Birds of Nantucket
Columns published in the Nantucket Independent

These articles are now available in book form in two volumes A Year of Birding Nantucket, Volume One. and A Year of Birding Nantucket, Volume Two.

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September 26, 2003 - Blackbird Season

October 3, 2003 - Tangling with the Towhees

October 10, 2003 - A Hope of A Flicker -- a Northern Flicker that is

October 17, 2003 - The Swallows of Autumn

October 24, 2003 - Jayed-ed Again

October 31, 2003 - Rara avis??

November 7, 2004 - Larks of the Shore

November 14, 2003 - The Hinkley Connection

November 21, 2003 - The Buffalo-headed Duck

November 28, 2003 - Si – Si – I See Sea Gulls!

December 5, 2003 - The Light-eyed Dark-eyed Junco

December 12, 2003 - A Nuthatch Party

December 19, 2003 - The Marsh Wren -- a 'stealth' bird

January 2, 2004 - The Butcherbird

January 9, 2004 - The Point Breeze Peregrine

January 16, 2004 - The Out-of-towner

January 23, 2004 - Dom Peregrine -- Very Cold Duck for Dinner

January 30, 2004 - Claude and Claudia

February 6, 2004 - Old Sam Peabody

February 13, 2004 - Why Birders Make Lousy Bridge Players

February 20, 2004 - Song Sparrow

February 27, 2004 - The Preacher Gulls

March 5, 2004 - Old Mr. Red-tail

March 12, 2004 - The Underbirds

March 19, 2004 - Sharpening an Old Saw

March 26, 2004 - The Timberdoodle

April 2, 2004 - The Rabbit-footed Hawk

April 9, 2004 - The Great Northern Diver

April 16, 2004 - The Bird That Wasn't There

April 23, 2004 - Awk-Awk

April 30, 2004 - Indigo Mood

May 7, 2004 - Northern Gannet

May 14, 2004 - Two ‘fyews’ Are Too Few

May 21, 2004 - Wild Canaries

May 28, 2004 - What do YOU Taste Like?

June 4, 2004 - Another Blue Mood?

June 11, 2004 - A ‘Wok’ on the Wild Side

June 18, 2004 - American Birds

June 25, 2004 - Candelita

July 2, 2004 - Good Crow – Bad Crow!!

July 9, 2004 - Red, White, and Bluebird


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