Northern Shrike, December 2011, in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Ruddy Duck in December in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Lingering adult Laughing Gull photographed from a boat in the Sakonnet River on December 24, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Lingering Egrets...Snowy Egret in the company of one of 21 Great Egrets in Little Compton on December 26, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Cedar Waxwing fledglings in Tiverton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Northern Gannet over Quicksand Pond. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Northern Gannet over Quicksand Pond. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Common Raven over yard. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Common Raven and Red-tailed Hawk over yard. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Piping Plover in October in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Bufflehead at Quicksand Pond, November 5, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Spotted Sandpiper in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

American Golden-Plover in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Long-billed Dowitcher in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Baird's Sandpiper in Little Compton, September 15, 2011. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black-bellied Plover in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Ruddy Turnstone in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black-bellied Plover grabbing a quick nap in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Ruddy Turnstone in mid-September in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis

Ruddy Turnstone foraging in an atypical habitat of Pokeweed. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Bridled Tern. Found on a Little Compton beach during Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Black Tern on flotsam in the Sakonnet River. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Short-billed Dowitcher flexing its bill tip. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Western Sandpiper in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Western Sandpiper in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Royal Tern photographed flying over a Little Compton beach after the passage of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

American Golden-Plover in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Yellow in yellow. A Yellow Warbler foraging in Forsythia in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis

Acadian Flycatcher nest site selections over past years in my yard:
Sweet Pepperbush (year 2000 only) Slide scan.
Red Maple (year 2008 only)
American Beech (year 2011 only)
American Holly (21 of 24 nests, years 2000-2011)

Acadian Flycatcher constructing her nest. Four of the seven days it took to complete.

Acadian Flycatcher laying an egg. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Turkey Vulture in Little Compton. Photo by Geoff Dennis

Recently fledged Northern Saw-whet Owl cleaning foot. Photo by Geoff Dennis in Little Compton.

Recently fledged Northern Saw-whet Owl owlet in Little Compton yard. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Male Eastern Bluebird feeding nestling. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Nestling Eastern Bluebird. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Northern Shrike in Little Compton, May 4, 1996. Print film negative scan. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Brown Pelican, Buzzards Bay, Falmouth. Photo by Rachel Farrell.

Brown Pelican, Buzzards Bay, August 5, 2010. Photo by Rachel Farrell.