PI Birders, It's been a little tough coming up with birds on the refuge the past couple weeks. Pending possible other reports, we're now at 33 species for the...
TUESDAY, 4 MARCH 2008: PLUM ISLAND: south to Pines Field (0625-1210 hrs.) Weather: Mostly cloudy, SW-W winds 12-25 mph, 49-55 F. Richard S. Heil Several hours...
PI Birders, The March tally took a big jump over the last two days. Rick added a full 21 one species today. Here are the new March birds. March 3 34 Turkey...
PI Birders, Based on a report from Sherrill Pierce the March tally increased by one more yesterday. Sherrill found a a male and three female COMMON MERGANSERS...
PI Birders, A nice day for birding on the island. The web pages are up to date with sightings from a number of people today. The March tally moved up by seven...
SUNDAY, 9 MARCH 2008: PLUM ISLAND: Lot One Migration Watch (0720-1020 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, WSW winds 20-40 mph, 32F. Richard S. Heil Canada Goose...
PI Birders, With weekend reports worked through, here are the species added to the Plum Island March tally the past three days. Rick Heil's CANVASBACK is ...
PI Birders, It was 19 degrees when I arrived on the refuge this morning. Most fresh water was frozen over again, though Stage Island Pool was almost completely...
PI/MA Birders, I just got a report from Nancy Landry who went down to Stage Island Pool on the Parker River NWR (aka Plum Island) this afternoon to see the...
Hello, Plum Island Birders/Massbirders! I led a small group of resolute Wednesday Morning Birders out of Joppa Flats Education Center, all of us choosing to...
PI Birders, New March species continue to accumulate. Here are the four new species added over the last two days. March 11 (75) 74 Ruddy Duck [carroll,...
PI Birders, I made a morning trip to the refuge. Change is afoot, with KILLDEERS, SONG SPARROWS, and DARK-EYED JUNCOS becoming more prevalent. I also had two...
PI Birders, It was a early morning day for ducks as there were no small birds to be found except for some song sparrows and a lone red-wing blackbird. The two...
While "working" at Joppa Flats Audubon today, there was a black-headed gull, Kumlien's gull and 3 bald eagles from the Center. After worrk, Margo and I headed...
PI Birders, Thanks to Nancy Landry, John Carroll, Steve Grinley and Margo Goetchkes, I was able to update the Plum Island bird web pages this evening with...
PI/MA Birders, A trip to PRNWR on Plum Island provided me a chance to add to my life list with 3 canvasback ducks just of the marsh edge at the Wardens. Down...
Margo and I recorded 63 species today with the following highlights: Salisbury: 8 bald eagles (2 (1 ad., 1 imm)flying west over Mudnock Rd, 6 im.at State...
PI Birders, The big story on the refuge today was the three (or four) CANVASBACKS seen at various spots on the refuge by a number of persons. Three birds were...
While "working" at Joppa Flats Audubon today, there was a black-headed gull, Kumlien's gull and 3 bald eagles from the Center. After worrk, Margo and I headed...
PI Birders, Here's an update on the Plum Island March tally. Three new birds were added over the last two days... Very egalitarian too, with three birds from...
PI Birders, I worked from home today so managed two short trips to the island, one in the snow this morning, and the other in the rain this afternoon. I should...
PI Birders, My good friend Tim Spahr is leading a BBC bird walk on the refuge Sunday morning. Meet Tim at 7:30 a.m. at the lot one parking area to enjoy the...
PI/MASS Birders, After leaving work a 2pm I headed to Plum Island for a late day of birding. I knew that with the winds that the birds would be few but hoped...
PI Birders, Here is another update to the March tally. We are up four species since my last report: March 18 85 Red-shouldered Hawk [haydock] 86 Wilson's...
PI Birders, Thanks to you wonderful birders I've already gotten about 200 sightings from the island today. The web pages are now up to date with those...
PI Birders, First a March tally update. Three new birds added today: March 22 89 Cooper's Hawk [heil] 90 American Kestrel [bourinot] 91 American Goldfinch...
PI Birders, We added four new species to the March tally on Easter sunday: March 23 92 Double-crested Cormorant [spahr] 93 Great Egret [parce] 94 Great...