PI Birders, Boston Birders, While driving on Plum Island this morning, behind another birder on the dirt road, trying to see through all the dust, I couldn't...
SUNDAY, 1 JUNE 2008: PLUM ISLAND, MA (0600-1130 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, W-SW winds 5-15 mph, 60-75 F. Richard S. Heil Thickets and marsh; no ocean...
PI Birders, Our May total on the island was 210 species. This is a good number, though the numbers for the past three years were 214, 216 and 219 respectively....
Sorry, this disn't go through yesterday: Margo birded Plum Island much of the day today and I joined her before and after work with the following results: ...
Birders, A birder named Douglas Brink photographed two GULL-BILLED TERNS in the wet marshes just south of the main pans on the Parker River NWR yesterday. The...
PI Birders, Doug Brink gave me permission to post photos he took of a pair of GULL- BILLED TERNS on Plum Island yesterday. I placed one of the photos as the...
Birders, A quick clarification on the sighting and identification of the Gull- billed Terns on Plum Island on June 1st. Doug Brink, who is President of the...
I birded the Island a few hours before work this morning with the highlight being a singing Acadian flycatcher at the Pines along with yellow-bellied and alder...
BIMBOS, Hey, guys, how're the birds down there in Boston land? Up here where the air is clear things are nice. Gull-billed Tern [251] -- yesterday Acadian...
I consider it quiet confidence~ I was going to wait for all the reports to come pouring in this evening but since the Chief Plummer wants an update - ...
PI Birders, The Plum Island pages at my site and the Yahoo site are up to date with today's sightings. The big bird of the day today was obviously the ACADIAN...
To their credit the BIMBOs keep trying to make this thing interesting. They've managed to eek out a few new species the last couple days, squeezing those...
PI Birders, I had a very nice little sit and sea watch in light rain at lot one, Plum Island, this morning. Birds included: Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter,...
It was a rainy day on Plum Island! Seven folks joined Bill Gette and me for Wednesday Morning Birding and were not disappointed. Yes, the dank weather ...
PI Birders, Pages up to date once again. We passed a milestone a couple days ago that I had intended to mention but completely forgot. We passed 150,000...
PI Birders, Web pages are up to date. There were few sighting reports from Plum Island today. I had to get to work before rush hour so had to forego my regular...
PI Birders, Lu and I are off to my mother's 80th birthday party tomorrow morning with another day with family on Sunday, so I hope some of you will be able to...
FRIDAY, 6 JUNE 2008: PLUM ISLAND (1245-1650 hrs.) Weather: Overcast, frequent showers, SE winds 10-15 mph, 52 F. Richard S. Heil Still impressive numbers and...
Will Freedberg and I birded from Ipswich to Plum Island today, seeing what we could turn up, and hoping for some Texan ducks! Sadly it appears that the...
Margo and I, along with Jim Hully, heard and saw the king rail at the Warden's this evening. Rick Heil had found this bird this morning. The bird was very...
We were also lucky enough to see the King Rail this evening, thanks to the tip from the gentleman we met at Wardens. We also had a black billed cuckoo in the...
PI Birders, Web site is up to date with all the sightings from the weekend. Thanks for sending me your reports! Five contestants are now over 200 species in...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date based on reports from two persons today. Warren Tatro was able to add two new species to the June list: June 9 141...
PI Birders, I made a short visit to the refuge this morning. I saw and heard the large rail that has been reported at the Wardens a few times. The rail was in...
I went to Plum island this evening, mainly to cool off, but also to bird. A seawatch at Lot 1 was refreshing, but uneventful. The American bittern reported...
PI Birders, The web site is up to date. Last night's pages were incomplete; thanks to Warren Tatro for letting me know; things should be good now. Now that May...
Bill Gette and I co-led Wednesday Morning Birding out of Joppa Flats Education Center today. It was a beautiful partly cloudy day with lower humidity and...
PI Birders, I was on the refuge from 5:00 to 8:30 this morning. A few notes about the birds: GREEN- and BLUE-WINGED TEAL -- males of both species continue to...
PI/MA Birders, Today there was a pair of KING RAILs foraging together along the margin between the salt marsh and the woods to the north of the Wardens. Before...