Another great day on Star Island, highlighted by stunning views of a short-eared owl hiding (or so it thought) amongst vegetation about 20 yards away, white-eyed vireo, yellow-breasted chat (both found by Greg, in addition to the aforementioned empid), three razorbills, 2 cory’s shearwater, fox sparrow, good kinglet migration (both species), six species of warbler […]
Continue Reading →Star Island Empid — October 22, 2011
From yesterdays trip to Star Island NH, with Dan Fallon, Dennis Parslow, and Greg Tillman. Bird found by Greg Tillman 15 mins before departure of boat. Initally called incessantly, it ceased just as I arrived with sound recording device. Compared immediately upon departure with calls from Audubon app on Iphone, two people suggesting call an exact match for […]
Continue Reading →Star Island trip this Saturday October 22nd
Birders: As per last week, another trip going this Saturday October 22nd, leaving the dock at Rye Harbor SP at 8am, returning 3:45pm. Trip is being run at cost – $55pp, only five places available. The weather for Saturday is currently forecast to be cloudy but essentially dry, and consistent westerlies this week, with cold […]
Continue Reading →Classic Fall Birding on Star Island
A few pictures from a classic day of fall birding on Star Island, October 16 2011, with Alan Bostick, Zeke Cornell, Paul Dionne, and Mik Oyler. Except for island caretakers, we had the place to ourselves. Within an hour of arriving, Mik Oyler had found a blue grosbeak. Three individual wrens seen during the course of […]
Continue Reading →Jeffreys Ledge — October 12, 2011
A few pics from a trip yesterday over Jeffreys Ledge to Wilkinson Basin. Highlights: Surf Scoter – 12 migrants White-winged Scoter – 2 3 migrants Long-tailed Duck – 2 migrants Leach’s Storm-Petrel – 1 Great Shearwater – 210 Manx Shearwater – 2 Northern Fulmar – 15 Peregrine Falcon – 1 on lighthouse in Ptsmouth Harbor […]
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