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Stories by Susan B. Whiting

Aloha, Birds!

February 19, 2014
Susan B. Whiting

It was the final leg of our Hawaiian Islands adventure. We were off to Hawaii — and I thought we were already there. Well, we were and we weren’t. There are many Hawaiian Islands; the...

Albatross Aloha

January 21, 2014
Susan B. Whiting

We were off to another adventure, this time to our 50th state, Hawaii. It is always nip and tuck getting off the Vineyard in the winter months and our departure was no different. Luckily Cape Air...

By the Numbers

January 2, 2014
Susan B. Whiting

The 114th annual Christmas Bird Count will take place Jan. 4 between dawn and dusk. Teams are already being formed and strategies discussed. The one question the compiler Rob Culbert and I are very...

Song Birds

December 24, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a Christmas carol sung in one version or another around the world. Recently someone asked me to identify the birds in three verses of the carol. What are turtle doves...

Bird Trip!

December 18, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

This last weekend Flip Harrington and I headed to Boston’s Logan Airport lugging binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, foul weather gear and boots, plus clothing for warm and chilly weather. We...

Whale of a Tale

December 11, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

David Smith and his father Steve Smith, who was visiting from Cape Elizabeth, Me., emailed a note which stated that they had seen and photographed a snowy owl next to the Aquinnah Shop in Gay Head on...

Snowy Owl Invasion

December 4, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

There have been three very interesting sightings this past week. One is of snowy owls that were seen and photographed in two locations. Two others are difficult as they are either extremely rare and...

Gobble, Gobble

November 26, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

It is hard to believe that the turkey that graces our tables at Thanksgiving came to us in a very convoluted fashion. Wild turkeys are originally from Mexico, Belize and Honduras, with populations...

Those Little Brown Jobs

November 20, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

What do clay-colored, vesper, fox, tree, white-crowned and white-throated have in common? They are all types of sparrows that visit the Vineyard in the fall and winter. Now, if we add chipping, song...

Wavey Goose

November 13, 2013
Susan B. Whiting

In the middle of October, Luanne Johnson and I watched a single snow goose fly into Sengekontacket Pond from offshore. It is odd to spot a single snow goose. They usually migrate in large flocks and...

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