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| Towhee |
I went to Plum Island today to do some birding. I'll keep this short so not to bore my fishing buddies. I left home at 6 am and got back at 4 pm. I saw 46 species for the day. This number is a little low.However, I saw nine species new for the year. Least Tern, Common Tern, Magnolia Warbler, Bobolink, Purple Martin, Willet, Least Sandpiper, Brown Thrasher and Marsh Wren. For reasons I don't know, I didn't see some very common birds including any hawks, great blue heron, or nuthatches. There are many other ones I didn't see.
I wasn't really trying to see how many species I could see anyway. I went up just for a relaxing day outside. If I saw a "good" bird, I watched it for a while. An example, I watched a Marsh Wren build a nest for almost a half hour. If I was trying to see as many species as I could I would have looked at it for ten seconds then moved on.
I'm going back up to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge next week from Wednesday to Friday. I am really looking forward to getting early starts an not feeling rushed. I'm also going to do some shad fishing.
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| American Redstart |
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| Female Common Yellowthroat |
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| Piper Plover |
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| Marsh Wren |
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| Purple Finch |
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| Yellow Warbler |
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| Least Terns |
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| Catbird |
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| Common Terns |
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