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 a hot summer day (around 90 degrees F on land, 70 out at sea). We were taken to the northwest corner of Stellwagon Banks. Along the way we encountered 350 White-sided dolphins along with several CORY’s Shearwaters and a Gannet. Soon after that we came across 50 Bottle-nosed dolphins…2Minke whales and 3 Hump-back whales. Then a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH came aboard, fluttered around occasionally, finally deciding to hitch a ride back to shore with us… Our total list below:

Cory’s Shearwater 47 (probably low)

Great Shearwater 1

Sooty Shearwater 2

Manx Shearwater 1

Wilson’s Storm-petrel 6

Northern Gannet 3

Double-crested Cormorant 12

Great Egret 1

Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 (seen by others)

Herring Gulls – Lots

Great Black Back Gulls – lots

Bonaparte’s Gull 1

Laughing Gull 2 (seen by others)

Common Tern 6

Peregrine Falcon (on the Gloucester Town Hall)

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH 1 (a hitch hiker)

Ida Giriunas

Reading, MA

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Upcoming Field Trips

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Chestnut Hill Reservoir

Chestnut Hill Reservoir 2420 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, United States

We will walk one mile on good, mostly level trails, looking for early migrants, and checking for late ducks.

Annual Meeting & Lecture: South Asian Vultures: Crisis & Conservation – ALL ARE WELCOME

Harvard University Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Not too long ago, the millions of vultures in South Asia were so common that no one had bothered to count them. Until the 1990s, when populations of three Gyps vultures collapsed by more than 97 per cent in a decade. It was the fastest avian decline ever recorded. Conservationists scrambled to find the cause [...]

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Mount Auburn Cemetery 536 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area

Hanson - Burrage Pond WMA Hawks Avenue, Hanson, MA, United States

A 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.

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