Sparrow

                                                                                        Saltmarsh sparrow

Crossbills

                                                                                            Red Crossbill

                                                                                 White-winged Crossbill

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD!!!!

                                     A super rare Mountain Bluebird and a Red-breasted Goose.

Lark Sparrow

I spotted a Lark Sparrow. It is a very rare bird.

Mega Rare Wood Sandpiper!

Wood Sandpiper 

October 15, 2012 

Marsh Meadows, Jamestown, RI 

We saw the dozens birders start running through the other side of the marsh so we 

knew by birder body language that they had seen the Wood Sandpiper! We were getting 

very frustrated because we could not find how to get through the marsh to the lifer- 

mega. We finally found a path through the phragmites marsh, putting many cuts and 

splinters into my bare feet, and got the bird!

I was sitting on my butt in the wet and spiky marsh grass (which is very uncomfortable 

in case you've never tried it) to keep my camera steady. I was shaking because this was 

the rarest bird that I have ever seen. It has only been seen 5 times in the lower 48 

states and this is the first New England record. It was a very beautiful sandpiper with its 

large black eyes it looked like a BBSA, but the eye stripe and yellowlegs made it look 

like a LEYE and the back and size made it look like a SOSA.

It was running back and forth across the shallow, mucky water. We saw it catch a small 

fish and it had to sit in the grass for a long time to digest it before it started running 

erratically around the mud again. 

Gloucester

Sand!

Piping Plover. I would have liked to have been able to crop this photo but the computer can't handle it. 

Marsh Wren.

Sunset.

SUMMER TANAGER!!!!!

Male Summer Tanager

Cape-may Warbler

Female Summer Tanager

We went out to look for the two Summer Tanagers that had been reported there the day earlier. They are found in Rhode Island almost every year but are still quite uncommon. We have looked for them every year and have not found them. But today was our lucky day. First we found the female sitting high up in a newly leafed tree. She looked like a female Scarlet Tanager without the black wings. Then one of the people in our birding group said that he had the male in view. I rushed over to the person who spotted it and then I saw it too. I was expecting an adult male but it was an young adult male. It looked like a mix between a male and a female Summer Tanager. It had a bright red head and a green body. In a way I think it was nicer looking than a fully adult male. LIFE BIRD!!!! We got 2 more good birds for the day. The first was a Cape-may Warbler and the second was a Wilson's Warbler. Year birds both.

Here comes the Sun

Sunrise.

Bird+Bird+Bird+Bird+Bird+Bird+=Lots of birds

Sanderlings

Tree Swallow flying on a feather

Purple Finch

Killdeer

Saltmarsh Sparrow with bug

Goat

Goat.

Red-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Petersham

A pond.

Some flowers.

A dandylion puff.

A Green Frog.

Mink.

Mute Swan

Mute Swan

Yellow-rumped Warbler

yellow-rumped Warbler

Plum island.

Green-winged Teal.

phragmites.

Sand dunes.

Killdeer on nest.

Tree Swallow.

2 Birds

American Robin

Black-capped Chickadee

Bird and Blooms

Bird (Eastern Phoebe).

Blooms.

My near miss

This ball hit me on the head a second after i took this photo.

Waterfowl

Canada Geese.

Mallards.

Canada Goose.

Another Mallard.

Theo

Close up.

This is probably my best photo of Theo.

Natures wild painter.

 We stumbled on this odd scene in Blackstone park.

                                    

My first day

 Red Squirrel

  

Horses. I really love the lighting in this photograph.