The “Right” Whale I saw two “lifers” in the last month, the Townsend’s warbler in Walpole, and a North Atlantic right whale that I spotted while birding with Eastmans out of Hampton Harbor (www.eastmansdocks.com). I had seen neither the warbler nor the whale before for good reason. I have yet to get to the west […]
Continue Reading →Jeffries Ledge this Sat (maybe)
Early days, but at the moment the weather is looking good for a trip to Jeffries for Alcids etc. Leave 8am from Portsmouth, return 1pm. Cost $75pp. Let me know if you are interested.
Continue Reading →The Big Twitch (published in the Monadnock Shopper, November 17, 2010)
The Big Twitch If you drove down River Road in Walpole the week of Monday, November 8th, you might have marveled at the band of camera carrying paparazzi to be seen standing in a cornfield each day of the week, apparently gathered in vain. No rock star or politician to be seen, surely they were […]
Continue Reading →Jeffries Ledge possible
Folks: Let me know if you are interested in going this weekend. Early days, but it might be 1-2 feet on Sunday, which is as flat as it gets this time of year. I wont hold anyone to it, just taking a sounding. $70pp for 6 to 8 hour trip. Heated cabin, chumming etc. Possibilities […]
Continue Reading →A sparrow from Labrador (I think)
This little fellow was feeding along the roadside on October 30th in Chesham (where’s that I hear you say). Chesham is just northwest of Dublin New Hampshire. Its a savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, but darker and with warmer brown tones than the nominate ssp mediogrisus. It has especially dark streaking on the breast and noticeably […]
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