tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29756175996586042742024-03-18T22:47:06.217-04:00Owls & Others of Essex, MAAs an avid birder and nature photographer I'd like to share some of my sightings & images while out in the wilds of Cape Ann and surrounding New England countryside.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.comBlogger173125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-63005960939608303782017-02-18T11:23:00.002-05:002017-02-18T11:23:41.348-05:00New blog & web site.....It's been a few YEARS since I've posted to this blog, sidetracked by work, life etc.... but I've recently moved my blogging to my new WordPress web site where I hope to share images of my birding adventures and travels. For anyone interested in tagging along please see:
http://birdsofessex.com/ -my web site
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http://birdsofessex.com/blog/ - the blog......
Happy Birding & Enjoy!
Phil BrownAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-80125798626814629952012-12-28T20:27:00.002-05:002013-11-13T06:41:12.021-05:00Late afternoon near miss.A late afternoon drive through town found a well camouflaged Screech Owl roosting in one of the many holes I peek at as I make my way to and from the job site. I had to turn around and go back for a second look after glancing and thinking the hole looked a bit different than usual.<br />
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The colder conditions predicted for the upcoming week may push more owls to use cavities for roosting and give me a few more opportunities to share an image or two.
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-70992052152813934342012-11-19T07:02:00.001-05:002012-11-19T07:02:35.585-05:00Owls! It's About Time....I managed to see 2 Screech Owls on Sunday, a red and a gray. The first of the day was sunning itself along the road in West Newbury with lots of small birds for company.<br />
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The second in a tree they've been using for several years just down the road from the house at the end of the day.<br />
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I had a gray Screech in this hole back on Nov. 4th, wouldn't it be nice to see them both using this location!</div>
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Salisbury Beach State Reservation and all of the Crossbills that have descended on the Pines around the campground have attracted a pair of Merlin with one of them sitting long enough for this shot.</div>
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Another White-winged Crossbill, this from earlier in the week on a rainy Tuesday.<br />
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A brief video of the Crossbills bathing alongside the road.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-30172200003807883302012-11-15T07:00:00.001-05:002012-11-15T07:02:39.278-05:00White-winged Crossbill 11-14-12<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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We've had a spectacular influx of winter finches across the country this fall with 300 - 400 White-winged Crossbills settling into the pines at the Salisbury Beach State Reservation. Hopefully loads more to come from this location this late fall and winter.<br />
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A visit to Salisbury Beach State Reservation on Monday, November 12, 2012 found 300 or so White-winged Crossbill foraging in the Pines around the campgrounds. Among them were at least 3 Red Crossbill, one of which, a male, can be seen below. </div>
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A return visit on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 armed with my cell phone and the knowledge that the flight call of a Red Crossbill could id it to type found me roaming the campground for a short while before I managed to record the brief 3 second flight call which can be heard below.</div>
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Red Crossbill flight call - Nov 13, 2012</div>
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I ran the wav file through the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Raven Pro software and came up with the audio spectograph you see below, a pretty good match to "type 3" Red Crossbill.</div>
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I also sent the wav file off to Matt Young at the Cornell Lab, he confirmed it to be a type 3 Red Crossbill.</div>
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A comparison of all of the Red Crossbill types can be found on the Labs web site <a href="http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/red-crossbill-types" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-35583863150839905182012-07-21T13:55:00.002-04:002012-07-21T13:55:57.196-04:00Odd Nest LocationI was poking around Ipswich a week or so ago and came across a Northern Rough-winged Swallow flying quite close to the ground in a parking lot off of the center of town. I pulled over to watch it for a bit only to have it disappear behind a port-a-potty.... I walked over and found this drain pipe a few feet off of the ground (just left of the port-a-potty). The swallow flew from the pipe as I rounded the corner.<br />
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I could hear young begging from the nest which was a foot or so into the pipe. I decided to leave well enough alone and come back every few days to see what transpired. Well... about a week later I found the youngsters at the edge of the pipe with the parents ferrying food to them at a pretty good rate. Here's one of the youngsters waiting for it's next meal to arrive.</div>
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Staring out the window.... again..... A hatch year Eastern Towhee stopped by the feeders this morning. I've seen very few of these youngsters through the years and was a bit puzzled when I first laid eyes on it.</div>
