Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 18, 2016 5:28 PM - 8:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.6 mile(s) Comments: BBC walk with Alan Bragg, Kathy Dia, Janet Kovner, Chris Martone, Tom and Pat Maxwell, and Will Martens. clear 85 degrees. 31 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 38 Wood Duck 33 30
It was a great morning for birding at Plum Island (7:30-11:30) and I was joined by Jane Bean, Chris Martone and Barbara and Bill Drummond! It was a great team. I consider Bill by mentor and an outstanding birder and teacher of 24 years! It was great to see him. Thanks Bill! Here are the highlights in no particular order: 4 Piping Plover, Sandy Point
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 13, 2016 8:00 AM - 1:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip led by Sabrina Hepburn, 9 participants 59 species Cool overcast weather, modest crowds and some unusual birds combined for a great morning at Plum Island for the Brookline Bird Club trip.
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 7:58 AM - 1:56 PM Protocol: Traveling 6.0 mile(s) Comments: BBC - Plum Island - Leader: Neil Hayward 63 species Canada Goose 24 American Black Duck 3 Mallard 7 Hooded Merganser 1 Wild Turkey 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 16 Great Blue Heron 9
Dunback Meadows, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Aug 6, 2016 6:53 AM - 7:48 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.8 mile(s) Comments: BBC Dunback Meadow-Bobbie Hodson-Mildly overcast--no one came! only local breeders seen 17 species Red-tailed Hawk 1 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 9 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Blue Jay 4 Black-capped Chickadee 2 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren
Several people joined me on our morning trip. The weather was cool. Skies were overcast with occasional rain…No problem with greenheads, but mosquitoes were plentiful.. Forty nine species of birds were seen. The highlight was the AMERICAN AVOCET which was still there after a week.. Also seen were two FOSTER’S TERNS several RUDDY TURNSTONES, (thank
A combined BBC/SSBC trip to Plymouth Beach occurred yesterday. The weather, although hot, was not as humid as the past days or past trips. The lack of birds is deafening. Only 2 Common Terns and a total of only 117 (!!!) individual shorebirds of which 29 are nesting there (true-the young birders group saw a
Several birders joined us on our monthly trip aboard the Seven Seas Whale Watch boat on Saturday, 7/23/16… We were happy to find the YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON on the flats behind the Ticket and Gift shop for the Seven Seas Whale Watch… The day at sea was delightful. A cool way to bird on
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Great Meadows NWR--Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US Jul 9, 2016 5:53 AM - 9:08 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.85 mile(s) Comments: BBC breeding bird conservation trip 43 species (+2 other taxa) Canada Goose 30 Wood Duck 7 Mallard 2 Great Blue Heron 7 Killdeer 2 shorebird sp. 1 in flight Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning
