PI Birders, I have put together once again a "Birds of Plum Island 2008 calendar", I would like to offer them once again to the readers here. This year's ...
Driving up the road just past the Stage Island parking lot around noon on Sunday, I saw a full-grown hen Ring-necked Pheasant running along the road and then...
Tom and PI Birders, With Tom indicating that he would update the sightings on October 2, 2007, I thought that he might not be back from his vacation to bird ...
PI Birders, Lu and I got back late Monday night at 11:30 from our vacation. There were 541 email messages awaiting. I've been through them enough to see that...
Chris, Up til about five years ago, pheasants were fairly easy to find on the island, with the sounds of their crowing coming from various places. Further...
I birded the island with Rick Heil today, I don't know if his post will have come through by the time mine does, but if not then these photos can be a good...
PI Birders, Well, slowly getting things up to date. I'm hoping to see Rick Heil's list before the night is out, but I think I have things about up to date with...
PI Birders, The sightings web pages are now up to date with all sightings that were awaiting in my inbox. There were well over 1,000 of them. I have added...
The Wednesday Morning Birders and I set out from Joppa Flats Education Center ~ 9:40 into rather foggy conditions. The temperatures stayed in the middle 60s...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date with the latest sightings. Thanks to a report from Chris Floyd, the September tally grew once more, now at 206: ...
PI Birders, Finally, finally, I managed to make a trip out to the island this morning; the first since September 22nd. And I managed to make a small...
The only highlights from 2 hours on the Refuge this morning was an American bittern stalking about the mud from the North Pool overlook, a small flock of 11...
PI Birders, Overnight migration brought a lot of sparrows to the refuge this morning, especially near the south end, from Stage down to Sandy Point. Dark-eyed...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date with the birds seen by Mark Daley and myself on October 5th, and with those reported by Sue McGrath from the 4th. See...
PI Birders, I birded with Tim Spahr and Brian Harris on Plum Island this morning. We found a number of nice birds. Among the highlights were: Green-winged Teal...
There were some NICE birds on the refuge today (as well as nice birders!). Highlights were the Lark sparrow at the Warden's, two Clay Colored Sparrows (one...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date with today's reports. Based on those reports we added seven new species to the October tally today ... October 6 113...
PI Birders, Here are some updates plus my sightings from Sunday, Oct 7th. We've had an addition to the September tally, Gray-cheeked Thrush; four were banded...
MONDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2007: PARKER RIVER NWR, PLUM ISLAND (0715-1845 hrs.) Weather: Overcast, rain showers in A.M., NE-N winds 3-6 mph, 49-55 F. Richard S. Heil &...
PI Birders, And I had to go to work today. Grrrrrrrrrr. Please take a look at the sightings web page (first link in my signature below) to see evidence of the...
PI Birders, I spent a couple hours on the island this morning, and Lu and I spent on hour on the island this afternoon. Highlights included: Long-tailed Duck...
Bill Gette and I led a small group of Wednesday Morning Birders from Joppa Flats Education Center on a rather gray and damp morning. The skies were overcast,...
PI Birders, I've been lax reporting the October tally updates. Here are the numbers for the last few days. Records labeled "flemer" (Ben Flemer) are from the...
PI Birders, Here is the October tally update for the weekend. Note I added a Baird's Sandpiper yesterday. This was a peep that I watched for a considerable...
PI Birders, Not much news from Plum Island lately. I've been out birding most mornings lately and have been updating the web pages, but there hasn't been much...
What a beautiful day it was for Wednesday Morning Birding! Bill Gette and I led a large group of WMBers out of Joppa Flats Education Center to visit the ...
PI Birders, With the sun now rising after 7:00 am, my time on the island has become very limited. I can manage only an hour and a half a day now, so really...
PI Birders, I got to the refuge for two short trips Friday, a very foggy morning, and a light rainy afternoon. My highlights included: Wood Duck -- 1 m north...
PI/MA Birders, There were some nice birds on Plum Island this morning ... This little group were seen from the North Pool Overlook ... American Golden-Plover...
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