eBird Report - 83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460 , 3/5/10 - Very vocal Carolina Wrens!

Location:     83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460
Observation date:     3/5/10
Notes:     Definitely the first time I have seen 2 Carolina Wrens on our property at the same time! Always a pleasure! The 4 House Finches (2 m, 2 f) have been the first ones I have seen since December. All in all a fairly active morning at our home in Littleton.
Number of species:     17

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     3
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     3
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus     3
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     3
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     2
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     7
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     6
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     3
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     2
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     4
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     1
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis     3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     3
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus     4
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     1

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eBird Report - 83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460, 3/3/10: Red-wings = Sign of Spring!

Location:     83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460
Observation date:     3/3/10
Notes:     After having come home to a raucous of varying bird calls (most notably the flock of Red-wings), I decided to spend some time observing all the feeders as well as the property itself around the house. I am so very excited to hear/see Red-wings....a true sign that spring is close-at-hand!
Number of species:     12

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     2
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     6
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     4
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis     3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     26
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     1

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eBird Report - 83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460 , 2/7/10 - Focus on Feeders Watch

Location:     83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460
Observation date:     2/7/10
Notes:     This eBird Report is of my list of observed birds for Mass Audubon's "Focus on Feeders" program. The Eastern Towhee has been a regular visitor for approximately 3 weeks during the last 2 weeks of December and the first week of January. It hadn't been seen since until yesterday in the late morning (stayed underneath the Holly near our back porch, then would pop out over to underneath the main feeder to scrounge around for fallen sunflower seeds. This is about 15 feet from our main feeder (Black Sunflower seeds). It would stick around until about Noon time, then fly off.
Number of species:     15

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     3
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus     1
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     3
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     6
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     5
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     1
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     1
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     1
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) - Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis     3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     2
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis     3

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Sharp-shinned Hawk at our home in Littleton, MA

Hello fellow birders!

My Dad was up and at 'em this morning, and while making coffee, he looked out our back window overlooking our main feeder that is surrounded by lilac bushes and a firebush, he noticed a small raptor chowing down on his most recent kill. So, he came upstairs to wake me up to tell me that a small raptor was enjoying breakfast near the feeder underneath the firebush. I immediately jumped out of bed (this was around 9 am) to witness this spectacle. After conferring with my field guides at hand, we had a juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk gorging himself on, as I later found out, a Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco. I watched the Sharpie for about 10 minutes, admiring him before deciding to hit the sack again (didn't fall asleep til 3 am because I was engrossed in a very good book). Also, while the Sharpie was busy with his meal, a bold Blue Jay kept harassing him from atop the main feeder, though the little hawk paid the Jay no attention. Just wanted to share that with ya folks! A good way to start the day (even though I did fall back asleep afterwards)!

eBird Report - 83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460 , 1/13/10

Location:     83 Hartwell Avenue, Littleton, MA 01460
Observation date:     1/13/10
Notes:     The Eastern Towhee has been a regular visitor for the past 3 weeks, especially in the early morning and in the late afternoon/early evening hours flitting back and forth from underneath our porch which is surrounded by snow, holly bushes and lilac bushes to the backyard feeder, picking off fallen black sunflower seeds that other birds have dropped.
Number of species:     13

Mourning Dove     2
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Blue Jay     5
Black-capped Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse     6
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Eastern Towhee     1
White-throated Sparrow     10
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     6
Northern Cardinal     3
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     2

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