Jock Purcell and I led the Joppa Flats Education Center morning version of the Labor Day holiday program, "What's That Bird?" onto Plum Island. We managed to...
MONDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER 2008: PLUM ISLAND (0555-1315 hrs.) Weather: Clear, WNW>NW 15-20 mph, 64-74 F. Less movement than last night, but some turnover and a few...
PI Birders, Sorry for the length of this email, but there were a lot of birders on the island yesterday and they saw a lot of birds. Here is the September...
Greetings, The following were seen today (9-2-08) from 0800-1230 on the Refuge. Of surprise to me were NO warblers observed (I'm sure they were there, but just...
PI Birders, I got to the refuge for a short visit late Tuesday afternoon. The records from that visit and from those of Rick Heil and Jeffery Offermann are now...
Dear Birders, It is WITHOUT much regret that I inform you that the Plummers are about to be beat by the BIMBOs. Their battle with green heads, admission fees,...
Dear Birders, It is WITHOUT much regret that I inform you that the Plummers are about to be beat by the BIMBOs. Their battle with green heads, admission fees,...
Andrew, Thank goodness you guys have finally got someone who can find birds! How much did you have to pay? We were beginning to wonder whether we'd ever see...
This morning, Bill Gette and I led our Wednesday Morning Birders out of Joppa Flats Education Center to the Joppa Park seawall on the Merrimack River. On a...
PI Birders, The web pages are up to date through September 3rd with reports from John Nelson, Doug Chickering, Dave Weaver, and myself. Check out the sightings...
PI Birders, I was on the refuge from 5:40 to 8:30 this morning. The highlight was a DICKCISSEL that flew around over the Stage area while I was on the lot...
PI Birders, The web sites are up to date with reports today from Sue McGrath, John Nelson, yours truly, and a report for yesterday from Jim Berry. Here is the...
PI Birders, It's early to talk in detail about the passage of Hanna this weekend. And whenever I predict effects of weather on birds I end with egg on my face....
Jock, Thanks for the note (PI Birders: Ganson sent me a note about a Blue-winged Teal he saw diving diving in Maine) Green-winged Teal do strange things at...
Dear Birds, Each year I produce a "Birds of Plum Island Calendar" made of photos of birds that I have taken on the island. The calendar for 2009 is available...
SUNDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2008: PLUM ISLAND Highlights (1000-1430 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, W winds 15-20 mph, 70 F Richard S. Heil Gadwall (25) American Wigeon...
PI Birders, The web pages up to date with reports from Rick Heil, Nancy Landry and myself. I have a short report from Doug Chickering to add later. I was on...
Hello All, Quick little update on the Boston V Plum Island birding contest - Boston Birders quite adeptly added two new species today - Clay-colored Sparrow -...
PI Birders, Not a lot to report today, but would that keep me from posting? I don't think so. I was only able to make a very quick trip to the island in the...
Good guys and bad guys (you know who you are), Well, well, well, seems there is some life stirring down in the metropolis. And I may have heard something about...
The game has officially started over. The plummers and bimbos are again tied! American Golden Plover - Bob Stymeist - Belle Isle [272] As the grand poo bah of...
PI Birders, Thanks to a report from Warren Tatro today I have updated the Plum Island birding web pages for another day. Warren added BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER to...
Apologies for my late post. Bill Gette and I led a large group of Wednesday Morning Birders yesterday morning onto Plum Island in beautiful weather -- clear...
PI Birders, I just finished uploading the latest Plum Island birding web pages for another day. Today there were reports from Fay Vale and myself, a one day...
PI Birders, I didn't receive any reports from yesterday, Friday, but I did get out for a short visit in the morning, and the pages are now up to date from that...
It's been some time since we made it out to the refuge and I'm clearly a bit rusty. I saw more birds than I got a clear look at, and a lot more birds than I...
In addition to participating in the Coastal Sweep at PI (sadly, not many birders did), Margo and I recorded the following birds on the island: Location:...
PI Birders, Plum Island did not share the largesse of neotropical migrants found in other areas of the state yesterday. As Ludlow Griscom noted about Plum...
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