First, yesterday I birded briefly in town to get a lifer dicksiccel for Will Young. It was there, an adult male. I last I saw appeared to be a female, so I...
At Ninigret Pond, seen from the Grassy Point trail, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS. At the cut along Moonstone Beach Road, 3 "Ipswich" SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 1 SEMIPALMATED...
Unlike last year when the banding of Saw-whet Owls in eastern Ma. was way off in numbers, this season is more encouraging. We are a little past the half way...
Birders, Had nine PURPLE SANDPIPERS on the PJ safe harbor breakwall from Camp Cronin this morning. My first of the season. Nothing else out of the ordinary....
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At about noon today, in Middletown, along Green End Ave, just east of Third Beach Road, 2 juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE with about 100 CANADA GEESE....
“Zugunruhe” is a term for migratory restlessness, the nervous behavior exhibited by birds just before they take off for a long migration. “Zugunruhe”...
At Trustom Pond NWR (Otter Point Trail), Matunuck, this morning there was 1 Turkey Vulture, Green-winged Teal, Ruddy Ducks, American Coot and 1 Belted...
Hello, RI. This may be an unusual request (a "long shot"), but here goes... I am hoping that someone might have seen (and maybe even photographed) a particular...
Birders, A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen along the parking lot road at Camp Cronin around 9am. There was a flock of 21 COMMON LOON and 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK seen...
We had 2 interesting Saw-whet captures recently at Lookout Rock in Uxbridge, Ma - last night[Nov 6th] we had a foreign recovery that we quickly researched...
Took out a couple new birders from the club today - who were treated to a wonderful day, both bird and weatherwise and enjoyed themselves immensely it seemed. ...
Birding this morning with Carlos Pedro, Sandy Saunders, Chris Sidler and Scott Tsagarakis at Westerly Land Trust's Avondale Farm Preserve: 1 Northern...
Sorry for late posts, but here is a quick catchup of my sitings. Nov 4th on the north end yellow-rumped warbler - 35 great egert - 2 virginia rail - 1 american...
On an ASRI Kimball Refuge Tuesday group "wild goose chase" this morning on Aquidneck Island we saw hundreds of Canada Geese (Green End Avenue, Third Beach...
At Avondale Farm Preserve in Westerly: 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 1 FOX SPARROW, 4 SWAMP SPARROWS, 1 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW. At...
One interesting article on same season recaptures on Saw-whet Owls by Whalen & Watts in 2002 seems to be dead-on correct. Both Lincoln, Ma and Lookout Rock...
Linda Gardrel and I found a female TUFTED DUCK at Trustom Pond along the east shore at Osprey Point early this morning. The wind had pushed most ducks into...
On the 9th at SE Light from 0830-1000 northern gannet - 30 common loon - 70 red-throated loon - 40 great cormorant - 3 laughing gull - 10 black scoter - 26 ...
Today there was a red-necked grebe, marsh wren an american bittern on the north end. On the south end there was another red-necked grebe, a pied-billed grebe,...
At Roger Wheeler Beach parking lot I had a Peregrine Falcon hunting a large flock of Snow Buntings. At Charlestown Breachway ... 1 American Tree Sparrow, 2...
I would like to remind parents of young children about the MAS Young Birder's Club and some of the activities. They meet at Drumlin Farm Sanctuary monthly[not...
A quick stop by the East Providence\Turner Reservoir produced an OSPREY,a Pied-billed Grebe,13 Gadwall and a Belted Kingfisher. All these birds were at the...