Least Tern

The Least Tern colony has increased to around 150 + birds, pretty impressive. Most of the birds are on nests at this point, but some courtship is still occurring.

                                                                       Courtship

                                                    American Oystercatcher chicks

After the storm

The 3 days of rain were catastrophic for our Plover chicks, loosing about 12 or more chicks. In addition to this 4 nests washed out, a real bummer for the birds and contentious relations with the public. This will push some fledge dates about 70 days. Not matter how much work you do, sometimes mother nature has her own agenda.

This is one of the little chicks I photographed only a day before the rain storm, gone 2 days later. This is his / her memory of existence. 

In other less sad news, a few bright birds were poking around the Reserve today. A male Purple Finch and a Baltimore Oriole .

more adorable things

 

 

Piping Plover chicks

So our first brood of chicks hatched at Winthrop beach, god they are cute. I spent the day looking out for the little guys, and maybe taking a few pictures. 

                                                              Manx Shearwater

                                                                  Least Tern

Cecropia Moths

                            

Catching up

Well Ranger season is in full swing, and so is the Warbler migration. I saw a life bird recently Lawrence Warbler ( Blue-wing / Golden-wing hybrid ) Also today I caught up with the American Oystercatchers at the end of Winthrop Beach they have 3 chicks !! Lots of random birds here, enjoy !

                                                             Lawrence Warbler

                                                        Blue-winged Warbler 

                                                              Baltimore Oriole- Belle Isle Rez

                                                                Eastern Kingbird

                                                                  Warbling Vireo- Belle Isle Rez

                                                                Yellow Warbler singing- Belle Isle Rez

                                                                    Scarlet Tanager

                                                            Yellow Warbler

                                                                  Oystercatchers

                                           Adult feeding the chicks...look closely, they really blend in

                                                    Most hated bird in Revere

                                                               Manx Shearwater

Catching up - various birds

After a recent computer crash the pictures have been building up. As such the photos span the past few weeks. I am not yet all that great at lightroom, so these are the first edits with the new program.

                                                    Sharp-shinned Hawk in the yard

                                             Snowy Owl , transmitter attached to bird

                                                                  Savannah Sparrow

                                                    Garter Snake emerging for spring

                                                    Dawn looking toward Nahant

                                                                          Savannah

                                                     Little vole, pretty comical little guy

                                                                     Piping Plover

                                                      Manx Shearwater - Revere

                                                                      Purple Finch

                                       far off Short-eared Owl hunting the Belle Isle marsh

                                                  Eastern Screech Owl - Red phase

                                                 Gray mate to the Red Screech above