State wildlife officials and the Mass Audubon bird conservation group are advising residents to bring in their bird feeders and birdbaths until more is known about a mysterious avian ailment.
Birds
2017
May 3, 2017
April goes out with a bang. The northward migration is in full swing.
April 26, 2017
An eagerly anticipated arrival is that of the great crested flycatcher. Susan Shea is the first to spot one this year.
April 19, 2017
Completely unexpected is a sighting of a black-necked stilt on April 8. It is a vagrant on the Atlantic Coast.
April 12, 2017
The bird of the week is a prothonotary warbler, first spotted by Maria Thibodeau at Sheriff’s Meadow Sanctuary on April 8.
April 5, 2017
I wrote last week that the flood gates had opened, signaled by the arrival of multiple osprey, greater yellowlegs, piping plovers and double-crested cormorants.
