PI Birders, No early meetings in Waltham today, so I was able to get out onto the island for a short hour and a half this morning. There was a dark SNOWY OWL...
PI Birders, Pending further reports it looks like February ends up with 73 species this year. Quite a bit fewer species than we found last February, but still...
Sunday, 4 March 2007: PLUM ISLAND Migration Watch from lot one (0710-1145 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, W-WNW 15-28 mph, 32-40 F. Richard S. Heil Canada Goose...
PI Birders, It was good weekend for birding on Plum Island. Some very nice signs of spring migration getting underway with movements of some raptors, Killdeer,...
It was a right crisp morning out of Joppa Flats. Bill Gette, Tabor Allison, and I led a small group of Wednesday Morning Birders onto Plum Island in search of...
PI Birders, A quick note to update the March tally. The Joppa Flats group added Ring-billed Gull yesterday and Nancy Landry added Sanderling today. As soon as...
PI birders, I had very limited time to spend on the island this afternoon so instead of birding on the refuge I decided to head to the northern part of the...
PI Birders, I had so much work work yesterday that I pretty much worked through the night last night, hitting the sack around six this morning. So I decided to...
PI Birders, Well Mark correctly knew he added a Sharp-shinned Hawk to the March tally yesterday. But he added bird number 63 as well. Take a look. March 9 62...
PI Birders, There was a flock of about 40 BRANT off the Bar Head Rocks this morning, a new March species. There were also eight PURPLE SANDPIPERS on Emerson...
SATURDAY, 10 MARCH 2007: NEWBURYPORT & PLUM I. (0720-1230 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, S-SW 10-20 mph, 24-48 F. Nothing moving during the morning from Lot one....
PI Birders, Three new species for the March tally today, and we're up to 66 species. Here are the additions... March 10 64 Brant [wetmore] 65 Mute Swan...
PI Birders, Based on reports so far we had a single new March bird today, DARK- EYED JUNCO. The web pages are now all up to date with those reports. (Steve...
Jane Hills of Manchester, NH and I took advantage of the beautiful weather to bird the Parker River Refuge and a few other spots in the Newburyport area today...
PI Birds, I've just gotten the sightings web pages up to date with a few reports for today, and a report I missed the first time through from Sunday that was...
David Larson and I led a large Wednesday Morning Birding group (read fair-weather birders!!) on today's outing to Plum Island, Scotland Road, and the Pumping...
PI Birders, While birding on the island yesterday morning all pans from lot one to south of cross were frozen or mostly closed, as were the three impoundments....
THURSDAY, 15 MARCH 2007: PLUM ISLAND south to Hellcat (road beyond closed due to rain showers) Weather: Overcast, rain showers, lt. to mod. fog, S-SW winds...
PI Birders, Thanks to Rick's visit to the island today we had a nice boost in the March tally, and a nice boost in the year's tally as well. Rick added six...
This "Great Marsh Restoration Plan" includes plans for the destruction of the North Pool freshwater impoundment and marsh on Plum Island, listed as a "medium...
PI Birders, After hours of shoveling snow and dealing with broken branches, I was able to make a short, mid-afternoon visit to the refuge this afternoon. The...
Had a lovely afternoon on the island. No owls, but there was one surprise - the American Woodcock that decided to cross the road at around 2:00-2:30 in the...
PI Birders, Pending any further reports the March tally grew by five this past weekend. Thanks to Anne Haggerty for posting her photos to the group of the...
Dan Hubbard and Mike Pachomski of Rochester, NH and I birded Plum Island today, along with Newburyport and Salisbury (see Massbird). Plum Island Turnpike west...
Sorry, I forgot the following: Common Grackle European Starling Red-winged Blackbird a large flock of 200-300 of those 3 species just north of the refuge ...
Hi Terry & PIBirders, They were most likely distant Oldsquaw which form premigratory congregations off the Plum Island beach and in Newburyport Harbor each ...
MA & PI Birders, With spring sprung bird numbers and sightings are poised to spring again. For birders planning trips to Plum Island here's a reminder about...
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