Bird News

Transition Time

The northward migration is over for all practical purposes and now all birds in the northern hemisphere are nesting and raising their next generation.

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Results of 2012 Christmas Bird Count

This year 121 individual species were spotted by the 14 feeder-watchers and 60 official birdwatchers, up from 119 last year. Here is the complete...

12:30 pm, January 31, 2013
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Ducks in a Row

Susan B. Whiting

Last week I began the column by writing about the death of David Masch, mentioning there would be a memorial on Sunday, Jan. 26, in Woods Hole. Since...

11:33 am, January 24, 2013
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Requiem for a Birder

Susan B. Whiting

A group of Vineyard birders and biologists were saddened to hear that David (aka Pops) Masch had died. Many folks had met Dave while he was the...

11:14 am, January 17, 2013
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Snipe Time

Susan B. Whiting

The shad spirit or Alewife bird is considered by a number of people a harbinger of spring. Ornithologists call this member of the sandpiper family...

12:50 pm, January 10, 2013
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Annual Bird Count Breakdown

Susan B. Whiting

It could not have been a more perfect morning. There wasn’t a breath of wind and the temperature was well above freezing. A perfect scenario for very...