Manomet

Four days in and we're up to 25 species! Lots of catbirds and Carolina Wrens, but otherwise a great mix, with ten species of warbler so far.

Northern Waterthrush from this morning.


My lifer Hooded Warbler.  The photo's a bit bright, but this was a stunning bird.  Big too!


My first Prairie Warbler in hand...wait, no, they were the first birds I ever worked with, back in 2009 in Montague!


Our only Brown Thrasher so far, which made all sorts of wonderful sounds in hand.

Montague Plains

Checked out the Montague Plains today, the site of my very first field job back in '09.

Field Sparrow


Found a few color banded PRWAs there.


Pine Warblers around, looking confusing, and nice, like this guy.


And a young boy COYE.

Wickett Pond

Amanda, my dad and I paddled around Wickett Pond in Wendell, MA today.

The common Common Yellowthroat


A quiet, distance Prairie Warbler, my first of the year


Lots of Barn Swallows, though I was expecting Tree based on all the cavities surrounding the pond.


Eastern Kingbird. I really haven't seen many of these, ever.


The best bird for me was this Northern Harrier, which seemed to be hunting around the edges of the pond, catching frogs?