200 enthusiastic birders attended Noah Strycker’s talk at our April 11th annual general meeting at Harvard University’s Geological Lecture Hall in Cambridge. Following refreshments, membership sign-ups and renewals, and palpable energy building as our northeast bird migration season approaches, audience members were regaled with Noah’s engaging slides that accompanied his strange-but-true, often hilarious and always enthralling tales of launching from Antarctic with Chinstrap Penguins, traipsing through high-altitude Andes cloud forests and under Harpy Eagle nest sites, across northern Eurasia and around vast expanse of Australian and New Guinea habitat in search of much-wanted birds for his 2015 World Big Year list.
Delivered with deep knowledge of birds, and noteworthy humility, Noah reminded us that even if our own bird lists are complied by county, state, country and continent, birds do not live by those rules. In fact, they survive because they don’t recognize borders. He responded to audience questions and comments, and autographed copies of his book Birding Without Borders; we wish Noah well as he continues his study of Chinstrap Penguins at SUNY Stony Brook.
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Upcoming Field Trips
Wompatuck State Park, Hingham
Be prepared for a three-mile walk. Our target birds will be Pileated Woodpecker, Winter Wren and a variety of warblers including Louisiana Waterthrush. This trip will be canceled in the event of rain. Please contact the leader the night before if the forecast is for inclement weather. We will walk into the Holly Pond loop [...]
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United StatesBurrage Pond Wildlife Management Area (rescheduled from Saturday)
Hanson - Burrage Pond WMA Hawks Avenue, Hanson, MA, United StatesA 3 to 4 mile walk along level gravel paths along the woods edge, old cranberry bogs and reservoir. We will search for the locally breeding Sandhill Cranes and early migrants. The American Bittern is more often heard than seen and waterfowl should be plentiful.
Lost Pond, Brookline (Rescheduled from 4/20)
Brookline - Lost Pond Brookline, MA, United StatesA short, two mile loop over slightly hilly trails looking for resident woodland birds and early migrants, namely Hairy Woodpecker, Brown Creeper, kinglets, Yellow-rumped and Pine Warblers, and possibly Great Horned Owl. We will also check the grassy slopes next to the pond and recycling center for sparrows and other grassland birds.
Olmsted Park and Leverett Pond, Brookline
Boston - Olmsted Park - Daisy Field 1 Willow Pond Road, Boston, MA, United StatesThis 90-minute walk is suitable for beginning birders as well as those more experienced. Co-sponsored by the Brookline GreenSpace Alliance and the Emerald Necklace Bird Club.