A full boat headed out to Star Island today (Sunday May 20th, 2012) with dim hopes of a repeat of last year’s epic fallout. Though the clear weather, calm and occasionally southerly oriented winds have fueled migration of recent, the island was incredibly slow today, with only about 30 individual warblers of nine species (not […]
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Star Island – Sunday May 20, 2012 Depart dock 8am, return to dock 2pm. $50pp. Email me at eric.masterson@myfairpoint.net My first post in months – I have been getting my life back on track after finishing my first book “Birding in New Hampshire” due on the bookshelves next spring. But for now, lets focus on […]
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I plan on going to Jeffreys this Sunday if there is enough interest. Seas forecast 1-2 feet on the back of 10knot southerly wind. Expecting puffin, dovekie, murre, etc. Let me know if interested.
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Northern Goshawk takes its name from the old English word for goose, a testament to the significant power of this large forest hawk. It is also known by its curious scientific name Accipiter gentilis, which loosely translated means the gentle or noble hawk. Words for Birds, a fascinating lexicon of North American birds by Edward Gruson […]
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The last day of 2011 brought a welcome surprise – an email from a research professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He was writing to thank me for submitting a report of a Canada Goose that his team had banded in the summer of 2008 in a remote part of Western Greenland. I […]
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