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Hidden in plain sight in the center of Amesbury, MA is a wonderful little waterfall created by the waters of the Powwow River and formerly used by the surrounding mill buildings.</div>
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One of the items you walk by on your way to the waterfall is this 6' tall tribute to Amesbury's own Al Capp, creator of the Li'l Abner comic strip. More information on <a href="http://www.lil-abner.com/" target="_blank">Al Capp here</a></div>
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I spent a bit over an hour trying to find the best angle through the fence on the pedestrian foot bridge over the river. The image below was shot a just over a full second to create the smooth look to the water.</div>
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This is a very quiet area on a mid-morning Sunday allowing for lots of time to play with the camera settings.</div>
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and lastly a closer look at this lovely little water fall that's just a few steps from the center of town.</div>
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Another nesting season comes to a close for a pair of Peregrine Falcons and their 3 youngsters, 2 males and a female. The falcons nested in the Boston area for a second year with the female banded this year along with the youngsters. That's the adult male below, he'd been banded a few years prior.</div>
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One of the young males testing his wings.</div>
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The second young male doing the same with the younger female sitting to his left.</div>
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The youngest of the bunch, she was also the last to fledge by several days.</div>
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With running across the ledge a comical sight to see.</div>
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The adult female checking in on the youngsters.</div>
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Loads more downy feathers seen on the young female as she spreads her wings.</div>
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The young female giving her brother a "what's up" look.</div>
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Ready to fledge. He left the day after this was taken.</div>
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The threesome with one of the males calling to the adults.</div>
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Hey look! I think I can fly....:)</div>
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and a last look at the other young male that also fledged the day after this was taken.</div>
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She stopped in the Trumpet Creeper long enough for these 3 images but heard the shutter on the camera and was off for a quieter hunting location.</div>
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I've been having fun with Photoshop and some HDR (High Dynamic Range) software recently. The following photos are not bird related so if that kind of thing doesn't interest you may want to leave now...:)</div>
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We've been remodeling a 4 family built in the early 1900's in Gloucester recently and these 4 shots are of the interior as the carpenters work their way through the project. These are all handheld shots, which were rather dull looking prior to being run through the HDR software.</div>
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The old kitchen - soon to be bathroom with Brian hard at work.</div>
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and lastly... if you've read this far..... a shot of my backyard or what I call "Hummingbird Haven"</div>
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This is one of Scott's photos (used with permission) showing the very slanted and linoleum covered roof of his "SQR" box. The pair of adult Screech Owls sitting in the box nested at this site this season.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Scott has had great success with his SQR design, keeping the squirrels out of the boxes with the linoleum covered sides and roof along with the correct placement of the box to keep the squirrels from jumping onto the front. Scott has directions for placement and maintenance of the boxes on his </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/93829411/slot-entrance-squirrel-resistant-screech" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" target="_blank">Etsy store</a> <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">along with tales of his success at the 9 sites he has erected boxes on his blog </span><a href="http://owloasis.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Owl Oasis Trail</a><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">. </span></div>
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I've had my share of squirrel problems over the years and currently use baffles either on the tree or pole the box is mounted on with varied success and additional cost. I plan to try a pair of Scott's boxes, one with the slotted opening and one with the 3" round opening in the woods behind the house and am looking forward to reporting the results! Great idea Scott!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-51025420128083775142012-06-02T08:23:00.000-04:002012-06-02T08:25:21.990-04:00Hummingbirds - Not Always A Pretty SightOn 3 or 4 occasions over the past 17 years of feeding Hummingbirds here in Essex I've had a male exhibit behavior that makes it appear to be having trouble swallowing. I had another one of these last week and for the second time in all these years I had a Hummingbird expire in the yard. Very, very sad to see.<br />
