osprey. But while I was trying to delete old photos from my camera, the male hopped onto the female ....then they flew off to separate rocks further out.

April 17, 2006

Went to Town Beach and Shipyard farm. Not much. Winsegansett--The AMO ...

Updated: Apr 17, 2006 1:10pm PST

April 16 - Easter : Soccer Fields--Easter Bunny--that's about it except for RWBB Shaw Road -- one TV YMCA-- 2 AMOY; 2 LEYE; 2 MUSW; 1 KILL; lots of gulls Across highway from herring run--lots of DCCO Tinkham Pond -- lots of battling CAGO; 1 RNDU; several BUFF Across from there behind cranberry bogs--1 PAWA; 1 WODU; 1 OSPR; 1 CHSP

April 16 - Easter

Soccer Fields--Easter Bunny--that's about it except for RWBB Shaw Road ...

Updated: Apr 16, 2006 8:04am PST

April 13 & 14 & 15 : April 13 at lunch at Long Road. The kingfishers weren't there when I got there, but soon the male chattered and flew to near the burrow. Never did see the female. The male sat quiet the whole 15-20 minutes I was there. April 14--lunch. When I got there, saw a bird(?) flying over the water near the road. It was twittering and swooped down to take a drink on the fly. Then it flew around a while and went behind my car. Went to the pond. After a couple minutes both kingfishers showed up. Male went to burrow, female sat on tree. After about 15 minutes, felt sorry as they were chattering. When I got back to my car, the "bird" turned out to be a bat who was just lying there behind my car. It was still breathing, but I was afraid it was sick and didn't pick it up. Left the poor thing there. April 15--very foggy in the morning. The bat was gone. The kingfishers were still there despite a very busy previous day with dogs, kids fishing and kids even riding bikes on the hill several inches above the nest. Don't know what the birds did but they were back the next morning. The male was on the tree near the hole. I moved further away and the female joined the male who then flew into the hole.

April 13 & 14 & 15

April 13 at lunch at Long Road. The kingfishers weren't there when I ...

Updated: Apr 15, 2006 6:43pm PST

April 12, 2006 : Fabulous day. Went to Long Road in the morning. Heard a Kingfisher there (?!)...then heard another one. Sat still and watched the female wait outside while the male went in and out of a hole in the big mound of dirt. He would stay in there at least a full minute. Then when I got up they flew around a while, then gave up. The hole had some kind of paper or other litter at the entrance.....don't know if the birds put it there.

April 12, 2006

Fabulous day. Went to Long Road in the morning. Heard a Kingfisher t ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2006 1:29pm PST

April 10, 2006 : April 10 - McDonalds/bank telephone wires--Am. Kestrel Hacker St--oystercatcher and Savannah Sparrow That night saw very confiding Pine Warbler at edge of Pope Park but no camera

April 10, 2006

April 10 - McDonalds/bank telephone wires--Am. Kestrel Hacker St--oys ...

Updated: Apr 10, 2006 5:16pm PST

April 9, 2006 : Sunday morning, cold and cloudy (turned sunny in afternoon.) Long Road -- surprised a heron; chased around a Ruby Crowned Kinglet for a while. It sang like crazy and flashed its red crown a lot except when it sat still enough for me to photograph. Shaw Road--no pics, but saw a Red-Tailed Hawk carrying nesting material. YMCA (Matt)--big crowd of Great Black-Backed Gulls and another crowd of Double-Crested Cormorants; one Belted Kingfisher Possible merlin at Cranberry Bogs Tinkham Pond--Tree Swallows

April 9, 2006

Sunday morning, cold and cloudy (turned sunny in afternoon.) Long Ro ...

Updated: Apr 09, 2006 3:30pm PST

April 6, 2006 : Stony Point Dike, Wareham. Low tide, got there at 12:48. Ospreys, Oystercatchers Black-bellied Plover traveling with Dunlin flock, Brant, Marbled Godwit, Northern Gannets, Eider and Mergansers, gulls. Met Park Ranger who said he monitors PIPL and AMOY nests there.

April 6, 2006

Stony Point Dike, Wareham. Low tide, got there at 12:48. Ospreys, Oy ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2006 5:24pm PST

April 3 & 5, 2006 : April 3- Great Egret at Winsegansett April 5 - Finches in the snow in my backyard April 5 - Sanderling at Gooseberry Neck April 5 - AMOY, Osprey and dead seal at Winsegansett

April 3 & 5, 2006

April 3- Great Egret at Winsegansett April 5 - Finches in the snow in ...

Updated: Apr 05, 2006 6:13pm PST

April 2, 2006 : Long Road--2 Canada Geese in the pond; 2 Phoebes and some Song Sparrows behind the dirt pile. Also saw phoebes at Little Bay. Late afternoon -- West Island. AMOY at Hoppy's Landing.

April 2, 2006

Long Road--2 Canada Geese in the pond; 2 Phoebes and some Song Sparrow ...

Updated: Apr 02, 2006 5:47pm PST

April 1, 2006 : March 31--Winsegansett AMOY April 1-- Got to Gooseberry in Westport around 7-still a little sunrise light. Walked around the whole beach. Went for breakfast at Bayside near Allen's Pond, then off to the big beach at Horseneck. Saw a dead gannet that immediately got washed back away by the waves. By the time I got around to the marsh it started to rain.

April 1, 2006

March 31--Winsegansett AMOY April 1-- Got to Gooseberry in Westport ar ...

Updated: Apr 02, 2006 4:53am PST