Right on schedule, I heard my first Mourning Dove song this weekend. The Northern Cardinals should be starting their whistling song any day now. Can spring be...
Day off so cruised FDC for the kids - have seen He several times but not She - this morning however they were hunting the marsh & the back of Pine Banks - I...
I think I have a warbler @ my feeders - olive colored with yellow bottom & chest white shaft underside near tail - short stubby body, very "twitchy" low ground...
Dear Lavk (sorry, no name in your email), I think it is quite likely that you have a confusing Fall warbler that has stayed around for the winter and has not...
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Robert H. Stymeist
rstymeist@...
Feb 2, 2006 1:40 pm
Yesterday afternoon (Wed 1 February) I was on foot approaching home when I noticed and heard several Fish Crows in the Maple trees in front of the house and...
Bob, Yesterday morning between 9 and 10 a.m. there was a large crowd of at least 3-4 dozen crows, I called them both Fish crows and American crows, next to the...
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Karsten Hartel
hartel@...
Feb 2, 2006 3:17 pm
I had a bit of time this AM so checked the res (R) and spent about 35 minutes at the former Reeds Brook site now McClennan Park (M) aka Reed's Brook. Nice...
Writing from my office in Kenmore Square, I can attest that some warblers hang around almost all winter. I am fortunate to have a berry-bearing tree right...
Hi all, I've just looked at the weather forecast for the weekend, and although that's always a risky thing to rely on, I note that Saturday is supposed to be...
This afternoon there were about 140 common crows on the golf course, some bathing in rain puddles. With them were about 30 mallards and one male american ...
This morning at 9:00AM 25 plus birders joined me for an owl hunt at Dunback Meadow. I wasn't terribly optimistic. The Long-ears appear to have bailed out...
Looks like the Warbler if it was one has departed my feeder. One ABr said it could be an orange crowned - birders guide check - does look similar but greener...
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Karsten Hartel
hartel@...
Feb 5, 2006 2:30 pm
A quick stop at the north end of Spy Pond found 201 Common Mergansers. Quite a sight. Mostly males and a few of those show the slight pink wash on the white...
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plimag@...
Feb 5, 2006 6:35 pm
Hi! Just for the heck of it, write you all from California where am borrowing my brother-in-law's computer! Nice to hear of Dunback's owl! Owls hoot every...
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Karsten Hartel
hartel@...
Feb 6, 2006 12:39 pm
After seeing all of the mergansers yesterday AM, I stopped at a few other spots for waterbirds. I also walked Rock Meadow and the transfer station area...
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Anna Piccolo
apiccolo@...
Feb 7, 2006 1:38 pm
Good Morning Everyone This is fascinating. I would recommend that you also go to the story web site. There is a slide show with some incredible images - very...
I heard about this on my drive in, so Ichecked out the BBC article about the same story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4688000.stm There is a bit...
Oops, replied to just Eric with this when I meant to send it to the list--the Day to Day show on WBUR will be running a feature on this story today (Tuesday)...
This evening, about 5:15, both the female (rufous) and male (grey) screech owls emerged from the same big knothole in one of the oaks where the female has been...
Last year I got this titmouse image: http://esmith.marx7.org/web_posts/titmouse-sick1.jpg here is a close up: ...
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Anna Piccolo
apiccolo@...
Feb 9, 2006 2:11 pm
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/02/09/vanishing_of_nests_ruffles_feathers/ Vanishing of nests ruffles feathers In heart of city,...
As most of you know I work at Mass Audubon on their Wildlife Information Line (people call with questions about wildlife), and we get a fair number of calls...
Thanks for the explanation Marj, I had a bald mourning dove visiting our feeder and I thought it was literally just very low on the pecking order! I have...
I wash out my feeders in bleach & water (1 part to 3-4 parts) that way everything is killed - at season's begining & maybe once or twice in the summer because...
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Oakes Plimpton
plimag@...
Feb 10, 2006 1:34 pm
Birders: I heard from someone who has a Red-tailed Hawk nest in their back yard by Spy Pond! She reports she can hear the hawk land on their nest! Re...
RTs still in FDC - found one on top of a tall pine near the entrance gate today. noticed some goldfinches are getting some of their spring color already - ...
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Oakes Plimpton
plimag@...
Feb 10, 2006 8:07 pm
Birders: Neighbor called me about a dead bird in her yard. She said it was on its back not close to a bush or tree as though it had fallen from the sky....
