Big January 2012 Bird List

Swamp Sparrow 1-1-2012 Stirling Bog, Andover, MA

1. Blue Jay-Andover Yard
2. Mourning Dove
3. Downy Woodpecker
4. American Crow
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Tufted Titmouse
7. White-breasted nuthatch
8. White-throated sparrow
9. House Finch
10. American goldfinch
11. House Sparrow
12. Northern Cardinal-Andover Yard 10:10 a.m.
13. Mallard-Stirling Bog
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. Swamp Sparrow
16. Dark-eyed Junco
17. Canada Goose-Andover Post Office Area on Stevens Street
18. Ring-billed Gull
19. Herring Gull
20. Mute Swan-Steven’s Pond, North Andover
21. Ring-necked Duck-Lake Cochichewick, North End in North Andover
22. Bufflehead
23. Common Loon
24. Great Blue Heron-Parking lot at west end of Lake Cochichiwick
25. Hooded Merganser
26. Rock Pigeon-Sutton Ave. near Rt 495 Overpass
27. Hairy Woodpecker-Andover Yard 3:10PM
28. Red-bellied Woodpecker-Andover Yard 1-2-12
29. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)-Andover Yard 1-4-12 8:55 AM
30. American Robin
31. European Starling-Philips Academy Campus, Andover-1-6-12
32. Song Sparrow-Andover yard in evening 1-9-12
33. American Black duck-Joppa Flats 1-10-12
34. Northern Harrier-Plum Island 1-10-12
35. Killdeer
36. Bald Eagle
37. Great black-backed Gull
38. American Tree Sparrow
39. Long-tailed Duck
40. Red-Throated Loon
41. Horned Grebe
42. Wild Turkey
43. Snowy Owl
44. Northern Pintail*
45. Common Eider
46. Purple Sandpiper**
47. Great Horned Owl*-Andover Yard 1-10-12, 8:15 PM
48. Sharp-shinned Hawk-Andover 1-11-12
49. Fish Crow-North Andover Market Basket parking lot 1-11-12
50. Common Merganser-Cherry Hill Reservoir 1-14-12
51. Canvasback*
52. Greater Scaup-Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial 1-16-12
53. Common Goldeneye
54. Red-breasted merganser
55. Double-crested Cormorant-State Fish Pier, Gloucester 1-16-12
56. Peregrine Falcon
57. Iceland Gull**
58. American Coot*-Webster, MA 1-19-12
59. Carolina Wren-Andover Yard 1-22-12
60. Northern Mockingbird-Salisbury Beach 1-24-12
61. White-winged Scoter
62. Great Cormorant*
63. Gadwall-Plum Island 1-24-12
64. Cooper’s Hawk-Cherry Hill Reservoir 1-24-12
65. Eastern Screech Owl-Andover Yard 1-27-12
66. Common Raven-Rt 495 Haverhill 1-28-12
67. Turkey Vulture-Willimantic, CT 1-5-12
68. Northern Hawk Owl-Palmyra, ME 1-29-12

Note: It is the end of day 31 and these are all the birds I have seen. Bold lettering denotes the start of a new count or location. The 2 species at the end of the list are species seen out of state and do not count towards my Big January Competition with others but they do count for my overall personal Big January Count! It’s not too big, but it was fun! I beat my 2011 Massachusetts Big January total of 55 by 11 species!

**New Life Bird

*New State Bird (By default, new Life Birds are also new State Birds)

Big January 2012 Bird Totals

• Kathie’s Big January 2012 Photo Essay
• Larry, The Brownstone Birding Blog-83
• Robert Mortensen, Birding is Fun-66 species
• Ruth, Body, Soul and Spirit-54/93 species
• Kathryn, My Mountain Green-33 species

Totals From Previous Years

• Big January 2011
• Big January 2010
• Big January 2010 Photo Essay
• Big January 2009
• Big January 2008