PI Birders, After a number of patient watches at the North Pool Overlook during the past couple weeks, I can now confirm EASTERN MEADOWLARK as a breeding bird...
PI birders & Massbird The nice way to start off a new month is finding a new life bird. This was my fortune when birding on Plum Island today with finding a...
PI Birders, Looks like the June tally will end at 146 species. This is the second best total in the past five years. The July tally is started with sightings...
What a great picture, Nancy. Congratulations on finding a life bird. I noticed that you saw the cuckoo at Hellcat. In past years, I have seen Black-billed...
Birders, For those of you planning to bird the island, good news, Lot 7 in now open. The beach is open some 50 feet beyond the end of the stairs. Although you...
PI Birders, After integrating Rick's list from the first with Nancy's and mine, things have changed enough to deserve a full update. And Nancy added number 79,...
PI Birders, My first substantial glimpse of "fall migration" today. At a small pan south of lot three there were 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, at one of the pans...
PI Birders, Websites are now up to date as of yesterday. We added four more species to the July tally... July 3 80 American Wigeon [landry, wetmore] 81 Green...
PIMA Birders, I visited the Parker River NWR from 7:00 to 9:00 this morning and had a few more than my normal number of unusual or out of season sightings... ...
PI Birders, There were a few more birds added to the July tally yesterday. July 4 84 Least Sandpiper [spalding, wetmore] 85 Stilt Sandpiper [spalding] 86...
Birders, I'm just back from one of my early morning forays. I enjoy PRNWR early in the morning when I can peacefully observe the daily routines of wildlife. ...
PI Birders, An afternoon visit to the island provided a great look at a least bittern in the Bill Forward pool. I watched, as it seemed to dance back and forth...
PI Birders, I had another good day on the island with great looks at the least bittern at the forward pool. But before I got to there an American woodcock...
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Observation date: 7/6/07, 9:00 am-12:30 pm Number of species: 44 Note: fog rolled in about noon, and by 12:15, ...
PI Birders, Late report from yesterday. Nothing new for the tally yesterday but there were four new species added on Friday... July 6 94 Spotted Sandpiper...
SUNDAY, 8 JULY 2007: PLUM ISLAND: refuge portion (0630-1045 hrs.) Weather: Mostly cloudy, light variable winds, 69-73 F. Richard S. Heil, Jan Smith & Tom...
PI Birders, I went on the Maine Audubon trip to Matinicus Rock and Eastern Egg Rock yesterday, so am late getting the Plum Island files up to date. The web...
PIMA Birders, Lu and I managed an aborted North Pool canoe survey this evening. Dark clouds were threatening to the west, but we started out anyway. We managed...
PIMA Birders, Tim Spahr and I birded on the Parker River NWR from 6:00 to 10:00 this morning. At Stage Island Pool we had great looks at a FORSTER'S TERN and a...
As many of you know, this year is the centennial of Rachel Carson's birth. Her connections to New England include the time she spent at Woods Hole and her...
MONDAY, 16 JULY 2007: PLUM ISLAND Highlights (1730-2015 hrs.) Common Eider (7)-Emerson Rocks. Black Scoter (1m.)-Off Lot one. Red-breasted Merganser...
PI Birders, Still too busy at work to get out on the refuge as much as I would like. And I haven't updated the July tally in a few days. We are now up to 112...
TUESDAY, 17 JULY 2007: PLUM ISLAND & NEWBURYPORT HARBOR (0630-1600 hrs.) Weather: Partly cloudy, WSW > SE 5-15 mph, 62-80 F. Richard S. Heil Nice up-tick in...
PI Birders, If you get Massbird you've read of the wonderful Least Bittern show occurring daily at North Pool these days. I was on the central dike for half an...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date from the weekend. The LEAST BITTERNS continue as the primary attention getters at Hellcat. Shorebirds continuing to...
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