PI Birders, Just sneaking out a quick email from work. I'll try to post something more complete this evening. November got off to a beautiful start on Plum...
PI Birders, Here's a bit more info on our November birds so far. During my two hours this morning I found 71 species. Brian Harris was also on the island, and...
PI Birders, The November tally grew by two since my last report: Dunlin from Brian Harris and FRANKLIN'S GULL from Rick Heil. Even though Rick was in Great...
PI Birders, Mass Birders, Another quick, about to zip to work note. There was a BLACK SKIMMER on the long sand bar to the southwest of Sandy Pt. this morning....
I'm not a sparrow guru and was wondering if someone might be able to ID this for me? It was shot at dawn this morning in rather low light at high ISO. ...
Hi Jim, PI Birders: This looks like a nice Swamp Sparrow to me. And it is a really good shot in low light. TIm...
Timothy Spahr
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Nov 2, 2005 4:09 pm
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Posted earlier to Massbird: It was a blustery but pleasant day for Wednesday Morning Birding under the leadership of Bill Gette out of Joppa Flats Education...
PI Birders, It was another nice day for birds on Plum Island today. November is one of my favorite months out there because it is so unpredictable and anything...
PI Birders, To get the word out early. There is still a Caspian Tern at Stage, and there is a Forster's Tern with Bonaparte's Gulls off Sandy Point. Also...
PI Birders, Mass Birders We managed to exceed 100 species on Plum Island for November today. We are now at 102. Steve Grinley added five of the ten today, and ...
PI & Mass Birders, There is a ROYAL TERN among Bonaparte's Gulls on the sandbar southwest of Sandy Point! There is also a Forster's Tern in the same group. And...
PI Birders, Almost every time I think I have recognized a pattern in bird behavior, and then I make a prediction based upon that pattern, it doesn't seem to...
Fellow birders, I returned to Plum Island this afternoon from 12:30 to sunset in search of rarities recently reported. I think I can add 2 species to the...
PI Birders, Here's the revised tally for yesterday (I remembered Savannah Sparrow and Brian Harris added White-crowned Sparrow) and the current tally for...
PI Birders, Well, I haven't heard from anyone but Sue yet today, but even so, we will be adding at least seven species to the November tally today: November 5 ...
Gary and I saw an American Kestrel at the Warden's today - I don't see it on the November list yet. Tom, thanks for creating this list - it's fun to see if we...
PI Birders, I don't know whether to blame the monthly tally effort or not, but in the past three months, the number of bird species reported on the island has...
We spent from 8am to noon on Plum Island and as others have reported there are a lot of interesting birds around, including Eurasian Wigeon - 1 male at Salt...
Also posted on Massbird: I led a small group out of Joppa Flats Education Center today -- outbound in the fog at 0930, inbound in the fog at 1515. But in...
PI Birders, Hmmm, the reports keep coming in. We're up to 128 now, with the Merlin and the Common Raven coming in from Steve Grinley, Steve Moore, and Barbara...
Hi Birders, Word is out now on a couple of real rarities located at Parker River NWR today, and I wonder just how many other vagrants will be located in the...
Timothy Spahr
tspahr@...
Nov 7, 2005 12:19 am
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Hi Birders, http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~tspahr/THRASHER/ In that directory are several images (jpg) and movie (.wmv or .mpg) files of the Sage Thrasher. NOTE:...
Timothy Spahr
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Nov 7, 2005 2:55 am
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PI Birders, Mass Birders, Today was one of those days that happens once or twice a year. For me the first two and a half hours were pretty empty, 7:00 to 9:30,...
PI Birders, Quick mid-day report. After the incredible birds of yesterday, I have heard nothing dramatic from today. When I was on the island this morning...
PI Birders, It is hard to believe how fast this list continues to grow. Based on the latest records I've seen, the November tally hit 142 today. Goodness...
Birders, At 8:15 this morning, Rick Heil, Mark Daley, and I had 2 CAVE SWALLOWS, flying north up the Plum Island dunes. We were standing on the high point of...
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