What a beautiful morning it was yesterday. A walk from my office (to escape and temper my encroaching "Postal" attitude) took me over the North Street Bridge...
Hi all, For those of you who went to the September Menotomy Bird Club meeting, you already know about the Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas. It has just been...
LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com 31 minutes ago It's food scarcity, not dietary preferences, that motivates birds to migrate thousands of miles back and forth...
Since most of my usual walking paths were icey, I tried to do birding from pavement this morning. OK, I did get off the pavement in a few places in the Brooks...
Thought you might enjoy this shot. Probably the same pair a friend saw soaring and calling near the temple the other day, and quite likely the pair I've seen...
OK it was icy too in Dunback this morning, and one had to step carefully; but the Great horned owl was up in the tall pines catching some sun, where you could...
Another pitch for the Breeding Bird Atlas! Watch these Red-tail pairs - they are likely to start nest building (if they haven't already started) so if you...
After hearing Renee's reports of the relatively large numbers of ducks at the Mystic Lakes dam (aka Medford Boat Club), I went to check them out. It seems that...
John: Nice report. Thursday on my walk saw a whole flock of what I took to be R. W. Blackbirds, actually a mixed flock with some smaller birds, fly by! Its...
Along with our winter resident Song Sparrow serenading us, we just heard the trilling of Dark-eyed Junco. Spring is in the air! Ann Gurka Watertown MA Ann and...
On Lowell Street, Arlington, as I ran towards the Reservoir a short while ago I heard a LOUD series of 4 notes, like a TWEET TWEET etc., looked up and saw what...
Hi, To continue Alan's thread about brush clearing at the army camp, they really could use more help. They're working to return the habitat to one conducive...
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I was able to locate Renee's & Alan's Red-belied woodpecker at 2 PM Sunday afternoon. It was working on its hole which seems to be up to its shoulders in...
Sunday afternoon, while loading groceries into my car at Whole Foods on Cambridge St (rt 3) in Woburn, I was excited to find two turkey vultures flying...
Alan, Of course we have all seen them up there, catching the updrafts, but I also have yet to see one since last fall. I'm getting amazing activity at my...
Thank you Janet and Debora for your feedback on the Red-tail Hawk vocalization. After listening to a few samples of a Broad-winged hawk I did not hear a close...
Carol: Wow, that is cool!! Never knew I'm missing out on Red-tails mating call. Someone on Mass. Bird saw Red-tail mating flight, a duet way high in the...
Wasn't there a snipe or a woodcock there last year at the T station - who reported that? My friend reported this with the picture below, taken yesterday with...
My suggestion is to call the Animal Rescue League - they have a wildlife rescue team and could take the bird to a rehab. When calling, select the "animal...
Ooops! I was fooled by the stripes down the back, even though the head markings and color suggested a woodcock. John Sharp Arlington, MA john.d.sharp att...
Please if you can afford it put out old bread and cereal for the birds. Robins, Blue Jays & mockingbirds and of course starlings all eat RED SEEDLESS GRAPES -...
CAMPUS NATURE WATCH EASTERN COYOTE slips behind hedge in the pre-dawn dusk near 1230 Soldiers Field Road on the right bank of the Charles. WHITE SQUIRREL...
I like the last line in this article in the Globe today. I'm not at all sure that they are taking smaller territories because they can easily live with them....
In 2001 or 2002 I worked in Kendall Square and helped out a man who had found a woodcock on the sidewalk in front of the Coop. (He had no idea what it was and...
Janet, I THOUGHT it may have been you but was not sure. A Life bird?!! And now you've been leading the woodcock walks. Good story. I checked the Animal...
By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Tue Mar 6, 11:05 PM ET BANGKOK, Thailand - A wetland bird that eluded scientists for nearly 130 years has been...
While working at home after a Doctor's appointment I heard something a little odd and high pitched coming from the back yard. I looked out the window and saw...
Obviously the ice is not breaking up this week, but we'll see what can be found in these late winter conditions. Renee Sunday, March 11 Mystic Lakes By...
On Saturday afternoon I was also at Oak Grove Cemetary, for a funeral unfortunately. Thinking that I was being disrespectful to look for birds during a...
