Monhegan Blog

This is not really a blog so the story is in reverse order but I don't think that matters. If you want to see the photos larger, double click on them.

The Species List

Here's the list with a count of 102 species. Not too bad for a 5-day period where little or nothing new came into the island and the wind was coming from the wrong direction (east) to blow in new species.

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Wilson?s Storm-Petrel (sp?)
Northern Gannet
Great Cormonrant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Eider
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Merlin
Ring-necked Pheasant
Black-bellied Plover
Willet
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Flycatcher (Empidonax sp.)
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Grey Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prairie Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Wood Peewee
Red-eyed Vireo
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak