Birds of January 2011
Images from around the North Shore of Massachusetts
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My morning drive went from good to bad in a matter of minutes. A drive
by the Rte 133 Screech Owl roost in Essex found a different,
gray morph, owl in residence. The composite on the left below shows both
owls seen in the past two days. Whooo knows... maybe a pair? I hope so.
A few miles down the road in Hamilton I was greeted by a lump in the road as
I approached the roost hole of a red morph Screech I had seen a
few times recently. The owl was an apparent victim if a vehicle strike,
something that happens all to often with these owls as they roost and hunt
along our roadways. The photo below on the right is a composite of a shot
taken on Wednesday and this morning.
![]() E. Screech Owl - Essex, MA - Jan. 06 & 07 |
![]() E. Screech Owl - Hamilton, MA - Jan. 05 & 07 |
![]() E. Screech Owl - Hamilton, MA - Jan. 05 |
![]() E. Screech Owl - Hamilton, MA - Jan. 05 |
![]() Western Tanager - Peabody, MA - Jan. 04 |
![]() Western Tanager - Peabody, MA - Jan. 04 |
| A Greater White-fronted Goose was found by Rick Heil from Water St in Newburyport on January 2, 2011 |
![]() Greater White-fronted Goose - Joppa Park, Newburyport |
A bit of New Year's Day birding turned up several nice highlights.
![]() Northern Shrike - Essex, MA - Jan. 01 |
![]() Northern Shrike - Essex, MA - Jan. 01 |
![]() Peregrine Falcon - Gloucester, MA - Jan. 01 |
![]() Peregrine Falcon - Gloucester, MA - Jan. 01 |
![]() Peregrine Falcon - Gloucester, MA - Jan. 01 |
![]() Glaucous Gull - Gloucester, MA - Jan. 01 |