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 →Star Island trip this Saturday — October 10, 2011
I am looking at Saturday to book the boat for Star Island, so let me know if you are interested. Five spots max., $55pp. The weather gets unsettled Wednesday through Friday, accompanied by a cold front and sharp drop in temps, then clears overnight for a nice day on the island on Saturday (ok, so […]
Continue Reading →Star Island report — October 6, 2011
The recent remarkable fallout of southern migrants on the back of the consistent wet southerlies still persisted on Thursday, but mixed with a large influx of more traditional cold weather October migrants, yielding a great day on Star with some unusual juxtapositions (summer tanager and worm-eating warbler while lapland longspur flies overhead). I will have […]
Continue Reading →Star Island Trips — October and November 2011
I am talking to several boat owners and I may be able to extend the season for Star Island trips, but the boat will be much lower capacity. If I can, I will be running these trips based on weather patterns and not tied to weekends (following frontal movements, radar events etc). Thus trips may […]
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