Birders, On Thursday afternoon, July 2nd, while watching the weakened Purple Martins on Plum Island, I thought about the June 1903, prolonged, severe, wet...
Birders, The Friends of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge will be offering a great Coffeehouse Lecture this month for FREE at Parker River! “Plum Island,...
Tom Wetmore just called at 9:25am to report 2 A. Oystercatchers on Emerson Rocks. The tide was coming in so he wasn't sure how long they would stay. Earlier...
PI Birders, This morning there were three AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS on Emerson Rocks off Lot Seven of the refuge. For large shorebirds they were difficult to...
Birders, On Friday evening, July 10th, I conducted a round of nest checks and discovered that one of the replacement nests I prepared in early July had fresh...
PI Birders, Web pages are up to date with all reports received. Shorebird "fall" migration is underway, with many Short-billed Dowitchers now on the refuge,...
Tom Wetmore called at 8:45am to report 2 red knots at Bill Forward Pool and 1 at Sandy Point this morning. He also saw 3 seaside sparrows just north of the...
PI Birders, Thanks to Steve Grinley for his fabulous bird sighting posting service! Looks like Red Knots will live to see another year, with three found on...
PI Birders, Contest is over. The new bird name is Saltmarsh Sparrow. This comes from the 50th Supplement to the AOU Check List of North American Birds. The...
PI Birders, A group member noticed that I hadn't been updating the tally files lately. There is a reason, but not a particularly nice one. I have lately found...
PI Birders, Certainly the most unexpected bird today was a juvenile-plumaged, fully-fledged, apparently independent from parents, DARK-EYED JUNCO at the...
PI Birders, All pages are up to date. Shorebirds numbers continue to climb. Note the careful counts from the Vales yesterday. My most unusual sighting...
Though not on Plum Island, Ida Giriunas just called at 5pm to report an Hudsonian godwit on the flats in Newburyport Harbor, near the clam shack. Steve Grinley...
Birders, “PLUM ISLAND, THE WAY IT WAS" Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009 Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters'...
PI Birders, I did an hour seawatch at lot one this afternoon, from 16.30 to 17.30, with the kinds of seas and horizon and winds that sea watchers love. The...
PI Birders, The web sites are up to date with sightings from the 23rd. There will be another report tomorrow probably, which may make a change near the top of...
PI Birders, I spent a couple hours on the refuge this afternoon, mostly in the rain. A short seawatch off lot one produced relatively little, but there was one...
PI Birders, Quick update to the July tally. Two of the birds I saw off lot one were new for the month... July 24 110 Common Loon [wetmore] 111 Black Tern...
SUNDAY, 26 JULY 2009: NEWBURYPORT HARBOR & PLUM ISLAND (0715-1530 hrs.) Weather: Partly cloudy, SW-S-SE winds 10-15 mph, 71-80 F. Richard S. Heil All sightings...
PI Birders, Like June, the July tally this year has been lagging behind earlier years. Since the last update seven more species have been added to the July...
Doug Chickering called at 8am to report a Marbled Godwit at Sandy Point on Plum Island. Steve Grinley Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at Joppa...
Rick Heil just called at 6:15pm to report an adult Baird's sandpiper at Bill Forward Pool on PI. Steve Grinley Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift and Nature Shop at...
PI Birders, Fall migration continues apace and more shorebirds arrive on Plum Island. The sightings pages and others are now up to date. The July tally is up...
SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST 2009: PLUM ISLAND, MA (0910-1730 hrs.) Weather: Mostly overcast, S-SE winds 10-20 mph, 64-71 F. Richard S. Heil Canada Goose 25 Mute Swan...
PI Birders, Web site up to date. There have been many reports from the weekend, including some really wonderful birds. Take a look at the sightings page for...
Ida called at 5:30pm and said that she received a call from Sean Williams who was looking great white heron at the Salt Pannes on Plum Island. Sean requested...
PI Birders, Web pages are up to date. Thanks for Doug Chickering for his report for yesterday. Note the sighting of a Marbled Godwit at Bill Forward Pool and...
Birders, On Friday evening, August 7th, Paula McFarland joined me for a round of nest checks. The Lot # 1 site had some martins constructed new nests, but eggs...
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