Depart dock (Rye Harbor) 8am, return to dock, 3:45pm Trip limited to 20, $50 pp $5 per car parking fee Contact me at eric.masterson@myfairpoint.net to reserve a spot. Star Island is a great place year-round for good views of normally furtive species, like warblers, sparrows, and if lucky, cuckoos. There is always the chance […]
Continue Reading →Star Island Birdwatching Trip Report — May 20, 2012
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 […]
Continue Reading →Star Island Trip Report — October 30, 2011
I switched from Sunday to Saturday to get out to Star Island with Greg Tillman and Jerry Kelly. A quieter day than previous ones, the preceding northeasterlies not favoring a good flight. Still always a good day out on the island. Highlights included another short-eared owl, a dickcissel, and my personal favorite, three kinglets foraging for […]
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 […]
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