i was sittlng on my folding camp seat (bad back) by the red light at 185 fresh pond when some one yelled 'hey you wit da camera". i looked around and all i...
There is currently an adult Greater White-fronted Goose in the Charles River in back of the Shaw's Market on River Street, Waltham. When I left there ...
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Plimpton-Magee
plimag@...
May 1, 2011 2:56 pm
Dear John and David, et al, The winter moths are out in late fall/early winter, fluttering about and on our windows. What we have now are very tiny...
Too much work to do to get out on a second birding trip today..... but sending a few shots from 1. Rock Meadow, Belmont before work Friday 2. Beaver Brook...
This is for people with feeders. I just want to share a find: a place to get supplies with good prices. Here’s the shaggy dog story. I’ve been plagued...
Kathy, Thank you for the researched tips on how to stretch our dollars while keeping our yard birds coming. I have a mere 6 or 7 squirrels who come here ALL...
The cottontail that is declining is the New England Cottontail, not the Eastern. It's very likely that the one you saw is the Eastern - the two species look *a...
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Plimpton-Magee
plimag@...
May 1, 2011 5:40 pm
Birders: We take down our feeders in the summer, and generally just put up thistle seeds, which only goldfinches and some others come to, not English Sparrows...
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Plimpton-Magee
plimag@...
May 1, 2011 5:54 pm
Janet: I think you saw a Raven, for Black Vultures have a broader wingspan than a Turkey Vulture (not length). Though smaller, they are heftier and weigh...
Those Eastern cottontails aren't terribly shy--I regularly see them browsing along the Minuteman Bike Trail in the late afternoon, ignoring all the evening...
A morning walk around the Arlington Res was on the quiet side (although it doesn't look quite as slow writing it up). Lots of recent arrivals but mostly...
Kathy, [my fairly long ramble about watching birds at feeders] Very interesting shaggy dog story. I know you have a LOT of house sparrows there, right...
Was at Arlington Res mid-morning. Did see some Spotted Sandpipers, many Yellow-rumped Warblers, a Palm Warbler, two Goldfinches behind some leaves. There was a...
We spent about 3/4's of an hour here today ( Sunday) from around 11:40 12.20. Buzz flew in with a snake just before 12. I have attached a link to a few...
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May 2, 2011 11:05 am
It was an extraordinary weekend at Mount Auburn. On one flowering pear tree on Palm Ave there were at least 10 species of warblers (including the Blue-winged...
Please be aware that digest versions of the postings (where one email is sent daily with multiple postings in it) don't receive attachments of photos. If you...
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MariaAA@...
May 2, 2011 1:01 pm
At around 5pm yesterday, baby and I had a fabulous view (no binocs!) of an osprey slowly spiral down to the water, snag a fish, then spiral up and fly off...
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Plimpton-Magee
plimag@...
May 2, 2011 3:37 pm
Folks: YES, the Oriole, warblers et al have arrived up here on the Heights by Robbins Farm Park. We have a small wood lot across from our house, and the...
Please join us Friday May 6th at 7:30 pm at the Fox Library for the final meeting of the 2010-2011 Menotomy Bird Club program season when US Fish and...
I hadn't been over to Mount Auburn Cemetery for quite awhile. Was glad I was there this morning. Should have taken a lunch. Spent most of my time just outside...
I spent a few minutes near the Charles River behind Shaw's in Waltham around 2pm today. Greater White-fronted Goose, looking beautiful now Wood Duck, 1 m. ...
Apologies for this late posting. Four Menotomy birders and four Carlisle birders joined me in forty degree temperatures for yesterday morning's walk starting...
Birdy morning at Mt. Auburn. Highlights: Kentucky Warbler - near Woodbine and Ivy paths 9:40 Blackburnian Warbler - Tower Hill, west of tower Bay Breasted...
Just one trip this weekend, but another next Tuesday: Saturday, May 7 Dunback Meadow We’ll be on the lookout for a variety of migrants and breeding birds: ...
While checking the nest boxes I help monitor at Drumlin Farm today, I saw a few birds I haven't seen there yet this year. The first was in the bushes behind...
I climbed a tree near the robin's nest on the N side of the pond, by the path, at Menotomy Rocks Park. I peered in and saw four beautiful blue eggs; no...
This morning around 8:20 or so there was what I think had to have been a Muscovy duck wandering around the head of the Minuteman Bike Trail by Alewife Station....
