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(MOSTLY) NEW ENGLAND 2022

by lsharvell

536 photos and 59 videos · 2 views
BOBCAT! Thankful I had camera and not just cell phone on today's hike! Lasted about 10 seconds, looked up and took off! NH
BOBCAT! Noticed movement ahead on trail and did a double take--yahooooooo, a bobcat!! NH
Alerted to this Barred Owl by Blue Jays!
Blue Jay taking a pass at Barred Owl!
House finch "ornament" on our front door wreath!
Dawn sky, NH
Being watched as I hiked on a cold, windy January morning! Quick cell phone snap of the silent one
Recent Pileated target practice, NH
"Brown" Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco, NH
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Hermit Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier
Northern Harrier
Gray Catbird
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawks, courtship?
Red-tailed Hawk dining on what appears to be squirrel!
Belted Kingfisher, BB trail network, a bit of a surprise as only small amount of water open
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), behind Ring-billed, Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
COMMON GULL (KAMCHATKA), Cove Island Marina, Stamford, CT (2nd RARE gull for the day!)
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl
Snow Bunting, coast
Spring has sprung before the rains came, Red-winged chorus! Two small flocks passed thru locally --migration?! NH
Pine Siskin, entertained while out hiking, Hillsborough County, NH
Pine Siskin, encountered while out hiking, Hillsborough County, NH
Pine Siskin, a handful viewed while out hiking, Hillsborough County, NH
Blob ahead? Porcupine--right in the middle of trail nibbling trailside buds! Usually wildlife takes off, I turned around and headed away...NH
Mourning Cloak, FOY local trail, NH
N. Flicker (side yard window shot) NH
Fox Sparrow (Red) hanging with an E. Bluebird, perching up high! Generally have the FOSP on the ground! Distant but identifiable, NH
Morning bird song with a Winter Wren cameo, Spring is indeed here! NH
Familiar Spring arrival up high in a PINE tree singing away, (hmmm who could that be?!) recorded with phone while trekking a local muddy trail this morning! Early date?! NH 3-25-22
Local fishing can't be beat! NH
Friday Frog Chorus, local performances daily, NH
Wood Duck watching me walk by, NH
Belted Kingfisher, NH
Pine Siskin, several heard, a couple viewed. Stopped to nibble downed hemlock cones, not a big year for this species here in Southern NH
Azure FOY, NH
Field Sparrow, oddly hanging out around abandoned concrete pipes just off of trail FOY, NH
Apparently very excited about Spring! FOY, NH
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, everywhere today! NH
Eastern Towhee! FOY, another phone audio of same individual, never got a visual, NH
Eastern Towhee! Latest local songster FOY, phone audio taken this morning, no visual, NH
White-throated Sparrow, NH
Palm Warbler, fewer than the past few days, NH
Pileated Woodpecker, NH
And another FOY on the local trails...brief audio, moving around high in canopy NH
Monday sunning session! Garter Snake, NH
Trailing Arbutus (also known as Ground Laurel/Mayflower) noted growing along local trail, NH
Trailing Arbutus (also known as Ground Laurel/Mayflower) viewed while hiking locally, NH
RED CROSSBILL surprised me hiking, just barely obtained quick, distant jip, jip phone audio as it flew by, Wapack Trail, NH 4-23-22
Compton Tortoiseshell, Pittsburg, NH - second individual viewed, this one has complete hindwing
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pittsburg, NH
Compton Tortoiseshell, Pittsburg, NH
Compton Tortoiseshell, Coos County, NH first of FOUR viewed!
Sharon, East Inlet Road, (no vehicles permitted) Pittsburg, NH
American Kestrel, Pittsburg, NH (handful viewed entering town along fields)
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, Northern NH one individual heard and viewed another individual returning drumming unseen (nice surprise!)
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, drumming audio #1, Northern NH (heard another distant Black-backed WP return drumming) 4-24-22
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, drumming audio #2, Northern NH another distant individual would return drumming 4-24-22
Second Connecticut Lake, Pittsburg, NH portions still frozen
Third Connecticut Lake, Pittsburg, NH still mostly ice covered!
Broad-winged Hawk, NH
American Bittern Audio #1, NH no visual but somewhere out there! 4-26-22
American Bittern audio #2, NH Heard clearly, not viewed 4-26-22
Duskywing, thinking Juvenal's given date, NH
Eastern Pine Elfin, NH
Ovenbird are chatting! NH 5-2-22
Black-throated Blue moving thru! NH 5-2-22
Great-crested Flycatcher "Wheep" as it's raining a little bit!!! Called several times NH 5-2-22
Wood Thrush, first songster to greet me this morning! NH
OH NO!! BLANDING'S TURTLE in the road!! Must rescue! Picked this guy up and brought him deeper into forest! NH This is an endangered NH species.
"Happy" BLANDING'S TURTLE!! Rescued him from the road and brought deeper in forest! NH
White-crowned Sparrow! Nice surprise SPRING migrant for local trail network! NH
Prairie Warbler, NH
Duskywing, NH (Juvenal's?)
Duskywing (Juvenal's?) Love! NH
WHITE M HAIRSTREAK, NH (When the birding is slow look for butterflies!!)
WHITE M HAIRSTREAK, NH Blue wings in flight caught my attention, followed until landed and then super surprised!
WHITE M HAIRSTREAK! NH Quite the sighting on the local trails!
Ovenbird x 2, NH
Northern Parula, NH
American Redstart (f) nabs an insect! NH
Cottontail sp. NH
Veery singing, NH
Veery and morning dew, NH
American Redstart, NH
Mourning Cloak, a great Spring for this species! NH
Chestnut-sided Warbler with colorful "helicopter" maple seeds, NH
Pink Lady's Slipper, trailside beauty, NH
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