http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/ PlumIslandBirds Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:22:04 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2787 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2787 PI Birders, The web pages are up to date with all sightings recieved. Thanks. No news on the Cackling Geese from the island today. For the second time in a Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:07:54 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2786 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2786 PI Birders, Just keeping you up to date on the November tally ... November 3 (93) 87 Cackling Goose [chickering, wetmore] 88 Red-necked Grebe [chickering] 89 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:43:54 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2785 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2785 PI Birders, I love this picture by Nancy Landry: http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/cackling/cackling2.jpg To give you a feeling for the sizes: 1. The bird Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:55 GMT njlandry@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2784 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2784 Massbird/PI Birders, I have posted the pictures that I sent to Tom Wetmore to my website which you can view them at: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:43:09 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2783 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2783 PI/MA Birders, Here is a link to three of the Cackling Geese photos that Nancy Landry took this morning. http://bartonstreet.com/tom/birds/cackling Good Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:15 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2782 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2782 PI Birders, Thanks to Doug Chickering for getting the word out about the SEVEN RICHARDSON'S CACKLING GEESE that were at Stage Island Pool at the south end of Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:16 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2781 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2781 PI/MA Birders, The Cackling Goose was again at Stage Island Pool on Plum Island this morning. It left at its regular departure time of 7:15 for Ipswich. The Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:44 GMT David K. Weaver http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2780 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2780 Hello, Plum Island Birders! Of course, none of us likes to misidentify any bird species, but that I did yesterday morning during Joppa Flats' Wednesday Morning Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:14:18 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2779 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2779 PI Birders, I was on the refuge from 6:00 to 10:00 this morning. The Cackling Goose was reasonably easy to find within the large flock of Canadas at Stage Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:46:24 GMT Bird Watcher's Supply & Gift http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2778 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2778 Tom Wetmore left a message that there were 2 STILT SANDPIPERS (very late) with the dunlin at Bill Forward Pool on Plum Island this morning. The CACKLING GOOSE Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:47:18 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2777 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2777 PI Birders, The Plum Island bird pages are up to date. Thanks to Dave Weaver and Jim Berry for sending reports for Wednesday. The gate to the refuge was broken Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:15:31 GMT David K. Weaver http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2776 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2776 The weather for Wednesday Morning Birding was very acceptable -- high, thin cirrus clouds, temps ranging from mid 40s to 50 F., with winds NW/5-15. Early on, Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:39:34 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2775 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2775 PI Birders, I've just finished updating the Plum Island bird pages and files. Thought you might be interested in how the November tally has started. It's Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:33:28 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2774 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2774 PI/MA Birders, Doug Chickering and I independently decided to get to Stage Island Pool early this morning before the Great Goose Ipswich Exodus. We followed Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:47:39 GMT Thomas Wetmore http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2773 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/plumislandbirds/message/2773 PI Birders, The Plum Island sightings pages are up to date with all reports received. I'm hoping for a couple more reports this evening, so there may be an