Hi Wendy and I were at Salisbury and Plum Island yesterday. We started out at Salisbury Beach and spent most of the time there watching a Snowy Owl on one of...
A Great Horned Owl has been vocal every night around 1-2a.m. for the past week. At 5 a.m. I was lifted out of my bed by a hoot and then an answer! . I looked...
I am driving thru as often as I can to watch the RT nest. The duck pond is all unfrozen & today I noticed a nice pair of hooded mergansers swimming about. So...
I didn't find the Mystic Lakes owl in its hole this evening, but the Town Forest Screech was home. It looked beautiful with three plops of snow adorning its...
PaulDBooty@...
Mar 3, 2009 11:53 pm
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I'm preparing images for a photo club I run and when I saw this image I thought it would make a good mystery bird. I haven't done one in awhile, so I thought...
Paul, Nice update on the Town Forest Screech. This owl is a beauty! I stopped by just before 5:00 pm with excellent late afternoon light to capture a few...
Birders Kenn Kaufman, noted natural history/birding author and tour leader, will be speaking this Friday, March 6, 2009, at 7:00 PM at the First Parish...
rstymeist@...
Mar 4, 2009 5:32 pm
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Alan and I were walking along Trapelo Rd. towards Lexington St. this afternoon when he noticed a different bright red bird. I looked and saw a yellowish bird....
Marjory Forbes
forbesjam@...
Mar 4, 2009 6:50 pm
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Yesterday (Tuesday) I was stopped at the Mystic Lakes dam just before 1 and as I got back in my car which was facing up the parking lot, a large bird came over...
This morning I was at Rock Meadow and it was very nice in the 8 a.m. sun, if a bit cold with the light breeze in my face at 15F. But there were deer tracks in...
This story appeared yesterday, but without describing the ultimate outcome. So today we get the happy ending. http://tinyurl.com/cz2a5j Janet Crystal...
TOWN OF ARLINGTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION LEGAL NOTICE The Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing in the Town Hall Auditorium, on Thursday, March...
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that I first saw more than a month ago is still hanging around at Medford's Oak Grove Cemetery. I've found it three times in a row...
Arlington birders We are looking for a few volunteers to help set up chairs in the meeting room prior to the 7PM talk by Kenn Kaufman. If anyone would like to...
rstymeist@...
Mar 6, 2009 3:15 pm
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At 11:00 this morning, there were two Bald Eagles on the Lower Mystic Lake - an immature (mostly brown) individual on the edge of the ice not far from the dam,...
TRIAL OF SILVER MAPLE FOREST – THE FOREST NEEDS YOU! Coalition to Preserve Belmont Uplands and Winn Brook Neighborhood versus Acorn Park Residences AP LLP ...
As a reminder for our trips this coming weekend. Don't forget the time change this weekend!!!!!!! Sunday, March 8 Horn Pond, Woburn Explore the varied...
paul@...
Mar 6, 2009 8:57 pm
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I made a quick stop at Blair Pond, Cambridge on the way home from work - 4:25 pm. Immediately I heard and saw one *Common Grackle*, then 6 or 7 and then in...
On my way home from work this afternoon I took a detour around Horn Pond, and noticed an interesting shape on the ice. When I checked it out it was a Peregrine...
Bald Eagles spotted in tree atop Myopia Hill in Winchester just before 6p.m. Adult and juvenile pair. Photos from a distance in very low light! Photos:...
I was at Mystic Lake Dam early afternoon when I was told an Eagle was on the ice toward the lower end of Lower Mystic Lake. Drove down to Piune Ridge Road and...
Thursday as I was heading to a doctor's appointment at 6:55 I was traveling down Mystic Valley Parkway beside Upper Mystic Lake. As I approached the snow...
Please join us Thursday March 26th at 7:30 pm at the Fox Library Community Room when our speaker will be Christopher Leahy, Director of Massachusetts...
Arlington Birders, For those of you who aren't on Massbird, the Mt. Auburn Crossbills are still going strong. I saw and photographed 25 WHITE-WINGED...
William Freedberg
4mrfish@...
Mar 7, 2009 3:28 am
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Eastern Screech Owl presenting at Wildwood Cem. this morning. 40 + Common Mergansers upper end of Lower Mystic. No Eagles spotted around lake. 2 Photos posted:...
I couldn't find the Bald Eagles earlier this morning, but right now at noon there is one (with a white head) perched on the Arlington side of the Lower Mystic...
I finally got out to Mount Auburn Cemetery to find the White-winged Crossbills on this beautiful day. I parked near the chapel/crematorium and walked over (via...
OK, so Craig saw a big flock of Common Mergansers at Fore Bay this morning, and Renee saw a Red-throated Loon there, and I drove by there on my way home from...