Still no travel but not bad otherwise.

Jan: Missed the Ferruginous on the Cape but got a Rough-leg for Suffolk finally. Ventured down to Rhode Island where the Tundra Bean-Goose was a drive up.

Feb: Surprised to find the White-crown at Dunback was a Gambel’s. King Eider was a new Norfolk bird. Went up to Gloucester for the Swainson’s Hawk.

Mar: Got a couple towns over 100 but a pretty quiet month otherwise.

Still no travel and didn’t spend enough time on bugs but not too bad otherwise including one very long-awaited milestone.

January: Usual local stuff plus the Townsend’s Warbler. Made a Bristol county trip for the Snow Goose x Brant, which was worth it.

February: More of the same. Great Horned was a good hole to fill in Norfolk county, Canvasback, cranes, and a White-winged Crossbill in Worcester county, big flock of Pine Warblers in Weston.

Well another strange year. No travel again but a few local highlights.

Jan: Black-and-white to start the year, good gull show, some interesting overwintering birds (5 new January birds for the county).

Feb: Short-ears in Boston, finally got a phoebe in all 12 months, and that seems to be about it.

Mar: Black Vultures were a local surprise, early Great Egret, and a few arrivals.

Apr: A few Suffolk birds, a few Worcester ones, a Hooded Warbler, etc.

Local and lots of it. A picture or two a month:

January:

February:

March (same day!):

Interesting to say the least.

January: Lots of lingering birds including Sora and Virginia Rail and Chipping Sparrows everywhere. Highlight was the hybrid Mallard x Pintail.

February: Started with the distant Eared Grebe in Beverly, some nice gulls in Wilmington, and that was about it.

March: Barnacle Goose in Plymouth county, did a bunch of town listing, getting my 20th over 100 in county. Shoveler made for a nice patch bird to end them month.

Kind of a strange year, not much for migrants, especially in fall, but lots of rarities.

January: Finch show continued with grosbeaks being a bit more consistent at Dunback and Red Crossbills on patch. Shrike at Heard Pond was the first nice local bird of the year that others chased (although the DC Cormorant was probably rarer). Nashville at Belle Isle midmonth was quite good

February: Chased the Trumpeter Swan for the commute list but that and the roosting Long-ears in Boston were about it for the month.

Slow year, basically no travel.

January: Started with a lot of the lingering rarities but nothing too exciting.

February: Missed the Slaty-back, did get a patch White-front. Subspecies lifer with a Northern Common Eider in Rockport at the end of the month.

March: Another semi-lifer with a Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser hybrid was about it. Bug season started on the 31st with a Comma in Townsend.

April: Early Cliff Swallow on the 10th (which was the only one I managed for the year), a few good gulls in Needham, and ended the month with the Blue Grosbeak at Arlington Res.

January: Fairly quiet month, Brewer’s Duck at Salisbury, White-winged Doves in the Fenway, and that was about it.

February: Snowy month, a commuting milestone and the Redhead moving to the Charles plus Barrow’s Goldeneye on Deer Island

March: Smith’s Longspur was the only lifer of the year. Lots of missing Ross’s Goose, did get a Glaucous Gull as some compensation.

April: Caught up with the Eurasian Wigeon in Marlboro on the third attempt. Got my only new Great Meadows bird for the year with a turkey. A Bristol county trip built that list a bit, as did a couple trips to the airport in NH. A good bunch of early migrants ended the month plus first insects of the year.

January: Good start to the year with Lesser Yellowlegs, Mountain Bluebird, and Hammond’s Flycatcher all on the 2nd. My prediction of doubling my state list at that rate didn’t quite come true though. Good numbers of ducks on the res later in the month, owls calling from the yard, and traded the Smith’s Longspur at Bear Creek for a puffin at Andrew’s to end the month.

February: Pelagic finally got me a fulmar and lots of other birds but that was about it for the month.

Interesting year. Less time in the field, especially in winter. Ok spring and early fall and nothing for most of the fall.

January: Started with a bang with the (rejected) Prairie Falcon. That was followed with the Black-backed Woodpecker and Barn Owl and then quieted down as the snow and cold moved in.

February: Too cold and/or snowy for most of the month but slogging around the river each weekend was good with the Rough-leg and Bohemians (plus some redpolls).