Week 2
Although I didn’t have a lot of time to spend birding this week, I did manage to scrape up a few nice additions to both my work and home circles but am still lacking on a lot of the common birds.
Salem Circle
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – a nice relatively rare bird during the winter months, seen at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in North Salem. The same place, nearly the same date, and the same tree branch just a year ago, but photos show them being different birds! In fact, I have more Dec-Jan records of YBSS than any other months in Salem.
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Raven
I picked up a few common birds today including Carolina Wren and Brown Creeper. I also picked up at bunch of points for the January challenge which I still need to tally, but some of my favorite hotspots including World End Pond are really slacking during the winter months.
Total: 43
Plaistow Circle
Didn’t get to do any birding this weekend, but I was able to add an out-of-season American Kestrel in Haverhill. This was just outside of my Salem circle as well, and fell just outside the ‘overlap’ of the circles.
Total: 36