BirdingGirl

I spent Saturday birding in Winthrop with my friend Abbie. We were birding for Gordon's Gaggle- thanks again to everyone who pledged money for me! We went to Deer Island, Belle Isle Marsh, and Winthrop Beach. Here is our list from the day: baltimore oriole gray catbird european starling common grackle mourning dove red-winged blackbird house sparrow house finch rock pigeon semipalmated plover common eider ring-belled gull herring gull great black-backed gull eastern kingbird savannah sparrow song sparrow northern mockingbird double-crested cormorant american black duck long-tailed duck surf scoter snowy egret tree swallow barn swallow I was very excited about some of the diving ducks we saw. Long-tailed Duck: Common Eider: I also had to include this picture of the eider with a juvenile gull- I thought it was interesting they were hanging out together:

I've officially signed up for Bird-a-thon this weekend- I'll be birding for the Gordon's Gaggle team. Since my schedule was somewhat restrictive I had to get creative if I was going to participate. I'm flying out to San Francisco Sunday morning and Steve's going to be working in the field all weekend so I had to find a way to get to the airport. I decided to ask my friend Abbie who lives in Winthrop if I could stay with her Saturday night and then just take a cab from her place (very close to the airport) Sunday morning. Since I'll be in Winthrop all day Saturday hanging out with Abbie, it would have been tough to meet up with other members of Gordon's Gaggle. That and I'm working all day Friday so it would have been really tough for me to meet up with anyone on that day. Finally, after some back and forth with one of the team's representatives we arrived at a solution- Abbie would join the team with me and that way my observations would count. (Bir...