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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Allens Pond Bird Walk to Mount Auburn, and Great Meadows

Over the weekend, I suffered a computer crash, and now that I am almost recovered from it, so I will catch up on my blog posts.
On Friday, May 18, 2012.  Paul Champlin led a birding walk for six participants, for Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary, to Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and then after we finished at Mount Auburn, we spent part of the afternoon at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, Massachusetts.  For the entire trip, we saw approximately 60+ species of birds.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is and Important Bird Area, besides being an active cemetery, botanical garden and a wildlife preserve.  Mount Auburn is a wonderful place to visit, even if you are not a birder.
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord Unit is also an excellent place to visit and observe nature at its best.
Photos from Mount Auburn
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
American Robin on gravestone with food





Baltimore Oriole
Baltimore Oriole




Blue Jay
Blue Jay on Nest




Blue Jay
Blue Jay




Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Chipmunk on top of a burial crypt




Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager Female




Tiger Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager Female











Photos from Great Meadows
Marsh Wren  - Cistothorus palustris
Marsh Wren
Marsh Wren
Marsh Wren
Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle
Pearl Cresent
Pearl Cresent
Snapping Turtle
Young Common Snapping Turtle sunning itself on top of a muskrat den

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Birding at Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary

On Saturday morning, May 21 seven of us enjoyed a beautiful morning of birding. We birded from approximately 8 AM to 12 noon and found a total of 73 different species. Two of the more interesting species that were filed were a little blue heron and a stilt Sandpiper.

There were abundant shorebirds present and because of passersby Peregrine Falcons they were put up.

Birding Group
Birding Group
Daffodills
Daffodils
Because of location and distances of some of the birds pictures were not obtained but here is a a sample of what we had seen. 
Black Mustard
Black Mustard
Willets on Staone Wall
Willits on Stone Wall

Mourning Dove in Flight
Mourning Dove

Seaside Sparrow
Seasie Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Saltmarsh sparrow
Fowlers Toad
Fowlers toad
Fowlers Toad
Fowler's Toad

Piping Plover
Piping Plover

American Redstart
American Redstart
Starflower
Starflowe
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cwbird
Scarlet Tanager female in Flight
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Towhee
    
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