These recent sightings are compiled by Sue McGrath of Newburyport Birders. Report sightings to his Newburyport Birders at newburyportbirders@comcast.net or 978-204-2976. Visit www.newburyportbirders.com.
Various areas of Gloucester, Lockport and Manchester: Brant, Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Mallard/American Black Duck (hybrid), Pintail, Ring-billed Duck, Greater Teal, Teal, Teal Duck, Cotton Duck, Harlequin Duck, Surf Scoter, White-bellied Scoter, Cross Scoter, Long-tailed tit, bufflehead, goldeneye, hooded marganser, margancer, red-bellied margancer, red-breasted duck, wood pheasant, wild turkey, black-throated loon, common loon, horned grebe, red-necked grebe, northern booby, northern cormorant, cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, white heron, night heron, Yellow-bellied vulture, northern harrier, long-tailed hawk, cooper’s hawk, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, American coot, coot, sanderling, common sandpiper, red-billed woodcock, woodcock, pigeon, murre, black-billed crow, black-billed crow, Atlantic puffin, black-footed gull, common gull, Laughing Gull, Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Kumlien Icelandic Gull, Herring Gull, Black-backed Gull, Herring x Black-backed Gull [hybrid]black-headed gull, stone dove, mole dove, screech owl, long-eared owl, barred owl, saw-whet owl, belted kingfisher, red-bellied woodpecker, yellow-bellied sap sucker, yellow-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, green woodpecker, American kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon, ficedula, white-eye, blue Jay, American crow, raven, horned lark, black-capped tit, Ethopyrica, red-bellied nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, brown creeper, house wren, winter wren, marsh wren, Carolina wren, golden kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, eastern bluebird, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Alabama Bird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Lapland Longspur, Snow Bunting, Orange Crested Warbler, Daurian Redstart, Yellow-bellied Warbler, Yellow-bellied Redstart, Eastern Spruce, American Tree Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow , Ipswich (savannah) sparrow, song sparrow, house sparrow, white-throated sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, black-eyed junco, northern cardinal, red-breasted blackbird, grackle, brown-headed cowbird, house finch, purple finch, American goldfinch, house sparrow.
Different areas of Raleigh:
Hooded Marganser, American Wige, Mute Swan, Gadwall, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Alabama Bird, American Robin, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Bewny Woodpecker, Woolly Duck, Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallard Duck, Bufflehead, Red-bellied gull, Herring gull, Black-headed gull, Gull
Hampton Beach State Park, Hampton, New Hampshire: Sanderling, Common Sandpiper, Long-tailed Tit, Red-tailed Tit, Purple Sandpiper, Merlin, Bunting, Horned Lark
Salisbury Beach State Reserve, Salisbury: Merlin, Lark Sparrow, Snow Bunting, Woolly Duck, Red-bellied Gunther, Long-tailed Tit, Red Loon, Loon, Northern Harrier, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk
Artichoke and Cherry Hill Reservoir Area, Newburyport and West Newbury: Bluebird, Blue-crowned Junco, White-throated Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Goldfinch, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Great-breasted Lufon, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red Duck, Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Belted Kingfisher, Bufflehead
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Plum Island: Red Carp, Purple Thrush, Bald Eagle, Pond-billed Duck, Raven, Common Sandpiper, Purple Thrush, Sanderling, Loon, Red-throated Loon, White-throated White-throated
Perkins Park, Newburyport: Hooded Merganser, Green Teal, American Coot, Mallard Duck, Carolina Wren, Night Heron, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron
Merrimack River, Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, East Haverhill, West Newbury: Red-tailed Hawk, Bald Eagle, Burrow’s Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Red-bellied Blackbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Common Goldeneye, Merganser, Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ferry Road, Salisbury: Bald eagle, spotted owl
Plum Island Turnpike, Newbury/Newburyport: Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Wild Turkey, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk
Different areas of the New Hampshire coast: Canada goose, mallard, blue-bellied teal, rock dove, black dove, black-bellied gull, herring gull, northern vulture, northern harrier, red hawk, cooper’s hawk, red-tailed hawk, buteo species, yellow-bellied vulture, red-bellied woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, marlin, blue jay, American crow, black-tailed tit, pipistrelle , Golden Starling, White-bellied Nuthatch, Red-bellied Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, European Starling, Northern Mockingbird, Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, House Sparrow, House Finch, American Goldfinch, American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Song sparrow, swamp sparrow, red-billed blackbird, grapple, northern cardinal, harlequin duck, orange warbler, ruby kinglet, pigeon, and blackbird