Hello All - I spent this week on the Cape and though we are locally in the doldrums of birding, I got to see a lot of the birds that I do not get to see on a...
A kingbird nest is located on Elm Street in Waltham where it crosses the Charles R. It is in a tree, about 25 feet directly over the north end of the bridge...
I went for a walk at Danehy Park in Cambridge on Saturday at noon. I didn't expect to find much at that late hour, but it was a nice (if hot) walk. I saw a...
At 10:00 PM Saturday I heard a nice rendition of descending whinny and tremolo outside my window. Paul Devaney **************Looking for a car that's sporty,...
PaulDBooty@...
Aug 3, 2008 2:13 am
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At about 1:30 this afternoon, a turkey vulture perched on the roof of a one-story section of our house on Gloucester St., Arlington. It stayed about five...
First I apologize for the poor picture quality....I saw these from a parking lot in Bedford...the four birds were walking along the edge of a residential...
A quick stop at Blair Pond this evening had a few shorebirds- maybe the Sora will return! Location: Alewife Reservation,Blair Pond Cambridge Observation...
rstymeist@...
Aug 3, 2008 10:55 pm
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They look rather like guinea fowl to me--they come in a wider variety of colors besides the expected black and white: ...
The Menotomy Bird Club trips committee is currently putting together a trips schedule for the fall. In the meantime, there are trips scheduled for the next...
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Tiny foreign mussels assault drinking water sources in California and Nevada. A deadly...
HENRY, Idaho - A cunning predator that hunts in packs, corners prized game species and devours them whole is angering sportsmen in this eastern Idaho RV hamlet...
The surprising presence of a turkey vulture on our house roof on Sunday afternoon was explained by our discovery yesterday evening of a racoon dead in a window...
Hi Everyone I stopped off at Blair Pond Monday quickly and saw two Kingfishers, female and male. I was able to get a few photos of them. I am assuming the one...
NEW ORLEANS - A stork that's abundant in South America but rare farther north was spotted in Louisiana, one of fewer than a dozen sightings of the bird in the...
The previously reported Common Moorhen (COMO) was at Great Meadows today, easily visible from the observation tower, all below observations being from the...
Ian Davies
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Aug 8, 2008 4:04 pm
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Janet, I can see why they had no hesitation, recognizing it immediately. Just take a look: http://www.losbird.org/bulletin/seymour/jabiru.html John Sharp ...
Just a quick reminder that the seabird / whale watch trip is tomorrow. Saturday, August 9th Seabird/Whale Watch Trip from Gloucester We will head out to sea...
The Menotomy Bird Club web site's trips page has just been updated with a few new trips added, starting with the first of a series of Wednesday morning trips...
Hello birders, I was staying in western Mass. this weekend and had a few chances to roam around my friends' home on a country hillside. I was out this a.m....
At 10:15 AM Sunday one Osprey was circling low over the Charles River just east of the Charlestown Bridge. It evetually continued up the river towards ...
PaulDBooty@...
Aug 11, 2008 1:58 pm
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Not too much happening in the way of birds at the res yesterday when I walked around. The vireos are all silent, maybe gone, and I did not even hear or spy a...
WASHINGTON - Just months before President Bush leaves office, his administration is antagonizing environmentalists by proposing changes that would allow...
Hello , There is a very strange bird in our yard. He has been coming to our bird feeder the past few days. It looks like a BLUE JAY , but it has NO FEATHERS...
Leona Marx
onamarx@...
Aug 12, 2008 8:33 pm
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Feather mites or feather lice. Seems to be most common in crested birds such as cardinals and Blue Jays for some reason. The feathers eventually grow back with...
Hi Birders I was at Horn Pond on Sunday. I was looking for the Kingfishers and there is an Osprey people have seen recently. I did see the Osprey a few months...
I have seen such baldy blue jays at my feeder a number of times this year and previous years. They do seem to have lost a measure of dignity, but it is...
Just after work today I spent a half hour celebrating the appearance of blue sky with sun, knowing it would soon disappear behind raggedy gray clouds if the...
Fall migration is underway, and so is the Menotomy Bird Club Fall trip schedule. Check out the entire schedule at the club website <www.menotomybirdclub.org> ...
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