Is there anything as soft as the gray on the neck of a loon? I am tempted to spell it ‘grey,’ since that is removed, reminiscent of old England, more complex than gray. But I am not fond of deliberate attempts at appearing continental when one is, in fact, not. It is tough to come [...]
I am just back from a dawn to dusk trip to Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Center and the Parker River National Wildlife Sanctuary, and I have just enough energy to put together a day list… Winds were Northwest to West, up to 20 mph, and it was sunny to partly cloudy, and generally not particularly [...]
A day of moderate rest, though while teaching a rather nice group of people this afternoon, I added two species to my MMAWS list: Red-breasted Nuthatch House Finch Tomorrow: Joppa Flats Wildlife Sanctuary & a wee side trip to Plum Island…
I had a great fall morning walk around the Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary in Sharon, MA, which I will try to write a bit more about later. There were some roving flocks of migrants scattered throughout the sanctuary, again, not huge numbers. Highlights from the walk: Blue-headed Vireo (1) Hermit Thrush (1 – making a [...]
