PIMA Birders, I had an 8:00 meeting this morning so my quasi-daily trip to Plum Island was short. Among the highlights for starting out in June were: NORTHERN...
PI Birders, Gettin' a start on June. Hit 60 species today. We should be able to pin down a few migrant stragglers over the coming weekend. Here are the current...
PI Birders, Just after sending the last post I got an email from Sherrill Pierce with her list from today. She added ten more species to the June tally, so...
Mass Bird /PI birders A visit to Plum Island this morning produced the following birds. Purple martin, 15 lot 1 Willet, 8 various Sharp-tailed sparrow, 2 boat...
PI Birders, I made another quick trip to the island this morning before family duties intervened. My highlights were the sightings of two different pairs of...
Eleven observers tallied a surprising 80 species on this morning's BBC trip to Newburyport & vic. A small fallout of warblers and flycatchers at the Pines...
PI Birders, June 3rd was not a nice weather day on the island, but as Steve Grinley reported, there were some nice birds around. And thanks primarily to Steve,...
MONDAY, 4 JUNE 2007: PLUM ISLAND (1430-1800 hrs.): Most time spent at Sandy Pt. Weather: Overcast, NE 15-20 mph, drizzle, fog, 50's Richard S. Heil Selective...
PIMA Birders, Quick report before heading out to work. At the Pines Trail this morning there were two MOURNING WARBLERS singing nearly continuously, and also a...
TUESDAY, 5 JUNE 2007: ESSEX COUNTY Highlights Weather: Cloudy and foggy in AM, then clearing, more clouds in PM; S-SW 10-30 mph, 55-82 F. Richard S. Heil ...
PI Birders, We added 13 species to the June tally over the past two days, leaving us at 124, which surpasses the June tally for 2003 and equals that of 2004....
Bill Gette and I took Joppa Flats' Wednesday Morning Birding group onto Plum Island this morning and almost directly down to Sandy Point -- heavy on the ...
PI Birders, I'm forwarding this message with permission from Terry Leverich, reporting on his visit to the island yesterday the 5th. I think you will enjoy it....
PI Birders, I visited Sandy Point this morning, once more in search of a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. An hour of searching turned up plenty of great birds to...
First - I found a couple of nests on the island this morning, and got some OK pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saltpannes/sets/72157600327898448/ A Killdeer...
For those who are interested, here are some photos from the island from tonight. Bobolink http://www.flickr.com/photos/saltpannes/sets/72157600328230591/ A...
PI Birders, Work has been keeping me very late lately, so I'd been unable to arrange for any survey of the north pool. But yesterday I managed to get home a...
The link to the Song Sparrow photos is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saltpannes/sets/72157600329428292/ The link I sent last night was incorrect. -Paula ...
Hi PI Birders, Birds from my rain-shortened plover warden shift at the south refuge boundary this morning list in the order in which I saw them -- all birds...
SUNDAY, 10 JUNE 2007: PLUM ISLAND (1430-2010 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, SE>SW 3-7 mph, 69-73 F. Richard S. Heil 'Pale-bellied' Brant (1)-S.I.P. Canada Goose...
PI Birders, The sightings web pages are now up to date after a delay of an extra day. (Whoops. Rick Heil's post arrived just this second, so the web pages are...
PI Birders, Web pages are back up to date with Rick's report. Here are the modified new birds added to the June tally today: June 10 (138) 133 American Wigeon...
PI Birders, I've been working 15 hour days this week so this has been the longest stretch in years for not being able to get out to the island. Probably won't...
PIMA Birders, So where did the two King Rails go, the one at Hellcat and the one at the Wardens? I'm not sure about that, but I do know where there are two...
PI Birders, I visited the refuge from 5:15 to 8:15 this morning. I was most surprised to hear an ALDER FLYCATCHER in the scrub opposite Cross Farm Hill, hard...
There was a WILSON'S PLOVER foraging on the broad wet flats at Sandy Point on PLUM ISLAND late this afternoon (17 June 2007) between about 6:00 and 7:00 PM....
PI Birders, Web pages are now up to date with today's sightings. My best sightings today were a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO south of lot one, and a RUBY-THROATED...
PIMA Birders, I spent about an hour and a half at Sandy Point, Plum Island, this morning, 6:30 to 8:00, looking for the Wilson's Plover. Though there were...
PI Birders, I was off today and went to the island in search of the Wilson's plover, although I could not find it, I did come across a male and female Wilson's...
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