This morning at 10am I saw a female PINE GROSBEAK across from the marker field on Plum Island. The bird was calling from the east side of the road about 100...
PI Birders, I was on the refuge for just an hour this morning. No Pine Grosbeak for me. (YET!). Here are my highlights ... EURASIAN WIGEON -- 1 m at pans...
Ida Giriunas and I birded the island today from 1250-1620, looking especially for winter finches. Unfortunately, we had no luck in that area, but there was...
PI Birders, Visions of Pine Grosbeaks called me home early today. No luck there but a few more good birds to add to those of the morning. Best was the...
PI Birders, Last Tuesday Jeremiah Trimble heard a Red Crossbill fly by on the island. This adds to the October tally (making it 191), to the 2007 tally (286),...
PI Birders, I managed an hour and a half sea watch from lot one this morning in relative comfort (no rain!!). Hundreds of Northern Gannets were passing south...
PI/MA Birders, Driving by the Wardens entrance this morning, about 7:30, I heard a PINE GROSBEAK calling from the wooded side of the road. I parked and quickly...
MA/PI Birders, Also on the refuge this morning. While at the Hellcat lot, a female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL flew by, showing the yellowish rump, and dark wings...
During an early morning sea watch at lot one this morning I saw a Red- throated Loon get into a bit of trouble. (First let's set the mood -- imagine the...
PI/MA Birders I got two life birds today mostly to the thanks of Tom Wetmore who spotted the Pine Grosbeak in the Wardens area. We walked the road from the...
Thirteen members of the Menotomy Bird Club joined Lew Bushnell and me for a trip to Plum Island. Our highlights included the beautiful male Eurasian Wigeon,...
PI Birders, I apologize for so many posts today; this the fourth. Here are the November tally updates for the weekend: November 3 80 Greater Shearwater...
Linda Ferraresso called at 10:45am to report common redpolls, pine siskins, and goldfinches feeding in the birches on the east side of the refuge road across...
PI Birders, The November tally is up three since last report, two from yesterday, and one from last Friday ... November 2 ... 74 Red-winged Blackbird...
Plum Island was fairly active today despite the steady soaking rain that was happening the whole time I was there from 0720-1030. The best birds were the ...
TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 2007: PLUM ISLAND (0830-1630 hrs.) Weather: Overcast, rain until 1545 hrs., SE 15-30 mph > SW 10-25 mph, 52-48 F. Richard S. Heil I spent...
PI Birders, I managed a couple hours of birding in the rain this morning. I thought I would be a hero by adding bird number 100 to the November tally. Little...
Hilda Dorgan and I led Wednesday Morning Birding out of Joppa Flats Education Center onto Plum Island. The weather conditions were sunny to partly cloudy,...
PI Birders, The extra hour each morning is wonderful. I was on the island from 6:10 to 8:30 am yesterday. My full list of sightings is below. I had no winter...
Margo Goetschkes called at 9:30am to report that the Eurasian wigeon is still present this morning at the Salt Pannes and that the redhead is still at the...
PI/MA Birders, Geoff Wood located two RED CROSSBILLS at the new Forward Pool blind this morning. When I showed up there was one bird in a pine tree just over...
Luke Seitz, Ida Giriunas, and I all birded Plum Island this morning between 0745 and 1040. The highlights were winter finches, we had Common Redpolls (CORE),...
PI Birders, Here's a list of the birds I encountered on the refuge today. The web pages are up to date with the latest sightings (thanks to Ian, Warren, Nancy,...
SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2007: PLUM ISLAND (0945-1415 hrs.) Weather: Partly cloudy, NNE winds 15-30 mph, 38-40 F. No ocean surveyed except at Sandy Point. Canada...
PI/MA Birders, Birders continue to find winter finches on Plum Island. Today's (Nov 11) list includes Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin, Pine Grosbeak, Red ...
Gary & I have been thinking that the new boardwalk and viewing platform at Lot 5 will be a good place to scan for owls this winter - and today we proved...
PI Birders, Quite a great of birding on the refuge today. A dentist appointment and then work kept me from the island for the first time in many days; however,...
I birded the Island a couple of hours before work this morning and found the following: Salt Pannes: 1 EURASIAN WIGEON 32 A. wigeon 4 pintail 89 black ducks 4...
PI Birders, I was also on the island this morning. I didn't find near the birds that Steve did. However I did find two reasonably large flocks of COMMON...
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