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I came home to a Hummingbird hanging from the feeder with another male displaying to it from a few inches away, trying to chase it from "His" feeder. This is what it looked like when I arrived.<br />
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Back in July of 2010 I had another male showing the same symptoms, having a hard time swallowing, sitting on the feeder for extended periods of time with it's bill straight up in the air and eyes closed as if resting until being chased off by another male. This shows the tongue out as it tries swallowing hard.<br />
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Both of these Hummingbirds were collected and given to the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge to add to their collection. I've asked several sources for a diagnosis of the problem and have heard from others that have seen the same behavior at their feeders but have yet to hear a viable reason. I do know that male Hummingbirds live an "average life" of 1 1/2 years with females living longer, so maybe with all of the time I've spent watching I've just witnessed the end for a few of these flying wonders. Sad indeed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-88984094401994917512012-05-21T20:10:00.003-04:002012-05-25T07:22:15.232-04:00Recent Odds and Ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some 30+ years ago I drove a 1964 Buick LeSabre over this bridge on several occasions to fish the Ipswich River at the end of this 2 mile long canal in Wenham. As the 2 images below show time has not been kind to the bridge. They've since gated the road but walking the length is quite enjoyable.</div>
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A 14mm lens and a bit of software created the image below, one of my 1st HDR or high dynamic range images. The combination of 3 shots allows for the great tonal range throughout the image.</div>
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A pair of Great Horned Owls, mother and young.</div>
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Paperwhite, recently in bloom around the yard</div>
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and Johnny Jump-Up, one of my favorite little flowers that go unnoticed until you look closer.</div>
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Appleton Farms in Ipswich has a herd of cows that occasionally are close to the road for a photo or two. I converted two of these to black and white adding the color version of the 2nd shot for comparison.</div>
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and lastly my Grandson Nicholas, with his hair gelled by his Dad, shot at 14mm for the "cartoonish" look.</div>
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To say I'm behind in my posting to this blog would be a rather large understatement. With hopes of rectifying this and hopefully staying on track for the foreseeable future here we go....</div>
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A week in Florida this past late February and early March found several interesting "critters" in front of the lens. The 18" Alligators seen below were sunning themselves next to the boardwalk at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples.</div>
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Brown Pelicans are quite common in Florida so getting a shot like this is fairly easy.</div>
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Black Vultures are also quite common but getting head shots like these are a bit harder to come by. A large flock of Black Vultures were feeding on a road killed wild pig making the task a bit easier from inside the car.</div>
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Burrowing Owls are also fairly easy to find if you know where to look and most any vacant lot in Cape Coral usually has a few residing within.</div>
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Egrets and Herons are quite abundant at Ding Darling during the winter months and this Snowy Egret with it's breeding plumes was a joy to see.</div>
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Yellow-crowned Night-Herons are also fairly easy to come by at Ding Darling with this adult roosting along the road for a drive by shot.</div>
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While I watched 3 Snowy Owls on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Sunday, April 01, I could only relocate 2 on Monday. The first on the dike at Hellcat, sitting behind the fence post.</div>
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The 2nd Snowy Owl moved around the Pines Field a fair amount, perching in one of the Pine Trees across the street from the field where it encountered a Great Black-backed Gull that was non to happy about it's presence. The owl can be seen in the video above snapping it's bill at the gull as it flew over.</div>
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The owl spent a fair amount of time watching a Wild Turkey that was feeding in the Pines Field. I wouldn't have been surprised to see the owl take out the Turkey but that didn't happen while I watched.</div>
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The Cape May Warbler I visited 2 weeks ago at Odiorne state Park in Rye, NH is still alive and well. I found it in the same area foraging around the storm tossed lobster traps.<br />
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I love the colors on this wayward warbler.</div>
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This Cooper's Hawk shot was taken in February 2011, re-worked here using <a href="http://www.niksoftware.com/colorefexpro/usa/index.php?view=intro%2Fmain.shtml" target="_blank">Nik Color Efex 4.0</a> I like the contrast filters they've added and to this plug-in, giving this photo much more punch.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-79380605122316133282012-02-19T19:12:00.001-05:002012-02-21T19:32:54.170-05:00Owls - Feb. 19, 2012A bit of luck with a Barred Owl late this afternoon. Returning home from a slow day of birding I came across this dark eyed owl sitting directly across the street from the house.<br />
