Andover Backyard Birds
Stirling Street Bog
North Andover Birds
Plum Island Birds 1-10-12
Cherry Hill Reservoir Birds
Gloucester Birds 1-16-12
Webster, Massachusetts 1-19-12
Salisbury Beach 1-24-12
Turkey Hill Road 1-24-12
Out-of State Birds
It was a fun and busy month of birding. I ended up with 66 species of birds here in Massachusetts and 68 species of birds overall. the last few days of the month I was gone a lot and not able to get out birding again, but I did hear an Eastern Screech Owl on the night of January 27th right after I got home from Connecticut while I was out walking the dog. Then, my final bird was a Common Raven I saw alongside the highway in Haverhill, MA area on our way up to Maine for this past weekend.I beat my last year’s total by 11 species for Massachusetts and 13 species over all. If you did a Big January please let me know by leaving your total in the comment section below. You can see my complete Big January 2012 Bird List by clicking on the link. I added 6 species to my Massachusetts Life List and 3 species to my Life List so far this year! And to think the year is still young yet!
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Kathie’s Stats Year-to-date
| January 2012 Stats | Life | Year |
| Total Species | 423 | 68 |
| Total Checklists | 3910 | 84 |
| States Birded In: | ||
| Massachusetts | 166 | 66 |
| Connecticut | 136 | 23 |
| Maine | 108 | 18 |
| New Hampshire | 62 | 3 |
Big January 2012 Birders and Totals:
- Larry, The Brownstone Birding Blog-83
- Robert Mortensen, Birding is Fun-65 species
- Ruth, Body, Soul and Spirit-54/93 species
- Kathryn, My Mountain Green-33 species
- anyone else?
Great photo essay and list of birds for Jan. Kathie.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful Kathie! What a great "Big January"! How sweet to get some lifers and especially the Northern Hawk Owl. Great photos to accompany. That Bald Eagle, Great Black-backed Gull & American Crow photo is too awesome!
ReplyDeleteDan and Donna, Thanks! Whew! I'm exhausted!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Kathie! Love the colors, especially the Blue Jay!
ReplyDeleteThanks Hilke!
ReplyDeleteHi Katie..You have had a fantastic month with some real great finds especially the Snowy..how great is that!!
ReplyDeleteKnow wonder you are exhausted after putting this photo essay together ..nice job!!
Great stats!!
I have a question for you ..how rare is it to see the Northern Yellow Shafted Flicker in winter in Maine do you know??
I tryed some things through ebird but couldn't figure out what I was doing lol..I started doing ebird backyard count 2 wks ago..love it!!
Grace
Katie...My post today was the Flicker if you have a chance!!
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You've worked it hard this year already. These photos are so awesome I wonder if they get loaded with the counts?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the "pop" tip, I found it. Let me know if you see a difference from today on please.
Grammie G, how awesome that you saw the flicker. I love that you captured the yellow under its wings. to answer your question I did some research and this is what I found out:
ReplyDeleteI checked on eBird and saw that other people are reporting Northern Flickers in Maine right now with 1 report being by Marshal Illiff, one of the eBird reviewers for my area. It seems that NOFL's can be seen in Maine year round but there are fewer sightings in winter and fewer sightings inland. Most are along the coast. Some of this is due to population density and some due to the fact that there are fewer observers inland. In fact, you are the furthest inland report in the last 30 days! In fact, the 4th week in January has the least fewest reports of this species throughout the year, so good thing you not only reported it but photographed it!
If you would like to check on this or any other bird sightings yourself, go to eBird and click on the "View and Explore Data" tab. From there you can click on a number of options but to view Maine's report, select "Maine" from the lists of states, then click "the entire region" or whatever else you want, then click continue. From there it will bring up a bar chart of all the species seen in Maine throughout the year. As you scroll down the list you will see a little button next to each species name which says, "map." If you click on the map it will show you where the species has been seen in the state with the most recent sightings as red pins on the map. If you click on the pins it will show you the date and who submitted the sighting. Give it a try and have fun. I can get lost in "Exploring Data!" I did eBird for over 2 years before I even knew that my name was coming up all over the map! LOL!!!
Gaelyn I went to see and it is all looking good! I'm glad it worked out for you! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I am off to bed, but will try to get around to visit more blogs tomorrow! Good night everyone!
Kathie, it was great looking back over your January. Fantastic collection of birds and photos. Well done!
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection of photos for a great Big January. I ended with 65.
ReplyDeleteHi Katie...."THANK YOU" so much ..I appreciate you taken the time ..I think I can get it now ; }
ReplyDeleteGrace
Eileen, thanks!
ReplyDeleteRobert, good for you! That's a respectable number. I will have to check in with Larry and see how he did. I think he has us both beat!
Grammie G, glad to help!
Just amazing. I'm in awe! Wonderful shots; the detail and action. Super collection, Kathie. NO wonder you went without eating yesterday...
ReplyDeleteWow Kathie!... you have some wonderful wildlife to share... many thanks for showing all your beautiful images..
ReplyDeleteWow Kathie, what a great collection of birds! It's nice to see the Snowy Owl and the shot of the eagle, gull and crow together is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI am not really a lister other than I have joined the eBird challenge from Robert and have been pretty good at keeping up. Your post made me go back and count my January list and I counted 101 species! Many of which were from my visit to the Colusa and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuges. The list included 2 lifers also!
What a great collection! Snowy owl is my favourite!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing and detailed list with lovely photographs. We don't have blue jays here and they are so beautiful I wish we did, also no turkey vultures but I don't care for them!Signing up as a follower.
ReplyDeleteYou are such an organised lister and such an inspiration! What a great photo record you have. (I tend to scribble lists on pieces of paper and pile them up in my glove compartment)
ReplyDeleteOh so many wonderful Photos of beautiful birds Kathie. You are trumps!
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection of birds!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing the places you've been and the birds you've seen all withing a month's time! You sure have some great photos to look back on!
ReplyDeleteHoly moly, that's amazing! What a great tally. I especially loved the closups at the feader.
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