PI Birders, Every new year it takes me a little longer to get the bird pages up to date since there is a bit more book-keeping to do, and I have to modify some...
1047
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 2, 2007 8:31 am
PI Birders, Two quick items. First, I've updated the sightings pages based on a report from Jake Miller. Jake had a good trip to the island on the 1st and...
1048
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 3, 2007 2:56 am
PI Birders, Here's the update on the January and 2007 tallies. We added 8 species and hit 50 today. The report of Dovekie and Short-eared Owl come second hand...
1049
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 4, 2007 2:24 am
PI Birders, I birded on the island before work and had enough time to do a short sea watch at lot seven and to walk the marsh loop and trail at Hellcat. I was...
1050
Tom Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 4, 2007 3:29 pm
PI Birders, A quick post this morning because of a nice bird at lot seven. Expect a more leisurely update sometime this evening. There was a female HARLEQUIN...
1051
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 5, 2007 2:23 am
PI Birders, Added two more species to the January and 2007 tallies today, the Harlequin Duck I found at lot seven, and the Dunlins seen flying by lot one by...
1052
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 5, 2007 2:36 am
PI Birders, When updating the pages I forgot the flock of seven Bonaparte's Gulls that flew by over the ocean at lot seven this morning. That is species number...
1053
Tom Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 5, 2007 7:14 pm
PI Birders, The female HARLEQUIN DUCK was still present off Emerson Rocks this morning. (Don't tell Rick Heil.) Tom Wetmore, Newburyport, MA Think globally,...
1054
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 6, 2007 2:41 am
PI Birders, Four more for the tallies, three goodies from Oakes and Herman, and, well, another bird from me. THICK-BILLED MURRE is a great find; this is the...
1055
Brian Krisler
bkrisler
Jan 6, 2007 3:09 pm
The hightlight (besides birding in shorts in January!) was a Snow Goose taking off from Stage Island Pool at 7am, mixed in with a huge flock of Canada Geese. ...
1056
Jeffrey Offermann
jeff_offermann
Jan 7, 2007 12:00 am
Birders, Today at Parker River NWR (Plum Island) I found an adult male (small, nearly pure white) Snowy Owl perched on a dune as seen from the boardwalk at lot...
1057
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 7, 2007 3:32 am
PI Birders, Something of a surreal day on Plum Island. I had the place pretty to myself early in the day (I missed Brian somehow) in the rain and high ...
1058
rsheil
pterodromamo...
Jan 7, 2007 4:28 am
SATURDAY, 6 JANUARY 2007: PLUM ISLAND NATIONAL BEACH & RECREATION AREA (1300-1530 hrs.) Weather: Partly clear, SW 10-25 mph, 69-71 F. What a mistake to come...
1059
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 7, 2007 10:25 pm
PI Birders, Based on current reports, the January tally is up three today... January 7 70 Northern Flicker [wetmore] 71 Northern Shrike [wetmore] 72 Lapland...
1060
Terry Bronson
tbbirds
Jan 8, 2007 1:15 am
My wife Nancy and I visited Plum Island this afternoon, and observed the following. We spent about half our time walking the beach from the west side of Sandy...
1061
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 9, 2007 4:04 pm
PI Birders, I finally got a look at the SNOWY OWL that has been reported from the dunes south of lot three lately. That's exactly where it was, visible from...
1062
rsheil
pterodromamo...
Jan 10, 2007 2:25 am
This afternoon (Tues., 9 January 2007) there were four LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the section of mowed salt marsh opposite the airport along the Plum Island Turnpike...
1063
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 10, 2007 6:52 am
PI Birders, After adding some late reports from Steve Haydock and Steve Grinley's Redhead of yesterday, the January tally file is now up two more to 74 ...
1064
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 10, 2007 7:00 am
PI Birders, I just added a new table to the Database section of the Yahoo group. The new table is for you to keep track of the number of birds seen on Plum...
1065
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 11, 2007 11:48 pm
PI Birders, I spent a couple hours on the island this morning where I had the pleasure of seeing Joel McNeal. We both arrived at Lot One well before sunrise in...
1066
Brian Krisler
bkrisler
Jan 13, 2007 2:53 am
I spent 2 hours before dark on Plum Island this evening. My highlights: Lesser Yellowlegs Short eared Owl Brant Harlequin Duck Most of my birding was next to...
1067
rsheil
pterodromamo...
Jan 13, 2007 3:35 am
FRIDAY, 12 JANUARY 2007: PLUM ISLAND Highlights (1500-1630 hrs.) Roadside and Lot 7 'Pale-bellied' Brant (1)-With eider about 3/4 mile off Lot 7. Green-winged...
1068
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 13, 2007 7:31 am
PI Birders, The big ornithological happening of the day on the island was the LESSER YELLOWLEGS at the pan south of Cross Farm Hill found by Rick Heil. Rick...
1069
rsheil
pterodromamo...
Jan 13, 2007 4:15 pm
There is no federal law against feeding birds on a national wildlife refuge per se. In fact the Parker River NWR itself used to operate a feeding station at...
1070
njlandry@...
nlandry61
Jan 13, 2007 8:58 pm
Tom and PI birders, Just before leaving the island today I stopped a lot 1 to give one more look at the marsh to see if the short-eared owls would be about....
1071
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 14, 2007 4:27 am
PI Birders, My highlights today included the HARLEQUIN DUCK off Emerson Rocks (see below), 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL in the pan south of Cross Farm Hill, a PEREGRINE...
1072
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 14, 2007 4:57 am
PI Birders, In the "isn't it weird the weather we're having category," I had wanted to mention but then forgot in my last post, that I had a couple non-bird...
1073
Thomas Wetmore
ttwetmore
Jan 16, 2007 7:50 am
PI Birders, I got to the island for a short while on the 14th with few highlights. There was also a visit by a BBC trip that recorded 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS and 2...
1074
David K Weaver
davidkweaver
Jan 17, 2007 7:51 pm
Man, it was cold!! It's the first time in a long time, a number of years, that my forehead, my brow ached from the cold! Bill Gette and I led an intrepid...
1075
rsheil
pterodromamo...
Jan 19, 2007 12:17 am
THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2006: PLUM ISLAND (1130-1615 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, SSW 10-20 mph, 26-32 F. All three impoundments and salt pans completely frozen....
