11.17.13 - Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets

John Wing Trail - Brewster MA

 

So nice meeting you Simonne & Pierre!  It took some brave and bundled up bird nerds to spend an hour outdoors that morning!  CHILLY!!!  Thankfully we did not have wind to deal with...Simonne - perhaps we'll steal a glimpse of Eastern Bluebirds another day. 

Our List: We Saw:

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

Blue Jay

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Cardinal

Red-tailed Hawk

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Song Sparrow

Hermit Thrush

Great Blue Heron

Canada Geese

Tufted Titmouse

Gulls - several in the distance

 

We Heard:

American Crow

American Goldfinch

 

 

American Robins

Downy Woodpecker (male)

Red-Tailed Hawk

Frosty salt hay

Museum viewed from the salt marsh

Tufted Titmouse

Singing about the chill in the air...

 

Next Tuesday Tweets: 1/7/14 at 9:30am

Next Monday Morning Bird Walk: 1/13/14 at 9am

 

11.19.13 - Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets 

John Wing Trail - Brewster MA

 

Promised Pictures from Matt's camera

Matt, thank you SO much for sharing these.  Now everyone can see what a difference Matt's camera, lens & skill make!  I LOOOOOVE these.  It's a beautiful reminder of that spectacular morning we spent on Wing Island with a flock of Eastern Bluebirds...

Enjoy!

The contrast of the birds and berries is unbelievable!!! 

LOVE how the Bluebird is framed by the pitch pine's bark

 

American Goldfinch

Thanks again to Matt!  Next Tuesday Tweets 12.17.13 at 9:30am at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster.  Happy Birding!

12.3.13 - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History - Tuesday Tweets 
Museum Trails - Brewster MA

Well... we started towards Cape Cod Bay...in search of a Snowy Owl we heard about, thanks to Kate... but the tide kept us away... 
Thanks for joining in on this brisk and chilly morning at the museum!  We didn't see too much due to limiting circumstances, but I cannot ever complain about beginning the day out of doors.

We Saw:
Blue Jay
House Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-tailed Hawk
American Crow
American Robin
mystery ducks in the distance...

We Heard:
Northern Cardinal

 

House Sparrows at the "drive-through"

Blue Jay 

Silhouette demonstration, Jay style

Red-tailed Hawk ( in the distance! )

 

Next Tuesday Tweets at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

12.17.13 9:30a-10:30a

Happy Birding!

12.2.13  - Green Briar Nature Center - Monday Morning Bird Walk
Mill Pond - Marstons Mills MA
Nye Pond - Sandwich MA

A raw and grey morning granted us with SO many birds!  Thanks for the morning and the suggested locations Suzanne!  Beebe Woods awaits us some other day!

Our List:
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Hooded Merganser
American Crow
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler!!!
Mute Swan

We Heard:
Belted Kingfisher

These photos are not great... most of our subjects were at such a distance...

too far for my lens.

Wigeons

 

 

 

 

Northern Shoveler among Wigeons

 

Mute Swan cygnets

 

 

The Northern Shoveler flag-like to me when his head is lowered

 

 

Mute Swan cygnets

 

Northern Shoveler - male

 

Lucky Penny that Therese spied

 

American Wigeon

 

Breakfast & Bath

 

 

Mallards

 

Nice to have someone willing to pose!

 

Northern Shoveler

 

 

American Wigeon 

Gadwall

 

These two were too cute to ignore.

 

 

 

 
Then we headed over to the Nye Homestead for a glimpse in one of our lucky chilly weather spots... it did not disappoint!
We Saw:
Bufflehead
American Coot
Ring-necked Duck
Mallard
American Goldfinch
Downy Woodpecker
White-breasted Nuthatch
Double-crested Cormorant ( in a tree! )
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Carolina Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Tufted Titmouse
Blue Jay
Mute Swan

Bufflehead

Serene Spot

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Double-crested Cormorant 

Carolina Wren 

Brown Creeper (very hard to see!!!)

Click on the picture and s/he is on the left side of the frame. 

Look where the largest branch heading skyward is connecting with a strong

tree limb.  CAMOUFLAGE!!! 

When I start to lose faith in humanity...when I see

images like this against the sky, to me, it reminds me that

all is connected.  Sometimes I think this looks like neurons...

call me crazy...

 

More foliage silhouetted against the grey skies

I couldn't resist.  The contrast of the Mute Swan's white

is simply too irresistible to me.  I cannot stop snapping photos of them. 

American Wigeon (female) - seen after the bird walk - on the Smiling Pool

at Green Briar Nature Center 

American Wigeon

 

The next Monday Morning Bird Walk from Green Briar Nature Center will be in January.

I will be in touch with dates moving forward...

'til then, Happy Birding!