On a rather dank morning, David Larson and I led today's edition of Wednesday Morning Birding out of Joppa Flats Education Center for some time on Plum Island...
The dozen or so Caspian Terns seen by Joppa Flats' Wednesday Morning Birding Group may have been some of the same birds seen earlier in Seabrook Harbor, NH....
PI Birders, Thanks to Dave Weaver's report yesterday we have begun the trip through October for Plum Island's birds. Here is the beginning of the new month's...
Now that I have finished the Dig It! project for earthworks (we planted 335 trees at the Boston Nature Center greatly improving the city's green corridor and...
John Nelson (of Ipswich) called at 5pm to report a Say's phoebe at Lot 7 on the refuge. He said it is in the dunes about 50 yards south of platform. He said...
Hi PI Birders, I visited the island today both before and after work hoping to get October off to a decent start. It didn't seem as though I was seeing a lot...
I rushed down the island after work after posting John's Nelson's report of the Say's phoebe and making numerous phone calls. When I arrived at Lot 7 at about...
PI Birders, As Steve mentioned, I tried to get some kind of record photo of the Say's Phoebe using my phone camera and my scope, but as you will see, I do not ...
PI Birders, The big news yesterday was the SAY'S PHOEBE discovered by Susan Stanton near lot seven and later seen by John Nelson and Steve Grinley. John posted...
PI/MA Birders, The SAY'S PHOEBE was present in the same area of Plum Island today, between the lot seven overlook and the bar head beach. Good birding, Tom...
Doug Chickering called earlier and said that the Say's phoebe was there at 7am, as reported by Tom, and was moving south along the beach when he left. Ron...
Jeffrey Offerman called at 11:20am to report a marbled godwit in Stage Island Pool. The Say's phoebe is continuing to be seen and the y-b chat is being heard...
Dear Birders, I and a few others were on Plum Island at lot 7 for sunrise in hopes of seeing the Say's Phoebe. The phoebe did not disappoint us as shortly...
For those of you leaving work to try for this bird, it is still present, as of 3:45pm, around the Lot 7 boardwalk on Plum Island. I had a negative report on...
PI Birders, I have a feeling I may not be done updating the web pages this evening. I've already updated them twice. There were lots of birders on the island...
Whoops. I suggested you check the sightings link in my signature, but forgot to sign. Duh. Just go to the link which takes you to my home page, and click on...
In my post from Plum today I recorded via eBird Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon) instead of the correct Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) by mistake (habit of growing up...
PI Birders, After receiving two more reports by email and seeing Rick's post I've just finished the third update to the web pages this evening. Rick added...
Margo and I birded Plum Island today and made the following observations: Location: Plum Island Observation date: 10/4/08 Number of species: 66 Canada Goose X...
Some birds seen today in Newburyport and Plum Island on a quintessential fall day include: 9:45 a.m. Newburyport Harbor Black-bellied Plover 15 Semi-palmated...
PI Birders, There were lots of birds and birders on the island today. I have already received well over 500 records for today! Based on those reports there...
PI Birders, Someone was too lazy to post a summary from the island yesterday. But the sightings page is up to date with the latest reports. So check ... ...
TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2008: PLUM ISLAND, MA (0700-1820 hrs.) Weather: Mostly clear, WNW-NW winds 8-15 mph, 39-62 F. Richard S. Heil; joined part of the day by...
Rick-- After a conspicuous absence for the last year or so--in past springs I've had five individuals in, for example, Franklin Park on a regular basis, this...
PI Birders, The Plum Island birding pages are up to date with reports from Rick Heil, John Carroll and myself. Rick posted his list from yesterday and it was a...
Bill Gette and I led this morning's Wednesday Morning Birding from Joppa Flats Education Center onto Plum Island with the focus on the passerines reported by...
PI/MA Birders, I've just finished updating the PI birding pages with two October 8th reports from Dave Weaver (reporting on the regular Wednesday morning Joppa...
Hi, Today at the Pines I found a male hooded warbler flitting low on the road side of the trail. Also 2 Swainson't thrushes. At the wardens, my first of...