Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Chebogue Point - Sparrowville

Cape Forchu was the Yarmouth County warbler/vireo hotspot in September and Chebogue Point has been the sparrow mecca in October and early November. Chebogue is another of Yarmouth County's many peninsulas. It is situated directly south of the Town of Yarmouth. The Chebogue Point Rd runs down the eastern side of this fairly elevated grassy headland. The entire road is a great birding spot but the best birding usually happens near the southern tip.

Each time I visited Chebogue it was either raining or windy so all of the photos in this post are taken by other people. Below is a photo of one of two Dickcissels that were present at Chebogue Point on October 30.

Dickcissel by Ervin Olsen - Oct. 30


The aerial photo below shows Chebogue Point with Chebogue Point Road running along the eastern side of the point. The areas that I've seen the most birds during this fall are annotated.
 
  • Willow Trees - a fairly large group of trees next to a small pond.
  • Lobster Traps - a pile of lobster traps in front of a residence. Sparrows hide in the traps and come out to feed near the road.
  • Farm - many sparrows feeding on the road in front of the farm.
  • Driveway - this driveway has been a junco hotspot every time I've been there this year.
  • Shrubs/Trees - when driving down the road many sparrows hide in these shrubs near the last house on the road.
  • Shore - I've seen shorebirds and American Pipits there.
 
Google Maps
 
Below is a list of interesting birds found at Chebogue Point this fall. The highlight birds were Lark Sparrow, Vesper SparrowHouse Wren, Dickcissels, Indigo Bunting, and Field Sparrow. Observations were made by Ronnie d'Entremont (RD), Alix d'Entremont (AD), Ervin Olsen (EO), Laurel Amirault (LA) and Larry Neily (LN). Vagrants are annotated with double asterisks (**).  

Species
Date
Observer
Pine Warbler
Oct. 10
RD
Brown-headed Cowbird
Oct. 21
AD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Oct. 21
AD
3 White-crowned Sparrows
Oct. 21
AD 
2 Chipping Sparrow
Oct. 21
AD
**Lark Sparrow**
Oct. 21
RD
White-crowned Sparrow
Oct. 22
EO
Eastern Bluebird
Oct. 26
EO
**House Wren**
Oct. 26
EO
**2 Dickcissels**
Oct. 26
EO
Chipping Sparrow
Oct. 26
EO
**Indigo Bunting**
Oct. 26
AD
**Field Sparrow**
Oct. 26
AD
3 White-crowned Sparrows
Oct. 26
AD
2 Ipswich Sparrows
Oct. 26
AD
Chipping Sparrow
Oct. 27
LA
3 White-crowned Sparrows 
Oct. 27
AD
8 Chipping Sparrows 
Oct. 27
AD
Eastern Phoebe
Oct. 28
EO
Orange-crowned Warbler
Oct. 28
EO
White-crowned Sparrow
Oct. 28
ED
**Dickcissel**
Oct. 30
EO
American Tree Sparrow
Oct. 30
EO
American Tree Sparrow
Oct. 31
AD
Chipping Sparrow
Oct. 31
AD
White-crowned Sparrow
Oct. 31
AD
Chipping Sparrow
Nov. 8
AD
Fox Sparrow
Nov. 8
AD
Snow Bunting
Nov. 9
LN
Vesper Sparrow
Nov. 13
RD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nov. 22
EO
Eastern Bluebird
Nov. 22
EO
**Dickcissel**
Nov. 24
EO
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nov. 30 
EO 
Orange-crowned Warbler
 Dec. 3
EO 
 
House Wren by Ervin Olsen - October 26
 
Vesper Sparrow by Ronnie d'Entremont - Nov. 13
 

3 comments:

  1. Very Kool and informative.....The details are very exact....

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  2. Great article Alix, very informative. Certainly makes me want to come and check out all the points on that map. :)

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  3. great article and info will continue to follow

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