TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007: Weather: Partly cloudy, WNW winds 10-25 mph, 47-64 F. Richard S. Heil Selective list from PLUM ISLAND (0645-1800 hrs.); including a 'Lot...
PI Birders, Note to MA Birders -- on the PI list we track the monthly tallies of birds found on Plum Island. This note finalizes the April tally, starts the...
PI Birders, With all the birding the past few days, I'd forgotten to do my bills, so I was up early and at my desk early and never got to the island at all....
PI Birders, I visited the island this morning, spending time at Sandy Point looking for the two AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS that were reported there yesterday....
Ida Giriunas and I birded around eastern MA today, and part of the day was spent in the Newburyport area. Some of the best birds were shorebirds, as in the...
PI birders, Cross posted to Massbird. Strong NW winds made for some "tough sledding" out on the island tonite. The wind resulted in an almost complete lack of...
PI Birders, Lots of reports to integrate this evening. May is a busy month! Based on a number of new reports for yesterday and a number of reports for today,...
PI birders, I just realized I reported a Common Snipe in my post when in fact the current nomenclature is Wilson's Snipe. I was following the old MAS card and...
PI Birders, A little late with this report. There were four more species added to the May tally yesterday, bringing it to 122 ... May 4 119 Black-crowned...
Sightings from my plover warden shift this morning, all from the beach at Lot 1: common loon 1 double crested cormorant 12 black scoter, surf scoter,...
PI Birders, Based on reports seen so far, the May tally increased by three ... May 5 123 Green Heron [ruiz] 124 Great Crested Flycatcher [hully, wetmore] 125...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date with the sightings that have come my way. Here are the additions for the past two days. Note that there were a number...
PI Birders, I visited the refuge from 5:55 to 8:35 this morning. The big wave isn't in yet; the weather conditions are pretty good for tomorrow though. As Dave...
At 5:50 am this morning, there was a pair of American Bitterns in the pools just past the Warden's buildings. They were actively displaying and flew out just...
Ida Giriunas and I went back out this afternoon to the Plum Island area, and had some wonderful birds. The best hands down was a KING RAIL seen from the dike...
TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007: Weather: Mostly clear, SW-S winds 15-30 mph, 45-84 F. Not a great day for the date, fewer new arrivals and less migration than ...
PI Birders, With Rick's trip to the island yesterday, and warblers found by Doug Chickering and Steve Haydock, the May tally took a big leap yesterday. Plus an...
Mix warm, sunny weather with the prospect of seeing warbler and other migrants, and we get a large Wednesday Morning Birding entourage. I do believe that...
Hi Birders, Below is my list from a few hours of morning birding at Plum Island. I birded the roadside, and a good bit at both Hellcat and the Pines. The...
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PI birders, A nice day of birding on the island. I birded from around 1000-1430 with a good portion of that time walking the hellcat trails. It was quite warm...
PI Birders, I am feeling very lucky this evening. Though today was one of those rare days when I could not get to the island, still a great number of ...
PI Birders, Just took a (very) temporary lead over Rick H. with four new personal year birds on the island this morning. They were two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at...
PI Birders, It was an up and down day. A few birds around in the morning, not many during the heavy rains, and then a good number after the rains. A late...
There were two Least Terns roosting with about 18 Common Terns at Sandy Point around 11:30AM. I think this is their first appearance for this year. Ann Gurka ...
Hi, At 8 this morning we saw 4 Least Terns chasing a Peregrine Falcon past the pans! Fay Peter and Fay Vale Wakefield, MA peterfay@... ... From: "Ann...
PI Birders, I birded the island from 6am – 10:30am. Although I did not see to many birds I was able to add 7 new birds to my year list with 2 being life...
Busy day, too tired to sort and post entire list tonight but wanted to say I had 12+ ruddy turnstones in a mixed flock with 21 black bellied plovers at the...
PI Birders, Here are the May tally additions for yesterday and today. Yesterday is shown again because of John Hoye's reports, received too late to put in...
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