Sightings: Apr 30, 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

Great Meadows NWR - Concord:
Immature Bald Eagle

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Immature Bald Eagle, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Eastern Screech Owl

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Eastern Screech Owl, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Osprey

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Osprey, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Red-winged Blackbird

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Red-winged Blackbird, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Canada Geese Flying

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Canada Geese Flying, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Concord, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Great Meadows NWR - Sudbury:
Chipping Sparrow

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Chipping Sparrow, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Sudbury, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Eastern Chipmunk

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Eastern Chipmunk, April 30, 2010
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Sudbury, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Littleton Heron Rookery:
Great Horned Owl

The chicks shown in previous posts are still there, I just didn't get any recognizable pictures of them today.

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Great Horned Owl, April 30, 2010
Heron Rookery, Littleton, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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Osprey Nest

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Osprey Nest, April 30, 2010
Heron Rookery, Littleton, MA
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS

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The last time I was at the rookery I stepped a few feet over from the main viewing area to get a better angle of view on the osprey's nest and I heard some rustling off to the side. It turned out to be a northern water snake moving through the grass near a log. Today I looked at the same log and saw two snakes sunning themselves. When I got home an examined the photographs on my computer, I found a third snake on the log. You can see the one in the middle and the one on the right easily in the picture above (click on the image for a larger version). The one on the left is only partially in the photograph. Below is a closeup of the left most snake.