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A brief video of the Barred Owl checking out it's surroundings.</div>
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I've heard Barred Owls calling around the house through the years but hadn't seen one during the day until today.<br />
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I spent the better part of a half hour watching it as it watched the traffic go by.<br />
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Earlier in the day I came across a Screech Owl enjoying a bit of the late February sunshine.<br />
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Townsend's Warbler - Jim & Nat Berry, Ipswich, MA</div>
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Wintering a few thousand miles north of its usual winter home this Townsend's Warbler was fortunate to happen onto the Berry's property in Ipswich where they fed it meal worms each day along with a shaved suet chaser!</div>
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A huge thank you goes out to Jim & Nat Berry for hosting all of the birders and photographers that have made their way into their yard!</div>
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One of the meal worms I mentioned after being picked up from the feeder which this little warbler defends from all that dare land on it.</div>
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and down the hatch it goes, a protein packed meal to help it stay warm on the cold nights of late.</div>
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Having a bit of a squabble with a Chickadee that ventured to near.</div>
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Keeping a watchful eye on its favorite diner.</div>
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And a rather shy Northern Flicker that peered around the suet feeder.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-52582183340958717282012-02-06T19:45:00.003-05:002012-02-14T18:53:02.662-05:00Cape May WarblerFebruary 06, 2012<br />
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A Cape May Warbler has chosen to winter along the coast at Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH. It's been there for a few months and seems to be doing quite well as it chases down the numerous brine flies that reside in the wrack line. It's relatives are wintering in south america, a few thousand miles south of here and many degrees warmer.<br />
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A brief video showing the warbler as it forages, catching flies from a perch towards the end of the clip.<br />
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Perched on a snag just above the wrack line.</div>
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and on a lobster trap that washed up sometime ago. What a beautiful little Warbler!</div>
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One last shot of the Cape May and its lunch of Brine Fly... Yum!</div>
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A couple of Owls made their way in front of the lens today. The 1st is one of the Screech Owls I've seen at this location for a few years running.<br />
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The 2nd, a Snowy Owl, much larger and more entertaining as it flew from perch to perch on a few occasions.<br />
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and in flight....<br />
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and coming in for a landing....<br />
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I hope to spend some more quality time with this beautiful owl of the north quite soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06577956936202098727noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2975617599658604274.post-63505011965801980192012-02-05T18:49:00.000-05:002012-02-05T18:49:59.711-05:00Peregrine Falcon Nest Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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A pair of Peregrine Falcons are once again nesting, or are in the beginning stages of nesting, in the <a href="http://eccf.org/ayer-mill-clock-tower-226.html" target="_blank">Ayer Mill Clock Tower</a>, the world's largest mill clock tower, along Merrimack Street in Lawrence, MA. Here's the male as he chased a few pigeons around the tower.</div>
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The tower, seen below, has hosted a pair of nesting falcons for several years now. I've had the pleasure of photographing a few of the young from this nest in recent years. The male can be seen on the weather vane along with the placement of the nest box.</div>
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A close up of the nest box showing the nest cam and perch. The nest box can be seen from the side of the road along Merrimack St and should be fun to watch as the nesting season progresses.</div>
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And lastly the male as he came in for a landing on the weather vane.</div>
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One of the few Screech Owls sitting out this winter has been in the same area since fall according to the folks that live in the neighborhood. A very cooperative owl and quite used to both the traffic and attention.</div>
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A few more shots of the Screech Owl that spent a few days in the yard recently. These were taken on January 22, 2012 at dusk just prior to the owl heading out for the night.<br />
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Wondering what the clicking noise is that's coming from the kitchen window...:)</div>
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