I've been concentrating on shooting raptor photos recently and for a change of pace, I decided to try and get some decent eider shots. They are a bird which I...
Gary and I birded the refuge with a Joppa flats group this morning and started the year with some great birds! Red-throated Loon - lot 7 Common Loon - lot 7 ...
PI Birders, Based on current reports, the January and the 2006 tally for Plum Island are now at 52 species. I've attached the species list along with the names...
PI Birders, MA Birders Of the 52 species of birds seen yesterday (Jan 1) on Plum Island, fully EIGHT of them had not been reported in the first weeks (actually...
PI Birders, Another fine January day on Plum Island. Based on reports so far the January tally jumped nine species today to a total of 61. Here are the...
PI Birders, After Rick Heil posted the results of his amazing trip to Plum Island on the 2nd, a major update to the tally statistics are in order! (For some...
PI Birders, I made two short trips to Plum Island today. The weather was awful, but northeast winds always bring visions of rarities to mind. No such luck...
PI Birders, One short trip to the island this morning, 7:10 to 8:25, with half the time spent watching the sea at lot one. I was rewarded with one or two adult...
PI Birders, Mass Birders, I spent an hour and a half on Plum Island before work this morning. The weather was gloomy, the birds few, but the surf at lot one...
PI Birders, Our January and 2006 tallies reached 79 today with an adult Iceland Gull off the lot one overlook. In a day or two I'll create a January target...
PI Birders, I was able to make two short before and after work visits to Plum Island on the sixth. Though I was unable to find even one, Dave Larson had two...
Hi Birders, Brian Harris and I stopped by Parker River NWR and Plum Island today after a whirlwind trip to the Cape Ann area. Birds were out and about all...
Timothy Spahr
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Jan 7, 2006 11:28 pm
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PI Birders, The January and 2006 Plum Island tally reached 81 today, with Nancy Landry's TURKEY VULTURE from the pines platform, and Brian Harris's and Tim...
PI Birders, I made two short trips to Plum Island today. My highlights included ... Rough-legged Hawk -- after a week hiatus, a light morph between lot two and...
PI Birders, MA Birders, Upon seeing Jim Fenton's subject line (Plum Island Merlin and Prey), I was sure I was going to see pictures of a Merlin eating a Gray ...
Birders, As soon as I posted my earlier note about Merlins and their prey on Plum Island today, another report from John Liller comes in about seeing a Merlin...
PI Birders, Based on John Liller's report from yesterday, the Plum Island January and 2006 tallies jumped by two yesterday, to 83 species, with the addition of...
PI Birders, Yes, I admit it, and please don't tell my wife, but I started a One-a- Day list for Plum Island on January 1st. If you check the following link: ...
The following plumislandbirds poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: How many bird species will we see on Plum Island in January 2006?...
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Jan 11, 2006 9:13 am
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Also posted to Massbird: Freshly back from leading Mass Audubon's very successful trip to the Antarctic, Bill Gette guided Joppa Flats' Wednesday Morning...
David K Weaver
cygnus-dkw@...
Jan 11, 2006 8:31 pm
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PI Birders, Feel free to ignore this email as it involves the arcanery of bird listing. I had a beautiful hour and a half on Plum Island before work this...
Hi Tom, list members: I think I'd grab the Purple Sandpiper. I don't necessarily see those that often on Plum Island, and you definitely want to pick...
Timothy Spahr
tspahr@...
Jan 12, 2006 6:33 pm
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PI Birders, I got two responses with advice for choosing my one-a-day bird for today. Interestingly one was to choose the Purple Sandpiper with the ...
PI Birders, The January and 2006 tallies reached 84 species today with Green- winged Teals reported by Jim Berry. The Plum Island sightings page has been...
PI Birders, Yesterday's request for one-a-day guidance went well. Let's try again. I spent an hour and a half on the island this morning and found 34 species....
Hi Tom, list: Ok! I'll try again. I'd go with the the Lapland Longspur! I don't think you get those that often, do you? It is strange wrapping my brain...
Timothy Spahr
tspahr@...
Jan 13, 2006 4:41 pm
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MA Birders, PI Birders, When I was birding at Hellcat this morning, an elephantine peice of road equipment came slowly down the road and started grading the...
PI Birders, MA Birders, I was able to find four Snowy Owls on Plum Island this afternoon. One on the large hunters' blind nw of the gatehouse, one directly...
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